Chapter Three Hundred and Thirteen: Infiltration
As this unusual smile reappeared, the honest Yu Chengwu transformed back into the cheeky, grinning Yu Chengwu.
They were all old comrades who had crawled out of piles of dead bodies. Judging from Yu Chengwu’s demeanor and presence at the moment, they knew he wasn’t joking. His vitality was still at its peak.
Neither side spoke, silently watching the “cunning” Yu Chengwu.
He slowly walked to the coffee table, turned on the television, and then played a recording filled with all sorts of noise and static, covered in snow.
This recording was clearly premeditated, not a coincidence.
“What are you looking at? The TV!” Yu Chengwu said with a grin when no one paid attention to him.
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“What bad luck,” Yu Chengwu said softly when his four old comrades still ignored him.
“Are you even listening to me?” Yu Chengwu’s expression was no longer cheeky, but became extremely serious. He raised his hands high, as if surrendering.
“Alright, alright, shut up, I’ll talk,” [Wang] said, clapping his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.
“I heard you were recruited by people from [], how are things now?” [Wang] asked, looking at Yu Chengwu.
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“I wasn’t recruited at all! I’m just a []! You know more about those things than I do!” Yu Chengwu spread his hands, his face full of grievances.
“Why are you still pretending! You’ve been on TV! Everyone is watching your performance!” [Wang] was furious and directly cursed him.
“You’re truly a bastard!”
“Shut up!” Yu Chengwu’s expression turned serious, and he said in a low voice to [Wang].
“Do you think the things you’ve done can be hidden from us? Do you think we don’t know your current identity?”
“Do you think you are an innocent person right now? Do you think we’ll believe your lies?” Yu Chengwu’s tone grew heavier and heavier, until finally, he almost roared.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Yu Chengwu’s face turned paler than paper, and his voice even trembled.
He was scared.
“What exactly do you want to say?” [Wang] asked, looking at Yu Chengwu with cold eyes.
“I didn’t say anything!” Yu Chengwu suddenly stood up, pointed at the snowy screen on the TV, and said hoarsely, “Did you all see it clearly? This is the answer I’m giving you!”
With that, Yu Chengwu walked out of the room without looking back.
The four old comrades were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
“He’s really changed,” [] said, looking at Yu Chengwu’s retreating back, shaking his head lightly, and then sighing.
“He hasn’t changed at all! He’s still that bastard!” [Wang] said angrily.
“[], do you think he was playing us just now?” [] asked.
“I don’t know, but I think he might really have some difficulties,” [] said with a complicated tone.
“Difficulties? What difficulties? What difficulties could he possibly have?” [Wang] snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain.
“[], don’t say that. He’s our old comrade after all, we can’t treat him like this,” [] said.
“Old comrade? Would an old comrade treat us like fools? Look at him just now! He’s a complete scoundrel!” [Wang] was so angry he was trembling all over. He pointed at the TV and roared, “He’s a traitor!”
The snowy screen on the TV suddenly started playing a blurry recording, it was []’s voice.
“[], …” [Wang] muttered, looking at the TV.
“What does this mean…” [] asked with a frown.
“This was left by []. It’s the last time he used the communication device,” [] said softly.
“What is he saying?” [] asked.
“He’s leaving us a message. He’s in []!” [] said.
“What?” Everyone was shocked!
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“He was []?” [Wang]’s voice suddenly became extremely hoarse. He looked at the blurry image on the screen, and tears suddenly welled up in his eyes.
The image on the screen began to clear up. It was a man imprisoned in a jail, his face full of exhaustion.
“[]!” [] shouted, looking at the man.
The man looked up at the camera, forced a very strained smile, and then gently shook his head.
“[]…” [Wang] looked at the man, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.
“Is he really []?” [] asked.
“[].” []’s face showed extreme grief, but his voice was calm.
The image on the screen began to show garbled characters, and finally returned to the snowy screen.
[Wang] looked at the screen, his eyes full of despair.
“[], [], what should we do?” [] asked.
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[] was silent for a long time, then finally said, “We can’t just sit here and wait! We must save him!”
“Save? How? What can we do?” [Wang] asked.
“We have! We have his message!” [] pointed at the TV.
“Message? What message?” [Wang] asked.
“He didn’t just leave us this recording, he left us something else!” [] said.
“What thing?”
[] walked to the TV, bent down, and took out a small tape recorder from the interlayer below the TV.
