After the family finished eating, Xiao Gengwu asked about the two people on the mountain. Ruan Shengpeng did not hide anything; the two people's target was Xiao Gengwu.
Ruan Shengpeng sneered: "The commander of my regiment brought a finely crafted turtle today, saying it was a gift for Little Pudding to play with. Luckily, Little Pudding didn't go to the office today."
"Otherwise, he would have just given it to Little Pudding, and Little Pudding would have taken it and played with it. That would have scared me to death! I don't know if there was anything hidden inside!"
Yao Tongjia overheard this and sat down: "Dad, have you checked it? What was put inside the turtle?"
Ruan Shengpeng shook his head: "I took it all apart to check, but I couldn't find anything. Could I have guessed wrong? Was he really that kind, giving toys to Little Pudding just to please me?"
Ruan Shengpeng's darling is Xiaobuding now, and everyone in the military region, from the deputy commander to the new recruits, knows this. Is giving gifts to Xiaobuding now really just to please Ruan Shengpeng?
Yao Tongjia didn't believe her: "Where did you put the turtle?"
"I left it in my office!"
Yao Tongjia stood up: "Dad, let's go take a look now. Maybe there are some details you've overlooked. I'll go check!"
Ruan Shengpeng knew that he wasn't as perceptive as his daughter and son-in-law. His confidant was about the same. He and Xiao Wu spent a long time that afternoon studying the turtle, but they still couldn't figure out the problem!
Ruan Shengpeng stood up and habitually looked at Xiaobuding, but Xiaobuding was playing with the tangram rings and was so focused that she didn't notice Ruan Shengpeng's actions at all.
Ruan Shengpeng felt a little disappointed. This was his companion for his after-dinner walk, how could she have abandoned her grandfather? He felt a pang of bitterness and couldn't help but feel angry: "Your daughter is only 15 months old, don't give her such difficult things to think about!"
"What if she can't eat because she thinks too much, and she doesn't grow tall?"
Yao Tongjia felt she knew why Ruan Shengpeng was disappointed. He had always taken walks with Yao Yanxin after meals, but then she gave birth to Xiaobuding.
Yao Yanxin had to take care of her during her postpartum period, and later she also had to help take care of Xiaobuding. She was so busy that she didn't even have time to paint. Ruan Shengpeng came up with a solution: after meals, the three of them would take a walk together.
Everything was fine at first, but Yao Yanxin soon realized that after dinner, Xiaobuding went out for a walk, and the house finally became quiet, which she could use to draw.
So the only companions left for the walk were an old man and a child. Ruan Shengpeng was a little unaccustomed to it, but the little pudding was very good at sweet-talking people.
Ruan Shengpeng was quickly charmed by Xiaobuding and continued his walk, but now that his son-in-law has returned, it's as if he's lost his walking companion again!
This was truly frustrating, and all she could do was comfort her: "Little Pudding has just been interested in toys these past few days and forgot to go for a walk with you. She should remember tomorrow!"
Ruan Shengpeng felt embarrassed after his daughter saw through his thoughts and walked quickly ahead. Xiao Gengwu looked at Yao Tongjia questioningly, and Yao Tongjia could only tell him about the walk.
Xiao Gengwu was very grateful: "Now we can hire someone to do things, right? We can afford it with our current salaries. How about we hire someone to help with the housework? You need design drafts too, right?"
“There’s no rush for the design drafts. Given Mom’s current reputation, we can’t allow too many of her designs to enter the market, as that would undoubtedly lower her value.”
"Hiring someone is an option. Actually, the military region originally wanted to provide Dad with someone to do housework, but Dad and Mom refused."
"Neither of them wants anyone to move in. They feel there aren't many chores to do, and the two of them can manage them together. But now that there's a little pudding, Dad can still call someone over!"
The two quickly arrived at Ruan Shengpeng's office, where the tortoise was still on the coffee table, though it was no longer recognizable as a tortoise.
Ruan Shengpeng truly did take the turtle apart completely; the cotton was scattered on the coffee table, white stuff, without a single impurity in sight.
The cotton looked to be of good quality. Yao Tongjia squeezed the cotton thoroughly but didn't see anything wrong with it.
After kneading the cotton, Yao Tongjia went to look at the turtle's outer shell. She touched the green shell little by little, but found nothing hidden inside. Had she guessed wrong?
In Yao Tongjia's mind, if someone sends something, it must be something smuggled in. In the movies she had watched before, the most likely smuggled item was a listening device.
Xiao Gengwu has already told Yao Tongjia about the situation on the mountain. The best way for these people to find out about Xiao Gengwu is, of course, to plant a listening device on the turtle.
But why isn't it there? The entire turtle has been disassembled, and all the cotton and outer covering have been squeezed out! Yao Tongjia kept looking at the turtle; this turtle must be missing something!
Yao Tongjia casually asked, "Dad, this turtle seems to be missing something?"
"What else could be missing? Xiao Wu and I dismantled it together, and the things never left the office. How could anything be missing?"
"It's missing its eyes!" Xiao Gengwu said definitively. "I saw something black on this turtle before, that must have been its eyes. Where are they?"
Ruan Shengpeng recalled the turtle he had obtained before, which seemed to have eyes, but now its eyes were gone, and his heart skipped a beat!
He was certain that only he and Xiao Wu had touched the turtle that day, and he had never given the key to anyone else, which meant the turtle had been right under his nose the whole time.
The two men touched the turtle, but the turtle's eyes disappeared. It couldn't help but look outside. Today, Xiao Wu had taken apart the turtle, and it just so happened that he was changing shifts with someone.
Xiao Wu never left his side, which means that if Xiao Wu took the turtle's eyes, they must be on him; if they weren't on him, it means he had backup.
Ruan Shengpeng dared not think any further. This Xiao Wu was his bodyguard, always by his side. Was this person infiltrated, or was he an enemy agent himself?
Those who could become his bodyguards had all undergone rigorous checks. If Xiao Wu was an enemy agent, how did he manage to get to his side? How many people helped him in the process?
Ruan Shengpeng walked over and closed the door, then called over the other guards. When Xiao Liu and the others received Ruan Shengpeng's call, their eyes twitched.
Ruan Shengpeng has always been an easy-going person. He always lets them take turns working in his office, just in case they neglect their training and have a difficult future.
The fact that they were being called over now meant something must have happened. They didn't dare delay or run away; they just strode towards the commander's office!
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