Chapter 252: I Didn't Mean to Kill Him

Wu Jingzhong hated traitors with a passion.

In an era of shared hatred for the enemy, he would not hesitate to sacrifice his life to assassinate the scum of the puppet regime.

He had long since loathed Mei Yingxue to the core.

Seeing the look of contempt in Wu Jingzhong's eyes, Hong Zhiyou felt very aggrieved.

He truly had no intention of being gentle with her.

He simply did not know how to deal with Mei Yingxue.

What was wrong with Mei Yingxue?

Wasn't she just a bit fair-skinned, a bit busty, with a good figure, and one of the top beauties in Jinhai?

Who... cares!

Inside the villa.

Mei Yingxue rose early to bathe and apply her makeup.

Despite the late-night tossing and turning, after finishing her bird's nest porridge, her fair, tender face regained a vibrant, baby-like flush, and her beautiful almond eyes sparkled.

After a simple touch-up of her lipstick, she blew a kiss to her own reflection in the mirror, which she found intoxicatingly beautiful, hooked her high heels with her toes, stood up, picked up the phone, and dialed James's number.

"Hello!

"Darling, have you prepared the contract and the US dollars on your end?

"I'm coming over now.

"Hmm, it's not early at all.

"While that bastard hasn't arrived yet, we can still have a good time; I just love you in the morning, you're so full of vitality."

Mei Yingxue said coquettishly.

"Hmm.

"Wait for me.

"Mwah."

After blowing a kiss through the phone, Mei Yingxue clicked her heels as she went downstairs.

Last night, Li Ya had left her burning with desire.

Li Ya was, after all, weak.

With such endless demands every day, he had long since become useless.

He was purely all talk and no action.

Mei Yingxue could not wait for James's embrace and roughness.

The morning in Jinhai was bustling with traffic.

"Extra, extra!

"Suspected case of leprosy appears in Jinhai again, suspected..."

The newsboy waved his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Li Ya chewed on a fried dough stick, took out money to buy a newspaper, and turned back to the station.

Leprosy.

Hong Zhiyou was truly a genius.

The station chief had gone to see Jianfeng overnight, the method was decided at six in the morning, and now it was already on the front page.

It seemed it had been prepared long ago.

The coordination between this father-in-law and son-in-law was simply superb.

It was just a question of whether Mei Yingxue would take the bait.

She probably would.

She was so cheap, and her cravings were so great.

And the foreign devil was lecherous, and had his own mission.

It would be strange if these two didn't have a go at it when they met in private.

Just as he was pondering this, Gao Yuan walked in carrying a large sack of labor insurance supplies: "Captain, our office is the only one left that hasn't received them; Secretary Hong asked me to bring them all at once."

"Hmm, take them down and distribute them," Li Ya said.

He lacked money and liked money very much.

But compared to Ma Kui, he still had a bottom line; at least he wouldn't stoop to taking a cut from his subordinates over these small favors.

"There's quite a bit more this quarter," Li Ya asked with a smile.

"Yes.

"There are leftover soaps and matches inside; Secretary Hong said he was afraid they would spoil, so he decided to distribute them to everyone as labor insurance to help with household expenses," Gao Yuan said.

"Hmm." Li Ya nodded.

In his view, this was Hong Zhiyou's reward for the Action Team.

After all, the success of today's operation depended entirely on his department.

"Distribute the extras to the brothers going on the mission today.

"The others can go without."

After thinking for a moment, he added.

Once the distribution was finished, Li Ya called out:

"Let's go, time to stake out!"

The British Club.

Kennard, the head of the British International Observation Group, was working in his office on the third floor.

This gentleman, with graying temples and the air of a traditional gentleman, was enjoying a delicious pancake roll.

As the group leader.

Kennard knew very well that he was just there to make up the numbers.

He was already nearly sixty years old.

He had long reached retirement age.

There was no hope of being knighted or promoted; the only thing he could do was to rake in a fortune while he still had some influence.

He was in luck.

As soon as he arrived here, the Americans and the Nationalist government officials secretly found ways to give him money and gold bars.

Among them, that secretary from the Jinhai Station was the most resourceful; he had even deliberately gifted him a house in Jinhai.

It was specifically for him to store his gold bars, US dollars, and his favorite Chinese porcelain antiques.

This one trip alone was worth ten years of earnings back in Britain.

Kennard simply loved this place, where the air was filled with the sweetness of carbohydrates and the moon was big and round.

Ring-a-ling.

The phone rang.

Kennard picked it up leisurely: "Good, I understand; don't worry, I will handle him."

Eight o'clock sharp.

Fei Chunlai led the City Defense Bureau and the Military Police into the British Club.

Everyone was wearing masks.

They held disinfection equipment, ready to clear the premises.

"This is the British Club, you have no right to..."

Management staff immediately came forward to negotiate.

