Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 316: Should Play the Fraudster_1

The refrigerator in the kitchen was quite empty, aside from eggs, milk, and a piece of salmon, there were only various semi-finished fast food products commonly found in Fusang.

Luckily, there was no shortage of condiments, and Xiao Ming had also found some noodles in the cabinet, so after a short while, a fragrant bowl of scallion oil noodles was set before Furukawa Shizuka, topped with a poached egg.

"Your home doesn’t have many ingredients, and even the noodles aren’t suitable, but it’ll have to do for now! When I get the chance, I’ll make you the authentic scallion oil noodles. My skills are learned from an old master in the alleys of Donghai, absolutely incomparable."

With a smile to the young lady, Xiao Ming returned to the kitchen to slice up the salmon, poured out some wasabi sauce, sat across from Furukawa Shizuka, and popped open a can of beer taking a big gulp.

"Aren’t you worried there’s something in the beer?" Furukawa Shizuka asked.

Xiao Ming took a slice of salmon into his mouth, carefully savoring the smoothness of the fat, and countered, "Did you know I was coming today?"

"We bought the alcohol together yesterday."

"Then, if there’s anything in it, you’re the one who should be worried, not me."

Whether it was the recollection of last night’s ordeal, Furukawa Shizuka’s eyes reddened, she lowered her face, and was on the verge of tears.

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Xiao Ming lounged on the armrest of the sofa, sipping his beer, and said, "You hate me, want to kill me, and it’s even possible you want to sleep with me, but you definitely wouldn’t display the self-pity and affectation you’re showing now.

If you deduced from your files that I’m the type to pity and cherish fair ladies, then you’d best learn from this lesson and not place too much faith in intelligence reports in the future."

Furukawa Shizuka blinked her eyes, and all the grievance disappeared, with her demeanor turning a lot calmer and firmer.

Xiao Ming shook his head with a sigh, "I regret it; you were cuter when you were the soft and meek type."

Furukawa Shizuka took a bite of her noodles, "Mr. Xiao thinks he understands me very well now?"

"No, I’ve just been deceived by too many women and have accumulated some experience in distinguishing between true feelings and false intentions."

"Then you must have hurt many women’s hearts."

Xiao Ming laughed heartily, "Exactly, exactly, we’ve already taken the first step in understanding each other, becoming genuine friends is just a matter of time."

"Friends?"

Furukawa Shizuka scoffed, "As far as I know, no woman has ever managed to make you suffer a loss in your life so far, not even Hu Xiaotong, who merely benefited from her husband Wan Xingping’s light.

’Deceived by too many women’—is that something a ’friend’ should say?"

Xiao Ming’s gaze dimmed for a moment before shaking his head, "That’s not important. If you really think you can deceive me, just put more effort into it from now on."

Furukawa Shizuka raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Do you still want me to go back with you and manage that artifact recovery fund?"

"Why else would I waste my time here? I’d be much better off at home playing with my children."

"Hmph! If you really understood me, you would know I would rather die than betray my motherland."

"Give me a break! Whether you’re afraid of dying may be true, but all that nonsense about Fusang, even your family, means nothing to you.

The only thing you would never betray are your ideals, the ideals of triumphing over men."

Furukawa Shizuka had just picked up some noodles with her chopsticks, but dropped them back into the bowl, any further attempt at pretense was too late, as Xiao Ming added, "Save your energy, I meant it when I said I can distinguish a woman’s true heart from her pretense."

After a long silence, Furukawa Shizuka took a deep breath, put down her chopsticks, and looked straight at Xiao Ming.

"Well then, let’s talk openly and honestly!"

"Wasting such delicious noodles, you really are a dull woman."

Xiao Ming sat up, took her bowl and chopsticks, stirred them a few times, and started slurping the noodles noisily.

"What exactly do you want to get from me?"

"I want you to be my double agent."

"That’s impossible..."

"Don’t be in a hurry to refuse, think carefully about what I’m saying."

Furukawa Shizuka frowned for a moment, then suddenly widened her eyes, "You want me to be your double agent, not an official one for Han Country!"

Xiao Ming finished his noodles in a few bites and wiped his mouth, smiling, "To be honest, at the beginning, the instructions I received were indeed to make you defect."

But as I got to know you, I realized that was an almost impossible task."

Both your superiors and my leaders underestimated you. By comparison, it was your father and brothers who were easier to conquer."

Furukawa Shizuka remembered the question he asked when he first walked in, as well as the call he made to "Shizuka" for the Furukawa Family’s information, and couldn’t help but stand up in alarm.

"You... you actually..."

"Being a spy and getting agitated so easily can lower my opinion of you," Xiao Ming said, his eyes calm, as he lit a cigarette.

"A cultural relics charity, in any country, can easily gain access to various archives and museums, and can investigate conspicuously without raising suspicion.

When necessary, it might even receive official assistance.

With your professional expertise, you should be able to see the convenience and value it brings as a covert intelligence organization."

Furukawa Shizuka slowly sat back down, "You want me to help you set up a private business espionage firm?"

"Not just business. Espionage, assassination, subversion, and even inciting wars and so on, just follow CIA’s model.

Of course, that’s all for later. What I need you to do is to build up the framework and team as quickly as possible.

Don’t worry about the funds; they will be supplied unlimitedly."

Furukawa Shizuka again showed a shocked expression, "I don’t understand. You’re just a businessman, and there’s no ground here for you to strive for power, so why spend a large amount of capital to establish such a vast intelligence organization?"

"Businessman, eh!"

Xiao Ming rested his head against the back of the sofa, his gaze seemingly piercing through the ceiling to a place unknown in the void above.

"Initially, I indeed only wanted to be a successful businessman, and even if I had ambitions, I planned to keep them in check until they couldn’t be held back any longer.

Unfortunately, things don’t go as one wishes, or maybe my thinking was a bit too naive.

Life isn’t like a game where you can level up by defeating monsters one level at a time. With bad luck, you can encounter a boss even in the beginner’s village.

In short, my surroundings have recently undergone tremendous changes, and time no longer allows me to proceed cautiously. I must have a powerful force as soon as possible."

"So, being with you is going to be very dangerous, isn’t it?"

"Don’t you like it?"

Furukawa Shizuka’s heart skipped a beat, and she shook her head, "I now believe that Mr. Xiao has hurt many women.

To be able to speak such compelling empty words, you shouldn’t be in commerce, you should be a con artist."

Xiao Ming took out his phone and tossed it on the table.

Furukawa Shizuka was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"Don’t you want to know who that ’Shizuka’ is? Call her yourself and ask."

After a moment of contemplation, Furukawa Shizuka didn’t touch the phone but turned to look at Xiao Li, who was standing at the entrance hall.

"Miss Xiao, may I trouble you to answer my question?"

Xiao Li had no reaction.

"Tell her," Xiao Ming said.

"Fujiwara Rika, the current captain of the gambling ship."

Xiao Li’s reply was succinct, but Furukawa Shizuka felt as if she had been injected with a shot of adrenaline, her breathing suddenly ragged, her ample chest heaving with waves of emotion.

"You... Infinite Society..."

"Before you accept my olive branch, you don’t qualify to know the answer to that question," Xiao Ming said coldly.