I was just telling a story, why is the whole internet urging me to turn myself in?

Chapter 72 You've Been Used as a Pawn! How Did I Become a Spy Drama Protagonist?

For a full three minutes, the only sound in the spacious CEO's office was the faint white noise of the central air conditioning running.

Shen Feng leaned back in the Herman Miller boss's chair, picked up his thermos, and slowly took a sip of warm goji berry water.

With the combined influence of his superior aura and god-level criminal psychology, he is like a patient old hunter, quietly watching his prey struggle in the trap of logic.

Finally, Qin Zheng made a move.

He took a deep breath, pulled a specially encrypted internal communications cell phone from his uniform pocket, and dialed a number.

"Hey, Lao Li, it's me. Help me with something." Qin Zheng's voice was low. "What was the original page number of the preliminary investigation report I submitted yesterday, codenamed 'Hunter of the Wind,' uploaded to the provincial department's confidential archives? Yes, you don't need to worry about the content, just look at the physical page number logs in the system's backend."

A rapid tapping sound came from the other end of the phone.

A moment later, a slightly puzzled voice rang out in the quiet office: "Director Qin, the backend log shows the original document has forty-seven pages. What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Qin Zheng's fingers tightened around his phone, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged.

"Okay, it's alright. That's all for now."

He hung up the phone and slammed it heavily onto the table.

The provincial inspector, who was known for his decisive and efficient work, seemed to have lost all his strength at this moment, and his straight back involuntarily hunched over a little.

His proud system and the confidential procedures he trusted implicitly were secretly tampered with right under his nose, during the document transfer process from the provincial department to the Jiangzhou Defense Bureau!

Qin Zheng raised his head and looked at Shen Feng again with a very complicated expression.

"What else do you know?" Qin Zheng's voice was somewhat hoarse.

Shen Feng put down the thermos, opened the drawer, took out a disposable paper cup, filled it with warm water from the water dispenser next to him, and gently pushed it towards Qin Zheng along the smooth mahogany tabletop.

"Team Leader Qin, have some water to soothe your throat. I already said, I'm not your enemy."

Shen Feng's tone was calm, carrying a soothing power, "In fact, from the very beginning, your mission to investigate me in Jiangzhou was not something that certain people in the provincial department wanted to find out the truth."

Qin Zheng didn't touch the glass of water, staring at Shen Feng: "So what do they want?"

"They want to confirm how much I know." Shen Feng crossed his arms and rested his elbows on the table. "The capture of Wang Hai and Cao Kun only cut off one branch of the big tree that is Jiangzhou. The trunk is still there, and the roots are still there. They are afraid that I will follow this branch and dig up the whole tree."

"Therefore, they sent you down as the most principled and impartial judge. Because only what you find out is the most truthful."

They used you as a touchstone to test my abilities, and then—”

"Then they decide whether or not to physically silence me. All your hard work investigating the case has turned out to be nothing more than being used as a pawn."

Qin Zheng was startled.

A chill instantly flashed through his mind as he recalled the seemingly casual words of advice from his superior after submitting the report. A piercing coldness shot up his spine and down to the back of his head.

Do you have any evidence?

Although he already had suspicions, Qin Zheng didn't trust Shen Feng. "That's just your side of the story!"

"There's no complete chain of evidence yet," Shen Feng answered frankly, then changed the subject, "but I have leads. And the operation to silence them has already begun."

Shen Feng opened the bottom drawer of his desk and took out the 12.7mm tungsten-core armor-piercing projectile that the lantern bearer had brought.

Qin Zheng's expression changed drastically: "This is..."

"Team Leader Qin, the waters of Jiangzhou are much deeper than you imagine. If you continue investigating according to the usual procedures, not only will you not find the truth, but you'll also get yourself involved." Shen Feng stood up, straightened the hem of his suit jacket, and said, "Let's leave it at that for today. The door's over there; don't bother seeing me out."

