I transmigrated to the 1970s and became the female lead's vicious stepsister.

Those few seconds felt like an eternity.

Su Lingwu desperately told herself not to be nervous, and that she needed to stay calm, especially in situations like this.

"No...don't kill me!"

"I... I'll give it back to you, okay?"

He was shaking like a leaf, and the gold bar in his hand was swaying precariously, as if it was about to fall from his grasp.

"I... my mother is sick, and we have no food to cook at home. I saw that no one was home, so I came to the kitchen to borrow some food. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been greedy. I'll return the food to you right away."

After saying that, he turned around, intending to hand the gold bars to the person behind him.

Su Lingwu was gambling that the other party wouldn't dare to fire easily, since the sound of gunfire would attract the attention of those around them, who would definitely call the police, and the other party's identity couldn't withstand scrutiny.

"Don't move!"

"Move again and I'll shoot!"

The woman frowned, watching Su Lingwu's movements warily.

"I promise, once I leave this yard, I'll keep my mouth shut tight. My mother is waiting for me to come back, please forgive me, sob sob..."

Su Lingwu shrank her neck, curled herself up tightly, and looked at the woman in front of her with teary eyes.

The woman looked at the terrified girl before her, a cruel smile playing on her lips. "You saw everything, didn't you?"

She glanced at the entrance to the basement. She knew she couldn't let the girl get out alive, but she also didn't want to fire her gun easily and attract attention.

She was just an ordinary girl with no strength to even kill a chicken. She accidentally wandered into this place while trying to steal food, so there was no need for any big fuss.

Her plan isn't finished yet; we can't let it fall apart because of her.

"Do you know that only the dead... can keep secrets?"

After saying that, a flash of cold light appeared, and the dagger at his waist stabbed towards Su Lingwu.

In a critical moment, Su Lingwu quickly threw a handful of lime into the woman's eyes.

"what!"

"Nisuchi!"

The sudden burst of heat made the woman grimace in pain, unable to open her eyes at all.

Su Lingwu took the opportunity to run out of the kitchen, and the woman, disregarding her eyes, chased after her by sound.

He held the gun and aimed it at the source of the sound.

"Bang!"

Su Lingwu trembled all over, her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and her ears were blocked, unable to hear any sound, only her rapid heartbeat and trembling body.

"Su Lingwu!"

"How are you?"

"Where are you injured?"

Fu Linchuan's gun was still warm as he gripped Su Lingwu's shoulders with both hands, looking her up and down to see where she was injured.

The only response he received was trembling.

Su Lingwu wanted to turn around and look at the woman, but Fu Linchuan pulled her into his arms, not wanting her to see this bloody scene, afraid that she couldn't bear it.

"It's alright, don't be afraid!"

To be honest, Fu Linchuan also lost his mind during that scene.

Logically, he shouldn't have shot the woman dead; he should have shot her elsewhere, left her alive, and interrogated her thoroughly, which might have yielded more valuable clues.

But without thinking, he opened it directly between his eyebrows, simply because he didn't want Su Lingwu to have any accidents.

If the first shot didn't kill her, and the woman survived, the next shot might be aimed at Su Lingwu. He couldn't give her that chance.

The warmth of her embrace was scalding hot, and Su Lingwu only then came to her senses.

She is safe.

Fu Linchuan saved her.

"You...how could you...?"

How did Fu Linchuan find this place?

Su Lingwu is now quite frightened. She never expected that her lover was not an ordinary woman, but actually a spy.

If she had known, she wouldn't have dared to take the risk even if she had a hundred lives.

"Why are you so disobedient? Didn't I tell you to go home?" Fu Linchuan's tone was somewhat harsh.

What he had just witnessed was truly terrifying; the woman's gun was pointed directly at Su Lingwu.

If he had been even a few seconds later, the woman in front of him would have perished.

Fu Linchuan was afraid that Su Lingwu would act on her own, so he went to the guesthouse to see if she had left. He found that she hadn't checked out yet, but she wasn't there.

They quickly went out to look for her. They couldn't find any trace of her at the Ma family's place, so they drew a portrait of her and found a few people to help them search.

It turned out that she had followed a few young men to the suburbs.

Fortunately, she found the boys who had come with her. At first, the boys were reluctant to tell her where Su Lingwu was. It was only after Fu Linchuan told her that he was her fiancé and that she would be in danger if she didn't tell him that they agreed to tell him.

Then he saw a scene that made his eyes widen in horror.

"I……"

"sorry!"

Her eyes were red and moist, with glistening tears.

Knowing she was in the wrong, and overwhelmed by the emotions that followed the ordeal, Su Lingwu's tears started falling slowly, one by one, and then one after another, instantly soaking her entire face.

The originally dull and sallow complexion gradually revealed its true color.

Seeing this, Fu Linchuan's anger subsided by half. "Alright, stop crying. I won't say anything more to you. It was my fault for being too careless. I should have just sent you back directly, then you wouldn't have had to go through all this."

Fu Linchuan took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped his face, which was covered in tears.

It really does look like a tabby cat, with yellow and white stripes, Fu Linchuan couldn't help but think, its temperament is similar too.

"Commander Fu, we've taken the body away." The people who came with Fu Linchuan were also surprised that this woman actually had a gun.

"By the way, she's a spy!"

"She's Japanese. I heard her speak Japanese, something like... something."

"Also, there's a basement in this yard, right under the kitchen floorboards. There are a lot of guns and a telegraph machine inside."

Su Lingwu saw Fu Linchuan's dark face and his head lower and lower, not daring to look at him.

"I...I never expected it either. Ma Changzheng's mistress was actually a spy. I thought she was just an ordinary woman. I was thinking of starting with her to see if I could get any evidence to help the Ma family get things done quickly..."

"Let's go take a look!"

Fu Linchuan sent someone down to investigate.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before they brought up boxes of guns and ammunition. "Commander Fu, this is irrefutable evidence! Ma Changzheng can't escape now!"

Everyone was delighted; with this irrefutable evidence, Ma Changzheng had no way to escape.

"There's been some commotion here. The news can't be kept quiet for long. Pass the order down: launch an immediate arrest operation! Be quick!"

"Okay, I'll get started right away!"

In this operation, Secretary Liu instructed the Armed Forces Department and the garrison representatives to cooperate with Fu Linchuan.

The main reason is that Ma Changzheng is the director of the Revolutionary Committee, a high-ranking official position with far-reaching implications. Therefore, it is necessary to consider all aspects and ensure that nothing goes wrong.