The sound of peddling came from the street stalls downstairs. Wang Yiming's wife heard the sound and leaned against the door with her arms crossed.
After a while, she raised her arm and checked the time on her watch.
"You have about fifteen minutes to ask me. My man should be back in fifteen minutes.”
"But in other words, what exactly do you want to know? Aren't all the people living in Si Yun's apartment colleagues? Why, you... Who doesn't believe who?"
On the other hand, the two mysterious men looked at each other and said in unison when they were questioned by the gorgeously dressed woman in front of them.
"This is none of your business."
Indeed, it had nothing to do with her. Wang Yiming's wife only knew how to play mahjong and go shopping. Other than that, she only knew how to dance and raise flowers. Her daily expenses came from her husband. She could be said to be ignorant of the factional disputes and the hidden ways of officialdom.
"Continue to answer. That night, was Captain Xu Xiaolian at home?”
"Yeah."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Wang answered without even thinking for a second.
"Why are you so sure that he was at home all night?”
One of the men continued to ask.
"That night, the music on his phonograph was playing for a long time. The volume was not soft, and I could hear it from upstairs.”
"When I was playing cards, the music was playing. After I finished playing cards, I went downstairs to send my friend off. The music at his house was still playing. I knew Captain Xu was at home, so I went to take a look.”
"We chatted for a while before I went upstairs. It was already late, probably after midnight.”
Mrs. Wang answered firmly because she had seen the handsome Xu Xiaolian that night and had a deep impression of him.
After a few more fruitless questions, the two men walked out of Si Yun's apartment fifteen minutes later.
They were instantly drowned in the crowd and left the bustling streets.
...
Half an hour later, the sun was setting in the west. Thick clouds and mist circled the sky, occasionally revealing golden wings of light.
Dai Li sat in his office with a solemn expression. He sat on the sofa as if he was deep in thought.
Zheng Yao couldn't hold his liquor and left with an excuse. Xu Baichuan took the opportunity and followed closely behind.
Dai Li had wanted to be more cautious, so he had asked the spy sent to Siyun Apartments to report back to the Dai Residence.
Now, it seemed that it was time to get off work at the headquarters. There was nothing wrong with saying it directly in this empty office.
The main reason was that he was a little impatient.
Dai Li really wanted to know what had happened that night.
"Thump thump thump…"
Speaking of the devil, a series of hurried knocks on the door disturbed Dai Li's thoughts.
He turned his head and saw two men in black quickly flashing in.
"Dai Zuo."
"Speak."
"We've already visited all of them. According to Captain Xu's neighbors, Captain Xu was at home that night and the neighbors personally saw him at his door.”
"What?"
Dai Li was startled, unable to understand.
The information that the shadow had sent back was that Yan 'an was sending people to secretly covet the list of agents that he had personally written.
When the time was right, the other party would steal it.
For this reason, Dai Li had seriously guessed.
The person who could covet and steal the name list was very likely someone close to him, a middle to high-ranking officer of the military commander.
He never trusted anyone, not even his right-hand man Xu Baichuan, Zheng Yaoxian, or Xu Xiaolian, whom he valued the most.
And the first people he investigated were these three people.
However, right now…
The trail was broken.
There were two people who could prove it to each other, and one person had someone else to prove it.
So, were there any potential traitors among the middle and high-level officials?
And when would the people who coveted the list make their move? How long would the operation to protect the list continue?
Dai Li couldn't think clearly, his thoughts were chaotic and mixed.
On the other side, Zheng Yaoxian said that he wanted to go back to his office to sober up in the name of being drunk.
On the way, he happened to pass by Xu Xiaolian's operation team. He looked inside tentatively and found that the latter happened to be there.
Zheng Yao did it on purpose.
As soon as the commendation ceremony ended, he wanted to look for Xu Xiaolian.
"Yo, I say, Captain Xu, you're still here!”
"Why, didn't you go celebrate with Chief Gu of the communications department?”
Zheng Yao walked into Xu Xiaolian's office in his riding boots.
Xu Xiaolian happened to be smoking in front of the window sill to calm himself down. He turned his head and looked at Zheng Yaoxian. He quickly saw that Zheng Yaoxian's ears were red and he reeked of alcohol. He must have just come out of Dai Li's office.
"Sixth Brother, you are used to making fun of me. What Captain Xu? You should just call me Xiaolian.”
Xu Xiaolian avoided the latter question and revealed a respectful and calm smile.
Zheng Yaoxian had long expected that the former would not take the attack easily.
He put on a smile and waved his arm, pretending to be forthright.
"Xiaolian, look at you. What's the big deal? You and I are on the same level now!”
"Xiaolian never felt that he was qualified to be on the same level as Sixth Brother. In the end, you and Fourth Brother are on the same level.”
"I'm far from it."
Xu Xiaolian threw the cigarette butt between his fingers onto the ground and stepped on it with all his might.
He replied to Zheng Yaoxian with an extremely sincere smile on his face.
Even Zheng Yaoxian, who had sharp eyes and quick hands, could not find anything wrong with his attitude and performance.
"Xiaolian, I understand what you mean, and so does Fourth Brother.”
"But now that you've been promoted to colonel, it's different from usual. You have to get a prize to celebrate.”
Zheng Yao walked up to Xu Xiaolian and looked out the window.
He raised his hand, narrowed his eyes, and pointed at a conspicuous ray of light outside the window.
"Here, there's a new western restaurant on Yunfeng Road. Do you want to try it?”
"In order to celebrate your promotion to colonel, I'll treat you and you'll eat!”
"Back when I was promoted to colonel, I didn't have your luck!”
Zheng Yao wanted to treat first, but Xu Xiaolian was a little dazed.
A long time ago, he heard Zheng Yaoxian say something similar to him.
But this time, he didn't know why Zheng Yaoxian invited him again.
With his status as the Sixth Brother of the Commander, there was no need for him to curry favor.
Then he was trying to get close to him. He thought that Dai Li favored him deeply in the headquarters, so he had come to deliberately get close to him.
Xu Xiaolian guessed and decided to accompany Zheng Yao to finish this show first to consolidate his image as a military officer.
"Sixth Brother, if you want to treat someone, it should be me. How can I let you pay?”
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