Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

"Xiao Zhan, you couldn't possibly have tracked me down. Someone must have provided you with clues about me."

Wang Guoyong shouted, feeling very unwilling.

He was a seasoned detective, and he had been extremely cautious the whole way, confident that he couldn't leave any trace.

"puff!"

Wang Guoyong coughed up another mouthful of blood.

At this moment, several white bones were exposed where Wang Guoyong's chest had collapsed, a shocking sight.

Xiao Zhan, too lazy to waste words with him, asked directly, "Wang Guoyong, I'll give you one chance. Are there any other accomplices here?"

Wang Guoyong, however, was quite tough and simply lowered his head, becoming an ostrich.

Ask away or don't, I'm not going to tell you.

Xiao Zhan sneered, "Wang Guoyong, I'm offering you a way out, and you refuse. But what about your family?"

Wang Guoyong heard his family members raise their heads and look at Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan continued, "Wang Guoyong, you can end your life, but what about your wife? How will she live? How will she face society? And your son, who is currently in college, will he still want to take the civil service exam? Join the Party? Join the army? All of these will be completely out of his reach. He will only be able to live at the bottom of society and be abandoned by society."

Wang Guoyong's expression changed and he said, "Now we don't have joint liability anymore. Everyone is responsible for their own actions. My affairs have nothing to do with them. They don't even know anything about my affairs."

Xiao Zhan sneered, "Now we don't follow the system of collective punishment anymore. Everyone is responsible for their own affairs. But there is still a political vetting process. You're a veteran police officer, so I don't need to go into details. You already know it."

At this moment, Wang Guoyong was trembling with pain. He forced himself to speak, "Xiao Zhan, if I told you, could you protect my family from being implicated?"

Xiao Zhan stated frankly, "I can't, but I can help them as much as I can."

Wang Guoyong nodded after hearing this.

If Xiao Zhan made a promise outright, he wouldn't believe it, because he knew the rules of the system all too well. It was precisely because he had worked in the system for many years, struggling silently at the bottom, without any backing, background, or connections, that he ultimately chose to become a pawn in Liu Shiyuan's chessboard.

Wang Guoyong gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'll tell you."

"This is the warehouse in Liu Shiyuan's chess game, managed by Liu Qiang, the head steward of the Liu family. I don't know exactly how many people like me are hiding here, but I'm definitely not the only one."

Xiao Zhan: "Wang Guoyong, why did you willingly become Liu Shiyuan's pawn?"

"Hiss..."

Wang Guoyong took a deep breath in pain and moved his body slightly to make himself more comfortable lying on the ground.

Then he smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master Xiao, you were born into a wealthy family in the capital. Your starting point is the end point for someone like me who struggles my whole life, and I may not even be able to reach it. I was born in the countryside and my family was poor. After graduating from high school, I could have gone to university, but I could not afford the tuition, so I had to join the army. In the army, I trained hard and don't know how much sweat and blood I shed compared to others. I put in many times more effort than others."

"After three months of intensive training, I was assigned to the reconnaissance company because I ranked first in all indicators. I thought my opportunity had come, so I studied hard and worked hard to improve my combat skills. But in the end, because I was poor and had no money to bribe, my fellow soldiers were promoted to officers or became sergeants, while I could only be discharged and return home. Because I had earned a third-class merit in the army, I was assigned to work at the town police station when I returned home, where I worked for more than ten years. I watched my colleagues get promoted and make money, while I remained an ordinary grassroots police officer, living a life of neither starving nor overeating."

"I thought this was how my life would be, until one day, someone found me, gave me an agreement, and told me that as long as I signed and stamped it, I could be promoted to deputy director immediately, and would continue to be promoted in the future, but I had to pay the price of lifelong loyalty."

"Mr. Xiao, if it were you, would you sign it?"

Xiao Zhan first shook his head, then nodded and said, "I might sign it, since signing means there's hope."

Wang Guoyong: "With the support of powerful figures behind me, I continued to rise through the ranks until I met you."

Xiao Zhan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who is this person?"

Wang Guoyong hesitated for a moment before saying, "His name is Hong Tao. He used to be Liu Shiyuan's driver. I didn't know that before, but I found out his true identity later."

Xiao Zhan: "Where is Hong Tao now?"

Wang Guoyong: "I don't know. How could I, a nobody at the bottom of society, possibly know?"

Xiao Zhan: "Who ordered you to kill me?"

Wang Guoyong: "I really don't know who gave the order. I received a secret order to find an opportunity to get rid of you."

Xiao Zhan: "What about the secret instructions?"

Wang Guoyong: "I deleted it after reading it; that's the rule."

Xiao Zhan: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Wang Guoyong: "That's all."

Xiao Zhan waved to Zhang Guoqiang.

"take away."

Zhang Guoqiang commanded in a deep voice!

"yes!"

Two state security officers immediately stepped forward and carried the half-dead, completely incapacitated Wang Guoyong outside...

suddenly,

"Bang! Bang!"

Two gunshots rang out suddenly, and Wang Guoyong's body jolted violently as two jets of blood spurted from his chest...

"Enemy attack."

Xiao Zhan shouted sharply, then his body moved rapidly, lunging towards the direction of the gunshot like lightning…

"Thump, thump!"

Zhang Guoqiang and the others instantly fell to the ground, proving that they were all members of the National Security Action Team, with quick reactions and agile skills.

Xiao Zhan saw a person dressed exactly like Wang Guoyong hiding by the CS simulation trench, holding a pistol in his hand.

Xiao Zhan shouted sternly, "Put down your gun, or I'll spare your life."

Upon hearing this, the man not only refused to put down his gun, but instead grinned maliciously and raised it to shoot Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan raised his hand and fired a shot.

"Bang!"

A flash of blood appeared on the man's forehead instantly.

"thump!"

The man fell heavily to the ground without uttering a sound...

"Is Young Master Xiao alright?"

At this moment, Zhang Guoqiang arrived with his men and asked.

The others quickly surrounded Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan pointed to the still convulsing corpse on the ground and said, "Judging from this person's attire, he must be an instructor from the CS arena. Immediately seal off the CS arena and do not let any suspicious persons escape."

Zhang Guoqiang responded, "Yes!"

Then he shouted, "Seal off the CS arena immediately!"

"If there is resistance, shoot and kill!"

"yes!"

"clear!"

Several state security personnel agreed and, guns drawn, stormed into the CS arena's simulated battlefield to capture the instructors.

When Xiao Zhan arrived at Wang Guoyong's side, he saw that Wang Guoyong was covered in blood and looked terrible; he had already died, but his eyes were wide open, and he could not close them in death...

"Splash!"

At that moment, Xia Keke led her people in and rushed in.

"Xiao Zhan, are you alright?"

Xia Keke stepped forward and asked with concern, explaining that she had just called Chen Hongwei to report the situation.

According to the information, this CS arena involves many important figures in Beijing. If it is not reported, it could cause unnecessary trouble for Xia Ke's subsequent actions.

Unexpectedly, gunshots rang out from inside the CS arena right after the report was finished, which startled Xia Keke and her team, who rushed inside.

She feared that Xiao Zhan had fallen into an ambush.

Xiao Zhan grinned and said, "Of course I'm fine."

Then, pointing to Wang Guoyong's body on the ground, he said, "I had just finished interrogating Wang Guoyong and was about to take him away when his accomplice shot him to silence him."