"The Municipal Government and the Garrison Headquarters have issued an order; there is a case of leprosy in the city. To ensure safety and control the source of infection, our unit is now conducting disinfection and a short-term lockdown of all public hotels."

Fei Chunlai showed the document directly.

"The third floor is the residence of the International Observation Group; to lock it down, we must obtain their consent," the management staff remained firm.

"If they have any objections, tell them to go find Commander Chen Zhangjie."

Fei Chunlai pushed him aside and led his men directly upstairs.

Upon reaching the third floor.

James and his group heard the commotion and blocked Fei Chunlai in the hallway, fuming.

"I am the Deputy Head of the Observation Group appointed by the British Empire.

"Even your superiors and the Generalissimo have to treat us with courtesy.

"Withdraw your men immediately.

"Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite."

James wore an arrogant look.

"Mr. James.

"Do you know what leprosy is?

"If you don't want to die in a foreign land, you had better cooperate with us.

"I can give you time to pack."

"Furthermore, after the disinfection is complete, I will shorten the lockdown time as much as possible; that is the only thing I can do."

"I ask for your cooperation."

Fei Chunlai knew these foreign devils were not to be trifled with.

He was just doing his job, and as long as the task was completed, that was enough; right now, even Lady Jiang had to go around humbling herself to beg the foreigners, and he was not like those brutes in the 94th Army who had survived fighting the devils and had the confidence to go head-to-head with the foreigners.

James was so annoyed.

He had arranged to meet Mei Yingxue and Li Ya here at nine o'clock.

Moreover, his safety was guaranteed here.

Now that a leprosy outbreak had suddenly occurred and required disinfection and control, his and Li Ya's plan would fall through.

Li Ya had been so difficult for Mei Yingxue to persuade.

He was also a senior agent, always very cautious.

This kind of last-minute change of plans was extremely likely to ruin everything.

This was a matter concerning his future and his life.

Once this mission failed and he failed to help the royal family and North America crush the military aid faction, he might be wiped from this world.

Just as James was about to lose his temper, Kennard stepped forward and stopped him:

"James, calm down. I am the regiment commander; let me talk to them."

"How long will your lockdown and disinfection take?" Kennard asked.

"It won't take long; it can be finished before nine-thirty."

"At most an hour."

Fei Chunlai glanced at his wristwatch and said.

"Nine-thirty?"

Wouldn't that mean missing the meeting with Li Ya? James wanted to argue, but Kennard pressed his hands down:

"James, leprosy kills people."

"It's only an hour."

"Just go for a walk by the Haihe River."

"After all, they are also considering our safety, and preventing leprosy is in line with international practice."

"I think we shouldn't make things difficult for them."

"Fine, but I have to make a phone call first."

"FUCK!"

James pointed at Fei Chunlai in anger and entered the room.

He quickly dialed Mei Yingxue's number:

"Damn it, they say there's a leprosy outbreak; the meeting might be ruined."

"That works too."

"Can your fiancé come to your house?"

"Good, hmm, what you said makes sense."

"I'll visit you as a classmate."

"It's only natural for him to go to your house."

"At all costs, you must persuade him to come to your house."

"The time is still nine-thirty."

"Yes, my dear treasure, we can still have a good time before your man arrives."

"Wash up and wait for me."

Hanging up the phone, James let out a sigh of relief, feeling quite good.

The lockdown hadn't reached Mei Yingxue's house yet.

It was perfectly possible to arrange the meeting at her place.

A perfect solution.

Packing the cash, contracts, and documents into a black briefcase, he walked out of the room and pointed at Fei Chunlai:

"I'll remember you."

"You had better get everything done before I return, otherwise I guarantee you will have a miserable time."

Fei Chunlai bowed with a smile.

James took the translator with the traitor-style center-parted hair, and the two went downstairs, got into a car, and drove toward Mei Yingxue's house.

The Mei Residence.

In the building opposite, Gao Yuan put down his binoculars and turned his head: "Captain Li, the foreign devils have arrived."

"Give them to me."

Li Ya took the binoculars and saw James holding a bouquet of lilies, followed by the traitor-haired man, getting out of the car.

It wasn't even the red roses the little bitch liked best.

It seems even foreigners are afraid of death.

Soon, he saw Mei Yingxue run out like a butterfly, wearing a silk-waisted, low-cut nightgown, and she accepted the flowers with a cheek-to-cheek kiss.

Once the iron gate of the courtyard closed.

The two of them, thinking they were alone, began to kiss passionately in the courtyard before even entering the house.

The traitor-haired man was clearly used to such sights and stood to the side with a silly grin.

"Captain, I'll take my men now," Gao Yuan said.

"What's the rush?"

"Wait a little longer."

Li Ya said.

Foreigners are dawdlers when they do things.

They have to kiss for half a day.

Since he wanted to catch them in the act, it was better to wait.

