Chapter Thirteen The Female Host

  "Hey, hey!" Zhao Zhi waved his hand in front of Xie Xiuyun's eyes. "With this look on your face, can you still work for the underground party?" Seeing Xie Xiuyun's silly expression, Zhao Zhi couldn't help but tease her about her identity.

  As expected, upon hearing Zhao Zhi reveal his true identity, Xie Xiuyun glared at him furiously and pounced on him with her claws out, shouting "How did you know? What else do you know? Who are you?" With one hand, Zhao Zhi pushed aside Xie Xiuyun's outstretched arm and wrapped the other around her waist. In a gentle voice, he whispered the contents of the secret letter into her ear from start to finish, not missing a single word.

  Xie Xiuyun was clearly intimidated by Zhao Zhi and didn't dare move, clinging to his chest. He let Zhao Zhi take advantage of him for a while. After half a moment, Xie Xiuyun struggled free from Zhao Zhi's arms, pretending to be calm as he looked at him, and asked sternly, "What kind of person are you?"

  Zhao Zhi smiled and rubbed his nose, "Me? I'm a good person." Looking at Xie Xiuyun's pretended serious expression, Zhao Zhi couldn't help but tease her. Sure enough, Xie Xiuyun was about to pounce on him again, and Zhao Zhi hastily raised his hand to block her. "Alright, alright, I said it. I'm an American, my name is George Lee, you can call me Li Guang."

  Li Guang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, was also an excellent archer. Zhao Zhi borrowed his name, implying that his own sniping skills were unmatched in this era. When he heard Zhao Zhi's chosen name, Xie Xiuyun showed a look of disdain, as if Zhao Zhi had desecrated the name of a great general.

  He smiled awkwardly, and Zhao Zhi didn't look at the smile on Xie Xiuyun's face. "I'm really a good person, I saved you, treated your wounds, gave you food to eat, and even bought a little maid to serve you. Don't I count as a good person?" Zhao Zhi counted off his evidence of being a good person one by one with his fingers. However, from the expression on Xie Xiuyun's face, it seemed that what Zhao Zhi listed was not enough to prove that he was a good person.

  "Where did you know the list you just read?" Xie Xiuyun adjusted the smile on her face and decided to have a good talk with Zhao Zhi. From Zhao Zhi's ability to save herself and treat her wounds, it was not difficult to see that Zhao Zhi was not a bad person. Moreover, if Zhao Zhi was really an American as he said, wouldn't it be much easier to take action later if he could be recruited into the organization?

  Perhaps it was the expression on Xie Xiuyun's face and the look in her eyes that made Zhao Zhi realize something, so he left the bed and moved a chair to sit at least 2 meters away from Xie Xiuyun. "Don't think about me anymore, I won't join you guys, I'm used to being lazy and don't like being controlled by others, besides, I still don't know your name?"

  "Taken aback by Zhao Zhi's astonishing insight, Xie Xiuyun slightly rearranged her words in her mind before slowly opening her mouth to explain her identity. 'My name is Xie Xiuyun. I followed my family to Macau when I was young and returned to Shanghai last year. I've been in charge of the casino business at Hui Huang.'"

  Seeing Zhao Zhi didn't seem to want to ask any questions, Xie Xiuyun paused for a moment before continuing. "I'm a member of the Macau Anti-Japanese Youth League. This time, I'm on my way to deliver a list to the underground party in Shanghai. The list contains names of patriots and scholars who are about to be secretly arrested by the Japanese army. To protect this newly obtained list, we've already sacrificed five people. If it weren't for running into you last night, I'm afraid I would have been the sixth."

  "Was it you who fired the shots at the border last night?"

  "It was a traitor among us, there was a mistake when handing over the list, the people covering me and the Japanese spy fought, I was shot at that time" Xie Xiuyun's expression fell as she touched her injured leg, choking with emotion, unable to speak, clearly thinking of those who had covered for her, and not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

  "Mr. Han has arrived, saying he's brought something for you." Just as the two were temporarily silent, not knowing what to say, Su Mei's timely appearance broke the awkward atmosphere in the room. "This is Su Mei, she'll take good care of you from now on, so rest well, you're the mistress of this house now, if you need anything just tell Su Mei." Zhao Zhi hastily threw out these words and quickly exited the room.

  "Master is a good person," Su Mei said calmly to Xie Xiuyun, apparently this little girl had just heard the beginning of Zhao Zhi and Xie Xiuyun's conversation.

  "I know" Xie Xiuyun leaned against the headboard, still clutching the towel she had used to wipe Zhao Zhi's nosebleed earlier. The muddled account between herself and Zhao Zhi would have to wait for now; all she could do was take things one step at a time.

  Hantai came to find Zhao Zhi, indeed with a purpose. A few days ago, he had smuggled in a batch of opium from Yunnan, but when entering Shanghai the other day, it was seized by the anti-smuggling authorities. This batch of opium was purchased with all Hantai's assets, originally thinking to make a profit in Shanghai, but unfortunately this big Shanghai is too deep, and Hantai has lost everything this time.

  After inquiring about the situation, Han Te discovered that he had been set up by someone. The smuggling bureau had received the news early on and came directly to seize him. If Han Te's car hadn't broken down halfway, he would have become a guest of the smuggling bureau too. After understanding the truth of the matter, Han Te couldn't swallow this insult. He investigated the detailed information of the person in charge of the smuggling bureau and then hastily came to find Zhao Zhi for help.

  This time, the person who took down the Han Tei cigarette smuggling case was Huang Hanlin, the director of the Action Department of the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau. He is an old Green Gang member and used to be under Huang Jinrong, one of the three big bosses of the Shanghai Green Gang. With Huang Jinrong's support and his own efforts, he rose from a small clerk to the current position of director of the Action Department in just three years.

  Hant's insider has also been investigated, it was a rumor spread by one of Hant's subordinates and his mistress. Hant had already drowned the subordinate and his mistress in the Huangpu River. Since none of Hant's subordinates were capable enough to take action, he had no choice but to come find Zhao Zhi for help, with the price being to obtain another US military officer identity for Zhao Zhi.

  For the all-powerful CIA, it's not a difficult task to get Zhao Zhi, who has an American identity, into the US military. The information obtained from Henry last time has already made Hunter's superiors aware of China's importance. Hunter has also become the head of the Asia Division China Station from an intelligence officer, although it seems like just a promotion, but what Hunter got is real power.

  According to the CIA's regulations, a regional intelligence station chief has a military rank equivalent to that of a lieutenant colonel and can be deployed and command at the battalion level. Therefore, Zhao Zhi's request was not a problem for Hunter, but rather an underestimation of his strength and identity.