Chapter 95 The Moon Over the Past
The winds of Beijing eventually reached Shanghai.
Xu Ji looked at Xie Ning's image in the newspaper and his heart sank. Although they had failed to capture Xie Ning and lost most of the factory's facilities, they had at least kept a lot of Xie Ning's blueprints, which was enough to cover their basic expenses.
After all, the 19th Army was wiped out, and they had made contributions. With their merits and demerits canceling each other out, plus the director protecting him, he is now at least a section chief. His position was lower than Chen Jian's before, but now they are at the same level, and he can hold his head high.
But if Xie Ning were in Hong Kong, it would be one thing, but he went to the Labour Party. It's been so long and there's not a single word from him. Isn't that just blatantly showing his incompetence to Director Dai?
No, he's still hoping to be promoted to section chief in the future, he absolutely can't afford to have anything go wrong at this crucial moment!
"Chen Jian, I told you she was a Labour Party member!" Xu Ji stormed into Chen Jian's office, his tone unfriendly. "I noticed from the beginning that Xie Ning was deliberately delaying the experimental process. Even though a batch of military equipment had already been produced, she kept saying there were problems with this and that. I suspected she was doing it on purpose! You insist that it's the experts' business, that you don't understand, but look at this..."
Xu Ji slammed the newspaper on the table, making a loud thud. "Labour Party!"
Chen Jian calmly blew on the hot tea in his hand. "Xu Ji, you didn't say Xie Ning was a member of the Labour Party back then."
Xu Ji's face stiffened, but he still stubbornly said, "I didn't explicitly say that Xie Ning was a member of the Labour Party, but I did say that her identity was suspicious!"
Back then, he thoroughly investigated Xie Ning's identity, even finding the memorial tablet of Granny Liu that she had placed in a remote town. He also asked all the neighbors around her, and finally concluded that Xie Ning seemed to have appeared out of thin air, and no one knew about her past.
They only knew that she had lived abroad before, but France was so far away, and they couldn't very well send someone to investigate! Her knowledge was genuine, and she spoke fluent French, so he didn't bother to investigate Xie Ning's past. After all, she was right under his nose, and a woman like her couldn't cause any trouble.
Once he gets hold of someone, he can become the director of a military factory and amass immense power and wealth.
Chen Jian sighed and comforted him, "It's all over now. We didn't expect this to happen. We had people guarding the yard. There was only one driver there who could fight. We thought we could resolve it quickly. Who would have thought Cai Huai would rush over? It was all because of my poor planning. It's my fault."
"Of course it's your fault!" Xu Ji's temper calmed down a bit. "I said I would lead a team to capture Xie Ning immediately. If you hadn't said you left people there and the factory was more important, Xie Ning wouldn't have been able to escape!"
“That’s not right.” Chen Jian wasn’t one to be trifled with. He said he was capable, but it wouldn’t be good for Xu Ji to follow up with his criticism. “Section Chief Xu, back then, I only mentioned that there were a lot of machines and students in the factory. You were afraid I would steal the credit, so you did that… Besides, those left in the yard are all your subordinates. How could you boast like that? Even if you said that to the boss, I would argue with you!”
This left Xu Ji feeling weak with anger. He had indeed been afraid that Chen Jian would steal his credit, so he had arranged for his people to be on all sides. Clearing his throat, Xu Ji said in a low voice...
"Section Chief Chen, I won't lie to you. I just spoke with Boss Dai on the phone. If we can go there and capture Xie Ning, regardless of whether he lives or dies, we can atone for our sins. How about it? Bring your men with me? Don't say I'm going it alone this time."
Chen Jian stubbed out his cigarette and declined curtly, "Section Chief Xu knows that I won't be staying here for long and will be returning to the army soon, so I won't compete with you for that credit. However, I can recommend someone for you, which will be a great help later, won't it?"
"who?"
“Yu Qin has some connections in the Northeast Army, which will make things easier for you if you go there.”
Xu Ji's expression relaxed. He knew this person; he was a skilled man. As for the issue of Yu Qin being Chen Jian's confidant... that was not a problem at all. In any case, they were all working for Boss Dai, and Chen Jian was about to be transferred, so there was no conflict of interest with him. "Don't worry, Section Chief Chen, I will definitely put in a good word for you with Boss Dai."
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