Chapter 185: Close the Net Early

When Gu Xizhou came out of Brother Long's house, it was already late at night.

Instead of going home directly, he went to find the colleague he was meeting with.

"Leader, I suggest closing the net early."

This was the first time that the contact leader had worked with Gu Xizhou, but after spending some time together, he had gotten used to Gu Xizhou's calmness. This was the first time he had seen Gu Xizhou nervous.

"Comrade Gu, are Brother Long and the others suspicious of your identity?"

Gu Xizhou shook his head and repeated the task that Brother Long had mentioned.

The leader slammed his palm on the table in anger, "These scums are really lawless. Sooner or later, they will be taken away and shot."

Gu Xizhou calmed down and said, "Leader, I can't really kill someone just to complete the mission."

"And don't we have evidence proving they are involved in organized crime, colluding with overseas forces, and reselling state assets?"

The leader frowned and looked at Gu Xizhou who was looking expectant but did not nod in response.

"We know they're colluding with overseas forces, but we haven't caught the contact person... and..."

Although Gu Xizhou maintained composure on the surface, he was the only one who knew how panicked he was inside.

While he was feeling nervous, the leader finally finished what he was about to say.

Without a contact person, we cannot catch bigger fish, and these hidden enemy spies will cause great harm to national security.

There is also relevant evidence showing that these overseas elements are closely linked to the deaths of some domestic scientists.

Gu Xizhou needs to continue to lurk beside Brother Long, gain Brother Long's trust, and obtain more evidence and clues.

So Gu Xizhou needs to complete Brother Long's task.

"We will ask that female comrade to cooperate when the time comes."

The leader patted Gu Xizhou on the shoulder. He just thought that Gu Xizhou was under too much pressure because he had been lurking around a scum like Brother Long for too long.

"By the way, I remember you said before that Su Nanzhi knew your identity. When the time comes, you can persuade her to help cooperate."

Gu Xizhou gave a bitter smile. If Su Nanzhi had cooperated, he wouldn't have to talk about closing the net early.

Moreover, he selfishly didn't want Su Nanzhi to get involved in this matter.

Although the leader did not know Su Nanzhi, he had heard some things about her during his time in Zhoushan County.

"Tell her that as long as she cooperates with us to complete the mission, we will definitely help her solve the problem of where to go for her old house after we finish the mission."

Gu Xizhou said without any hesitation, "She doesn't need it."

The leader frowned, "Why doesn't she need it? Why is a girl trying to be so strong?"

Gu Xizhou opened his mouth wide and looked at his leader with a puzzled look, but in the end he said nothing.

Su Nanzhi is such a stubborn person. Although she does not reject others' help, she does not like others' charity and contempt.

Even without others, she can live well.

In just over ten days in Zhoushan County, Huang Baogui had suffered several losses. As long as she was given time, it was only a matter of time before she could get the Su family's old house back.

Thinking about how he had said before that he would help her get back the Su family's old house, but because of the mission he was on, he could do nothing and could only secretly help her teach those blind people a lesson.

"Leader, Su Nanzhi is just an ordinary person after all. I think it would be better for both of us if she doesn't join the mission."

The leader looked at Gu Xizhou and said, "If you don't kill people, how can you get into Brother Long's inner circle? Xizhou, you can't let your children's personal affairs affect your work."

The bitterness in Gu Xizhou's eyes almost overflowed. In the end, all his thousands of words turned into a military salute. He saluted his leader to indicate that he would complete the task.

"I'll persuade her."

Although he said this, his face was full of uncertainty.

The leader didn't notice his expression. "My fellow comrades and I will quickly formulate a plan for Comrade Su Nanzhi to fake his death."

The next day.

Bai Zhenfei got up early in the morning. Su Nanzhi treated him to a sumptuous dinner yesterday. Even after a night, he still felt a little full.

"What are you doing up so early?"

Bai Zhuangzhi didn't expect that he was not the first person to get up in the family today.

Although Bai Zhenfei is usually very diligent at the tractor factory, he has a habit of staying in bed. He can only avoid being late, but rarely gets up so early.

Bai Zhenfei wiped his face with a towel, picked up a steamed bun on the table and turned to leave.

