Several cars headed south, initially driving slowly due to the heavy snow. However, the further south they went, the less snow fell. Four hours later, the snow had stopped, but there was ice on the road, which slowed them down further until around 2 p.m.

When they arrived at the port, it was exactly the time Huo Haocheng had predicted. At 4 p.m., they boarded the cruise ship bound for the country.

After boarding the ship, they first ate something casually, and then held a meeting, instructing them to use code names from now on, and to always pay attention to the safety of the diplomats, with people taking turns on duty every day.

They need to be at sea for a week, which is also the time that Ruan Ruan will spend deploying.

Ah Kun and Huo Haojie didn't wake up until 2 pm. At lunchtime, Huo Songhuai glanced at them, left their food out, and ate it himself without waking them up. He figured it wouldn't be too late for them to eat after they woke up.

During their meal, they briefly recounted the events of the previous night to Ruan Ruan, emphasizing the unique identities of the group.

"So, you caught a few people who were living a pretty good life last night?" When she heard them mention Yamamura-kun, her first thought was "living a pretty good life."

"What? What kind of person are you talking about?" The group was stunned by her question. They had never heard of this "who" before.

"No, nothing! I just heard Uncle Kun say that the Miao people seem to be doing quite well, right?" He had gotten himself into trouble for speaking too quickly, so he casually made up a story, took a tactical sip of water to calm himself down, and then casually asked a question to divert their attention.

"You know what, last night when we went in, the food on their table was really good. And you guys didn't see it, but they had boxes and boxes of money and ration coupons in their cellar. If Haojie hadn't looked so carefully, we would have missed all of that."

"This is also thanks to the police officers. You arrived just in time, and your cooperation was excellent. You caught them in no time, without giving them a chance to react."

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The story ended with the two praising each other.

Huo Songhuai, Ruan Ruan, and Wang Qun just watched them, one praising the other, and of course, they also brought up the police officers. They didn't interrupt them, just wanting to see how long the two of them could keep praising each other.

In the end, Ah Kun was defeated.

"Stop, alright, I see. You're not one to back down easily. I admit defeat today. I'm going to the police station to check if Zhang Da has been arrested yet."

After being defeated, Ah Kun drank a large glass of water, got dressed, and went out.

After watching him leave, Huo Haojie slumped onto the kang (a heated brick bed) in a huff and drank large gulps of water.

"You're not a kid anymore, why are you still arguing with your Uncle Kun?" Wang Qun said irritably, looking at him.

“Mom, you don’t understand. Uncle Kun is so old and doesn’t have any children. He doesn’t have anyone to bicker with like I do. We’re just trying to keep up now, so we can bicker with him occasionally and it’s something new for him. But when we leave tomorrow, it’ll just be you and Dad here. Won’t he get bored?”

Actually, he didn't want to argue with Ah Kun like this, but he felt that Uncle Kun was too lonely. Although he knew many people here and could greet them when he saw them, and occasionally had a drink with a few familiar people, his home was always cold and deserted. Ever since he was injured and his wife ran away with someone else, he hadn't remarried. His neighbors had been trying to find him someone, but he didn't agree.

Every time he answers, he says he's fine on his own, earns his own money and spends it as he pleases, no one argues with him, and his home is quiet. But only he knows that he was just hurt by his previous family members and doesn't want to offer himself up to be hurt by others again.

"Hey, your Uncle Kun, after all these years, you still can't let go!" Huo Songhuai was the first among them to know A-Kun. From the moment they met, he called him A-Kun. He never let them call him by his full name, so many people didn't know his surname. His peers called him A-Kun, while the younger generation called him Uncle Kun.

"This is good too. Everyone has their own way of living. Perhaps, this current state is the most comfortable for Uncle Kun?"

Ruan Ruan has met many people like Ah Kun. She has always respected their ideas and allowed them to live however they wanted, as long as they did not break the law.

"Perhaps."

Ah Kun went out, first visiting Zhang Da's house, then going to the police station to find out more about the situation, and finally returning home for dinner.

"We've found out that Zhang Da and his wife have been arrested. As for his wife's fate, we don't know yet, but Zhang Da and his mother are going to be sentenced. As for the others, we've also extracted information about other Miao people in the black market from them. The captain and his team arrested quite a few people today! I heard they'll all be sent to the Northwest to be with the Miao people. And that Shancun Jun, we've also gotten a lot of information out of him. This time, we've directly uncovered the enemy agents hidden in the black market."

"Well, I guess I was lucky. I heard that the one who came this time was a spoiled brat from their family, and he couldn't stand it for long and blurted out everything."

Just thinking about how the police officers couldn't stop laughing when they talked about Yamamura-kun, and how they said it was the first time in their lives they had ever seen such a spineless Japanese person.

After dinner, with nothing else to do, they all went to bed. The next day, Ruan Ruan and Wang Qun prepared a lot of cooked food to take with them. When it got dark, A Kun and Huo Songhuai led them to the riverbank.

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