Implementation

Plan Succeeds

The airline check-in island for flights from Yongxing International Airport in Sushan District, Huxi City, to Kansai International Airport, Osaka, in Japan was H.

After checking in and dropping off his luggage, he went through immigration with his passport and a facial scan.

Just after clearing security, his class monitor, who hadn't been in touch for three or four days, suddenly called.

If she had waited another two hours, she would have had to wait until the flight Li Bai was on landed at Kansai International Airport in Osaka before she could reach him.

International roaming on China Mobile was expensive, but he wasn't short of money and couldn't be bothered to change SIM cards. Even in another country, he could still make calls without any trouble.

"Class monitor, do you have good news?"

The moment he saw who was calling, Li Bai guessed why Jiang Huixue had called.

"Of course! Things have finally settled here. Thanks for your help."

Jiang Huixue sounded especially pleased with herself.

Just as she'd expected, a few restless troublemakers had taken the bait. Convinced Jiang Huixue had accepted benefits from someone and helped launder funds from an unknown source, they reported her to the provincial branch's Big Shots.

If the more than two million euros really had come from an unknown source, those busybodies would have gotten their way, and Jiang Huixue would have been done for.

But no one had expected that this money was untouchable. After all, it was connected to several European embassies, and there was no way it could be investigated.

The German and French embassies had already agreed on their response: "Don't talk nonsense. It wasn't me. I don't know anything."

A textbook three-part denial.

Although Li Bai's cash wasn't sitting in a bank account like the