He spoke in a voice as if just awakened, lazily asking, “Who is it? Knocking at the door in the middle of the night?” Meanwhile, he quickly took out a small package from his luggage and reached into the hidden compartment under the tea table, retrieving a document bag and putting it in his pocket. Then he hurriedly went downstairs, climbed out the back window, and easily scaled the wall.
However, upon landing, he found several gun barrels pointed directly at him.
Gong Shi sighed. The telegram and letters were already archived by Tu Feibai in the safe in his secret room. How did things get exposed?
Gong Shi was brought back to the front door. The door had been kicked open, and he was pushed into the brightly lit living room by soldiers behind him. With his hands bound, he staggered and almost fell. After finally steadying himself, Tu Feibai kicked the back of his knees, causing him to collapse onto the floor.
A soldier searched him and found the document bag, handing it to Tu Feibai.
Tu Feibai opened it, glanced at it, and coldly looked at Gong Shi, signaling the soldiers to take him away. The evidence was clear that Gong Shi had stolen the documents, though how he had released the children from the prison was still unclear. But Tu Feibai didn’t want A Ju to know about this and planned to secretly interrogate Gong Shi later.
Gong Shi saw that Tu Feibai’s target was indeed the stolen documents and could only wonder why he had brought A Ju to arrest him.
He had considered killing A Ju to keep her quiet, but she rarely left the house, and he never found an opportunity to be alone with her. Later, when she didn’t mention seeing him in the study, he thought the matter was over.
But tonight, Tu Feibai had brought A Ju to arrest him.
As the soldiers pulled him up, Gong Shi suddenly shouted, “A Ju is the mole!” In that instant of being pulled up, he made eye contact with A Ju and suddenly understood that she must have been suspected by Tu Feibai and was using him as a scapegoat.
Yu Yi was startled: “You’re talking nonsense!”
Gong Shi continued, “A Ju came as a maidservant with another purpose. I’ve long noticed her sneaking around.”
