It should be noted that Wei Liangbi was a rising star in the Baoding clique. At a young age, he was already a colonel and director, in charge of major operations and wielding the power of life and death. In the eyes of ordinary people, he was an extremely rare talent. How could anyone look down on him? Unless the other party also had an extraordinary background and status.
"Lin Shulan, the daughter of Lieutenant General Lin Zhen, the Military and Political Committee member, is indeed a bit too good for us. No wonder they are unwilling!"
He Feng shook his head and sighed. Lin Zhen was a big shot in the Baoding faction of the military, holding a high position and wielding great influence. He himself was currently powerless and had no say in the matter. Even when he asked a friend to visit him, he was flatly refused.
Lin Zhen? Isn't that Lin Mucheng's father!
"That's right," Ning Zhiheng suddenly remembered. When he investigated Lin Mucheng, he also learned about the Lin family members. Lin Mucheng was the eldest son in the family. He also had a younger sister and a younger brother. It seems that this Lin Shulan is Lin Mucheng's second sister.
Unexpectedly, things have turned out so coincidentally that Lin Mucheng is involved again!
Wei Liangbi was dejected and could not hide his disappointment. He sighed, "Shulan and I are in love with each other. I initially thought she was just an ordinary girl from an ordinary family, but things just didn't go as planned. She turned out to be General Lin's daughter. Now I don't know what to do."
He Feng was also quite helpless, saying, "I'll try to find someone to do some persuasion, but General Lin is very stubborn, and I don't think it's very likely that I can convince him."
Although He Feng had a wide network of connections, it was still not quite at the level of the bigwigs in the military, so he could only do his best.
Ning Zhiheng listened without saying a word. He really couldn't get involved in this matter, so he could only rely on Wei Liangbi's efforts.
At this moment, Li Lan knocked on the door to urge them to eat. The three of them composed themselves, got up, left the study, and went to the dining room to eat.
Ning Zhiheng didn't see his junior sister He Wenxiu, so he asked his master's wife, "Where's Wenxiu?"
Li Lan explained, "Don't wait for her anymore. Her original school has closed down because of financial difficulties. They can't even pay the teachers' salaries. Now she has transferred to the Women's Normal College. This school is very strict. She can only go home on holidays."
The Chongqing government is currently facing severe financial difficulties. All its financial and material resources have been invested in the war of resistance against Japan, leaving very little for the education sector, which is already unsustainable. Many universities that have sent students from inland areas to Chongqing have successively suspended classes.
After inviting everyone to take their seats and finishing their meal together, Ning Zhiheng and Wei Liangbi took their leave.
Sitting in the back of the car, Ning Zhiheng smiled and jokingly asked Wei Liangbi, "Senior brother, you're usually so quiet, how did you manage to win over General Lin's daughter? You've got some impressive skills! Tell me about it."
Seeing Ning Zhiheng's somewhat gossipy expression, Wei Liangbi couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Men should marry when they're of age, and women should marry when they're of age. I'm almost thirty, what's so strange about me having a boyfriend?"
Seeing that Ning Zhiheng wasn't going to let him off the hook, he had no choice but to continue explaining: "At the end of last year, when I led a team to inspect the front lines, we encountered some female students who had fallen behind during the school's relocation. I helped them out, and Shulan was one of their teachers. That's how we met. We met a few more times in Chongqing and gradually became close. Eventually, she revealed her family background. I didn't think there would be any problems, but when she mentioned it to her family, General Lin scolded her. I had no choice but to ask my teacher to intervene, but as you can see, it didn't work. Sigh, I don't know how to resolve this!"
Ning Zhiheng said in a deep voice, "Actually, you can't really blame General Lin. There's never a good ending to being a spy. If you don't follow the proper path in the military, you can only walk in the dark for the rest of your life. Once you jump in, you can never wash yourself clean. I can understand General Lin's feelings."
Wei Liangbi did not deny this. He had killed too many people over the years, including dissidents in the military and officers who violated laws and regulations. Among them were many people with powerful backgrounds. It was hard to say whether there would be any future troubles. Besides, promotion in the Military Intelligence Bureau was difficult. Although the Bureau had great power, the highest rank one could reach was only major general, which was naturally not enough in the eyes of these big shots.
"But I can't just stand by and watch Shulan leave me! Sigh! Let's take it one step at a time!" Wei Liangbi said helplessly.
Ning Zhiheng looked at Wei Liangbi and suddenly asked, "Senior brother, do you know Lin Mucheng?"
"Lin Mucheng? Shulan's brother is named Lin Mucheng. What, do you know him?" Liangbi asked curiously.
Ning Zhiheng carefully observed Wei Liangbi's facial expression and knew that Wei Liangbi had no other intentions.
When monitoring Lin Mucheng, the people used were all peripheral members of Ning Zhiheng. It wasn't until the Japanese spy Xuelang was discovered that Ning Zhiheng felt his men lacked professional tracking skills and were afraid of waking Xuelang. So he borrowed Shao Wenguang from Wei Liangbi to specifically track Xuelang. Therefore, Shao Wenguang didn't know much about Lin Mucheng either. Later, in the case report, Ning Zhiheng deliberately concealed Lin Mucheng's existence. Now it seems that Wei Liangbi really didn't know about Lin Mucheng.
"How do you know Lin Mucheng?" Wei Liangbi quickly noticed the problem and asked as well.
Ning Zhiheng explained with a smile, "I've only heard people mention it. I think it was from the seventh class of the Whampoa Military Academy, and you were classmates in the same year, so I have some impression of it."
Wei Liangbi said in surprise, "He was also a graduate of the seventh class of Whampoa Military Academy? But there were hundreds of people who graduated at the same time, and I couldn't possibly know everyone. Why are you asking about this person?"
"It's nothing, just a casual question," Ning Zhiheng said with a smile.
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