“What’s this?” [Wang] asked.
“This is []. It’s the last message he left us,” [] explained.
[] turned on the tape recorder.
A low, hoarse voice came from the tape recorder, it was []’s voice.
“[], I might be []. I don’t know when you’ll receive this recording. But I believe you will find me.”
“Remember! Don’t trust anyone! Everyone can deceive you! Except yourselves!”
“I love you. Goodbye.”
The recording ended.
The room was silent.
[Wang] knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
[] and [] also had red eyes.
[] just quietly looked at the tape recorder, his face expressionless.
After a long time, he spoke.
“Alright. We all know now. What should we do now?”
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[] stood up and walked to the window, looking at Yu Chengwu outside, who was cheerfully greeting someone.
“What kind of person do you think Yu Chengwu is?” [] asked.
“He’s playing us,” [Wang] said angrily.
“He’s protecting us,” [] said.
“Protecting? How?” [Wang] asked.
“[] might still be here. He doesn’t want us to []”, [] said.
“[]…” [Wang] murmured.
“He knows we won’t give up easily. That’s why he put on this play,” [] said.
“A play…” [Wang] suddenly stood up. He looked at Yu Chengwu’s back, his eyes filled with a complex and determined light.
“We can’t let him down,” [Wang] said.
“Yes! We can’t let him down!” [] and [] said in unison.
“Alright. We’ll do as he left in his message,” [] said. “Now, let’s divide the tasks.”
The four men sat together and began to discuss countermeasures.
[] looked out the window, his eyes filled with determination.
Yu Chengwu, wait for me. I will definitely save you!
Yu Chengwu didn’t know that his actions just now had alerted his old comrades and made them doubt his identity.
But he didn’t care.
He was now just a civilian who was []. He didn’t want his old comrades to get involved in his trouble.
That’s why he put on this play.
He didn’t know if his old comrades would believe him or doubt him.
He just did his best.
But if he knew that his old comrades had heard his [] from the tape recorder he left, he would definitely regret it.
Because he knew that they would definitely not listen to him and would go all out to save him.
They were his brothers.
He could only pray in his heart.
Hoping they would all be safe.
Yu Chengwu didn’t stay outside for too long. After exchanging a few pleasantries with an acquaintance, he returned to the room.
As soon as he entered, he saw [Wang] looking at him with bloodshot eyes.
“Where did you go just now?” [Wang] asked.
“I went to smoke a cigarette,” Yu Chengwu said.
“Is that so?” [Wang] sneered.
“What exactly do you want to say?” Yu Chengwu asked.
“I don’t want to say anything,” [Wang] said. “I just want to ask you, did you have fun acting just now?”
The smile on Yu Chengwu’s face froze.
“What did you say?”
“I said, did you have fun acting?” [Wang] said, word by word.
Yu Chengwu’s expression turned very ugly.
“Are you slandering me?”
“Slander?” [Wang] smiled, a tragic smile. “Do you think we’ll believe you’re really a []?”
Yu Chengwu trembled all over. He looked at [Wang], his eyes filled with shock.
“How did you know?”
“How did I know?” [Wang] sneered and pointed at the TV, “Your brother told me!”
Yu Chengwu looked at the TV. On the screen, the blurry image was slowly playing.
It was [].
Yu Chengwu’s eyes instantly turned red.
“You saw it?” he asked hoarsely.
“We all saw it!” [Wang] said. “How long do you plan to lie to us?”
Yu Chengwu closed his eyes in pain.
“I don’t want to drag you down…”
“Drag down?” [Wang] roared. “Don’t you understand that we are brothers? Are brothers meant to be dragged down?”
Yu Chengwu was speechless.
“We won’t let you go. We will definitely save you,” [Wang] said.
“You’re crazy!” Yu Chengwu suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at his old comrades and shouted, “Do you know how dangerous this is?”
“We know!” [Wang] said firmly. “But we don’t care!”
“You’ll die!” Yu Chengwu said.
“Even if we die! We will save you!” [Wang] said. “Because you are our brother!”
Yu Chengwu’s tears finally broke free.
He looked at his old comrades, tears streaming down his face.
“Thank you…”
“Enough nonsense!” [Wang] said. “Now, tell us the whole truth!”
Yu Chengwu nodded. He finally let go of all his pretense.
“[]…” he said hoarsely, and began to recount his experiences.
