Chapter 220 Confrontation with Han Yubin

After Bai Qi carefully read out her proposed solution.

A brief silence fell over the large conference room.

Jiang Anchao, who was already extremely nervous, had a brief moment of blankness on his face after hearing this proposed solution.

"...Huh? That's it?"

His solution? Just write a self-criticism?

Bai Qi was amused. "Then what do you want to do? Should I keep you locked up so you can't even go home for the New Year?"

"No! No, no, no!"

Jiang Anchao suddenly stood up from his chair, giving a stiff military salute. "I accept all orders from the organization. I will write the self-criticism as soon as I get home! I will do it immediately!"

Zhizhi covered her mouth and giggled, never expecting her father to have such a funny side.

"Alright, let's handle Jiang Anchao's matter like this. I think we should keep his military status and name, so as not to make it inconvenient for Jiang Gong to carry out his work."

Ji Chenxing followed closely behind and slammed down the board.

Jiang Anchao nodded. Over the years, he had long been used to this name, which he guessed was his elder brother's idea.

The two brothers look alike, and now they live in the world under each other's names, so no one can tell that they are not related.

Ji Chenxing glanced at the letters beside him, picked them up and carefully examined them one by one.

One of the yellow envelopes caught his attention with its address.

"Bai Qi, look at this address."

"What?"

Bai Qi took the letter and glanced at it, raising an eyebrow slightly. "There's nothing unusual about it. Beijing is so big, there are countless main roads in the city alone, and they'll be adding ring roads in the future. These addresses look like ordinary residential compounds. The person who sent the letter knew they were doing something that could cost them their head, so they would definitely choose an address that's easy to disguise."

She had caught spies before; those people were cunning and treacherous, sending letters with fake lives and addresses, or luring children to deliver things with candy, when in fact they were helping to transport intelligence.

There were even more outrageous things that she only learned when she personally went to arrest and interrogate them. Some enemy intelligence was written on slips of paper, which were then separated, rolled into cigarettes, and stuffed into cigarette cases.

By pretending to offer a cigarette, an important message can be conveyed very subtly.

"Wait, doesn't this address look familiar?"

Ji Chenxing's brain was racing. The moment he saw the address, it felt very familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.

Bai Qi leaned closer to take a closer look, her pale fingers holding the letter inside.

As she carefully examined it, she suddenly seemed to smell something.

"etc!"

She brought the letter close to her nose and sniffed it carefully. Soon, her expression turned serious, and she handed the letter to Ji Chenxing.

"Smell it. These letters all smell the same. It's not the smell of ink, but a hard-to-describe smell. You can't quite put your finger on it, but it feels very familiar."

Ji Chenxing nodded. "It is very familiar. It doesn't smell like Chinese medicine, nor does it smell like tea."

"Let me smell it?"

Seeing them start discussing, Deng Qiu offered to help.

The envelope was handed to her, and Deng Qiu sniffed it carefully. "It's... the smell of spices. Star anise and cinnamon have the strongest flavors, so they can leave a lingering aroma even after a long time. You probably don't cook much, so the smell isn't very noticeable."

Bai Qi shook her head beside her, "Spices... ...aren't those just for cooking and stewing meat? They don't seem like any useful information."

But when Ji Chenxing heard that it was spices, he looked thoughtful.

He turned to look at Zhizhi and asked in a softer tone, "Zhizhi, you said before that you eavesdropped on Han Yubin's phone call, right? He said some things that you couldn't understand. Did you hear anything unusual at the time?"

"No."

Zhizhi shook her head like a rattle drum. "When Jiang Yan's father came back with me, he said he was going to go to the communications office and ask the operator about the situation. Uncle, why don't you go and ask too?"

"Whoa—!"

Bai Qi couldn't help but be surprised. "Jiang Gong is such a scholar, his mind works so fast. He even thought of this. We shouldn't delay, let's hurry up and find someone to ask him. By the way, when can we catch Han Yubin? I'll interrogate him while I'm at it."

"It'll be soon; the military dependents' compound isn't far from here."

Ji Yanjing answered quickly; he had a natural sense of fear in front of Bai Qi.

Hearing that she was going to personally interrogate the prisoners gave him goosebumps.

Everyone in the capital knows that Bai Qi is known as the "Living Yama," and every prisoner in her custody is crying for their parents.

Even those who are not afraid of death cannot escape the clutches of poison.

After all, Bai Qi's method of interrogating prisoners is not to make you die, but to make you unable to die even if you want to, and you can only be tortured mentally until your mind completely breaks down.

While they were discussing the follow-up actions.

The phone on the table rang again.

Ji Yanjing reached out and answered the call, hearing Yuan Tengzhen's anxious voice on the other end.

"We failed to catch Han Yubin. That kid has taken his daughter hostage and is forcing us to find him a car to leave."

"What? You beast!"

