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Chapter 222 Qiu Tu: You're Mrs. Zheng Tao, Right? (10,000 Words to Ask for Subscription)

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tan Huimin, who just had a smile on her face, suddenly changed her expression and couldn't smile anymore.

Actually, she didn't mean to deceive Qiu Tu just now. She just didn't recognize him and mistook him for a regular agent.

And explaining too much about her own identity would be awfully embarrassing. So when Qiu Tu asked, she casually said she was his secretary.

She hadn't thought much of it before. Now, when Qiu Tu brought it up proactively, she suddenly realized that her previous introduction was improper—there was a suspicion of impersonating an identity.

Therefore, she quickly opened her mouth, ready to explain.

But at that moment, Qiu Tu raised his hand to interrupt her, "Let me guess..."

Qiu Tu stood up, walked over to Tan Huimin, then cupped his chin, circled around her, and appraised her from head to toe.

It must be said, Tan Huimin was a very charming woman. Perhaps she was of a ripe age. Her figure was voluptuous, with curves in all the right places.

Although her waist wasn't as slender as Liu Fuping's, the slightly plump figure added a different kind of charm to her.

Having lived two lifetimes, Qiu Tu had experienced all types of women, so he knew that it was this kind of slightly fleshy woman who was the most comfortable in certain aspects.

She was indeed a perfect artillery mount.

And after appraising her for a moment, Qiu Tu slowly opened his mouth, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be Zheng Tao's secretary, right?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tan Huimin breathed a sigh of relief and quickly nodded, "Yes."

She bowed slightly towards Qiu Tu, then said, "Deputy Director Zheng said you've just been promoted to deputy division chief, and it's the busiest time for your work, you need a secretary to assist by your side."

"So, he asked me to fill in until your secretary is in place."

Hearing Tan Huimin's words, Qiu Tu laughed twice and then said bluntly, "Is that what Director Zheng told you?"

"He really is flattering himself then."

Qiu Tu's smile faded, and he said candidly, "Director Zheng didn't send you over to help me for my own good."

"It's because he lost a bet to me, so he gave you to me as his loss."

Overwhelmed by Qiu Tu's blunt words, Tan Huimin felt quite embarrassed.

She endured the humiliation and forced a smile, saying, "Is.... Is that so?"

Seeing her react this way, Qiu Tu looked at her intently, then said, "Well, since you're here, I'll treat you as one of us."

"Take the documents that are organized on the table and come with me to the new office."

Sensing that Qiu Tu had finally dropped the topic, Tan Huimin finally let out a sigh of relief. She saluted him quickly, "Yes, sir."

After saying that, she hurried to Qiu Tu's desk with her plump and shapely legs.

Picking up the file box Qiu Tu had organized, Tan Huimin followed him out of the temporary office.

Walking toward the elevator, Qiu Tu received countless sycophantic smiles and respectful salutes along the way.

No matter by what means Qiu Tu had done it, he was now the deputy division chief of the Political Department, and moreover, one with real power over three major areas of business.

Qiu Tu had become a personage indeed, an existence that all the lower-level agents, and even most section chiefs and division chiefs, would look up to and try to curry favor with.

Even the elevator ride had begun to afford Qiu Tu the privilege of one person per elevator: upon seeing him and Tan Huimin enter the elevator, the agents who had been there hurried out, giving Qiu Tu a salute.

Qiu Tu, for his part, didn't stand on ceremony, smiled and nodded his head, then watched as the elevator doors closed and started to ascend slowly.

Tan Huimin had witnessed everyone's attitude towards Qiu Tu from start to finish. To tell the truth, she was a bit surprised.

The Public Security Bureau and the Political Department were at the same level, and a deputy division chief was at the same level as a deputy department chief, but she had never seen her husband receive such treatment.

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Suddenly, Qiu Tu, looking at the slowly ascending elevator and with an expressionless face, began to speak, "The Political Department is different from other departments."

"It supervises the three big institutions and all the major departments. Spying, counter-spying."

"Arrest first then interrogate, torture to extract confessions."

"Some operations that are illegal in other departments are legal in the Political Department."

"Such authority and deterrence cannot be compared to ordinary departments like the Public Security Bureau, which merely suppresses the common people."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tan Huimin was startled at first, and then she understood that Qiu Tu was addressing her doubts.

