Hello, Mr. Major General - Chapter 1208

Chapter 1207: Must Send

“Two hours to make preparations? Prepare for what?” Gu Nianzhi looked at Zhao Liangze. “Did I miss something while I was sleeping?” she asked.

Zhao Liangze led her to the table and sat down. “Have some dinner first.”

Gu Nianzhi sat down in silence and looked at the dinner on the table. There were steamed lobster tails. This had become her favorite dish after coming to Cape Town.

The sweet and tender lobster meat was perfectly expressed in the thick lobster tail.

The best part of the entire lobster was probably the tail meat.

There were four lobster tails on the dinner plate in front of Gu Nianzhi, and they were arranged in the shape of a cross.

She cut the lobster tail with a knife and extracted the tender meat from inside the shell, placing it into her mouth, then closed her eyes to squeal in delight.

It was so delicious!

Every single one of her taste buds were comforted. Although she had only placed a tiny piece of lobster meat in her mouth, it was already a feast of flavor. She couldn’t bear to swallow it.

While Gu Nianzhi was leisurely enjoying her dinner, Zhao Liangze and Bai Shuang were practically battling each other.

The two stared at each other so hard that their eyes seemed to burst into flames.

After a while, Zhao Liangze asked stiffly, “Where is your boyfriend?”

“I don’t have a boyfriend,” Bai Shuang replied without any hesitation. “What are you talking about?”

“You don’t have one? I thought Big Ben was pursuing you.” Zhao Liangze tapped his finger on the table and asked, “Why won’t you admit it?”

“Huh. So, anyone pursuing me is my boyfriend? Zhao Liangze, I chased you – so am I your girlfriend?” Bai Shuang sneered.

“Yes!” Zhao Liangze shouted suddenly. “You pursued me, so you are my girlfriend! Are you trying to cheat on me?!”

“Cough, cough, cough, cough…”

Gu Nianzhi was shocked by Zhao Liangze’s jump in logic and almost choked.

Bai Shuang smiled and said, “Look at how you’ve scared Nianzhi. It’s obvious that you’re spewing absurd nonsense.”

Zhao Liangze pursed his lips and dragged over a plate of steak before viciously stabbing it with a knife.

As the knife scraped across the plate, it made screeching and grinding sounds so horrible that Gu Nianzhi almost had a heart attack.

Gu Nianzhi covered her ears with her hands and shook her head at Zhao Liangze. “Brother Ze, that’s enough! You are about to cut the dinner plate in half,” she said.

Zhao Liangze rolled his eyes at her but slowed down the movements of his hands. He no longer scratched the knife against the dinner plate.

Bai Shuang snickered before taking out her phone and forwarding the message she had just received to Gu Nianzhi’s phone. She said, “Nianzhi, I just spoke with my bank executive friend and asked him how we can take a look at the safe without providing credentials. This was his suggestion to me. Here is some information you can read for yourself, along with a map.”

Bai Shuang should have sent this information to Zhao Liangze, but she felt her anger boil over after just once glance at him. In her moment of rage, she sent it directly to Gu Nianzhi.

Gu Nianzhi hummed as she pulled out her phone to take a look.

Sure enough, Bai Shuang had sent a map of the bank’s security to her phone. It contained the positions of all security, military, and police personnel present tonight and all the equipment they possessed, as well as notes on the security facilities of the building and basement floor. He also provided the passwords for the elevator leading to the basement and the basement door.

Gu Nianzhi nodded and smiled as she looked over the information. “Not bad, not bad. Tonight is truly a good opportunity. But when will Huo Shao come?” she asked.

They no longer had to avoid talking about Huo Shaoheng in front of Bai Shuang since they had already told her that he would come to them to look at the safety deposit box.

Zhao Liangze said without looking up, “He should be here soon.”

As expected, Huo Shaoheng arrived soon after.

As soon as Gu Nianzhi finished eating the four steamed lobster tails that had been in front of her, Huo Shaoheng walked in with the sea breeze behind him.

He wore a baseball cap low over his head, a yuppie-style hunting outfit, and a pair of Black Eagle military boots on his long legs.

After coming inside, he took off his sunglasses and looked at Bai Shuang with a subtle smile. “Miss Bai, we meet again,” he said.