Ever since Ji Yanjing learned that he was going to be a father, he couldn't bear to hear anything about child abuse.

This man is capable of taking his own daughter hostage; what kind of beastly things wouldn't he do?

"Sister Sui Sui? She helped us find the most crucial evidence. We absolutely cannot let anything happen to Sister Sui Sui!"

Zhizhi was extremely anxious and immediately jumped off the chair.

Deng Qiu scooped her daughter up and placed her on her lap, then made a 'shh' gesture to her.

Now is not the time to be anxious; it won't help.

These rescue operations should be left to professionals.

Yuan Tengzhen hurriedly said a few words on the phone before rushing back to calm Han Yubin down, fearing he might do something impulsive.

As soon as the call ended, Ji Yanjing's face darkened. "Sister-in-law, brother, I'll have the guards take you to the communications department to check the records. Commander Jiang and I will go to rescue the hostages and arrest Han Yubin. We'll split up and take action. This spy must be caught!"

"OK!"

*

The area outside the military dependents' compound was packed with people.

As a military vehicle drove in, everyone spontaneously made way for it.

As soon as Zhizhi got out of the car, she wanted to rush forward.

But she had only taken two steps when she was lifted up, her arms and legs dangling in mid-air.

"Huh? Hey!"

The little cub turned around and found that the person who had rescued her was none other than her uncle.

She snorted in dissatisfaction and complained in a low voice, "Let me go! Don't bully short girls just because you're tall! I'm going to save Sister Sui Sui!"

Ji Yanjing's lips curled into a straight line, and his brows furrowed. "The situation is dangerous. Do you think this is child's play? Uncle Yuan already said that he has a weapon in his hand. You can't do anything if you go over there. Just stay here and wait."

"Hmph! Then you can put your nest down first!"

The little cub still really wanted to rescue Sister Sui Sui.

But she wasn't the kind of rebellious child who wouldn't listen to advice at all. On the contrary, she knew that her uncle was right, so she would take it seriously and obediently follow the adults around.

The two, one big and one small, pushed through the crowd and walked forward.

Jiang Family Gate

Yuan Tengzhen was sweating profusely with anxiety, and he was still shouting into the room through the metal megaphone, "Han Yubin, that's your daughter too, calm down!"

Han Yubin's voice came from the Jiang family's living room. He was holding a dagger tightly against Sui Sui's neck.

At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, and he appeared to be ready to fight to the death.

"Bullshit! I finally climbed to this position, and now I've been ruined like this. Going back to the army with you would just mean death. If that's the case, then what's the point of having a daughter? Anyway, the only ones who care about her life are you."

When he woke up and found himself tied up, he knew that his plan had been completely exposed.

He was doomed if he failed to complete the task assigned by his superiors.

But he can't die. He finally got to live a good life, why should he be completely ruined because of something like this?

So he ran to the coal stove and painfully burned the rope in his hand, intending to go home, pack his things, and run away.

Unexpectedly, Han Suisui, that wretched girl, shouted loudly after discovering him, attracting a bunch of people over.

Forced into a corner, he had no choice but to take Sui Sui hostage.

Han Yubin gasped for breath, gripping Sui Sui's neck tightly.

"Listen up, you people outside! I've said it before: if you want her to be safe, get your things ready, otherwise..."

As the words fell lightly, beads of blood instantly appeared on Sui Sui's fair neck.

The sharp blade gleamed coldly, and just one glance at it was enough to send chills down one's spine.

Even if Han Suisui has a good mental fortitude, she is still a child.

She was overwhelmed by fear, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"Dad, Dad..."

She knew that she no longer had any father-daughter affection for her father.

But she never expected that her father would use her life as a threat.

"Okay! I promise you!"

Yuan Tengzhen instructed the soldiers to climb up the walls of the house from both sides, ready to break down the door and rescue people at any time.

Just as Han Yubin was about to come out with Sui Sui tied up, the sound of fireworks suddenly rang out in the sky.

Han Yubin instinctively tightened his grip, and Sui Sui's neck immediately bled profusely.

"Take it down!"

"Go!"

Yuan Tengzhen reacted the fastest, leaping forward to pounce on Han Yubin and pinning him to the ground.

The other soldiers took out ropes and tied him up, and inevitably beat him with fists and feet.

Han Suisui felt her neck was very hot, burning hot, as if small streams of water were flowing out.

She looked down and found that her skirt was stained bright red.

'Thump—!'

Her small body collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

"Sui Sui! How is Sui Sui?"

Yuan Tengzhen looked back and saw large patches of blood on Sui Sui's body.

When Sui Sui fell to the ground, her eyes were still open. She could only watch, in a daze, as a pair of short legs hurriedly ran towards her.

In that fleeting moment of confusion, the last thing she saw was Zhizhi's anxious face.

"Sister Sui Sui! Don't sleep! Please don't sleep!"