Chapter 348: Capture and Interrogate

A string of data appeared before Chen Yongren's eyes.

Name: Shen Anning.

Alias: Lin Ke Xin.

Age: 23.

Native place: China·Sichuan-Chongqing.

Skills: Japanese, English, German, exceptionally high IQ, possessing genius-level mental arithmetic and logical reasoning ability.

Current position: Chief Advisor's personal secretary.

Hidden identity 1: Songhu Special Investigation Officer.

Hidden identity 2: Military Statistics Bureau Gold Hill Station agent, codename 'Grey Bear'.

Hidden identity 3: Red Party Gold Hill Station agent, codename 'Valley'.

Recent situation: Tengyuan Jintai has begun doubting Chen Yongren's identity, sending Shen Anning, alias Lin Ke Xin, to investigate his true identity.

Lin Ke Xin intends to use this opportunity to uncover Chen Yongren's background and, in the process, accept Tengyuan Jintai's order.

……

Below is a long list of his résumé.

After reading it, Chen Yongren only wanted to say, 'What a good partner.'

He hadn't expected that, besides Yuan Dadi, he would encounter another person with multiple identities.

At the age of 23, being able to hold so many identities, this young woman is not just a pretty face.

Personal secretary?

Kind of interesting.

"Hello, may I ask if you are Chief Advisor Chen?" Lin Ke Xin stood up, holding a folder, quickly walked to Chen Yongren's side, and proactively extended her hand.

After seeing Chen Yongren in person, she finally understood why Tengyuan Jintai had said those strange words yesterday.

"Who are you, and why are you in my office?" Chen Yongren's expression showed a hint of wariness as he sized up Lin Ke Xin, ignoring her outstretched hand.

Lin Ke Xin was not annoyed; she calmly withdrew her hand, gave a slight nod, and said, "Chief Advisor Chen, hello, I am your secretary, Lin Ke Xin, here is my résumé."

"Secretary, what secretary." Chen Yongren slightly frowned, walked past her, and sat at his desk.

Repeatedly ignored, Lin Ke Xin remained calm, walked to the desk, spread out the folder, and placed it before Chen Yongren.

"Personal secretary." Lin Ke Xin smiled: "Director Tengyuan is worried about your condition, so he sent me to take care of your life and work."

Worried about me?

Surveillance, more or less, Chen Yongren muttered to himself.

Sending such an interesting person, it wouldn't make sense not to keep him by my side.

That said.

But the required procedures still need to be followed.

Chen Yongren completely ignored the folder on the desk, looked directly at Lin Ke Xin, and said, "How could I not know about this?"

"Am I not reporting to you right now?" Lin Ke Xin kept her smile.

Likewise observing Chen Yongren, she was analyzing in her mind.

"Many things are connected to him, yet he's the only one unscathed."

"My intuition tells me that Chen Yongren's identity is not that simple."

"Who exactly is he?"

"Military Statistics Bureau?"

"Central Bureau?"

"Or..."

"Get lost, I'm in great shape, I definitely don't need some damn secretary." Chen Yongren casually pushed the folder to one side.

"Chief Advisor Chen, this is Director Tengyuan's order; I'm just following orders." Lin Ke Xin straightened the folder.

"You don't understand…" Chen Yongren was speaking when a sudden, urgent phone ring interrupted him.

Lin Ke Xin quickly slipped into the secretary role and proactively answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"It's me, I've arrived."

Lin Ke Xin glanced at Chen Yongren, handed him the phone, and with a slight smile said, "Director Tengyuan requests to speak with you directly."

"Director Tengyuan?" Chen Yongren stood up to answer the phone.

Tengyuan Jintai smiled and said, "Chen Sang, I think you've already met Secretary Lin."

"I've met her." Chen Yongren's expression was unnatural as he sized up Lin Ke Xin.

Lin Ke Xin straightened her posture, her expression calm.

"From now on, she will be your personal secretary, handling all your affairs."

"Everything?" Chen Yongren feigned surprise.

"Exactly, everything—from life to work, starting today she will live at your house; specific arrangements are up to you." Tengyuan Jintai gave Chen Yongren no chance to refuse.

"With her by your side, she will surely take good care of your life."

"Your top priority now is to investigate all suspicious personnel and give Jinling and the Army Ministry a satisfactory answer. Do you understand?"

Chen Yongren replied helplessly, "Yes, I understand; I will personally oversee this."

"Trust me, Secretary Lin will certainly not disappoint you; get along well with her." Having said that, Tengyuan Jintai hung up the phone.

With three identities in hand, he certainly won't disappoint me.

After the procedures were completed, Chen Yongren looked at Lin Ke Xin and said, "Secretary Lin, immediately compile the list of suppliers for the banquet hall and give it to me."

Lin Ke Xin picked up another folder on the table, handed it to Chen Yongren and said, "All the supplier lists and the persons in charge are on it; please review."

"This is the test result for the banquet dishes; not all of the dishes have been poisoned."

Chen Yongren casually took the two lists, made a quick comparison, looked at Lin Ke Xin and said, "Did you prepare all of these?"

This woman, indeed has something; in such a short time she has organized the needed materials.

Chen Yongren glanced at it roughly; there were no supplier names, only the persons in charge of procurement and transportation.

Lin Ke Xin nodded, calmly said, "Sharing the chief's worries is my duty."

"Very good, I hope you can continue to maintain this work status." Chen Yongren praised, saying, "However, why didn't you record the suppliers?"

"Was it intentional, or just an oversight?"

"It's simple: unless they poisoned all the goods, there's no way to guarantee that the purchaser would happen to buy the poisoned items." Lin Ke Xin said confidently.

"According to the hospital's test report, not all of the dishes are poisonous."

"Some of the poisonous dishes even come from our dedicated suppliers; these channels have never had problems before."

"I checked the personnel lists for those days, and there were no changes."

"If there really is a problem, it can only occur at the procurement and transportation stage, which is the most vulnerable point."

"Secretary Lin, you are indeed different." Chen Yongren smiled and said, "I somewhat understand why Chief Fujiwara had you come assist my work."

Lin Ke Xin straightened up slightly.

Chen Yongren didn't say more, directly called Nie Yu, instructing him to arrest people according to the list, first bringing back the scumbags in charge of procurement and transportation.

Having received the order, Nie Yu immediately called Fujiwara Jintai.

Regarding this, Fujiwara Jintai was not surprised; Chen Yongren had mentioned before that the problem might lie here, and the reason for not taking action was to see how Chen Yongren would react.

"Follow his orders: first detain the people for interrogation, then see what reaction Chen Yongren has." Fujiwara Jintai casually gave these two instructions.

After hanging up the phone, Nie Yu then led the Action Department in a full-force sortie.

Chen Yongren also brought Lin Ke Xin to Interrogation Room 76, patiently waiting for Nie Yu to bring back the detainees.