Chapter 148 Preparing to Storm His House

A squad leader in military uniform with a stern expression stood at the doorway.

Behind him followed several soldiers, their rifles raised and aimed squarely at the two people inside the cabin.

Aisley woke up leisurely as well, and she asked in English,

"Who are you? What do you want?"

The squad leader replied with a darkened face,

"We are a nearby patrol unit. What are you doing here, and why have you anchored in this spot?"

Gu Xiangnan rubbed his eyes, feigned confusion, turned to Aisley, and asked in Chinese,

"Honey, what are they saying? I don't understand a single word. Could you help me translate?"

The translation earpiece Gu Xiangnan had prepared had been lost when he fell into the sea last night.

Aisley relayed the question to Gu Xiangnan.

Gu Xiangnan replied, "The two of us came out fishing."

"Where are the fish?"

To verify his claim, the squad leader looked around.

He only saw a short piece of severed rope at the stern of the boat.

"Where are the fish?!"

he questioned angrily, his voice filled with suspicion.

Gu Xiangnan pretended to tremble slightly in fright and explained,

"The two of us met on this boat, fell deeply in love, and completely forgot about fishing."

Upon hearing this, Aisley gave him a deep look, and then translated in English,

"Officer, I fell in love with this man at first sight. We spent the entire night being intimate in the cabin and simply didn't have time to fish."

Hearing this sensational detail, the young soldier behind the squad leader couldn't help but cover his mouth and snicker.

Americans were open-minded, and such things happened frequently.

The squad leader scrutinized Aisley with a sharp gaze,

"Are both of you foreigners? Why is your English so authentic?"

"Oh, I am an American!"

Realizing the man did not believe her, Aisley pulled an identification card from her carry-on bag.

"I'm with the FBI, and this is my badge."

The squad leader took the badge and compared the photo back and forth with Aisley's face.

Finally, he handed the badge back to her.

His attitude then softened noticeably; he put away his stern expression and apologized to Aisley and Gu Xiangnan,

"I am very sorry. Due to an explosion nearby, we are conducting routine inspections. Since you are FBI agents, I trust you are innocent."

With that, he waved his hand at the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers immediately lowered their rifles and stood at attention.

The squad leader apologized once more, "My apologies for the offense just now, please forgive us. We won't interrupt your romantic holiday any longer."

Then, he led his soldiers back to their vessel, and gradually sailed away from these waters.

Although Gu Xiangnan's grasp of English was rudimentary at best, he had heard of the term "FBI."

The FBI was a world-famous intelligence agency and one of the most important in America.

Its mission was to investigate anti-federal crimes.

What were the odds of a Chinese man encountering the FBI in America?

Gu Xiangnan believed it was surely much lower than winning the lottery.

Put this way, Aisley's acquaintance with him suddenly appeared very subtle.

Was it truly as she claimed—that she had gotten drunk the night before and stumbled onto this boat by pure coincidence?

Gu Xiangnan did not believe it.

"Aisley, did you meet me on purpose?"

Gu Xiangnan asked directly.

Aisley was startled for a moment, and then her face flushed.

Looking somewhat embarrassed, she said, "I'm sorry, I lied to you."

Gu Xiangnan looked at her coldly.

Aisley then told him her story.

She was of Chinese descent and had faced a certain amount of discrimination in America.

To prove herself, her competitive nature drove her to study extremely hard while in school, always scoring at the top of her class.

Later, to pursue her dream, she managed to get into an Ivy League university, and after graduation, she passed the exams to join the FBI with stellar scores.

She had originally thought she could finally spread her wings and achieve great things.

Instead, because she was a woman and of Chinese descent, she was treated differently.

Her superiors refused to assign her challenging missions.

Instead, they sent her to investigate wealthy socialites.

Staring every day at materialistic women with warped values, she felt she was wasting her life.

She secretly snooped into the computer system, found cases that had remained unsolved, and decided to investigate them on her own.

She hoped that cracking a case would allow her to prove her strength to her superiors.

The case she was investigating involved multiple violent crimes, and in the end, all clues pointed toward the Debong family.

The Debong family possessed immense power; could this be why even the FBI dared not touch them?

Harboring this suspicion, Aisley pulled up other cold case files to investigate.

Sure enough, without exception, every single one of them was connected to the Debong family.

This time, her trip to Sasa Island was also to track down the mercenaries.

A close friend of hers in the intelligence department had learned that she had gone to Sasa Island alone and was extremely worried.

Using his official position, he discovered that Gu Xiangnan had also just arrived on Sasa Island.

As a top-tier family in America, the Debong family had previously sent mercenaries to assassinate Gu Xiangnan several times, but every attempt had ended in failure.

Those mercenaries had never missed a target when assassinating ordinary people, let alone failing multiple times.

Therefore, just who was Gu Xiangnan?

This had drawn the attention of the FBI, who consequently kept tabs on Gu Xiangnan's movements.

His sudden appearance on Sasa Island this time was by no means accidental; in all probability, he had come to seek revenge on the mercenaries.

Aisley's friend had advised her to latch onto Gu Xiangnan, believing that with his combat skills, he would surely be able to protect her.

Therefore, while Gu Xiangnan was busy moving supplies onto the boat, Aisley had sneaked into the cabin.

She intended to reveal herself only after the boat had sailed far enough that turning back was impossible.

She had never expected that after accidentally falling into the water, she would fall soundly asleep.

Listening to her story, Gu Xiangnan realized she didn't sound like she was lying.

He took another close look at the identification badge Aisley had handed him and confirmed her identity.

Gu Xiangnan smiled indifferently,

"I might as well tell you—the mercenaries on Paradise Island have already been completely wiped out by me. Your case can be closed."

"Wiped out? You mean they're all dead?"

Aisley's Chinese was not very fluent, and thinking she might have misunderstood, she asked for confirmation once more.

"Yes, all dead. Game over."

Hearing Gu Xiangnan's confirmation, Aisley jumped to her feet.

"Oh my God, Omg, you actually killed them all? Are you Lucifer?"

Only an FBI agent like her could fully comprehend the gravity of this.

The mercenaries on Paradise Island were essentially a professional army; given their combat strength, conquering a small nation would have been entirely feasible.

Yet, they had been single-handedly dealt with by Gu Xiangnan.

It was simply unbelievable!

Just as she was marveling in disbelief, Gu Xiangnan dropped another bombshell.

"Aisley, do you know where the Debong family lives?"

Aisley nodded, "I know. What are you going to do?"

Gu Xiangnan laughed heartily,

"Nothing much. I'm planning to storm their home."