Chapter 640: The Defecting Female Spy

He Yuzhu followed the address Liu Rusi gave him to retrieve a letter from the designated mailbox.

To be safe, he specifically put on a disguise today.

He wore an old hat and deliberately walked with a slight limp, posing as a servant running errands.

It was a six-story office building; one had to enter the main gate to retrieve the letter.

An old man sat at the entrance, around fifty years old, his head bald and shiny, with the few remaining strands of hair painstakingly combed over to barely cover the smooth scalp.

The old man was puffing on a pipe, making a sizzling sound.

He Yuzhu walked over and casually tossed a pack of Camel Cigarettes to him.

The old man caught the cigarettes, his eyes lit up, and he grinned at him, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

He Yuzhu didn't say a word, just pointed toward the direction of the mailboxes.

The old man understood, nodded, and continued smoking his pipe.

He Yuzhu took out a key and unlocked one of the mailboxes; two letters were lying inside.

Without even looking at them, he tucked them directly into his jacket.

After retrieving the letters, he nodded at the old man, and the old man waved back at him: "See you later!"

He Yuzhu walked out the main gate but did not leave immediately.

He stood at the entrance, lit a cigarette, and calmly scanned his surroundings.

Next door was a shoe store, with all kinds of leather shoes displayed in the window, many of them foreign-made, polished until they shone.

Once the cigarette was finished, he stubbed it out and left with a limp, simultaneously quietly activating the system Scanning.

Not long after, two people indeed followed behind him.

He Yuzhu knew what was happening and deliberately turned toward the southwest—that was Duchuanjie, remote and desolate, filled with mud pits and puddles everywhere, with many broken boats lying across the area, half-sunken in the mud.

He walked for a while, spotted an opportunity, and slipped behind a broken boat.

The two people following were very alert; upon reaching the vicinity, they slowed their pace, seemingly arguing in low voices.

After a while, the two drew their Pistol from their waists, one on the left and one on the right, and slowly closed in.

He Yuzhu waited for them to get close, then suddenly flashed into the space.

The two rushed behind the boat and were stunned on the spot; it was completely empty behind the boat.

"Where is he?" the man cursed in Russian in a low voice, "What the hell... how did he disappear?"

A thoughtful look appeared on the woman's face: "Impossible, it's all open ground behind here, how could he have run away?"

The man's voice sounded a bit shaky: "Could he have seen a ghost?"

Just as the two were stunned, He Yuzhu suddenly appeared behind the man and smashed a fist hard into his neck.

The man didn't even grunt and collapsed to the ground.

The woman reacted extremely quickly; just as she was about to raise her gun, He Yuzhu's fist had already arrived, landing squarely on her jaw. Her eyes rolled back, and she also passed out.

He Yuzhu looked down at the two, pondered for a moment, and felt that bringing them back to hand over to Liu Rusi was more valuable than killing them outright.

He tied the two up securely, put hoods over their heads, took them directly into the space, and brought them back to Liu Rusi's residence.

Seeing him haul back two people, Liu Rusi raised her eyebrows slightly.

He Yuzhu said: "I caught the two who were following me. I originally wanted to just kill them, but then I thought you might have a use for them, so I brought them back."

Liu Rusi walked up to the two, tore off the man's fake beard, her expression changed abruptly, and she lowered her voice: "Zhuzi, you've caught a big fish. This person is the number one figure for Su Guo in Hong Kong, Alexander."

He Yuzhu was startled: "Really?"

Liu Rusi nodded.

"They take you quite seriously, don't they?" He Yuzhu grinned.

Liu Rusi also smiled and didn't respond.

"Sister, I'll interrogate him with you," He Yuzhu volunteered.

Liu Rusi shook her head: "Interrogate the woman first. Anyone who can reach the position of Station Chief is not simple; we must test the waters first."

He Yuzhu nodded.

The place where Liu Rusi was currently staying was a large courtyard, somewhat like an old fishing village house, with several sections from front to back.

The two hauled the woman to a small side courtyard and closed the door.

He Yuzhu looked at the woman carefully—although she was wearing makeup, there was an indescribable sense of familiarity in her eyes and brows. She was just a bit plumper.

As he watched, a name suddenly popped into his mind: Nina. The one who robbed a bank in M Country back then.

However, He Yuzhu remained calm, pretending not to recognize her at all.

He had Liu Rusi put on a mask, put one on himself, and simultaneously untied the black cloth over Nina's eyes.

"Why were you following me?" He Yuzhu asked in English.

Nina said nothing.

He Yuzhu continued: "I know you speak English, and I know your mother was a gymnast, stop pretending."

Liu Rusi's eyes flickered, and she leaned into his ear and whispered: "You know her?"

He Yuzhu nodded.

Hearing this voice, Nina's heart jumped violently. When she was following him earlier, she felt this person's build was familiar, but the other party had deliberately pretended to limp, which made her dismiss her doubts.

But now, the more she thought about it, the more wrong it felt—there were very few people in this world who could disappear into thin air. She could almost conclude that the person interrogating her was Xiao He.

"If you don't speak, I'll use Shuiqing on you. I'll push your head into the water and pull it out just before you suffocate," He Yuzhu deliberately threatened her.

Nina suddenly spoke: "I know who you are. You are Xiao He."

He Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled.

He gave Liu Rusi a look; Liu Rusi understood, turned around, and walked out of the interrogation room.

He Yuzhu untied the Rope on Nina's body.

"Actually, the moment I saw you, I recognized you," He Yuzhu said. "It's just that we serve different masters now. You still have to give me an explanation: why were you following me?"

Nina suddenly cried, tears falling down in a rush.

He Yuzhu frowned: "What exactly is going on?"

"You know that Vasili and I..." she choked out, "we aren't husband and wife; we are both KGB."

He Yuzhu nodded: "I saw that early on. But since it was a cooperative relationship at the time, I didn't point it out."

Liu Rusi was lying outside the window, watching this scene, and she shook her head lightly.

"After returning to our country, we handed over all the money. The first few years were peaceful enough, but last year, our superiors sent us to Hong Kong," Nina wiped away her tears. "But one time, Vasili was drinking with Alexander and accidentally let it slip, mentioning that he had worked with a Chinese person back in M Country. Alexander immediately reported this... later, Vasili was executed by firing squad..."

He Yuzhu was stunned: "Why?"

"On the surface, Alexander was purging the pro-China faction, but in reality—" Nina gritted her teeth, "he had long had his eyes on me. He knew Vasili and I were close, so he deliberately found an excuse to get rid of him."

He Yuzhu understood in an instant; this was simply settling a private grudge under the guise of public duty.

"Then why are you following me?"

Nina paused and said: "He said he received news that your side was going to negotiate with M Country and betray us."

He Yuzhu was furious the moment he heard this: "Bullshit! We just finished fighting a war against the M Country devils; how could we turn around and collude with them? Who started this rumor?"

"I don't believe it either," Nina said. "But Alexander wants to use the excuse of wiping out your Intelligence Station to earn merit, so he can make up any lie. He is a die-hard anti-China fanatic."

Nina lifted her skirt, her legs covered in bruises, patch after patch, shocking to the eye.

"He is not human," she lowered her voice. "Help me kill him."

Liu Rusi saw everything clearly from outside the window, immediately closed her eyes, and cursed in a low voice: "He Yuzhu, I'm not finished with you!"