Traveling through the Republic of China: Spy Shadow Enters the Game

"Hmm hum hum!"

Wang Shumei grunted for a long time and used up most of her strength.

Wang Shumei's mouth was blocked and her hands and feet were tied, so she couldn't even commit suicide here.

Lin Ruotang was startled and noticed that Wang Shumei seemed to be smiling. She took out a pen, but her hands were shaking so badly that she had to hold it with both hands.

But Wang Shumei gave Lin Ruotang an encouraging look. Lin Ruotang pulled out the pen head and inserted the tip into Wang Shumei's exposed flesh.

Lin Ruotang blinked with tears in her eyes, turned around, returned to her normal self, and strode away.

She walked out of the interrogation room with a pale face, weakly holding onto the iron door, and asked the two gatekeepers,

"Director Wang isn't in there?"

"Looking for Director Wang, he's in the office."

The gatekeeper saw Lin Ruotang's grim expression and guessed that she was frightened, so he couldn't help but slow down his tone and spoke.

When Lin Ruotang arrived at the office, Wang Xiucheng saw that she looked unhappy and couldn't help asking:

"Assistant Lin, are you okay?"

"I'm okay."

Lin Ruotang's hands were still shaking, his expression was ugly, and he said with a gloomy look in his eyes:

"Just now I thought Director Wang was in the interrogation room, so I went there..."

Wang Xiucheng thought of Lin Ruotang's appearance yesterday and guessed that Lin Ruotang was feeling uncomfortable. He could only touch his nose awkwardly and said to Lin Ruotang:

"I told Assistant Liu, I'm in the office."

He thought that there was a conflict between the two of them, and it seemed that Liu Yan was behind it. They both had backgrounds and could not be offended, so he had to say:

"Then Assistant Lin, please rest for a while before leaving."

At this moment, Lin Ruotang was very nervous. She couldn't leave yet. She had to clear her suspicion here. She sat on the sofa next to her.

"OK then!"

Wang Xiucheng handed the information to Lin Ruotang, and muttered in his heart, it was Liu Yan who answered the phone just now, why was it Lin Ruotang who came to get the things? It seemed that Liu Yan had bad intentions and did not tell Lin Ruotang that she was in the office.

He felt that Liu Yan was not suitable to be a smooth secretary. She was cruel and ruthless and was more suitable to follow him in interrogation.

I guess Liu Yan looks down on them. Last time I praised her for her talent, her chin almost dropped to the sky.

Suddenly, a man pushed open the door and whispered something in Wang Xiucheng's ear, and Wang Xiucheng left in a hurry.

Lin Ruotang guessed that it might be because he discovered that Wang Shumei was dead.

As soon as Wang Xiucheng left, Lin Ruotang took out the pen and found blood on the tip of the pen. Her expression changed drastically.

Lin Ruotang opened the door cautiously and found that there was no one in the corridor. She immediately went to the bathroom to wash the poison out of the pen.

She slipped back into Wang Xiucheng's office, opened the inkwell on his desk, and hurriedly filled the pen with ink.

"Clap!"

There were footsteps and a "click" which seemed to be the sound of a door opening.

Lin Ruotang panicked and quickly closed the ink bottle.

"Snapped"

A drop of ink fell on the table.

The door was opened, and Wang Xiucheng walked in. He saw Lin Ruotang sitting on the sofa with the documents in his hand. There was a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

"Secretary Lin, did you know that Wang Shumei is dead?"

Lin Ruotang's face was as pale as a sheet of paper, and his voice was trembling.

"Was she dead when I went in?"

"It's about the same time. Did you notice anything unusual?"

Lin Ruotang shook his head, his face filled with fear.

"I didn't even dare to look. I walked in and saw you weren't there, so I came out. It took less than a minute."

After hearing this, Wang Xiucheng said:

"She survived this long despite such a severe sentence. Wang Shumei is quite an amazing woman."

Wang Xiucheng stopped talking, and Lin Ruotang stood up and was about to leave.

As soon as she opened the door, Wang Xiucheng behind her continued:

"Wait!"

Lin Ruotang's body stiffened, and he turned his head with a puzzled look on his face.

