LWDC Chapter 193

Chapter 193 – Suicide Mission

Chapter 193 – Suicide Mission

Chapter 193 – Suicide Mission

Cheng Lingqi’s phone call was completed unexpectedly smoothly (in his opinion).

Ning Fei didn’t completely abandon him heartlessly. While Cheng Lingqi was on the phone, he even wrote down reminders twice on paper. Cheng Lingqi told Cheng Mengxiao with some stumbles, but Cheng Mengxiao didn’t notice anything strange.

After hanging up, Cheng Lingqi sighed, “It felt like just having an argument with her on the phone. I didn’t say anything important.”

Ning Fei waved his hand, “You don’t need to summarize the key points, your sister or brother-in-law will summarize them.”

Cheng Lingqi: “…Are you sure they have the IQ for that?”

Ning Fei: “Even if they don’t, the people behind them do. Don’t worry, you still have that much value.”

Cheng Lingqi: “…”

The adjutant was speechless and could only run away quickly. Even a brief escape from Ning Fei’s control to catch his breath was good.

However, this one phone call was, of course, not enough to achieve the goal of being captured. Ning Fei also assigned Cheng Lingqi a task: to show his impetuousness more often in front of his mother, to complain to her more about Cheng Mengxiao’s lack of understanding of him and the current situation, and to encourage his mother to contact Cheng Mengxiao.

In name, it was to get Cheng’s mother to persuade Cheng Mengxiao to come to Yucheng as soon as possible; in reality, it was to make Cheng’s mother, who had no concept of secrecy when it came to her own family, a bridge for leaking secrets, enticing the people behind Shen Zejun to start thinking about Cheng Lingqi.

On the other side, Secretary Cui’s constant questioning about Yucheng finally made Liu Fan aware. Liu Fan dragged Cheng Lingqi over to question him face-to-face, but Cheng Lingqi had been reminded by Ning Fei beforehand, so he responded relatively smoothly. Most importantly, Ning Fei had predicted the questions that Liu Fan might ask and had given him a rough idea of the answers. When Cheng Lingqi discovered that Liu Fan’s questions really fell within the “exam scope” delineated by Ning Fei, Cheng Lingqi’s heart settled down at once. He relaxed, and his responses became much more natural, making Liu Fan feel for a moment that there was nothing wrong with him.

Of course, it was only a very brief “moment.”

Even if Cheng Lingqi completely cleared himself of Qiao Lizhi’s daughter’s matter, his sister and Shen Zejun’s activities in Shashi were already known to Liu Fan to some extent. In this day and age, not choosing a side is equivalent to being absolutely on the opposite side. And Shen Zejun, who verbally claimed to be neutral but actually had close contact with people close to “that organization,” was basically considered a member of “that organization” in Liu Fan’s eyes.

And Cheng Lingqi, who was “negligent in supervising his relatives,” was naturally “implicated” by Liu Fan.

Once the idea of “suspecting the ax thief” started, everything that happened afterward became constantly superimposed. Less than a year after Ning Fei proposed the “actively get captured” plan to Cheng Lingqi, Liu Fan, in front of all the officers, assigned Cheng Lingqi to a mission that looked very dangerous—to confirm the location of a batch of arms that were said to have been hidden in a certain county town after the X Army withdrew years ago.

This was not the mission that caused the original owner to become disabled, but as soon as Cheng Lingqi heard it, he knew that it was time for the “death wish” part.

At this moment, even though he was under serious suspicion, Cheng Lingqi couldn’t help but run to Ning Fei—he suspected that his family’s phone was already being monitored—looking nervous but having to try to maintain a calm appearance: “This time it’s definitely! It’s definitely it!”

“This time you’re sure?” Ning Fei, on the other hand, looked very calm, leaning back on the sofa in a relaxed posture. “You seem to have falsely reported it twice already. Things don’t happen more than three times. If you ‘feel wrong’ again, it’ll become the story of ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’.”