The time James agreed upon was nine-thirty.

Which meant.

This pair of dogs would be at it inside for an hour or so.

There was still plenty of time; no need to rush.

Li Ya put down the binoculars, poured a cup of green tea, and sipped it slowly.

He was actually feeling a little bit uncomfortable inside.

Compared to the tacky Xiao Yunxian.

Mei Yingxue was almost the embodiment of perfection.

Looks, figure, taste, temperament.

If she were a good woman, she would definitely be a rare and excellent match.

What a pity.

Forty minutes later, guessing that the pair of dogs were in the thick of it.

Li Ya waved his hand, and the group slowly approached the courtyard.

He had already prepared the key to the courtyard gate.

After giving a hand signal, Li Ya opened the lock quietly.

It was no exaggeration to say that he could open ninety percent of the doors in this city.

They entered the courtyard.

The traitor-haired man was sitting with his legs crossed, smoking a cigar.

Seeing a group of people walk in silently, the traitor-haired man was scared silly, and just as he instinctively wanted to shout, Li Ya pressed his pistol against his forehead.

"Don't, don't kill me," the traitor-haired man raised his hands and said timidly.

"Shh!"

Li Ya held up his index finger and gestured with his head, and someone immediately stood guard over the traitor-haired man.

He holstered his gun and led the men to continue walking upstairs.

In the hallway.

Mei Yingxue's shrill, desperate cries, like those of a woman in labor, made the anger in Li Ya's heart burn fiercely.

This bitch was truly a great actress.

This was her true nature.

Her gentle tears with him were nothing but hypocrisy.

In other words, he had always been a fool.

Damn it!

Li Ya quickened his pace.

Upstairs, James and Mei Yingxue were rolling together in a heap.

The men from the action team were all stunned.

Apart from Gao Yuan, they had no idea why they had come here.

It turned out to be catching an affair!

"Brother Ya!"

Mei Yingxue, who was having a good time, saw Li Ya descend from the sky, her beautiful face turning pale with shock.

"I am not your brother.

"Today, I am your God.

"Take pictures."

Li Ya sneered and waved his hand.

"Click!

"Click!"

Gao Yuan and Mi Zhiguo on the side, as if camera film cost nothing, frantically pressed the shutters at this pair of adulterers.

"Brother Ya, why are you here? Listen to my explanation, this is a misunderstanding." Mei Yingxue hurriedly picked up the quilt to cover her body.

James also took the opportunity to slip out, grabbing the other corner of the quilt to cover himself.

"A misunderstanding?

"Fine.

"We can explain it slowly once we reach the Secret Service Bureau.

"Take them."

Seeing her ugly state like a bitch, Li Ya felt calm instead.

"Secret Service Bureau?

"Brother Ya, I was wrong, but you cannot ruin your own future.

"Look, James has even brought the money.

"A ten-thousand-dollar deposit."

Mei Yingxue, in her panic, stopped caring about being exposed; she got up, opened the suitcase nearby, and took out the money inside.

Gao Yuan and the others watched the beauty's hot figure, each of them swallowing hard.

"These are all pieces of evidence of foreign spies conspiring to bribe me. Take pictures."

Li Ya waved his hand; Gao Yuan came back to his senses and hurriedly used his camera to record it.

He even quietly took a few more shots of Mei Yingxue while he was at it.

The life of this stunning beauty had already entered its countdown.

Perhaps this was the last glimpse of her beauty left in this world.

It would be good to at least have a memento.

"Brother Ya, you, what do you mean?

"Are you playing with me?"

Mei Yingxue finally reacted.

"What do you think?

"Now is not the time; we will talk privately later."

Li Ya picked up the coat scattered on the floor and threw it over.

Mei Yingxue tremblingly put on her pajamas.

"Take them away!" Li Ya ordered.

Almost simultaneously, several young section clerks rushed out, wanting to grab Mei Yingxue.

"Useless!" Li Ya glared at them.

Mi Zhiguo and another person swallowed their saliva and retreated dejectedly, while the other two lucky ones grabbed Mei Yingxue by her fragrant shoulders, one on each side, and led her away.

"I am British, the head of the International Observation Group appointed by the Prime Minister and the Royal Family.

"You have no right to arrest me."

James still maintained his high-and-mighty posture, reaching out to grab his clothes.

But Gao Yuan snatched them up and threw them out the door.

"Damn it, can't you gentlemen be a little more gentlemanly?" he spread his hands and shouted angrily.

Li Ya took a look.

Damn it.

A donkey, a beast!

He swore that from now on, he would never touch any woman who had been abroad, even if it killed him.

He rubbed the bridge of his nose with his index finger, looking at James with his eyes slanted upward, feeling troubled.

This person was very important.

He was the deputy head of the observation group and a pusher for the Royal Family's aid-cut faction.

