Thanks to Xu Neng's reminder, Captain Qian didn't dare to say a single careless word when Shen Qingshan asked him questions.
Shen Qingshan had intended to find out about his relationship with Xu Neng, but he stubbornly denied it and didn't seem to be lying.
Shen Qingshan looked at him with amusement, and seeing that he wouldn't get anything out of him by asking further, he shifted his focus to Chen Nian and asked:
"Captain Qian, Xu Neng just contacted you because of a man named Chen Nian, right?"
"this……"
"Just tell the truth, there's no way to hide it. A little investigation will tell you. Besides, you just said you have no connection with Xu Neng, so why did he come to you as soon as he took office? Are you going to make up a reason now?"
Captain Qian broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. It was a major taboo for subordinates to deceive their superiors in the "Frost Society." Shen Qingshan's use of the phrase "made up on the spot" was enough to create a sense of pressure. If this accusation were really pinned on him, he would be in deep trouble.
Captain Qian had no choice but to agree:
"Yes, because it's aged."
Shen Qingshan nodded, his smile subtle:
"So, what is the relationship between Chen Nian and Xu Neng?"
Captain Qian panicked at the question: "Commander Shen, please don't make things difficult for me. I've only met Commander Xu once. How would I know anything about his relationship with Chen Nian? I really don't know!"
"Hahahaha...hahaha..."
Shen Qingshan laughed: "Alright, alright, I won't make things difficult for you. We've been friends for many years, there's no need to make things unpleasant over such a small matter. In my heart, you've always been my elder brother!"
"No, no..." Captain Qian was very flustered and dared not take advantage of the situation.
Shen Qingshan judged that Captain Qian had not yet formed an alliance with Xu Neng, and took this opportunity to quickly win him over:
"Your team worked hard last night. The supermarket had a great haul. We've been scavenging the city for the past few days, and it's been a long time since we've gotten so many supplies at once. Captain Qian, you've done a great job! I'll put in a good word for you with the leader later, what do you say?"
Captain Qian understood what the other party meant, and wisely accepted the "olive branch":
"Thank you, Commander Shen. I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life. If I ever need anything in the future, just give me a word!"
He dared not provoke Xu Neng, and now that he could form an alliance with Shen Qingshan, he could be considered to have found a backer, which was ultimately not a bad thing.
"Hahaha... You and I have been colleagues for many years, we're practically inseparable now!"
After seeing Captain Qian off, Shen Qingshan couldn't wait to lead his men to the death row. He wanted to see for himself who this Chen Nian was.
While Chen Nian is still on death row, we should bring him out and recruit him before Xu Neng does, so we can get a cheap "good guy" to take care of.
"There's plenty of time ahead. If we offer a little incentive, wouldn't it be easy to get them to want to know something?"
This "wishful thinking" also improved Shen Qingshan's mood. Knowing your enemy and yourself is the key to winning every battle. Let's start by understanding our opponents from Chen Nian!
Unfortunately, Shen Qingshan's plan is likely to fail, as Chen Nian doesn't even know who Xu Neng is.
Xiao Gao was the one who was rescued from the warehouse back then, and Xu Neng was in the shadows the whole time. But this time in the death row, Xu Neng only caught a glimpse of him, and Chen Nian didn't notice him at all.
Chen Nian and his father finally found a relatively clean place to stay. It was already past ten o'clock, and there were still more than two hours left before the execution.
Chen Nian and his father sat silently. Chen Nian looked at his father's gray hair, and an overwhelming sense of self-reproach overwhelmed him.
"Dad, I regret it so much. Maybe we shouldn't have resisted. The outcome would have been the same anyway."
“Year after year, our choice was not wrong. In life and work, we should do our best first, and then leave the rest to fate. If we don’t do our best and just leave the rest to fate, we will regret it anyway.”
"But...Dad..."
Before Chen Nian could finish speaking, someone called out, "Chen Nian, come out here for a moment."
Chen Nian and his father craned their necks to look outside in confusion. Following the direction from which the sound came, they saw a group of people gathered at the door, with the person in the lead looking at them.
Shen Qingshan also saw Chen Nian. In his eyes, Chen Nian was just an ambitious young man with a strong vitality, like a young man who had not been tempered by society, without any special characteristics.
"Did everything start because of him?" Shen Qingshan wondered.
"Never mind all that, we don't have enough manpower anyway, so let's just bring him into our team. The fact that Xu Neng is willing to help him proves that he has a purpose."
Chen Nian was led out of the death row cell, dragging his shackles as he followed at the back of the procession. He was extremely nervous, his clothes soaked with sweat, and he couldn't help but look around...
"Is this an early execution?"
He followed them to the entrance of a cave. The group stopped, and the bespectacled man at the head of the group was gone. Chen Nian's shackles were removed, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the execution had not been carried out ahead of schedule.
Then, an apostle guided him inside, and once inside, he discovered a hidden paradise, incredibly luxurious...
"What's going on?" Chen Nian wondered.
After the apostle led him to the study, he left. Chen Nian then saw the man who had been outside the death row cell earlier.
"You must be Chen Nian," the man said.
"I am, who are you?"
"I am the commander here, Shen Qingshan."
"So you ordered the looting of our supermarket? What do you want with me here?"
"Heh, what do you think I want to do with you after bringing you out of death row?" Shen Qingshan sneered.
"..."
Chen Nian couldn't understand it either; the supermarket had been robbed, so what use was he to Chen Nian?
"You know you're going to be executed this afternoon, right? I can save you from the death penalty by bringing you out."
Hearing this, Chen Nian was somewhat tempted:
"So what are your conditions?"
"You must become my man and serve me to the death. How about it? Can you do it?" Shen Qingshan stared intently at Chen Nian.
Chen Nian was at a loss. He looked at the man in front of him again. He was dressed in a suit and tie and seemed unfathomable. Although he couldn't tell whether the man was good or evil, at least he could save him for now.
The problem is that now that there are no supermarkets, and we don't know when the snowstorm will end, forcing our way out is a dead end...
After witnessing the strength of the "Frost Clan," Chen Nian ultimately succumbed to reality.
"Sure, but I have one condition."
"Hehe, you have quite a few conditions, speak up!" Shen Qingshan's patience was almost completely worn out.
"Release my dad too!"
Shen Qingshan's gloomy gaze swept over Chen Nian. After thinking for a moment, he said coldly, "Sure, that's not difficult to do."
"Okay, then I'll join your team!"
Chen Nian had made up his mind: if his father and he could survive, he was willing to abandon his principles...
At this moment, Wang Feifei was holding her phone, anxiously waiting for news from Xu Neng. Noon was approaching, and she didn't know if Xu Neng had been successfully rescued.
The neighborhood group chat, which had been quiet for two days, suddenly became agitated. It turned out that the neighbors with large families were running out of food very quickly, and the food they had stocked up on last time was almost gone.
One family was in the worst condition. The family consisted of a husband and wife, two elderly people, and two children, one older and one younger. The food was almost gone.
They are asking in the group chat if anyone can spare some food...
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