Chapter 40: Darkness is Not Allowed to Play with Light

  (Please collect! It's the second week of recommendation now, if it doesn't perform well there won't be a third week... Please...)

  It was near dawn when everyone finally left the Moulin Rouge. Ye Tufei had two heavily made-up dancing girls by his side, which was also one of Nie Hengzi's hobbies. What Nie Hengzi liked most was to mingle with these pleasure-seekers, but he had no interest in attending high-end parties hosted by wealthy families. In short, Nie Hengzi liked to frequent prostitutes and dancing girls, not courtesans or noblewomen.

  After 'Teacup' who was in charge of picking them up left, Ye Tufei sent the two dancing girls away for 10 taels each.

  In this era of Hong Kong, paper currency was just beginning to be promoted, but people's acceptance of paper currency was not high. A stack of ten big silver coins could be seen, and the two dancing girls immediately smiled with joy, swearing that they would definitely listen to the master's request and resolutely not mention tonight's affairs to a second person.

  Ye Tu Fei went into the house and fell asleep with a peace of mind.

  Those two dancing girls left the villa only a hundred meters away, and several people came to meet them, inviting the two dancing girls to Yang Ruocai's face. Ten big oceans obviously couldn't resist the sharpness of the dagger, and the dancing girl quickly abandoned her oath. Yang Ruocai let out a long sigh, now that this Nie Hengzi's identity has been confirmed as fake, so the next goal is to confirm his true identity, and at the same time understand the real purpose of his impersonation of Nie Hengzi.

  Yang Rucai hesitated for a moment, picked up the phone, and although it was already late at night, he still had to report to Yu Nong, because Yu Nong had instructed him that no matter what time it was, he must be informed of the progress of things in the first place.

  Ye Tufei underestimated Jun Tong's ability, and similarly, Jun Tong also underestimated Ye Tufei's level.

  The next morning, when Ye Tufei went out for a walk and saw those plainclothes agents disguised as small vendors, he immediately understood that his identity had been exposed.

  Kuo Chung-lin had no doubt about his judgment on Yeh Tzu-fey, but he was completely baffled by how Yeh made the judgment.

  Ye Tu Fei took him to the window on the second floor of the villa, pointing at the surveillance agent and explaining: "First look at that breakfast vendor. People in this line of work get up early every day for years on end, so their bodies are used to it and won't have any special reactions. But take a look at that guy - his two eyes are like those of a giant panda, obviously he didn't sleep all night. What was he doing? Preparing ingredients for today's breakfast, huh! And then there's the one selling cigarettes on the street stall. People who do this kind of small business are all poor and struggling to make ends meet with their meager income, so his gaze should be fixed on those potential customers with money, especially men. But take a look at that guy - both eyes are staring at women's butts...and then there's that one."

  Guo Zhonglin was inspired by Ye Tufei, and suddenly realized, rushing to say: "That one looks like a vegetable seller, entering the city early in the morning to sell vegetables, must have gotten up at midnight to pick vegetables, couldn't see clearly at night, his shoes must be covered with mud, but this guy's shoes are clean, Sixth Master, is our analysis correct?"

  Ye Tu Fei clasped his hands together in a salute to Guo Zhonglin and jokingly said, "Indeed, Master Xiaocai is incredibly wise! If I ever sell vegetables in the city in the future, I'll definitely change into a pair of clean shoes before entering the city."

  Guo Zhonglin touched his occipital bone and said: "Yes, how come we didn't think of this?"

  Ye Tu Fei smiled and said, "Actually, your analysis isn't bad either. The vegetable farmer who grows vegetables definitely doesn't have the same high standards as your sixth grandfather, this is indeed one of that guy's weaknesses. Another even bigger weakness is that he's so foolishly taking care of his own vegetables? Look at this, the leaves are all wilted, and he doesn't even notice or ask questions, what kind of vegetable farmer is this?"

  Guo Zhonglin sincerely flattered Ye Tufei: "Sixth Master is brilliant!"

  Ye Tu Fei rolled his eyes and said: "What a joke! You've already been exposed by others, what's there to be proud of?!"

  Guo Zhonglin suddenly remembered the key point of the problem and felt a little flustered, so he quickly asked: "Then what should we do, Sixth Master?"

  Ye Tufei gazed out the window, muttering to himself: "Since they've already seen through my fake identity, why aren't they taking more proactive action? What's the point of tailing me like this? Ah, I get it. It must be because... exactly, that's right. They think having an extra fake Nie Gongzi won't affect the overall situation, so there's no need to stir up trouble." He turned to Guo Zhonglin and said: "They figure that one more fake Nie Gongzi won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, so they don't want to scare off the snake by beating the grass. Haha, well, we'll just play dumb then. Let's pretend we don't know they've already seen through our fake identities. I'm still Nie Hongzi, Nie Liu Gongzi, and you're still that rich family's lackey."

  "So are we still going to contact that representative as originally planned?" Guo Zhonglin asked another question.

  Ye Tufei replied resolutely, "Of course we'll take it! If we don't accept, how can we rescue that scoundrel?" After closing the window, Ye Tufei lit a cigar and said, "Xiucai, tomorrow I'll divert their attention. You change your appearance and slip out to find the German friend introduced by Gao Qiao's letter. Ask him to prepare an ocean-going ship for us."

