Chapter 70 So that's how it is!
At this moment, Su Meng also saw Huo Zhenhua sitting in the passenger seat, and her tense nerves involuntarily relaxed.
She pulled Ah Da along, saying, "He's someone I know!"
Ah Da was confused.
So, Su Meng briefly told him that she had joined the Southeast Military Region.
Remembering that Commander Tang had said he had sent someone to protect her, it must have been Huo Zhenhua.
Huo Zhenhua jumped out of the car, glanced at Ah Da, and was slightly shocked. He could tell at a glance that Ah Da was a skilled fighter, and he would definitely have been a formidable opponent in his prime.
Then, he noticed the backpack on Su Meng's back and laughed, "Are you planning to leave tonight?"
Su Meng smiled helplessly: "I want to finish my business quickly and go back. Maybe Xiao Qi misses me."
Huo Zhenhua didn't say much, opened the car door, and said, "Get in! Are we going to the train station?"
Commander Tang must have told you that I would protect you until you safely reach the island.
"Thanks!"
After saying that, Su Meng climbed onto the back seat and moved to the side. "Uncle, come on up quickly. This is Commander Huo, and this is my uncle, Ah Da."
Ah Da gave Huo Zhenhua a deep look, and his lips twitched as if to greet him.
He sat down, keeping an eye on the two people in front of him out of the corner of his eye.
He discovered that Commander Huo seemed to have ulterior motives, and the way he looked at his young lady was like a hunter eyeing his long-desired prey, his gaze burning with desire.
"Su Meng, where are we going? It's so late, there probably won't be any trains left, right?" Huo Zhenhua didn't ignore A Da's wary yet inquisitive gaze, and smiled as he turned his head towards Su Meng.
Su Meng didn't know where A-Da was taking her. Seeing that he didn't want to say, she smiled apologetically, "You'll know when we get there."
With her words, Huo Zhenhua realized that the initiative in this operation was in the hands of that Ah Da.
He raised an eyebrow, indicating that he should drive the car to the train station.
Upon arriving at the ticket hall, Ah Da checked the time carefully before getting up to buy a ticket at the window.
"Comrade, give me three tickets to Zhoushan City."
Hearing him say that, Su Meng was stunned for a moment, and quickly added, "I need three sleeper tickets."
As she spoke, she made way for Huo Zhenhua, "This is our group leader, can he buy a sleeper ticket?"
Huo Zhenhua, with a smile in his dark eyes, handed over the documents.
He jokingly said, "Are you using people to your advantage?"
Su Meng pouted, "Do you want to sit in a hard seat? I don't mind, but I'm afraid it will delay your plans."
She spoke in a serious tone, her eyes darting around, but she wouldn't meet his gaze.
She felt that Huo Zhenhua's smiling face was strange, somewhat like a wolf in sheep's clothing, and she was a little uncomfortable with it.
Ten minutes later, the train started moving.
Su Meng could no longer contain her curiosity and asked, "Uncle, can you tell me where we're going now?"
Once the small partition door in the sleeper car was closed, only she, Ah Da, and Huo Zhenhua were left in the small space.
Ah Da's expression visibly relaxed.
He was half-lying down, with a blanket and pillow behind his head, making his sunken eye sockets even more noticeable.
He sighed: "Do you know where your grandfather came from?"
Su Meng frowned and asked, "Isn't it just from Shanghai?"
Wasn't my grandfather's home in the bustling, red-light district of Shanghai?
Ah Da firmly denied it, "No! He comes from a place called Penglai."
"Penglai?"
Su Meng's eyes lit up as she recalled a letter her mother had written to her father, which contained the name of this place.
Going from Zhou City to Penglai seems to be the wrong direction.
She looked at Ah Da with a bewildered expression, "Uncle, did we sit in the wrong seats?"
Ah Da fiddled with the train ticket in his hand, squinting his eyes, "I should have taken you on this road ten years ago."
But I was so useless; I was tricked by villains and imprisoned for ten years. Xiaomeng, do you believe me?
