Chapter 44 Change of Hands, Unique, One Possibility "I betrayed my..."
It's not really fair to blame the badger for not searching thoroughly enough.
After all, the soft cushion next to Fu Ze still bears traces of the badger's teeth as it explored.
But no one could have imagined that Alexei, a man with a fiery temper, could be stuffed into the cramped space under the heavy solid mattress in such a short time without any resistance.
Of course, Fu Ze himself couldn't have done it.
Even if another person were added, the chances would be extremely slim.
This is also the main reason why the badger's teeth were not examined further.
Unfortunately, in the end, the badger's teeth were still slightly inferior.
Fu Ze did indeed have an accomplice, and this accomplice's physical abilities were frighteningly strong.
Mihara Kensei walked to the bedside with a gloomy face, and Fu Ze very tactfully slid off the bed, giving up the main battlefield.
Actually, he just wanted to lend a hand and do his part, however small.
However, Yuan Jianxing's expression was really bad at the moment, so he didn't want to make a fool of himself and simply stood aside to minimize his presence.
Yuan Jianxing squatted down like a professional weightlifter, placed his hands under the mattress to find a suitable grip, and then used all his muscles to lift the solid mattress, which looked to be at least a foot thick.
During the movement, his sailor uniform was subtly stretched, revealing the outline of his muscles.
Fu Ze couldn't help but secretly admire him.
Although he had only been working in the field for two weeks, his limited experience was enough for him to judge that if Yuan Jianxing were to leave his position as executive, with his face and physique, he could probably sell himself for at least 100,000 a night in the red-light district.
If people fight over him, there's no limit to how much they can do.
Just as Fu Ze was beginning to fantasize about how he would squander the commission he received from Yuan Jianxing's prostitution, Yuan Jianxing's voice pulled him back to reality: "Bring the person out."
Knowing the consequences if the other party guessed his thoughts, Fu Ze immediately straightened his posture and composed himself, tentatively asking, "Me?"
Is there a third person in this room who can move around freely?
Fu Ze: ...
This man is so hard to please.
Fu Ze knew, of course, that Yuan Jianxing wanted him to move Alexei, but the problem was that he really disliked the scent of Alexei's perfume.
Moreover, after being trapped under the bed, the base notes of the perfume seemed to have undergone a second fermentation, becoming even more intense.
Perhaps sensing Fu Ze's reluctance from his pause, Yuan Jianxing sighed heavily: "Then come and switch hands with me."
"Okay." Fu Ze's eyes lit up.
It is difficult to lift a heavy object with force, but it is much easier to keep the heavy object in a certain state.
To prevent Yuan Jianxing from backing out, he immediately took two steps forward, bent down and crawled in front of Yuan Jianxing, placing his hand under the other's palm to receive the baton.
Seeing Fu Ze so naturally and effortlessly come over, Yuan Jianxing felt a throbbing pain in his brain.
How can there be so many things in this world...?
so?
Well, well, he couldn't even think of a suitable adjective to describe this person.
Never mind, I'll talk about it later.
After gradually transferring the load to Fu Ze, Yuan Jianxing immediately bent down and, as nimbly as if scooping up a piglet, hauled Alexei onto his shoulder.
The moment he stepped out of the mattress's reach, Fu Ze let go.
With a loud thud, the mattress crashed back onto the bed frame, and the dust that blew out as the two snapped together almost got into Yuan Jianxing's eyes.
Noticing the accusatory, murderous look in Yuan Jianxing's eyes, Fu Ze spread his hands innocently and said, "First of all, the soundproofing in the rooms on the ship is pretty good. Secondly, everyone's quirks are different, so making any kind of noise is perfectly reasonable."
Is this what you meant to express?!
The original star was condensed.
This person can always come up with a thousand reasons to argue and make trouble in the first instance.
I absolutely must not let him lead me astray.
After settling Alexei in, Yuan Jianxing turned around, ready to settle accounts with Fu Ze, only to find that the other party had already gone back to bed.
Instead of sitting on the edge of the bed before, he went even further this time, lying directly on the bed.
Judging from his expression, he even seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit.
As if he had thought of something, Fu Ze lifted his head from under the pillow and gestured in the direction of Alexei: "Give him an hour and a half of extra time first, any longer would be too much of a favor."
Yuan Jianxing's gaze darkened.
When I knocked Alexei down, I did inject him with the same drug as the first mate, but in a reduced dose.
But how did Fu Ze see it? He clearly had his back turned at the time.
Yuan Jianxing's question was quickly answered by the person involved.
Fu Ze casually smoothed the tassels on the pillow. "Based on my understanding of you, since you dared to take the blame, you must have prepared a way to prevent the person you took the blame from appearing at the same time."
Immediately afterwards, he very consciously turned over and buried his face completely in the pillow to avoid it.
