Jiang Ci said, "Commander Xu wants to kill me."
The captain and Jiang Ci's superior both fell silent.
The first mate retorted angrily, "Jiang Ci, how dare you try to argue!"
Jiang Ci: "What can I say to argue? I'm just stating the facts."
"you!"
"Alright!" The captain raised his hand to stop the first mate from speaking, and said to him and the others, "You all go back and rest first, we'll handle the rest."
Commander Xu is in charge of this operation, and since he is injured, the captain and Jiang Ci's superior have become the most influential people in the room.
Since the captain had spoken, everyone had no choice but to leave.
Liu Ke glanced at Jiang Ci worriedly again and again before following the others.
There were only three people left in the lounge.
"Didn't the minister tell you not to alert the enemy and to act cautiously? How did you end up like this?"
The leader who came with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was a secretary to the minister, whose surname was Miao, and everyone called him Secretary Miao.
Secretary Miao released Jiang Ci and reprimanded her in a low voice.
Jiang Ci said, "It's not that I wanted to alert them, but Commander Xu discovered my identity. Tonight, he sent a female comrade to call me, intending to kill me."
Jiang Ci recounted what happened today: "When I went out with that female comrade, I realized something was wrong. I thought Commander Xu knew that the antiques had been switched, so I brought a dagger. Commander Xu wanted to kill me and throw me into the sea. I had no choice but to defend myself."
The captain and Secretary Miao were shocked. "What!?"
"I have no reason to lie to you about this. I'm on the ship. If I really wanted to kill Commander Xu, I would have at least ten ways to make him die silently."
Jiang Ci's restraints were released. She rubbed her wrists, which were marked by the bindings, and glanced at the captain. She said, "You should try to contact the country as soon as possible to find out what happened. Then search Commander Xu's room and see what you can find."
Jiang Ci spoke calmly and confidently. The captain and Secretary Miao knew something was wrong, so they nodded and went to the captain's cabin to try to contact the country, and to Commander Xu's room to look for clues.
Jiang Ci first washed her face and cleaned the blood that had sprayed from Commander Xu's body before she and Secretary Miao arrived at Commander Xu's room one after the other.
Secretary Miao was rummaging through Commander Xu's suitcase when Jiang Ci's gaze swept around. "Did you find anything?"
“There’s nothing suspicious in the suitcase.” Secretary Miao pulled out an invitation card, which still bore the jade seal pattern that Shan Shengshuo was so proud of. He held it up to Jiang Ci. “Is this the kind of invitation Shan Shengshuo sent you?”
Jiang Ci nodded, walked to the desk in the room, and opened the drawer.
It contained only work-related documents, nothing special.
"It seems he knew you were an undercover agent before he boarded the ship, but he couldn't be sure," Secretary Miao said, standing up as if speculating. "Did something happen that made him confirm your undercover identity?"
Jiang Ci coughed and said, "I went to check a few days ago to see if those antiques were on the ship."
Secretary Miao asked in surprise, "You broke the seal on top?"
Jiang Ci said, "I did open it, but I glued it back together after I looked at it, leaving no trace, unless he personally witnessed me opening the box."
After saying that, Jiang Ci suddenly looked down and felt as if she had kicked something when she moved her feet.
She crouched down and looked along the floor, and saw a wad of paper stuck in the crack of the desk.
Jiang Ci reached out and took it out, then opened it.
These are two pieces of paper.
When Secretary Miao saw that she had made a discovery, she immediately went over and asked, "What did you find?"
Jiang Ci quickly finished reading what was written on the paper. She handed the paper she had finished reading to Secretary Miao and then looked at the next one.
The writing on the papers was not much, and the content was vastly different, but they all pointed to the same thing.
"This... Shan Shengshuo really noticed your abnormality and had Commander Xu deal with you... The higher-ups also noticed this and sent a telegram to inform you to prepare in advance... Both telegrams were received by the ship's telegraph machine at the same time..."
Secretary Miao was somewhat speechless.
Jiang Ci sighed, "No wonder Commander Xu's attitude towards me changed so drastically in the blink of an eye. If he had only received Shan Shengshuo's telegram, he might have just been a little suspicious of me. But the fact that he saw this telegram that the leader photographed confirms that I really have a problem... Something earth-shattering must have happened in the country."
Jiang Ci's already uneasy mood became even more anxious at this moment.
Seeing her furrowed brows, Secretary Miao knew she was worried about her family. He patted Jiang Ci on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. Since the leaders sent a telegram to remind you, they will definitely protect your family."
Jiang Ci hummed in agreement. "When will we reach the next port of call?"
On the ship, she knew nothing about the situation back home, which was quite agonizing for Jiang Ci.
"Let me discuss it with the captain."
The two then went to the captain's cabin under cover of darkness.
The captain is adjusting the equipment.
The captain told the two men, "We still can't connect to the domestic signal, but I can try to connect to the signal in Hong Kong. Mr. Lu spent a lot of money to buy a set of equipment with excellent signal for the port, so we might be able to connect."
Jiang Ci wasn't sleepy at all. Secretary Miao advised her to go back and rest, promising to notify her as soon as there was a signal. But Jiang Ci didn't leave; she just waited for the captain to get things sorted out.
I don't know how much time passed, but the machine, which had been unresponsive, started making crackling noises, and I could faintly hear the sound.
"X1, X1, this is Y0, please respond if you hear me." The captain immediately sent out the request.
There was another crackling and flickering of electricity. After the captain adjusted the signal several times, a clear voice finally came through: "Y0, this is X1."
That was Cantonese, which was quite familiar to the captain.
The captain breathed a sigh of relief, but then heard someone on the other side say, "Mr. Lu has ordered us to find your signal and to relay the message."
Sizzle and sizzle—
"Shan Shuo, the domestic suspect, has been brought to justice. Guo Zhen was burned... Miss Jiang... and her family... were injured..."
The previous words brought a huge sigh of relief to Jiang Ci and the others, but the intermittent commotion that followed caused Jiang Ci's expression to change drastically. She pushed the captain away and demanded, "Explain yourself! What happened to my family?!"
"...Hospital...I feel at ease..."
Sizzle...
The other person's voice became increasingly inaudible, until only a series of static sounds remained.
Jiang Ci looked unwell. Upon seeing the telegraph machine, he said to the captain, "Please send a telegram back home to inquire about the situation."
"Comrade Jiang, calm down," the captain said. "Even if we send a telegram now, it will take at least ten days for the country to receive it. Why don't we wait until the day after tomorrow, stop in a nearby country, and then try to contact the country?"
Jiang Ci said calmly, "Then try to connect to the domestic navy's signal again. No matter how capable Mr. Lu is, the equipment he buys can't possibly be better than the equipment used by the military."
captain:……
He was quite embarrassed and looked at Secretary Miao.
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