Bai Shuang nodded at him, her voice trembling as she said, “Huo Shao is here. Did you have a safe trip?”

“I found two people following me, but I have already thrown them off.” Huo Shaoheng sat down beside Gu Nianzhi without hesitation and grabbed a plate of steak from the table to eat.

Bai Shuang nodded, then repeated what she said earlier. She emphasized that they had to go to the bank’s basement floor after 9:00m pm since they wouldn’t be able to get in before then.

Huo Shaoheng looked at the topographic map on Gu Nianzhi’s mobile phone and said calmly, “It depends on the situation. I think we still have to infiltrate the main building and then go to the basement at 9:00 pm. What if you get stuck outside?”

It was true that experts knew everything about their fields.

Gu Nianzhi immediately agreed, saying, “I think that is the safest way. Everyone is entering the venue before 7:00 pm, so that’ll be a good time for us to mix in with the crowd and sneak inside.”

After getting inside, they could act separately and meet at the basement entrance.

Bai Shuang thought for a while then agreed, saying, “Then I will get you some invitations. How many of you are going?”

Huo Shaoheng glanced at her and replied lightly, “Just the three of us.”

Bai Shuang, “…”

Bai Shuang left the dining table and walked towards the door. She couldn’t help but turn around after she had gotten halfway. “Just the three of you? Don’t you think that’s too few people?” she asked.

“We are not stealing anything and are only taking a look at the safe, so why should we need more people?” Gu Nianzhi frowned. “I think that’s enough.”

Huo Shaoheng nodded and said, “Yes. Three people are really enough.”

Bai Shuang’s gaze swept over Huo Shaoheng’s face, but she couldn’t tell what he was thinking.

Turning her eyes to look at Zhao Liangze, she saw that he was still as angry as if Bai Shuang owed him millions of dollars.

Her eyes darkened as she said, “If that’s the case, I’ll get three invitations.”

“Thank you for helping,” Huo Shaoheng said.

“No problem.” Bai Shuang nodded and left their suite.

After Bai Shuang left, Gu Nianzhi quickly asked Huo Shaoheng, “It’s really only the three of us going?”

“That was a lie.” Huo Shaoheng calmly speared a piece of cut steak and put it into his mouth. “I have already made arrangements, so the three of us will be the last to arrive.”

Gu Nianzhi hurriedly forwarded the security map Bai Shuang had sent her to Huo Shaoheng’s mobile phone and added, “Bai Shuang obtained this from her friend. He is a bank executive.”

Huo Shaoheng picked up the phone and studied it attentively for a while, before saying, “…Her friend is pretty nice, and the map is really detailed.”

Zhao Liangze sneered when he heard this and replied, “Of course he’s pretty nice. He intends on pursuing her romantically, so he will not hesitate to abuse his powers for personal gains or accept bribes.”

Huo Shaoheng, “…”

He turned his head to look at Gu Nianzhi and asked, “…Did Little Ze take the wrong medication?”

“I didn’t take any medicine!” Zhao Liangze stood up. “I’m going to get ready and leave right away.”

He went back to the room and changed into a tuxedo with a small bow tie around his neck.

When he came out, Bai Shuang had already returned. She was holding four invitations and was explaining to Huo Shaoheng, “I asked a friend for four because it includes family members. This way, you will be with Nianzhi, and I will be with Little Ze when we go in. There will be no problems at all.”

Huo Shaoheng smiled subtly and said, “Thank you, Miss Bai.”

“You’re very welcome.” Bai Shuang didn’t dare look at Huo Shaoheng’s eyes, her gaze flickering in Zhao Liangze’s direction.

However, he stared at her like she was his prey. It was as though he wanted nothing more but to swallow her whole.

Gu Nianzhi noticed this and quickly tried to lighten the atmosphere, saying, “Do I need to change clothes? But I think I am very comfortable!”

She was wearing a light grey suit, and the waist of the short suit jacket was perfectly tailored. She appeared exceptionally dazzling each time she wore it.

It was a rare blessing that she had such nice curves since she weighed less than 100 kilograms.

Huo Shaoheng glanced at her and said, “No need to change. This outfit is very good.”

Bai Shuang glanced at Zhao Liangze and said with a smile, “Little Ze, let’s go as dance partners.”

