In the General Armaments Department, incidents occurred frequently. After Vice President Zhang was hospitalized and Song Jingzhou was injured, Yang Wen, the leader of the second group, was found dead in the western suburbs of Kyoto.
On this day, he was going to keep his appointment with Wang Jingtao.
After the autopsy report came out, it was determined to be a homicide.
As a researcher, Yang Wen also has the habit of carrying a memo with him. He carries a small notebook, about the size of his palm, in his shirt pocket to record his thoughts and inspirations at any time.
Based on a few sentences he wrote in his memo, a phone call he made before leaving home, and several pieces of evidence left on his body, Wang Jingtao was identified as a major suspect.
The old man of the Yang family was a brother who went through thick and thin with Wang Zhongli. He passed away more than ten years ago, but the old woman of the Yang family is still alive.
In Yang Wen's father's generation, not a single person was capable of taking on a major responsibility.
As a result, the Yang family has been marginalized for a generation. Although Yang Wen is not particularly outstanding, he entered the Engineering Research Institute of the General Armament Department at a young age and can be said to be the hope of the entire Yang family.
This incident was a devastating blow to the entire Yang family.
It would be difficult for the Yang family to cultivate another Yang Wen. Therefore, the Yang family's attacks were all directed at Wang Jingtao for three generations, relentlessly pursuing him and even showing signs of wanting to perish together, which caused Wang Zhongli a lot of trouble.
Inside a quaint and quiet courtyard house.
Wang Zhongli, with his gray hair, stood with his hands behind his back on the corridor. In front of him was a small pond where lotus flowers were in full bloom, but Wang Zhongli's eyebrows were slightly drooping, and his pursed lips showed that he was not in a good mood.
Wang Jingtao stood behind him with his head down and a dejected look on his face. The scorching sun shone on him, and time passed by second by second. Beads of sweat dripped down his ears, but he dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction.
"If I remember correctly, you have disliked Yang Wen and his gang since you were a child, and you have basically had no contact with them."
Wang Jingtao's face darkened further. "Grandpa, I told you, I didn't do it!"
Wang Zhongli said leisurely, "I didn't say it was you who did it!"
"But you have indeed recently gotten involved with the engineering research institute, haven't you?"
"I don't care what Yang Wen has to do with you. You're not a child anymore, so I won't say more. You should understand the principles you need to understand."
"Take care of things with the Yang family as soon as possible. Also, I want to emphasize this again."
"I hope you will not get involved in the struggles above. Our duty and mission as soldiers is to safeguard national security and protect the stability of the country's border regime."
"We don't get involved in other matters! They're none of our business."
Wang Jingtao lowered his head obediently, "Grandpa, I understand!"
Go!
"Go see your grandmother."
"yes!"
Wang Jingtao breathed a sigh of relief and turned to walk heavily toward the path to the east.
After a long while, Wang Zhongli turned around, looking at Wang Jingtao's departing figure, a look of disappointment flashing in his eyes.
Lieutenant Li, who was standing by the artificial hill not far away gazing at the sky, came over and said, "Sir, let's go inside. It's windy here."
Wang Zhongli looked at Wang Jingtao's retreating figure with a disappointed expression.
He quickly offered his advice.
“Jingtao is young and doesn’t understand the importance of this matter. He might be taken advantage of.”
Wang Zhongli shook his head. "That's exactly what I'm not satisfied with."
"He's someone I personally mentored, and yet he still made this mistake, now he's deeply mired in this mess. If he wants to advance, he can't afford to be tainted..."
"I can't protect him forever, and now people are watching me pay the price..."
"What if I'm gone? I'm already this old, how much longer can I live?"
"Sigh..."
When Lieutenant Li saw that his superior had even said such things, it was clear that he was extremely angry.
"You're overthinking it. Jingtao is already more mature and outstanding than many of his peers. Look at the Liu family and those from the Qin family."
"Don't even mention his achievements; his family is always cleaning up his messes. Jingtao has been sensible since he was little and has always worked very hard. I've seen all of that."
"These children, only a few years old, are like little adults, so sensible it breaks your heart."
Hearing Lieutenant Li's words, Wang Zhongli's expression gradually softened.
“He does work very hard, but I always feel that he takes some things too seriously. Sometimes, even I don’t know what he’s thinking.”
At this point, Wang Zhongli's face showed worry again. With the Wang family's current influence, coupled with Wang Jingtao's own efforts, if he works steadily, he will surely go further than he did.
But he was missing something.
Perhaps it's related to his childhood experiences, but he lacks compassion for the world.
He couldn't very well talk about his own child in front of others.
Over the years, Jingtao has only been decent to himself, his wife, and Li Ruide. As for others, not to mention the common people, he has always been cold and indifferent to his superiors, colleagues, and elders.
It's not the superficial indifference, but a genuine lack of care and nonchalance from the bottom of one's heart.
To put it bluntly, it's ruthless and cold-hearted.
Wang Zhongli couldn't help but feel a little regretful when he thought about Li Ruide's temperament when he was young.
Back then, considering various factors, we had Jingtao recognize Li Ruide as his godfather, but I don't know if that was the right thing to do.
Now his personality is becoming more and more like that of Li Ruide back then.
Thinking of Li Ruide's temperament in his early years, Wang Zhongli frowned even more.
"It seems I need to find an opportunity to have a serious talk with him."
……
In the farm villa, Su Qingci rubbed her eyes and walked out sleepily.
I picked up the cup on the coffee table, filled it with warm water, and drank it down. I felt much more refreshed.
Su Qingci subconsciously looked up at the countdown clock on the LCD TV.
125 hours, 43 minutes, and 27 seconds.
125 hours 43 minutes 26 seconds.
125 hours, 43 minutes, and 25 seconds.
........
Those misty eyes gradually focused, then revealed a tremendous surprise.
125!!!
How did it get to 125?
"When I came in yesterday, it was eight o'clock in the evening. What time is it now?" she muttered to herself as she looked up at her watch.
It is 8:07 AM.
"So that means I spent the whole night on the farm, a full 12 hours or so?"
“When I woke up and went outside yesterday, it had been more than 117 hours.”
"It's 125 now, which is 117 minus the 12 hours I spent inside. It should have been 105, but now it's 125. So what happened last night?"
Su Qingci widened her eyes and raised two fingers.
20 hours!!!
Fearing she had miscalculated, she recalculated twice more and indeed found it to be around 20 hours.
Isn't it getting harder and harder to upgrade later on?
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