"Nothing new..." Wei Caixia felt that her mother was acting strangely tonight.

It was similar to the last time her father came back in a panic…

Li Zhaodi felt a lump in her throat, and she almost couldn't swallow the rice.

"Xia, next time you go to see Sheng, ask him if someone took him to the casino. If he needs money there, he should tell his family," Li Zhaodi said hesitantly after thinking for a while.

Wei Caixia paused for a few seconds, then nodded.

She suddenly felt that her mother had changed too much, and she was a little...uncomfortable.

Li Zhaodi used to be very stingy with any money she had, sending it back to her parents' home. But she's calmed down since her son was arrested. If she were still like that, she would definitely have gone to the Lin family to cause trouble.

Now it seems like they'd rather avoid the Lin family's gate than pass by it.

Li Zhaodi had something on her mind. She ate a few mouthfuls of rice, took out 10 yuan from her pocket and gave it to her daughter, then went into the inner room to sleep.

Wei Caixia, "..."

…

The sea shimmered under the back-and-forth illumination of the headlights in the darkness.

A cargo ship sped out of the waters off Fuzhou.

The flags fluttering on the deck snapped and swayed in the wind.

"Please stop immediately. You have illegally entered the waters off Fukushi City. Please stop immediately for a security inspection..."

A mechanical voice rang out.

The explosion during the Lunar New Year seems like it happened just yesterday.

"boom!!!"

A burst of cannon fire echoed across the sea, and flames illuminated half the sky.

A series of explosions rang out in the waters off Fukushi Port.

The entire port was brightly lit, and several warships were on the move.

The gunfire didn't stop until it was broad daylight.

The next day's newspapers featured Fukushima's counterattack against foreign cargo ships that had intruded into the city on the front page.

A careful reading of the article reveals that this cargo ship is a monitoring vessel.

When Grandma Lan saw the news, she snorted, "Finally, they've stood up for themselves. After protesting every time, people are starting to think we're spineless."

"This time their protests were ineffective. After all, we were retaliating. The one who struck first deserved to be punished," Old Man He replied.

He took a close look at the warship model in the report, paused for a few seconds, and then put on his glasses to take another look.

This must be the most advanced warship available now.

Out for a stroll?

That's not right. Given the habits of those in power, they wouldn't reveal their true strength...

Old Man He turned to look at his wife, seemingly not surprised at all.

He slowly took off his glasses and squinted at her.

Grandma Lan was humming a revolutionary song, and almost sang "That soldier brother is the most handsome," when she suddenly stopped.

"Why are you looking at me?" Grandma Lan glared at him and coughed a few times.

Old Man He snorted, thinking that his wife was definitely hiding something from him, but he could understand, since they had to abide by the confidentiality agreement.

He got up, put his hands behind his back, and went outside to feed the fish.

Grandma Lan muttered, "Elderly menopause?"

She ignored it and prepared her books and materials for class, waiting for Lin Ziyan to come and teach.

This year's courses have been reduced significantly, mainly because there isn't much more she can teach.

So she taught this last disciple with ease, which can be considered a bargain.

Grandma Lan thought of the Chen family's granddaughter, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

Old Chen just wanted to take advantage of sending his granddaughter to class to visit her often, didn't he?

Outsiders say she is blind to talent and refuses to take the Chen family's genius as her apprentice.

In fact, she knew very well that if she took Chen Niaoshu as her disciple, she would be training talent for another country.

The domestic shipbuilding industry is lagging behind mainly because of the previous policy of closing the country to the outside world, and many parts technologies have not kept up.

Knock, knock,

After knocking on the door, Lin Ziyan stepped into the study.

She read today's newspaper, as well as the morning news; country A's strong protest had been rejected.

Showing off their muscles in Laifu City, they got beaten up and still think they're in the right?

Lin Ziyan looked at the warship's model and guessed that the blueprints she had submitted earlier should have been successfully tested by now.

"Ayan, today is truly a wonderful day." Grandma Lan smiled as she put tea bags into the teapot.

"Because they fired the cannons?" Lin Ziyan asked jokingly.

She placed her homework on the desk and leaned against the edge of it.

Grandma Lan smiled and nodded, "After that explosion during the Spring Festival, the people above were holding their breath, and this time they finally got to vent their anger."

She was attending meetings in Beijing at the time, and that was because of this matter.

What's the point of all that discussion?

This anger needs to be released, and the other party needs to hold it back.

Lin Ziyan raised an eyebrow. "They probably didn't expect us to actually make a move, and they're still in a daze."

"But this time they can only swallow this bitter pill."

Grandma Lan nodded in agreement, saying that national strength is the foundation of diplomacy, and this has remained unchanged from ancient times to the present.

Before the two even started class, the phone rang.

Lin Ziyan answered the phone, listened for a few seconds, and said, "Okay, we'll be right there."

Grandma Lan looked puzzled and asked in her eyes.

"Teacher, we went to the shipyard; they found something good last night."

It would be best to notify Professor Wu to come over as soon as possible.

…

Meanwhile, inside the shipyard.

Yang Yanzhou and Lu Yunshen stared silently at the cargo ship moored at the shore.

This is an entrance/exit for the shipyard leading to the coast, through which new cargo ships that need to be tested for sea trials pass.

"Your wife is incredibly lucky!" Yang Yanzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The new ship was being tested when it was able to retrieve someone else's detector and the latest torpedo.

Although it was a torpedo that failed to fire, it can still be disassembled and studied.

"This isn't luck. They probably forgot to retrieve the detector when they escaped last night, and now they can't ask us for it back," Lu Yunshen said calmly.

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