Chapter 17: Digging a Pit Quite Brutally

Ma Wenhai didn’t show up for the meeting the next day, and he definitely wouldn’t be attending any subsequent events. His appearance yesterday was merely a bait to draw attention.

The pit was dug quite brutally.

That evening, as night fell.

Ye Qinglan carefully applied two thin face masks to her face, then used makeup tools to blend them in. Soon, a nondescript man appeared in the mirror.

She had concocted this disguise herself, and even Lao Bai was unaware of it. He had no idea how many faces she possessed.

With her keen eyes, she had always been fascinated by the art of escape and survival in her previous life. She had delved into everything from human skin masks and special effects makeup to chemical poisons, but she had never studied medicine.

She never imagined that the skills she had honed in her past life would serve as a foundation for her current existence!

After applying her makeup, she donned gloves and stepped out.

The Linhai Hotel was only two kilometers away from the Guest Hall and not far from her residence, but she still chose to ride a small motorcycle.

The surrounding area was dominated by office buildings, some commercial and others belonging to government agencies.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the Linhai Hotel, she hid her motorcycle and then went to the Shunyuan Office Building to the right of the hotel. The restrooms inside offered a view of the building opposite the Linhai Hotel as well as one side of the hotel itself.

Sure enough, there was a sniper hiding across the street from the hotel.

There were also guards stationed at the entrance of the hotel.

Looking towards the rooms of the Linhai Hotel, she noticed something. “Damn, Brother Dan killed 201 people! So brutal!”

Ma Wenhai was on the fifth floor, and four of his bodyguards were in the room below his, listening in.

Scanning the ground floor, she saw something else. “Holy crap, that Country S lady is in the restroom downstairs, using binoculars to observe.”

After watching for two minutes, the Country S lady left, circled around to the back of the Linhai Hotel, and climbed up the water pipe to the second floor.

Ye Qinglan followed her, climbing the water pipe as well.

There were no snipers at the back of the hotel, but there would be once people started breaking into Ma Wenhai’s room.

Since the Country S lady was already inside the building, she could use her to her advantage. This woman had been at the conference earlier today, and now she was here at night. It was highly likely that she was after Ma Wenhai.

She climbed the water pipe to the fifth floor and could see through the window that two of Ma Wenhai’s bodyguards were standing guard at the door.

She reached behind her waist and used a tool to pry open the window. As she was about to climb in, the Country S lady reached the fifth floor, quickly killed one of the guards at the door, and started fighting with Ma Wenhai’s female bodyguard.

The people downstairs heard the commotion but remained seated, unmoving.

She pulled out her silenced pistol and jumped into the room.

Ma Wenhai, having heard the sounds at the door and window, had already run to the bathroom to hide.

She twisted the bathroom door open and was greeted by a bucket of water.

She dodged to the side, and Ma Wenhai seized the opportunity to run out. However, he was tripped by something and dragged back into the bathroom.

“Ugh, ugh…”

Ma Wenhai struggled to speak, but at that moment, a gun was pressed against his head.

Ye Qinglan turned on the water flow and then pulled out a magnet, sticking it to the bug behind the toilet lid.

She whispered to him, “Where’s Mei Hanzhi’s stuff?”

Ma Wenhai was startled because she was using his hometown dialect.

He realized a second later, “I don’t know. I don’t know anything. Really, I don’t have anything. Please, let me go. He was already dead when I arrived.”

“Those are your bodyguards downstairs. They heard the commotion upstairs but didn’t come up. It shows their patience has reached its limit. They’re waiting for you to speak, and they’ll intercept you. If you don’t say anything, they’ll watch you die outside, and they can use your death to accuse another country of being behind it.”

Ye Qinglan glanced at the door. The Country S lady and the female bodyguard were fighting their way into the room, battling fiercely.

She spoke rapidly, “The woman outside is from Country S. She’s here to kill you. The ambush across the street from the Linhai Hotel is from Country W. They’re trying to capture someone to find you. Mr. Mei was a noble man, and he was able to be friends with you. I imagine you’re not bad either.”