"As for the methods used, I don't care at all."
At this moment, Fu Ze's head was completely buried in the pillow, so his voice sounded muffled.
After calculating how much medication was needed to keep Alexei unconscious for an hour and a half, Yuan Jianxing precisely pushed the syringe to the corresponding mark.
As the fluid was injected, Alexei, whose eyelids had been twitching occasionally, gradually calmed down, as if he had entered a rare deep sleep.
At this point, the room fell completely silent, with only Yuan Jianxing and Fu Ze emitting deep or long breaths.
After a while, upon hearing the rhythmic rustling of fabric once again, Fu Ze very consciously turned over, half-lying and half-leaning as he looked at Yuan Jianxing walking towards him.
He politely smoothed out the wrinkled mattress with his feet, then casually invited Harami Hoshi, who was standing like a tower at the foot of the bed, "If you want to chat, then chat properly. Why are you standing? Please sit down."
Seeing that the other party did not move, Fu Ze shook his head helplessly and puzzled.
Even though Yuan Jianxing treated him like an equal when he caused such a big commotion at the V City transit hub, why didn't he even say thank you to him when he just helped him out of his predicament?
This man's behavioral standards are really hard to fathom.
However, just when Fu Ze thought the two were about to start their conversation in this posture of one lying down and the other standing, the other person actually sat down, right across from him.
Although he was sitting on the bed, Yuan Jianxing's back was still straight, and he looked like a capital "meticulous", which was in stark contrast to Fu Ze, who was curled up on the bed.
“Let’s do it one by one,” Hara Mihoshi said.
Oh, that interrogation tone again.
Using his arms to lift his body a little, Fu Ze found a comfortable position among the headboard and the pile of pillows and cushions, and looked up at Yuan Jianxing.
That's true.
If the two of them had been pretending to be confused before, then Badger Tooth's words "one of our own" just now completely broke the ice.
Fu Ze, who is "one of their own" with the Kangming Group, is naturally the enemy of CEO Yuan Jianxing.
Hara Mihoshi has never had a good attitude towards his enemies.
Sure enough, this was the Chief Executive I knew: someone who clearly distinguished between public and private matters, and who was always composed.
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Although Yuan Jianxing appeared very calm from Fu Ze's perspective, his thoughts were actually in a very unusual state of confusion.
However, this confusion does not stem from the fact that he is being subjected to a thorough search by badger teeth.
Before leaving the room where the first mate was housed, he set up a very secret little mechanism inside.
This little thing was found among the stolen goods of a previously captured extremely cunning criminal. He thought it was quite ingenious and useful, so he simply kept it instead of handing it over to the adjudication bureau.
Once someone enters the room, the mechanism will activate automatically and send a message to their communication terminal.
In other words, Yuan Jianxing knew almost immediately that his identity had been exposed.
Using the excuse of needing to go to the hold to adjust the cargo ballast, he immediately left the captain's cabin and began circling around Badger Tooth.
He has experienced far more critical situations than this.
Moreover, given Yuan Jianxing's understanding of the ship and the numerous monitoring gaps that were inexplicably left in its design, no matter how thoroughly Badger Tooth searches, he is certain he can find the blind spots in the enemy's movements.
However, just like the first mate lying in the small room, his plans were also turned upside down by a hand that suddenly reached out.
The moment he felt a gentle touch on his shoulder, Hara Mihoshi's first thought was that he had been ambushed.
He instinctively grabbed the other person's wrist, intending to use a grappling technique to throw them over his shoulder.
But then he remembered that he was still covered by the first mate's face, and he restrained himself from acting.
As he made these movements, a deliberately lowered voice crept into Yuan Jianxing's ears along the wrist he was tightly gripping.
"Sir, we're on the same side."
Yuan Jianxing was taken aback.
In this city of L, there is only one person who calls himself, a junior executive officer, "commander".
—Fu Ze!
On the other side, Fu Ze seized the rare and fleeting pause in Yuan Jianxing's mind and used his fingertips to pull the device off the back of the other's ear.
As the distance between them increased, the pairing of the camouflage devices began to become unbalanced, and the vice-captain's features on Yuan Jianxing's face also became distorted.
After a few more flashes, the disguise completely failed.
Yuan Jianxing's true appearance finally appeared before Fu Ze.
Although the first mate himself is quite good-looking, Fu Ze still prefers Yuan Jianxing.
"About how I recognized you..."
A faint chuckle came first, and then Fu Ze raised his free hand and hooked his fingertips twice on the top of his head.
"Excuse my frankness, but your personal characteristics are quite unique and eye-catching."
Seeing his action, Yuan Jianxing immediately glanced at the gleaming glass to the side.
Sure enough, the hairspray failed.
That tuft of hair that he loathed stood straight up on his head, swaying arrogantly with his movements.
