My Perfect Female CEO

Chapter 1565 The Storm Approaches, the Wind Fills the Tower

The greatest harm comes from being ignored.

At this very moment, Old Zhang—Field Mouse’s true identity—felt deeply hurt.

Li Tong dragged him into the interrogation room; Ye Fan only asked one question—whether he was Field Mouse’s true body—and then ended the interrogation, leaving him with a departing back.

Field Mouse felt incredibly wronged, his internal organs practically injured from anger, even his breathing wasn’t smooth anymore.

"I’ve been ignored, blatantly ignored. What kind of look is that, what kind of attitude is that? He clearly doesn’t take me seriously at all." Field Mouse’s mind was collapsing, this thought surged up from the depths of his heart.

"Stop, you stand right there." Field Mouse shouted, seething with anger.

"What else? You think, as a discarded pawn, you still have any value?" Ye Fan turned his head back with a mocking look.

"I understand the principle that confession brings leniency and resistance brings severity. You shouldn’t underestimate me; you should be begging me to tell you classified information about Hunter Cat and the others. I want to make up for my crimes. I haven’t committed any unforgivable sins. As long as I render meritorious service, I still have a chance to regain my freedom. Cheng Mu was poisoned by me, that’s true, but Cheng Mu was a criminal to begin with. Was I wrong to poison a criminal?" Field Mouse shouted with righteous indignation.

"Selling out your country for glory, colluding with foreign enemies, framing your comrades—someone as shameless as you still dreams of staying alive? Are you sure you’re not dreaming?" Ye Fan sneered.

"What a big hat you’re putting on me. You clearly want me dead." Field Mouse was furious, almost roaring as he shouted, his expression twisted.

"A traitor like you is even more hateful than the real enemy. Even if you died ten thousand times, it wouldn’t be a pity. That’s right, I do want you dead. So what?" Ye Fan looked at Field Mouse with great interest, the expression of a cat toying with a mouse.

"You, you, you..." Field Mouse glared at Ye Fan and bellowed, "You mix public and private, using personal grudges to take revenge on me. You’re not fit to be a law enforcer."

"For those who act according to the law, I can still use the law. But a scoundrel like you who has no regard for the law, and you still dare to hope others will show you extralegal mercy?" Ye Fan found it extremely laughable.

Field Mouse suddenly slumped onto the chair, his eyes vacant, unfocused.

His psychological defenses and the confidence he relied on collapsed all at once.

The arrogance and aggressiveness from just now vanished without a trace, leaving only decadence and despair.

Ye Fan strode out of the interrogation room, no longer sparing Field Mouse a glance.

Field Mouse stood there dazed, as if his soul had been stolen.

Ye Fan only wanted to crush Field Mouse psychologically; he didn’t intend to truly interrogate him, because nothing useful could be extracted. As an inside line, Field Mouse knew limited things, about the same as Zhao Gongming, and the intelligence he could provide was all trivialities.

...

"Cheng Mu is dead." Transforming Mouse glanced at Hunter Cat, who was sitting with his back to her, and reported.

"I know." Hunter Cat’s voice was calm, but a hint of delight surfaced in his eyes. He had been waiting for this news for a long time. Now that the good news had finally come, he was naturally pleased, he just couldn’t show it too obviously.

After all, Cheng Mu was his capable general. He could endure the price of losing an arm, but he couldn’t let others think that he had personally ordered one of his own arms chopped off. If he couldn’t control his emotions and looked overjoyed, that would be too unreasonable.

After Field Mouse poisoned Cheng Mu, he passed the news out.

Transforming Mouse received it at the first possible moment and came specifically to inform Hunter Cat.

"Cheng Mu was my vanguard general. Once he fell into a cage, he became a deadly hidden danger. Now that this hidden danger has been removed, I can finally sleep soundly." Hunter Cat sighed and said, "As for Zhao Gongming and Wu Dayong, the two of them are not worth worrying about. Let them live or die on their own. They’ve already lost their value."

"We just follow your orders. If you want to achieve big things, some sacrifices are inevitable." Transforming Mouse said dutifully.

"What’s painful is that a single misstep left us at a disadvantage everywhere. Liu Anping, Zhao Gongming, Wu Dayong, Yang Chu, and Cheng Mu, plus Field Mouse’s real and fake identities—we’ve already sacrificed far too many people." Hunter Cat sighed and said, "In the action team, we no longer have any eyes and ears. As for the ones inside the institute, under normal circumstances they must not move rashly. They can only lie low for now and wait for the right chance to strike."

"The big net we finally spread out is now full of holes." Transforming Mouse said bitterly, "It’s all Ye Fan’s fault. If it weren’t for his interference, we couldn’t have been defeated so badly, almost without any power to fight back."

She had narrowly escaped from Ye Fan’s hands.

Otherwise, she would have long since become a prisoner.

Maybe Cheng Mu’s current fate would have been her own.

"It’s not over yet. This is only the beginning. I’ve plotted for so long; how could a few wins or losses affect the overall situation?" Hunter Cat smiled coldly, full of confidence. "As long as I find the right opportunity, I’ll definitely turn the tide, wipe away the shame of these successive defeats, and cleanly and decisively take Ye Fan down."

"We’re bound to complete the mission and win the final victory." Transforming Mouse shouted, like reciting a slogan, with blind conviction.

Her expression shifted slightly as she said, "The eyes and ears inside the institute are deeply rooted and not easy to expose, but the situation in the action team is not optimistic. You’ve long been planning to plant another nail in the action team. Now the situation looks bad. How’s that going?"

"I’m just one step away from capturing the beauty’s heart. I can’t rush things on my side; I have to proceed step by step and pay attention to strategy. Yang Yan will be my dish sooner or later." Hunter Cat displayed a confident smile.

"Good." Transforming Mouse didn’t ask further.

"Send a warning message to Bamboo Rat and Hamster, tell them to be extra careful." After composing himself, Hunter Cat gave the order without doubt.

"Yes." Transforming Mouse agreed respectfully.

"The situation is perilous, be extremely careful." Inside the institute, Han Zizhen received such a text message, and he couldn’t help but feel his expression twitch violently.

This was the warning Transforming Mouse sent to Bamboo Rat.

The main point was to remind Han Zizhen to be cautious in all things and protect himself.

Han Zizhen glanced at his wife, who was working in front of the laptop, and his expression instantly became complicated.

From Liu Anping, to Zhao Gongming and Wu Dayong, then to Yang Chu and Cheng Mu, and finally to Niu Ben and Field Mouse’s fates, Han Zizhen had more or less heard some things.

Precisely because he knew a little of the situation, suddenly receiving such a warning message made him even more uneasy.

"The storm is about to come, and the wind fills the tower." Han Zizhen murmured under his breath, a hard-to-read light flickering deep in his profound gaze.

At the same time, in another part of the institute, Director Ji uttered the same murmur as Han Zizhen.

It was obvious that this Director Ji was Hamster.

Bamboo Rat and Hamster were the last two inside lines Hunter Cat had inside the institute.