Chapter 562: Chapter 562 I Want to Talk to You
Upon hearing the sound of the system,
Ye Qingshan only felt a chill run through his body.
Death penalty?
"Are you crazy? Why don't you change hosts? Why do you have to choose me?"
Ye Qingshan cursed in his heart. Does this system have a problem in its head? Why does it have to focus on him?
"The host cannot be changed. Please adjust your mindset to prepare for the next mission."
The system's cold, somewhat weak voice resonated, and no matter how many times Ye Qingshan called out to it, there was no response.
At that moment, Ye Qingshan truly felt as if he were hundreds of meters underwater, with an impending sense of suffocation.
He decided to lie down on the deck, staring at the sky with empty eyes.
The noise around him, from the championship celebration, did not affect him either.
Now he finally understood what it meant that human joys and sorrows were not the same; all he felt was that the people around him were just making noise.
"Qingshan, are you okay?"
Just when Ye Qingshan was about to give up, a warm yet somewhat rough hand rested on his shoulder.
Ye Qingshan slowly opened his eyes and looked.
To his surprise, it was Coach A Jie.
At that moment, he didn't know why, but the hatred he felt for A Jie completely disappeared.
"It's okay, this defeat isn't your fault. The first place should have belonged to you already. This was an accident. Even though you didn't win the gold medal, you are still first in our hearts."
Coach A Jie consoled him gently.
"Thank you."
A bitter smile appeared on Ye Qingshan's pale face as he murmured in a low voice, "But what's the point of always being first in the heart?"
It was like in the Ye family—no matter how hard he tried since childhood,
His grandfather never paid much attention to him.
Until all his chess pieces were lost one by one, and the long-awaited Ye Qiu was also killed by Tang Yu.
Only then did his grandfather begin to use his piece, which might take decades to show its effect.
"Maybe it's meaningless, but what meaning does the word 'meaning' even have? You just have to do what you are supposed to, and right now, you're not behaving as you should."
Coach A Jie patted his shoulder and pulled him up from the ground.
"Thank you."
Ye Qingshan thanked him again, and his mood improved slightly.
Yes, the only thing he had to do was focus on his own matters.
The reason he felt so defeated was because his plan was no longer under his control.
If he had known, he would have preferred never to have this damn system.
It would be better to follow his plan step by step than to live the life he had now.
When the boat reached the shore, Ye Qingshan jumped onto the beach and began stomping the sand firmly.
That sensation of direct contact with the ground gave him a strange sense of calm.
In his heart, he was already prepared.
Failing the system's mission seemed like an inevitable fate.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't change that result.
If that was the case, then he would accept it calmly!
A man from the Ye family—how could he fear death?
"I laugh while looking at the sky with a sword in hand, and even if I stay, my heart remains firm."
After reciting his favorite verse in his mind,
Ye Qingshan began walking toward the hotel.
He decided to take a risk, since if the next failure would lead to his elimination by the system, why not try one more time?
The man he saw on the beach today—his instincts told him it had to be Tang Yu.
Even his failure might be related to him!
Therefore, when he arrived at the hotel, Ye Qingshan entered the suite, carefully inspected it, and then crouched under a bed in the secondary room.
As expected, under the bed was a guard who looked at him with an awkward expression.
When their eyes met, Ye Qingshan, unfazed, said, "Come out."
The guard never expected to be discovered by Ye Qingshan.
After crawling out from under the bed, he was about to come up with an excuse to get out of the situation.
Ye Qingshan stood by the window, with the midday sunlight falling upon him.
He began his last round of the game, even choosing opponents at the betting table based solely on his intuition.
He said in a low voice, "I want to speak with the department."
The guards assigned by the Qingshan Department looked at Ye Qingshan with a somewhat strange expression.
After hesitating for a moment, knowing they could no longer hide it, one of them turned on the microphone and said:
"I am Number 3 from Group A. Mr. Ye has already discovered me and has requested to speak with the department."
The Qingshan Department superiors received this news.
One of the officials opened the microphone and said, "Alright, let him speak with me."
The Group A guard handed the microphone to Ye Qingshan and said, "Our leader has accepted."
"Hello, Leader. I am Ye Qingshan. Thank you for your meticulous protection all this time, but I have a difficult request where I need your help."
Ye Qingshan took the microphone, put it on, and made his request.
"What kind of difficulty?"
At this moment, the Qingshan Department superiors were also quite nervous.
According to the rules, they shouldn't have let Ye Qingshan discover their existence.
But now that he had, what could they do?
"I believe someone is a spy sent by the United States to assassinate me. I hope you can investigate his identity."
"Do you have any evidence?"
"No, but please trust me this once."
The Qingshan Department official didn't hesitate for too long and asked Ye Qingshan to reveal the person's details.
For a long time, they had been investigating the individual hiding in the shadows causing trouble.
Due to several broken leads, their pursuit had stalled, and the matter was left unresolved.
When Ye Qingshan mentioned the man he encountered on the beach today, the official sighed in relief.
He was about to make a big bet, wagering that this person was Tang Yu and that his failure had been caused by him.
As for whether Tang Yu would expose his identity, he was also betting—betting that the guy had no evidence.
After all, if the Chinese Academy of Sciences had approved it, could Tang Yu possibly match the state machinery's capability?
The Qingshan Department gave an affirmative response.
Quickly, with the information provided by Ye Qingshan, they began investigating Tang Yu.
When they discovered that Tang Yu had an ambiguous relationship with Jiang Caixia, that lead immediately alerted the Qingshan Department.
Jiang Caixia—wasn't she the key person in the second mission?
Ye Qingshan's failure had begun with her.
When this clue surfaced, Tang Yu's behavior also became clearly exposed.
And it matched quite well with the previous leads they had investigated.
"There is now at least an 80% chance that he is conspiring in the shadows."
When the investigation took a turn, a Qingshan Department official was already so excited that he couldn't contain himself.
They had finally caught the traitor!
But as they dug deeper, a new problem arose.
Was Tang Yu's identity classified to such an extent?
Even with the Qingshan Department's power, they couldn't investigate it—they had to request clearance from higher authorities.
Fortunately, due to the special nature of the Qingshan Department, this request was quickly approved.
Finally, Tang Yu's information appeared before them.
The first line read: A-level spy.
For China's intelligence departments, even training a Level-1 spy required countless efforts.
A Level-B spy was an even greater elite among elites.
As for an A-level spy, global intelligence data stated that they could be counted on one hand—an ace among aces!
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