Wei Jie
Chapter 1467 I Don't Want to Die
Kong ZhengHui immediately said, “Then report to him immediately, this line is very important! I need Wen XiaoRou to fish, and it’s a big fish! At most, it will take two days. If you’re worried, your people can follow along.”
The other party thought for a moment and said, “Okay, then I’ll apply to Director Kang.”
The two ended the call. Kong ZhengHui sat in his chair, quietly lit a cigarette, then opened the drawer and took out the documents inside.
The documents were titled: "Dragon City Visit Itinerary Plan".
…
In a flash, more than a dozen hours had passed. It was past nine o’clock in the evening, and there were very few people left in the Weian Council headquarters building. Only a few offices still had their lights on.
In a dimly lit rest room, Liu Qi sat with his collar open and his eyes bloodshot, constantly looking at his phone. The ashtray on the table in front of him was full of cigarette butts, and there was also an unopened bottle of baijiu (white liquor) next to it.
“Dilingling!”
A sudden phone ring startled Liu Qi, whose nerves were already stretched tight. He immediately picked up the phone and asked, “Hello?”
A man's voice sounded on the other end: “Hello, this is the Qingyi Bureau (Azure Garment Bureau) action team. Chairman Kong asked me to inform you that Wen XiaoRou has arrived, and you can contact her.”
Liu Qi thought for a moment and asked, “What time did she arrive?”
The other party paused for a moment and said, “She arrived around four o’clock in the afternoon, but we had to coordinate with the troops escorting Wen XiaoRou, and we just finished.”
Liu Qi nodded: “Okay, thank you.”
After speaking, he hung up the phone and leaned heavily back in his chair, frowning in thought.
“Ding!”
He sat there blankly for less than five minutes when the phone rang again, jolting Liu Qi out of his thoughts. He picked up the phone and saw a voice message from a social media app that had popped up three times.
“……”
Liu Qi couldn’t help but fall silent. He knew very well that this was Yu MingYuan’s contact signal, and he had to respond. He thought for a moment, switched to a new anonymous phone card, and dialed a number.
Soon, the call connected, and Yu MingYuan’s voice sounded: “Do you have any news on your end?”
Liu Qi clenched his fist, thought for a long time, and slowly said, “The higher-ups have decided to use Wen XiaoRou, and she has been transferred over.”
Yu MingYuan paused for a moment, and asked in a somewhat gloomy voice, “Then why didn’t you contact me directly?”
Liu Qi paused: “I only found out a little while ago.”
Yu MingYuan was silent for a long while, then spoke again: “Let’s meet.”
Liu Qi said with some difficulty, “I’m at work right now, it’s not easy to get away…”
“Figure it out yourself.” Yu MingYuan’s tone was very firm: “In an hour, I’ll give you an address, that’s all.”
After speaking, the phone was hung up.
Liu Qi threw the phone onto the sofa to the side, poked his face hard with his hand, and stared blankly at the bottle of baijiu (white liquor) on the table.
“Pa!”
He suddenly reached out and forcefully twisted open the bottle cap, directly gulping down three large mouthfuls, his eyes watering from the burn.
“Bang!”
Liu Qi slammed the bottle heavily on the table, stood up with a flushed face, and walked out of the rest room.
Standing in the corridor, he turned his head and looked around. Seeing that the corridor was dark and there was no one around, he quickly left.
…
In the Weian Council Chairman’s office, the indoor lights were dim, and the outdoor stars were twinkling.
Kong ZhengHui was lying on the bed in the inner room of the office, sound asleep. He hadn’t slept for nearly twenty hours, relying entirely on coffee to keep him going, and his body was extremely exhausted.
“Pa pa pa…”
Following that, there was a soft sound of footsteps outside, approaching from a distance, and finally stopping at the door.
“Zhi ga——”
After a while, the door outside was gently pushed open, making a scraping noise, and a figure stepped in through the crack in the door.
Kong ZhengHui was instantly awakened. Looking at the figure on the floor, its shadow elongated by the corridor light, he subconsciously reached under his pillow.
“Pa pa pa…”
The sound of footsteps passed through the outer hall, getting closer and closer. Kong ZhengHui immediately sat up straight, turned on the light next to him with one hand, and pointed at the other person with a gun, sternly asking, “Who is it!”
“It’s… it’s me…”
Hearing this voice, Kong ZhengHui’s vision gradually cleared, and it was Liu Qi. But he still didn’t lower his gun, but frowned and asked, “What are you doing?”
Liu Qi looked at him with a flushed face, reeking of alcohol. After a long pause, he suddenly knelt on the ground with a thud.
Following that, his body trembled slightly, and he said in a hoarse voice, “Brother Kong… I… I’ve been captured…”
Hearing this, Kong ZhengHui was instantly stunned, looking at the other party in shock.
