A certain country in Asia.
The heavily guarded hotel didn’t look like a hotel at all; the level of security felt more like a prison.
The room where "Tang Yanqing" stayed had its door knocked.
The man who was lying down for a nap got up with just one sound, silently wrapped the turban around his head, cocked the gun, and held it in his palm. Then, like a cat, he quietly walked to the door, lay down, and pressed his face to the crack under the door, observing the person outside through the small gap.
In disguise, people usually work from head to toe, with the feet being the last detail. In other words, the detail most likely to be overlooked in disguise is the feet. So, a person with truly high observation skills doesn’t look at the face or outfit—just the feet are enough.
After a look, "Tang Yanqing" breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door, and pulled inside the person at the door also wrapped in a local-style large turban.
"Tang Yanqing" stared at the person and asked, "Why did you still co?"
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The two faced each other, unwrapping their turbans. The one who ca in from outside was the real Tang Yanqing, and the person who had been "Tang Yanqing" in this country for so ti was surprisingly Tang Yanxi.
If there was soone in this world who naturally resembled Tang Yanqing in appearance and stature, who thoroughly knew even the smallest of Tang Yanqing’s habits, and could effortlessly imitate them with ease, that person would certainly be none other than Tang Yanxi.
But Tang Yanxi, being a lawyer, was usually too cool and distant, his actions and words highly proper, so no one ever thought he could portray his brother so vividly. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, their personalities were vastly different.
Before Tang Yanqing set out for Mo Ya Village, he considered several candidates for who could impersonate him and deceive Huangfu Huazhang.
Jia Tianzi was one: his longti partner, similar in height and build, with enough reconnaissance and self-defense capabilities. But... Jia Tianzi was a police officer; he couldn’t be involved in such unauthorized cross-border law enforcent.
There was also Luo Xiansheng: Little Sound had been his childhood friend; their personalities were sowhat similar, plus Little Sound knew him well from childhood to adulthood; being in the entertainnt industry, his acting was naturally more professional.
However, in the end, even Tang Yanqing dismissed these options himself.
Simply because Huangfu Huazhang was no ordinary opponent; what he could think of, Huangfu Huazhang could also think of, so neither Jia Tianzi nor Little Sound could deceive Huangfu Huazhang.
At this mont, Tang Yanxi suddenly stepped in, startling Tang Yanqing out of his wits.
He thought it was like Zhuang Zhou’s dream of a butterfly, clearly seeing himself co through the door, montarily unable to decide who was sitting in the room.
Tang Yanxi sat down, lightly dusting his trouser legs: "Besides , there’s no one else in this world you can choose."
Tang Yanqing could only laugh. He couldn’t help thinking of the days when he and his brother secretly competed, rembering how his brother had done similar things. Like impersonating him to flirt with girls, causing them to fall for him, then blocking him at school, unaware that it wasn’t really him.
He had a reputation as a "jerk" from a young age, but he never told anyone that almost half of it was "assisted" by his brother.
And his current upright image was rely a facade to better fit the role of a legal aid lawyer.
He laughed: "But your work..."
Tang Yanxi suddenly grinned mischievously: "Handled by this state’s highest-ranking lawyer."
Tang Yanqing was stunned for a mont, then his heart ward: "You an Dad?"
Tang Yanxi raised an eyebrow at him, saying nothing, with an expression that shouted "You just figured it out?"
Tang Yanqing’s vision blurred: "But he just beca the Governor, so busy he barely has ti to sleep..."
Tang Yanxi sighed: "No matter how busy he is, he can’t ignore his son."
The two finally discussed how to safely deceive Huangfu Huazhang. Tang Yanqing worried: "He’s not just soone who uses his eyes; he uses his mind, analyzing behavior. Even with you, brother, I’m concerned you might slip up."
Tang Yanxi laughed: "Your reasoning, trying to figure out how I should ’act’ to ’trick’ Huangfu Huazhang is inherently flawed. In his eyes, perfect acting doesn’t exist."
Tang Yanqing frowned: "Then what do we do?"
Tang Yanxi raised his eyebrows calmly: "You have to start with his thought process, make him blind by his own bias."
Tang Yanqing’s heart stirred: "Brother’s aning is?"
