Chapter 259: Only I Am the Law Chapter 259: Aftermath

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Jin Douna wore handcuffs, her back locked to a chair, twisting her small waist from time to time. She explained the cause and course of events as calmly as possible; as a member of the Organization, she had to be prepared for investigation, and how to make the truth reveal the truth was itself a field of study.

But Jin Douna still felt wronged.

Perhaps because she was facing Chen Yi, she secretly sighed and continued: "After the flight was delayed, we didn't have time to go out and were trapped in the airport hall..."

Chen Yi heard halfway and knew he had guessed wrong.

It was better to have guessed wrong; if something like "substituting the peach for the apricot" had actually happened, it would be strange if the Human Development Research Society didn't cause him trouble three or five times. Even if they used government power to settle the other side's forces in Jiangning and Southeast Province, there would be at least several months without peace, perhaps entangled for half a year.

"Liu Xinyu's phone, why can't it get through?" Chen Yi suddenly asked.

Jin Douna shook her head slightly, then added: "The airport was too chaotic today; perhaps it was lost, or ran out of power."

This was the main point of suspicion.

Chen Yi nodded and went out, calling Yan Deputy Director to ask him to search for Liu Xinyu near the airport and post a missing person notice at the airport, using the pretext of Liu Deputy Hall Master of the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall...

He waited outside; after about thirty minutes, he received news of Liu Xinyu. The latter had no idea she had aroused Chen Yi's suspicion—of course, she had now roughly guessed some of it.

"Keep your phone on; come back if nothing's wrong." After saying this, Chen Yi returned to his own office to ponder. The commotion had been huge: not only had he used Secretary Deng of the Political and Legal Committee and Yan Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau, but he had also snatched the person through the Security Department, and now he had even locked the person up here...

"You two, go out first." Chen Yi unlocked Li Xiumei and Jin Zhongji's handcuffs, then unlocked Jin Douna's.

"I came with my cousin; I should leave together with her." Jin Zhongji was nonetheless a righteous Korean little stick.

Jin Douna persuaded him in a low voice in Korean twice; Chen Yi couldn't be bothered to eat konjac translation, so he sat on the table waiting.

It didn't take long before Jin Zhongji left, dejected like a hen that had failed to lay an egg.

"The position of the Organization's person in charge in Jiangning, you must hand back to Liu Xinyu. From tomorrow on, continue your previous work as Liu Xinyu's assistant. As for the Martial Arts Hall, come by often." This was Chen Yi's conclusion after much thought. It was also the killer move to sever all demonic claws.

If the Organization's person in charge in Jiangning remained Liu Xinyu, then today's matter would at most be children fighting, nothing serious. Conversely, if someone followed the vine to find the melon and caught the handle of substituting the peach for the apricot, that would be endless trouble.

And as for Chen Yi, returning the position of person in charge in Jiangning to Liu Xinyu was equivalent to transforming the problem into how to control Liu Xinyu—for now, there were quite a few solutions to this problem; Jin Douna being her assistant counted as one path.

After today's events, Jin Douna said "Good" without the slightest hesitation.

Just as Chen Yi was thinking about how to comfort her, the Korean little beauty "pfft" laughed out, her eyes red, saying: "I thought I wouldn't see you anymore."

Her tense mood was suddenly released, but tears quietly coated her eyelashes.

Chen Yi smiled awkwardly: "How could that be."

"Liu Chengyou's Korean Chamber of Commerce really has assassins inside." Jin Douna recalled the data she had seen in the database, patting her chest in lingering fear, saying reminiscently: "The Liu family long ago raised a group of enforcers in the Korean military, which played no small role during the Cold War, infiltrating North Korea and China many times..."

Saying this, she paused, then said in a lower voice: "The current Liu family sends the agents who cause trouble in Korea overseas to do things for them; the persons in charge of several countries in Southeast Asia all rely heavily on the Liu family."

This was solid, tangible power, and the kind others couldn't learn even if they wanted to. The Liu family's influence was precisely radiating outward through various work.

Chen Yi thought: such a powerful force, probably even the Central Organization of the Research Society would find hard to control. He changed to a lighter tone and smiled: "I've locked up all those people from the Korean Chamber of Commerce. What do you think?"

Jin Douna wanted to say let them go, but then thought of their fierce appearance when tracking them, so she said: "Lock them up for two days first?"

Chen Yi chuckled: "What's the point of locking them up? You still have to feed them. Like this... I'll make a call. You try to notify the person in charge of the Korean Chamber of Commerce; just say the people were taken away by Zhu Guangliang, and you need to get a slip from him before you can take people away."

Jin Douna didn't want her own affairs to trouble Chen Yi anymore, and said softly: "Actually, a small punishment would be enough. If the Liu family sends a note through Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you would... be in a passive position."

"Yes, that would be passive." Chen Yi waved his hand and smiled: "It's fine, I'll think of a way to turn passive into active."

