Qin Tianyi spread his arms, blocking him unceremoniously. "Who gave you the right to search my room as you please?"
"I gave him the right," Lü Yuanhong said coldly from the doorway.
Qin Tianyi immediately turned to Lü Yuanhong. "Mr. Lü, if you suspect both of us, why only let him search my room? I want to search his room too!"
Lü Yuanhong said indifferently, "After you changed shifts and returned to your room to sleep early this morning, I had someone search his room. Nothing suspicious was found. Besides, A'nan also said he often saw someone acting suspiciously in the room, not interacting much with them. Could it be that your room really hides something illicit?"
"No," Qin Tianyi could no longer stop A'nan and had to step aside. "I have a clear conscience, search as you please."
A'nan glared at him fiercely. This was now a situation where one of them would live and the other would die.
Lü Yuanhong wanted them to turn on each other to find the mole.
Even if he were innocent, A'nan would find a way to convince Lü Yuanhong that he was the mole, because only by clearing his own suspicion could A'nan save his life.
Qin Tianyi watched A'nan rummage through his room. In reality, the rooms where the bodyguards lived were all small and simple, almost every corner visible at a glance. They typically consisted of a single bed, a wardrobe, a small desk, and a chair.
A'nan found nothing of value in his wardrobe and began searching his bedding.
As A'nan lifted his pillow and shook it, the phone card fell out.
A'nan immediately picked up the phone card and held it in front of him, asking, "What is this?"
He said with a calm expression, "I don't know. I never paid attention under the pillow. Where did this thing come from?"
"You still dare to deny it," A'nan said with a smug smile and handed the phone card to Lü Yuanhong.
Lü Yuanhong took the card, glanced at it, and said to A'nan, "Bring me the mobile phone on the table."
Qin Tianyi offered no defense, fearing that saying too much would lead to mistakes. His mind raced, trying to figure out how to save himself.
Lü Yuanhong turned off his phone, replaced it with the card A'nan had found, and discovered it was a blank card with nothing on it.
Qin Tianyi felt sweat on his palms. Fortunately, he always deleted the contents thoroughly after using the card.
However, he had just sent a message to Su Kangxi, and he feared that Su Kangxi might reply at this very moment. If that happened... everything would be over.
Lü Yuanhong fiddled with his phone using the card for a long time, finding nothing suspicious. He questioned him, "Why do you use two phone cards? What is this card for?"
Qin Tianyi insisted, "I don't know where this card came from. It's not my phone card."
Lü Yuanhong didn't believe his words. He had clearly seen A'nan find the card under his pillow. He waved his hand at A'nan and the other bodyguards who had come to watch the scene. "Tie him up and take him to the car. It's useless for him to be stubborn now; he'll know the consequences soon enough."
Several bodyguards responded, seized Qin Tianyi, and bound him tightly before taking him out of the basement.
A'mei stood at the entrance of the large house and saw from a distance as others forcibly put him into a car.
The moment he entered the car, he clearly saw A'mei's lips curl slightly, as if mocking him. Could she be the one behind this?
A'mei watched him being taken away by Lü Yuanhong, understanding that without irrefutable evidence against A'ban, Lü Yuanhong would eliminate both A'ban and A'nan.
No one understood Lü Yuanhong's ruthlessness better than she did. He would rather kill the innocent than let a suspect go. This was why she dared not escape easily and had stayed by his side obediently.
But this might be an opportunity to get rid of Lü Yuanhong. She was willing to try and help A'ban, hoping her gamble would pay off this time.
After Lü Yuanhong took A'ban away, he did not return until evening.
As soon as he returned, he summoned A'mei to the study and handed her a stack of documents. "These are school application materials for the children. You only need to sign these documents, and we can begin the enrollment procedures."
A'mei glanced at the documents and said to him with reluctance, "Are the applications for overseas boarding schools this fast? I don't want to... I don't want to leave you and leave you here alone..."
"Don't you remember that all our children are foreign nationals? It's not difficult to apply for boarding schools," Lü Yuanhong said bluntly. "The situation in Lancheng is not optimistic right now. The sooner you leave, the better. I will have Kun Sang send people to protect you. You can take the children with peace of mind."
A'mei thought that "protection" was just surveillance by Kun Sang's people.
What he cared about most were his two sons, and she was a plaything he was not yet willing to let go of.
"What about Sister Jia and the child with her? Will you send them abroad first as well?" A'mei asked with a hint of sourness.
Lü Yuanhong patiently replied, "We'll talk about her and the child later. She has a mind of her own now and may not listen to me."
"Then if I leave and she's still here, you, you... I won't do it," A'mei stomped her foot, jealous and sad.
Lü Yuanhong pulled over a chair for her to sit down and said, "A'mei, now is not the time for you to compete with her for favor. You just need to take care of the two children. Don't concern yourself with my affairs with her, understand?"
A'mei nodded helplessly, her eyes red. "I'll do as you say. I'm the most obedient."
Lü Yuanhong couldn't help but pinch her nose and said, making himself relax, "You, you're always like a girl who never grows up."
A'mei smiled at him. Seeing that his mood had improved slightly, she asked softly, "Earlier, I saw you have A'ban taken away. Is he really gone? Did you, did you get rid of him?"
"His suspicion is very high, but he is a subordinate of Kun Sang, after all. I need to inform Kun Sang before getting rid of him."
A'mei tried to say, "So it's not confirmed that he betrayed you? I always felt he wasn't like a police informant. Could there be a mistake?"
"Don't worry about this matter," Lü Yuanhong took out Qin Tianyi's phone, which still contained the card A'nan had found. He had already had someone trace the calls and messages made with the card.
The registered owner of this card was not A'ban, but someone he didn't know at all. And all the outgoing calls and messages were to the same number.
He took out the number he had found and dialed it without hiding it from A'mei.
...
Su Kangxi was busy during the day. When he saw the message from Qin Tianyi, it was already five in the afternoon. He had intended to reply immediately.
But upon closer inspection, the last message Qin Tianyi sent seemed incomplete and was cut off. He feared that something might have happened to Qin Tianyi, so he did not reply, thinking he would reply when Qin Tianyi sent a normal message again.
His past experience as an undercover agent taught him that this was the safest approach for an informant.