In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 413 What a grand game! Xie Wei will let the bullets fly for a while longer.

Chapter 413 What a grand game! Xie Wei will let the bullets fly for a while longer.
"You all get out first. Keep your mouths shut."

Long Yaohua addressed his subordinates who had come with him in the office, emphasizing this seriously.

After everyone else left, he kept a close eye on the two of them, and only when they were starting to feel uncomfortable did he ask, "Who else knows?"

Seeing that the two were still unwilling to tell him the truth and didn't seem too worried, Long Yaohua knew there must be a big problem.

"Just the two of us, plus Mo Lingyu."

"..."

Long Yaohua remained silent.

Xie Wei's purpose became clear instantly—he still suspected Mo Lingyu.

“We didn’t want to keep this secret for him at first, but Xie Wei said that if Mo Lingyu really had a problem, we shouldn’t let this opportunity pass and we wouldn’t be able to sleep soundly every night afterward…”

Zhang Mingqiu sighed.

Nobody wants to encounter something like this.

But there is no way.

"What's the problem? Can't he just be suspicious because Xiao Mo went abroad for a few years? They're married, and their child is about to be born."

Long Yaohua remained silent for a moment, his feelings extremely complicated.

He had considered all sorts of possibilities, but he never expected things to turn out this way. It was fortunate that Xie Wei had a strong mental fortitude; otherwise, most people would have collapsed.

"No. Those of us who went to the US to study initially only received a stipend of $50-$100 per month. Even now, undergraduate students studying abroad receive less than $400 per month… Mo Lingyu traveled to many places in the US… Also, Jiang Xiaokang's contact with Chen Haowen occurred during Mo Lingyu's return to China, and Chen Haowen is still not giving a clear answer… According to Yang Hongli's confession, Chen Haowen began collecting various materials as early as 83…"

With no one else around, Zhang Mingqiu no longer hid anything.

He immediately pointed out all the doubts.

"That doesn't warrant him risking his own safety!"

Long Yaohua sighed.

Xie Wei said that leaving was the best option, saying something like "let the bullets fly for a while... safety should be guaranteed in Hong Kong."

"no!"

Without a second thought, Long Yaohua said, "He absolutely cannot take the risk."

After immediately finding out Xie Wei's itinerary, he disregarded everything else and immediately instructed his subordinates to contact Wei Changcheng through the military's communication channels, forbidding Xie Wei from secretly leaving the country.

Immediately afterward, Long Yaohua disregarded his other objectives and turned back to the airport, ordering someone to arrange the fastest flight to Huadu so he could personally find Xie Wei.

Hong Kong.

A clubhouse somewhere.

This place has been acquired by Xinghuo Investment and turned into a private club, owned by Zhou Zhiyong.

At that moment, Wang Zheng was toying with a glass containing half a glass of XO, gently shaking it, without looking at Zhou Zhiyong sitting opposite him.

"Mr. Wang, this matter is too complicated. If we get involved, it will be easier to expose our identities..."

Zhou Zhiyong looked at Wang Zheng with a bitter expression.

"Old Zhou, have you forgotten the way you came?"

Wang Zheng toyed with his wine glass, still not looking at Zhou Zhiyong. "Do you know why, even though you and Zhou Zhiqiang are brothers, I let him work outside, but only made you my bodyguard?"

"..."

Zhou Zhiyong remained silent.

"I think you two brothers should change your names. Your brother's name is Zhiyong, and you shouldn't be called Zhiqiang anymore. Just call yourself Zhiruo!"

Wang Zheng still didn't look at Zhou Zhiyong.

He stared silently at the wine glass he was toying with in his hand.

Zhou Zhiyong listened without any change in expression. "My mission is to ensure your safety. I will not participate in anything that threatens your safety..."

"Bang~"

The glass slammed heavily onto the coffee table, spilling wine across the surface, but the glass itself didn't break.

"Have you forgotten who gave you all this? Without Director Xie, none of us would have ever seen the prosperity of the capitalist world! If Zhiqiang had enough manpower, would he need your help?"

Zhou Zhiyong remained silent.

Wang Zheng was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

"Mr. Wang, I'll say it again: Director Xie cannot come to Hong Kong!"

"Why the hell would I decide this? Why would I need to talk to you?"

Wang Zheng was so angry he wanted to hit someone, but he was completely helpless at the moment.

He Qiang had already taken his men with him; Chu Yunlong and Wei Yong left with another group of elites, leaving Zhou Zhiqiang short-handed.

Zhou Zhiyong has connections, and he is unwilling to support Zhou Zhiqiang's work.

Special Economic Zone.

Harbin Institute of Technology Office.

"Why did you come here?"

Qu Hongtao looked at Xie Wei with surprise, knowing that Xie Wei hadn't given any notice before coming.

"Let's see how the branch school is progressing."

