My Wife, The Ice Queen President

Chapter 267: Chapter 0267: Disguise_1
 

Ye Xiong also understood the situation of the Li Family from the information provided by Long Zaitian.

Li Ba lived a hedonistic life, taking three wives.

Although Huaxia is a country of monogamy, since those marriages weren’t legally certified, the law could do nothing about him. Moreover, Li Ba, who once swept through life, held the laws in the utmost disregard. Despite the outside world pointing fingers at his lifestyle, he simply didn’t care.

In his life, he took three wives, all living together.

The first wife was Lu Yuanying, 53 years old, who bore Li Ba a son and a daughter. The son’s name is Li Chunlang, currently 29 years old, and the daughter is Li Xiaohuan, 24 years old now.

The second wife, Yinglian Feng, died in a traffic accident last year. She also bore Li Ba a son and a daughter, with the son being Li Chunpeng—the target Ye Xiong was searching for this time—and the daughter being Li Xiangxiang, Li Chunpeng’s younger sister. Li Xiangxiang had a servant named Dummy, who was the person Ye Xiong would disguise himself as. Ye Xiong needed to transform into the appearance of Dummy and stay close to Li Xiangxiang to see if Li Chunpeng would come into contact with him. If he appeared, Ye Xiong would capture him.

Besides, Li Ba also had a third wife, whom he married three years ago, a small wife named Zhang Yanmei, around thirty years old, a washed-up third-rate actress. Unfortunately, she had not borne Li Ba any children.

“The Li Family relations are extremely complicated. They used to fight viciously among themselves, and it’s said that Yinglian Feng was killed by someone driving a car during one of these internal conflicts. As for Zhang Yanmei, she got married because of the child she was carrying for Li Ba. Li Ba was very pleased and married her into the family, treating her like a treasure at the beginning. Unfortunately, later on, for unknown reasons, she had a miscarriage and couldn’t become pregnant again, resulting in infertility,” Phoenix said.

“Marrying a fifty-year-old man at the age of twenty-seven, what was she after if not his wealth? She had no recognition nor status, and her child was her biggest reliance. She would surely have treasured it. How could she have had a miscarriage so easily? It must be related to the family infighting,” Ye Xiong said.

“Exactly, it’s very likely that the doing of the first wife, Lu Yuanying. Anyway, the people in this family are very complex, and you need to be careful in dealing with them,” Phoenix cautioned.

“No matter how complex their relations are, I couldn’t care less. My target is Li Chunpeng. As long as I capture him, that’s enough. However, I do need to study Li Xiangxiang, after all, she will be the person I’ll be facing every day,” Ye Xiong said.

“Additionally, Li Ba has a brother named Li Yuanbin, who also lives with the Li Family. Li Yuanbin is already 35 years old and leads a life of idleness and pleasure without having married to this day. Apart from these main characters, there are also various servants, a steward, etc., for whom the information gathered is limited. You will have to adapt as the situation arises,” Phoenix explained.

Ye Xiong picked up a pen and grabbed a sheet of paper, on which he wrote down the family relationship chart.

Li Ba

Li Ba’s brother Li Yuanbin

First wife Lu Yuanying: has a son Li Chunlang and a daughter Li Xiaohuan.

Second wife Yinglian Feng: deceased, has a son Li Chunpeng (the target), and a daughter Li Xiangxiang.

Third wife Zhang Yanmei: infertile.

He organized these relationships in his mind, especially remembering Li Xiangxiang’s details, as she would be his mistress in the days to come.

After driving for five hours, they arrived at M City.

The two of them booked a double room to rest for the night and planned to investigate the scene the next day.

In the past, Ye Xiong had gone on several missions with Phoenix, and they always shared the same room to facilitate mutual support.

Being agents, they never bothered about such things.

After a few hours of sleep and daylight, Phoenix took Ye Xiong to the western side of the city center, among some peculiar houses.

