The Xu family was in the restaurant business, so what did they have to do with a seaport?
Wen Wan was puzzled for a few seconds before realization suddenly struck.
No wonder the Xu family had been secretly draining the Wen family’s wealth in her previous life without anyone noticing.
They had been using the money to finance entirely different businesses.
There was nothing more to learn from Xu Mingzhe.
Wen Wan got into her car and drove straight to the accountant at the Xu family’s factory.
Inside the factory office, the elderly accountant was bent over his ledger.
The moment Wen Wan pushed the door open, his face changed dramatically.
“M-Miss Wen?”
He stood up awkwardly.
“What brings you here?”
Wen Wan locked the door behind her.
From her handbag, she pulled out a pistol.
Click.
She chambered a round and pressed the muzzle against the accountant’s temple.
“I’ll ask only once.”
Her voice was ice-cold.
“What’s really going on with the Xu family’s port business?”
The accountant’s legs trembled as sweat poured down his face.
“I-I don’t know! I’m just an accountant…”
Wen Wan sneered and shoved the gun harder against his head.
“I only say things once. Since you can’t tell the difference between kindness and cruelty, perhaps I should help ventilate your brain with a bullet.”
The accountant instantly broke down.
“Don’t shoot! I’ll… I’ll take you there!”
Half an hour later, Wen Wan had changed into one of Lin Xiaoman’s favorite qipaos.
She wore sunglasses and wrapped a silk scarf around her head, disguising herself as Lin Xiaoman.
The accountant stood beside her, trembling.
Wen Wan glanced at him indifferently.
“You know what to say.”
He swallowed hard and nodded stiffly.
China’s civilian ports were still underdeveloped at the time.
Many harbors served both military and civilian purposes, but the two sections were strictly separated, and ordinary people were forbidden from entering the military zone.
The entrance to the naval port was heavily guarded.
The accountant forced himself to step forward and handed over an entry pass.
“This is Miss Lin from the Xu family. She’s here to inspect the shipment.”
The guard glanced at Wen Wan.
Seeing her familiar attire and the accountant’s credentials, he waved them through.
“Go ahead. Don’t wander around.”
Keeping her head lowered, Wen Wan walked inside.
The moment she entered the naval harbor, her pupils contracted sharply.
Several warships were docked in the distance.
Crates of weapons were piled high across their decks while soldiers busily loaded cargo.
What shocked her even more was that one of the warships bore the unmistakable emblem of Xu Enterprises.
The Xu family was smuggling weapons?
Traitors to the nation.
At that moment, a naval officer walked toward her with a frown.
“Miss Lin? Why are you here again? Didn’t Young Master Xu tell you to keep a low profile while things are tense?”
The officer wore a Chinese Navy uniform.
He wasn’t tall, and his face was ordinary enough to disappear in a crowd.
With the darkness of night, his features were even harder to make out.
But one thing stood out—a large mole on his chin.
Wen Wan silently committed it to memory.
She quickly adjusted her expression and copied Lin Xiaoman’s coquettish tone.
“I was worried… so I came to have a look.”
The officer waved impatiently.
“Leave now! This shipment sails tonight. Don’t get in the way.”
Feigning disappointment, Wen Wan nodded and turned to leave.
Night had fully settled over the harbor.
Searchlights sliced pale beams through the thick fog.
Instead of leaving, Wen Wan slipped into the shadows and silently infiltrated the cargo hold of the warship.
Wooden crates filled the compartment.
She pried one open.
Inside were brand-new rifles, ammunition, and even several mortars.
“The Xu family really has some nerve…”
“They’re even dealing in military weapons.”
With a casual wave of her hand, every weapon in the cargo hold vanished into her storage space.
Suddenly—
“Who’s there?!”
A sharp shout came from behind.
Without even turning around, Wen Wan fired.
Bang!
The bullet struck the man’s forehead with perfect accuracy.
He collapsed before he could even scream.
She immediately stored the body in her space and wiped away every trace of blood, as though nothing had ever happened.
The accountant watched his companion die before his eyes.
Terrified out of his mind, he spun around to run for help.
Wen Wan’s eyes turned cold.
Another shot rang out.
Bang!
The accountant fell to the ground, dead.
She swiftly stored his body as well.
Just as she was about to leave, voices drifted down the corridor.
Two naval officers were talking.
She slipped into the shadows and listened carefully.
“The Black Hawk from Country S will pass through Port No. 7 tomorrow.”
“I heard China’s going to need another ten years before they can build a radar system like theirs.”
The other officer laughed.
“Radar? Their stealth technology and missile systems outperform ours in every way.”
“But the higher-ups want to purchase one of their decommissioned warships.”
“There’s a fortune to be made from that deal.”
“The real question is whether we’ll even manage to bring the ship back.”
Wen Wan’s heart pounded.
She leaned forward slightly to hear more.
Unfortunately, her foot accidentally struck an empty metal can.
Clang!
“Who’s there?!”
One of the officers shouted.
Crap.
Without hesitation, Wen Wan hid inside her storage space.
Hurried footsteps thundered down the hallway.
“Find her!”
“Don’t let her escape!”
After searching everywhere and finding nothing, the officers finally gave up.
Bang!
The heavy cargo hold door slammed shut.
A padlock clicked firmly into place outside.
Wen Wan was trapped.
Inside the pitch-black cargo hold, the air was hot and stale.
Using the water from her spiritual spring to sustain herself, Wen Wan quietly counted the passing time.
One day.
Two days.
She no longer knew how much time had passed.
Suddenly, the entire ship began to shake violently.
The deep rumble of engines echoed through the steel hull.
Her heart skipped a beat.
The ship had set sail.
She had no idea where she was being taken.
For now, all she could do was wait.
Eventually, the cargo hatch opened.
Blinding sunlight poured inside.
Several men in foreign military uniforms spoke to one another in an unfamiliar language.
After they left, Wen Wan quietly slipped out.
The sight before her stole her breath.
She stood inside an enormous naval harbor.
A gigantic warship dominated the docks.
Its deck overflowed with cutting-edge military equipment.
More shipping containers were being loaded in the distance.
Every crate was marked with foreign writing.
She realized she was no longer in China.
“So… this is Country S’s technology.”
A sharp light flashed in Wen Wan’s eyes.
Security throughout the base was incredibly tight.
She decided to wait.
At last, deep into the night, when the harbor had fallen silent, Wen Wan made her move.
Using her storage space to conceal herself, she quietly captured the patrol guards one after another, knocking them unconscious and storing them away until every threat had been eliminated.
Then she drifted across the docks like a ghost.
Missile launcher?
Gone.
Radar system?
Gone.
Medical equipment?
Gone.
The entire Black Hawk warship?
Ship, weapons, and everything aboard—
Gone.
Wen Wan moved with astonishing speed.
She had never realized that her storage space could expand without limit.
Within half an hour, she had emptied the entire naval harbor.
She didn’t even leave behind the little cat aboard the warship that had been catching mice.
Afterward, she dumped all the unconscious patrolmen, the soldiers, and the bodies of the accountant and the others onto the deck.
Finally, she discarded Lin Xiaoman’s clothes beside the road.
A perfect opportunity to frame Xu Mingzhe and his associates.
Wen Wan knew that once the theft was discovered, the entire harbor would be sealed off and searched.
There was no escaping through normal channels.
Without a second thought…
She leaped straight into the sea.