Xie Wei said with a smile, "Let's also take a look at the construction progress of companies like Huafeng Electronics."

"You're rich now?"

Qu Hongtao looked at Xie Wei with delight, "As long as we have the money, we can start construction immediately. The special economic zone has already prepared the 1000 mu of land for the first phase of the project... If we don't have the money, I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, we'll be there soon."

Xie Wei spoke up.

"So what's your itinerary here?"

Qu Hongtao asked Xie Wei.

"You don't need to worry about me. I'm just staying here at the school-enterprise office. You go about your business."

Qu Hongtao didn't think much of it. He was unaware of the espionage case at the school. He immediately arranged for the logistics staff in the office to arrange rooms for Xie Wei and the others, and then went to attend to his own work.

After checking in, Xie Wei suggested going out for a walk.

Wei Changcheng and Lü Qi had no idea what Xie Wei's true purpose was. They thought that this workaholic, who was usually so busy that he didn't even have time to rest, had suddenly become idle and lost his power. Instead of spending time with his pregnant wife and his mother-in-law who was receiving treatment in the hospital, he had come here. They thought he was just like those retired cadres who couldn't adapt after wielding great power.

They didn't stop them.

Xie Wei did not go to factories such as Huafeng, but instead wandered around places like Shennan Avenue and the customs area.

He would occasionally look at the tall buildings and factories and remark, "When I came here before, this was still farmland."

I've been wandering around outside for three days.

Even Qu Hongtao suspected that something was wrong with Xie Wei, but when he asked, Xie Wei wouldn't say.

"We've got our sights on them."

That day, after returning to the office's guesthouse, Lü Qi and Wei Changcheng collapsed from exhaustion. Qin Weidong quietly slipped into Xie Wei's room and whispered something.

"So long? Damn it, if they don't take the bait soon, I'm going to be exhausted."

Xie Wei breathed a sigh of relief, then asked nervously, "Is it him?"

"It's him. Shao Zhengzong knows Zhang Zhipeng; he was the one who connected them on the front lines. Zhang Zhipeng has a toy factory in Zhuhai, and the factory manager is his wife's cousin... Shouldn't we close the net?"

Qin Weidong asked.

Xie Wei remained silent and did not answer Qin Weidong's question.

He didn't urge Xie Wei.

Xie Wei had previously warned the investigating unit, which made the investigation even more important. However, no breakthroughs were made despite repeated investigations. Xie Wei secretly contacted Qin Weidong and asked him to investigate a Taiwanese businessman named Zhang Zhipeng. As a result, many problems were discovered, but no one was found to be the middleman.

It wasn't until they arrived in Nanjing that Xie Wei quietly reminded Qin Weidong of the person he suspected most.

What about Hong Kong?

After a long while, Xie Wei finally asked.

"There's been no movement from anyone over there, including the Taiwanese and CIA outposts. It's as if they have no idea you're going there..."

Qin Weidong replied, "Zhou Zhiyong doesn't agree to you going there, and Wang Zheng has a big falling out with him over this."

Xie Wei glanced at Qin Weidong silently, and the latter immediately shut up.

"Wait a little longer." "Wait for what?"

Qin Weidong was puzzled.

And a few hundred meters away from the Harbin Institute of Technology office is a joint venture factory office building.

A middle-aged man in his forties looked at the thin middle-aged man in front of him wearing gold-rimmed glasses and asked the same question.

"Xie Wei is too cunning. He's a more treacherous old fox than anyone else! Our operation using Mo Lingyu failed, and his appearance this time is likely a trap to lure us out... Once we're caught, all our efforts over the years will be for nothing..."

"The one with the gold-rimmed glasses said."

The person opposite him sneered, "Aren't you overestimating him? You've been afraid of him from the very beginning..."

"Bullshit! If I hadn't been cautious enough, how could you have developed so much over the years? How could you have gathered so much intelligence? Without me, even with some information provided by Wei Bingkun, could you have infiltrated Harbin Institute of Technology? Could you have bribed Chen Haowen? Watch your tone!"

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses was furious.

The middle-aged man quickly smiled apologetically: "I'm just in a hurry! The higher-ups have invested so much money over the years, but much of the intelligence we've obtained is useless, especially in the military field..."

"Heh, you think it's easy to deal with Xie Wei and Li Rui, those two old bastards, when they're together? As long as they get things under control within Harbin Institute of Technology, they can basically control all the military technology projects and their levels across the country. If Chu Yunlong and Wei Yong hadn't left, do you think they would have had a chance?"

"Are you sure Chu Yunlong and Wei Yong didn't leave on purpose? You yourself said Xie Wei is an old fox!"

"hehe!"

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses chuckled. "Feng Ke was Xie Wei's roommate, and quite possibly his sister Xie Rou's boyfriend... Over there, so many assassination attempts on Feng Ke failed, and he never returned... Now, the Hussein and Abbas missiles have been successfully developed, and all the technical data is in Feng Ke's head..."

