Several dark-colored RVs stopped in front of the door. Before the door could be opened, Zong Qing, Gao Changfeng and several Lingjiang branch logistics managers walked out of the villa to greet them.
"Welcome, welcome! Minister Zuo, Chu Yang, Director Zhao... you have worked hard all the way. Welcome to come and guide Lingjiang Branch!"
"Haha, Xiao Zong, we meet again. It must have been five or six years since we last parted ways in France... And Changfeng, I won't talk about you kid. You have done well recently. It was the right thing for you to come to Lingjiang.
Well, you didn’t lose the face of our senior members..."
After exchanging greetings, Zong Qing, Gao Changfeng and others were all familiar faces, not to mention that they were all familiar faces. I only said that the men who got off the bus were mostly older, with pleasant looks and dignified demeanor, and they were obviously of high status.
This is the fact. China has a vast territory, tens of millions of people across it, and the Rise of Kyushu, which has special management functions, is naturally a very large department. These old or middle-aged men are the leaders in the above section.
, headed by the minister surnamed Zuo, who had a slight frost on his temples and had a strong aura, a group of people gathered around and talked and walked towards the villa.
"I just came over from the airport. Although I only took a few glances through the car window, the changes in Lingjiang are really huge, especially in the past few years. They are changing with each passing day and are earth-shaking!"
"Yes, the municipal government has done a really good job in planning and development. As you know, Zuo Bu, I went to school here before. Lingjiang is my second hometown, but when I came back last year, I almost didn't dare to recognize it.
The level of development is no less than that of developed cities abroad!"
"As the economy catches up, we must not fall behind in other aspects. The burden on our shoulders is very heavy..."
"It's also a duty!"
"Xiao Zong, Chang Feng, we are getting old, and it's okay not to accept it. For example, with the new smartphone that came out recently, my little monkey got used to it after playing with it for a few days. I can still only answer calls and send text messages, ha.
, I’m really old... I’ll have to look at you in the future, don’t have any worries, if you’re sure, just do it boldly!”
"Sailing on the sea depends on the helmsman. With your words here, we can rest assured. I will clear all the dens of Beitengsi, Weiyu Shenting and so on here as soon as possible!"
"Uh? Haha, you kid..."
Kitōji will not introduce it. He will only talk about the Hell God's Court, which is also the largest underground power organization in Europe and another behemoth.
Therefore, this is naturally a funny joke. Let’s not talk about whether we can know where Kitouji and other foreign forces have entered Lingjiang. Even if they knew everything, Zongqing and others would not choose to take action rashly, not because they were worried about the impact.
Revenge is not necessary. To put it bluntly, the gain outweighs the loss. And it cannot cause a devastating blow, so why not brew it slowly under your nose, fish for penetration, and maximize the benefits.
Entering the hall of the villa, we sat down and chatted some more, but it could only be gossip. These people in high positions naturally came down with a clear purpose, and there must be more than one, but of course they would not have just arrived after traveling all the way.
Giving orders directly, no matter how vigorous and resolute it is, it is never done like this.
Still chatting, something came to mind, and the left man with slightly frosty temples said, "Chu Dange, where is Xiao Chu now?"
"I don't know the details. It should take a few days to arrive."
"Yes, I heard that he recently ran into a bunch of kangaroos in Australia, and he probably won't be able to escape for a while."
"Xiao Chu worked too hard."
"In foreign countries, if you don't be tougher, others will press closer. Some things cannot be compromised!"
"makes sense……"
"Speaking of this, Captain Gao and Captain Zong are also very tough. When I came here, I heard about Operation Broken Arrow a few days ago. The Poison Arrow mercenary group is quite famous in the overseas mercenary community. As a result,
When they arrived at Lingjiang, they were defeated within one night, and the whole army was wiped out. My father was full of praise when he heard the news, praising Captain Gao for what you did beautifully!"
The speaker was a young man with a good temperament. Although he was wearing a slightly old-fashioned uniform, his fair face could not hide his youthful vigor. Among the middle-aged and elderly people who came over, his demeanor was respectful and not formal. He was obviously not an assistant.
Gao Changfeng had called him Huang Mingyang by his first name before, and he seemed to be familiar with the role of the entourage... He looked at Zong Qing and the two with admiration, paused for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile, "That's right.
, I heard that ghosts also participated in the operation this time?"
After the words fell, there was a moment of silence. The question about ghosts was naturally one of the purposes for Minister Zuo and others to come here, even the main purpose. It was just that it was not mentioned just now, but now the young man named Huang Mingyang is talking about it.
Stubble, then it’s not easy to pretend that you can’t hear.
