Chapter 720: A War Without Gunpowder Smoke
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Yeah... You got it wrong. I didn’t beco a spy or a secret agent,” Miao Ying said as she downed her glass of red wine. “I also didn’t beco a murderer! I rely helped my dad to take sothing! I was left with no choice!”
“Take sothing?” Zhao Yu asked closely. “From the underground vault in the honey shop? What did you take?”
“Mm... Let’s start from the beginning!” Miao Ying said. “This all started with your father-in-law! My dad started a business in Australia. He trades with so companies that are located in Australia, New Zealand, and so other nations in the Pacific Ocean.”
She took a breath, then added, “However, those business dealings were rely a cover-up. Actually, my dad has another identity. But, it doesn’t really matter if I told you about it now!”
Miao Ying sighed and pointed at the ocean that was just outside the window. “Do you know that most people see Oceania as rely being a tourist destination? They assu that it’s a place that is untouched by worldly strife, when in fact, this place is a war zone, especially when it involved business!”
Miao Ying continued, “Let
put this simply... As every country in the Pacific Ocean has a loose foreign policy, many huge corporations, businesses, and wealthy people run their companies here. Among them, a large amount launder money and hide their assets! It’s super shady!”
“Oh,” Zhao Yu nodded as he drank and listened.
“My dear, we are both from a detective background. As such, we always thought that being a detective is the most dangerous and highest level of cri solving,” Miao Ying explained solemnly. “But, we were wrong, as there is much more hidden in the cri world’s secret underbelly! It is my dad’s responsibility to inspect those hidden dangers and collect information, both dostic and abroad. Do you understand now?”
“I guess so,” Zhao Yu replied. “That ans that my father-in-law is an impressive comrce spy, right?”
He then pointed at the bottle of wine in his hands, then said, “No wonder he’s so rich!”
“You must speak more discreetly! You will be in big trouble if you offend my dad!” Miao Ying pouted, then continued, “My dad heard that there was an extrely powerful group in the international business league. Apparently, their spies had infiltrated each of the biggest corporations across the globe in order to find their secrets. Then, they used the weakest points of the corporations to threaten them in order to achieve their goal, which of course was profit on a large scale.”
“Wow!” Zhao Yu took another gulp of the priceless red wine, then said, “No wonder people always say that the world is so dark!”
“It’s darker than you can imagine!” Miao Ying replied. “All these years, my dad has been investigating the specula group. However, he knows that there must be a stronger empire supporting them. So, we adopted the principle of ‘everyone mind their own business,’ and have not gotten involved with them too much.”
She then added, “However, that pattern has changed in recent years, as there was an internal dispute within the mysterious group. The group slowly started erging as a radical force and was extorting money and monopolizing the market. Their asures beca more and more extre... To the point that the group was severely threatening our nation’s profits!”
She shook her head, then said, “Two years ago, the leaking of the oil well in Malaysia, the collapse of the Tanaea Bridge in Kiribati, the fires within the comrcial buildings in New Guinea... All of those things were traced back to them. Plus, although the location varied, the involved companies were all corporations from our nation. Hence, they are obviously taking aim at us!”
She sighed. “The reason for this is that they are jealous of our making profits. Also, they wanted to achieve so wicked political goals. Hence, they waged a war without gunpowder smoke, which has turned out to be even more terrifying than an actual gunfight!”
She shook her head, then continued, “So, my dad’s biggest task was to investigate the mysterious group and look for so breaking point, which would allow him to get his hands on their hidden information. In the end, my dad discovered that the mysterious group already had a spy within the huge overseas corporations of our nation. They planned to attack our overseas corporations, one by one, during the next few years. In that way, they intended to gradually break down our influence in the foreign market!”
Her eyes were wide as he explained, “As you know, just like the oil well incident, once similar incidents take place, our corporation would lose the trust of the entire nation! Then, other nations that we worked with might beco fearful of collaborating, thus losing their confidence in working together! Hence, once the enemy’s plan succeeded, it would no doubt be a huge disaster for our nation!”
“Wow, that is serious!” Zhao Yu scratched his head and said. “But, how does it relate to your leaving? If you were to tell
about this long ago, as your husband, I would have taken care of this for you.”
“You really are overconfident and shaless!” Miao Ying crossed her arms, but smiled faintly. “But, I really do miss you shalessness!”
“I’m flattered!” Zhao Yu raised his glass and drank again.
“With my dad’s hard work, he finally found the breaking point. He bribed a high-level mber of the mysterious group!” Miao Ying said. “The person promised to pass my dad the spies’ nas on a list that features those who are against the Chinese corporations! However, the person was worried that my dad would betray him, so he requested sothing bizarre, which was for
to trade with them!”
“What? For you to trade with them?” Zhao Yu was stunned. “So... He basically mortgaged his own daughter?”
“Shush!” Miao Ying gave him a death stare. “The person knows that my dad cares the most about his precious daughter. So, as long as he agreed to send
to complete the deal, it ant that he was trustworthy!”
“But, who the heck can guarantee if that b*stard was trustworthy?” Zhao Yu shook his head, then said, “Isn’t that a huge gamble?”
“Yes, you’re right!” Miao Ying bit her lip and said, “But, I’d lose no matter how I played it!”
“Mm...” Zhao Yu thought about her words, but didn’t react to them imdiately.
“If I lost, I would lose my life!” Miao Ying said. “If I won, I would lose you! To , it was a losing ga no matter what I did.”
“Why?” he asked her.
“You saw the deal... I took the account number, the password, and also my fingerprints to get the information from the other person’s vault!” Miao Ying said. “Once I entered the honey shop, my identity was exposed. Once I took the information away, I knew I’d be chased for the rest of my life!”
“I see.” Zhao Yu then recalled how anxious Miao Ying had seed in the cafe at the shopping street! It was no wonder they had removed all of her information before she left.
“You should know how important the docunt is!” Miao Ying explained. “Even though my dad cares about
so much, he asked
to be his scapegoat without hesitation! Zhao Yu, I had no choice in such a situation. Can you understand that?”
“Yeah, but...” Zhao Yu scratched his head, then asked, “It seems that I took sothing from them, too, so, aren’t we both on their radar, now?”
“Nope, as it’s actually the total opposite instead!” Miao Ying smiled and looked at Zhao Yu with a determined gaze.
She then added, “The thing that you took can actually solve our dilemma! In fact, you have changed the entire ga of this secret war! You pushed it into a white-hot state, and we even took the advantageous position!”
“Oh...” Zhao Yu nodded. “Now, I understand why my father-in-law wanted to give
this bottle of expensive wine!”
Then, Zhao Yu took a few more gulps and finished the entire bottle of red wine!
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