"I became suspicious after that. I started investigating secretly, and sure enough, I discovered something strange about this hospital."

According to Li Sheng, he would pretend to be mentally unstable during the day and cause trouble at the hospital, using these opportunities to successfully break into the inpatient ward several times.

The rooms inside were almost all empty, and the few that were occupied were occupied by people who had just been admitted a day or two ago. This was completely different from the number of inpatients he knew about the hospital.

That night, he secretly kept watch near the hospital. At first, he didn't find anything, but after a while, he caught something suspicious.

Every month, a vehicle comes to the hospital at night to unload something into the hospital.

The process was monitored very strictly. Li Sheng even thought of sneaking over to take a look when no one was paying attention, but he almost got caught.

After this happened several times, he became even more cautious and dared not move forward any further.

He continued to keep an eye on the hospital, occasionally spotting people carrying something out of the hospital in the middle of the night. However, they didn't use the main entrance, but a very inconspicuous side door.

If he hadn't been watching for a long time and hadn't been wandering around the hospital all the time, he wouldn't have noticed this little door.

After the items were carried out, they were taken outside the base and buried in a pit.

Li Sheng secretly followed them several times, and when they left, he dug out the contents of the room and found that they were corpses.

It was still a dilapidated, unrecognizable corpse.

“I’ve accompanied them to bury bodies many times. I know all the fixed locations where they bury bodies. I’ve dug up all the burial sites, and my wife’s remains are not among them.”

"My wife must still be alive, waiting for me to save her," Li Sheng said, covering his face with his hands in anguish.

It's been so long, I still don't know what kind of torment my wife has been going through.

Li Sheng had seen every single corpse, and almost none of them were intact. Judging from the twisted and painful expressions on their faces, the corpses must have suffered extremely painful torment before they died.

When Li Sheng went to dig up the burial sites, he noticed that there were many corpses inside, with at least a dozen bodies in each burial site. Some had decomposed to the point that only bones remained, and it was unknown where they had been buried or how long.

Since some of them are already skeletons, how do you know that his wife isn't among them? Thinking this, Gu Yanzhi asked aloud.

“My wife injured her hand and had a metal plate implanted in a small section of her finger bone. I’ve looked at it carefully, and no one else has a metal plate in their finger bone,” Li Sheng explained.

After saying that, Li Sheng thought for a moment and continued, "I used to be in the military too, but I retired many years ago."

“I know your Captain Chu, otherwise I wouldn’t have told you everything like this.”

"I wonder if he can still recognize me after all these years," Li Sheng said, his words revealing a deep familiarity with Chu Guodong, suggesting that he knew him more than just a acquaintance.

"For so long, I've only been able to wander around the outside of the hospital, without any chance to go inside and take a look. I guess the hospital must have some passage leading to other places, or underground. But I can't find the entrance on my own, I need help."

After Li Sheng finished speaking, he looked at Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao with hopeful eyes.

He had been investigating for a long time and had been waiting for this helper for a long time. He had originally decided that if he couldn't find help in the next few days, he would force his way into the hospital to rescue his wife.

Fortunately, he has finally gotten what he's been waiting for.

He firmly believed that, given Chu Guodong's character and his sincerity towards the country, he would definitely take action after learning about this matter.

He even felt that Chu Guodong's reason for staying at the Liancheng base might be related to this matter.

"So you deliberately had someone wait for us here?" Gu Yanzhi asked.

She was still somewhat skeptical of what Li Sheng said, but one thing was certain: Zhang Qi and the others had deliberately stopped them here, and the so-called acquaintance was just an excuse.

Based on Li Sheng's words, it's not hard to see that they were being targeted by these two from the very beginning.

"Indeed. I noticed you the moment you entered the base. It's a pity you left so quickly on your first visit. Otherwise, I would have contacted you much earlier."

Li Sheng admitted it directly.

On the day they first arrived, he happened to be in the group entering the Liancheng base and saw Chu Guodong. He initially thought he had mistaken Chu for someone else, but the next day, upon hearing that Chu was staying in the best villa in the Liancheng base, and that Minister Li had personally escorted him there, Li Sheng began to suspect that he had not mistaken Chu for someone else.

Unfortunately, by the time he learned of this, the person had already left the Lotus City base. He couldn't even confirm it again.

Unexpectedly, the person came back.

He and Zhang Qi spent two days confirming that the new residents of the villa were indeed the special forces team led by Chu Guodong.

He had Zhang Qi guard this trading market because he knew that the 532 team would return to this market sooner or later.

The trading market is crowded and chaotic. Although it's not the best place to have a conversation, the disorder means that his interactions with them are unlikely to attract attention.

Although he didn't get the Eastern Chu Kingdom, at least he got what he was looking for.

I just don't know what the relationship is between these two people and Chu Guodong.

However, considering that during this special period, being able to travel together and live together suggests that even if they are not teammates, they have a very close and trusting relationship.

With the matter mostly settled, Zhang Qi, who had been keeping watch nearby, came over and patted Li Sheng on the shoulder: "Brother-in-law, that's about it."

They've been here for quite some time, and people have already noticed them.

"Brother-in-law?" Gu Yanzhi asked in confusion.

“He is my brother-in-law, and currently the only person I can trust in this base, my only helper,” Li Sheng quickly explained his relationship with Zhang Qi. If it weren’t for this relationship, Li Sheng would not have entrusted him with such an important task as “getting to know” people.

Zhang Qi may not be strong, but he's smart enough. Don't let his average looks fool you; he's very cunning.

"I need your help with my sister's matter. I was wrong to lie to you today, and I apologize. I hope you won't mind." Zhang Qi handed over the plastic bag in his hand, which was the "reward" that Song Zhao had given him earlier.

To make the performance more convincing, Zhang Qi accepted the information in the bag primarily to reassure Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao, assuring them that his information was genuine.

Now everything is clear, and he shouldn't have taken that bag of grain anymore.

"But I really am the base's gossip, so feel free to ask me anytime if you have any questions." Although he concealed his relationship with Li Sheng and his purpose in knowing them, Zhang Qi was still very proud of his identity.

"It's alright, consider it a small gift," Song Zhao waved his hand, refusing Zhang Qi's bag. They didn't need the supplies, so he gave them to them.