Chapter 327: Almost Missed the Timing

Exactly.

Cheng Shuili kicks the car door open with one foot, and at a glance sees the man lying inside the carriage; he has one hand covering his wound, his face, nose, and tears smeared all over, and upon seeing Cheng Shuili enter, he immediately struggles to try to grip the gun again.

But he is right‑handed, and Cheng Shuili's shot happened to hit his right hand.

The man struggles like that, yet not only does he fail to seize the weapon, he instead grimaces in pain, baring his teeth.

Cheng Shuili lets out a cold laugh, walks over unhurriedly and presses the barrel of the gun against his forehead.

She raises an eyebrow lightly, her words dripping with unabashed sarcasm, "Can't win, then surrender; can't surrender, then expose? Your routine is pretty polished. Looks like this isn't your first time doing this."

"No... it's not."

The man's voice trembles, his injured hand still scrabbling for something.

This foolish display makes Cheng Shuili lose all patience; she simply puts away the rifle and draws the Night Hunt, pressing it to the man's neck.

Perhaps she didn't control the force well, or perhaps Cheng Shuili intended to give him a warning; the blade slices through the man's neck skin, sinking into the flesh.

If she goes any deeper, his little life will be over.

The man finally feels fear; his body freezes, his eyes keep darting down, trying to see the condition of his neck.

Even his pleading voice becomes much softer: "Don't... don't kill me. I won't expose you! Please, don't kill me!"

By the time he gets to the latter part, his voice is already choked with tears, and because the blade on his neck forbids him from moving, his facial expression is rigid.

But the problem is...

Is this the main point?

Cheng Shuili unapologetically presses the blade in a bit more, which scares the man enough to shut his eyes, thinking he is about to meet his end.

The pain remains, but his consciousness does too; when he trembles his eyelids open, he realizes he is still alive.

The woman wielding the knife watches him coldly, lifts her lip and says, "Explain clearly."

"Explain?" Tu Dou bro's eyes widen; after realizing he is still alive his confidence returns: "Explain what? I was wrong to fire first, but I surrendered and you still attacked me! Your problem is even bigger! I already said I won't expose you, what else is there to explain?"

He is hysterical, yet still righteous.

Cheng Shuili really can't tell whether he's pretending to be stupid or his brain is just like that!

Su Rui walks in just as she hears that sentence.

The blue veins on her forehead throb, she glares at the man viciously for a while, then meets Cheng Shuili's gaze.

Whether he's truly dumb or just playing dumb! Execute!

"I say! I say! Please, I beg you, stop! I say... I keep saying," Tu Dou bro's voice is weak and feeble, he forces himself to answer Su Rui's question.

"My boss sent me, he... he gave me a card, told me that after using it I could enter Black Feather's faction channel. He said it was safe... no trouble... even if you come after us, just negotiate. Why did you have to act?"

Truly hopeless.

Cheng Shuili eyes his struggling form with cold disdain.

From the initial proactive attack to now still showing no remorse.

Now Cheng Shuili thinks he is truly stupid.

Such a person probably will never understand what others take for granted; in plain words, his brain is missing a nerve.

Su Rui sees he hasn't gotten to the core issue, so she simply adds fuel to the fire.

Tu Dou bro lets out a miserable scream, finally losing any will to resist: "I am from An Xing's... boss... boss gave me a card. Told me to check what Black Feather's data actually is, I really don't know anything else, really don't know."

An Xing's?

Cheng Shuili squints; she had long said that Tie Lu Fei is a double‑agent.

But she didn't expect the opponent's front‑and‑back double‑dealing skill to be this good.

She asks coldly, "What exactly does that card do? Besides slipping into the channel, any other functions?"

Tu Dou bro no longer has the ability to think; he answers purely on instinct.

Yet precisely because of that, his words now carry extremely high credibility!

"It's... just a special card, said it can infiltrate without a trace... I trusted the boss too much, I didn't even look carefully, just used it."

"After using it you can designate a faction and get a 24‑hour temporary access permission to that faction's channel. The boss said it's very covert, not easy to detect... that's the only function, really nothing else!" Tu Dou bro almost cries as he shouts, "There are so many people in the channel, news spreads fast, I thought no one would notice... who knew... who knew you found me so quickly... and you still acted!"

"I clearly didn't do anything! Why treat me like this!"

He seems truly aggrieved, shouting louder and louder, until Su Rui kicks him and he finally complies.

"How many of your An Xing agents used this kind of card?" Su Rui presses further.

"I don't know... I really don't! The boss contacted me alone, said this had to be kept secret... maybe there are others, but I truly don't know..." Tu Dou bro's voice is already desperate, "Two big sisters... no, two big bosses! Auntie! I've said everything I know, spare me! I'm just a petty thug who does jobs for money, I won't dare again!"

Cheng Shuili looks at his tear‑streaked, grotesque appearance, a flash of disgust passes through her eyes.

Such a fool, used as a gun by others without realizing it, only knows how to beg for mercy when the end draws near.

She puts away the Night Hunt and stands up.

Seeing this, Tu Dou bro's face instantly lights up with a survivor's wild joy: "Thank you! Thank you, big boss, for sparing my life! I promise to quit An Xing immediately, never oppose Black Feather again! I..."

His words cut off abruptly.

Because Cheng Shuili pulls out a handgun, the black, gaping barrel aimed at his brow.

"You... you said you wouldn't kill..." Tu Dou bro's eyes bulge with terror.

"When did I ever say that?"

Cheng Shuili's tone is flat, with a hint of mockery.

She pulls the trigger.

From start to finish, the most foolish thing about this man was thinking he could survive.

Even if he manages to live out of Cheng Shuili today, after returning to An Xing, could Tie Lu Fei let him go?

Tie Lu Fei wouldn't dare to openly clash with Cheng Shuili; keeping this guy around is just a hidden risk!

Tie Lu Fei thinks it's clever, using an empty promise to fool a fool into stealing Black Feather's internal intel.

If this fool can succeed, that's best; if he fails, it's only a wasted card.

But he probably didn't anticipate that the fool's EQ was dreadfully low, and indeed he let Cheng Shuili catch him red‑handed!

Revenge is something that must definitely be taken.

It's just that Black Feather's members are all newly recruited, unfamiliar with one another, and have no ties.

Now declaring war is still a bit premature...