Chapter 53 Trap

That’s how the rumor got out.

Liu Jianan, who was catching his breath, didn’t know that Xu Zhaoxin and Yang Shu had already started arguing about who was the attacker and who was the receiver between him and Duan Haiping.

He slept until noon and felt refreshed, all the gloom had disappeared.

After dinner, he received an invitation from Chief of Staff Lin to attend the celebration banquet tonight.

“Mr. Liu, Chief of Staff Lin asked me to tell you, please do me a favor.”

Liu Jianan quickly glanced at the shoulder badge of the messenger.

Three stars on one bar, this is the rank of captain, equivalent to a company commander.

Judging from the color of the shoulder badge, he should be in the Army.

Chief of Staff Lin was really grand, just to pass on a message, but he actually sent out a company commander.

"Okay, please tell Chief of Staff Lin that I will be there on time."

Liu Jianan knew that he had to attend the banquet. If he rejected Chief of Staff Lin's face, he might not be able to stay in Yuncheng for a day.

What's more, the gold that Chief of Staff Lin promised him had not yet been redeemed, and he was reluctant to leave.

Before leaving, the company commander told Liu Jianan: "Chief of Staff Lin was furious when he learned that your warehouse was robbed. He not only arranged troops to patrol your other warehouses 24 hours a day, but also asked the police to do their best to find the thief."

Liu Jianan's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm and chuckled, "Thank you, Chief of Staff Lin. Please convey my gratitude to him."

After the company commander left, his face instantly turned ugly.

"How did Chief of Staff Lin know about the warehouse?" Hu Jianye really couldn't figure it out, "He couldn't have known us before, right?"

Zhang Yaoyao: "It's too late to think about it now. Chief of Staff Lin has blocked our retreat in order to force An An to join his camp."

At this point, Liu Jianan was actually not surprised by what Chief of Staff Lin did. The other side must have investigated him a long time ago.

Chief of Staff Lin was attracted by his healing ability. The other side was unwilling to let him go, so he might as well take the initiative to attack.

"Boss, you tell us what to do, we'll do it." Wang Mazi was a bachelor, "Whoever dares to bully you, we four brothers will never let him go."

"That's right!" Black Whirlwind stood up excitedly, "No matter if he's the chief of staff or the commander, at most we can just do it!"

Liu Jianan couldn't help but grin, yes, there's nothing to be afraid of.

He has so many companions around him, at most he can drive an off-road vehicle and rush into some Lingbao secret realm to hide and avoid the limelight.

"Stupid!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and the person who spoke was wearing a neat high-end suit and shining leather shoes and striding towards them.

It was Zhao Simo who was dressed up carefully.

"Excuse me for being frank, but there are still six hours before the dinner starts and you are already dressed so coquettishly. There is no surprise at all." Liu Jianan admired with a smile.

Zhao Simo smiled slightly. He was handsome to begin with, and after dressing up carefully, he looked even more elegant.

Unfortunately, the filter shattered all over the floor as soon as he opened his mouth: "Sweetheart, don't you think I look good in this look? This outfit is specially prepared for you."

"No need," Liu Jianan opened his fingers to stop him, "I can't afford it."

Probably expecting Liu Jianan to refuse, Zhao Simo didn't get angry, and looked at everyone with a pair of fox eyes.

Then he sat down next to Liu Jianan and said something surprising: "You are all Xiao Tiantian's relatives and friends. It's just right that I am using water instead of wine to welcome myself to join your big family."

Liu Jianan: "..."

He looked at the old fox suspiciously as he drank the water in the cup: "Who asked you to join us? Sorry, I declined."

"That won't work. No one else has any objection, only you do." Zhao Simo crossed his arms and said, "If they want to chase me away, they will not let me stay either."

Wang Hu and the others were about to speak, but Zhao Simo took out ten gold coins from his pocket first: "It's just a gift for meeting, not a respect."

There were exactly ten people present, not counting Liu Jianan and Zhao Simo, and each of them was given a gold coin.

It was too soft to take the money, so no one could say anything.

Only Xu Zhaoxin threw the gold coin back to Zhao Simo: "I'm sorry, I am a firm member of the Duan Liu Party."

Yang Shu also returned the gold coin: "Jian'an is my savior. If he doesn't want it, I don't want it either."

"You two are overthinking. It's just a gift. I don't ask you to accept me for the gold coin."

After stuffing the gold coin into the hands of the two, Zhao Simo turned his eyes to Liu Jianan: "Xiao Tiantian, didn't we cooperate well in the hospital?"

"It's different." Liu Jianan shook his head, "We are not the same kind of people."

He knew that Yuncheng, and even the Northwest Military Region, was Zhao Simo's home ground, and Zhao Simo would not leave Yuncheng with him.

In this case, it would be better to shut Zhao Simo out from the beginning.

Zhao Simo understood what Liu Jianan meant, but he still insisted: "Let's talk about the future later."

Liu Jianan still didn't want to get involved with the old fox.

But he heard the other party's tempting question: "Do you want to get rid of Chief of Staff Lin's control? That old guy is staring at you every day, you must be annoyed to death, right?"

"Do you have a way?"

"Of course."

Liu Jianan admitted that he was a little tempted. He knew that it was impossible to compete with the Yuncheng Army Corps with his own strength.

He filled a glass of water for Zhao Simo: "Tell me about it?"

Zhao Simo's eyes flashed with a gleam of light: "Chief of Staff Lin is at best a deputy regiment. What if someone above him takes action?" "

For example?" Liu Jianan thought Zhao Simo had some acquaintances among high-ranking officials.

Unexpectedly, the other party pointed at himself: "Me."

Liu Jianan: "...Goodbye."

He shouldn't have listened to this old fox.

Zhao Simo was not in a hurry to get Liu Jianan to agree. He just said lightly: "You can think about it slowly. Our cooperation will always be reserved for you."

"By the way," he put an item in Liu Jianan's palm, "If others have it, my little sweetie must have it too."

Confused, Liu Jianan looked at the long strip of gold wrapped in oil paper in his hand. It was heavy.

He slowly opened the package.

Inside was a glittering gold bar!

...

In the evening, the car that came to pick up Liu Jianan for the banquet stopped in front of their camp. The driver was the company commander brother he had met in the morning.

Liu Jianan also dressed up a little, not as flamboyant as Zhao Simo. He only changed into a simple white shirt to show his slender figure.

The car quickly arrived at the banquet hall.

As soon as he got off the car, the sound of gongs and drums rang out. Soldiers in military uniforms and drummers in brocade clothes circled around Liu Jianan.

When he asked, he found out that this was the famous local drum of honor.

Whenever someone made a contribution, the people and the art troupe of the army would jointly beat the drum of honor to cheer for the meritorious person.

The drummer lit two strings of firecrackers, and in an instant, the firecrackers rang out and fireworks filled the sky.

At the end of the red carpet, on the door of the banquet hall, there was a banner.

"Congratulations to Liu Jianan for winning the first-class individual merit!"

The cheers and applause almost drowned Liu Jianan.

Zhao Simo appeared behind him without knowing when: "Did you see it?"

"What?" Liu Jianan was stunned.

"When you stand here, you have already fallen into his trap," Zhao Simo said with deep eyes, "a trap called honor."