"That..." Zong Qing nodded and was about to say something when a slight vibration came from his jacket pocket. He picked it up and looked at the caller ID. It was an internal number of the base. He apologized to everyone and nodded, and walked aside to pick up the call.
"Ghost did participate in this operation. In fact, most of the members of the Poison Arrow Mercenary Group were in his hands..." Zong Qing temporarily walked away, and Gao Changfeng took over and continued to report. This man is an honest man and will tell the truth.
That's all. Of course, there was nothing to hide. They had already submitted the detailed report. The code name for Operation Broken Arrow was decided upon by him and Zong Qing.
"...I have read the report. Changfeng, we are all family members, there is no need to belittle ourselves. Ghost's actions are indeed important, but your actions to protect the hostages are also crucial! Let me give you some information here first. Regarding your situation,
The commendation order for this successful operation is already being applied for and will be issued soon. Remember to treat yourself to a drink then, haha..."
"Zuobu is right, Changfeng. We haven't had a drink together for a long time. You are not allowed to hide again this time."
"When you said that, I remembered that Changfeng drank alcohol secretly when he was a child..."
"No, no, no, no. Leaders, I'll buy you any kind of drink, and I'll definitely accompany you to the end. I have colleagues here, can you save some face for me?"
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"What are you talking about, smiling so happily?"
"Xiao Zong, you came just in time. Everyone is planning to drink your celebration wine. Huh? Xiao Zong, what's going on with your expression? Just go and do it if you have something to do. Don't delay it because of us."
While chatting and laughing, Zong Qing came back with his mobile phone, looking very strange. There were people with sharp ears and eyes, and they couldn't help but look at the situation. Zong Qing hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said with a smile, "No delay.
, it is actually over... The intelligence just received shows that a hidden stronghold of Kitouji in Lingjiang was exposed, and all five intelligence investigators were shot and killed."
"Eh? Kitouji..."
Everyone present couldn't help but look weird when they heard this, and looked at Zong Qing again. The latter also guessed what everyone was thinking, and waved his hands quickly, "I just said it casually... Okay, it was a coincidence, but it really wasn't
We'll take action."
"Is that... a ghost?" Huang Mingyang blurted out with a look on his face.
"Probably not." Zong Qing shook his head and said, "After the team members arrived, based on the analysis of the bullet traces at the scene, it was initially determined that it was an ambush. Just an hour ago, the two sides exchanged fire for about five minutes... If that person took action, how many times would it be?
He's just a spy, no need to go to such trouble."
Minister Zuo nodded lightly: "That makes sense. What is your judgment?"
"My judgment is that we have been dumped." Zong Qing said somewhat helplessly, "The source of the intelligence is the anonymous email from the Fifth Forum. That account was exposed due to some things before, and then it was simply used as a public window to the outside world. The underground world
Many people know that it is our Jiuzhou Rising account... We were notified in just one hour, with obvious intentions and no cover-up. In addition, although the scene was cleaned, the intelligence information inside was not touched, and the other party only took
I left with a laptop..."
"This is bait for us!"
"The point is we still have to eat."
"You have to shoulder the blame!"
In just a few words, he clarified the context and finalized the decision. Zong Qing nodded and said with a smile: "I think so too. Although I feel a little unhappy, the meat is already in my mouth. If I don't eat it, wouldn't I be sorry for my feelings? Haha.
, just think of it as a transaction, if you want to gain, you have to pay, it’s fair..."
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"No matter what you do, there is a price. I know this and agree with it, but...it's just a minor injury, and the medical expenses are too expensive!"
A few days later, at noon, at the discharge department of Lingjiang City's No. 1 Hospital, Li Xiaolin was holding a plastic bag containing a medicine box in one hand and a medical record in the other hand to check the medicine expenses items on it. She frowned and babbled, obviously not satisfied.
I am very dissatisfied with this treatment, especially the total cost of treatment, which is very painful.
Those who didn't know better thought he was spending her money... On the side, Tang Chao grinned, holding a big handbag containing toiletries, a change of clothes and so on, standing idle doing nothing.
Today is Wednesday, exactly one week has passed since the robbery incident last week. Xie Wei and Xie Wei, who were only slightly injured, naturally recovered and were discharged from the hospital. As for why Tang Chao is here, he was caught as a young man. Anyway, he is on vacation and is idle at home.
Why don't you come over for a trip and enhance your relationship with your aunt... Well, this is the little girl's idea.
After Xie Wei sent away a certain hospital director with Mediterranean hair, the three of them walked out of the hospital and came to the parking lot. The full-time driver Liang Ge had been waiting here for a long time. He helped Tang Chao put his handbag into the trunk and left in the car.
