"Oh! This is my residence permit, this is my work permit! This is my new ID card!" Lu Yuan said, taking out his documents while looking around the neighborhood.
The community was brightly lit, with guards patrolling everywhere. It was no exaggeration to say that there was a guard every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. What's even more impressive is that the guards here all had loaded guns, and they would not hesitate to open fire in the event of an emergency.
After checking Lu Yuan's identification, the guard respectfully returned the identification to Lu Yuan and saluted him.
"Brother, I didn't expect we'd be from the same system!" the other person said, sizing up Lu Yuan.
"Haha! Yes! The environment here is quite nice! Alright! You guys are busy, I'll go in for a bit!" Lu Yuan said as he put his ID into his pocket.
"By the way, brother, who are you looking for?" the other person asked with a hint of apology. "Well, we require registration before you can enter here, it's just a formality!"
Lu Yuan didn't hide anything when he heard this. Unlike the other captains, he wasn't arrogant and domineering. He usually treated others with the same respect, unless he encountered someone who was too blind to listen to reason, in which case there was nothing to say.
"Minister Chen asked me to come over. I just got off work, so I came over. Is Building 73 this way?"
When the other party heard that Lu Yuan had been summoned by Minister Chen, he was quite surprised. He then whispered something to the guard next to him. Lu Yuan frowned when he saw this.
"Um... is there something wrong?"
After exchanging glances, the two guards finally said, "Brother, don't you know about that?"
Lu Yuan was even more puzzled by what the other person said: "What is it?"
"Oh dear! It was the meeting this morning at the headquarters building! Didn't you hear about it?"
"Hmm? What's the matter? Is it related to Minister Chen?" Lu Yuan asked, guessing.
The other party quickly nodded: "That's right, it's related to Minister Chen, he's no longer..."
Just then, another guard coughed loudly and saluted a car not far away: "Good morning, Minister Wen!"
The man in the car rolled down the window and nodded: "Yeah, work hard! When it's time to work, you should act like it's time to work!"
The two guards immediately straightened up and stared straight ahead into the distance.
Just as the car was about to leave, the man saw Lu Yuan's face before he left and exclaimed in surprise. However, he didn't ask any further questions and drove off.
Lu Yuan wanted to ask something more, but the two guards kept gesturing to the surveillance cameras above their heads. So Lu Yuan stopped asking questions and headed towards Building 73.
"Knock knock knock," Lu Yuan gently knocked on the door of Building 73.
After quite some time, the sound of the door opening came from inside. Once the door was open, Lu Yuan could finally see the person inside by the light from the doorway.
"Minister Chen, why aren't you turning on the lights? Is it to save electricity?"
"Come in!" Chen Kaiming waved to Lu Yuan and walked straight inside. "No need to change your shoes, just come in!"
Lu Yuan could only put down his slippers by the door and walk inside. He felt a little embarrassed as he left footprints all over the clean floor.
At this moment, Minister Chen pointed to the sofa in the living room and said, "Sit down! What would you like to drink?"
"Um...didn't you invite me over for drinks?" Lu Yuan said, gesturing with the braised beef in his hand: "There was a braised beef vendor on the way, so I bought some! Perfect as a snack with the drinks!"
"Hehe! Kid, don't waste money in the future. This beef isn't cheap! It's enough for several months' salary for you!" Minister Chen said as he watched Lu Yuan put the beef onto the plate.
"Haha! It's okay, it's okay! It's just a treat once in a while to satisfy my craving!"
Then Minister Chen picked up the wine bottle and poured another bowl for Lu Yuan.
"Here, have a drink!"
Lu Yuan was a little stunned when he looked at the bowl full of baijiu. However, the aroma of the liquor was quite strong, and he could tell at a glance that it was good liquor, much better than the liquor he had collected before the apocalypse. This kind of thing is a rare and precious item that ordinary people cannot buy.
Minister Chen didn't say much, and simply downed his drink in one gulp, leaving Lu Yuan completely bewildered.
"Cough cough, Minister, has something happened?" Lu Yuan also drank it all in one gulp, and immediately felt a warm current coming from his stomach.
As Chen Kaiming poured the wine, he looked at Lu Yuan and said, "Haven't you heard anything?"
Lu Yuan shook his head and said, "No, but I did hear someone mention something when I came in. They said there were some personnel changes, but I didn't hear the details. Is this... related to you...?"
Chen Kaiming nodded, then sighed and said, "Yes! 'Using the millstone and then discarding the donkey'—that's probably what they mean by 'stupid donkey,' haha!"
"No, Minister Chen, what exactly happened?" Lu Yuan looked at Chen Kaiming anxiously. Up until now, Lu Yuan still didn't know what had happened, but he had a bad feeling.
At this moment, Chen Kaiming took out an appointment letter from behind him and threw it in front of Lu Yuan, saying, "Take a look for yourself! My days are numbered, and I probably won't be able to take care of you anymore!"
Lu Yuan accepted the appointment letter without caring whether Chen Kaiming was happy or not. He walked to the light switch in the room and turned on the light. Immediately, a large red title came into Lu Yuan's view.
"What? Minister Chen, they're framing us! If you hadn't started this, how could this investigation have gone on until now? They're clearly framing us! Let's go find them!" Lu Yuan was furious. During this time, not only Chen Kaiming, but also he and his team members had been working day and night, risking their lives to investigate these cases. They even lost several team members because of this case.
But to his surprise, the higher-ups framed him like this, which made Lu Yuan quite angry. This is not the way to kill a donkey after it has served its purpose!
"Forget it, I already expected this outcome. I didn't expect these people to be so powerful. I was no match for them. I was careless!" Chen Kaiming then picked up his wine bowl and clinked it against Lu Yuan's.
"..." Lu Yuan was speechless. He had thought that the reason these people dared to openly form this gold mining team was because they had someone above them backing them up. But he didn't expect that even Chen Kaiming, with such a strong backer, was no match for them. Lu Yuan still didn't know how to comfort Chen Kaiming.
The two remained silent for a while, then Chen Kaiming suddenly seemed to have a sudden realization and let out a long sigh of relief, saying, "Little Lu, I'm about to be transferred to the outer city. Why don't you come with me? That way, we can look after each other. Otherwise, I'm worried about your safety here!"
Lu Yuan smiled and said, "It's alright, they can't do anything to me! I'm just a small fry, they shouldn't dare to lay a hand on me!"
"It's better to be safe than sorry. People forget you once you're gone. I'm worried that after I leave, they'll settle accounts with my influence in the inner city. They all know you're one of my people. Why don't you just leave? Even if you don't want to stay in the garrison anymore, I can find you a good place! Just take care of yourself!"
Lu Yuan shook his head again and said, "Thank you, Minister Chen! Really, it's not necessary. I can take care of myself!"
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