Crack!
It was as though a bolt of lightning had flashed through Huai Guangkuo's mind, leaving his whole body numb and his jaw hanging open.
Good heavens!
Was he getting so old that he was hearing things?
That couldn't be! Apart from the injury down below, he was in excellent health in every respect. Most young men couldn't even match him.
So where exactly had things gone wrong?
How did the man know...
"What inside man? Director Zhou, you're getting more and more far-fetched. You've completely confused me. Ha ha, ha ha..." Coming to his senses, Huai Guangkuo swallowed and covered his loss of composure with dry laughter.
"This inside man of yours is someone close to Rong Jinxiu, isn't he?" Seeing that Huai Guangkuo still refused to come clean, Zhou Yi simply lit another Double-Bang Firecracker and tossed it his way.
Huai Guangkuo was utterly stunned by the blast. He stood rooted to the spot, staring straight at Zhou Yi as though looking at a monster.
"How did you..." He wanted to ask how Zhou Yi knew, because he had never told even his father, Huai Jinqi, this secret.
"Don't ask how I know, because that isn't important. What matters is the question I just asked you-what are you still hesitating over?" Deputy Department Director Zhou cut him off before he could ask and steered the conversation back to where it had begun.
Huai Guangkuo fell silent for quite some time. After struggling to untangle his chaotic thoughts, he gradually regained his composure and asked in return, "Then what do you think I'm hesitating over, Director Zhou?"
*You seem to know everything, young man. Then why don't you take another guess? Why, when I clearly have someone undercover in the Shanhai Group, have I kept holding back from volunteering