, looking for a place to eat. While passing a shopping mall on the way, Xie Wei remembered that she wanted to buy a pair of shoes, and they got out of the car again.
Tang Chao also followed him, voluntarily, wanting to see if there was anything suitable inside... Xie Wei's birthday was coming soon, and Tangdou had already made plans for it, but he hadn't found a suitable gift, so he put it off until now.
This is also the reason why Tang Chao is willing to come out today. In the afternoon, he will go to school to pick up Tangdou. The latter specially asked for half a day off and is very determined to get the gift.
Entering the shopping mall, Xie Wei quickly determined her goal. In other words, she had already thought about the shoes she wanted to buy before entering, including the brand and style. This is her style of doing things. Everything was planned in advance.
Carry on, the same goes for shopping, the goal is clear, pay and leave... Enjoy shopping aimlessly? It doesn't exist!
Li Xiaolin also chose a pair of shoes, which Xie Wei insisted on giving as a gift. Naturally, this was what the latter had planned early on, as a thank you gift for sharing the hardships in the past.
Two pairs of shoes worth nearly ten thousand, including the process of trying them on, took less than ten minutes to swipe the card. Seeing this, Tang Chao shook his head helplessly, vaguely understanding that it was a mistake for him to follow him, and he hadn't even had time to walk around the mall.
Well, it’s over over there, what else are you looking at... I can only comfort myself in my heart, it’s all in vain. It’s impossible for a little girl to choose gifts in this high-end shopping mall. It’s not that she’s reluctant to spend money, but it’s the so-called luxury here.
Xie Wei is not lacking in quality at all.
Well, the truth is that this person basically lacks everything!
He consciously put up the shoe box. Tang Chao thought that this short shopping trip was over. Unexpectedly, Xie Wei turned around and walked to the electronic goods area aside, buying a few button batteries... looking at Xie Wei
He took out the butterfly brooch from his wallet and pointed out the model number to the store. Tang Chao on the side subconsciously squinted his eyes and froze in place.
It wasn't because of Xie Wei's move to buy button batteries. Tang Chao had already expected this. What surprised him was the butterfly brooch. It looked exactly the same, but it didn't seem to be the one he had given...
Gadgets like this were all made by Tang Chao in his repair shop in the southern suburbs. Every one of them was made by himself, so it is impossible to mistake them.
Although I don’t know why, Xie Wei seems to attach great importance to this butterfly brooch. Therefore, it is unlikely that he will replace it himself. In other words, someone secretly changed it...
Tang Chao glanced at Li Xiaolin, who was also paying attention to the butterfly brooch, and yawned, with a slight coldness in the depths of his pupils...
After buying the button battery, Xie Wei took Tang Chao and the two of them out of the commercial building without further delay and came to the roadside. Then, she looked at the circle of people surrounding the Mercedes-Benz and couldn't help but be startled.
A sharp voice came from inside, "...Which of your eyes saw that it was drawn by my child? I think you want to blackmail... Don't say it was not drawn by my child. Even if it was, a child is not sensible, you are
You are a big boss who drives a Mercedes-Benz, and you still argue with a child? Isn’t it embarrassing? Let everyone comment on whether this is the right thing..."
The three people from Tang Dynasty finally squeezed in, and saw Brother Liang standing beside the car with a frown on his face, saying nothing. In front of him was an aunt wearing a brown down jacket, with slightly curly yellow hair, chattering incessantly, sometimes in Mandarin, and sometimes in Mandarin.
Dialect and slang, accompanied by waving arms, showing extremely emotional expressions. More and more onlookers gathered, hugging their shoulders and watching the excitement. Some people picked up their mobile phones to take pictures, and talked about it.
"Children are not sensible, so there is no need to do this..."
"Yes, this is not for the sake of wealth and kindness."
"That's easy to say. Do you know how much this car costs? A conservative estimate would start at a million..."
"Hey! This is really a rich man..."
"Brother Liang?"
Brother Liang walked over with a sullen face: "My fault. I just got addicted to smoking. When I saw you guys going in to buy something, I went next door to buy a pack of cigarettes. Unexpectedly, when I came back, I found that the car had been scratched. The kid had scratched it with a keychain.
, I saw it with my own eyes. Fortunately, it was stopped in time and the damage was not too big... As long as she has a better attitude and is willing to apologize, I can pay for the paint to be repaired, but..." He shook his head, feeling very aggrieved.
appearance.
Tang Chao walked around the front of the car and looked around. On the right door, there were indeed a few scratches, some deep or shallow, but not long, and they looked like winding paintings.
"Why are you pretending to be a good person! What did you see with your own eyes? Do you have any evidence? I even said that I saw you beating my child with my own eyes!" The middle-aged aunt pulled over a crying child and pointed at the latter's face.
