Yu Yi also secretly exhaled, lowering her right hand, stepping two paces to Tuo Feibi’s other side to distance herself.
Ding Jingman suspiciously looked at Tuo Feibi, then at A Ju.
Chapter 26: Warlord of the Republic of China (8)
Ding Jingman, having seen Tuo Feibi forcibly drag A Ju out, couldn’t sleep. She sat on the living room sofa waiting. Suddenly hearing gunshots, she was startled.
After waiting and hearing no more gunshots, she came to investigate, unexpectedly catching Feibi embracing A Ju about to kiss, which made her cry out in shock and anger.
Ding Jingman was about to say more when she suddenly saw several soldiers carrying a person from the house. In the light from the house, she could see from his clothes it was Gong Shi, his head oddly hanging back, swaying with the soldiers’ movement, a large dark stain on his chest still dripping. She involuntarily gasped: “Captain Gong… he’s, he’s dead?”
Tuo Feibi didn’t directly answer, simply saying: “Go back.”
Ding Jingman looked at Yu Yi: “A Ju, come with me.”
“I have something to ask A Ju. You go back first.”
Ding Jingman suddenly understood. A Ju had just told her she liked Gong Shi. It seemed Feibi had killed Gong Shi out of jealousy. Her jealousy surged, and she coldly laughed: “Could it be A Ju killed Captain Gong? What else do you want to ask? Can’t you see how terrified she is? Are you interrogating her or falling for her?”
Tuo Feibi’s gaze turned cold: “What did you say?”
Ding Jingman was intimidated by his look, not daring to speak sarcastically, but unwilling to leave them alone. She steeled herself: “A Ju is my maid. If you’re interrogating her, aren’t you suspecting me? Why not interrogate me too!”
Tuo Feibi shouted: “What nonsense are you talking about?!”
He waved his hand, “Both of you, go back.”
Tuo Feibi turned and entered Gong Shi’s residence, wanting to see what else might be hidden here. With Gong Shi dead, he could only hope to deduce who had given him benefits to steal the documents by searching the house.
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Yu Yi followed Ding Jingman for a while. Before reaching Tuo Feibi’s house, Ding Jingman suddenly stopped and said: “Go. Don’t come back.”