Zhao Liangze was about to refuse when Huo Shaoheng, standing beside him, dryly interjected, “Please cooperate with the invitation that Miss Bai brought. This is an order.”

Chapter 1208: I Will Keep an Eye on Her

Huo Shaoheng’s words were an order.

Zhao Liangze had no choice but to obey.

Although he felt uncomfortable, he still nodded and said, “Okay. I will cooperate with Miss Bai.”

Huo Shaoheng briefly looked at the bank security map that Gu Nianzhi had forwarded to him.

He also had a similar security map, but it was a different angle from the one Gu Nianzhi had sent him.

He compared it with his operational arrangements and actually discovered two inconspicuous but crucial points.

If a sniper hid in those positions, their situation would become very difficult.

Huo Shaoheng tapped his finger on the phone screen a few times and adjusted his previous commands.

Two field personnel who had been lurking in advance were moved away by him. Another one was placed in an elevated position that perfectly overlooked the two positions and could provide an overview of the entire basement.

…

After dinner, the four of them got into the car and drove to the downtown financial district.

They didn’t speak much along the way, so Gu Nianzhi occasionally broke the silence and teased Zhao Liangze to inject some liveliness into the atmosphere.

Bai Shuang was much too silent compared to earlier. Maybe it was because she felt that she had nothing to say to Zhao Liangze, or perhaps it was because Huo Shaoheng was sitting in the car. She could no longer act openly like before.

Huo Shaoheng was still in disguise, and his appearance was quite different from how he usually looked.

But his body was as tall as normal, so he looked perfect with Gu Nianzhi when they stood together.

When Gu Nianzhi got out of the car, she held Huo Shaoheng’s arm with a sweet smile on her face. It seemed as if she was actually attending a banquet with Huo Shaoheng rather than preparing for a secret operation.

Bai Shuang also took Zhao Liangze’s arm.

She smiled and pinched Zhao Liangze, whispering softly, “…Pay attention to your expression. From the way you’re acting, other people might think I am holding you hostage…”

Zhao Liangze, “…”

He sighed in his heart but still managed to form a decent smile on his face.

He walked forward with Bai Shuang, and every step felt like walking on blades.

They all showed their invitations at the bank entrance and were successfully let in by the guards at the door.

One of Li Dexi’s assistants was hiding on a floor of the building opposite to the bank. He was holding a pair of high-powered binoculars and looking at the traffic at the entrance.

Seeing Bai Shuang lead two men and a woman into the bank entrance, the man immediately sent a message to Li Dexi saying, “The target has entered the area. The target has entered the area.”

Li Dexi looked at the video sent to him and nodded with a smile. “We will go inside too.”

Their men successfully entered with their own invitations.

…

Gu Nianzhi, Huo Shaoheng, Zhao Liangze, and Bai Shuang entered the bank’s lobby and immediately realized it was extremely crowded.

It seemed as though the entire upper echelon of Cape Town was gathering here.

The men were all dressed in fancy tuxedos and had glasses of red wine in their hands as they chatted in small groups.

The women were all in evening dresses and were eager to show off all parts of their bodies.

Bai Shuang’s red dress and Gu Nianzhi’s smoky gray trousers made them two outliers. They stood out like sore thumbs amongst all the glamorous and flashy evening gowns.

Fortunately, Huo Shaoheng and Zhao Liangze were both tall and muscular. They seemed to block Gu Nianzhi and Bai Shuang from view intentionally and prevented others from paying attention to them.

Bai Shuang had a better understanding of the situation than the rest of them.

Her eyes quickly swept across the faces of everyone in the lobby, then she squeezed Zhao Liangze’s arm and said, “Let’s go over there. There is a secret door that leads to the elevator that will take us to the basement.”

At that moment, no one was waiting for the elevator.

But there was still surveillance in the area.

Zhao Liangze still needed to hack into the surveillance system and alter the security footage.

Zhao Liangze felt even more uneasy when Bai Shuang urged him.

Was she that eager to push them into a trap?

He shook his head silently and said, “Wait a minute. I need to go to the bathroom.”

He pulled Bai Shuang’s arm away and walked quickly to the bathroom.

Bai Shuang squinted her eyes at Zhao Liangze’s back, then quickly looked away like nothing was amiss.