"I need to finish repairing the tractor as soon as possible so that it won't delay Comrade Su's work."

But before he could step out of the door, Bai Zhuangzhi stopped him.

"Why haven't you been so diligent before?"

Bai Zhenfei looked at Bai Zhuangzhi with a puzzled expression.

"No matter how early I got up at the factory, I still only earned a dozen yuan a month, didn't I?"

He is not stupid. Since he gets the same salary whether he goes early or late, he will definitely go late.

"The sooner Comrade Su sells the tractor, the sooner I can make money."

Bai Zhenfei looked very proud.

Bai Zhuangzhi frowned and looked at Bai Zhenfei, "Don't get too close to Su Nanzhi, she has a bad reputation, go later."

Bai Zhenfei didn't like what he heard. "Comrade Su has been in the newspapers. She's a heroine. If she doesn't have a good reputation, who else has a good reputation?"

Bai Zhuangzhi's face was gloomy. "I told you to have less contact with her, so just have less contact with her. How can I harm you?"

Although Su Nanzhi was parachuted into the tractor factory through Dongfang Ding's method, many people in their management were not optimistic about Su Nanzhi.

After all, the military order issued by Su Nanzhi was too fantastical.

If Su Nanzhi fails to complete the task in a month, she can just walk away. Bai Zhenfei, who follows her, will probably be laughed to death by the people in the tractor factory.

"Dad, wasn't it you who asked me to work under Comrade Su before?"

Bai Zhenfei looked puzzled.

A look of discomfort flashed across Bai Zhuangzhi's face. Wasn't he bewitched by Su Nanzhi's aura at that time?

It was too late to react later.

Seeing that he hadn't given a reason for a long time, Bai Zhenfei said irritably, "I want to work hard with Comrade Su. Comrade Su is the first person who has been so optimistic about me since I joined the tractor factory."

After saying that, she no longer paid any attention to Bai Zhuangzhi, and left in a hurry, carrying her bag and eating a steamed bun.

Bai Zhuangzhi swallowed and wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

He knew that because of him, and Bai Zhenfei's introverted personality, Bai Zhenfei was not very happy working in the workshop.

But he didn't expect Bai Zhenfei to be so energetic this time.

Seeing that Bai Zhuangzhi didn't say anything, his wife next to him spoke up, thinking he was angry.

"Zhenfei hasn't been this happy for a long time. Please stop nagging."

"I think it's good for Zhenfei to work with Comrade Su. Even if Zhenfei becomes worse in the future, he can't be any worse. At worst, he can just quit his job at the tractor factory."

"I don't know what use you are as a deputy director. Zhenfei didn't gain any benefits at the tractor factory because of your father, the deputy director. But when he got into trouble and suffered losses, he thought of him as the son of a cadre."

Hearing this old saying again, Bai Zhuangzhi felt a little helpless. "As the leader of the tractor factory, I have to lead by example. Besides, our family's conditions are better than others, so there's nothing wrong with being humble."

When my wife heard this, she rolled her eyes.

"Bai Zhuangzhi, if you want to be a coward, do it yourself. Don't let my son become as useless as you."

When his wife called him a coward, Bai Zhuangzhi immediately became dissatisfied and didn't wait for him to speak.

His wife raised her chin and said, "If you don't agree, why don't you become my deputy factory director and try it."

"But I don't count on you. You won't get much out of this. When you retire, you'll probably be a deputy director at best. Unlike Huang Baogui, a country boy who's younger than you, he's already a director."

Being compared with Huang Baogui in this way, Bai Zhuangzhi felt a little dissatisfied and blurted out.

"Huang Baogui still wants to be the director, so I told him to just sit behind the fence."

People like Huang Baogui, who have bad conduct, should not be in the tractor factory.

Bai Zhuangzhi's wife glanced at him and said, "You can only act like a deputy director in front of me. You even made Huang Baogui squat on the fence. Are you going to build a fence around his house?"

Bai Zhuangzhi became even angrier, "Huang Baogui has an illegitimate child."

"What?!"

As soon as he said this, Bai Zhuangzhi immediately realized that he had spoken out of turn.

However, the Bai family immediately began to panic.