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

Chapter 167 "Could it be more dangerous than staying here?"

Just as Xu Penggang was injured, Huang Zhiqiang saw Chen Biao pull out his gun. Huang Zhiqiang immediately exerted force with his right hand holding the knife. Xu Penggang reacted quickly and dodged to the side.

The artery wasn't damaged, so it wasn't fatal, but the cut wasn't shallow and it was long, extending from the neck to the jaw, and the bleeding was quite heavy.

An emergency private doctor was found to perform the surgery, and a group of people surrounded and guarded the door of Xu Penggang's bedroom, including Li Yasong.

Jiang Zheng was too lazy to pretend. After all, just a few hours ago, he had ordered others to hold guns to the back of their heads. It was not Jiang Zheng's usual style to be standing guard at the door now, putting on a show of being a loyal dog without any reservations.

After circling around the door of the room on the second floor, Jiang Zheng went straight up to the third floor.

……

The door opened, and the room was pitch black.

Jiang Zheng stepped inside, and with one hand he found the switch on the wall, and the living room lights suddenly turned on.

Looking around, there was no one in sight.

Apart from the sound of my own breathing and the soft patter of my footsteps on the carpet, the living room was utterly quiet.

Jiang Zheng pushed open the bedroom door, turned on the light, but still didn't see anyone; it was just as quiet and still.

After looking around again, Jiang Zheng's gaze fell on a set of white wardrobes against the wall on his left.

He walked toward the wardrobe, one step, two steps, three steps... and placed his hands on the door handles.

The cabinet door was suddenly pulled open, and Jiang Zheng met a pair of eyes filled with fear and helplessness. The girl was huddled in a dark corner of the wardrobe, her arms wrapped around her knees, her right hand tightly gripping a pair of iron scissors. She was small and frail.

In a moment of daze, Jiang Zheng seemed to see her again in the manor when he first met her.

Betrayed by her own brother, she was left all alone in the fire pit, isolated, helpless, and desperate.

For some reason, Jiang Zheng's heart softened completely at that moment.

"What's the point of hiding in the closet?" Her tone was gentler than ever before.

Jiang Zheng stared straight into her eyes, as if trying to see through her, and asked, "If you're afraid of death, why don't you leave?"

"If they find out I've escaped, won't your situation become even more difficult?" Chu Yao answered in her heart.

She stammered softly, "The rain... is too heavy, the current is too strong, I feel... it's dangerous."

She stammered a little, her eyes slightly lowered, as if trying to avoid his gaze.

Upon hearing this, the man's eyes flickered with an unfathomable light. After a moment, he sighed almost helplessly, "Could it be more dangerous than staying here?" His voice was low, as if he were speaking to himself.

Chu Yao lowered her eyes and remained silent.

Seeing this, Jiang Zheng didn't ask any more questions. He simply bent down slightly, leaned closer, and extended a hand to her, saying, "Come out. You're safe for now."

Suddenly, a petite body rushed into his arms, its slender arms tightly encircling his waist. It was soft, but its body temperature was cool.

This was the decision Chu Yao made after a long internal struggle, from the moment she stood at the window and saw him surrounded by a group of people and led into the villa through the back door until the long three hours that followed.

If he appears before her unharmed tonight, she will disregard everything and do what she truly desires.

She wanted to hug him, just a simple hug would be enough, nothing more.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Jiang Zheng looked down at his chest, at the girl's hair, which was damp with sweat. He slowly raised his right hand and stroked the back of her head, again and again, his voice incredibly gentle: "It's alright, I'm here, don't be afraid."

……

After finishing everything at hand, Lu Feng arrived at the dock just as dawn was breaking and the sky was beginning to lighten.

After getting out of the car and seeing Huo Qingshan, Lu Feng went straight to the point and asked, "Where did you get the intelligence?"

Huo Qingshan contacted him at the time, saying that he had received intelligence that Chen Biao would be leading a team to conduct a transaction at the dock, and he was now planning to lead a team there.

The incident happened suddenly and time was of the essence. Lu Feng didn't have time to confirm the details and source of the intelligence with him. He just heard that the information was reliable and, based on the trust he had built up over a long period of time, he approved it.

Huo Qingshan handed over the paper.

Lu Feng took it and looked down at it. The first line was a long string of foreign characters: 【ukengkhkuchhuij】 and a 【strange pattern】. At first glance, the outline looked a bit like the capital letter B.

Lu Feng was completely baffled and couldn't understand it at all.

The second line is much easier to understand; it's in Chinese characters, written in pencil, and marked below the foreign characters: 【Tonight, Wharf, × product transaction.】 The owner of the pencil writing even circled the words "Wharf" and drew an arrow pointing to a B-shaped pattern.