The Bluetooth headset in her ear was suddenly connected, and Li Dexi’s voice began to speak.

“Agent Bai, well done!”

Bai Shuang smiled and replied softly, “Mr. Li Dexi, we have arrived. Are you here too?”

“Of course. How else could I see you?” Li Dexi chuckled quietly. “Now, you are going to take them into the basement. There’s still two hours before 9:00 pm. Don’t get exposed.”

“I’ll be careful.” Bai Shuang’s gaze flickered around the lobby and suddenly noticed Huo Shaoheng and Gu Nianzhi.

She wasn’t sure if they were trying to blend into the crowd or if it was because they simply couldn’t help themselves.

Bai Shuang saw Huo Shaoheng standing in a dark corner with his back facing everyone. He pressed Gu Nianzhi up against the wall and lowered his face to kiss her.

Gu Nianzhi hugged Huo Shaoheng’s neck and stood on her tiptoes. She appeared very engaged.

There were not many people in that area in the first place. When the occasional person wandered over and saw two people kissing, they just smiled and walked away, assuming they were lovers. No one really looked into who those people actually were.

This was actually one of their techniques for hiding their identities.

Bai Shuang was not very familiar with this approach, so she just laughed. At that moment, she still had a lot of romantic thoughts in her head. She really didn’t know if she should praise Huo Shaoheng for his demeanor as a great military general or if his relationship with Gu Nianzhi was actually that sweet.

…

Zhao Liangze went to the bathroom to find an empty stall. Closing the door, he took out his phone and quickly hacked into the building’s security surveillance system.

He had left the back-door program there that morning, so he was able to find the surveillance locations very easily.

It took three minutes for the elevator to go down to the sixth-floor basement from there.

Zhao Liangze set the timer to disrupt the surveillance video and switch the footage, then turned his phone into the remote control for the surveillance system.

He could see all the surrounding guards from the other bank’s surveillance system.

He came out of the bathroom and saw Bai Shuang her arms crossed, leaning back against the wall. She looked lonely.

When she turned around and saw him coming out, she immediately put on a bright smile and said, “Are you okay? Let’s go to the reception.”

Zhao Liangze’s heart dropped, and he stretched his arm out towards her as he said, “Let’s go, Miss Bai.”

Bai Shuang took his arm and walked into the reception lobby from earlier.

The two of them found Gu Nianzhi and Huo Shaoheng chatting in the corner.

They were not kissing anymore, but their cold attitude towards everyone else prevented anyone from trying to come up and strike a conversation with them.

Zhao Liangze walked over with Bai Shuang, saying with a smile, “I’m all set. What do I do for the next two hours?”

“Participate in the reception, listen to the speech, and drink red wine.” Huo Shaoheng raised his glass at Zhao Liangze.

Gu Nianzhi also raised the wine glass in her hand and glanced at Huo Shaoheng with some bitterness.

Other people had their glasses full of red wine, while hers was grape juice – the natural and freshly squeezed kind.

Huo Shaoheng smiled and greeted Zhao Liangze, chatting like they were real bankers.

Bai Shuang listened to Huo Shaoheng. She had no choice but to admire him.

He was truly able to appear exactly like whoever he pretended to be. He must have studied the banking industry very carefully.

Otherwise, he might have been exposed at any second if an expert came over to chat with him.

It didn’t take long for a banker to come over.

He was not a very tall man. He had gray hair and fine wrinkles on his face, but his eyes were very wise.

It was obvious from first glance that he was a seasoned banker.

Huo Shaoheng was vigilant but still used a fluent English accent to speak with the old man.

Gu Nianzhi smiled vacantly the entire time and acted like the prettiest doll.

…

At 7:00 pm, the doors were closed, and the lights in the lobby dimmed. It didn’t take long for them to light up again.

A potbellied man stood on the stage in front of everyone and began to give a speech.

Within the five minutes it had taken from the lights to go bright, to dark, then bright again, all of Li Dexi’s people slipped out of the lobby and went to the hallway.

Their equipment had been shipped in a long time ago.

A dozen people carried boxes with guns out from a small room in the hallway and took the elevator down to the sixth-floor basement to hide the boxes in four or five key places.

