Lu Huai'an: "Hou Bin, have you identified all the sentry posts?"
Gone was his usual infatuated look, where he constantly called her "wife." Hou Bin nodded seriously, "Yes."
"This is a sleeping potion, a stronger version. Remember to use it on someone."
Inspired by the life-saving medicine Su Wantang gave him, Lu Huai'an went to Su Wantang's pharmacy again before leaving.
On the second floor of the pharmacy, there were many high-grade medicines that Su Wantang practiced with but did not sell.
Su Wantang mentioned it to Lu Huai'an during a casual chat.
"You two go with Hou Bin."
"Feng Liang, the three of you, are in charge of providing backup."
"Yang Bing, you guys come with me and infiltrate."
Lu Huai'an issued one order after another, and with the final command "Begin the operation!", the ten men transformed into night hunters, wandering in foreign lands, capturing ghosts and monsters.
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Let's rewind to the wedding day.
Thanks to her deliberate misdirection, the news should reach Huai'an before she attends the wedding.
Gu Nanzhi has always been a person with deep thoughts and cunning.
Her usual tactic is to utilize all available resources to achieve her desired goals.
Never made a mistake.
Aside from leaving back then...
Her heavy gaze drifted out the window toward her homeland, and she unconsciously gripped the windowsill tightly.
He'll come this time, won't he?
The knocking on the door suddenly sounded, and Gu Nanzhi immediately became alert.
"who?"
"Nan Zhi, it's me."
It's Old Zhang.
Gu Nanzhi thought of something, her heart tightened, and she took three steps at a time to open the door.
Zhang Guodong stood at the door and announced, "Nan Zhi, get ready. The ambassadors will be coming to discuss cooperation in the next couple of days."
He's here.
Gu Nanzhi couldn't suppress the upward curve of her lips, and her voice also became somewhat cheerful.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I'll be ready."
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The following afternoon.
Gu Nanzhi accompanied Mr. Zhang to attend the meeting and cooperation with the ambassador stationed abroad.
Everything went smoothly.
Except for the epilogue.
"The machine can be sent to you after the meeting, but it is not allowed to be shipped out of the country before we have verified the efficacy of the frostbite ointment!"
"You!" Zhang Guodong slammed his fist on the table and stood up. Charles smiled and waved the thin white paper in his hand, which was covered with dense black writing. It was the prescription that had just been handed over, as if silently provoking, "Now that the prescription is in my hands, you have no bargaining chips, so you should just lie there like cowards."
Zhang Guodong angrily retorted, "Shameless!"
“Joker!” Charles suddenly stood up and left his seat, his posture showing utter contempt for Zhang Lao and the others.
Zhang Guodong was furious, and after a moment, he slumped weakly into his chair.
After a long while, he got up, and Gu Nanzhi quickly helped him up.
"Let's go back."
The departing figures of the group exuded an inexplicable desolation.
Back at his residence, before entering the house, Zhang Guodong glanced at Gu Nanzhi casually. Gu Nanzhi nodded slightly to him and reassured him, "Old Zhang, don't think too much. It's just a matter of waiting a day or two. There will be a good result."
Zhang Guodong sighed and closed the door.
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Night falls.
Time is like sand in an hourglass, flowing slowly yet swiftly, and a heart is repeatedly cut and trimmed on a hot oil pan.
Suddenly, a faint noise came from outside the window.
"Old Zhang, open the door." The deliberately lowered voice came through the crack in the door.
Zhang Guodong's throat tightened, and he hurried to the door. When his hand touched the doorknob, he suddenly froze and gave the signal.
"Pear blossoms bloom in March."
Can the old friend return?
My breathing stopped for a few moments.
This was a promise he made to his lover.
Just in case, he didn't send a secret message, but repeatedly emphasized that he should go home for him.
Outside the door were our own people.
Zhang Guodong opened the door and said in a calm and steady tone, "Comrades, come with me."
Lu Huai'an and the others followed Zhang Guodong through the long corridor and opened a locked door.
Zhang Guodong stepped aside: "The machine is inside, hurry up."
Having undergone physical training, the group possessed excellent night vision. A quick glance revealed an empty room, causing them to frown and become even more vigilant. Their eyes scanned their surroundings, their muscles tense, adopting an absolute hunting stance.
"Damn it!" Yang Bing cursed under his breath, grabbing Zhang Guodong by the back of his collar and dragging him to the front. "Where's the stuff? Are you trying to fool us?"
"The thing is right here—" He stopped mid-sentence, rubbed his eyes, widened them, and muttered, "How could that be? I saw it put in with my own eyes."
Yang Bing couldn't help but ask, "Then how come it can grow legs and run?"
Since its inception, the special training team has been declared a secret trump card. Now, not only has it made a wasted trip, but it has also exposed its secrets to the outside world.
Yang Bing's anger was understandable.
"Yang Bing!" Lu Huai'an placed his hand on Yang Bing's taut arm. "Let go."
"Captain," Yang Bing said unwillingly.
"This is an order."
As soon as Yang Bing released his grip, Zhang Guodong's legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground. His eyes were bloodshot, and he kept repeating, "Impossible, impossible..."
Lu Huai'an pulled the man up and asked the crucial question in a deep voice: "Old Zhang, besides you, who else has the key to this room?"
It's not betrayal.
Otherwise, they would be surrounded and guns would be aimed at them right now.
Zhang Guodong paused for a moment, then his unfocused pupils regained some clarity. He said simply, "It's Nan Zhi, Gu Nan Zhi."
Where is her room?
"The third room next to mine."
Yang Bing vaguely remembered it and said, "The room was dark."
"Let's go inside and take a look."
There was no one inside. The ink cap on the table was not yet closed, and two words were hastily written on the spread-out white paper.
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