Chapter 44 New Action

Because of constraints? At first I didn’t really understand what he meant, so I asked, “Boss Jiang, can you explain the details? At least if you want me to work, I need to know what’s going on.”

While talking, I couldn’t help but frown slightly, because I completely felt the complexity and danger of this matter. According to Jiang Yi, I was really a lucky shrimp. In the midst of the storm, someone was covering me, and I wasn’t going to lose my life.

Jiang Yi didn’t hesitate, and simply said to me, “In fact, your actions are all being monitored, and we haven’t yet found out who the traitor is. However, in our plan, although Company A is very active, it is not part of the core, so if you start with this part, even if the entire operation is monitored, there won’t be any major problems. At least the old guys won’t dare to do anything. But…”

Hearing this, I understood part of it, and I couldn’t help but ask, “But, the first target of our operation was the warehouse. By chance, we got something very important, right?”

“Yes, not long after your operation, we received news that Yan Yi, after learning of your operation, actually went to the warehouse himself. Then the forces belonging to their side also hurried to the warehouse. Fortunately, the elusive Jenny, the leader of the gang, was also in the city. I even contacted her and she also rushed to the warehouse area, and our people also rushed there.” Jiang Yi slowly told the story.

“This is the crux of the problem. Why did so many people arrive, but we… I know, because of the constraints?”

“You finally understand a little bit. It’s like the subtle balance of the yin and yang taiji diagram. The forces of all sides are there in a subtle balance. Yan Yi doesn’t move, and Jenny, the head of the gang, can’t move either. Their forces don’t move, and our forces can’t move either! Although I’m very worried about what’s going on inside, because this balance can’t be broken at that time, unless we want to start a war there. I once said this: You can investigate this matter, you won’t die, at least not by the people of all the forces, but you are still in danger…” Jiang Yi’s tone had a little guilt, which I heard.

So I said, “So, in the warehouse, even if it’s a danger to me, right?” My tone was very calm, not very angry. The things in the warehouse are against the heavens and extremely harmful.

On ordinary days, I am a very ordinary person. I only care about the people I care about, and I hold a cold and indifferent attitude towards the causes and effects of others. But as the master said, we who study the Dao must always have some righteousness. You can choose not to get involved in the causes and effects of one person, but you cannot ignore the fate of a group of people or a nation. That is where righteousness lies!

That is something I should do, even if it means risking my life. It is not that I am great, but there are always many things that should and should not be done in life. I have always believed that when disaster strikes, the people on this land, even if many seem timid and indifferent, they will also sacrifice their lives for the land behind them and the group of people behind them.

So, what am I angry about?

Jiang Yi was silent for a while before saying, “Chengyi, I hope you won’t blame me. There are too many things to consider when you’re in my position. I’m ashamed of myself for putting you in danger, but little devils are too rebellious, especially when they get out of control. I can’t allow them to exist on the land of China. Chengyi, I…”

A department head, the closest person to the legendary immortal, or the immortal himself, is explaining this to me? I said that I was not happy, but it was a lie. I couldn’t help laughing a few times with the microphone in my hand and said, “Okay, Boss Jiang, in fact, I look at the stars at night and look at the white face, and I feel that no matter how I look at it, I am a hero. Just tell me what to do next?”

“Next, you guys should pretend to be recovering in the hospital. This will make them less on guard. You guys have already hit one of their warehouses, but I think they have something more important in the other warehouses. So it’s very likely that there will be some ghosts guarding them at critical moments. I won’t say much more. The next target is Lu Fanming.” Jiang Yi said simply.

What he meant was that we should pretend to be recovering in the hospital, and in the meantime, we should investigate a person named Lu Fanming. I know Lu Mingfan. In the information, he was once the focus of my mission, the absolute core of Company A, and he once had a background in the upper echelons of Company C.

This operation is simple in theory, and we have the cover of being injured, but in fact, we are really a group of injured people, which is the biggest difficulty. But this is something we have no choice but to do.

I sighed and thought to myself, “I’m a real smartass. I won’t explain any further.”

“What? You feel tired and bitter, and can’t help sighing?” Jiang Yi teased me for the first time.