“Definitely! Although it’s not the mission where the original owner had the accident, the area where this batch of arms is located is nominally still our control zone, but in reality, it’s a tacitly acknowledged uncontrolled area!” Cheng Lingqi was so annoyed that he wanted to shake his foot. “Don’t even mention the people from that organization… tsk, to be honest, it would be better if it were their control zone. But this county town is completely overrun by bandits, and they’re armed!”

“But that group of bandits does have some connection with that organization.” Ning Fei suddenly dropped a “bomb,” but his tone was still leisurely. “So as long as you don’t court death by rushing to the front, and stay in a ‘good prisoner, not easily caught in the crossfire’ place, even if you’re caught by the bandits, your sister and Shen Zejun will have time to ask the people over there to help coordinate and safely rescue you.”

Cheng Lingqi was stunned: “The bandits are connected to them?! Really? How do you know?”

“Don’t worry about that. Anyway, I’ve heard this rumor.” Ning Fei replied, then picked up a pen and scribbled a line on the notebook in front of him. “What you need to do now is to go to this address and say you want to make a phone call. Then tell your sister that you might really die this time, and remind her to take care of your mother. That way, your sister should automatically trigger a series of ‘missions’ to save you.”

After saying that, Ning Fei tore off the piece of paper and handed it to Cheng Lingqi.

Cheng Lingqi took the paper suspiciously and found that it contained a strange address: “Where is this?”

“An auto repair shop, there’s a phone inside. My phone here might be monitored too. Never mind the other things, but your most critical call for help can’t be heard by Liu Fan.” Ning Fei replied, “Go ahead, just say you want to maintain your car before you leave, it’s perfectly reasonable.”

“…Okay.” Seeing Ning Fei so calm, Cheng Lingqi had a sense of security that “he had prepared everything for me.” He folded the note and put it in his inner pocket, then got up and left.

Duan Yunhong was actually present the whole time, but he remained silent throughout. Only after Cheng Lingqi had left the study did Duan Yunhong look at Ning Fei: “My information is at least five years old or more, do you really believe it’s still valid?”

“Of course, I believe it.” Ning Fei replied without hesitation, “Boss Duan used to cultivate deeply in this world, in this organization. Even if there’s a time difference from when you controlled everything, I still believe in your intelligence.”

Duan Yunhong: “You replied too quickly, it’s just a coaxing statement, right? Give me the truth.”

“…Hahaha.” Ning Fei laughed out loud, “Okay, the truth is, I just need a set of words to make him go boldly. As for what specific words, I can completely make up a set if I need to. But I have your information to refer to, why bother? Just say it according to your information. Anyway, according to the feedback from Cheng Lingqi and his mother, Cheng Mengxiao has been inquiring so much intentionally or unintentionally, there will definitely be some action afterward.”

“As expected.” Seeing his faintly smug look, Duan Yunhong knew that he had guessed correctly. “So, in fact, you may not trust the information I said, you are just fully promoting the plan you have already made.”

“Indeed. The plan has already begun to be implemented, and so far, it doesn’t seem to have any major problems, why not go forward with all our strength?” Ning Fei supported his chin, looking at Duan Yunhong’s eyes with a hint of a smile. “But suddenly saying such discouraging words, what new trick is this? If I didn’t trust your information, would I have formulated this ‘actively get captured’ plan for him? And so many times I taught him how to deal with Liu Fan, it’s not all made up by myself, isn’t there also information you gave me? What, are you dislikeing me for taking your credit, and reminding me here?”

Duan Yunhong was very pleased to hear these words.

Even though he knew that Ning Fei had a set of coaxing words, knew that Ning Fei was deliberately picking on him one moment and saying what he wanted to hear the next, in order to form an emotional control of “a slap and a candy.” This kind of method may be intentional by Ning Fei, or it may be unintentional, just a habitual method of his. But it must be said that when Ning Fei wants to coax someone, he is really good at finding what the other person wants to hear. Even Duan Yunhong, who is well versed in this kind of method, finds it difficult not to feel ripples in his heart.

