Those spies, although scattered, were clearly surrounding Wen Zhiyu and Xiao Jiang in the center.
When they noticed the two of them heading toward the police station, they exchanged glances and slowly tightened the encirclement.
After realizing something was wrong, Wen Zhiyu’s perception sharpened almost instantly. She detected the abnormal situation immediately.
“Xiao Jiang, let’s split up. I’ll go toward the outskirts of town, you go to the police station to report it. They might be spies,” she said.
Xiao Jiang had no idea what was happening at first, but upon hearing this, she realized how serious the situation was.
She didn’t want to leave, but seeing Wen Zhiyu’s serious expression, she nodded. The two separated.
All the people followed after Wen Zhiyu, and she immediately understood—the target was her.
She also felt relieved. If she left alone, even if something happened, she could directly enter her spatial storage. At least Xiao Jiang would be safe.
However, the faster Wen Zhiyu walked, the faster those people followed. Finally, in a crowded area, she suddenly felt someone appear beside her.
When she turned alertly, her arm was grabbed.
“It’s me.”
Shen Lifeng’s deep voice sounded.
Wen Zhiyu breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it was Shen Lifeng. Since he and his team had been stationed here for a long time, he should have a way to deal with them.
Moreover, if he was here, there must be other people nearby.
“Comrade Shen, where are your comrades?” she asked seriously.
Shen Lifeng frowned and said directly, “I’m alone.”
He stood there, looking so confident that it seemed as if he had countless people around him.
The spies around them noticed that a military man had appeared beside their target and temporarily stopped advancing.
But it only lasted a moment. When they realized Shen Lifeng was truly alone, he also became their target.
Wen Zhiyu could feel the intense gaze on her growing even stronger. She internally cursed.
What is going on?!
“Follow me!” she said.
She didn’t like the idea of letting an injured man protect her, so she grabbed Shen Lifeng’s hand and led him forward.
Ahead was an open area, already outside the busy streets with fewer people around.
Wen Zhiyu moved her hand, and a packet of powder appeared in it.
Damn it.
She originally only wanted to hide in a corner and enter her spatial storage—but now she had no choice but to act.
The moment the powder appeared, Shen Lifeng’s eyes locked onto her hand. He frowned.
Just now, there had been nothing in her hand—how did it appear?
He found it strange.
Wen Zhiyu had already stepped into the wind direction and turned to look at the group of people who had fully left the crowd and were openly surrounding them.
More than ten people—seven or eight in front, the rest behind.
Following the wind, she raised her hand, and the powder drifted toward them, directly hitting the faces of the front seven or eight people.
At the same time, she stuffed a small gun into Shen Lifeng’s hand.
“A tranquilizer gun. It won’t harm them. You should be able to handle shooting them down, Comrade Shen, right?”
Feeling the warmth of her hand still on the gun, Shen Lifeng nodded slightly and raised it.
After four shots, the four men on the other side collapsed.
Shen Lifeng looked at the gun in his hand in surprise.
This weapon… aside from using tranquilizers internally, it felt almost identical to military firearms.
How did Wen Zhiyu, a doctor, get something like this?
Wen Zhiyu seemed to sense his suspicion but didn’t explain. Instead, she held out her hand.
Meaning: give it back.
Without asking anything, Shen Lifeng respectfully placed the gun back into her hand.
Wen Zhiyu nodded in satisfaction. This man wasn’t as rigid as she had expected.
Although Shen Lifeng couldn’t engage in close combat due to his injuries, he could still help tie the spies up.
By the time Xiao Jiang returned with several police officers, what they saw were already bound spies.
Shen Lifeng handed over his military ID and said, “These people are suspected spies. Please investigate thoroughly. Our military will also come to coordinate soon.”
The police officers, upon learning that the handsome young man was a military officer, immediately saluted.
Since the spies’ target was Wen Zhiyu, she left her hospital contact number with them before the police took the suspects away.
After they left, only Wen Zhiyu, Shen Lifeng, and a starry-eyed Xiao Jiang remained.
Xiao Jiang thought to herself: Battalion Commander Shen definitely likes Sister Wen—there’s no other possibility!
“Sister Wen, uh, I’ll go buy some things on my own. You two go ahead, go ahead!”
And with that, she ran off, leaving the two of them alone.
Wen Zhiyu glanced at Shen Lifeng, who was clearly looking at her with some grievance, and suddenly remembered she had rejected him last night… and now this.
“Comrade Shen, Xiao Jiang just arrived and doesn’t know anyone. I came with her,” she explained.
“I know,” Shen Lifeng said steadily.
Wen Zhiyu was speechless.
You “know”? Then why do you look so wronged, like she bullied you?
She sighed quietly.
“Comrade Wen, do you want me to accompany you around a bit more?” he asked.
This time, Wen Zhiyu didn’t refuse.
But there wasn’t much to see. Although she had studied at university and later worked on research projects at an institute with a decent salary, she had already bought everything she needed.
It wasn’t that she disliked the items here—she simply already had them in her spatial storage.
However, when she saw a farmer selling a basket of fresh green vegetables, she bought some.
The vegetables were bright and tender—almost cute, like they would taste even better.
Shen Lifeng quickly paid with money and coupons.
Wen Zhiyu, feeling slightly guilty, didn’t stop him this time.
Not long after, a familiar police officer ran over.
“Comrade Wen, the military has contacted us. They asked you to go over immediately—there are leaders waiting to see you.”
He was out of breath from searching around the streets.
Wen Zhiyu understood. This matter had likely been escalated to the military, and they wanted to ask why those spies had targeted her.
Since that was the case, she would go and meet them.
The police station had a small car available. With Shen Lifeng’s guarantee and pressure from the military leadership, it was temporarily lent to them.
However, for safety reasons, they still kept his military ID.
Xiao Jiang felt there was nothing more to shop for anyway—but clearly, the two of them were showing signs of something romantic developing. She definitely wasn’t going to be a third wheel.
After wandering for a while, Xiao Jiang sat at a wonton stall by the roadside.
Then she saw a car pass by.
Huh?
Was that Sister Wen in the passenger seat?