But every time I take care of it, Fu Ze is either already asleep or hasn't gotten up yet, so how could this be...?
etc!
Now is not the time to dwell on these trivial matters.
When Yuan Jianxing turned his gaze back to Fu Ze, intending to question what the other party was up to, Fu Ze actually showed him a top-tier VIP room key.
"Come with me."
In any situation, it is extremely suspicious for someone holding a room key to say "Come with me" to another person.
Not to mention Harami Hoshi, who is now under immense pressure and has triggered a major alarm in his heart.
Logically and emotionally, he could not possibly act with a mole within the Kangming Group.
Therefore, Fu Ze, who was turning around to leave with Yuan Jianxing, was pulled back by the force of the iron shackles on his wrist and staggered.
"Why aren't you leaving?" He turned back to look at Yuan Jianxing with some confusion. "Even if a great man doesn't care about trivial matters, hiding like this is too unsightly."
Fu Ze felt that Yuan Jianxing shouldn't act so undignifiedly.
But Hara Mihoshi clearly didn't care about that.
He is a consequentialist; as long as the result is correct, the necessary twists and turns in the process are a perfectly acceptable price to pay.
However, at this moment, Yuan Jianxing felt the blood vessels in his temples throbbing wildly.
Not only because he was in a tense situation of being hunted, but also because...
Does this person even know their place? How dare they ask such a question?
Fu Ze seemed to understand something from the bulging veins on Yuan Jianxing's forehead, and immediately explained, "I know you're angry, but don't be angry yet."
"Now that we've already alerted them, we need to find you a new identity. Even if we don't end up using it, it'll be a backup plan, right?"
"Although Alexei, the owner of this room card, is a bit flamboyant, on the other hand, even if his behavior changes, no one will directly question him."
"He's coming soon. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we must seize it."
us……
Upon hearing this word, Yuan Jianxing's eyes flickered slightly.
What do you mean by "we" to me?
Seeing that Yuan Jianxing still seemed unmoved, Fu Ze became a little anxious and tried a different approach: "Or, how about I ask you to help me solve a problem, okay?"
Although Harami Hoshi had never personally dealt with Alexei, he had heard of this playboy's reputation during his work over the past few days.
Then, thinking back to how Fu Ze had behaved quite well when facing this person, not losing face as an executive officer.
His attitude softened somewhat.
However, the degree of softening is limited.
"Didn't you provoke him on your own?" Yuan Jianxing said coldly. "I could tell you were having a lot of fun."
Seeing that Yuan Jianxing had finally responded, Fu Ze immediately pressed his advantage, saying:
"I don't care about you, what matters is you."
"Now that your presence has been exposed, Badger Tooth will definitely keep a close watch on you, no matter what your purpose is in boarding the ship. You will find yourself in a situation where you are constantly constrained."
"Either you keep going in circles with him, but he can make countless mistakes while you can only make one. Either way, it's a pure loss."
"Either you trust me this once, or we're in this together. If we succeed, we succeed; if we die, we die!"
It's us again...
Perhaps it was because Fu Ze's analysis had truly struck a chord with Yuan Jianxing, or perhaps it was because the phrase "If we succeed, we succeed together; if we die, we die together" had been spoken so earnestly that Yuan Jianxing suddenly felt a little dazed.
Whether you can truly trust the person in front of you, just once.
Even if this is a trap, it won't be much worse than the current situation.
When Jian Yuan and Jian Xing fell silent again, Fu Ze guessed that his tone had been a bit abrupt, so he subconsciously tried to ease the atmosphere.
"What was that sentimental saying again?"
He blinked frequently, quickly recalling and searching.
"Oh right."
"I betrayed my own interests to love you."
Buzz————
It was as if a vibrating string was suddenly stretched to its limit, and the time and light around the two of them were also brought to a rapid halt.
Perhaps Fu Ze said something else at the time, but Yuan Jianxing could no longer hear it.
He could only see the other person's lips opening and closing.
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding environment began to disappear, evolving into a dizzying white light, which was then compressed in the next instant before exploding into an extreme shriek.
The white light and the shriek mixed together to form an incomparably sharp bullet, which pierced through layers of frozen time and space and struck Yuan Jianxing, who was sitting on the edge of the bed staring directly at Fu Ze, right between the eyebrows.
right.
What drove him to madness was this sentence—
I betrayed my own interests... to love you.
For the first time, Hara Miki felt that her ability to determine the truth or falsehood of what the other person said with 100% certainty was a burden.
He knew perfectly well that this was just a joke in Fu Ze's usual unreliable style.
She knew for sure that Fu Ze was just trying to use those words to convince her to act with him.
Yet he also knew that what Fu Ze said, from the very first note, came from the bottom of his heart.
Besides that, there is another possibility.
It seems that in that instant, I was the one who wished that statement were true.
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Author's Note: [Sunglasses]
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