The banquet was held as scheduled the next day.
An Jingzhi went to class as usual. After An Yulan's task was cancelled, she was worried all day and often lost focus in class.
An Jingzhi finished class first today. Looking at An Yulan's expression, he knew she wasn't in the mood to cook. On his way home, he ordered a few dishes from a nearby restaurant and paid a few extra dollars to have them delivered to his home.
When the food from the restaurant was delivered, An Yulan had just returned home from class. After changing her shoes, she lowered her head and walked towards the kitchen. When she passed the living room, she found that the table was already full of food.
“Why did you buy it from outside?”
Seeing the man's distracted look, An Jingzhi joked, "I'm afraid you'll blow up the kitchen. It's safer to buy it from a restaurant."
An Yulan didn't know what to say after hearing this. She was indeed absent-minded that day and kept looking at the Jinxiao Hotel on the way back.
At this time, the place was surrounded by people and no one without an invitation could enter. Outside were teams of patrolling soldiers, not only from the puppet government, but also from the island country.
As the two of them ate in silence.
As the lights came on, the Jinxiao Hotel was extremely bustling with people of high rank and noble birth who came with their families to attend the banquet.
The guests at the party were chatting and laughing. Some were busy expanding their network and seeking wealth, while others were busy watching the people coming and going, trying to find the fish among them.
"Director Lin, long time no see."
A middle-aged man in a suit and tie, with his woman by his side, passed the security check at the door and walked towards Lin Zhaohai.
Lin Zhaohai turned around and said with a smile: "Boss Zhang, thank you for coming. I hope you will have a good time today."
"Haha, that's right. I'll go in first and not disturb Director Lin."
After seeing the person enter, Lin Zhaohai raised his hand and beckoned his men, "Isn't An Jingzhi here?"
"Director, I've been watching here and haven't seen him."
Lin Zhao Haihui waved his hand to let the people go, frowning. He was not sure what the other party meant by not coming. Could it be that he was dissatisfied with his men's self-willed behavior last time?
Then I thought again, it seemed that the other party didn't like appearing in such occasions, so I suppressed my worries.
I had originally wanted to gain access to his connections by helping him find his sister, but I didn't expect that he would find her himself.
Out of caution, An Yulan's identification information was placed on his desk the next day. It was perfect, without any problems, and all the information matched.
But out of the intuition of an old agent, he always felt that this woman appeared too suddenly and was not as simple as described in the other party's file.
But when he thought about this person's identity, he had no way of sending anyone to keep an eye on her. If An Jingzhi found out, it would be a big trouble. He had originally thought of inviting An Jingzhi to attend the banquet, thinking that her sister would also be there, and then he would be able to observe this woman up close.
Who knew that he didn't show up at all. The banquet was about to start, and the old man Tanaka whom he invited didn't come either, but his deputy came to participate in his place.
Lin Zhaohai could only observe the people at the banquet with regret, hoping to catch a fish today.
After the most senior deputy Tanaka Laogui finished his speech, Lin Zhaohai came on stage to thank the guests and gave his seat on the stage to Yu Fengda.
"Thank you all for coming to this banquet. I am grateful to Director Lin for his recognition and for allowing me to stand here..."
Yu Fengda stood on the stage and gave a speech with a proud look on his face. The underground party members who had sneaked in looked at him with gritted teeth, "Traitor!"
Several people looked at each other, knowing that it was time, they pulled out pistols from their waists and shot at Yu Fengda together. After the gunshots rang out, the scene suddenly became chaotic.
The distance was too far and these people were shooting at the chest. After being hit, Yu Fengda fell backwards. Two people came out from behind and quickly dragged him away.
After seeing Yu Fengda fall, the three underground party members who shot him rushed towards the exits respectively, killing the security personnel on both sides along the way, namely the agents of the puppet government and the soldiers of the island country.
Two fists are no match for four hands. There were only three of them and three guns. Under the heavy siege, the three were quickly surrounded by soldiers. They were already determined to die as martyrs, so they smiled at each other and one of them pointed the gun at his chest.
Lin Zhaohai realized something was wrong and shouted, "Catch them!"
"Bang!"
"boom!"
It was too late! Gunshots rang out, followed by a violent explosion, and all the soldiers closest to the two were blown over.
Lin Zhaohai was knocked to the ground by the fireworks. Fortunately, he was standing far away and had many soldiers in front of him to block the attack, so he only suffered minor injuries. After climbing from the ground and looking at the pitch-black scene, his face was gloomy and he thought to himself, "They even brought explosives!? These damn Japanese people, how did they check it!?"
Lin Zhaohai yelled to the surroundings: "Is there anyone still breathing? Get up!"
"director."
"director."
A few wailing sounds came from the crowd of people who fell to the ground.
Before Lin Zhaohai could say anything, hurried footsteps were heard outside.
"Baga! Is this the foolproof plan you mentioned?!"
The leader was none other than Tanaka Koji's deputy, who was looking very angry. When the gunshots rang out, he was surrounded by the island country's soldiers and was unharmed.
Lin Zhaohai's face turned ugly after being scolded. He explained, "Fujita-kun, my plan will definitely not go wrong. It was the security guard at the door who didn't check it properly, so these people brought the bomb in. Otherwise, we would have caught these people today."
Fujiwara frowned and shouted, "Who is in charge of the security at the door?!"
Lin Zhaohai blurted out, "Fujita-kun, our Secret Service was supposed to be in charge of security checks today, but Second Lieutenant Takeda was worried about our people, so he personally led the inspection. Today's security checks are all handled by their people. Our Secret Service is only responsible for the outermost security and lobby patrols."
Second Lieutenant Takeda, who had hurried over, flew into a rage. "Baka, if you stupid Chinese hadn't been unable to spot the underground party in the crowd in time, how would they have had the chance to detonate the bomb?"
"But if your security checks had been thorough enough, these people wouldn't have had the chance to bring in the bomb! Ultimately, it was your fault! You, Lieutenant Takeda, personally took this security check from me, saying you were worried about our people. Now that something's happened, you can't be held responsible!"
Fujita Hisashi's head hurt from listening to the two men arguing. He angrily said with a cold face, "I don't care what happened between you, but the fact is, you two were derelict in your duty today! Especially you, Lin Zhaohai. No matter what mistakes Takeda-kun made, I only saw the stupidity of your people! With so many people, you still let three people detonate the bomb! You are useless! Just wait for General Tanaka to hold you accountable!"
After saying this, Fujita Hisashi turned away.
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