If you don't consummate the marriage for three years and then marry a successful educated youth

As he spoke, he took out the items one by one: a beautifully carved white jade pendant, a jade bracelet with good translucency, a gleaming gold nugget, a large wad of cash, and banknotes.

A box of these items is worth at least ten or twenty thousand yuan. Not counting the priceless jade artifacts, these things are enough to ensure a family's livelihood for life if taken abroad.

Zhang Gui stared at those things, his eyes widening instantly.

Those things looked so familiar; they were his accumulated wealth in China over the years, belonging to him alone. It was bad enough that this damned traitor betrayed them.

He even stole his family's assets and tried to escape back to the country; he deserved to die. He glanced at the others, his expression twisted and sinister: "Men, drag him over here and beat him to death."

"Zhou Dahai, you're really something!"

When Zhou Dahai saw them coming, before he could dodge, he was dragged over and punched and kicked. He looked through the gap at the silent Chinese people watching the show.

He shouted, "Boss, stop fighting! He just wants to see us fight each other. Don't fall for his trick!"

"I was forced to do this. Why did you bury me alive when I was poisoned? Couldn't you have found me a doctor? Besides, I didn't come back to China for my own sake."

"I was thinking of taking the valuables back with me, selling them, and distributing them to your families. They need money to live, don't they?"

Zhang Gui sneered, "I'm already this old, and you, a mere brat, dare to try and fool me? You're asking for death. Give me a good beating. So what if you beat me to death?"

"You deserve to die if you dare touch my things. Hmph, you're already poisoned and can't survive, so what if I bury you alive?"

The short man whispered, "Boss, that's not right. Wasn't he poisoned and vomiting blood? He was almost dead back then. How come he looks so lively now? So it really was him who exposed our whereabouts."

"He really betrayed us, betrayed the empire."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Gui's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He waved his hand and said, "Stop fighting."

She bent down, pinched his chin, and lifted it slightly, her eyes filled with malice: "Tell the truth, how did you get rid of this poison? Did you go to that educated youth in Xiangyang Village and exchange something for it?"

"If you were to go to her for the antidote, I wouldn't say anything even if you offered money or benefits, but you shouldn't have exposed us. You're betraying the empire; you should commit seppuku."

Zhou Dahai collapsed to the ground, vomiting blood: "Haha, so what if I want to live? Why can you bury me alive and cut off my life? If it weren't for the rain, I would already be dead."

"I have money and good stuff, but I'm not willing to trade it for the antidote. It's all your fault that I ended up like this. Why can you stand aside and do nothing? There's no such logic."

"If you are captured and can never return to the Empire in this lifetime, then I can go back incognito and the organization will not know. I can then live a peaceful life with my family."

"You can harm me to save your own lives, and I can harm you too. Haha, I'm so happy to see you all arrested."

Zhang Gui's face was contorted with shock. He never expected things to turn out this way. He had only thought that he shouldn't take any risks, never imagining that Zhou Dahai would be able to crawl out alive. One wrong step led to another.

His eyes were filled with regret and resentment. If he had known, he should have slit the man's throat and buried him. He wouldn't have been caught by the Chinese.

He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and said, "Keep hitting him!"

Guo Zheng watched from the sidelines, and after confirming that Zhou Dahai had been beaten enough, he ordered his men to separate them and take Zhou Dahai to receive treatment. He then looked at the three men and asked, "Have you thought it through and decided whether you want to confess?"

"If you're unwilling, you can continue to stall, but I'll have Zhou Dahai send them a telegram. Do you think that will lure some people out and capture them?"

"Even if we can't catch everyone, it'll be enough to cost you spies a lot of spies."

Zhang Gui pursed his lips, staring intently at him.

A struggle flashed across his eyes. He couldn't speak; if he did, the Empire wouldn't let his family off the hook. His family was still in the island nation; if something happened to them, what hope would he have left?

Guo Zheng seemed to know what he was thinking, and took out a photo and a newspaper from his pocket and handed them over: "Take a look, this is your family photo, and take a look at this newspaper too."

"Your family members died in last year's earthquake. The government that promised to protect your family abandoned that town after the earthquake and left them to fend for themselves."

"Your wife, children, and parents were originally alive after the earthquake, but because the government didn't take care of them, they were killed by other earthquake victims."

Each word struck him like a stone, causing him excruciating pain that made it hard to breathe. He staggered back two steps, nearly losing his balance.

The short man quickly reached out to help him up: "Boss, don't mention his words. This is all a trick used by the Chinese to make you betray your country. You can't be fooled."

Zhang Gui stared intently at the family photo and the picture of his home, now reduced to ruins, in the newspaper. All hope he had was gone.

He stared blankly at the photograph and the newspaper.

With a hoarse voice, he said, "Fine, all you want is to know the list of other informants and their addresses, right? I can tell you that, but I want the remains of my family."

Guo Zheng shook his head: "That's impossible. Even if we could get your family photos, they would only be taken and sent back by someone. Getting your family's remains is impossible."

"They were murdered and thrown into the sea long ago. Their remains were eaten by fish. Where am I supposed to find them?"

"This is how your government and your empire treat you. It's no use keeping the secret. Just tell them all, and you'll suffer less."

"If you cooperate well, I can even have someone send you home, to your tiny home."

Zhang Gui suddenly raised his head, looking at him with hopeful eyes: "Really? You're willing to take us home, but how will you take us back? We're spies, it's impossible for you to let us out."

Guo Zheng: "We can't send the ashes back to the living."

"……you."

Forget it, his identity as a spy has been exposed. He never thought he could go back alive anyway. Even if he did, no one else would be alive. What would be the point? He might as well just die and have his ashes sent back.

"Okay, I promise you, I'll tell you everything."

The short man looked at him in astonishment: "Boss, this won't do. If the Empire finds out, we'll all become criminals."

Zhang Gui's eyes reddened, and his body trembled uncontrollably: "What about my family? They promised to protect them, but there was no rescue. Look at these ruins in the newspapers."

"This used to be my home, a beautiful place with lush mountains and clear waters, but now it's all gone. Why should I be loyal to them? I just want to go home and reunite with my family. What did I do wrong?!"