Jiang Jianfeng and the Station Chief had not yet given a clear indication of whether to arrest or kill James.

If he killed him.

In case Jiang Jianfeng did not protect him, killing such a big figure would leave him with no way out if someone needed to be a scapegoat.

If he didn't kill him.

Then he would have to carefully ponder this morning's setup.

The trap was laid by the Station Chief.

But the Station Chief had just met with Jiang Jianfeng, which meant he represented Jiang Jianfeng's will.

This might even be Jiang Jianfeng's instruction.

Otherwise, with the Station Chief's authority, he could not have mobilized the City Defense Bureau, nor could he have made Chen Zhangjie cooperate.

Yes, it must be like this.

If they wanted to make an arrest, taking the evidence directly to the hotel would undoubtedly have seemed more justified.

Why did they want him to come and catch them in the act?

It was obvious; they wanted him to silence them.

But thinking about it carefully, he always felt something was wrong.

"Captain Li, the hatred of having one's wife insulted is irreconcilable; kill this foreign devil who is harming the country and the people," Mi Zhiguo shouted from the side.

"Shut up!"

Li Ya stared fixedly at James, his gun held in his hand, unsure for a moment whether to raise it or lower it.

He had not yet fully grasped the meaning of this move.

If Jiang Jianfeng wanted him to kill, he would kill; even if he had to take the fall and be executed, he would be willing.

What if this was just Wu Jingzhong's intention?

Li Ya had always suspected that Liu Xiong's death was the work of Wu Jingzhong.

If he really was that kind of heartless person who could even kill a brother in life and death like his teacher, could this be a trap set for him?

Also, these days he had been reflecting on the infighting between himself and Lu Qiaoshan.

Fighting back and forth.

Jiang Jianfeng, Zheng Jiemin, and Mao Renfeng had all entered the game to manipulate it, yet they hadn't succeeded.

In the end, the one who rose up was actually Yu Zecheng.

These things were already too bizarre.

In other words, Li Ya suspected that all of this was Wu Jingzhong's scheme.

From the very beginning, that so-called teacher never considered him a person and never intended to help him rise.

He and Lu Qiaoshan had purely become stepping stones for Yu Zecheng and Wu Jingzhong.

No!

He couldn't kill him.

Perhaps he should take him back first and kick this ball to the headquarters and Jiang Jianfeng, letting them solve it.

Just as Li Ya was hesitating, Gao Yuan took the opportunity to give James a look.

He secretly made a "K" gesture.

James immediately understood; this guy had a private friendship with Kennard, and this was a hint for him to escape.

There was a balcony at the back of the room.

If he could jump off the balcony, as long as he shook off these people and rushed into the street, there was a high probability he could be saved by his status as a foreigner.

Yes!

Seeing Li Ya's eyes getting colder and colder, and thinking about how he had slept with his fiancée right in front of him, James felt his death was near.

Suddenly!

He jumped off the bed and ran toward the balcony at the back.

With one leap, he jumped down from the second floor.

The second floor was not very high.

But there were two large copper vats underneath, and James happened to land right inside one.

Most of his ribs were broken by the hard copper vat.

The ribs pierced through his lungs and heart.

Large mouthfuls of fresh blood surged out from his mouth.

By the time Li Ya rushed down, James's mouth was full of blood, and he was already breathing his last.

"Damn it!"

Li Ya kicked the bronze vat, which hummed and rang, startling the koi inside into a huddle.

"Wuwu!"

James reached out his hands, and a large amount of fresh blood sprayed from his mouth.

"Captain, he won't make it."

Gao Yuan stepped forward, took a careful look, and said.

Hong Zhiyou had given him instructions: if James did not jump, he was to shoot and kill James under the pretext of venting anger for Captain Li.

Of course, that was a last resort.

Even with the Station Chief and Secretary Hong protecting him, being dragged out as a scapegoat was a high probability.

Gao Yuan was not stupid.

He was willing to do this because Hong Zhiyou had accomplished what he himself had wanted to do his entire life.

A scholar dies for one who appreciates him.

Now it seemed that Heaven and his ancestors were blessing him; these foreigners were really jumping one after another.

"For a piece of scum like this, who even dared to sleep with the sister-in-law, Captain Li killed him well," someone on the side cheered.

Slap!

Li Ya backhanded him with a slap, pointed at him, and roared:

"You idiot.

"I didn't intend to kill him!

"Damn it, I remember when I came last time, these two vats weren't placed here."

Li Ya gritted his teeth, loosened his collar, and twisted his neck as he muttered to himself.

"Captain, how should we handle this?" Gao Yuan asked capably, his expression unchanged.

"Take him to the Army Hospital first.

"Remember, absolute secrecy. If anyone dares to leak a single word, I will kill their entire family."

Li Ya ordered viciously, then turned his head and walked out.

(End of chapter)