Liu Qi trembled: “Brother Kong, I’m useless! The two days I was missing, I was actually captured by Yu MingYuan! He threatened me with my wife and children, making me cooperate with him to rescue Wen XiaoRou, and also to collect intelligence for him! I thought about it for a long time, and I still can’t do it! I’m completely tied to you now…”
As he spoke, Liu Qi covered his face and said urgently, “I can always get another wife. I can always have another daughter. But, if I go to both sides, I’ll definitely… definitely die… Then, everything will really be over… Brother Kong, I don’t want to die, I really don’t want to die…”
Kong ZhengHui’s heart sank. After a long while, he stared at Liu Qi and asked, “What do you mean? Are they going to make a move on Wen XiaoRou tonight?”
“No.” Liu Qi shook his head, and hurriedly said, “Yu MingYuan just sent me a message, asking me to meet him.”
Kong ZhengHui gritted his teeth, looked at him and asked, “Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner?”
“Yu MingYuan told me that there are still his people here!” Liu Qi said with a flushed face, breathing a little rapidly, “There are too many ghosts here… If I had said it first and arranged a follow-up plan, the other party would definitely know… Brother Kong, I’m scared, I really don’t know where a bullet will suddenly fly from and hit my head! I have no choice but to play along and let Wen XiaoRou come over to test the other party. Now that Wen XiaoRou has come, Yu MingYuan definitely knew about it in advance, otherwise he wouldn’t have asked me to meet him! Therefore, whoever handled Wen XiaoRou must be a ghost!”
As he spoke, Liu Qi crawled forward two steps, grabbed Kong ZhengHui’s leg and said, “Brother Kong, it’s not too late for me to tell you now! We can turn around and set a trap, and we can definitely catch this big fish, Yu MingYuan! This is definitely a great achievement! His value is much greater than Zhou TongHui and Wen XiaoRou!”
Hearing this, Kong ZhengHui had already dispelled the trace of suspicion he had towards Liu Qi… because he knew this person too well. This was an extremely selfish and self-serving guy, who would even abandon his wife and children to save his own life…
Moreover, the fact that he confessed to himself before Wen XiaoRou had even made any moves greatly confirmed that he was telling the truth.
Because at this time, Wen XiaoRou was still being protected in layers, and no one could save her.
Kong ZhengHui slowly lowered his gun and sat on the bed, carefully considering the latter half of what Liu Qi said. Because he and Yu MingYuan had been working together for more than ten years, and they had a very large network of common relationships, it was not surprising that someone on his side had been turned.
However, he still had some hesitation in his heart, whether or not to pursue this line… and capture Yu MingYuan…
After all, he knew what kind of outcome Yu MingYuan would face if this matter succeeded… certain death!
Kong ZhengHui fell silent, while Liu Qi knelt beside him, covered in sweat, trembling as he looked at him, not daring to interrupt.
After thinking for a long time, Kong ZhengHui turned his head to look at Liu Qi and asked, “When did Yu MingYuan ask you to meet?”
Liu Qi hurriedly looked at his watch and said, “It was originally in an hour, now there’s half an hour left, he’ll send me an address.”
Kong ZhengHui nodded, took out a phone from under his pillow, and dialed a number.
Soon, the call connected, and Kong ZhengQi’s voice sounded: “Hello, what’s the matter, brother?”
Kong ZhengHui asked directly, “Besides you, who else knows about the Wen XiaoRou matter?”
Kong ZhengQi thought for a moment and said, “There’s no one else, just me, the eight members of the action team, and the reception desk, no one else knows.”
Kong ZhengHui pondered for a moment and instructed, “You take your men now, it must be your direct subordinates, and control everyone who handled Wen XiaoRou today.”
Kong ZhengQi hesitated: “Is it a little too rushed to do it now? Everyone has returned, and everyone has dispersed.”
“The matter is urgent, you must deploy immediately!” Kong ZhengHui said in a very serious tone: “Don’t call them, go directly and take control of them!”
“Okay, I understand.” Kong ZhengQi no longer hesitated.
“There’s one more thing!” Kong ZhengHui added, “Everyone who goes out with you to handle the matter must hand in their phones, and be thoroughly searched, not a single word can leak out!”
“Understood!”
The two hung up the phone, and Kong ZhengHui looked at Liu Qi kneeling in front of him and said to him, “You wait here for Yu MingYuan’s call!”
Liu Qi immediately nodded: “Okay…”
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District One, a certain street.
In a dark alley, Yu MingYuan was wearing a windbreaker, with a cigarette in his mouth, and said into his phone, “Don’t move yet, wait a little longer…”"