  Just as Ye Tuifei was thinking of ways to avoid the military/unified eye and target, Ye Tuifei's information had already been placed on Yu Nong's office desk in Hong Kong.

  The information only has Ye Tufei's experience for nearly three years. As for what Ye Tufei did three years ago, the people from Military Unity gained nothing.

  Yufeng's assistant, Ren Feng, said as he handed over the Ye Tufei materials: "He seems to have suddenly fallen from the sky three years ago, and there was no trace of him before that."

  After reading Ye Tufei's information, Yu Nong buried his entire body in his huge sofa, closed his eyes slightly, and said, "Hey, tell me, what do you think of Ye Tufei?"

  "He represents the Japanese, that's for sure. Before he left Shanghai, he had Nie Rongzhen secretly detained at the Japanese army's Hongqiao base." Ren Feng knew Yu Nong didn't like beating around the bush, so he got straight to the point.

  "That makes sense, go on."

  "Judging from the information, this person is resourceful and has many plans, calm and composed, skilled in hand-to-hand combat. Boss, if you put such a person in front of you, how would you use him?"

  "Assassination!" The fisherman shouted suddenly, but in an instant, he fell back onto the sofa, shaking his head and saying: "Impossible! An assassin wouldn't do it this way."

  "So, what about counter-killing?" Ren Feng finally made his own judgment.

  The term "anti-assassination" sounds a bit awkward, but it perfectly captures the confusion in the minds of fishermen. This conclusion is well-founded and can be trusted to a high degree. If Ye's trip was indeed for "anti-assassination", then what he opposed must have been the assassination plan of the military/unified bureau.

  Yu Nong smiled, reasoning and intuition coincided, which proved that his judgment was correct.

  "Hey, your analysis is good, this Ye Tufei must have come for that negotiation representative."

  After a whole night of thinking, Ye Tu Fei decided to change his strategy.

  This time, after Ye Tufei saw through the disguise of the Military Intelligence Bureau agent who was monitoring him, he reflected that he had still underestimated the capabilities of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

  Having discovered the mistake, he must correct it. Now, he treats the head of the military/unified as if they were a high-bridge Xin kind of intelligent analysis, and finally, he is convinced that the people in the military/unified should be able to analyze the purpose of his trip.

  Since we can't come up with a dark one, let's have fun and make it bright! A plan that was almost absurd gradually took shape.

  Ye Tu Fei decided to confront Yang Ruocai.

  "I'm not Nie Hengzi, you've known that for a long time, so there's no need to pretend to be surprised." After seeing Yang Ruocai, Ye Tufei spoke straightforwardly and revealed the truth. "I suppose you also know why I came to Hong Kong under an assumed name. However, my purpose in meeting you is not to surrender myself, but rather to help you solve your difficulties."

  Yang Rucai's sense of superiority, which had just emerged, vanished instantly like a cat in front of a mouse. He coughed dryly twice and asked with extreme lack of confidence: "What difficulties could we possibly have? What do you know?"

  Yè Tú Fēi revealed a playful smile and said: "You can't make decisions on this matter, I advise you to not overstep your authority, it's best if you hurry up and report back to your boss!"

  Yang Ruo's thoughts were seen through, and he was embarrassed to the extreme. After being stunned for a while, Yang Ruo sighed and said: "Maybe you're right, okay, I'll report to the top as it is."

  Yu Nong made a judgment about Ye Tufei's purpose and didn't take Ye Tufei to heart, thinking that having one more Ye Tufei wouldn't have much impact on the direction of the situation. Now, his men had taken control of the negotiating representative in a villa in Tongluowan, although they couldn't break through the opponent's defense line for the time being, Yu Nong was confident that the opponent would also be unable to escape.

  After all, this is the British territory, neither of them dare to act rashly.

  When Yang Ruocai reported to him that Ye Tufei wanted to see him and said he could help their side solve the difficulties, Yu Nong's eyes lit up as if he saw a glimmer of light, so he agreed to Ye Tufei's request without hesitation.

  Two hours later, Ye Tu Fei was brought into the office of Yu Nong.

  "Hey, I'm Yu Nong, the person in charge here. Just say what you want to say directly, no need to beat around the bush." Yu Nong still buried himself in the large sofa, with a thin blanket covering his body, pointing to the chair across from him, indicating that Ye Tu Fei could sit down and talk.

  "I want you to guarantee my safety first, otherwise I won't say a word." Ye Tu Fei ignored Yu Nong's gesture and remained standing upright.

  "Hey, you're the one who came looking for me, young man. Hey, now that you've seen me, why don't you say anything? It's making things difficult for me!" The fisherman spoke in a calm tone, as if it didn't matter to him whether Ye Tufei spoke or not.

  "Will you be in trouble?" Ye Tuofei asked back, and then he laughed, laughing at Yu Nong: "You are indeed quite troubled! That person is someone you must get, but on someone else's turf, you can't force it, and it's been a stalemate for almost ten days now. Hehe, if I were you, I'd be driven to death by frustration."

  Ye Tu Fei's words struck a chord in Yu Nong's heart, and he reflexively sat up straight, asking with great interest: "Hey, do you have any good ideas?"

  Ye Tu Fei turned around and walked to the farthest sofa from Yu Nong, sat down and said: "There's no perfect plan, do you think I'd come here to seek death if there was?"