"What about Wang Zheng?"

"As long as we kidnap him, all of Starry Sky Investment's assets, exceeding $80 billion, will be ours... Once we confirm that Xie Wei, that old silver coin, really came here because of Feng Ke's return, we'll have the other side make their move simultaneously."

"What time?"

"When Feng Ke went to Hong Kong, and then returned to China from Hong Kong through special channels..."

I'll trust you one more time!

The middle-aged man scrutinized the man with the gold-rimmed glasses for a while before uttering a single sentence and turning to leave.

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses didn't say anything. After the middle-aged man left, he looked at Xie Wei's photo on the table and said, "Old silver coin, old silver coin, you're incredibly cautious! So many opportunities to go abroad, and you didn't go... If I don't kill you this time, I won't have any more chances!"

Xie Wei's photo has appeared on the CIA's kill list.

However, its global ranking is relatively low, at only 88th.

But for the man with the wire-rimmed glasses, that wasn't enough.

As long as Xie Wei is alive, he wouldn't dare to make money with peace of mind. For so many years, he has been extremely careful, afraid of giving himself away.

Thanks to his caution, no one has suspected him so far.

Hong Kong.

Flights transiting through Cairo to Hong Kong landed as usual.

now.

The airport was busy, just like always.

Outside the exit, there seemed to be significantly more people waiting to pick up passengers than usual.

Meanwhile, on the main road outside the airport exit, a traffic jam had formed due to the accident. The drivers of the vehicles involved in the accident had started arguing and were gradually escalating into a physical fight, attracting a growing crowd of onlookers.

"Boss, something's not right!"

A van was packed with people.

Looking at the situation outside, the driver turned to Zhou Zhiqiang beside him and said, "So far, not counting us, there are already three groups of people."

"Never mind all that, let's observe first, adapt to the situation, and everyone be prepared."

Zhou Zhiqiang also noticed that something was wrong outside. There were many gang members around, but unlike the thugs fighting for territory on the street, many of them were covering one side of their hands with their jackets or other things.

"Should we try to prevent them from coming out?"

What can we do?

Let's wait.

Mountainous areas on the northwestern border.

The Wakhan Corridor.

A group of people dressed in long robes and wearing headscarves were silently making their way along the valley toward the border. A few dozen meters ahead of them, three people were observing as they passed by.

No one spoke throughout the entire process.

The surrounding area is a continuous range of snow-capped mountains.

When they reached a fork in the road, the person leading the group suddenly raised his hand, and the group that had been walking in single file stopped instantly.

Caught off guard, one person in the middle bumped into the person in front, but it did not cause any chaos in the line.

"Brother Qiang, I'm sorry."

The man being helped had his face covered by a headscarf fall off, revealing a face with prominent cheekbones and a stubble beard; it was Feng Ke.

"Be careful!"

He Qiang, who also had a stubble beard, said something to Feng Ke and then walked ahead.

"Once we cross this snow-capped mountain, we'll be on our own soil. However, it's only May now, so crossing it will be very difficult... Heading south, it'll be about 120 kilometers further..."

As He Qiang spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Feng Ke in the group.

"Crossing the snow-capped mountains!"

Chu Yunlong thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "He's stronger than we imagined. The CIA's influence in Pakistan is pervasive; if our whereabouts are leaked, our entire operation will fail. It might even affect Xie Wei's fishing plan..."

"Is everything sorted out over there?"

He Qiang asked.

"Who knows."

Wei Qiang, his lips chapped, grimaced. "That bastard, he's such a rip-off. If I'd known, I wouldn't have come. It's so comfortable staying in China... Damn it, all he said was he needed to drink goji berry tea..."

"Alright, so what if you get shot twice?"

Chu Yunlong interrupted Wei Yong's complaints.

Wei Qiang immediately fell silent.

Starting from Iraq, the journey continued to Jordan, then through Cyprus, then along the Turkish-Syrian border into Persia, and finally across Persia into the Graveyard of Empires. The entire route from the Graveyard to here was filled with battles.

Intelligence organizations such as the CIA, KGB, Mossad, and MI7, as well as several major armed groups in the Middle East, have all been at war with each other.

Except for Feng Ke, almost everyone in the group was injured, and the remains and ashes of several others were in their backpacks.

"Alright, we'll part ways here. Our territory lies ahead; provide us with weapons and ammunition..."

He Qiang didn't say anything more.

"Brother Qiang, aren't you coming with us?"

It wasn't until they parted ways that Feng Ke realized what was happening.

"No, I have a mission..."

He Qiang glanced towards the border, his face full of bitterness.

Will I ever be able to set foot on this land again in my lifetime?

"A powerful nation..."

Feng Ke hugged He Qiang tightly, unable to hold back her tears any longer.

"Boom~"

The faint roar of a helicopter engine could be heard in the distance.