Chapter 227 - Practically Strangers (2/2)
“I’ll delete theot to his feet as well His voice was still low, but the deputy director could feel each and every syllable etch into his brain “When you get back to police HQ, tell your superiors that whoever tries to mess with my mother will be swiftly punished by me, her son As for my mission, well, I’m sorry to say that I won’t be as lenient No second chances In my entire career as a soldier so far, I have never failed a et in the way of my mission—Gu Nianzhi—will have to ask theated wrath of Huo Shaoheng”
His words were powerful and persuasive He had been careful to keep his little speech iive the i his mission
Deputy Director Liao was asha people and needlessly victi He hastily nodded “Yes, of course! Don’t worry, I was mixed up for a moment there, but police HQ will never interfere in this uarantee it!”
“I ahtly He shook hands with Deputy Director Liao “You are the deputy director of police HQ, and also the person responsible for dispatching the squads Unlikeof what the word ‘mission’ means to people like us”
It was the ol’ carrot-and-stick routine He had used the stick; it was now time to offer the carrot
Deputy Director Liao was co’s chariseneral at your young age You’ve never failed asmiled as he escorted Deputy Director Liao to the door
He stood at the door and watched with narrowed eyes as Deputy Director Liao and his ze asked him over his earpiece, “Sir, do you want s?”
“Of course not,” Huo Shaoheng said impassively “…I keep my promises, but not when the other party is my enemy”
His opponent had et hientle and his ence fora card up their sleeves at all tize burst into laughter “Understood I’ll add the highest-level encryption to the recordings before archiving thes of Deputy Director Liao would be sealed forever Huo Shaoheng would only use the as Deputy Director Liao behaved and did not stir things up again, these audio and video recordings would never see the light of day In a way, Huo Shaoheng had kept his promise to him
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As soon as Deputy Director Liao returned to the police HQ, he went directly to Bai Changhui, aiting for hihui was speechless
Bai Jinyi refused to let it go If Deputy Director Liao was no longer on board, she would just have to get sosfuss, the head of the Bai faht wind of what they were doing
“Changhui, Jinyi, that’s enough” Bai Jiancheng sla through a difficult ti and asked him to kick us in the ribs while we’re down What an e to pissBrother?! I worked for …” Bai Jinyi was afraid of her eldest brother, but she refused to back down
She had been on edge for the past few days She had the feeling that so very bad was about to happen
Her oety and restless She would not rest easy, not until Song Jinning was back within her clutches
“Shut up!” Bai Jiancheng gave a low snarl “Huo Shaoheng isn’t stupid He’s leagues above you, why did you pick a fight with him?! Your academic achieve in your lab, he was already toppling govern a reputation for himself overseas The Special Forces from other countries consider him to be their worst eneet Huo Shaoheng to give up Song Jinning?! You spent so , but you’re a co this for the sake of our fa was being unfair to her “If we can get Song Jinning to tell us the data I need, my experiment will be successful When that happens, our fahts!”
“Forget about it You had 16 years to work on your experi You should cut your losses early” Bai Jiancheng warned Bai Jinyi: “Don’t let ht with the Huo faain If I do, you won’t have to worry about Huo Shaoheng—I’ll be the first to deal with you!”
“Big Brother!” Bai Jinyi was stricken with panic She suddenly remembered what Gu Nianzhi had said the other day: Bai Jinyi was just a pawn in the Bai faame of chess; the Bai fa their king…
She iht fro true
Had Gu Nianzhi jinxed her?!
Bai Jinyi spat out fro back What about Gu Nianzhi? Can’t we get her?”
“Gu Nianzhi is Huo Shaoheng’s ood soldier never abandons hiswith Gu Nianzhi” Bai Yueran e to the people in the study “hello Father, Third Uncle, Auntie”
Bai Jiancheng was Bai Yueran’s father Bai Changhui was her third uncle, and Bai Jinyi was her only aunt