At 11:30 p.m., the rain in Jiangzhou finally stopped, but the roads were still slippery, reflecting the city's bizarre neon lights.

A black Knight Gun V armored SUV, without any paint, drove smoothly along the empty riverside avenue.

Shen Feng sat in the spacious back seat, sinking into the soft leather seat and closing his eyes to rest.

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On the surface, he is a mastermind who has just crushed the provincial inspector in a psychological battle.

But in reality, Shen Feng was internally screaming: "Damn it, that scared the hell out of me! I almost lost control of that show-off! If this damn system doesn't give me some bulletproof vest or other life-saving gadgets, I'm going to die here sooner or later!"

"Those are armor-piercing bullets! They can tear a person in half if they get hit! I'm just a storyteller, are these people really that serious?!"

Just as Shen Feng was internally ranting, the grizzly bear in the driver's seat suddenly tilted its head slightly.

In the rearview mirror, a black Wuling Hongguang van was following the SUV at a leisurely pace.

The distance is always around 300 meters.

Grizzly didn't disturb Shen Feng in the back row. Instead, he raised his left hand and gently pressed the tactical headset on his collar.

"Jackal, take a look at my tail."

From the security monitoring room on the 68th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center, the jackal immediately hacked into the traffic surveillance cameras along the riverside avenue.

"I saw it." The jackal's voice came through the earpiece to the grizzly bear's ears. "The license plate is fake. This car started following you from the second traffic light after you exited the Shanghai World Financial Center underground parking garage, without changing lanes the entire time. The windows were covered with the darkest privacy film, which infrared cameras couldn't penetrate, so we couldn't see how many people were inside. But their following technique was very professional; they always kept the car at the edge of visual range."

"understood."

Grizzly glanced at the navigation.

Five hundred meters ahead is the last main road intersection leading to the Yunding Yipin residential area.

"Boss, buckle up," Grizzly suddenly said.

Before Shen Feng could react, Grizzly suddenly turned the steering wheel, and the heavy armored SUV let out a deep roar. The tires scraped against the slippery road, leaving a trail of sparks, and it forcefully cut into a narrow, old alley!

Shen Feng was jolted awake and grabbed the handle on the roof of the car. His heart nearly jumped out of his throat, but he only frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It has a tail." Grizzly Bear kept his eyes glued to the rearview mirror as he quickly turned the steering wheel and weaved through the maze of alleys.

At the alley entrance, the black van appeared.

But it didn't follow.

The van paused at the alley entrance for about two seconds, seemingly assessing the terrain, before decisively turning around and disappearing into the night.

Grizzly slowed down and re-entered a side road leading to Genting Highlands.

"Boss, they're gone." Grizzly glanced at Shen Feng in the rearview mirror. "They won't make a move tonight. They were just testing our routes, driving habits, and reaction speed in case of emergencies. Next time, it'll be for real."

Upon hearing this, Shen Feng's expression remained inscrutable, and he even nodded slightly: "Mm."

But deep inside, unseen by anyone, Shen Feng's CPU was completely burning out: "What the hell?! Next time is for real?! You guys talk about it so casually, have you even considered how I, a carbon-based life form, feel?!"

"All I wanted was to quietly gain some popularity points, buy a couple of houses, eat hot pot, and sing karaoke. Why do I have to be on guard against assassins even when I go home?!"

Looking at the street scenes rushing past the window, Shen Feng felt like crying: "How did I, a law-abiding citizen who tells suspense stories, gradually become the male lead of a spy movie?!"

Ten minutes later, the SUV safely entered the high-end underground parking garage of Cloud Top One.

Surrounded by a group of security personnel, Shen Feng took a private elevator directly to the 28th floor.

"bite"

The elevator doors slid open slowly to both sides.

Shen Feng was stunned as soon as he stepped out.

The door to apartment 2802 across the hall was wide open. That was Su Qing's apartment.

Su Qing was wearing a thin house dress, her face was so pale that it was almost bloodless, and she stood straight in the corridor.

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