Naming Technique of the Night

For the Shadow, he seldom did anything especially exhausting.

In his way of doing things, leveraging was always the smartest approach.

Like tonight, he just found the most appropriate moment to make his move, and it was precisely this action that helped Qing Chen open up the situation.

It was known that Jindai Jingyi was indeed important to that congressman, but not important enough for him to go against his clan's wishes and tear apart the intelligence alliance between the Jindai and Deer Island families.

Just yesterday, the Jindai family had specifically informed Jindai Jingyi's father: any rescue attempt for Jindai Jingyi was forbidden, as it concerned the alliance between Jindai and Deer Island, and Jingyi's value was far less than that of the alliance.

So tonight, Jindai Kongshu was actually there in secret.

The redhead girl didn't have anyone from the Deer Island family in her possession, she was just worried about her brother and wanted to exchange some intelligence to get her brother back.

This act was even unbeknownst to her father.

Therefore, had the Shadow not intervened tonight, Qing Chen's plan might have fallen through.

Then Qing Chen would have had to continue capturing people, until he caught a really important person, to even have a chance at breaking the Jindai-Deer Island intelligence alliance.

Now, with the Shadow's intervention, the game was played, and he inadvertently helped Qing Chen crack the situation wide open.

But Qing's Shadow didn't take action to help Qing Chen; the opportunity was rare and intriguing, and he was interested to play along with Qing Chen for a bit.

Moreover, there was a deeper meaning to this matter.

Through this event, Qing's Shadow intended to bring someone back home.

At that moment, Jindai Kongshu still stood bewildered in the middle of the long street, not knowing what to do.

The next moment, a small, middle-aged man carrying a huge travel bag passed by her, then tossed the travel bag at her feet.

Jindai Kongshu was at first startled, then quickly crouched down to open the travel bag, and inside was her soundly sleeping brother, Jindai Jingyi.

Jindai Kongshu cried tears of joy as she called her father, "Dad, I found my brother!"

However, to her surprise, her father wasn't happy, but exploded with thunderous anger, "Who told you to look for him? I said not to save him; this is Qing's scheme to tear apart the alliance between Jindai and Deer Island! Are you an idiot?"

Chastised by her father, Jindai Kongshu's eyes reddened a bit.

Holding her unconscious brother, she said, "But this is my brother, your own son! Moreover, if his affair gets exposed, you won't be able to keep your congressman status! Don't worry, father, I didn't trade any benefits with the other side, a kind-hearted person saved my brother and left him in a travel bag at my feet!"

"Good-hearted people don't exist in this world; they're all scheming against us! Do you really think someone would save that idiot out of kindness?" her father had already realized that they were clearly being played, yet he still couldn't identify who was behind it, "I can do without the congressman status, but if the clan holds me accountable, even my life might not be safe. Leave Jindai Jingyi there and get back here yourself!"

The young Jindai Kongshu couldn't understand why rescuing her brother was a mistake.

Sitting alone on the rooftop edge, the Shadow watched all this and mumbled to himself with a laugh, "When will people truly understand that a sister's feeling at the moment she saves her brother is the most precious thing in this world? Blinded by vanity, aren't they."

As he spoke, he gazed off into the distance and lost himself in thought.

After an unknown amount of time, he called Qing Chen, "I've sent you the photos of Qing Hua's trade of the Deer Island member and Jindai Kongshu receiving her brother; spread them out. If Deer Island people come to you for a trade, make sure to ask for 'Jindai Yasuhara' by name, I'm certain that missing person is in Deer Island's hands."

Qing Chen, sitting in the empty office on the third floor of Intelligence Department One, suddenly understood that all of this evening's events were orchestrated and plotted by Mr. Shadow.

He asked curiously, "Who is Jindai Yasuhara, and is he important to you?"

Shadow replied, "It's not that he's important to me; he's important to the Jindai family. Deer Island has held him for 7 years, squeezed out everything they could; he's of no value now, so they should be willing to trade that 'Jeju' code-named Deer Island member with you."

Qing Chen asked, "And then?"

Qing's Shadow said, "After you get Jindai Yasuhara, go tell the Jindai people that we're willing to hand him over to them on the condition they allow Qing Mu to go home. Otherwise, we'll keep Yasuhara in a pigsty, where he'll eat whatever the pigs eat."

"Who is Qing Mu?" Qing Chen asked, clearly puzzled.

He felt as if, all of a sudden, so many people he had never heard of before had appeared out of nowhere.

Thinking it over, Shadow said, "Qing Mu was our chief intelligence officer in the north 19 years ago, who was secretly captured by the Jindai, and has since been imprisoned in a pigsty at the Northern Military Base, feeding pigs for the Federal Third Group Army."

The Federal Third Group Army was an army controlled by the Jindais.

Qing Chen couldn't understand, why after capturing Qing Mu, would the Jindai arrange for him to feed pigs?

Shadow explained, "Qing Mu was once the proudest intelligence officer of Qing's Family, and after being captured, he endured 1030 days of interrogation but never betrayed a single Qing's Family member. Jindai let him feed pigs for 19 years, wearing an electronic shackles, just to keep him living in the stinking pigsty day and night, tormenting him, humiliating him, breaking his will."

Qing Chen then inquired, "Why do you want to exchange him back, what important contributions has he made for Qing's Family?"

Based on Qing Chen's understanding of the Shadow, this man only saw interests, even when playing, he did so with a purpose.

As Li Changqing said, he would accomplish things while seemingly just playing around.

How could such a person act on impulse?

Why would he use someone as important as Jindai Yasuhara to exchange for a less significant person? So, Qing Mu must be very important, surely.

Calmly, Qing's Shadow spoke on the phone, "What contributions could he have made while confined in a pigsty for 19 years? If we really must speak of a contribution, it's that he never compromised with Jindai. Qing Mu was once a leader in Qing's spy network, and he was well aware, once he gave in and surrendered, what would happen to the other Qing's intelligence officers who were captured? How could other intelligence officers compare to Qing Mu? If even Qing Mu couldn't hold out, why should they be able to?"

Qing Chen then understood, Jindai had imprisoned Qing Mu for 19 years in hopes of using it as a leverage point to break down Qing's intelligence network's spirit.

And Qing Mu, unyielding and refusing to surrender after 19 years in a pigsty, was merely trying to protect that spirit for Qing's intelligence network.