Chapter 163 A Doomed Ending

As for Lei Ming, his father was two ranks higher than Li Jian’s, Li Toad, who was the assistant commander of the 29 division. Lei Ming was the son of the deputy army commander, so he didn’t fear retribution. Not to mention that Li Jian had been unreasonable first, bullying Qin Feng on two separate occasions.

However, the reason Lei Ming hit so hard was because of his personal affection for Qin Feng. Qin Feng had saved his life and he felt that the bond that they had would endure until death. Lei Ming was incredibly loyal, willing to hand over his life for those he deemed worthy and sparing not even an ounce of pity for those he considered enemies. He had been this way since childhood.

In any case, whatever Qin Feng needed from him now, he was willing to do. Although the headquarters was not willing to send a helicopter, Lei Ming and Zhang Shan agreed to personally deliver the medicine as fast as possible to Tianhe.

A short time later, Lei Ming boarded the helicopter. He called Qin Feng from his seat to brag about beating Li Jian and update him on the status of their arrival. They would meet Qin Feng in forty minutes away from the hospital. A military helicopter couldn’t land in a crowded place without attracting attention and potential trouble. They planned to meet out in one of the suburbs.

After discussing the plan, Qin Feng hung up the phone.

"Qin Feng, our return has been completely exposed because of this," said Green Snake, grimacing with pain.

"You don't want the people at the headquarters to know? Gu Shaoyun at the very least already knew you came back. There have always been eyes fixed on us. Someone has obviously been watching our every move," Qin Feng said. “Besides, even if no one is a spy, we’re a controlled group. We’re all either winners or losers who can directly change the stability of a region. If any of us were to betray our team, we would be a huge threat. The military placed eyes on us as soon as we joined to prevent something like that from happening.”

"Really? I've heard something like that before, but I don’t know who or what that would be referring to," Green Snake said with a hint of dismay. “In the end, we’re nothing more than national tools. We’re used when they need us and watched when they don’t.”

“It’s necessary,” Qin Feng replied. “This is the reality. We’re high-level. If we made a decision to betray, the threat would be unimaginable for the state.”

As he drove through the city towards the suburbs, Qin Feng’s phone rang again.

Sister Flower had arrived at the bus stop and Qin Feng was nowhere to be found. At first, she thought he might be playing a trick on her, but after waiting for a long time, she realized that he simply hadn’t come.

Qin Feng said in a stressed voice, “I’m sorry, Sister Flower. I’m in a bit of a hurry and can’t pick you up. Go ahead and head home by yourself, okay? I’ll meet you later.”

Qin Feng wasn’t afraid to tell Sister Flower about Green Snake. There was nothing to hide and he wasn’t her boyfriend. But now he was on his way to meet Lei Ming as well as the military helicopter. If Sister Flower saw the helicopter, she might guess the identity of Qin Feng and his association with Xiao He.

When Sister Flower had been informed of Xiao He’s news, Qin Feng hadn’t known how to discuss it with her. He planned to eventually find a time to tell her about his death. After all, she had to know sooner or later. Originally, he’d planned to tell her after they opened the bar and business stabilized. However, now was not the time.

After Sister Flower heard Qin Feng’s words, she felt surprised and upset, and simply said, “Oh, okay. I’ll go.” Then she abruptly hung up the phone.

Although her displeasure was obvious, Qin Feng didn’t have time to appease her. Green Snake’s life was at stake.

Soon, they arrived in the suburbs.

Qin Feng stopped his car on the hillside. Green Snake was in a horrible state. She was curled up in her seat, her eyes weak and her face pale. Her hands were cold as if she’d just stepped out of a freezer.

"Green Snake, Green Snake, don't sleep, don't sleep. The medicine is coming, and soon you’ll be all right,” Qin Feng said reassuringly.

Green Snake endured the pain, tightly holding Qin Feng's hand, and said, "I feel very bad. Perhaps that antidote was fake.”

"No, that's impossible! You were fine last night!” Qin Feng shouted, shocked. The One-Eyed Dragon had died and there was no one else to interrogate about the antidote. He had to believe that the first half of the antidote was the real one. Besides, Green Snake had looked fine last night.

"The poison of the Golden Triangle is very magical. It can be distributed in stages. There are a lot of antidotes that work the same way. They might work to eliminate some of the symptoms of the poison while it spreads throughout the body and causes more damage. The Golden Triangle also specializes in creating toxic powder which cannot be removed once in the body. The One-Eyed Dragon knew he would die, so why would he give you the real antidote?"