Chapter 559
Jiang Yexun, seeing that what he intended to do had been stolen from him, rushed into the middle of the road and waved his hand to stop the military jeep.
“Help! Comrades of the People’s Liberation Army, there’s a spy here!” he shouted loudly.
Xue Zhen tried to struggle and fight back, but he soon realized that the seemingly weak Su Xiaoxiao possessed strength as powerful as steel. She pressed down on him so forcefully that he could hardly move.
At the same time, Su Xiaoxiao grabbed the gun strapped to his waist and threw it to Jiang Yexun.
The soldiers in the jeep quickly jumped out and ran toward them.
“What happened here?” the leading soldier asked sternly.
Jiang Yexun quickly explained the situation, including their suspicions.
“So you’re saying that Chief Zhang is in trouble and is now in Beijing First Hospital?” the leading soldier asked coldly.
“Yes!” Xue Zhen gritted his teeth and nodded.
However, his face had turned pale, with no color left, making it obvious to anyone that he was hiding something.
“In that case, we’ll take you with us,” the soldier said, signaling for Su Xiaoxiao to release him.
Su Xiaoxiao then let go and stepped aside.
Jiang Yexun quickly checked Su Xiaoxiao’s arms and body to make sure she wasn’t injured. Only after confirming she was fine did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
“Next time, don’t take the risk like that,” he said sternly.
“I know, but it was an emergency at that time,” Su Xiaoxiao muttered softly.
In fact, when she made her move, she was absolutely confident nothing would go wrong. But with Jiang Yexun and several soldiers around, she couldn’t exactly say that.
The leading soldier then looked at her and Jiang Yexun and said seriously, “You’re the younger sister and brother-in-law of Deputy Captain Su, right? You should be more cautious with dangerous situations like this. People like him might be desperate enough to do anything.”
Jiang Yexun squeezed his wife’s hand before responding, “We had no choice. If this man had taken us to the car, I was afraid that my wife and I would have ended up dead.”
“We’ll interrogate him thoroughly,” the leading soldier nodded seriously.
Su Xiaoxiao glanced at the restrained Xue Zhen, her eyes flashing with a thoughtful light.
“I think he might know someone in Chief Zhang’s family, and they might be quite familiar with each other. How about we take him to Zhang’s family first?” Su Xiaoxiao suggested.
At this suggestion, Xue Zhen’s expression changed drastically, his eyes burning with hatred, as though he wanted to devour her alive.
“Alright, we just so happen to have time now,” the soldiers agreed to Su Xiaoxiao’s proposal.
After all, Zhang’s family had an old chief and a military leader in Beijing. It was better to verify things privately before bringing it to the National Security Office.
With that, the group intended to drive to the military base to pick up a car and take Xue Zhen to the compound.
However, the next second, Jiang Yexun suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Xue Zhen’s chin. With a slight pressure of his knuckles, he dislocated his jaw.
“He tried to bite his tongue to kill himself,” Jiang Yexun said darkly.
Su Xiaoxiao’s pupils trembled slightly in surprise. She had only seen such scenes in historical dramas when she was young, thinking it was just a dramatic trope.
The soldiers, hearing this, made Jiang Yexun and Su Xiaoxiao wait for a while. They took Xue Zhen to the military medical office and, when they brought him back, he was weak and limp.
Soon, they arrived at the compound.
The Zhang family, having received an early notice from the guards, had been waiting at the gate. As soon as they saw Su Xiaoxiao and Jiang Yexun, they hurried over.
“Xiaoxiao, what happened to you?” Grandma Wang asked with concern.
Su Xiaoxiao explained everything, and the Zhang family’s attention shifted to the restrained Xue Zhen.
Their eyes widened in shock, as if struck by lightning.
“Xue Zhen, why would you say such things to Xiaoxiao and Yexun?” Grandpa Zhang demanded sharply.
But Xue Zhen lowered his head, as though he hadn’t heard anything, refusing to speak.
Zhang Zhiyuan stepped forward, saying, “He is my bodyguard, but I never asked him to find you or make up lies to deceive you. In fact, after Peng Huijing was locked up, I had already given my two bodyguards leave, and I haven’t contacted them since.”
However, his words didn’t seem to have any effect on Xue Zhen, who didn’t even lift his head.
Su Xiaoxiao tilted her head, her face thoughtful.
Jiang Yexun narrowed his eyes and gently looked at her.
When her brow furrowed tightly, he softly asked, “Xiaoxiao, did you think of something?”
Su Xiaoxiao nodded and turned to Zhang Zhiyuan. “Uncle Zhang, how long has Xue Zhen been by your side?”
“Twenty-six years,” Zhang Zhiyuan replied with certainty.
A fleeting thought crossed his mind, but he couldn’t quite grasp it. He could only look at the young girl in front of him, waiting for the next words.
Su Xiaoxiao then looked back at Grandma Wang.