Chapter 663 The Only Person I've Sorry To
"Everyone is born, grows old, gets sick, and dies. That's beyond our control. You're just trying to make yourself feel better by pushing all the responsibility onto others."
"Your mother wouldn't want to see you like this, you bastard!" Li Guanghao's hands trembled with anger; this was the first time the old man had ever been so furious.
Zhang Richeng seemed to have been struck by a truth; his ferocious expression gradually turned into sadness, and he sat down in the chair, feeling somewhat powerless.
After a long pause, he finally spoke.
"The person I feel most sorry for in my life is probably the girl who took me to the hospital and gave me a hundred yuan."
"If she had known I was like this, she probably wouldn't have chosen to save me in the first place."
Zhang Richeng was somewhat lost in thought, and then gave a self-deprecating laugh.
The girl dropped him off at the hospital and then left, so he never saw her. He only learned about her from a nurse later.
Qi Minglin looked at him, her eyes flickering with emotion, and finally spoke softly, "That girl will still save you. She's just heartbroken that you've become like this."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Richeng suddenly raised his head and looked at Qi Minglin in disbelief.
"Don't give me that crap. You're not her, so how would you know what she's thinking!"
Zhang Richeng was unwilling and dared not believe this answer. If it were true, then he... would be guilty of a thousand deaths!
"On Yuhua Street, under the traffic lights, you were wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, the temples of which were slightly crooked."
Qi Minglin's words were like heavy hammer blows, striking Zhang Richeng's heart hard.
"It was only when Leader Zhang was inspecting the place that I realized you were the person I had saved back then."
"So, your joining the team wasn't just a decision made by Leader Zhang, but also involved my and Uncle Li's recommendations."
"I was planning to find a good opportunity to tell you about this, but I never expected that I would have to tell you under such circumstances."
Qi Minglin felt a bit ironic, shook her head, and smiled helplessly.
"You... are you really the one who saved me back then?" Zhang Richeng asked Qi Minglin, looking utterly disoriented and incredulous.
"How can you do this? Who are you letting down? How can you face Qi Minglin's feelings?" Li Guanghao said through gritted teeth.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Richeng slowly lowered his head and clutched his head in anguish.
How could things have turned out like this?
“I did nothing wrong…I did nothing wrong. It’s all because you guys treated me badly that I acted this way. Abroad, they value me a lot, but in China, nobody respects me at all.”
"I don't even have a title yet. What am I? You're all just lying to me." Zhang Richeng refused to believe it and muttered to himself.
"Zhang Richeng, the country values you highly. After this project succeeds, I have already written a letter of recommendation for you, making you eligible to be nominated as an academician."
"But you have disappointed me so much."
Zhang Ce took out the recommendation letter he had prepared beforehand from his bag and placed it in front of Zhang Richeng.
He had originally planned to give him the letter at the victory celebration banquet as a form of encouragement.
Unexpectedly, the letter was sent, but now everything has changed.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Richeng looked up and took the letter with tears in his eyes.
He slowly opened the letter, and when he saw its contents, he could no longer hold back his tears, which streamed down his face. He was filled with regret and self-blame.
It turns out that the country had already prepared everything for him, but he was still blinded by his hatred and prejudice.
"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."
Zhang Richeng held the letter in his hand, trembling uncontrollably. He was filled with remorse and wished he could just die.
"Hey, take him away." Qi Minglin gestured to the man in military uniform to take him away.
When Zhang Richeng was handcuffed, he raised his head with tears streaming down his face.
"Arrest Gao Hua, Zhao Xing, and those other guys."
"They were spies too, following me."
"As for those remaining technicians who wanted to leave with me, don't touch them. They didn't know anything; they were just misled by me."
Qi Minglin nodded silently upon hearing this, signaling his subordinates to carry it out.
Zhang Richeng was quickly taken away, and the celebration banquet fell into a deathly silence. After such a big incident, who would have the appetite to eat?
"It seems there's no need to bother prying him open anymore; he's probably given up struggling."
Chen Feng said softly.
“A genius of his generation, made a single wrong decision…” Li Guanghao took a deep breath and spoke.
"You guys eat, I'll go check on the interrogation." Qi Minglin had no appetite; she just wanted to know how many secrets Zhang Richeng had leaked so they could prepare their countermeasures.
“I’ll go too, you guys eat.” Chen Feng also stood up.
"Forehead…"
Although Li Chunlai really wanted to eat, he still followed Chen Feng's lead.
There's no logic in a boss doing the work while the bodyguards eat at the banquet.
Zhang Ce didn't say anything and also left the scene.
Li Guanghao looked around and then went out.
The team members were left alone in the private room, looking at each other blankly.
"Well, the matter is resolved anyway, let's eat and drink as usual, there's nothing else we can do to help."
"Waiter, bring the food!"
Some people were more easygoing and simply shouted at the door.
"Yeah, let's eat. I've been starving all day. It's a waste if we don't eat."
"Tell me about Zhang Richeng, why did he have to become an inside agent of all things? Honestly."
"Don't even mention you, I was also fooled. I almost went abroad with him back then."
"I have to say, his acting skills are really good. I didn't even notice it for so long."
"Qi and Chen's acting was pretty good too. I really thought they were fighting, but it turned out they were just faking it. It was ridiculous."
"If it doesn't work out, we can ask around after the project ends to see if they're hiring actors. It's such a waste of their talent."
"Hahaha, I think it's a good idea!"
Perhaps because the leaders were not present, after a few bottles of wine, they became unusually uninhibited.
Meanwhile, in an interrogation room, Zhang Richeng began to confess his crimes, while Chen Feng and the others watched him through the glass outside the interrogation room.
Several hours later, Zhang Richeng had said almost everything he needed to say, and after verification by technicians, what he said could be considered to be true.
"So that means that right now the United Kingdom only knows that we have found rare earth mines, but they don't know how many we have found, or exactly how many pieces we have found?" Zhang Ce thought for a moment and then asked.
“That’s right, it seems there’s no major problem, and this might not be a bad thing for us, as it will definitely bring down the price of rare earth minerals,” Qi Minglin said subconsciously.
"Are you stupid? We have tens of millions of tons of rare earth elements right now, and you're still hoping for their prices to drop?"
Chen Feng rolled his eyes at Qi Minglin.
"Oh, right, who cares about the price of rare earth elements? We can't use them anyway, so there's no need to buy them, hahaha."
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