She couldn't help but look up at Qiu Tu in surprise, as if asking, how do you know what I'm thinking?

Seeing this, Qiu Tu looked down at her and pointed at his handsome face, "Everything you're thinking is written all over your face."

After saying this, Qiu Tu faced the elevator doors again, adding softly, "You're not cut out for spying. Mrs. Zheng....."

"Snap!"

Qiu Tu's words were light, but to Tan Huimin, they sounded like thunderclaps in her ears!

Tan Huimin's body shook, and her hands involuntarily loosened, resulting in Qiu Tu's box of documents scattering all over the floor.

Tan Huimin panicked and knelt down at Qiu Tu's feet, then began to pick up the documents from below his legs.

Qiu Tu looked down at the beautiful young woman beneath him, stepped aside, and said, "Don't be nervous. I'm not some man-eating beast."

While he spoke, the elevator arrived at the 9th floor and slowly opened.

There were quite a few agents waiting for the elevator outside.

They saw Qiu Tu standing, Tan Huimin kneeling, and the documents scattered across the floor, and were utterly confused about what had happened.

But they all recognized Qiu Tu, so they quickly saluted and stepped aside.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu coldly dropped a sentence, "Pick them up and bring them to my office."

After saying that, he strode away with his athletic gait, leaving the elevator with the sound of his boots.

Tan Huimin was left alone in the empty elevator, under the watchful eyes of countless agents, her face a burning red and her eyes brimming with tears as she picked up the documents.

However, once he left the elevator entrance and walked alone down the corridor, Qiu Tu's expressionless face collapsed.

His brows furrowed deeply, his face filled with shock and disbelief.

'That woman is actually Zheng Tao's wife?!'

'Has Zheng Tao gone mad?!'

'He actually secretly made his own wife be his secretary, and after losing a bet, he really sent her to me?'

'Doesn't he fear I might devour his wife?'

Qiu Tu did not think of himself as a paragon of virtue in Zheng Tao's eyes.

In times of chaos, which powerful man doesn't partake in the flesh presented to him? Especially when it's handed to him on a platter!

Thinking this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but speculate on Zheng Tao's motives.

'After losing the bet, he couldn't swallow his pride? Thinking it's just for two days, I wouldn't make a move, so he took a gamble?'

'He wants to set me up, using his own wife to tempt me, to make me slip up, and then take me down?'

'A modern-day honeytrap?'

'It surely can't be that he was coerced to send his wife to me, right?'

Question after question surfaced in Qiu Tu's mind, shrouding Zheng Tao and Tan Huimin under layers of dense fog.

Qiu Tu felt it would be best to investigate Zheng Tao and Tan Huimin to find out what this couple was up to before making a long-term plan.

With this in mind, Qiu Tu couldn't help but think of that big shot with the dubious relationship with Jia Shu: Huang Shangzong;

He thought of the Heretic Goddess Girl who had always been preoccupied with him: Larilo;

He thought of the Evil God Cultist lurking in the high ranks of the Investigation Bureau;

He thought of Moonlight Lake, which was about to emerge, drawing the attention of various forces.

Qiu Tu felt... it was essential to meet with Qin Shuman and have a "deep" conversation to see if they could work together.

In the past, Qiu Tu was just a lowly agent or a division chief with a title but no real power, with no grounds for cooperation with the Security Department or Qin Shuman.

But now, he was entirely different.

As the Deputy Division Chief of the Political Department, even when standing in front of the Security Department Director Dai Yukang, Dai had to treat him with caution.

With that thought, Qiu Tu took out the specially made communicator from the Security Department and sent a brief message to Qin Shuman.

The content of the message was simple, just one line: Tonight at 10, the usual place. Have a proposition for you.

Qin Shuman did not reply immediately.

It wasn't until Qiu Tu entered his own private office that Qin Shuman finally responded with a single word: Okay.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but smile.

He felt that tonight would be quite enjoyable...

And at that moment, while Qiu Tu was contemplating, the sound of Tan Huimin's high heels, "click... click..." approached from outside his office.

Shortly after, Tan Huimin indeed came in holding the box of documents.

Perhaps because she had time to compose herself, her composure had returned, and she even found the courage to look Qiu Tu in the eye.

First, she placed the box of documents on Qiu Tu's desk and then stood prettily in front of him, asking, "Chief, how... did you know who I am?"

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