Chapter XXIII
Tucker seemed to understand after Gu Zan's reminder, he glanced at the room where Liu Qigang was and said, "You mean he received the news?" ”
"What else could it be?" Gu Zan shrugged his shoulders and said, "The ones you are in charge of now have intricate relationships. There were a lot of people involved, and this was originally a project that Miller and Lille Sr. were responsible for, and you know this better than me. Do you think you can hide it from him? I now advise you to do as he says right away, no matter what, he's the boss. If he doesn't say it's fine, but he has already stated that we must react, and it is a positive reaction, otherwise you and I will not have a life in the future. ”
"Okay." Tucker let out a long sigh and said, "How much time did you say to contact him?" ”
"Ten minutes." Guzan said and glanced at his watch, "Now you have five minutes." ”
"Alright! All right! Tucker said as he pulled out the phone and turned it on, and after looking at the text messages and voice messages that came in one by one, he dialed a number.
Gu Zan on the side seemed to be relieved when he made a phone call, and said, "Say it well." There is nothing to lose by being scolded by him. ”
Tucker raised his hand to Guzan to indicate that he understood, and the phone was answered, and a man's voice came from the other side.
"Look who this is. Tucker, is that you? It's hard to believe, I thought you had an accident or even defected, are you okay? ”
Tucker knew it was bad when he heard the other party's tone, and he took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Miller. I'm in Los Angeles right now, in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles, to be exact, at a motel called Superstar. I have a guy who has just taken refuge, and I'm now hurrying to get information. ”
Hearing Tucker be so frank and didn't make any explanations or justifications, the other party seemed to have some surprise, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I'm curious to know, why don't you go directly to the safe house, why don't you answer the phone." Are we so down that we can't afford to pay the phone bills on our own turf, or do you feel as insecure as being in an enemy country? ”
The series of questions "Uh" made Tucker not know how to answer for a while, and on the other side of the phone, the person named Miller was obviously not in a hurry, he did not urge, and did not even say a word.
After a moment's pause, Tucker spoke, "I don't want too many people to know. This man is very important to me ... ”
"Haha." Before Tucker could finish speaking, he was interrupted by laughter from the other side of the phone, and the man smiled and continued, "My dear Tucker, let me tell you." We've been working together for years, and I've seen you through when you entered the Intelligence Bureau, and you're a suspicious, jealous, and selfish guy at heart. You're just afraid that the person you have has information about some intelligence agent in the country, and then you will be forced to share that person with others, or the FBI, and all the information you get will have to be handed over. You'll feel like you've put a lot of effort into it, but you've given it to someone else, and maybe you'll end up with nothing because of some idiot who made a mistake. So, you decide to hell with all those rules. Get what you want, then sort it out, take some of the bones you eat and throw it at the fools, like you send those damned wild dogs. Do you think I'm right? ”
Tucker was speechless because he was thinking and doing what he was, the only difference being that Miller's words were a little more unpleasant.
Seeing that Tucker didn't respond, Miller on the other side of the phone slowed down and said, "Okay, now it doesn't matter if you admit it or not." Take someone to a safe house immediately and report it! In addition, the information you have now, everything he tells you must also be handed over without reservation, and I will report the relevant things to the FBI as appropriate, do you understand what I mean? ”
"Understood." Tucker replied reluctantly. On the other side of the phone, Miller let out a long sigh and continued, "Tucker, you have to understand. You're not alone in this department. I know you want to make a difference, but please try to play by the rules of the game. I hope you will be in my seat one day, because then you will truly know how right I am about what I am saying to you at this moment. to truly understand how stupid you are at this moment. At this point, the man sighed again, "So be it." Do as I said before. I'm waiting for your debriefing. With that, he hung up the phone.
Tucker looked at the phone in his hand, and then at Guzan, who was deliberately standing away. Guzan saw that he had finished the call before he walked over and handed Tucker a cigarette, lit it and said, "Does he know everything?" ”
"Yes." Tucker nodded after protruding a puff of cigarette and said, "He seems to be angry." No, it should be said very angry. ”
"Huh." Gu Zan laughed and said, "If you were him, you wouldn't be happy." ”
Tucker didn't answer his words, but turned his head to look at Liu Qigang's room and said, "Get out of here." Go to the arranged safe house. He stopped what he was writing and took a look at the translated one. ”
Hearing Tucker say this, Guzan immediately gestured to the others and said, "Clean up." Let's get out of here. ”
After the others got busy, he looked at Tucker and said, "What do you think this man will give us?" Will there be something that will surprise us? ”
Tucker smiled wryly and said, "I don't want to see anything too unexpected. We are not journalists, and if something too unexpected happens, it only shows our incompetence. But I don't think this guy has any explosive information. Otherwise, he shouldn't be in this state. ”
"Not necessarily." Gu Zan looked like a person who had come over and said, "Many times, it's just that we, including him, don't know the real value hidden behind that information. ”
Tucker didn't gnaw anymore when he heard Gu Zan say this, but walked directly to the motel, Liu Qigang's room. After opening the door, looking at Liu Qigang, who had stopped writing and didn't continue to write, but really drank water, he said, "Let's go to the safe house." The environment there is much better than here. As he spoke, he looked back at Gu Zan, who came in with him, and said, "Where is that place?" ”
"Barsto." Gu Zan said: "It's in the northeast. The place was secluded, peaceful, a small single-door cottage. Much stronger than here. ”
At this moment, Liu Qigang doesn't seem to care much about the environment he is in. After putting down the water glass, he rubbed his eyes tiredly and said, "I just want to get a good night's sleep now." Wherever you take me. Whatever. ”