Tang Yanxi smiled proudly: "We’ve clashed so many tis, he’s very cautious of the Tang Family but pays insufficient attention to . In his eyes, I’m just a lawyer, a legal aid lawyer at that, so I’ve never been any real help to you. My position might even be lower than An Cheng."
"And now that the case has moved abroad, with different countries, different jurisdictions, different legal systems, I’m even less useful. For soone who’s lost his presence like , he won’t even think of it. So as long as my impersonation of you is plausible, he won’t suspect it’s ."
Tang Yanqing also smiled.
Indeed, according to Huangfu Huazhang’s way of thinking, he would first use a process of elimination. Based on his suspicions, he’d first check if it’s Jia Tianzi or Luo Xiansheng in front of him, eliminate them, and since it’s none of the suspected people, it must be Tang Yanqing himself.
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Tang Yanqing grabbed the kettle, took a sip of water, looking grave: "Originally, this was just a virtual battlefield, but now it’s beco real."
Tang Yanxi squinted: "What happened?"
Tang Yanqing told about Jieyou’s disappearance.
Tang Yanxi stared at his brother: "Jas said he didn’t know Jieyou’s whereabouts, and you think George’s n took Jieyou here?"
Tang Yanqing nodded: "If I were George, the trick of taking Jieyou was a replay of Huangfu Huazhang’s strategy, and after catching Jieyou, I’d follow Huangfu Huazhang’s ga map. Using Huangfu Huazhang’s own rules to ultimately force him to ruin himself is the world’s most perfect counterasure."
Tang Yanxi also nodded: "...Huangfu Huazhang always hoped to beco what Shi Haoran was back then; now his dream has co true. But he never expected the one to help him was George, and in such a devastating way."
Tang Yanqing lowered his head: "Six years, yet we still can’t escape the nightmare of back then. Perhaps we’ve long known: the events of the past are bound to repeat. This is the so-called cycle of cause and effect, karma?"
Tang Yanxi nodded: "So this showdown is no longer just between you and Huangfu Huazhang, not just a clash of good and evil, but too many variables have entered the scene."
Tang Yanqing laughed: "I understand. Facing only Huangfu Huazhang, the outco was unpredictable; now with the addition of George, even the variable of Jas, the result is even more uncertain."
Tang Yanxi turned his head: "What about Shi Nian? You should have tried to send her back to M Country, right?"
Tang Yanqing shook his head: "With Jieyou missing, how could she leave alone? Besides, she’s always been a brave girl; she wants to face Huangfu Huazhang and everything from the past herself."
Tang Yanxi hung his head, thinking: "If I were George, I’d use Jieyou alone as bait to set another battlefield. I know Shi Nian is Huangfu Huazhang’s obsession, and you too are his obsession, so even if he wants to save Jieyou, he’s unwilling to give up the plan he prepared for so long. He’ll still fight to the death with you using Shi Nian as bait in the original trap."
"This way, the two of you will first exhaust each other, ideally both dying, or at least one dying, at worst mutually wounding each other. Then, when you try to rescue Jieyou, it’ll be easier for to kill you."
"The struggle of three forces is obviously playing the ga of ’the sandpiper and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins.’" Tang Yanxi said, his gaze rising: "If you don’t want to face such a situation, you need to first resolve the conflict with Huangfu Huazhang."
Tang Yanqing stood up and headed towards the door: "Alright, I’m going to see Huangfu Huazhang now."
Tang Yanxi’s heart tightened, quickly getting up to follow: "You’re going alone? If he wants to seize the opportunity to imprison you, it’ll be all too easy."
Tang Yanqing nodded, smiling: "Brother, don’t worry about . If I took people, I wouldn’t be able to see him at all. If I don’t return, you’ll do your best to help rescue Shi Nian and Jieyou, won’t you?"
Tang Yanxi’s eyes reddened: "That’s your business, don’t count on . If you can’t let go, co back and handle it yourself."
Tang Yanqing laughed, shaking his head: "There’s sothing I’ve always wanted to ask you: An Cheng has called ’boyfriend’ for so many years, was it just a joke on , just to rile you up?"
He chuckled mischievously: "Could it be that back in the day, when you impersonated , you did sothing bad to her?"
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