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Chapter 104 Negotiated Return

The two looked towards the door, and saw a disheveled, messy-haired man running in barefoot. He was sleepy and exhausted, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare. Behind him, there were two people, one was Li Yuecheng and the other was Li Muzi.

Jiang Shuting looked around at the people in the room. Seeing that everyone was present, she cast her sharp eyes at Li Gang and said, "Young Marshal Li, the spy we caught in North City was shot dead by your father's adjutant. She was about to confess the mastermind behind the incident but died like this. Isn't it a bit strange?"

When Li Gang heard this, the muscles on his face trembled with anger, his eyes were filled with fire, his teeth were chattering, and his hands were clenched into fists, as if he wanted to eat Jiang Shuting alive: "What evidence do you have that my father is a traitor?"

Jiang Shuting glanced at him contemptuously, turned to Zhang Wanying and said, "Why not let Miss Zhang explain it?" Her voice was neither loud nor low, but it was like a sharp knife that pierced Li Gang's heart.

Li Gang felt as if he had heard a thunderclap. His body trembled violently, his eyes widened, and he looked straight at Zhang Wanying, his face full of disbelief. His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start. His heart was filled with shock, doubt, confusion and fear, as if the whole world had frozen at this moment.

Zhang Wanying felt sorry for him, but personal interests should be put aside when it comes to national affairs, so she lowered her eyes and nodded, confirming what Jiang Shuting said.

Seeing his wife nod, he collapsed to the ground as if he had lost all his strength.

At this moment, Li Gang felt that his heart was about to stop beating. His mind was blank and he didn't know how to face this cruel reality.

In Li Gang's heart, his father has always been his safe haven and the closest person to him in this world. He never thought that he would betray his country.

What came to his mind were the words his father taught him when he was a child, "Our Xiaogang has been smart since he was young. When he grows up, he must serve the country like his father did, right?"

Li Muzi couldn't believe that his father was a traitor! From childhood to adulthood, his father had always taught him to do business and make money when he grew up so that he could provide financial support to his brother and let him serve the motherland better. In Li Muzi's heart, his father has always been a man who serves the country and the people. How could he betray?

The brother and sister remained skeptical about the matter. They could not imagine how such a respected, patriotic father could do such a heinous thing.

They began to review their father's past actions, trying to find a clue. However, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was all so unreal. They didn't want to believe it was true, because it meant that everything they had believed in since childhood would be overturned, and their world would collapse with it.

During this process, Li Muzi and his brother were filled with pain and contradiction. They hoped that all this was a misunderstanding, but they were also afraid that all this was true. They didn't know how to face this cruel reality, nor did they know how to face their father.

Zhang Wanying spoke softly, word by word, her voice penetrating like ice water, cold and clear: "It is because of my father-in-law's instruction that East City is now in tatters. So, husband, even if you come to ask for help this time, even if I love you deeply, I will not let the soldiers in South City go to die."

Li Gang then remembered that his father told him before he left that if he couldn't get rid of the cancer in East City, he should go to South City for help. It turned out to be a big trap.

Zhang Wanying continued, "My father-in-law asked you to come here to ask for help because our relationship has put my father in a difficult position. He is threatening my father in Beicheng. If I don't help him, my life will be in danger."

Li Gang's heart sank. He finally believed the fact that he didn't want to believe: his most beloved father used his beloved wife to threaten his father-in-law, and he, as a husband who made his wife feel embarrassed, didn't notice it at all.

He slapped himself in the face excitedly: "Damn it, damn it, why didn't I find out earlier."

He was regretting why he hadn't discovered earlier that his wife was in trouble, and why he hadn't discovered earlier that his father was committing treason. If he had discovered it earlier, perhaps things wouldn't have come to this point.

Jiang Shuting looked at the farce in the house and sighed, "Master Li, Miss Zhang, I hope you won't make a disappointing decision for the sake of your children."

Li Gang was shocked and looked at Jiang Shuting. His lips trembled slightly but no sound came out.

Zhang Wanying also frowned and looked at Jiang Shuting: "What are you talking about, Marshal Jiang?"

Jiang Shuting looked at her belly and said to her: "You are already pregnant. I don't think you will let this child be labeled as a traitor's child before it is born, right?"

Li Gang and Zhang Wanying were shocked by the news and looked at each other in silence.

Seeing that no one in the room was talking, Jiang Shuting continued to persuade: "Will Yuecheng's efforts for so long end because of one person's betrayal? Will the young marshal's life and death for the party and the people end because of one person's betrayal? Will Miss Muzi's donations for the country end because of one person's betrayal? Will Miss Zhang compromise because of one person's betrayal after struggling to protect Nancheng for so long?"

"Are you really willing to watch the people you have protected for so long being bloodbathed, insulted, and defiled under the enemy's bayonets?!" Jiang Shuting's voice was not loud, but it was like thunder in the silent room. Every word of her question was like a sharp knife, cutting into the hearts of these patriots and causing them great pain.

Jiang Shuting knew that they felt bad, and she also remembered that she had killed her own master with her own hands.

"For the sake of my country, I lost my most important relative, my master. He was the only kindness I felt in this world, but he was betrayed when he was fighting for his country! Your father was responsible for this! You know, my master was not tall or strong, and he was tied to a pillar by the enemies and beaten with whips. He lost too much blood and became weak all over. He struggled to raise his head, which was no longer able to support it, and looked at me in the crowd in despair, telling me to kill him." Jiang Shuting's lips trembled slightly when she spoke of this, and she could not hide her passionate emotions. Tears welled up in her eyes and her voice became choked.

"I... killed him with my own hands, just for a country, for a group of people I didn't know. I didn't want to, but he was also working hard to protect these things, at any cost, even his life!"

Li Muzi had not spoken since she entered the room, and only spoke now: "Don't you regret it?" Because she happened to be there at the battle in North City that day.

Jiang Shuting said, "I don't regret it, because I know he has no regrets. He didn't want to drag down any of his teammates in that situation. He knew we would do our best to save the lives of the hostages, but he didn't want to make things difficult for us. All I can do is to avenge him and do what he didn't finish. I just know that if I don't do anything, he will be disappointed in me down there."

Li Gang slowly raised his head, staring at Jiang Shuting with his scarlet eyes, and said word by word: "Don't worry, Marshal Jiang, I will not let the brothers' efforts go to waste, and I will not become a traitor."

Jiang Shuting nodded: "I hope our efforts will not be in vain. While we are fighting, the people are watching. You should also cheer up and don't let them down. Our country is so easily infiltrated by the enemy mainly because the people above do not take action, and the people below do not have a strong sense of resistance."

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After negotiating with these people, Jiang Shuting and He Bilai did not stay for too long. Beicheng was still the most important place, so they went back overnight.