After examining the documents, the secret police found they were indeed ordinary business contracts. He then ran his hand along the inside of the document case, found no unusual protrusions, and returned the contracts.
Jin Chenzhou had not brought the confidential documents as paper files, but on a storage card. He had originally planned to hide the card in the briefcase’s compartment, but Meng Qing suggested he give the card to her to store in her phone.
After Li Suyeon also passed the screening, Shen Yinghui became less nervous. Since her relationship with Jin Chenzhou was not public, these secret police should be unaware of her existence. A tall secret police officer finished questioning Yu Yi and began to ask Shen Yinghui: “Name?”
“Shen Shunai.”
“Age?”
“Twenty-five.”
Shen Yinghui was the last to be questioned in her row. After a few questions, the tall officer moved to the next row. Shen Yinghui let out a long sigh and slumped back into her seat. Just as the tall officer reached the next row, he turned back and said, “Shen Shunai, open your bag for me.”
Shen Yinghui didn’t realize he was calling her. Yu Yi nudged her, and Shen Yinghui looked at her in surprise. The tall officer called “Shen Shunai” again, placing his hand on her shoulder.
Shen Yinghui jumped in shock and looked back at the tall officer blankly. He looked at her suspiciously, taking out Li Suyeon’s photo to compare, noting they did not look alike. However, Shen Yinghui had not handed over the bag on her lap, so he simply picked it up and opened it.
After browsing the bag’s contents and finding only typical female personal items, he accidentally activated the phone’s screen. He took out the phone and asked, “Why isn’t it turned off?”
Shen Yinghui stammered, “I, I forgot.”
The tall officer found the beautiful but nervous girl somewhat cute. Glancing at her selfie on the phone screen, he was about to turn it off when he suddenly noticed a man in the photo who looked very similar to Jin Chenzhou. He studied the photo carefully. His gaze toward Shen Yinghui changed, and he coldly said, “Miss Shen Shunai, please come with us off the plane.”
Shen Yinghui was terrified, unable to stand. The tall officer gripped her arm and pulled her up, dragging her toward the cabin door. Shen Yinghui looked back desperately at Yu Yi, who could only avoid her gaze.
Seeing Yu Yi avoid her, Shen Yinghui turned her pleading eyes to Meng Qing.
Yu Yi felt something lightly touch her side and discreetly reached back to take it, placing the item in her pocket. Feeling it in her pocket, she knew it was Meng Qing’s phone. Yu Yi and Meng Qing had personal terminals but carried phones, as they were an essential personal item in this time and space.
Yu Yi knew that Meng Qing’s phone contained an important storage card, and she couldn’t help but wonder why Meng Qing had given her the phone.
The secret police had dragged Shen Yinghui to the cabin door and said to a colleague guarding the door: “Jin is likely on this plane. Search carefully again.”
Yu Yi suddenly understood that Meng Qing was not simply trying to rescue Shen Yinghui. If these secret police were to carefully interrogate and verify, Jin Chengzhou and Li Suyin might be exposed. But she was unsure of what Meng Qing would do next.
Meng Qing took out a hat and put it on, pulling the brim low. Then he stood up and walked towards the cabin door.
A secret police officer standing in the middle of the aisle approached to block Meng Qing: “Stop! Go back to your seat!”
Meng Qing pointed to Shen Yinghui at the door and said in a low voice: “I know her. Let me say a few words to her.”
The secret police officer reached out to remove Meng Qing’s hat to see his face clearly. In an instant, Meng Qing had knocked him down, then stepped over the body lying on the ground and quickly reached the cabin door.
Another secret police officer in the other aisle of the cabin saw this and hurriedly chased after Meng Qing.
There were only two secret police officers at the door, one holding Shen Yinghui and one originally guarding to prevent anyone from escaping. Now was his time to act. He had just stepped forward with a bow-like stance, his fists clenched, when Meng Qing raised his hand and sprayed a pungent, irritating mist directly into the officer’s wide-open eyes. The officer covered his eyes in pain and screamed.
Meng Qing grabbed Shen Yinghui and dragged her down the plane.
The secret police had been ordered to capture Jin Chengzhou and his wife. Seeing Meng Qing “recklessly” pulling this suspicious woman related to Jin Chengzhou off the plane, they were convinced that Meng Qing was Jin Chengzhou and all gave chase.
The secret police officer whose eyes had been swollen by the pepper spray was helped off the plane by his tall colleague and sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Yu Yi heard gunshots and knew both Meng Qing and Shen Yinghui had bulletproof systems, so she wasn’t too worried. She just didn’t know if they could escape the airport smoothly.
The passengers on the plane were all looking terrified, with some screaming after hearing the gunshots. Among these panicked passengers, Jin Chengzhou and Li Suyin appeared particularly calm.
Many passengers were asking when the plane would take off. A flight attendant finally announced that the flight would soon take off.
The plane finally started, accelerating on the runway, and with a slight jolt, it left the ground.
Jin Chengzhou and Li Suyin exchanged a meaningful glance, perhaps they would divorce soon, but at least they were safe now.
This was Yu Yi’s first time on a plane, but her attention was not on the plane’s takeoff. She anxiously waited for a message from Meng Qing to know if he was safe.
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Twenty minutes earlier, at 9:48.
Meng Qing was dragging Shen Yinghui towards an airport service vehicle.
When the gunshots rang out, Shen Yinghui began to scream loudly. Although she remembered wearing a bulletproof vest, her limbs and head were unprotected.
Although she had been taking deep breaths to scream, and the gunshots had rang out over a dozen times, she remained unharmed. But in extreme fear, she continued to scream.
Meng Qing was helplessly assaulted by Shen Yinghui’s screams until he threw her into the vehicle. When she finally confirmed she had no new gunshot wounds besides her previous injury, Meng Qing was already driving towards the airport exit.
Two police officers behind them got into another car and closely pursued Meng Qing. But after Meng Qing fired a few shots back, they suddenly slammed on the brakes. These secret police were not lone heroes and didn’t want their wives and children to receive condolence payments.
Meng Qing drove around the terminal and into the staff vehicle garage. After changing vehicles, Meng Qing quickly drove away with Shen Yinghui.
Shen Yinghui, thrown into the back seat, timidly crawled up and leaned on the front seat’s backrest, asking Meng Qing: “What should I do?”
“What can you do? Live under a false identity in this country.”
“For their own good, don’t contact them again.”
Meng Qing glanced at Shen Yinghui’s desperate expression and raised an eyebrow: “Didn’t you think about your parents and your job when you defected abroad with Jin Chengzhou?” His tone carried a hint of sarcasm.
“I want to go abroad! Mr. Carl, aren’t you going back to the country? Can’t you take me with you?”
Seeing him remain silent, Shen Yinghui collapsed into the back seat crying: “I’ve lost everything. How can I live? If you hadn’t rescued me, I’d be dead…”
Meng Qing didn’t pay attention to her. From the rearview mirror, he saw Shen Yinghui crying to herself, so he opened his personal terminal and sent a smiley face to Yu Yi.
Chapter 80 Top-Secret Escort (5)
