Splash! Splash! The two of them emerged from the river at the same time. Yan Xue gasped for breath and looked back.
They had swum a few times to catch their breath, and they were already quite a distance away from the gunfight on the riverbank. The surrounding scenery gradually appeared in the light gray dawn. Sporadic gunshots mixed with the chirping of birds could be heard from afar.
Yan Ji turned around and asked in a low voice, "How did you —"
Before he could finish his sentence, Jiang Stops's face turned green. In such cold weather, his breath was no longer foggy, and he sank into the water.
Yan Ji gritted his teeth and went forward to grab him. He waded through the water and dragged him to the shore.
Jiang Stops didn't choke on water, but his body temperature was extremely low. That was because he had exhausted his energy from continuous swimming. Yan Xuan didn't have time to ask anything. He hugged his upper body in his arms and pressed hard on his chest, neck, and arms. His face that was soaked in water could be said to be ice white, contrasting with the frightening black of his eyes. After a while, he suddenly shivered a few times and finally regained consciousness while coughing.
"Cough, cough, cough …"
Jiang Stops pushed Yan Ji away and sat up, exhausted. He rubbed his face with his palms and pushed his wet black hair up, revealing his smooth and bloodless forehead.
"I know what you want to ask." He said hoarsely, "Can't … can't stay here. Come with me. "
He stood up shakily and walked forward. He pushed aside the bushes and went into the forest by the riverbank. Yan Ji followed closely behind. The two of them didn't speak. The silent and tense atmosphere lasted for about the time it took to eat a meal. Finally, they came to a relatively open flat area in the valley.
At this time, the gunfight in the distance could no longer be heard. They didn't know if Aje had been attacked, or if he had called for reinforcements to kill the attacker. The dense forest surrounded the mountain stream. Every inch of space was filled with unknown murderous intent under the sound of the wind and the sound of the crane.
Jiang Stops finally staggered to the back of a tree. He sat down against the trunk and asked with a bitter smile, "Why are you here?"
Yan Ji stood a few steps away and looked at him quietly. He wasn't angry. After a while, he said slowly, "I should be the one asking you this question."
"…"
"Why are you here?"
Yan Ji was a person who would scold suspects and berate his subordinates, but that wasn't when he was at his angriest. When his anger reached its peak, he would calm down. He didn't show any emotion on his face, but people would feel a suffocating pressure from the bottom of their hearts.
Jiang Stops looked at a floating point in the air. After a while, he suddenly said, "You've been to the orphanage, right?"
It was a question, but it was a statement.
Yan Ji looked at him.
"… Don't you have anything you want to ask me?"
After Jiang Ting said this, there was silence all around. After a full half a minute, Yan Xuan asked softly, "Did I tell you the truth when I asked you?"
The sky brightened, and the gray clouds gradually turned gray. The fog in the valley finally dissipated. The pale outline of the winter forest appeared in the distance. Then, with the light, the whole picture was revealed.
The two of them stood and sat like that. Neither of them spoke again.
It was only a few steps away, but it was like an invisible moat had finally revealed its ferocious face.
"Yan Ji," Jiang Stops looked up at him. There seemed to be a faint light flashing in his eyes. It was hard to see clearly. He asked, "Do you still believe me now?"
Yan Ji's first reaction was, "You still dare to mention this now?"
A burst of anger from being fooled instantly hit his chest, but it turned into a deep exhaustion before it exploded. He shook his head and smiled. He didn't know what else to say. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you think?"
It seemed that something had finally been decided. Jiang Stops took a deep breath, raised his head, and closed his eyes. He heard the vibration echoing in the void for a long time, making his whole heart spasm and beat faster. He let out a long and thorough sigh. No one saw him use this action to put on a cowardly soul that was calm to the point of being indestructible. When he opened his eyes again, he had already returned to the state of being as invulnerable as ice.
"It's right that you don't believe me."
"I left Jianning because your Director Lu came to me when you weren't around. He asked me to cooperate with him to play a trick of sowing discord. He wanted me to go undercover beside the King Of Spades and provide information for the police." Without waiting for Yan Ji's response, Jiang Stops continued calmly, "But this request was not only dangerous, but also against my own interests, so I couldn't agree to this request. I could only stab him and escape from Jianning … Don't worry, Director Lu didn't die. I definitely didn't want to experience the speed and intensity of the investigation when the Director of the Public Security Bureau was killed. "
Yan Ji was stunned by the successive heavy bombs, but his professional instincts were still there. He quickly caught the unnaturalness in these words, "… Your own interests?"
Jiang Stops didn't have the slightest intention to explain.
"The valley you are in is called Yuanlong Gorge. After the drug production industry in Daliang Mountain was hit several times, this place became one of the largest drug production bases in the southwest region. Since twenty to thirty years ago, due to climate change and the country's crackdown, Yuanlong Gorge gradually became unsuitable for poppy cultivation. The locals began to smuggle drugs from Myanmar through Yunnan. Therefore, they have a very close relationship with some big drug lords at the border. Among them, the biggest force is … "He paused and said," The King Of Spades's father, 'A of Clubs', whose name is Wu Tun. "
Wu was not a surname for Burmese people, but a prefix. It usually meant that the person was older and had a high status. It could be seen that this big drug lord, who was active on the Sino-Burmese border in the last century, only had one word, "Tun."
"In his early years, Wu Tun's style was high-profile. He paid attention to ostentation and loyalty. He was also a fanatical believer. The King Of Spades grew up in the United States when he was a teenager. His personality was the opposite of his father's. After he came back, he gradually had a very big conflict with Wu Tun because of power issues within the group. Later, the father and son turned against each other and almost broke off their relationship. "
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