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Chapter 281 - 281:I Can Hurt Him, But You Can’t
Chapter 281 - 281:I Can Hurt Him, But You Can’t
Chapter 281:I Can Hurt Him, But You Can’t
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Yes, Ziyu has been busy reviewing and taking exams, so he hasn’t had time to go to National security.”
Gu Ci silently pondered. After the incident with the gunshot, she had gone back home first to change clothes. Ziyu wasn’t at home at the time, and she didn’t ask where he had gone. By the time she returned from Global the second time, Ziyu had already started his revision.
“Why did National security want to assassinate me?” Lu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow and asked, “Be more precise. Why did they want to assassinate the Third Master? After all, we share a dual soul. If he dies, I’m gone too.”
“I don’t know,” Gu Ziyu replied without changing his expression. He had been a big shot in his previous life, and disguise and concealment were his specialties. Plus, he genuinely looked harmless, making it easy for him to gain others’ trust. “I’ll ask the old man about it after my exams are over.”
“That’s not necessary!” Lu Zhiyuan said with a light laugh. “The Third Master will investigate.”
Gu Ziyu held his bowl, took a sip of soup, and almost buried his face in the bowl. After a moment, he said, “Chen Fei is very skilled at assassination, tracking, and the first shot of a sniper is hard to dodge. How did you manage to avoid it?”
Lu Zhiyuan raised an eyebrow. What a dutiful son!
“You want me to get shot in the head?”
“That’s not what I meant!” Gu Ziyu nervously thought, My dad is so cunning. If Mom overhears this, she’ll explode. He actually touched her precious sweetheart.
His mom’s logic was, I can hurt him, but you can’t!
“What I mean is, Chen Fei’s shots never miss. You’re still alive, so it suggests that National security may not necessarily want to take your life.”
“Someone fired a shot first, hitting Pei Qiuying. My security team was on high alert, so I escaped. Had Li Jiang reacted three seconds slower, I would have been shot in the head.”
“Wait…doesn’t he have the ability to teleport?” Gu Ziyu only sent Chen Fei for the assassination because of this ability. After all, he could fly and teleport. It would be ridiculous if someone with superpowers got shot and killed.
Lu Zhiyuan chuckled and said, “He’s just recovered from a serious injury, so he can’t teleport.”
Gu Ci and Gu Ziyu were both dumbstruck.
Gu Ziyu had just learned that the Third Master was seriously injured and couldn’t teleport. He couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of peril. If he couldn’t teleport and reacted too slowly, wouldn’t he have become the first person to commit patricide?
He felt guilty. Although his father was safe now, there were lingering aftereffects. Gu Ziyu said with deep regret, “When you’re old, I’ll take care of you.”
Lu Zhiyuan was speechless.
Gu Ci was choked on her fried egg, coughing violently. Son, there’s no need for such distant considerations. His sternum isn’t that easy to have any scary aftereffects.
“Since Chen Fei shot me, why did he also shoot the assassin on the opposite side?” Lu Zhiyuan asked calmly.
Gu Ci’s heart skipped a beat. This topic couldn’t continue. “Third Brother, you’ve always been indifferent to Third Master’s affairs. Why are you suddenly so concerned?”
“If he dies, can I survive?” Lu Zhiyuan maintained his role firmly. “This troublemaker, let him die if he wants to, but don’t involve me.”
Gu Ci had to admit that the Third Master’s acting skills were excellent. Sometimes she almost couldn’t distinguish between him and the Third Young Master. But when he played the role of the Third Young Master, she found herself deeply entrapped.
She always looked for traces of the Third Young Master in him, even though she knew she was like a person dying of thirst, hopelessly lost, and yet she didn’t dare to reveal any genuine emotions for fear of being discovered by the Third Master!
During this breakfast, Gu Ziyu ate nervously, caught in the guilt of patricide, and was also scrutinized by Gu Ci’s gaze. Because Chen Fei didn’t know that it was Gu Ci and Qin Wan on the opposite side, he fired another shot.
Gu Ziyu numbly thought that if Chen Fei was a perfect marksman, he would have turned himself into an orphan with his skills!
Fortunately, before Chen Fei set out, he had been repeatedly instructed not to take lives. So when he was caught on camera, he fired at the glass. Plus, without specific orders, Chen Fei wouldn’t randomly kill people. Shooting at the glass was just meant to divert attention.
After Lu Zhiyuan accompanied Gu Ci to the study, Gu Ziyu went back to his room and called Chen Liangdong. “Our National Security’s assassination system isn’t perfect enough. Chen Fei was caught on camera. Lu Zhiyuan just asked me why National security wanted to kill him.”
Chen Liangdong asked, “You didn’t admit it, did you?”
“I’m putting all the blame on you. 1 won’t admit it even if I die.”
Chen Liangdong chuckled. “Will this create a rift between you two?”
“It doesn’t matter.” Blood is thicker than water, but their career paths are different. They need to maintain a boundary. “The Underworld’s assassination system is quite perfect. They have someone handling surveillance and someone providing support. We should learn from them.”
This was also to protect their sniper. After all, a qualified sniper was a rare talent. It took many years to cultivate one, and Chen Fei was the ace in their system.
“This is something that needs improvement,” Chen Liangdong said. “National Security’s main responsibility is intelligence collection and analysis. Large-scale operations require the cooperation of the operations department. This time was quite unexpected, sending out Chen Fei wasn’t our specialty, so it’s normal to be caught on camera. Let’s learn from this experience.”
“We need our own sharp tool,” Gu Ziyu said. “I’ll write a formal report based on the Underworld’s assassination this time. We’ll make improvements if necessary. I’ve almost figured out how they handle assassinations.” Gu Ziyu could simulate how the Underworld operated in assassinations based on surveillance and Qin Wan’s movements. They took great care to protect their sniper.
So, they would provide immediate cover for Qin Wan to withdraw if necessary.
This was a special date. After Gu Ci’s exams, she had plenty of free time, and all her thoughts were on the Underworld’s dark web activities. She had originally planned to discuss saving Jiang Junlin with Dr. North, but when Lu Zhiyuan arrived, she postponed the plan.
Having a date at home was unfamiliar to Gu Ci, and it was even more unfamiliar to Lu Zhiyuan. Gu Ci took him to the home theater to watch a movie. Since the last time she and Lu Zhiyuan were besieged by fans while watching a movie, Gu Ci had specifically organized a private theater. While the screen wasn’t as large as a cinema, it was still substantial, covering the entire wall.
“Is your sternum really suffering from aftereffects, or were you just fooling Ziyu?”
“I was fooling him. That little rascal actually sent someone to kill me!”
Gu Ci’s mouth twitched, and she chuckled. “Is it perhaps Chen Liangdong’s idea?”
“Do you believe it?”
“I believe anything he says!” Gu Ci had a deep filter, “Whatever he says, I believe it!”
“Do you believe anything 1 say?”
Gu Ci couldn’t argue with that, and Lu Zhiyuan snorted. Lately, he had maintained the persona of the Third Young Master quite steadily. Gu Ci found it intriguing. At the beginning, when he portrayed the Third Young Master, his acting was inconsistent, but recently, he had truly become convincing. Sometimes, she even felt like the Third Young Master had returned.
Gu Ci stared at him steadily, but Lu Zhiyuan didn’t quite like that kind of gaze.. He felt as if she was looking at someone else in his eyes, so he asked, “What’s wrong?”