Chen Jiaping's approach was clear: fight if you can win, make an example of someone to deter others, and vent your anger.

If you can't win, so be it. A true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm. It's not worth risking your life for a single punch.

An Ruwei was secretly delighted. She had overheard everything clearly and was almost certain that the other party was her target for this operation: the Chongqing intelligence organization.

It seems I have enough information; it's time to get involved.

Meanwhile, at the Shanghai Railway Station headquarters, Wang Hanmin was reporting to Duan Tiecheng about the situation at the Lian family's old residence.

After listening to Wang Hanmin's account, Duan Tiecheng also had a headache. He originally thought that this mission was a good opportunity. The task of destroying the legal tender was too difficult, and he really did not have the confidence to complete it. If he could handle the matter of transporting the treasure for the Director, the Director might be lenient and reduce the punishment for him and others if the task of destroying the legal tender failed. But now it seems that it has backfired, and things will be more difficult to deal with in the future.

"Hanmin, this matter has made our situation even more difficult. Now we have no way back. We must do everything in our power to complete the case of destroying the legal tender, no matter what the cost. Otherwise, if we fail, our fate will be dire!"

Wang Hanmin also sighed deeply, his face filled with regret. He sighed and said, "It's not a fault of the war! Who could have predicted that a cloth merchant would be able to find such a hidden treasure in just a few days? I always feel that there is something fishy about this."

Duan Tiecheng sensed a hint of doubt in his tone and asked, "What, do you have something in mind?"

Wang Hanmin narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with some doubt, "To be honest, ever since I came to Shanghai to establish an intelligence station, I've always felt like there's an invisible eye watching me. This feeling has been there for a long time, but I can't be sure where it comes from. It's because of this feeling that I've been living in fear and trepidation for the past six months, not daring to cross the line. But in the end, something still went wrong. Sigh..."

Upon hearing Wang Hanmin's words, Duan Tiecheng couldn't help but feel worried and hurriedly asked, "Didn't you check carefully whether there's something wrong with the people around you?"

Wang Hanmin shook his head and explained, "I secretly investigated many times, but I really found nothing. I assigned several fake missions in batches, and they were all completed smoothly. Besides, if we were really being watched, things wouldn't have been so calm for the past six months. In the end, I had no choice but to give up the investigation. I can't keep being suspicious like this. Besides, all the men under my command were brought from Wuhan, so there shouldn't be any problems!"

“You’re right. Too much testing and suspicion is not a good thing,” Duan Tiecheng nodded. Then he remembered something else. “What do you plan to do with Gan Mingxuan? Keeping him here will only do more harm than good!”

“I’ve already spoken to him and arranged for someone to escort him back to Chongqing tomorrow. He agreed. He’s a ticking time bomb; if he stays here, something bad will happen sooner or later.”

Duan Tiecheng nodded, remained silent for a while, and finally Wang Hanmin said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, Brother Tiecheng. Let's get down to business. I wonder if you've finished the structural drawings for the library building?"

Some time ago, the two of them divided the work: Duan Tiecheng was responsible for obtaining the structural blueprints of the library building, while Wang Hanmin was responsible for investigating the security situation inside the library building.

Duan Tiecheng nodded, turned around and took out a structural drawing of the library building, explaining, "It's now preliminarily completed. It wasn't easy. Our people first bribed the municipal government's engineering bureau with a large sum of money, but after searching for a long time, they couldn't find the architectural drawing of the library building. According to that staff member, the engineering bureau lost some building data due to artillery fire during the Battle of Shanghai, and this drawing was likely lost at that time. Later, we secretly arrested those two Japanese men, and based on their confessions and our observations of the library building's exterior, we were able to draw this simplified structural drawing."

"Where is that staff member?" Wang Hanmin asked.

He didn't ask about the two Japanese men; unsurprisingly, they've already been silenced.

"Don't worry, it's been cleared up. Now it's up to you to see how things go."

Wang Hanmin nodded and said, "We've increased our surveillance of the library building these past few days, but we haven't gotten much information. We discovered that the Japanese agents inside change shifts every two days, with about forty people on each shift. We also found the Japanese canteen that delivers their meals, but this canteen is exclusively used by the Japanese military, and it's full of Japanese people inside and out. We have no way to get close, so we've ruled out the possibility of poisoning. Also, their garbage is taken out by designated personnel and thrown into a nearby garbage dump when they change shifts. There are special vehicles to clean it up, so we don't have any resources to utilize."

Duan Tiecheng looked at Wang Hanmin and couldn't help but ask in disappointment, "That's all?"

"That's all! Brother Tiecheng, I really can't get any more information. If we make any bigger moves, we'll alert the Japanese, and then everything will be over!"

Intelligence work can sometimes be ruined by the slightest flaw, and the Japanese intelligence agencies were very vigilant, so Wang Hanmin dared not get too close.

Duan Tiecheng knew the matter was tricky, and seeing Wang Hanmin's troubled expression, he had no choice but to give up.

The two men sat around the simple blueprints of the library building and began to carefully discuss their next steps.

However, after discussing for a long time, they still couldn't get to the point. Almost as soon as the two of them came up with a design plan, it would be quickly overturned. They always felt that every action plan was fraught with difficulties, and that if they were not careful, they would lose everything.

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