He blinked his eyes while saying this.

Jin Douna couldn't help but laugh twice, then wiped her eyes and left gracefully.

Chen Yi sat on the chair and sighed, then fondled and produced a bottle of Energy Recovery Potion and drank it. Today's matter didn't tire the body; what was tired was the heart.

The room quieted down, and sounds from outside surged in. From the second floor came faint humming sounds from noses, many humming sounds, like a group of pigs eating; actually, they were employees, students, and those Koreans with their mouths gagged. Not many students were still cultivating in the Martial Arts Hall; many walked in twos and threes on the Large Square and Small Square, chatting and strolling, talking about today's upheaval. For people living in Jiangbei who relied on the Martial Arts Hall's subsidies and wages to live, the stories that happened today were not only topics but also affected their destinies.

Everyone's destiny was determined by other people or things. A person's struggle goal should be to be less determined by others and more to determine others' destinies, but ultimately, one ultimately cannot escape having one's destiny determined.

Wasn't the endless talk of doomsday precisely the birth of a pessimistic emotion.

"Really boring." Chen Yi thought too deeply and instead didn't want to think anymore. He grabbed the phone on the table, dialed Zhu Guangliang's number, and after connecting said: "Guangliang, help me check a few people."

Zhu Guangliang rarely used the method of stepping on others to vent his emotions anymore, but hearing Chen Yi's request, he still wanted to curse—checking the past lives of a group of Koreans, did he think he was from the Central Intelligence Bureau?

"Boss, today we definitely can't find out." He could only use delay tactics.

Chen Yi "oh"ed and said lightly: "You shouldn't have a discouraged mood. I can say for sure now that many of them have carried out special missions in North Korea or China, or even their own country; you definitely can't find out simply by using names, you have to think of other ways."

Hearing it was special missions, Zhu Guangliang's spirits lifted and he asked: "Spies?"

"Heard they mainly do assassinations and such." Chen Yi answered vaguely.

"Wet work is hard to check." Zhu Guangliang hesitated again. He knew Chen Yi's temper; if he said one day, it was one day. If he guaranteed and couldn't produce an answer, he would definitely lose points.

He could rise one level entirely thanks to Chen Yi; he couldn't easily lose points.

Chen Yi then reassured him again: "You go do it with peace of mind. As long as you confirm evidence for one person, you can count the others as accomplices, and today's matter can be brushed over."

If only one person was found, it shouldn't be difficult. Zhu Guangliang said a few more words and finally agreed to do it.

Things depend on people. Since Zhu Guangliang couldn't find the relevant information himself, he asked his former classmate to check. That person worked in the General Staff Department; with a couple of phone calls, they could get very detailed information.

After the information was compiled, he would personally compare and recheck, then search based on the latest information. A 21st-century 007 would mostly have to sit in an office; field work might be glamorous, but actually it was the so-called Action Team. Whether in power or influence, it was increasingly restricted. With the development of network technology, this restriction would obviously grow larger and larger.

At noon the next day, Zhu Guangliang finally found three confirmed names and handed them to Chen Yi. He personally delivered them, driving an old Jeep. After entering the office, he drank water greedily, saying in a tone as if he had just risked his life: "You don't know how many people I begged."

"Lunch is on me." Chen Yi patted Zhu Guangliang's shoulder lightly. He was actually very anxious inside. Not only had Jiangning's side inquired, but Xijing's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had also sent letters of inquiry more than once. Of course, with the style of the bureaucratic system, unless the Foreign Minister personally came forward, dragging it for two or three days was nothing.

Through Nie Hao's connections, Chen Yi added a note after one name and delivered it to the desk of the Foreign Ministry official in charge of this matter, thus removing the responsibility from Jiangning's side.

After cleaning himself up, he then found Jin Douna and said: "You go talk to the people from the Korean Chamber of Commerce."

Seeing the three names on the paper, Jin Douna was stunned.

"They are three guys who have operated in Korea and with overseas organizations. Since they participated, the others are accomplices even if they didn't." Chen Yi said, pointing to the second floor: "Starting tonight, Zhu Guangliang will begin interrogating the prisoners. The day the Korean Chamber of Commerce offers satisfactory conditions, we will stop the interrogation that day. However, if someone confesses, it won't be as simple as being sent back to Korea."

Jin Douna's tears instantly drowned Chen Yi's shoulder.

She threw herself there, sobbing, as if she wanted to pour out all the grievances of the past days. Jin Douna knew very well that the three names in her hand alone could make Liu Chengyou give up tracking Jin Zhongji; the problem she had once worried most would bring disaster to her family seemed to no longer be a problem either.

"Thank you." Jin Douna didn't know how to express it.

"Thanks is too distant." Chen Yi smiled wickedly and said, "Since you call me older brother, I naturally have to protect you."

Jin Douna's face reddened like flower-patterned cloth, yet her body suddenly went limp.