My Scheming Little Devil

"’It just so happened’? I hope it really was just a coincidence." Ji Lingkong’s eyes were as sharp as knives, piercing to the heart.

"Young Master Ling Kong, please, the Councilman is waiting for you!" The officials spoke respectfully.

Ji Lingkong glanced at them, suppressing his anger, his eyes as dark as ink, revealing a deep meaning, and he spoke calmly, "I will go in a while, I have very important matters to attend to now, as soon as I finish, I’ll go immediately."

"Well..." The officials hadn’t expected he’d dare defy even the Councilman’s orders, feeling a bit awkward, "I’m afraid you must comply, the Councilman insists you return!"

"If there were important matters to discuss, why wouldn’t my father inform me in advance? Could it be that you people took matters into your own hands trying to stop me?" Ji Lingkong’s sharp gaze swept across their faces, "The matter I am handling concerns state security, it affects my mother’s life, can you afford the delay?"

"Young Master, please don’t make things difficult for us."

"Fine, if you’re really determined to stop me, you can arrest me and send me back, but I doubt you have the guts, and you better find a good excuse, or I’ll take you to the Supreme Court and charge you with obstruction of state security."

Having spoken to this extent, those officials dared not truly stop him, looking at each other in great difficulty.

Ji Lingkong strode past them, hurriedly leaving the airport, hailed a car, got in, and ordered the driver to head straight to the Intelligence Bureau immediately.

Not long after getting into the car, the Councilman’s video call came in.

The Councilman looked displeased, his face stern, frowning deeply.

"Where are you going? I summoned you to discuss matters, why haven’t you come?"

Seeing him, Ji Lingkong’s expression softened a bit, "I am going to the Intelligence Bureau. Father, if there’s something important, you can say it now."

"Are you going to rescue that spy girl?"

Ji Lingkong’s pupils shrank, looking at him in shock, "Father, how did you know about this?"

"How could I not know, I ordered her to be captured for interrogation."

"How could you do this? I am the one responsible for her interrogation."

The Councilman, hearing his tone, became even more displeased, "She dared to take you hostage and escape, even injuring you. Do you think I can tolerate such a thing? Moreover, as a spy involved in the attempted assassination of the Lady, she should have been handed over to the Intelligence Department for proper interrogation long ago. Now that she has injured you, such a dangerous person cannot remain by your side. What if she, in desperation, harms you again? I cannot allow her to harm my family over and over!"

Hearing the concern and care hidden in his tone, Ji Lingkong was shaken, and his gaze softened.

"She wouldn’t do that, she had the opportunity to kill me before, but in the end, she didn’t go through with it!"

He recalled how she had pressed a silver fork against his neck, and when he said he would never let her go, she became enraged, yet in the end, she didn’t stab him.

That was also his test for her; actually, from the moment she took him hostage, he could have pressed the wall-mounted laser tranquilizer, silently subduing her.

But a strange thought suddenly arose in his mind, he wanted to see if she was truly that ruthless, whether she would really dare to act to save her own life.

But in the end, she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Later, he also contemplated that if she were truly a spy, the kind with extreme training, endowed with professional skills and cold-heartedness, she would certainly have struck a fatal blow at a critical moment—unless she was an amateur or not a spy at all.