Chapter 70 I Killed Someone
When Li Xiaogou was awake, he was lying on the bed. On the wall opposite the bed was a poster of "Doctor Strange". He instantly recognized that this was Jiang Mu's room.
The curtains were drawn tightly, not allowing any light to get in. Li Xiaogou's hands were tied behind his back. He tried to break free, but the thin rope cut into his flesh, causing his nerves to throb with pain.
Jiang Yao came prepared and even had the ropes ready to tie people up.
But how did Jiang Yao know that he was suspicious? He didn't even tell Jiang Mu.
There was dead silence outside the door, not even the sound of breathing. He was probably the only one in the whole house now.
Want to escape?
As soon as the thought came to his mind, he sat up.
Just as I was about to jump to the table to find a sharp tool to cut the rope, I heard the sound of a door closing outside.
Li Xiaogou leaped forward and fell face down on the bed.
He flapped his arms twice, like a fish in a frying pan, and flipped himself over in the air.
Almost at the moment he turned over, the door of the room opened, a shadow flashed by, and then the door was closed again with great force.
Jiang Mu was pushed in.
The reason why I said "push" is because Jiang Mu's hands were also tied.
"Jiang Mu?" Li Xiaogou called softly.
Jiang Mu slowly raised his eyes, and his scattered gaze finally found focus at this moment.
Li Xiaogou's pupils suddenly shrank. Jiang Mu's fair face was covered in blood, leaving only his eyes, which were dark and looked like two empty holes.
"Grandma Li, Grandpa Wang, so many people, so many people...I killed them all."
Li Xiaogou struggled hard, the thin ropes bit deep into his flesh and rubbed his bones, but it was far less painful than what he saw.
How could there be such a father?
No, at that time Yan Chong was not Jiang Yao, nor was he Jiang Mu’s father.
It was just a body driven by hatred, and underneath the body was a devil made up of resentment.
This devil actually used his magic to make Jiang Mu kill those people with his own hands. The last time he came here, the grandparents smiled and said they wanted to introduce him to someone.
It felt like fire was burning her body, and a violent rage burst out from her bones, making her want to tear the man to pieces.
Li Xiaogou finally broke the rope on his hands. He calmly untied the ropes that bound his feet. His fingertips were trembling, and blood was dripping from the joints of his wrists as he moved. The white bones could be clearly seen through the pink skin, but he seemed to be unaware of the pain. After regaining his freedom, he walked to Jiang Mu.
He stretched out his hand to put it on Jiang Mu's shoulder, but finally took it back.
"I can get you out." Li Xiaogou heard himself say.
"Why?"
"Because Yan Chong is only alive for revenge. He is not your father, and a father would not treat his own child like this."
"But he was the one who carried me back from the border. Everyone saw it. He was covered in wounds trying to save me. He raised me. Even though our family was poor, he never let me suffer. He—"
"He did save you, but he only saved you from the family that was wary of you. At the time, he took over Jiang Yao's identity and was worried that he would be exposed again and again, so he needed someone around him who would be more intriguing. You were that person. He killed your family, abandoned you in the wilderness, and then staged a scene to save you."
Li Xiaogou felt like a ruthless executioner. Words were his knife, and he would show no mercy when the knife fell.
"He didn't dare stay in the Special Investigation Bureau any longer, fearing those people would discover something was amiss. But he needed the intelligence the Bureau provided, so he trained you. He raised you, never without a purpose. Haven't you ever wondered why he always discussed work matters with you, intentionally or unintentionally? As a former Special Investigation Bureau agent, he should know best that these things are not allowed to be discussed."
Jiang Mu held his head with his hands, but Li Xiaogou did not stop. He had to wake Jiang Mu up immediately.
He endured the severe pain and continued, "As for the hardship, that was just part of his self-torture. The Yan family's accumulated wealth at the time was almost comparable to that of a small country. Even though they were destroyed later and the assets on paper were divided up, they took away most of the gold, silver and jewelry. They never lacked money for their secret activities over the years."
"Jiang Mu, his kindness to you is all planned and performed for you."
Jiang Mu's body trembled visibly. He raised his head, tears already covering his cheeks.
"But I can't understand why? Why me?! I'm just an ordinary mind reader. Even if I were to, even if I were to, I wouldn't be able to help him at all in a battle."
"But mind readers are great for gathering information, aren't they?"
This was like the final heavy hammer, hitting Jiang Mu's heart hard, making him wilted.
In the darkness, they couldn't see each other's expressions, but the huge sadness seemed to fill the space.
Li Xiaogou pursed his lips into a straight line: "My ability is also very suitable for gathering intelligence, so you see what happened to me."
This was obviously a lame joke, but it successfully made Jiang Mu stand up.
Jiang Mu is always smiling and kind, and he doesn't burden anyone, so much so that people often overlook that he is over 1.8 meters tall and has passed all the tests of the Special Investigation Bureau. He can create oppression just by standing there.
From this moment on, something changed.
