For the first time, Xiao Dongsheng's refined smile froze briefly.
He stared at the slender woman before him, who spoke with such conviction, for a full three seconds.
Then he smiled.
That wasn't a perfunctory, formulaic laugh, but a heartfelt appreciation, like meeting a worthy opponent.
"Good! What a wonderful 'right to take the initiative'!"
Xiao Dongsheng nodded heavily, his approval undisguised.
"Comrade Su Tang, I take back what I said before. You are not a rough gem, you are a peerless blade hidden in its sheath! I have been misjudging you all along!"
He looked at Qin Ye, his tone tinged with emotion:
"Qin Ye, you've married a good wife."
Qin Ye didn't say anything, but simply held Su Tang's hand even tighter.
He knew perfectly well how wonderful his wife was, but precisely because of this, the unease and worry in his heart grew wildly like vines.
"I agree to your request in principle." Xiao Dongsheng's expression turned serious again. He sat back in his chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the table.
“But, Comrade Su Tang, you must understand. Power never comes from nothing. It comes with responsibility, discipline, and... sacrifice.”
“In our system, there is no individual heroism. No matter how strong you are, you are just a knife. And for a knife to unleash its full power, it must be wielded by a knife-wielder who knows how to use it. You must first become a true member of our team.”
Su Tang listened quietly, knowing that this was the real topic.
Xiao Dongsheng took out a sealed document in a kraft paper bag from his briefcase and pushed it in front of Su Tang.
“The KGB is just one of the threats you are facing. Therefore, from today onwards, Su Tang must temporarily ‘disappear’.”
“This is the new identity we’ve prepared for you,” Xiao Dongsheng continued, “and your next destination. You will be going to a top-secret recruit training camp deep in the Gobi Desert of Northwest China for six months of training under this new identity.”
New recruit camp?
Su Tang knew all too well the cruelty of recruit camp.
Especially these top-secret camps that supply talent to special departments are so harsh that they are practically hellish.
The training intensity there is so high that even reconnaissance soldiers in the field army would be exhausted.
Su Tang calmly opened the file folder.
Inside was a brand new file.
Name: Su An.
Gender: Female.
Age: 20.
Place of origin: Southern Jiangxi mountainous area.
Family background: poor peasant. Both parents deceased, orphan.
Education level: High school.
Special skills: He studied under his grandfather as a barefoot doctor for several years and knows some folk remedies.
Looking at this file that completely concealed all her brilliance, Su Tang felt no emotion, and even wanted to laugh a little.
This background is as clean as a blank sheet of paper; if you threw it into a crowd, it wouldn't even make a splash.
"I understand the commander's intention."
This new identity is the best camouflage; in the disciplined military camp, it is the safest place.
Because no one would have imagined that Su Tang, whom the KGB and those people in Beijing were going to great lengths to find, would be a greenhorn who was eating sand and training in formation in the Northwest.
Moreover, in Xiao Dongsheng's eyes, she was just an ordinary woman with slightly better physical fitness and some medical knowledge.
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