Chapter 577 On-the-spot script revision
“That matter involves Lao Hu’s reputation, you don’t need to find out the details, um… but let me put it this way.” Liang He held up one finger, pointing towards the heart of Myanmar, “With her here, our plan to strike directly at the Myanmar capital is even more secure!”
"She's that good?" The chief of staff looked bewildered. "She's just a special forces soldier..."
"What kind of special forces soldier can take down an entire tank company by himself?" Liang He patted the chief of staff heavily on the shoulder, his words carrying a deeper meaning. "His vision needs to be broadened!"
"..."
Chief of Staff Liu squatted in the grass, gazing at the stars.
"That's probably the ace of aces, right?"
The moon was very round and the stars were very bright in the suburbs.
The chirping of insects and singing of birds are cheerful and pleasant to the ear.
But once you get through all the checkpoints and reach Fuping City, several kilometers away, you'll find it's eerily quiet and lifeless...
On the streets, every household stayed indoors.
Even those few in twos and threes were mostly women and girls; there was hardly a single young adult in sight!
The women and girls' faces were streaked with tears of exhaustion and numbness.
In the city, a military camp
"Sir, we've captured most of the able-bodied men in the city, and some of them have been given military uniforms. I've had them taught some basic martial arts!"
"How can you call it arresting them? They volunteered! The enemy has already attacked, they should contribute to the stability of the country." Cong Ran rolled his eyes. "Teaching them some martial arts is fine, but bullets and guns are absolutely not allowed."
"I understand, I understand!" The subordinate nodded and bowed. "We don't even have enough for ourselves, it would be a waste not to give them any!"
"That's fine then... Speaking of which, it's been several days, and I still haven't seen a trace of the Fifth Brigade." Cong Ran maintained his airs, sitting firmly in his high position. "That Li Shiyan keeps making a fuss, insisting that they will definitely come to attack Fuping, and he's made me wait here. What do you think they'd do to attack Fuping? What's the use of taking this place?"
"General Li and you... have never gotten along. He's probably afraid you'll steal his thunder, so he made up this excuse to send you here to guard the area." The subordinate chuckled, "No fighting is a good thing, safe, safe!"
"Hmph!" Cong Ran scoffed indignantly. "General Dawa adopted him, and he actually thinks he's his son? In reality, he's just Dawa's dog, a dog used to bite people!"
"Yes, yes, you're right."
The subordinate squinted and smiled.
"Sir! Sir!"
A soldier rushed in.
"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry? Has the Fifth Brigade broken in?" Cong Ran spat out a melon seed shell, not even bothering to lift his eyelids.
"No, no!" The soldier shook his head, his face full of excitement. "Guess who we found while patrolling the city!?"
Who is it?
Cong Ran lazily raised his eyes.
"Those two people on General Li's wanted list! We've caught them!"
"What!"
Upon hearing this, Cong Ran immediately perked up. He waved his hand and said, "Bring him up here right now! I need to take a good look at him. That bastard Li Shiyan couldn't find him anywhere, and he's fallen into my hands just like that? Hahaha, fate, fate!"
The subordinate who had been standing guard nearby raised an eyebrow, secretly stepped back, and left the tent with the guard.
Not long after
The guards shoved Wen Ni and her companion, who were bound hand and foot, into the tent.
"Ouch~"
Wen Ni was pushed by the guard, lost her footing, and fell to her knees with a thud, right below Cong Ran's steps.
The next second
A rough, calloused hand pinched Wen Ni's cheek!
"You're the Chinese woman Li Shiyan went to so much trouble to find?" The old man with a thick, wrinkled beard was close at hand, his cloudy old eyes scrutinizing him from head to toe. "Besides being quite good at hiding, I really can't see anything special about you... that makes him keep you captive but can't bring himself to kill you! Tsk tsk..."
"Sir, what should we do with them?" the guard asked. "Should we send someone to General Li?"
"Bah! He's looking for her, isn't he? Kill her, so he'll never find her again!" Cong Ran waved his hand. "That bastard deserves to be taught a lesson!"
Wen Ni was thrown to the side and turned slightly.
She didn't feel any pain; her mind was racing. Then, she gleaned something from Cong Ran's words and immediately decided to change her initial plan!
As the guards came over to drag them both away, she suddenly spoke up, "You just asked me what's so special about me that made him spare my life until now, right?"
"Hmm? What do you want to say?" Cong Ran turned around, scrutinizing and curiously stopping the guard's movement.
“I assassinated him three times, thwarting his plans time and time again, even killing his confidants and his subordinates! I took so many of his lives, so how could he possibly spare me, given his vengeful nature?” Wen Ni sat on the ground, head held high. “The only reason is that he liked me, but he couldn’t have me.”
"!!??"
The others in the tent were as if they had just witnessed a major juicy gossip.
Cong Ran's expression was as if he had choked on shit.
"Li Shiyan likes women??"
"That's right. He even betrayed General Dawa for me, giving me the formula for the special medicine and faking our marriage so that my people could find an opportunity to send the formula back to China! He also arranged and helped me escape so that I could fake my death later and be with him legitimately!"
This is tantamount to confirming Li Shiyan's crime of colluding with the enemy!
These words stunned the soldier playing Qin Yuan, who lowered his head silently, not daring to utter a sound.
This...this...the script was changed at the last minute? She didn't say it had to be acted this way before she came!
"You mean, Li Shiyan betrayed General Dawa?" Cong Ran's eyes lit up. He rubbed his hands together, somewhat surprised. "He helped you so much, and you betrayed him so easily?"
"He did all of that willingly, what does it have to do with me?" Wen Ni's expression was like that of a heartless woman, cold and indifferent to the extreme. "He likes me, but I don't like him, I hate him! He kidnapped me here and forced me to do things I didn't want to do! He killed my brothers, my friends! He even wanted to use me to kill my lover... I hate him to death! If, if anyone can help me get rid of him, I'll do anything for you!"
It's a mix of truth and falsehood.
But her hatred and her anger were undeniable.
Cong Ran believed it.
"So, you deliberately let my men catch you?"
"yes!"
Wen Ni readily agreed.
“I can’t escape the Burmese anyway. Rather than being captured by Li Shiyan and suffering a fate worse than death, I might as well come to you, Colonel Congran! I know you have some personal grudges with Li Shiyan. He has cursed you quite a bit, and he has complained about you to General Dawa more than once!”
"He even badmouthed me behind my back?" Cong Ran's eyes widened. "And he even went to Dawa to complain about me!?"
"yes."
Wen Ni nodded, lowering her eyes to conceal the sly glint that flashed across them!
"I can testify that Li Shiyan is a traitor and help you bring him down! I only ask Colonel Congran to spare our lives and give us a place to stay!"
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