After all, Guan Xiao had only just learned this information through a highly secret channel.
Yet Qiu Tu already knew about it?
And during this time, she had been running around everywhere, while Qiu Tu had been commanding battles on the front lines.
When exactly had Qiu Tu learned all this?
As she thought about it, Guan Xiao recalled her previous call, when she had asked Qiu Tu whether they should inform Yan Chen about the United Front Special Operations Team's ambush.
But Qiu Tu had replied that he had already notified Yan Chen.
Could all this have been planned by my unfathomable superior and Director Yan?
But aren't they mortal enemies? How did they end up working together?
And why would the two of them join forces to scheme against Action Deputy Director Lai Shun?
Guan Xiao felt that she was usually considered fairly clever in the Political Department, but when she was truly caught up in a battle of wits between old foxes like Qiu Tu and Yan Chen, she was completely out of her depth.
So, after pausing for a moment, she tentatively asked, "Superior... you knew about this in advance?"
Hearing that, Qiu Tu removed the cigarette butt with only one puff left, flicked it into the ruins, and only then said, "This wasn't arranged by me. How could I possibly have known in advance?"
"I was just making a casual guess."
If Qiu Tu had admitted it cleanly, Guan Xiao might have suspected that he had merely guessed right. But the more Qiu Tu denied it, the more she felt he was putting on an act.
So after a brief moment of thought, she began recounting the intelligence she had received, hoping to infer something from Qiu Tu's reaction.
Thinking this, she said quietly, "Superior...