The two tossed and turned, wanting to say something but feeling there was nothing to say. As morning approached, they finally felt sleepy and drifted off to sleep, but their minds were preoccupied with their thoughts. Two or three hours later, they both woke up with a start.
She hurriedly dressed and ran out of the west wing. In the courtyard, only Grandma Yan was slowly drinking her white rice porridge. Cuihua quickly asked, "Mother, how is Nannan?"
"Nan Nan and Chen'er went to school, Xinan took Wu Jin and Ban Jin to school, and Ai Dang and Xue Ying went to work," Grandma Yan told Cuihua in a clear and organized manner.
"Nan Nan is alright now, right? Did she have breakfast?" Cuihua felt extremely distressed, thinking that her daughter hadn't even eaten dinner last night.
"Oh dear, I forgot to pack the snacks for Nan Nan and Chen'er. Should I take them over?" Cuihua exclaimed in surprise.
“If anyone should be delivering, it should be me. You should rest at home; you didn’t sleep well last night,” Yan Xiaoqiang said.
"No need to see her off. Nan Nan said she has exams these two days, and she'll be on vacation after they're over." Grandma Yan repeated her granddaughter's words to her son and daughter-in-law.
"No, I'll go see if we have enough. If not, I'll make some right away. Qiangzi, you'll have to do the work later." Cuihua rushed into the kitchen, and Yan Xiaoqiang followed her in: "Eat breakfast first. You didn't eat last night either."
Grandma Yan was bombarded with dog food early in the morning, which made her very upset. She quickly finished her breakfast and went to her room to catch up on sleep.
Yan Daqiang has arrived at the camp. This time, Yan Daqiang will personally lead the team. The strategy that was arranged last night needs to be changed. He and Baoguo will drive separately, and the main capture mission will be handed over to Baomin. There are communication devices in the car, so they can keep in touch.
The number of people participating in this field training was one company. The objective of the training was expanded from wilderness survival skills to include capturing a bear.
Yan Daqiang first dispatched a team of scouts, led by his bodyguard Baomin, determined to find out where the bear was hiding.
A small-scale battle quietly broke out, with Baomin leading a platoon of scouts into Mushroom Mountain in Beijing.
As an insider, Baomin once again warned the team before their operation that while scouting the enemy was important, protecting and concealing oneself was even more important for scouts. If a bear was spotted, the first reaction should be to protect oneself, and if discovered, one must engage in close combat.
As a new recruit, you might not understand what Baomin is saying, but the veteran instantly understands that the bear is up to something, and only by fighting it up close can you avoid being hit by a stray bullet.
The two-day reconnaissance was very effective. A total of eighteen bears were found. These eighteen bears walked on two legs more nimbly than on four legs. What was even stranger was that the bears would drink water from water jugs. The scouts finally understood what Baomin had said.
On the third day, Yan Daqiang went to the school to pick up Yan Xiaonan, who had just finished her exams. He had her put on a military uniform, apply makeup, and then sit in Yan Daqiang's car on their way to Mushroom Mountain in Beijing. Yan Xiaonan was already almost 1.7 meters tall. With her hair tied up and a hat on, she looked like Yan Daqiang's orderly from a distance.
Yan Xiaonan looked around but couldn't find a single soldier. Was he and his uncle the only ones who were going to capture the islanders?
Yan Daqiang laughed: "Nan Nan, you don't think it's just the three of us going to arrest people, do you? My men have been there for a while now. Once you get there and confirm everything, the arrest will begin immediately."
Following Yan Daqiang, she arrived at the foot of the mountain, the place where she and Ye Chenming had stayed before. Yan Xiaonan closed her eyes slightly, her consciousness spreading out, and she slowly began to draw on a board covered with white paper with a pen in her hand.
With just a few strokes, a tall mountain appeared on the paper. As the mountain unfolded, the location of the bear was also marked. The location marked by Yan Xiaonan was almost exactly the same as the result found by the scouts.
Yan Daqiang felt extremely proud. His soldiers were truly excellent; in just two days and two nights, they had traversed the entire mountain range and gathered accurate intelligence. He was determined to reward them after the battle.
"Protect the nation, unite the people, the battle begins."
Yan Xiaonan's consciousness found Baomin and was leading his men toward the pre-arranged location. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the battle should be over in one or two hours at most.
Just as Yan Xiaonan was about to withdraw her consciousness, a figure flashed past her eyes. Yan Xiaonan's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately focused her mind, her consciousness chasing after the figure.
Yan Daqiang watched his niece's pen without stopping. He curiously counted the number of bears: one, two, ten, fifteen, eighteen, nineteen, and then, oh, twenty!
Yan Daqiang became nervous. Wasn't there supposed to be eighteen? What happened to the other two?
With his eyes fixed on the trajectory of the pen, Yan Xiaonan noticed that the two people were standing in a completely different location from the other eighteen. Although it was also a cave, these two people's cave was obviously deeper, and it seemed that they had broken through the cave. Yan Xiaonan used a thick line to very slowly draw the cave and the exit.
The thick, winding lines continued to be drawn downwards until they reached the foot of the mountain, where the exit was located. Yan Daqiang carefully observed the exit and found it very familiar. Suddenly, he realized that the exit was right there—holy crap, right where he was right now!
At the same time, Yan Xiaonan opened his eyes and pointed to a clump of weeds in front of him, saying, "Uncle, the exit is right there. The two people have realized something is wrong and are running down towards the exit."
Upon hearing this, Bao Guo prepared to start the car, intending to take Yan Daqiang and Yan Xiaonan away, but Yan Daqiang stopped him, telling him to drive the car further away. "Look, they're right behind here. These two must be captured alive, and the task of capturing them alive will be left to him and Bao Guo."
"Nan Nan, where did those two people go?" Yan Daqiang asked.
Yan Xiaonan closed her eyes slightly and marked the straight line with her pen. Yan Daqiang glanced at the height of the mountain and then at the map. People who escape quickly can get through this distance in no more than twenty minutes.
"Baoguo, contact Baomin immediately and have him bring some people here as soon as possible. Nannan, don't get out of the car, lock the doors, and don't show your face, understand?" Yan Daqiang instructed.
Yan Xiaonan nodded repeatedly. The current position was very good, at a right angle to the cave entrance. As long as he was conscious, he could see everything clearly even without showing his head.
Just as Yan Daqiang was about to get out of the car, Yan Xiaonan suddenly remembered a movie she had seen in her previous life. Those spies all had poison in their mouths, and when they couldn't escape, they would crush the pills.
"Uncle, I read in the book that enemy agents like to hide poison in their teeth."
Yan Daqiang glanced at Yan Xiaonan with satisfaction, nodded to Baoguo, and the two jumped out of the car at the same time, heading towards the weeds.
Yan Xiaonan quickly locked the car door, sat diagonally in the back seat, hid herself behind the seat, closed her eyes slightly, and let her consciousness wander out.
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