"Haocheng, come here quickly, let's have a good talk."

The two sat down and chatted with the old man for a while, mainly asking about Huo Haocheng's situation in the army, as well as his involvement in cultural relic smuggling and espionage during this period.

Now that we know the beginning of the story and have basically locked onto the target, as for what to do next, that depends on the decision from above. After listening for a while, Ruan Ruan still felt that just watching them act as accomplices to evil without doing anything herself was really tedious.

When the two elders heard Ruan Ruan communicate with 520 in the letter about going to put sacks on the Cui family that night, they felt a thousand grasses fluttering in their hearts. Their attempts to suppress their laughter contrasted sharply with Ruan Ruan's excited transformation.

Huo Haocheng looked at the three of them, puzzled. He knew that Ruan Ruan was a little angry because she couldn't move for the time being, and seeing her current expression, he could roughly guess what she wanted to do. So he took Ruan Ruan's hand in his and squeezed it.

"Girl, what are you thinking about?" Old Master Ruan asked with ill intent.

"Ah! No, I wasn't thinking about anything." Only then did Ruan Ruan come to her senses. The two old men could hear her thoughts, so they had overheard everything she was thinking. Ah, how embarrassing!

"Oh, really?" Old Master Gu said curiously.

"Hehe, yeah, well, I just remembered I have something to do, I'll go upstairs first, you guys chat, you guys chat." With that, Ruan Ruan quickly went upstairs and returned to her room. Leaving behind a bewildered Huo Haocheng, his face full of question marks, looking at the two old men...

Back in her room, Ruan Ruan curled up on the sofa, lost in thought.

"President, tell me about all the major events that happened in China in the years before the opening up. Something just doesn't feel right."

"Host, if you hadn't saved Qian Xueyi, his research results would now be in the hands of the Americans. They will announce them internationally in six months, on New Year's Day, 1974."

Later that year, at an international conference, diplomat Gu Wencheng was shot and killed on his way back. Lan Zhiyan fell ill and never recovered, passing away in 1975. Her death was a great blow to Gu Liyan, whose health also deteriorated significantly. That same year, the top leader also fell ill and never recovered.

In the same year, they received intelligence that a scientific research project in the hands of patriots in Country M was about to be completed and they would be returning to their country with the project. They needed rescue, but the rescue was to return to the country from Yuncheng. Enemy agents planted ten tons of explosives at the border, so none of the researchers or the soldiers who were supposed to meet them survived. Their bodies were never found.

In 1976, China established a special forces unit; in 1977, a top leader passed away, and the reform and opening-up policy was launched that same year.

"What you described about what happened later is all because of the project data that Qian Gong currently has."

"right"

"But the Qian family is safe now, the data is still there, and the guns and ammunition are still being manufactured. So, next year, it will be China that announces the project internationally."

"Furthermore, the spies in Beijing are also under military surveillance. Our current concerns are my uncle's safety at next year's international conference, the safety of the researchers in the US, and the informant you mentioned."

That's right.

"Then we can start assembling a special forces unit now. Once it's assembled, the guns Qian Gong has prepared will be almost finished. Then we can arrange for our researchers to return to China ahead of schedule. What do you think, Master?"

"But we don't know what they're thinking right now; we need to wait for the right opportunity."

"Yes, we still need the right opportunity."

"Commander, can you identify which agents within China are enemy spies?"

"Host, please stop imagining things. I am not omnipotent."

"Ugh, it's no use."

"Host, you are heartless."

"Yes, yes, I'm ruthless. Tong, how do you suggest I subtly tell Grandpa and the others to form a special forces unit?"

"Please resolve this issue yourself, host."

"Ha, Commander, you're heartless."

After reviewing the plot, Ruan Ruan carried 520 downstairs. At this time, Gu Wenzhen and Zhou Lifang had already returned from get off work.

"Mom, Auntie, you're home from get off work!"

"Ruan Ruan, come quick! I just asked Hao Cheng, and he said you're resting upstairs. How are you? Is anything bothering you?"

"No, Mom, I'm fine. It's just that Grandpa and the others were talking about things in the army, and I didn't understand much, so I went back to my room and slept for a while."

Hearing Ruan Ruan spouting nonsense with such a straight face, the two old men's lips twitched.

"Well, the military is their business. We Ruan Ruan just need to stay at home and live a peaceful life."

"Ruan Ruan, in a few days you will be able to go to Yuncheng with Haocheng. Don't be afraid when you get there. Your uncle's family is there. If you don't understand anything, just talk to your aunt, okay?"

Next, my mother and aunt instructed me on how to be a good military wife, how to take care of myself, and how girls must protect themselves when they are away from home, especially in Yuncheng, which is very close to the border and particularly unsafe. This continued until Ruan Chuanji and the others returned. A mother's heart is always with her son, no matter how far he travels.