At that moment, the bank’s surveillance team was actually being held hostage by two parties.

Zhao Liangze secretly invaded the system, but Li Dexi had replaced the bank security personnel on duty that day with his own men.

…

Zhao Liangze stood behind Huo Shaoheng with a wine glass in one hand and his phone in the other. He looked down from time to time to make sure that nothing unexpected happened.

The surveillance footage did not show when Li Dexi and his men left the lobby.

Zhao Liangze only thought that the surveillance footage was a bit strange for a few minutes.

But he didn’t care too much.

He knew that Li Dexi would definitely send someone in. But, as long as the personnel arranged by Huo Shaoheng were the first to arrive, the opponent would only be exposed within their shooting range.

…

One hour had passed, then one hour and thirty minutes, and finally, one hour and forty-five minutes.

There were only fifteen minutes left until 9:00 pm.

It took five minutes to get from there to the elevator entrance by the secret door.

The elevator ride was three minutes.

The entire process of entering and exiting would take about five minutes.

That left another five minutes of maneuvering time, so they couldn’t waste another second.

Zhao Liangze tapped the monitoring software on his phone and said softly, “…We can go now.”

He released Bai Shuang’s hand and gave her a thoughtful look as he said, “You should stay here and wait for us to come back.”

Bai Shuang was a bit shocked, then quickly shook her head and said, “I will accompany you. If something unexpected happens, I can help you out.”

Was she really going to help them out?

Unfortunately, she was probably there to accelerate their deaths…

Zhao Liangze sneered coldly, his eyes sweeping across Bai Shuang’s graceful neck.

How could this person be so cruel?

Did she really want him to break her beautiful neck with his own hands?

Zhao Liangze couldn’t think about it anymore. He felt so uncomfortable that he thought he was about to explode.

All he could do was maintain a polite smile on his face and shake his head persistently as he said, “No, no. You don’t understand.”

Bai Shuang was a little anxious– if she couldn’t follow them, then all her efforts would be for nothing.

She pushed Zhao Liangze away and called after Huo Shaoheng, “Huo Shao, can I go with you? I want to lend you a helping hand!”

“No!” Zhao Liangze whispered harshly and stared at her with angry eyes. “Bai Shuang, you have done enough!”

Huo Shaoheng turned his head and looked at her with dark eyes.

He clearly understood that Li Dexi had been paying attention to every move their group made. If he wasn’t careful, the suspicious and innately cunning Li Dexi would shrink away.

He pretended to look embarrassed and said with a frown, “Miss Bai, thank you for your help today. It may not be safe there, so it’s best that you don’t go.”

“You are not familiar with this place. I know the location of the basement better than you,” Bai Shuang gritted through her teeth.

She knew that Huo Shaoheng had always been very vigilant, but she didn’t expect it to be this serious.

She had helped them obtain top-secret internal information, yet he was still so indifferent towards her.

Gu Nianzhi looked at her, then at Zhao Liangze. Her eyes paused on Huo Shaoheng’s face.

“It’s better to let her follow us. I am the only woman, so I am also afraid… I will feel more at ease with Miss Bai there,” she whispered.

Huo Shaoheng looked at her and said nothing for a long time.

Bai Shuang was already holding Gu Nianzhi’s hand by then and smiled at Huo Shaoheng as she said, “Then let’s go. Let’s not drag this out.”

The corners of Huo Shaoheng’s eyes twitched almost imperceptibly.

If he allowed Bai Shuang and Gu Nianzhi to go together, then Bai Shuang would be completely indistinguishable from the enemy, and their lives would be at stake.

Did this really require such a large sacrifice?

The blue veins on Huo Shaoheng’s forehead suddenly protruded. In that moment, he could even hear the sound of blood rushing through his veins.

At that moment, Zhao Liangze’s monotone voice could be heard as he said, “Since Miss Bai insists on coming, we will not reject her eagerness to help. How about we let her follow us, and I will keep an eye on her.”

Zhao Liangze’s expression was normal. Huo Shaoheng could see from the look in Zhao Liangze’s eyes that he had already lost the will to live and was in immense pain.

His subordinate’s heart was bleeding.

Huo Shaoheng looked at him quietly, then raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder for a moment. Without saying anything, he turned and walked towards the secret door.