"I’m really fine... there’s no need to stay in the hospital any longer!"
Su Delong sat helplessly in the wheelchair, being pushed and escorted into the ward.
His face, covered in a cast, sighed helplessly.
But to his surprise, there was another person in the two-person ward.
"Lin Fan... what happened to you!"
When he saw Lin Fan, who looked like a mummy, Su Delong was suddenly stunned.
He quickly maneuvered his electric wheelchair closer.
"Wounded in action, last night I barely escaped with my life."
Lin Fan smiled and pointed to his cast-covered leg.
"I’ve heard about your situation too."
Su Delong frowned and looked at Lin Fan, "I didn’t expect the escort mission to fail, but fortunately, you’re alright. Since you’re injured, just take good care of yourself and don’t move around too much."
"You’re one to talk, you workaholic. We seem to be pretty much in the sa boat. Aren’t you also limping, yet still sticking to the front line?"
Lin Fan pointed at Su Delong’s leg, "So how about it, is my ointnt effective?"
Su Delong nodded and said, "It’s effective, really effective, at least I don’t need to use anesthesia anymore. Although it still hurts a bit, I can bear it."
"As long as it helps. But now that I think about it, last night’s escort mission was really strange. You said those little devils, only we knew the escort route. Even I, who experienced it firsthand, didn’t know the Wind Stabilizing Pearl was in that vehicle. Could it be that these guys can predict the future or sothing?"
Lin Fan rubbed his chin, deep in thought.
"Who can predict the future? Otherwise, there would be no secrets in the world. I think this must be because of an insider leaking information. If we dig deep enough, we’re sure to find a reasonable explanation. It’s just a pity that I’ve been suspended from all duties and can’t be involved anymore."
Su Delong helplessly maneuvered his wheelchair back to his own hospital bed.
Lin Fan turned his head, "Do you think it could have been Xu Shiyong? I just heard from Zhao Jiaqi that a surveillance cara caught him entering her office, and the route map was in her drawer."
"No way, he’s from a well-grounded family, and his relatives are core mbers of the war departnt. Though he’s a bit of a jerk, he wouldn’t do sothing so foolish. I think it’d be best to thoroughly investigate this. Without solid evidence, we can’t wrongfully accuse a good person, especially since the implications of this, if proven true, are significant."
Su Delong looked at Lin Fan in surprise.
"By the way, I heard from Jiaqi that you’re a famous intelligence analyst and even have dual master’s degrees in interrogation and psychology, can you help analyze Xu Shiyong’s psychology, why would he do such a thing?"
The question made Su Delong shake his head.
"All these are just academic, theory over practice, and besides, handling cases requires evidence, you can’t just convict soone based on so-called deductive reasoning, that’s not even legal. Besides, I’m not that familiar with Xu Shiyong, how could I possibly know his behavioral psychology?"
"Oh, but didn’t you both study abroad? How can you not be familiar with each other then?"
"Familiarity cos in different levels; if you are different individuals, even if you live and eat together, you still belong to two different worlds. Moreover, when I studied abroad, I spent most of my ti in the library, whereas he hung out with a group of people all day, barely attending classes, so we really aren’t close."
Su Delong shook his head with a bitter smile.
The world of the wealthy and the world of the poor are truly not the sa.
"Alright, but how co I heard that when you were studying abroad, there was soone you had a crush on for years, the so-called ’moonlight girl’, but she was snatched away by him, and she even beca pregnant? Eventually, she lost the baby and broke up with him, which led her to drop out of the exchange program halfway. I thought you would hold a deep grudge against him."
Lin Fan’s words made Su Delong’s expression turn solemn.
"Those are just rumors. How could a poor student like have the opportunity to have a crush on soone, let alone compete with soone like Xu Shiyong for a girlfriend? You need to have certain qualifications for that, and the world is very realistic; without money, no matter how good your studies are, it’s useless," Su Delong said. "I fought hard to beco a mber of the Dragon’s Fang, while he, being ignorant, simply got in because his parents made a few calls."
"So, you’ve hated him since then, right? But you were patient, waiting all these years before you took revenge on him, turning him into your scapegoat, and ultimately he t a tragic end in this operation," Lin Fan pressed further.
Su Delong suddenly looked up.
"Are you implying that I tampered with sothing? But you’d better rember, even if I desperately wanted him dead, I never had the chance. Moreover, I’m seriously injured right now and can only keep still, how could I possibly control him?"
"Tampering doesn’t necessarily require physical involvent, right? You’re a top psychology student; conducting ntal manipulations shouldn’t be too hard for you. By understanding people’s trivial habits, you can predict their choices, and the solutions you provided could have contained hints about the final route, adding to your knowledge of the Divine Emperor and Zhao Jiaqi, you could have silently led them into the trap you set."
Lin Fan stared straight at Su Delong.
But it must be said, the young man’s gaze was steadfast, with no minor change in detail.
"Psychological manipulation? Yes, I drafted the initial plan for the operation, but I only made a draft. All choices were in the hands of others. What you call this ability, I think, is even more absurd than predicting the future. You can’t just base my suspicion on my discord with Xu Shiyong, right?" Su Delong spread his hands helplessly.
"Your discord with him isn’t concrete evidence, but those manuscripts you submitted are still preserved in the office. And if I’m not mistaken, currently, several top psychologists in the country are looking for the psychological suggestion terms you left in there. You anticipated that Zhao Jiaqi’s managent skills were lacking, so she wouldn’t dig deep, which is why you acted so recklessly, right?"
Lin Fan’s words caused Su Delong’s face to change instantly.
"If you’re really set on wrongly accusing soone who had his leg broken by the Japanese and can’t even seek revenge, soone who supposedly tipped them off, then there’s nothing I can say. After all, I’m just a scapegoat; if I can’t shake it off, then I have to accept it. As for evidence, it doesn’t need to be so ticulous since you’ve already decided to proceed this way, I have nothing more to say."
"But don’t you think you overlooked the most important point, naly this strange injury on your hand, which makes suspect you are the rat hiding in the shadows, because this injury is just too peculiar!"
Lin Fan couldn’t help but admire Su Delong’s ticulous planning.
But even the wisest have their monts of oversight.
He had left a significant flaw.
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