Ning Zhiheng strode out of the interrogation department and, sure enough, saw Yu Cheng waiting not far from the door, smoking a cigarette. When he saw Ning Zhiheng come out, he quickly threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped it out before hurrying over.
Yu Cheng asked, "Zhiheng, have the interrogation results come out? Has the prisoner spoken?"
Ning Zhiheng nodded and said, "One of them has already spoken, and it has been confirmed that they are two real Japanese spies, directly under the orders of the Japanese Special Higher Police Headquarters. Don't worry, the interrogation records are not with me. The interrogation is still ongoing, and we are verifying the testimonies. We will have the results soon."
At this point, he smiled and asked Cheng, "What about your target?"
Yu Cheng, being a man of thick skin, shrugged and replied, "The person has been released. This woman was stubborn; she was defiant during the arrest and held out until they were about to torture her before finally opening up. It turns out she was the mistress of a high-ranking official in the Nanjing Government Affairs Department. She had spent the entire six days before with her lover. This official is afraid of his wife, and the two of them had been keeping it a secret. Later, we confirmed the situation and released her. We can't force a confession out of her!"
Ning Zhiheng pointed at Yu Cheng and said jokingly, "You're good enough to admit it. Even if you had to torture him into confessing, I wouldn't have agreed. Alright, we've accomplished our mission this time. At least we've caught two people, so we can report back!"
Yu Cheng couldn't tell on his face, but he was still uncomfortable inside. He hadn't contributed anything to the case from beginning to end. He had put in a lot of effort to investigate for two days, but in the end, it was Ning Zhiheng who caught the real spy. He wondered how Ning Zhiheng would write the case report.
Ning Zhiheng saw right through his little scheme and said with a smile, "Old Yu, this time our two departments worked together to uncover two high-ranking Japanese spies. I will emphasize this in the case report, so you won't have worked for nothing!"
Yu Cheng's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he was overjoyed. Ning Zhiheng's meaning was clear: the credit should be shared equally, and the intelligence department should also get a share.
He immediately beamed, grabbed Ning Zhiheng's hand, and laughed heartily, "Zhiheng, you're such a good friend, so kind and honest. From now on, if you ask, I, Lao Yu, will go through fire and water for you!"
No matter how eloquently Yu Cheng spoke, Ning Zhiheng didn't take it seriously. He knew that this time it wasn't about helping Yu Cheng, but about giving Gu Zhengqi face. Zhao Ziliang had the same idea, so naturally he wouldn't be the bad guy.
Ning Zhiheng returned to his office to rest for a while. Seeing that it was already noon, he went out to Hongyun Teahouse for lunch.
He usually ate alone and naturally didn't cook at home. He mostly ate at Hongyun Teahouse, mainly because it was very close to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department, only a few hundred meters away, and also because the food was very clean and he found it quite palatable.
Because the distance was relatively short, he didn't drive his own car, but walked there instead.
After he left the gate and walked a distance, he felt that something was wrong. It was like walking in a jungle with a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows.
Ning Zhiheng's sensory abilities far surpass those of ordinary people, especially his sixth sense, or intuition, which is sharper than imagined. He can sense danger in advance, and this premonition has allowed him to escape life-or-death situations many times. It can be said that without this ability, Ning Zhiheng would have died several times over. This is also his reliance and secret for being able to face dangers without fear in this chaotic world.
Today's superhuman intuition, while not giving him the chilling feeling of impending doom, made him uneasy, with a nameless anxiety in his heart.
He had a keen sense that someone was watching him from the shadows, and that they were hostile.
Ning Zhiheng didn't look back. He walked quickly into Hongyun Teahouse as usual. As soon as he entered the teahouse, that feeling disappeared without a trace.
He knew that someone must be secretly following and observing him. Ning Zhiheng quickly went up to the second floor, arrived at his usual private room, pushed open the door, and walked a few steps to the side of the window. Now, he carefully observed the situation outside through the glass.
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