Wang Xiucheng still felt it was too coincidental and looked at Lin Ruotang suspiciously.

"What does Assistant Lin have on him?"

Lin Ruotang frowned, looking a little unhappy, but still took out his pen.

Wang Xiucheng examined it carefully, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and found that it only smelled like ink, so he returned it to Lin Ruotang.

"I'm sorry, Assistant Lin, I'm just following the rules."

"It's okay. I understand you, Director Wang. If it's okay, I'll leave."

After she finished speaking, she turned and left. When she walked out of the interrogation room, she looked down at her sleeves. There was still ink on them that she had just wiped off. Fortunately, she was wearing a black coat, otherwise it would be too obvious.

On this side, Xie Wuwei was also in trouble. Last time, he guessed that Zhou Qin had hidden Kurokawa Akihiro in a brothel.

There are many brothels of all sizes in Shanghai, and he cannot check them all, as this will arouse Zhou Qin's suspicion.

He was at a loss as to what to do, and his mind was completely focused on this.

At this time, Lin Ruotang returned to the Intelligence Department and Zhou Qin was already in the office.

"Why are you back so late? If you're any later, it'll be almost time for dinner."

When Liu Yan saw Lin Ruotang coming back, her face turned ugly, but her heart was filled with joy. She even tried to please Zhou Qin.

Lin Ruotang's tone was weak, but he did not hesitate to retort:

"Assistant Liu, you only think about eating. You haven't even finished your work, and you're still thinking about eating. How can you help Director Zhou solve his problems like this?"

Zhou Qin waved impatiently, Liu Yan left angrily, but Lin Ruotang didn't leave. She continued:

"Director Zhou, the interrogation room said Wang Shumei is dead."

"died?"

Zhou Qin was stunned for a moment, but then said expressionlessly:

"He stayed with her for so long, yet she only died now. She's truly Wang Shumei."

Lin Ruotang spoke vaguely, making Zhou Qin think that Wang Shumei was already dead when she went there.

The interrogation room would not investigate a worthless traitor, but would simply drag him to a mass grave on a straw mat.

Lin Ruotang returned to his seat and reviewed what had happened today.

People like Liu Yan can be a great assist at critical moments. Director Wang did not find any foul play and did not perform an autopsy on Wang Shumei.

Wang Shumei is no longer of any value, but Zhou Qin still keeps her around. Wang Xiucheng understands her thoughts, and that's why he keeps torturing Wang Shumei.

Lin Ruotang was about to leave when she saw a dessert in Zhou Qin's hand. It seemed familiar to her. Zhou Qin seemed to be particularly fond of this dessert recently.

She looked at it for a few more seconds, and Zhou Qin followed her gaze and said to Lin Ruotang, "The dessert is delicious!"

"Take it and eat it. The desserts here are pretty good."

Lin Ruotang took it and thanked him with a smile.

"Thank you, Director Zhou."

When she left, Liu Yan and Sun Lan both saw the dessert in her hand. Liu Yan asked sharply:

"Did Director Zhou give this to you?"

"Yes, Director Zhou saw that I looked unhappy and asked me to eat something sweet to calm down."

Zhou Qin obviously wouldn't say that, but in order to anger Liu Yan, Lin Ruotang said it on purpose.

Sure enough, Liu Yan was arguing again. Lin Ruotang had just sat down when he suddenly thought of something and stood up immediately as if his butt was burned.

This attracted the attention of the other two people, and Lin Ruotang took the opportunity to pick up the water cup.

"The dessert here is too sweet. I'll go make some tea."

Seeing Lin Ruotang's smug look, Liu Yan rolled her eyes.

Lin Ruotang walked out of the office quickly. She was very excited. She remembered that this dessert shop was the one she had been to before. It was far away from Zhou Qin's home and in the opposite direction.

She didn't believe that Zhou Qin would run so far to buy dessert early in the morning just to have a bite of it.

Lin Ruotang thought of something, and she decided to tell Xie Wuwei about her discovery immediately.

She returned to the office, dawdling while waiting for lunch, then immediately brought dessert to find Xie Wuwei.