Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 227 Provoking trouble
"Then tell me, what do you want to do?" Gu Yansheng threw the question back at him.

Ding Mocun thought for a moment and said, "To avoid him going back on his word, either I arrest him first, and he takes a picture with that woman, or he writes a written agreement for me, then we can talk about this."

"How could that be? Do you think he would agree to something like that?" Gu Yansheng scoffed, then earnestly said, "Besides, once you arrest someone, more people will find out. If someone tells the Japanese, how will this be resolved?"

Ding Mocun said with a dark face, "I've already been very polite. If he doesn't agree, I'll still arrest him. I can get things out of this woman, and I can still get credit from the Shanghai district. But don't blame me for beating this woman to death. If this woman says anything unpleasant, Li Shiqun will have to take the blame himself."

"I'm really unlucky. It's so hard to do business with you guys and even just have a stable meal," Gu Yansheng sighed with disdain.

Fine, she's Li Shiqun's woman after all. He can arrest her, but he'll eventually release her.

"Then keep it down and don't let too many people know."

"Then that woman needs to keep a low profile." Ding Mochun got up and made a phone call. "Hello, this is me. Find two people to quietly take that woman to the car and keep an eye on her. The rest of you wait for my message. Keep a low profile. Please, don't arrest her, understand? Okay, that's it."

Ding Mocun put down the phone. "Is that enough?"

Gu Yansheng chuckled, "Fine, I'll go tell them."

Gu Yansheng went out to find Li Shiqun. Li Shiqun's office door was open, and he was working.

Gu Yansheng knocked on the door. "Director Li."

"Yansheng," Li Shiqun greeted her with a smile, "What brings you here today?"

"I heard from Director Ding that you've been giving him a hard time every day, so how could I not come over? What's the big deal? Does it have to be a fight to the death?"

Speaking of Ding Mocun, Li Shiqun gave a forced smile, "He actually has the nerve to ask you about this? What, did he send you here to beg for forgiveness as a mediator?"

"Begging for mercy?" Gu Yansheng chuckled as he made his coffee. "It's not certain who will be begging for mercy."

Li Shiqun was completely confused and smiled, "What do you mean?"

Gu Yansheng sighed and looked at him, saying, "You know Yu Xiangqin, right?"

"How did you find out about this person?" Li Shiqun's expression changed, but he quickly recovered. "Ding Mocun told you? He actually dared to follow me?"

No, they weren't being followed. But you could say they were being followed, as Gu Yansheng was currently trying to ease their tensions while simultaneously sowing discord between them.

He has a slight mental split, but not much.

So he shook his head and said, "You're about to fight, and you're still concerned about whether or not to follow them?"
Never mind that. I'm here today to mediate. Since Ding Mocun has already found your woman, let's just let things go. He's genuinely offering benefits; otherwise, if we continued down the line with Yu Xiangqin, we might have caught a whole bunch of them.”

"Who said she's my woman?" Li Shiqun looked surprised, then realized what was going on and a sneer appeared on his lips.

"Isn't that right?" Gu Yansheng was also surprised.

Li Shiqun paused for a moment and then said, "I suppose so. What does he want?"

Gu Yansheng said, "I'll act as a peacemaker. If you two stop fighting and make peace, the Special Agent Headquarters will remain the same as before. Give him some face in front of others. After all, we're all begging for food from the same pot."

Li Shiqun thought for a moment and quickly agreed, "Okay, no problem."

That's great! So Gu Yansheng said, "That's good. Then wait until he brings the person over, and have him take a photo of you two together, or write a letter of commitment or something."

"He went to arrest people?" Li Shiqun suddenly raised his voice.

Gu Yansheng hummed in agreement. "He's afraid that you'll agree to it one minute, send the person away the next, and then go back on your word. Who can he complain to then?"

When were the people arrested?

"It wasn't arresting, it was inviting. He specifically instructed his men to invite him over."

"When?" Li Shiqun asked anxiously.

Gu Yansheng remained calm. "Not long ago, just now. What happened?" "That idiot! He ruined my plans!" Li Shiqun, his face contorted with rage, strode to the table, picked up the phone, and dialed: "Ding Mocun! Get your men back right now!"

Click! Li Shiqun put down the phone and dialed again. "Hello, it's me. Ding Mocun's men are nearby. Stop them immediately if you see them. We absolutely cannot let his men meet with Number Two!"