This house was utterly different from the others, built in the style of an ancient quadrangle courtyard, and it looked decidedly out of place among the surrounding modern houses.

This plot of land, covering thousands of square meters and worth at least tens of millions, had been developed into a humble quadrangle courtyard. Building such a short courtyard seemed like a waste on such valuable land.

“Li Ba has a profound liking for ancient traditions and rituals. His current lifestyle is quite similar to that of an ancient, well-established household – he’s a renowned antiquarian.” Noticing the puzzlement in Ye Xiong’s eyes, Phoenix explained.

“Has Li Ba lost his mind with dreams of becoming the Emperor? Who else lives like him nowadays? Totally twisted,” Ye Xiong cursed.

As a secret agent for so many years, he had seen all sorts of strange missions, but he had never imagined he would encounter one like this.

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“Let’s go meet the reserve forces now!”

After surveying the area, Phoenix led Ye Xiong to the reserve force’s headquarters.

The reserve force was located about five hundred meters from the Li Family in a three-story western-style house. The owner of the house had gone abroad, and somehow Phoenix had acquired the right to use it.

Upon entering, there were only three people inside, all of whom he recognized.

“This is Master Lu, you’re old partners now, this is Xu Yang, and this is Wang Ying, all veterans from Dragon Group and confidantes of the chief,” Phoenix introduced.

Ye Xiong knew Master Lu; he was Dragon Group’s top expert in disguise, known as Ghost Hand. In the past, when Ye Xiong was on missions, it was Master Lu who transformed his appearance. His art of disguise was mysterious and unpredictable, possibly even surpassing that of Long Tianya.

As for Xu Yang and Wang Ying, they were also familiar faces. They had previously worked together on missions and had been his assistants.

It was reasonable for Long Zaitian to arrange this way; it was easier to mesh with people you knew.

“How’s the investigation going?” Phoenix asked Xu Yang and Wang Ying.

“We’ve checked it out. Li Xiangxiang is frail and needs medication every few days. Dummy goes to a nearby pharmacy to buy it for her. That place is our best opportunity to catch him and assume his identity,” Xu Yang said.

“That pharmacy has a back door, we should be able to complete the mission without anyone noticing. We’ve identified ourselves to the pharmacist and greeted him already, no issues there, just waiting for Reaper to arrive,” Wang Ying said.

“Very good, everyone scout the place again today, and have a good rest tonight. We’ll start our operation tomorrow morning,” Ye Xiong instructed.

In the evening, Master Lu called Ye Xiong into his temporary office, which contained a large machine—his prized possession, the disguise machine.

“Since the disguise this time will need to last for an extended period, it will not just be a facial disguise but an entire head disguise. I will design a headpiece for you to wear. The skin on this headpiece is controlled by specific fluids to prevent discoloration, so you must come back here within two days to switch to a new headpiece. Moreover, the fluid can affect your skin, so we have to remove the toxins from your face skin every two days to prevent damage,” Master Lu explained.

“Damn, don’t scare me,” Ye Xiong’s face darkened.

“This is the worst-case scenario.”

Having interacted with Master Lu before, Ye Xiong was familiar with his personality and knew that he always prepared for the worst-case scenario.

Inside the machine, a head prototype was already prepared, waiting for the moment they captured Dummy to start the operation.

Ye Xiong looked at the prototype when suddenly he felt a pain in his right hand; Master Lu had taken a scalpel and made an incision on the back of his hand, blood gushing forth.

“What the hell are you doing?” Ye Xiong shouted.

“Dummy communicates with Li Xiangxiang through writing. If your hand isn’t injured, she might suspect your handwriting. Now that your hand is injured, she will not be suspicious. Of course, try to avoid writing as much as possible,” Master Lu said unemotionally, as if cutting Ye Xiong’s hand was just for fun.

Looking at his bleeding right hand, Ye Xiong’s face turned black.

In the Dragon Group, Master Lu was rumored to be a fanatic. Seeing him in action, Ye Xiong realized it was true.