Chapter 209: Ambush
“A gift for me?”
Shen Shuyun asked and immediately realized, guessing, “Are you asking me to show it off slowly, so others know about our relationship?”
“Smart.” Gu Yansheng nodded, “Since you’ve become my woman, it’s only right for me to give you some jewelry. Show it off gradually; you control the timing.”
Gu Yansheng noticed Zhou Shuhai’s emotions; she probably had a favorable impression of him.
This wasn’t strange. Considering Zhou Shuhai’s unfortunate family atmosphere, his appearance gave her a sense of warmth, and wanting to get closer was perfectly normal.
Gu Yansheng had to guard against Minister Zhou; he and Zhou Shuhai
“Okay, I understand.” Shen Shuyun picked up the bracelet from the table, put it on her wrist, and asked with a smile, “Does it look good?”
Gu Yansheng nodded repeatedly, “Of course it does; I carefully selected it from a pile of jewelry. Wear it for now, and I’ll give you a few more pieces when I have time. Oh, right.”
Gu Yansheng took out his wallet, pulled out a stack of banknotes for her—not too much, just Japanese yen worth 200 US dollars. “Since you’ve become my woman, you should have some money. The city government income isn’t high; spend where you should. Consider this part of the mission.”
She had to accept this money; Shen Shuyun pocketed it without a word.
“Tired? Let me give you a head massage.”
“Okay.”
Gu Yansheng leaned back; Shen Shuyun went behind him, pressed her fingers to his head, and began the massage.
Gu Yansheng told her about recent changes in the situation. Shen Shuyun was sent by Boss Dai, and one of her mission tasks was certainly to monitor whether he was reliable.
Intelligence could be cross-verified through multiple channels; there were plenty of Military Statistics Bureau agents in Shanghai, and what needed to be reported had to be reported.
“Do I need to tell the elders about this?”
“No need. They’ve been to No. 76; this information isn’t very secret. At this point, the elders definitely already know.”
Shen Shuyun gave a soft hum, said no more, and focused on massaging Gu Yansheng.
“Later I’ll send a car to pick you up; come stay at my place for a couple of days.”
Shen Shuyun paused for a moment—just a moment—then agreed, “You arrange it.”
“Mm. Stay occasionally for a few days, then go to work normally. Of course, work hours are up to you—as long as others gradually learn our feelings are progressing, that there’s indeed a man behind you, that’s enough. You don’t even need to go to work after that. Keep a mistress in a golden house, act spoiled with favor—no one will care.
But be mentally prepared. From the perspective of office women gossiping, once they know the man behind you is me, they’ll privately envy you and curse you— that’s very likely.”
“That’s nothing at all.”
Shen Shuyun smiled faintly and continued the massage.
After enjoying the master’s service, time was about up; the masters’ wives were finishing makeup and heading out, so Gu Yansheng had to go act as temporary butler.
The Hanoi defection team was on a one-day house-buying tour in West Shanghai, with Gu Yansheng accompanying.
It wasn’t convenient to talk inside the house for fear of eavesdropping, so discussing the final plan under the pretext of buying a house was perfect.
The women and children strolled and shopped on Yuyuan Road, buying long-term residences; they had to check every villa.
Meanwhile, the men gathered behind to discuss negotiations.
Yuyuan Road was very long, longer than Jisiweier Road, with many alleys on both sides, so there were plenty of houses to choose from.
But houses closer to No. 76 were relatively safer.
Still, houses had the attribute of liking or not, and since it wasn’t a new villa district, many houses already had owners, so in the end, no two families bought adjacent houses—the closest were just neighbors in the same alley.
“The houses are bought; now call people to clean them, and let’s go browse Shanghai’s furniture market.” A female family member suggested.
“Yes, yes; we’re so close to the concession—let’s go shopping.”
“Do you know where the furniture market in the concession is?”
“How could I not know? I’ve been to Shanghai before, and besides, Mrs. Chu has always followed Dean Chu in Shanghai, so she must be very familiar with it.”
Chu Minyi’s wife smiled and nodded, “Yes, I’m quite familiar with Shanghai.”
With a goal and a guide, the group happily told the men negotiating behind and headed through the alley to the concession for shopping and fun.
Wang Ni and Minister Zhou smiled at this, “Without women chattering, we finally get some peace.”
“Hahahaha.”
“One more cup of tea, and we can chat while drinking—that would be even better.”
“Exactly; let’s go for tea.”
Watching the women walk far away, watching them exit the alley mouth—right as they were talking—crack crack crack crack, dense gunfire suddenly erupted at the alley mouth!
“Ah!”
Immediately followed by women’s terrified screams!
The traitors present changed expression instantly and rushed forward shouting; the crowd there included all their family members!
They didn’t even care about the danger!
Li Shiqun reacted quickly, immediately calling his guard team nearby to provide support.
“Mr. Wang, Minister Zhou, don’t go! Absolutely don’t move—go inside the house first; leave it to us!”
Today No. 76 had deployed a lot of guards openly, and logically there were No. 76 spies among them.
Of course there were guards by the female family members at the alley mouth, and quite a few.
Dense gunfire rang out at the alley mouth; after the group of traitors impulsively rushed forward, they still chose to take cover in a nearby villa compound.
No one knew the situation outside; in the courtyard, they paced back and forth nonstop, cursing while walking.
Ten minutes later, the gunfire completely stopped; two minutes after that, a No. 76 captain ran over to report.
“How is it?” Li Shiqun asked anxiously.
The captain, panting, said, “Director, we drove the attackers away; the captain is pursuing them.”
“Casualties?”
“Still tallying, but—” The captain hesitated.
“But what? Speak!” Li Shiqun demanded.
The captain glanced at these big shots and said gravely, “Some female family members were shot, and more than one.”
“Who?”
“Who?”
The group of traitors immediately asked.
“How could this happen!?” Li Shiqun immediately berated, “I’ve repeatedly admonished you—why was there still a lapse!”
Faced with this incident, the captain was speechless, “This… I am guilty.”
“Is it safe now?” Li Shiqun’s face was grim enough to drip water.
“It’s safe.”
“Let’s go take a look.”
“Let’s go take a look.”
The group strode toward the alley mouth.
The alley mouth was actually concession territory; when the Military Statistics Bureau and No. 76 fought, the police station people probably wouldn’t hear, but right after, police station constables could arrive anytime.
They had already arrived now, responsible for maintaining order.
As they approached the alley mouth, the women had all retreated back; in the villa courtyard beside the alley mouth, they were sobbing and trembling.
At the gate, No. 76 team members stood guard alertly.
The crowd immediately went into the courtyard to find their family members.
Those who found theirs felt a huge weight lift.
Those who didn’t turned pale.
“No, it can’t be!” They turned and rushed out of the alley.
At the alley mouth, they could clearly see female family members lying on the ground amid pools of blood, just over ten meters from the group.
“Ah! Mei Ying!” The first to change expression in the crowd was Li Shengwu.
He instantly recognized his wife among those lying on the ground.
A total of twelve family members lay on the ground, old and young.
“Useless fools!”
Inside No. 76, Li Shiqun slapped the captain across the face.
“What kind of protection is this! I admonished you a thousand times—what a lapse! Five lives—you don’t deserve to live!”
Of the twelve, seven were still alive and could be saved; five died on the spot.
Li Shiqun was furious; such a major protection operation had this huge mishap—where did it leave his face, and how could he explain to Mr. Wang and Minister Zhou?
