"Xu Xianglan, tell me about Uncle San and Lone Wolf. How much do you really know? Just say what you think. I know you've never met, but through the reports and the content between the lines, you can get a sense of their characteristics and personalities. Let's just treat this as a chat. You can relax and share your judgment. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong."

Jiang Qiao quickly regained her composure and continued listening. "I can't say for sure about this. It's hard to guess what Uncle San and Old Wolf are thinking. Their reports are never verbose; they don't even bother with an extra word. I really can't say for sure. I can only say they are very experienced. As for who they are, I certainly can't know at my level. I really can't help you with this."

Jiang Qiao suddenly asked, "Since you were sent from the other side, you should at least be considered an imperial envoy, right? Didn't you take the initiative to contact them?"

Xu Xianglan shook her head. "My orders are to wait for the other party to contact me first, and not to contact them casually. However, you can try. I don't know if it will work, but you know the time, password, and frequency anyway."

All the questions that needed to be asked had been asked. As for the rest, we'll talk about them when we remember them. Xu Xianglan was then taken away.

Jiang Qiao stood up. "I'll try it tonight. Are you coming over?"

Song Shutian nodded. "Okay, if not, you should hurry back too. We can't let the New Year be delayed. We'll take care of the rest."

After Jiang Qiao returned, the people who had gone out for a stroll had already come back. Although Song Zhi was concerned about the results of Jiang Qiao's interrogation, he also knew his limits.

"How did it go? Did it work?"

Jiang Qiao smiled and said, "It's done. So, everyone has worked hard. We don't need to take care of the rest."

By the way, how's Uncle Yang's matter going?

Speaking of Yang Yunqi, Song Zhi said with emotion, "Special cases are handled specially. Back then, your Uncle Yang was really famous. Even the bureau chief knew about him."

Yang Yunqi was happy, but he knew even more that without Jiang Qiao, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

"Girl, thank you. If I hadn't given you and me this opportunity, my life would probably have ended like this."

Jiang Qiao quickly waved her hand, "Uncle, you're too kind. In fact, I should thank you. You're the one who's most capable of letting me do what I love. It's no exaggeration to say that you're the biggest contributor."

Alright, things have turned out well today. If all goes well, we should be able to go home for the New Year tomorrow.

"You two chat for a bit, I'm going back to my room to rest."

We've all been through this. Even though we didn't do any heavy physical work, interrogation is definitely a mentally taxing job. Getting enemy agents to talk so quickly is a real skill.

Jiang Qiao said she was tired, but she wasn't that tired. She just wanted some peace and quiet and to sort out the things Gu Zhixuan had bought.

Although Yang Yunqi was transferred to the Public Security Bureau because of this incident, he was only there to help at first. Without him, the matter wouldn't have been resolved so easily, and she had to repay this favor.

After dinner, Song Shutian arrived. All the people they were supposed to arrest today had been detained by them under various pretexts. After an afternoon of intensive interrogation, they actually caught a few who had slipped through the net. Just as they finished dealing with them, Song Shutian came over.

After chatting with Song Zhi and the others for a bit, the two of them went back to Jiang Qiao's room. Song Zhi and Yang Yunqi stood guard outside while the two of them chatted in the corridor.

"Do you think they'll fall for it?"

Yang Yunqi shook his head. "It's hard to say. In principle, no, unless there's a very good reason. Those people can hide for so long, how could they not have some ability? Let's wait and see. It would be best if Jiang Qiao could lure them out, that would save a lot of trouble."

In fact, Song Zhi had another hidden worry in his heart: if the other side found out about today's arrest, Jiang Qiao and the others' efforts would definitely not succeed.

In the afternoon, during the interrogation, Xu Xianglan mentioned that, for double insurance, the time bomb, Lone Wolf, would be delivered by someone later.

Jiang Qiao and Song Shutian had discussed using this as a pretext to contact Lone Wolf. Song Shutian had already informed his people beforehand to detect the locations of all suspicious radio stations.

Unfortunately, Jiang Qiao received no reply after sending the telegram.

"What happened? Has the news leaked?"

Song Shutian shook his head thoughtfully. "Impossible. All the arrests were carried out in secret. My people are very reliable, and the Municipal Bureau also sent reliable people to carry them out."

Jiang Qiao shrugged. "So where's the problem?"

Then a thought flashed through my mind: "Perhaps the problem lies with you."

Song Shutian pointed to himself in surprise, "On me? Jiang Qiao, are you sure you're not mistaken? You may not know others, but you know me well?"

Jiang Qiao gave a bitter smile. "Of course I understand you, but someone else understands you even better. I'm afraid someone already knows you're here, or maybe they've already guessed it. As for that Lone Wolf, I don't know if he got the news or if he sensed our presence. I estimate there won't be any progress. Sigh, I originally planned to follow the clues, but who would have thought it would all fall apart at the last minute."

Brother Song, to be honest, you really should start checking around. How many people know you're on a business trip? How many people know you're here?

Song Shutian really couldn't say for sure about this. "Is that possible?"

Jiang Qiao shrugged. "Whether it's possible or not, it's already like this. When you get back, start investigating the people around you. No matter how old they are, whether they're male or female, be careful. Who knows who the bad guys are? They don't have stickers on their heads. But you really should take this matter seriously. Keeping these people around is just asking for trouble. The enemy is determined to kill us, and you won't have a moment of peace."

I believe that even if Lone Wolf hates me, he probably won't bother me now. The assassin is dead, something's happened here, and I reckon Uncle Three will definitely report to his superiors.

At this point, Jiang Qiao immediately had a good idea: "Even if I can't catch this lone wolf right now, I'll still cause him some trouble. You wait—"

Song Shutian had figured out what Jiang Qiao was going to do, and nodded with a smile. That's more like Jiang Qiao; this girl is the type who never suffers a loss.

Jiang Qiao first looked up the message she wanted to send in the codebook, and then complained to Xu Xianglan's superior.

After typing the last word, Jiang Qiao turned to Song Shutian and asked, "Have you considered releasing Xu Xianglan?"

Song Shutian shook his head. "It's no use. Putting aside the fact that Xu Xianglan confessed out of desperation, it's impossible for her to have really changed her mind. After all, she's a veteran agent. If we let her go, she'll probably escape."

Besides, that lone wolf has been hiding for so long without even a spy, which is not in line with his style.

Alright, let's leave it at that. We'll follow up later. You should go back tomorrow.