Ma Wenhai also heard the commotion outside.

He had been trembling with fear, but suddenly he stopped.

“Are you really from Long Country?”

“How many foreigners can communicate with you in your hometown dialect?”

Thanks to Lao Bai, she had been trained as a formal secret agent. In addition to essential combat skills, she had also learned languages, as well as things like assembling vehicles and machinery. The motorcycle she was riding was one she had assembled herself from spare parts.

“Who sent you?”

“Eight thousand miles away, clouds and moon.”

Ma Wenhai’s mind raced. Qianhe.

As she finished speaking, the Country S lady’s gun pointed at the bathroom, and a hole was punched through the bathroom door.

Ye Qinglan grabbed Ma Wenhai and pulled him behind the sink, her brow furrowed with anger.

At that moment, Ma Wenhai said, “The stuff isn’t on me. Go to De’en Girls’ High School and find the sophomore teacher, Lan Ying. She’s single, and she should be living in the dormitory.”

When he came to Xiangcheng, all his belongings, from his clothes and shoes to his socks, were provided by the Country W people. The materials for the conference had been reviewed repeatedly.

“Thank you! I’ll give you a bullet.”

Ma Wenhai: “Are you sure you’re thanking me?”

Ye Qinglan didn’t answer. She knocked him out with a palm strike and shot him in the leg.

Ma Wenhai: “…”

She then took the magnet off the toilet and rushed out the door, firing at the Country S lady.

Two against one, the Country S lady realized she had no chance of winning and jumped out the window where Ye Qinglan had climbed in earlier. However, the moment she jumped down, guns fired from the back of the Linhai Hotel, and several people rushed out.

They were not using silenced weapons, and the Linhai Hotel was immediately put on alert. The people in the room on the fourth floor stopped pretending to be dead and all rushed to the fifth floor.

The Country S lady drew the majority of the firepower from outside.

Ye Qinglan pointed her gun at the female bodyguard.

The female bodyguard, who had been shot twice: “Garbage! We were on the same side just now!”

At that moment, Ye Qinglan slipped out the window and went to the fourth floor, while the people downstairs broke into the room.

“Liya, Leah…”

So the female bodyguard’s name was Leah.

Leah covered her stomach with one hand and pointed to the bathroom with the other, saying, “She ran, she ran.”

Then she died.

“Da Xiong, you stay here. We’ll chase after her!”

The one called Da Xiong went into the bathroom, while the others chased after Ye Qinglan out the window.

Ye Qinglan opened the door and ran towards the public restrooms on the right side of the hotel. She jumped out the window of the restrooms and slipped into the Shunyuan Building next to the Linhai Hotel. It was late at night, and there were no office workers inside, making it convenient for people like them.

She rode the motorcycle she had hidden there out the back door of the Shunyuan Building, and she abandoned the motorcycle halfway there.

By this time, she had already shaken off her pursuers and arrived at a small park. She was about to enter the park’s restrooms to change her clothes and head to De’en Girls’ High School, but as she reached the entrance, she smelled a strong odor of blood.

She glanced around and exclaimed, “Holy crap!”

Brother Dan!

He was leaning against the ground in the restroom, surrounded by blood. His abdomen was still bleeding, and his gun lay beside him.

This…

I need to rob him!

Brother Dan also noticed someone approaching and struggled to pick up his gun. Suddenly, a strange smell filled the air, causing him to freeze for a few seconds.

Those few seconds were enough for her to barge in, subdue Brother Dan, and take his gun.

“You…”

Ye Qinglan didn’t say a word. She reached out and took the folding recorder from his chest.

Brother Dan: “!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I’ve had countless years of real-world experience, and I’m somewhat famous in my own country. I never thought I’d be robbed in a restroom one day. Damn it, you’re not robbing me for money or sex, but you’re robbing me of this garbage!