Patricia Jones
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*Xin Lei* Duan Deming suddenly laughed out loud. "Who was it? Are you asking me?" He looked at him in disbelief. "Why would I tell you and betray my gang? Are you out of your mind, ex-soldier?" I rolled my eyes. I didn't know whether to feel angry or pitiful for him. Bai Li chuckled. "Betray? Are you talking about betrayal? Oh, I see. Are you still living in your illusion that they are going to rescue you? The IB has caught one of their precious members. They must be racking their brains to save you,…
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--- *Xin Lei* It was in the evening that we were getting to leave for Dongcheng, but before that, we had another thing to do. Luo Zhiqiang led Bai Li, Liao Huifang, and me to Duan Deming's cell, where he was kept after we caught him in Tianjin Port. The door had a number of security codes and procedures to be done before it was opened, and Luo Zhiqiang did it all with utmost patience. We entered and found Duan Deming locked up in his seat with his arms and legs shackled with the cuffs. In almost only…
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Ying Yue was watching them with an impassive glance, but her heart was racing like crazy. She didn't know what was going on and why these men suddenly appeared, saying that it was a trap. ...A trap? She slightly trembled and clenched her dress in her fist. Was this interview fake? A scam? But why? Why do they want us? I don't even know them. Xue Jingjing, on the other side, was already starting to lose it. First, that thief who stole all the money at gunpoint and now these two men… She shuddered,…
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*** --- Dongcheng. Major General Shi Jianguo's expression was extremely grim and severe. "Two bullets." Su Weiyuan said, "Yes, Major General." "Do you realize that this opens a whole new can of worms, Captain? If there were two bullets shot, then that means everything was planned before-hand." He slowly nodded. "And to plan those things ahead of time, it was important to know all the details of Bai Li's mission. How will he meet Rodey, when and where... without this information, the culprit who shot…
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--- *Bai Li* "Because there were two bullets that were shot that night," Xin Zhen said. I nodded. "What!?" Liao Huifang and Qi Qiang exclaimed. It was just as shocking for me when things fell into place as I remembered everything. I heard Xin Lei's pitter-patter on her phone. "Your bullet hit the pole." "While somebody else's bullet hit Tan Ye," I completed. "There was somebody else standing behind me at a distance, which made that shot. No wonder Cocoa was barking so much and seemed so…
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*Bai Li* That clack sound I heard wasn't the part of the VR I was in because Qi Qiang could only replicate the situation based on how much I remembered. At that time, I didn't know there was such a sound. But when I fired my bullet at Rodey this time, that sound came naturally to me even if it was not in the VR. It was unmistakable. I shut my eyes and imagined the scenario once again. I lowered my arms first to fool Rodey, but when he was about to kill Tan Ye, I raised my hands again and…
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*Bai Li* As I navigated through the VR and the memories coincided with my therapy, I remembered how Rodey caught hold of Tan Ye. This is bad. How did Tan Ye come here? My plan wasn't supposed to fail. The container was supposed to be empty. How did a civilian enter? Fuck! Rodey took that one second of distraction to grab Tan Ye. But I had to be calm. Situations like these arise in the mission sometimes. There was always a factor of the unknown which one cannot predict, and you just had to deal with…
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--- *Bai Li* Before we left for Dongcheng to find the culprits, Kang Yuan suggested the exposure therapy for me to complete one session. Xin Zhen and Luo Zhiqiang brought the necessary VR equipment after our discussion, and Xin Lei said she would help Kang Yuan check the software with Qi Qiang. I heard Qi Qiang's voice. "Everything is ready." I was standing at a corner, trying to become one with the wall so that nobody could see me. Now I was feeling to run away from all this. I wasn't sure if I could…
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--- Ying Yue didn't know what went wrong that triggered him. He was dangerous and scary, and she knew that, but something felt different to her this time. "Say that again," Rodey growled. *Cough cough* She frowned and felt gagged at her throat. "Y-your mom-" Rodey took out his gun and pressed it hard on her temple. "Since you helped stay the night and treated me, I will not fucking kill you. But forget about whatever you heard. If you dare open your mouth and spit it out to others, then this time, I…
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*Xin Lei* Qi Qiang said, "Zhang Xiulan was sent to Scotland when she was eighteen years old. If there is a man who helped her come back to China without getting detected by the Zhang family, then I thought I could find something where she stayed for those six years. I got her address through Zhang family records, so I checked if anybody else popped up around her neighborhood within six months or one year of her stay. Maybe she got acquainted with somebody powerful there." That was plausible. "It was…
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