An 80s female translator was spoiled rotten by a rough and jealous man.

Chapter 164 'What a huge scheme'

Inside the feed storage silo, the group held their breath, their eyes and nerves locked on a canopy a few dozen meters away.

The entire crew maintained their charging stance with guns drawn, each one poised to pounce, waiting only for the order to fire.

Xiao Han noticed that their captain's brows were furrowing more and more tightly, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Lu Feng kept his head still, his eyes fixed on the situation outside, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation with Battalion Commander Huo right now?"

Xiao Han replied, "Still on the way."

……

After a brief, uninteresting chat, Jiang Zheng gestured towards the truck and suggested, "It's time to inspect the goods."

He looked up at the sky and said, "The rain is a bit heavy. Boss Feng can ask his men to get samples from the truck. We can inspect our goods at will."

“Okay,” Feng Xianyuan raised his right hand and gestured with his fingers. The four men standing straight behind him said in unison, “Yes, boss.”

Immediately afterwards, the four of them walked out of the shed in unison, holding umbrellas as they headed towards the truck parking area.

The truck was parked just a few meters away, and people inside the awning could see them picking up the goods.

The four men in black were well-trained and each took four samples from different parts of the two carriages.

After they returned, the group lined up in front of Feng Xianyuan and opened the transparent bags in their hands.

This is the latest type of solid object, and even Jiang Zheng is seeing it for the first time tonight. Judging from its appearance alone, no one present can tell whether the object is real or not.

The area around the farm was filled with the smell of fermenting poultry manure, which was stale and pungent. The smell was slightly better than on sunny days due to the rain, but it was still hard to ignore.

Jiang Zheng quietly took two steps closer, faced Feng Xianyuan, and said with a smile, "Boss Feng really trusts us. With such a large quantity of goods, you only sampled four samples."

Upon hearing this, Feng Xianyuan smiled and said, "Boss Xu is a veteran in our industry. Why be so short-sighted as to resort to double-crossing and ruin your own reputation? Of course, I trust him."

He waved his hand, "It's just a formality."

After naturally adjusting his position, the man in black closest to Jiang Zheng was only half a meter away. Jiang Zheng subtly sniffed the scent around him.

A faint, familiar, pungent odor entered Jiang Zheng's nostrils, resembling the chemical smell of some kind of metal, reminding him of the clear liquid Xu Peng had just drunk last time.

A strong sense of discomfort suddenly struck Jiang Zheng, and he suddenly felt like gagging, but he managed to suppress it.

A man in black carrying a leather suitcase walked over at the right moment, unscrewed the buckle, held the bottom of the suitcase flat with one hand at chest height, and supported the top of the suitcase with the other hand, opening it up.

Inside the box, on the soft padding, lay a row of slender glass tubes, each containing more than half a tube of pale yellow, transparent liquid. The liquid column was level, which was Simon's reagent preparation solution.

Someone reached into the plastic bag with tweezers to pick up a moderately sized, shiny fragment, and then held it directly above the opening of the glass tube.

Jiang Zheng casually looked at the glass tube held by the fingertips of the person on the far right. Crystal fragments fell into the pale yellow liquid, splashing tiny ripples on the surface before sinking straight to the bottom of the glass tube.

As everyone watched, the pale yellow liquid inside the glass tube began to change color, and a few wisps of pale purple spread around the crystal. As time went by, one second, two seconds, three seconds... the purple expanded and became deeper and deeper until the liquid turned into a bright and rich purple.

The next three also went through the same color-changing process.

Upon seeing this, Feng Xianyuan couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer, a bright smile spreading across his face: "This purple is absolutely gorgeous. As expected of Boss Xu's goods, the quality is always impressive."

The color is indeed too pure, which shows that the purity of this batch of goods can be described as flawless.

Jiang Zheng took one last look, then casually looked away, a smile playing on his lips, seemingly in a good mood. "As long as Boss Feng is satisfied, that's good. Since there's no problem with the goods, let's settle the payment and delivery together."

"Now that the money is in place, you can have someone drive the car away."

Feng Xianyuan seemed to be stunned for a moment, and the smile on his lips froze for a brief moment, but he immediately recovered. "Alright, alright, cash on delivery. I'll send someone to the car to get the money right now."

Feng Xianyuan turned his head and gave a look to the person beside him, "Go."

The man understood, bowed, and replied, "Yes, boss."

Both sides were cautious. The car that Feng Xianyuan put the money in was nearly a kilometer away from the farm, and it would take some time to go back and forth.

While waiting, Jiang Zheng reached into his jacket pocket with his right hand and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, Ashima brand.

He placed his thumb on the upper right corner of the cigarette pack lid and offered it to Feng Xianyuan, "Want one?"

Jiang Zheng noticed that Feng Xianyuan glanced down at the cigarette box, his expression unchanged, but he smiled and declined, saying, "I've quit smoking for many years, but my pneumonia keeps recurring, and it's painful to cough."

The man raised an eyebrow in understanding, then casually opened the cigarette case, picked one out with his fingertips, and popped it into his mouth with practiced ease.

He then pulled a black lighter from his left trouser pocket, held it loosely under his chin to block the wind, bent his neck, lit it, and smoked it.

The large leather suitcase filled with money was brought over, and Feng Xianyuan took it from his subordinates; water droplets were still dripping from the leather surface.

He turned and handed it to Jiang Zheng, "Young Master Zheng, take a look, is there a problem with the money?"

Jiang Zheng grabbed the suitcase, opened the lid, looked inside, and after a few seconds, said with a cool smile, "No problem, not a penny less."

Once the money was received and the goods were delivered, Jiang Zheng's men vacated the truck's cab and were replaced by Feng Xianyuan's men.

On a rainy night, the trucks turned on their high beams, and the next second, the engines started up in unison.

Inside the warehouse, Xiao Han couldn't help but ask again, "Captain Lu, are you really just letting them go like this?"

……

Only Jiang Zheng remained inside the awning.

Jiang Zheng walked over, picked up the glass tube containing purple liquid from the table, uncorked it, and with a flick of his wrist, turned the glass tube upside down.

Purple liquid poured down, splashing onto the ground and spreading into a purple puddle on the cement floor at the feet.

Aside from that, there were no other reactions.

The solution is not highly corrosive, so Simon's reagent was switched out, and the two trucks of it must also be counterfeit. It is obvious who was behind this.

When did he realize something was wrong?

The extremely similar pungent odor, masked by a stronger smell of poultry droppings, is almost indistinguishable from the real thing, and the intense purple color after the reaction also proves its extremely high purity.

The appearance is fine, the smell is fine, and the color change result is fine.

The problem lies in the time it takes for the color-changing process to take, which is one or two seconds longer than the previous generation. It's a very subtle difference, and few people would notice the reaction time.

Logically speaking, the higher the purity, the more intense the color-changing reaction, which is reflected not only in the final color saturation but also in the speed of the reaction process.

It doesn't make sense. The updated version has higher purity and richer color, but the reaction process is gentler and slower.

Jiang Zheng's mind was once again filled with the note that came into view after he opened the suitcase: "Ah Zheng, don't blame me for being suspicious. Just think of it as a rehearsal. You passed the test, and I will give you what I promised."

Xu Peng had painstakingly set up a huge trap. He only told him the factory location two hours before the transaction, forcing him to test the poison on himself. He then used a bomb in the truck, the existence of which was unknown, to increase credibility, gradually leading him into the trap.

Jiang Zheng's intuition told him that things were far from simple. Xu Penggang's purpose in testing him was to test him, but it was definitely not just that.