Su Meng met his bright eyes and nodded without hesitation, "Of course I believe you."
Huo Zhenhua lay silently on the upper bunk, as if he were invisible.
Ah Da closed his eyes again and continued, "Back then, when I accompanied your father to Zhou City to inspect the business, we encountered pirates on the way back by boat."
Pirates? Su Meng's heart skipped a beat, and she nervously clenched her fingers, but subconsciously did not interrupt Ah Da.
"Those people weren't pirates, but assassins hired by Zhong Cuilin."
We were outnumbered and both the head of the family and I were injured.
Just as the ship was sailing near a group of small islands, the head of the family suddenly grabbed me and jumped into the sea.
Fortunately, we were lucky and escaped the ambush, eventually landing on a small island.
The head of the family said it was Penglai Island.
So, the seriously injured Su Mianzhi was left on the island to recuperate, while A Da returned alone to report the case, protect Su Meng, and eliminate the traitors within the Su family.
However, as soon as he got ashore, someone put a sack over his head.
"So that's how it is!"
By piecing together what the old master Su and A-Da had said, Su Meng was able to basically piece together the whole process in her mind.
But what role did Shen Wuyang play in all of this?
"Shen Wuyang is not just an actor. Uncle, have you heard Old Master Su mention that?"
After a few minutes of silence, Ah Da's voice rang out, "That old man seems to hate Shen Wuyang very much; they probably don't have any contact."
But the old man arrogantly kept assassins, as if he were doing someone a favor.
He was unwilling to accept the meager reward Zhong Cuilin offered, so he wanted to capture the head of the family and me to find out where the Su family's treasure was hidden.
Unexpectedly, instead of obtaining the treasure, they were caught red-handed for their capitalist ways and sent to the countryside. How satisfying!
He exhaled a heavy breath, his tone becoming much lighter.
Just then, Huo Zhenhua suddenly spoke up: "A few days ago, a landslide occurred on the farm where they were sent down, and their houses were buried."
"They're all dead?" Su Meng sat up in bed in shock, unsure whether she was more surprised or delighted.
"Evil gets its just desserts! How wonderful!" She was about to clap her hands when she suddenly remembered Zhong Wanrou, "Zhong Wanrou is dead too?"
Huo Zhenhua: "It is said that there was no body of hers."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "I heard a joke about Zhong Wanrou going to the county where Nie Ronghua was in charge of disaster relief, impersonating a family member of his, and being discovered by him. And then..."
"What happened? Did they get together?" Su Meng was very curious. Was that how they got together?
Ah Da looked at Su Meng with pity, "Xiao Meng, if Nie Ronghua can be so easily poached, we might as well not have him."
Su Meng raised her hand to interrupt, "Uncle, don't say anything yet. Commander Huo, what happened next? Tell me."
Huo Zhenhua chuckled almost imperceptibly, "You're so devoted, are you really that afraid your fiancé will run away?"
Don't worry! Zhong Wanrou's impersonation was exposed by Nie Ronghua, and she ran away!
"How did it run away?" Su Meng was a little confused. Why didn't it follow the plot?
Could it be that her awakening disrupted the plot?
She frowned, rested her chin on her hands, and fell into deep thought, but in reality, her consciousness entered her spatial dimension, frantically flipping through the book.
Ah Da thought she was heartbroken because someone was after her fiancé, so he carefully comforted her, "Xiao Meng, you deserve better."
Huo Zhenhua held his breath, listening intently to Su Meng's reaction.
Unfortunately, he slept in the bunk above Su Meng and couldn't see her eyes.
But because of Su Meng's silence, he felt depressed and irritable, and his mind wandered uncontrollably.
Is she worried about Nie Ronghua, or does she still have Nie Ronghua in her heart?
Should I continue pursuing it, or... give up?
Can......
Huo Zhenhua was unwilling and reluctant to give up!
The train stopped just as the three of them were lost in their own thoughts.
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