The handwriting is clearly different from the previous line, indicating that it was written by two different people. The first line is more delicate, while the second line is bold and unrestrained.

But none of that can compare to the bold words in the lower right corner of the design: "Huayang United Shipbuilding Company."

Lu Feng only recognized whose handwriting these eight characters belonged to—his junior brother, Huo Qingshan.

Lu Feng's focus was rather strange; his first question after looking at it was, "How did you figure out it was Huayang Shipbuilding? This design isn't the logo of Huayang Company."

Huo Qingshan pulled the paper back, his tone indifferent: "Among the various shipping companies in Fanzhou City, only Huayang Shipbuilding is a Spanish foreign joint venture."

After listening, Lu Feng wanted to say something, but Huo Qingshan seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and added before he could speak: "They won't choose a public dock. Huayang only has two private docks. One of them is close to a residential area, which is crowded and not secluded enough, so it can only be the other one."

The question returns to its initial point: "Who gave you this piece of paper?"

After a two-second pause, Huo Qingshan replied, "Do you remember the girl we saw with 'him' at Xu Penggang's birthday banquet last time?"

Huo Qingshan had already guessed who the Red Fox was, but he didn't say the name, only referring to him as "he".

Before Lu Feng could answer, he continued, "Chu Yao, she's the one who spread it. Our unit has Manchu language classes, and she's very good at it. Later, this paper ended up in the hands of Comrade Meng Youyou of the 624 Border Defense Unit. She translated the foreign language and delivered it to the anti-drug squad last night." He paused, "...and then continued, "...into the hands of Comrade Meng Youyou of the 624 Border Defense Unit. She translated the foreign language and delivered it to the anti-drug squad last night."

After understanding the general situation, Lu Feng thought for a moment and asked, "How many people are left at the manor?"

Huo Qingshan led his men from the vicinity of the manor to the dock last night. The original plan was to wait until Lu Feng caught them red-handed before Huo Qingshan's men would take down everyone in the manor.

"Two squads."

Should we remove it?

"Whether or not to withdraw is not very meaningful."

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng raised an eyebrow at him and asked for his reason.

Huo Qingshan looked out at the river. The faint morning light shone on the water. The man's gaze was deep and his tone was firm: "Xu Penggang must already know that we have people lying in ambush around the manor."

……

On the way back to the brigade, the two of them went over the whole story.

Before Huo Qingshan and his men arrived at the dock, Lu Feng's capture mission had already failed.

It would be pointless to arrest those two truckloads of counterfeit goods.

The situation took an unexpected turn. At that moment, the two realized in unison that if Jiang Zheng's goods were fake, then Chen Biao's goods were most likely genuine, and the transaction would take place later than theirs.

Given Xu Penggang's cautious and conservative approach, he would definitely need to find out who the mole was before he could truly trust Chen Biao to make the deal.

This was Xu Penggang's tactic of killing two birds with one stone. It could both use the information gap to identify who the mole was and serve as a feint to the east while attacking the west, thus luring the tiger away from the mountain.

So now they face a major decision: what to do after they arrive at the dock?
Time was short, preparations were insufficient, and they were not very familiar with the geographical environment of the dock, while Xu Penggang's side was well prepared.

Objectively speaking, it would be very difficult to organize an ambush and encirclement on short notice while ensuring that they do not discover it in advance.

Moreover, it's easy to imagine that Jiang Zheng's situation is far from optimistic.

Faced with this dilemma, Lu Feng made a risky decision. After some deliberation, he decided to prioritize protecting Red Fox.

The goods can be paid later, but the person needs to be reserved for him.

Huo Qingshan and his group exposed their whereabouts, which led to Xu Penggang arranging for people to hide at the dock.

All they could do was stir up the water, making it harder for Xu Penggang to catch "fish" in muddy water.

The car drove along the dirt road strewn with gravel, a bit bumpy. The rain had stopped, but it was still damp, and the tires rolled forward, covered in mud.

Huo Qingshan's lips curved into a meaningful smile as he summarized, "I'm quite surprised."

Lu Feng asked, puzzled, "What's surprising?"

"In an emergency, you would choose to save people rather than prioritize the mission."

"You little brat," Lu Feng chuckled self-deprecatingly, "So, in your eyes, I'm just a heartless cop?"

From now on, "×" will refer to that word (du). I don't understand QRead's review mechanism. Sometimes it blocks my chapters, sometimes it doesn't, so I will avoid risky words and phrases in the future, otherwise it won't release them from the blacklist no matter how many times I revise them.