"Haha, handsome comrade Captain, how come you turned against me so suddenly?" Knowing that he couldn't escape the beating today, Zhao Xiaohai simply put aside the fear in his heart. He staggered two steps under Shanaliva's push, but still said with a smile.

"Shut up!" Shanaliva said viciously as she punched Zhao Xiaohai in the lower abdomen, causing him to bend over and curl up on the ground.

But after the punch, Shanaliva's eyes flashed with anxiety. She hadn't really meant to throw that punch. Today's scene was all a test, arranged by Yakov himself. According to Yakov, today's performance was just to intimidate Zhao Xiaohai. Just a good scare would be enough. As for physical contact, that was absolutely not allowed. But now... out of habit, she had already thrown that punch, and with considerable force. This...

"stop!"

Just as Shanaliva was still muttering to herself, a gloomy and angry shout came from the warehouse door, and then Yakov's tall figure walked in quickly from outside the door.

Yakov's appearance instantly made Shanaleva's face turn pale. Having followed this superior for so many years, she knew Yakov's temperament well. This officer seemed to be kind to his subordinates, but he was actually cruel. He was always ruthless to those who even slightly disobeyed his will.

"Comrade Shanaliva, you are very brave. Very good, very good." Yakov walked quickly to Shanaliva's side, first glanced at Zhao Xiaohai who was struggling to get up from the ground, then glanced at Shanaliva and said with a gloomy face.

"Comrade Yakov, I..." Shanaleva said nervously.

"That's enough!" Waving his hand to interrupt Shanaliva, Yakov reached out and held Zhao Xiaohai's arm, helping him up from the ground. "Mr. Zhao, oh, I'm so sorry. I just got the news and rushed over. Who knew something like this would happen?"

In the reception room of the building in front of the police station, Zhao Xiaohai lay shirtless on a sofa, the severe pain in his lower abdomen still had not gone away, the burning sensation went straight through his chest and abdomen, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Shanaliva's punch was really powerful, and the spot where she struck was also very vicious, about half an inch below the navel. This is a human weakness. Anyone who is hit hard here will inevitably feel stomach churning and legs weak. It is estimated that it will take more than ten minutes to recover.

"Damn it, this woman's hands are really vicious!" Looking at his lower abdomen, where the punch had occurred, a circle of purple marks had appeared. Grinning, Zhao Xiaohai couldn't help but curse, "Don't fall into my hands sooner or later, or you'll be in trouble!"

Temporarily swallowing his anger, Zhao Xiaohai began to consider his current situation. He felt that his life was safe for the time being. Today's farce was most likely a "welcome gift" from Yakov, a pretense before actually making his demands. Tricks like these couldn't be hidden from anyone. But what Zhao Xiaohai really wanted to know was how Yakov, as the Security Council's top official in the Far East, could possibly use him.

With a slight "creak", the door of the reception room was pushed open from the outside, and Yakov, dressed in casual clothes, walked in.

"How is it, Brother Xiaohai, are you almost recovered?" Yakov closed the door and walked to the sofa opposite Zhao Xiaohai and sat down, throwing a box of cigarettes on the coffee table and asked casually.

"Fortunately, it looks like I won't die." Zhao Xiaohai was not polite. He took the cigarette box, took out a cigarette, lit it with the help of the lighter handed by Yakov, took a deep breath, and said embarrassedly.

"What? Are you still emotional?" Yakov lowered his eyelids, glanced at Zhao Xiaohai nonchalantly, and said with a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

"Haha, I can't really say I'm emotional," Zhao Xiaohai exhaled a puff of smoke, watching the curling green smoke gradually dissipate before his eyes, and said playfully, "I just don't understand why the new chairman of the Far East branch of the Security Committee would go to such great lengths to arrange such a wonderful drama for me? Why is that?"

"Hmm, not bad. You're worthy of being the man my sister has her eyes on. You have some brains." Having his tricks seen through, Yakov felt no shame at all. He nodded approvingly and said, "Just as you guessed, I personally arranged everything today. But that punch Shanaliva gave you was definitely not part of my plan. If, hehe, if you really mind that punch, I can give you a satisfactory compensation."

"Wait," Zhao Xiaohai heard something wrong from these words. He leaned forward and tried to sit up from the sofa, but the severe pain in his lower abdomen forced him to give up the plan. "You said your sister has taken a fancy to me?! Who is your sister?!"

"Sophia," Yakov answered first, then asked with an ambiguous expression, "Why, who do you think you are? Are there many girls who are interested in you?"

"Sophia? You said Sophia is your sister? Your biological sister?" Zhao Xiaohai said in surprise.

"Don't I look like her?" Yakov smiled and suddenly raised his hand to cover his eyes. "Now look, can you find some similarities between you and Sophia?"

Zhao Xiaohai squinted and took a closer look. Indeed, if Yakov covered his sinister eyes and only looked at the lower half of his face, he could easily spot Sofia's shadow. Zhao Xiaohai had long suspected that Sofia's background was not simple, but he could never have imagined that her eldest brother would actually be a member of the Security Committee, and hold a high position.

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