"How are you going to escape?"
"Do you have a way to get Jiang Yao, I mean Yan Chong, to leave here?"
Jiang Mu pondered for a moment: "I have a way."
Jiang Mu didn't say what the solution was, so Li Xiaogou didn't ask.
After silently wiping the bloodstains on the ground, the two returned to their original state.
Jiang Mu banged on the door and called Yan Chong's name.
The door opened again, and Yan Chong smelled the strong smell of blood from inside. He curled his lips and said, "Have you figured it out?"
"impossible."
Yan Chong wanted to close the door immediately.
“But it can be traded.”
Yan Chong raised his eyebrows.
"If you release Li Xiaogou, I will tell you what I heard from Yunlou."
"impossible."
Jiang Mu angrily asked, "Why? Li Xiaogou, like me, doesn't have combat abilities. He can't possibly pose any threat to you."
Yan Chong narrowed his eyes and said, "You underestimate your friend too much. He only came once, and yet he made you suspicious of me and secretly investigate me. With his ability to manipulate people's hearts, there's no way I'll let him go."
"It wasn't him who made me suspicious. Xiao Gou didn't tell me anything. I became suspicious of you because I overheard you talking to him about the Yan family." Jiang Mu laughed self-deprecatingly. "Perhaps you've forgotten that when I was a child, I also asked you about the major families, and what you told me then was completely different."
"Just because of this? You really have no conscience. Haven't you ever considered that I said that because I didn't want you, a young child, to worry?"
"Maybe. But once people become suspicious, they'll find more suspicious things. For example, there's always a period of time every week when you're completely unreachable. You said you were in a meeting, and I convinced myself, but—now there's no point in talking about this."
"Yeah." Even someone as cold-hearted as Yan Chong was stunned for a moment.
This moment of opportunity was what Jiang Mu had been waiting for.
He left no way out for himself and went straight for Yan Chong's throat.
Every agent of the Special Investigation Bureau will have a backup plan for himself: saving his life, committing suicide, or dying together. Everyone's choice is different.
Jiang Mu chose to die together.
The delicate and small sleeve arrow shot straight out from his sleeve, and the next second it was about to kiss Yan Chong's throat.
Yan Chong's eyes dimmed slightly, and then they became cold and fierce again in an instant. His movements were faster than the sleeve arrow. He dodged it by turning his head and his body, and caught the sleeve arrow with his bare hands. He turned his back to Jiang Mu and threw it backwards.
There was a muffled groan, followed by the sound of a human body hitting the ground.
"I've been too nice to you before. From now on, you should adapt to our new way of getting along."
However, the person behind him did not respond for a long time.
Yan Chong turned around and his pupils suddenly shrank.
The sleeve arrow he threw out pierced Jiang Mu's left chest.
He clearly calculated it!
Li Xiaogou was also shocked. He didn't expect that Jiang Mu's method would be so decisive. He could only pretend to be overwhelmed by anger and roared at Yan Chong.
Yan Chong carried Jiang Mu out of the house, going to the hospital or somewhere else. Li Xiaogou didn't know, but he knew that this was an opportunity Jiang Mu created for him to escape.
He jumped to the window, opened the curtains a tiny bit, and waited until Yan Chong's figure completely disappeared from his sight before he started to act.
In his panic, Yan Chong didn't realize that he was using the puppeteer's skills and had already obtained the key.
After opening the door, Li Xiaogou went straight to the Special Investigation Bureau.
He was not afraid of being discovered along the way, as he walked on crowded roads. Even the people from the gambling organization did not dare to cause trouble in public.
But along the way, he didn't even notice the people who were spying on him.
I arrived at the Special Investigation Bureau and everything went incredibly smoothly.
"What happened to you?" The man's pupils trembled when he saw Li Xiaogou's hands, which were injured so deeply that the bones were visible.
"Where is Wang Bo?" Li Xiaogou asked while holding on to his breath.
"Wang Bo...it seems Wang Bo went to the Information Department."
"How could Wang Bo go to the Information Department?" Li Xiaogou didn't dare to believe anyone now.
The man explained: "Captain Yun said something to him in the office and then gave him a special order. When Wang Bo came out of the office, his eyes were red. I don't know what happened."
Yunlou indeed told Wang Bo the news of Wang Zheng's death.
Li Xiaogou immediately went to the Information Department.
Mo Shang seemed to have known that he was coming and was already waiting for him at the entrance of the Information Department.
Li Xiaogou stopped less than a hundred meters away from Mo Shang and asked, "Why were you transferred to the Information Department?"
Mo Shang smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to wait until today to ask."
"Because I killed someone."
It was the time when they captured the puppeteer, and Mo Shang was left behind to look after the hypocritical "philanthropist".
"He deserves to die."
"Yeah, but you saw what happened to me." Mo Shang shrugged. "The rules and regulations of the Special Investigation Bureau don't suit me."
Li Xiaogou pursed his lips more tightly: "When did you join the organization?"
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