With red slap marks, he shouted to the crowd of onlookers, "Look at what happened to me. You can be cruel enough to kill me!"
Hearing this, Xie Wei looked at Brother Liang. The latter's face became more gloomy and angry, and he shook his head: "I didn't hit him. She might have felt guilty after recognizing the price of the car when she came over. Before I could say anything, she slapped the child and slapped her instead.
Yes! There is surveillance in the square next to it, you can see here!"
"Then what else is there to say? Call the police and everything will follow the procedure!" After roughly understanding the situation, Li Xiaolin became angry and immediately took out her cell phone and looked at Xie Wei.
Before Xie Wei had time to express her position, the middle-aged aunt lay down on the ground after hearing this, and shouted: "Everyone, come and take a look. A big boss who drives a car with millions of dollars is arguing about maintenance costs with ordinary people like us.
Aren’t you going to push people to a dead end—this is just an ignorant child—"
Xie Wei frowned and said calmly: "Just say it again, this matter will be handled according to the procedures! Call the police, call the insurance company, how to deal with it!"
This meant that she had no reason to speak louder. The middle-aged aunt quickly pursed her lips and stopped shouting.
"Speak out who slapped the mark on the child's face. If you apologize to him again, the matter will be over." Pointing at Brother Liang, Xie Wei said coldly.
Well, although Xie Wei is as strong and decisive as ever, Xie Wei is still kind after all. But the middle-aged aunt showed hesitation when she heard this. She was probably afraid that Xie Wei would trick her. There was a mobile phone filming next to her. If she admitted it,
It’s hard to deny it when you’re looking for someone to blame.
Seeing this, Tang Chao walked to the side of the child who had stopped crying and was playing with pebbles. He leaned down and said kindly, "Little brother, what's your name?"
The child glanced up, then lowered his head. Tang Chao didn't mind, and continued: "Don't be afraid, you are just a child. What child doesn't make mistakes, right... You just wanted to draw on the car, right?"
, I can see it, it's very beautiful, did the teacher teach you... Well, what you drew was a little duck? Or a little rabbit? "
"...It's Mickey Mouse."
"Don't--" The middle-aged aunt's expression changed drastically when she saw this. Just when she was about to say something, Tang Chao turned his head and lowered his palms with a bright smile, "It's okay, don't be nervous, I won't ask you to compensate."
As he spoke, he turned to look at the child again, with a look of surprise on his face, "Is it really Mickey Mouse? Ha, you said this is a coincidence, my brother also likes Mickey Mouse very much. Really, I was thinking of putting a sticker on the car.
It's Mickey Mouse. It's better now. You painted it for me and it looks pretty good..."
After thinking about it, Tang Chao took out 20 yuan from his pocket and put it into the child's hand, "Use this money to buy candies, and treat it as a reward for my brother's invitation to you to paint, okay..." The child kept nodding,
Tang Chao smiled, touched the other person's head and stood up, "You're so good, let's go play."
Turning to look at the stunned Xie Wei and the other two people, except for Li Xiaolin, she was looking at him with a very strange look... Tang Chao just pretended not to see it and spread his hands, "It's not a big deal, kids, just forget it, aunt."
, shall we go to dinner?”
"well done!"
"Good job little brother!"
"This is a grand statement. As a child, just go back and educate yourself..."
Amid the cheers from the surrounding crowd, Xie Wei came back to her senses and seemed to understand something. She glanced at Tang Chao with the same strange expression and nodded slowly: "Okay, forget it."
"Good man! Thank you, thank you!" Seeing that the matter was resolved without compensation, the middle-aged aunt was immediately overjoyed, climbed up from the ground, and bowed to express her thanks, "Um, I'm sorry just now, I don't know... Xiaohu, I'm not happy yet
Come here and thank your uncle, aunt, and this kind brother!"
"No, don't scare the child anymore." Tang Chao waved his hand, and then looked at the triumphant child again, "So your name is Xiaohu. Come on, you have a talent for painting. Believe in yourself, you can try to draw tigers or something in the future.
, very majestic.”
"Don't be so cruel..." The murmur came from Li Xiaolin, who was looking dull at the side.
A farce ended perfectly. The middle-aged aunt left quickly with her children, and the surrounding crowd dispersed amid discussions. Several people returned to the car, and after a moment of silence, Brother Liang turned around and said reluctantly: "Weiwei, this
It's my fault that I didn't watch the car..."
Xie Wei waved her hand to interrupt and raised her lips slightly: "Brother Liang, haven't you reacted yet?"
"ah?"
"Forget it if you can't think of it, let's go, let's go eat."