Sometimes, Duan Yunhong would even deliberately elicit these words from Ning Fei. When Ning Fei really said the words that Duan Yunhong expected or wanted to hear, Duan Yunhong would secretly rejoice because of his words and the tacit understanding between the two.

“…I don’t need these credits, even if I need them, it will be in the future.”

Boss Duan would not frankly say that he just wanted to hear Ning Fei say these things on purpose, his face was very calm: “I just want to remind you that if there are any changes in the future, such as the current situation being completely contrary to what I know—don’t blame it on me again.”

“Ha, is that all? Would I be so ignorant of good and bad?” Ning Fei got up and came to the chair Duan Yunhong was sitting on, leaning on the armrest, and also put his hand on the back of the chair. “I also said just now that I am also looking at the actual effect, don’t say it like I have given you all the thinking, I am just blindly executing, okay?”

Duan Yunhong glanced at him: “It’s not just once or twice that you have blamed the responsibility on me, and you have resolutely refused to accept my explanation.”

“Then dare you say that you had no intention of piting me at all at that time?” Ning Fei leaned towards him, pinching the man’s chin with his empty hand. “You had that intention when you did it, and even if you only have 20%, 10% or even 1% of the responsibility in the end, that’s still your responsibility. You can say that I have exaggerated your responsibility, but you can’t say that I completely wronged you, right?”

“You mean, even if I just want to make a small joke or find some fun in the future, but in the end there are consequences that I didn’t expect, you will directly judge me wrong? Expand my responsibility to 100%?” Duan Yunhong held his hand, looking up at him. “Now, don’t I even have a chance to apply for an explanation?”

“…That depends on what it is.” Ning Fei raised his eyebrows. “If we are standing on opposite sides, I will naturally be wary of all your actions. But if we are on the same front, then I can consider whether it is actually your fault.”

Duan Yunhong subtly squeezed his index finger: “Whether I am on the same front with you, now it depends on you, not on me.”

“…” Ning Fei withdrew his hand. “You used to coax me to think about it, but now it’s becoming more and more like a threat, President Duan.”

“Cheng Lingqi’s mission is coming to an end, according to your ‘efficiency first’ principle, as long as he is captured and Cheng’s mother is also taken over, you will almost be settled and leaving, right?” Duan Yunhong replied frankly, “I need to increase the weight of this matter in your heart.”

Ning Fei suddenly thought of something: “Have you ever thought that if you are really responsible for something I don’t like, before you get the right to explain, you should do another thing first?”

“What?”

“Apologize.”

“…”

Ning Fei stared at the man’s eyes, meaningfully said: “I mean, you personally say ‘sorry’. Sometimes even if you are wrong, you just use some means to show me kindness, but you don’t say a word of apology on the surface. It’s like those stubborn superiors or elders who will only silently try to make amends after making a mistake.”

“…You want to say I’m stubborn again?” Duan Yunhong raised his eyebrows. “You don’t seem to be any better, do you?”

“At least I have apologized verbally.”

“Just for some trivial matters, or to achieve your bigger goals, I remember it very clearly.” Duan Yunhong pointed to his head. “…Okay. Since you require me to apologize sincerely, then the same constraint will be given to you, you also admit and apologize when you are wrong, how about it?”

“Really?” Ning Fei was a little surprised by the man’s reaction. “This is not too difficult for me, at least I have opened my mouth. And many times, it’s because you have never apologized and will deliberately provoke me, so I never want to sincerely apologize to make you happy, do you understand?”

“I guessed a little before, now I completely understand. I just want my ‘sorry’ to have more weight, not to never say it, I’m not that naive.” Duan Yunhong raised his hand and grabbed the hand that Ning Fei had put on the back of the chair. “And if we become colleagues in the future, we do need to be more frank.”

Hearing him mention “colleagues” again, Ning Fei gave a light tsk: “Boss Duan, your coercive words are a bit opportunistic.”

“Look, I’m honest, but you’re not happy.” Duan Yunhong gently rubbed his ring finger.

“If you want to hear me say ‘sorry’ with your own ears, then at least there must be this opportunity, this scene in the future, so that I can say it face to face, right?”

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