Chapter 273 Receiving the Mission
"Fourth Senior Brother, Eighth Senior Brother, are you looking for me?"
When Jiang Ruzhen saw Jin Sheng and Xiao He standing at the door with serious expressions, followed by a Hongqi sedan, she knew that something serious must have happened.
"Yes, junior sister. Come with us." Xiao He said.
"Wait a minute, let me explain something," Jiang Ruzhen said, turning to Butler Xu. "Uncle Xu, could you please write a note and post it on the door of my shop saying that I have to go out on business and my return date is uncertain? Is that alright?"
Jiang Ruzhen was mainly worried that the children would be anxious if they couldn't find her. When Uncle Xu saw the scene at the door, he was a little worried. "Miss Jiang, are you alright?"
"Oh, I'm fine. If my children come over and ask, please have Aunt Lu handle them for me. I'll be going now, thank you."
After Jiang Ruzhen finished speaking, she got into the car with her two senior brothers. Uncle Xu frowned and turned to report to Lu Chuyao.
Upon hearing Uncle Xu's description, Lu Chuyao seemed to have thought of something and offered words of comfort.
"It's alright, those people are probably her friends, don't worry."
Uncle Xu was relieved and turned to leave, but Lu Chuyao was a little uneasy. What was the identity of this new friend she had made?
The car sped forward, arriving at an address that would be incredibly familiar to people in later years. Jiang Ruzhen stared wide-eyed at the neat and solemn sentry posts on both sides of the road, strictly checking passing vehicles and pedestrians.
Plainclothes officers were scattered around, their faces wary and on guard.
But when it was their turn, she watched as her fourth senior brother simply flashed his ID, and the sentries immediately saluted and let them pass.
Jiang Ruzhen asked her two senior brothers in surprise, "Can people from our bureau really come and go here so easily?"
Xiao He then smiled slightly and replied, "Yes, every time we receive a mission, it's directly issued by the highest leader. So these people don't dare to stop us."
"Oh." Only now did Jiang Ruzhen realize the importance of her Special Operations Bureau No. 9 certificate.
No wonder the hospital director turned pale with fright when he pulled it out at the military hospital last time.
The car drove all the way to the entrance of a courtyard before stopping. Jiang Ruzhen got out of the car and looked up.
As expected of the office of the top leader, the vermilion gate is imposing, and the guards at the entrance are strictly guarded in three layers.
Jiang Ruzhen followed her two senior brothers inside. Although she was very excited, she felt no fear.
I'm still mostly driven by curiosity.
However, since they hadn't undergone strict checks outside, when they tried to enter the gate again, the two senior brothers were easily allowed to pass, but she was stopped at the door.
"Please cooperate, we need to check if you are carrying any weapons."
Two female guards came over to search her, and Jiang Ruzhen looked puzzled.
Xiao He said unhappily, "You don't need to search us, you won't find anything anyway."
The two female guards, however, acted as if it were business and insisted on searching them.
Although Jiang Ruzhen was not happy, she had no choice but to raise her hands in resignation when she thought of the people inside.
"Stop! Let her in."
Just as the two policewomen were about to strike her, the door opened, and a young man in a suit came out and stopped them.
"Secretary Li, body searches are standard procedure."
"The leader said this person is an exception, let her in," Secretary Li replied.
"Yes." The two female guards reluctantly withdrew, their eyes filled with wariness and incomprehension as they looked at Jiang Ruzhen.
Jiang Ruzhen rolled her eyes at the sky. She was a spatial spirit spring ability user. What could ordinary people possibly find on her?
If she really had any bad intentions, she would hide dangerous things in her space, and even ghosts wouldn't be able to find them.
Xiao He glared at the two female guards, then grabbed Jiang Ruzhen's wrist and pulled her forward.
"Ignore them, they're making a mountain out of a molehill."
"Shut up, that's their job. What's wrong with protecting the leader's safety? If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up."
Jin Sheng raised his hand as if to slap Xiao He, but Xiao He curled his lip, snorted coldly, and shut his mouth.