Snap! He hung up the phone and dialed again. "Hello, it's me. Keep a close eye on Number Three. Arrest him immediately if he makes any unusual moves!"

"Yes."

Hearing the echo on the phone, Li Shiqun put it down.

He had barely hung up the phone when he strode into Ding Mocun's office, slamming the door against the wall with a loud thud.

"Ding Mocun, recall your men immediately!"

Ding Mocun was stunned. He had been stunned for a moment. Gu Yansheng had gone to mediate, and this was the result.

Now that his temper was flaring up, he stood up and shouted, "Li Shiqun, do you think you're so great? You yelled at me on the phone, and now you're barging into my office and yelling like that. What do you want?"

"Do you really think you're the director now? The director of No. 76 is still me, Ding Mochun, not you, Li Shiqun!"

"Get your men back right now! Make a call immediately!" Li Shiqun roared back.

Ding Mocun's anger intensified, a cold smile playing on his lips. He stepped forward, hands on his hips, and said, "What, afraid your woman will end up in No. 76? Let me tell you, she's definitely going in today! Director Gu, don't say I'm disrespecting you, you saw it yourself, Li Shiqun is too arrogant!"

Gu Yansheng frowned as well, wondering how things had turned out this way.

"You fucking idiot!" Li Shiqun roared at Ding Mocun in a fit of rage, "Yu Xiangqin is a very important person! Through her I can find everyone in the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai district! Don't ruin my plans!"

"Ruin your big plan?" Ding Mochun remained unmoved. "It's ruining your good time in bed, isn't it? If the Japanese find out that a group leader in the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai West branch is your woman, how will you explain that?"

"You really don't understand anything! Call and bring her back." Li Shiqun was genuinely anxious. "She's the team leader of the Shanghai West Intelligence Bureau. If we follow her, can't we find the director? If we follow the director, can't we find the command structure of the Military Intelligence Bureau? This is a golden opportunity to wipe out the entire Shanghai branch of the Military Intelligence Bureau! Don't get in the way!"

Ding Mocun laughed angrily, "Me, in the way? On the contrary, I'm the one in the way? Didn't I know this woman was the team leader? Didn't I know that arresting her would lead to the entire Shanghai district? Originally, I was going to give you some face, lest this woman reveal something and you be in danger, but now it seems that arresting her was just right!"
"If you don't want to arrest, I will. If you don't want to interrogate, I will. The Shanghai district's achievements don't belong to you! Don't forget! Even last time, you stole mine!"

Li Shiqun gritted his teeth in hatred, but Ding Mocun was right; the credit indeed belonged to whoever made the arrest.

Ding-ling-ling. Ding-ling-ling.

Ding Mocun snorted coldly, turned around and picked up the phone, "Hello."

Hearing the voice on the phone, Ding Mocun glared and shouted angrily, "What? They escaped? Did Li Shiqun's action team come out to interfere with you?"

With a snap, Ding Mochun slammed down the phone and looked at Gu Yansheng, "Tell me what happened. Did Li Shiqun call?"

Gu Yansheng nodded subconsciously.

Ding Mocun glared at Li Shiqun, "Well done, what a brilliant plan. I actually had a slight feeling that this woman was your spy in the Military Intelligence Bureau. It turns out she knew that I no longer had this leverage over her, so she deliberately came here to put on a show."

Good! You're very good!

Li Shiqun didn't reply, but rushed to the telephone, ignoring Ding Mocun's angry curses, "Don't you have a phone? This is my phone."

But Li Shiqun didn't care and didn't want to waste a minute. After dialing the number, he immediately said, "The situation has changed. Arrest Number Three immediately! Bring this personnel section chief of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai branch back to me. He must be alive!"

With a slam, Li Shiqun slammed the phone back down, telling Ding Mocun the truth: "I've been planning for so long, I've been waiting for so long, all to find out the whereabouts of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai District Chief and Deputy District Chief!"

Once Yu Xiangqin disappears, the section chief in western Shanghai will find out, and once the section chief finds out, the higher-ups will find out, and the district head and deputy district head will all disappear.

It's all!
"The entire Shanghai region—you took one unilateral action, and more than half of it is gone!"

(End of this chapter)