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*Xin Lei*

"I am not able to contact Su Weiyuan anymore," Major General said.

"How long?" Bai Li asked.

"It\'s been two hours already. And you know that communication is the key. Neither cell phone is reachable nor radio."

I typed. "So did any fight ensue between Su Weiyuan and the retired Major Yu Zichen? Maybe he is Tan Ye\'s culprit, and when Su Weiyuan confronted him, he attacked him to shut him up."

Bai Li nodded. "Possible. What about Yu Zichen? Where is he? Or has he disappeared too?"

"Nope. He is at his home as per the report I got just a minute ago."

Luo Zhiqiang said, "So, did he win against him? Maybe he knocked him out and kept somewhere tied up and then went back home or maybe killed him and the returned."

"That is a new voice I hear."

"Dad, there are many new voices and faces here with us. You will meet them soon enough." Shi Ruiling said.

"I see."

Bai Li seemed to think for a moment before he spoke. "What Luo Zhiqiang said might be possible. But given the situation, it seems difficult."

I frowned and typed. "What situation?"

"Ex-Major Yu Zichen is invalid with his left arm. It happened during one of the missions. Of course, he can fight, but if you compare him and me, I am in a better position than him in the front lines because I can use both of my arms, which is essential, especially if you are fighting thugs as in plural. Even if Su Weiyuan was alone, it would still be difficult for Yu Zichen to overpower him. Su Weiyuan is strong, he has his gun, and he is not stupid to fall for traps."

"So, Yu Zichen might have set many - as you say thugs, as in plural - to welcome your soldier friend." Bro\'s voice was cold.

I read between the lines.

"Once again, it\'s possible. That implies one important thing."

Major General said, "Su Weiyuan\'s visit to his home wasn\'t a secret anymore apparently. Somebody informed Yu Zichen ahead of time of a short pop up visit."

Bai Li added. "Or maybe Su Weiyuan knew his visit was going to be compromised and pretended to fell in the trap on purpose."

"Captain didn\'t say anything about this plan to me."

"Last minute decision perhaps. He knew someone would come for him, so he played along anyway. Who knew that he was going to meet Yu Zichen?"

"Technically, it should be only me."

"And not technically?"

"Take a guess.

"Sergeant Zi Mimi."

"Right. He didn\'t tell her about his visit, but after how she secretly brought your mission files for him, she might have figured it out his destination anyway."

I typed. "Who is she?"

"Sergeant Zi Mimi used to work under Yu Zichen\'s command before the case got transferred to me."

Liao Huifang exclaimed. "Then, isn\'t she the main suspect?"

Yuan slowly nodded. "She worked under him, so naturally, her loyalty might still lie with him. She secretly sent him a message, and he prepared in advance to ambush Su Weiyuan."

"Possible. But we don\'t know exactly what happened. There are two scenarios. Su Weiyuan might have been really ambushed. No foreplanning. No pretending."

Bro said, "In that case, he is stuck and needs help in escape."

"The second is Su Weiyuan has planned to fell in the trap on purpose to lure out the truth."

"Then our \'help\' interference would only cause trouble to his mission."

I typed. "That means the question is, do we have to help him or not? Our help might screw things up, or it would still if we didn\'t help."

"Right."

Ugh...what kind of problem was this? Damned if we did. Damned if we didn\'t.

"What does your gut feeling say, Major?"

"I am not a Major anymore, Major General."

"Doesn\'t matter."

Bai Li shut his eyes. He was quiet for a long time, seemingly seriously contemplating what his ex-colleague, also a good friend\'s choice could have been.

Actually, these were the kind of times when you were put to the test how well you knew your friend and how well you could guess their decisions.

And I could sense that faint strain in his expression to prove that right because Su Weiyuan\'s life was on the line.

I gently pinched the space between his brow and eased the light creases that lifted his lips into a soft smile.

He opened his eyes.

"My gut feeling? I think it\'s both."

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Dongcheng.

Sergeant Zi Mimi looked at the clock ticking on the wall in the office. The cabin in front of her belonged to Su Weiyuan. He hadn\'t returned since he had mysteriously left. She closed her files and got up. She took her car keys and left the base.

Zi Mimi took the driver\'s seat and started the engine. She completed all the identification formalities at the main gate and drove out of the Beijing Military Commission.

A while later, she reached the place - just opposite to Yu Zichen\'s home but not before parking her car a few blocks before in an abandoned garage used by not even a single living soul.

She put on her shades and stepped out. She had already changed into casual wear from her army uniform, so she easily blended in with the crowd. She walked and walked, crossing the blocks, and reached the building opposite his apartment. Not quite the opposite. Diagonally opposite to the right.

It was just a three-story apartment with only two flats in it where two families still lived. It was quite a run-down apartment, so almost all families had left for a better place.

For such a rundown and almost haunted place, the families never felt any need for security, so there was no desk at the entrance with a register on it and no security guard. The middle-class families had a lot on their plate in their lives, especially concerning financial scarcity, so they didn\'t bother with the rest of the rooms, who lived in them or not.

Zi Mimi climbed the stairs to the highest floor - the third. There were three rooms on each floor, and there was no occupancy in the remaining two on the third floor. She knocked on the door as a code. Twice consecutive and then once after a brief pause.

She waited.

One second. Two seconds. Then a click. The knob moved, and a man opened a door.

*WARNING - SHORT MATURE SCENE*

Zi Mimi entered and closed the door behind her, locking it. He smiled and immediately captured her lips in a heated kiss. She moaned and clung on to him like a koala, passionately responding to his aggressive kiss. Their tongues intertwined, and they roamed their hands all over each other\'s body.

They had already decided. Pleasure first. Work talk later.

He lifted her and took her to the bedroom and threw her on the bouncy bed. Zi Mimi refused to leave his lips as if she would die if she did. In just a few minutes, the foreplay turned hardcore, and they were naked, already sweating by their orgasms.

Zi Mimi seductively smiled and climbed on top of him, sitting on his abdomen. She played with his hardened length, stroking it with her fingers.

"Ah... Mimi...yes that\'s right…" He threw his head back, moaning and groaning with pleasure.

She rained kisses on his chest, licking with her tongue on them. He was unable to hold back any longer with how her breasts teasingly collided with his chest. He grabbed her waist and thrusted his hot member inside her in one fell but harsh swoop.

"Ahhhh!!!" She shut her eyes, taking in his entire length. She always liked it rough, and he did just that. He fiercely bobbed her up and down, slapping her hips on his thighs and going deeper and harder. The bed creaked heavily.

She clutched onto his shoulders. "Ahn...more...more...ah yes...harder... right there…Ahhnnn…"

The wet sounds of their union echoed throughout the room, and after what it felt like so long, he twitched and came inside her. Just as she liked again. Rough, harsh, and raw sex.

Zi Mimi collapsed on top of him, panting hard but not before kissing and devouring his lips damn hard. He was more satisfied with her hungry initiative and, as a reward, gave her a few quick and rapid thrusts, spilling his fluid inside her again. They sighed, satisfied.

She brushed her hand through his chest and asked, "What about Captain Su Weiyuan?"

"I have captured him. Don\'t worry about that, babe."

"So, did he figure out that I gave him out?"

"Damn, yes. He is one smart soldier."

"But Major General can figure it out too. About me. He will make that connection. I brought him the files so I could have easily guessed where Captain had gone."

"All conjecture. You were in your office the whole time. Didn\'t leave your spot. You didn\'t send any message or communicate with me, so there is no electronic trail. He wouldn\'t have anything on you."

"What are you going to do with him?"

He smiled. "Depends on how much he knows. If he knows too much, well then...Rest in hell."