Chapter 3

“You’ve just suffered a fair bit of physical pain—have some corn liquor to calm your nerves!”

As soon as she said this, Lin Xiaoxiao grabbed Lin Jianmin by the throat, forcing his mouth open, and poured half a bottle of fiery baijiu straight into him!

The burning liquor slid down his throat and churned violently in his stomach. Lin Jianmin felt as if countless venomous insects were crawling inside him, gnawing at his insides like knives.

Five minutes later, under the heavy flood of high-proof alcohol, his head began to swim.

Not long after, he collapsed onto the wooden bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Xiaoxiao didn’t bother with him. She grabbed the bottle and walked toward Yan Zhaodi.

Yan Zhaodi’s face turned deathly pale as she shrank into the corner, trembling.
“Lin Xiaoxiao, what are you doing? Don’t come any closer! I don’t drink!”

Lin Xiaoxiao had just violently forced liquor down her man’s throat—this was practically trying to kill someone!

Suddenly, a stream of yellow liquid trickled from between Yan Zhaodi’s legs.

She had wet herself from fear!

“So you do know how to be afraid, you vicious woman!”

Next, Lin Xiaoxiao repeated the same method, forcing half a bottle of corn liquor each down Yan Zhaodi, Lin Jiaojiao, and Lin Yaozu.

Half a bottle was enough to keep the three of them asleep until the next morning.

After getting all four members of the Lin family dead drunk, Lin Xiaoxiao quickly messed up her own clothes and hair.

She tore off two buttons from her shirt, then staggered out the door.

As she ran, she cried, “Dad, Mom, please stop hitting me! I beg you…”

She ran a full five hundred meters, and just as the local police station came into view—

Bang!

She crashed right into the chest of a young man in military uniform.

His chest was so solid!

Rubbing her sore nose, Lin Xiaoxiao looked up at the culprit—

—and froze in shock.

Wow. Standing before her was a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, sharp-browed, star-eyed man of striking beauty!

He had to be at least 1.85 meters tall, with a clean crew cut. His long legs were encased in army-green trousers, and his face was tanned to a healthy wheat color. His features were sharp and handsome, and he radiated a commanding, soldierly aura.

Even Lin Xiaoxiao, who had seen her share of handsome men in her previous life, couldn’t help blushing and feeling her heartbeat quicken after a second glance.

“Comrade, are you alright?” Gu Jinchuan reached out to steady her arm. Once she had regained her balance, he quickly apologized: “Sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you.”

“Thank you, I’m fine.” Lin Xiaoxiao felt like she had seen this man somewhere before, but couldn’t quite place it.

Remembering her urgent business, she quickly thanked him, turned, and rushed into the police station.

“Comrade officer, I want to file a report! There’s a spy hiding in my house!”

“What did you say? There’s a spy in your house?”

Station Chief Wang Wei’s expression immediately turned serious.

He poked his head out the door and called to Gu Jinchuan, “Captain, don’t leave yet—help me crack this case!”

“Alright, I’ll help you again!”

The mention of a spy in Yangcheng piqued Gu Jinchuan’s interest.

He stepped into the station and asked gently, “Miss, where’s the spy?”

“At my house. He’s my father.”

“Your father is a spy?” Gu Jinchuan looked at her in surprise.

He thought to himself—what a girl! She has such strong ideological awareness she’d even report her own father.

“He’s not my real father. I’m a foster daughter they stole from the hospital.”

Seeing the doubt in Gu Jinchuan’s eyes, Lin Xiaoxiao quickly recounted her tragic life story—how she was switched at birth, forced to work like a servant for the Lin family, getting up before dawn every day to glue matchboxes, and denied food by her foster mother if she failed to meet her quota.

By this point, her eyes had reddened.
“Comrade soldier, I’m telling the truth! Lin Jianmin really is a spy!

He’s colluding with foreign espionage organizations!

I found a secret room in his study—it has a camera and photos of our Yangcheng munitions factory.

When I realized he was a spy, I was terrified. I wanted to run out and report it, but I was afraid he’d kill me to keep me quiet.

So I used the excuse of making lunch, cooked a nice table of dishes, brought out the corn liquor, and when they all got drunk and went to nap, I slipped out to report it to you!”

“Comrade Lin, this is very important information. Thank you.”

Gu Jinchuan realized this was no small matter.

Yangcheng was located between the North and South, serving as a vital hub for personnel, supplies, and information flow. Militarily, it was a strategic location.

Within its boundaries were a military airfield, two missile launch bases, and three logistical munitions factories. If photos of these facilities were leaked abroad, the loss would be catastrophic.

Thinking quickly, Gu Jinchuan told Wang Wei, “Wang Wei, assign one officer to protect Miss Lin here. The rest of us will go to her house.”

“Yes, Captain!”

With a top soldier like Gu Jinchuan on the case, Wang Wei felt much more confident—otherwise, with just four street-level officers, taking down a foreign-backed spy ring would be no easy feat.

He ordered one officer to guard Lin Xiaoxiao at the station, then took two others with him and Gu Jinchuan to the Lin house.

They arrived quickly in a jeep.

Gu Jinchuan jumped out, ordered two officers to stand guard at the door, and rushed inside with Wang Wei, guns in hand.

The smell of alcohol was overwhelming. The four Lin family members were red-faced, slumped over the sofa, fast asleep.

Seeing them dead drunk, Gu Jinchuan relaxed slightly and silently gave Lin Xiaoxiao credit.

This girl was smart—knowing she couldn’t take them head-on, she waited until they were drunk before slipping out to report it.

He quickly ordered Wang Wei to take the four back to the station, then went into Lin Jianmin’s study himself, following Lin Xiaoxiao’s description.

He pushed aside the desk, entered the secret room, and shone his flashlight under the stairs—sure enough, there was a rosewood chest.

Opening it, he found a miniature camera, several rolls of film, and dozens of black-and-white photographs.

One glance at the photos, and Gu Jinchuan sucked in a sharp breath.

They were all of the latest weapons developed by the Yangcheng munitions factory—still undergoing test-firing and not yet in service. Yet they had already been secretly photographed.

If these fell into enemy hands, the damage to national defense and military research would be irreversible.

With Lin Jianmin’s identity as a spy confirmed, Gu Jinchuan wasted no time. He took the rosewood chest back to the station and personally interrogated Lin Jianmin.

Lin Jianmin, still dizzy from the half-bottle of liquor Lin Xiaoxiao had forced down his throat, only came to his senses once he was in the interrogation room.

“Comrade officers, our family are all law-abiding citizens. On what grounds are you arresting us?”