Jiang Ruzhen knew that Senior Brother Xiao He was standing up for her, and comforted him, "I'm fine, Eighth Senior Brother. After all, it's my first time here, and they don't know me very well."
After doing it many times, I became familiar with them.
As the two were talking, they arrived in the room. Jin Sheng turned around and saw the two of them still whispering to each other, feeling a little helpless.
Are all young people these days so arrogant?
Seeing how relaxed the top leader was, he recalled how nervous he was when he first came here, and his fellow students taught him to hold his breath and concentrate.
These two kids are really carefree.
"You've arrived?" Before he could even reprimand them, a kind-looking old man came out from the inner room.
He was dressed plainly, his clothes were faded from washing, and his temples were covered in white hair, but his complexion looked quite rosy.
With a gentle, approachable smile, he didn't look like a leader at all; he seemed more like the grandfather next door.
"Hello, leader."
Xiao He, with his sharp eyes, noticed someone coming out and quickly grabbed Jiang Ruzhen, bowing politely to greet him.
Jin Sheng: "???"
"Hello, I heard that the Ninth Bureau has added two more outstanding generals. It's great to meet you today. You are both talents that the country is focusing on cultivating. Similarly, we are all public servants serving the people. There's no need to be so polite."
"Boss, this is just us juniors showing respect to our elders." Jiang Ruzhen didn't think before she spoke, and the flattering words just came out of her mouth.
"Haha...that's good. I like polite children. Not bad, not bad."
Jin Sheng: "???"
He took back what he had just thought; those two little brats were both incredibly cunning.
"Boss, is there any task for today?" Jiang Ruzhen's eyes widened, her gaze filled with curiosity and a thirst for knowledge.
"Yes, recently an overseas Chinese from the United States contacted us after going through many channels, wanting to send a batch of national treasures back to China."
However, the foreign blockade against us is very severe, and I'm afraid those national treasures might be lost during transport. This time, I want you to join the economic inspection team and secretly transport those national treasures back.”
“Okay, no problem. This is a piece of cake for Junior Sister.” Xiao He patted Jiang Ruzhen on the shoulder and readily agreed.
Jin Sheng couldn't stand it any longer and gently slapped Xiao He on the back. Xiao He immediately felt a mountain pressing down on him and hurriedly used his mental power to control Jin Sheng's arm so it wouldn't move forward.
But Jin Sheng seemed to have anticipated this, and kicked out with one foot, sending Xiao He sprawling to the ground, howling in pain.
“Every mission is challenging, so what do you mean by ‘a trivial matter’? If you don’t correct your attitude, you shouldn’t participate in this mission.”
Xiao He quickly grabbed Jin Sheng's leg and begged, "No, Fourth Senior Brother, I was wrong. I want to go abroad and broaden my horizons."
"I'm sorry, boss, I've been a bit too lenient with him."
"It's alright. You're not a regular army, so you don't need to restrain yourselves with worldly rules."
Besides, every mission you undertake is dangerous. It's fine to joke around and relieve stress occasionally, but don't be like your senior brother and put so much pressure on yourself every day.
"Yes." Jin Sheng was an honest man, but he was still reserved and couldn't let loose in front of his superiors.
The leader didn't press him, but instead said to Xiao He and Jiang Ruzhen, "I heard that one of you has mind control skills and the other has a spatial treasure. Could you show me and let me see?"
Seeing that the leader was so interested, Secretary Li chimed in, "The leader is very curious about your abilities. If it wouldn't be too much trouble..."
Before Li Mi could finish speaking, he realized that his arm was uncontrollably raised, and he was hopping forward like a zombie, pulling on his hair.
"What's wrong? Why aren't my hands and feet obeying me?"
Li, who is usually serious and meticulous, rarely showed such an embarrassed expression. He jumped around in the room, which amused his superiors.
"Haha, I never thought you'd be in this situation, Secretary Li. Now you know what it's like to be powerless to do what you're supposed to do, huh?"
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