“No, I just think Yan Yi is really annoying. After we finished fighting and set fire to their warehouse, he came out to take revenge on me, a younger generation, and it’s quite something.” I made up an excuse to cover it up. I couldn’t tell Jiang Yi that I think I’m a smartass, right? Although I know very well that Yan Yi, in his position, would not be able to resist taking action when things were already irreparable, it was because of anger, because we really moved something that he thought was great.

I thought Jiangyi would say the same thing to me, but I didn’t expect him to say this to me: “The obsession of a cultivator is often deeper than that of an ordinary person. The end of this path is often also hopeless. If one’s heart is not strong enough, it is like a building with unstable foundations. It will also collapse and fall. But will such a result make people willing? Because the skyscraper has already been built! What I mean is, perhaps you didn’t destroy a warehouse, but maybe Yan Yi’s hope.”

His hope is a pile of zombies? Or I can’t understand it! I was silent for a while, and then said, “I don’t understand these things, but I will carry out the task well. It’s okay, I’ll hang up.”

“You little brat, I’ll compensate you after you complete this mission,” Jiang Yi suddenly said.

Compensation? I smiled and didn’t care. All I cared about was the news from my master. Without saying anything else, I hung up the phone.

The days at the hospital were boring, especially at this secret hospital that was disguised as an ordinary residential building but actually had advanced equipment.

Because it is not open to the public, it is unusually quiet.

I don’t know if it was because of the injection that Yang Sheng gave us, or because Yang Sheng said that scratches and bites would not be infected, but in any case, none of the eight of us had any problems.

Except for Zhao Hong, who was seriously injured, the rest of us, including me, were already back to normal the next day. After all, it was just a superficial wound that didn’t affect our movements.

The next afternoon, we gathered in Lao Hui’s ward to play cards. Next to us was a newspaper, and in the corner of the newspaper was an extremely inconspicuous news item, to the effect that a warehouse in a warehouse district had been destroyed by a fire caused by poor fire prevention measures and dry weather. Fortunately, there were no casualties, and only the warehouse that caught fire was destroyed. The spread of the fire was effectively contained and extinguished in time. In this hot summer, please be sure to…

After that, there was some nonsense, to the effect that everyone should do a good job of setting fires, and so on.

The truth is always covered up, but covering up some truths is not necessarily malicious.

“Put it down, put it down, I have a pair of seven here, I haven’t played yet.” Lao Hui yelled, throwing down a pair of seven while glaring at Xiao Bei, who was preparing to “cheat the heavens and cross the sea” and secretly cheat.

I can hardly imagine that a group of grown men would hide in a hospital room, playing the childish card game “Seven Kings, Five Queens, Two Jacks” while avoiding the eyes of the nurses, and still be so serious.

Xiao Bei was caught cheating by Lao Hui, and his face turned red. He scratched his head and changed the subject very quickly, saying, “Chengyi, you are really amazing. You can even set a fire that makes the news. Poor me and Lao Hui have done so many earth-shattering things, but they have never been in the newspaper.”

“Brother Er has done a lot of big things too.” Hui Gener snorted in disagreement. This kid is very protective of me.

At this point, the game had reached the final round. I was squatting on the bed, smoking a cigarette with a smug look on my face, counting my points and saying, “Getting into the newspaper is a matter of character. Setting fires is also a technical job. I have to work hard to learn the skills, and next time I’ll try to get my handsome and dashing image in the newspaper.”

“Come on, come on, don’t be a cheapskate. Five yuan each, collect the money.” Of course, I didn’t forget the most important thing, which was collecting the money. I couldn’t just collect the money without them praising me a little for being in the newspaper. It was so hard for me to win a game of cards.

At that moment, the nurse suddenly pushed the door open and caught me in the act, smoking a cigarette and yelling for money. Although the patients in this hospital are all of a high status and the doctors and nurses are relatively respectful, the hospital still has its own rules 鈥� for example, no smoking in the ward.

“Chen Chengyi, it’s you again. You can’t smoke in the ward,” the nurse sister said to me angrily.

I smiled and quickly put out the cigarette, respectfully throwing it into the trash can. The nurse sister huffed and puffed and then left after giving us a routine checkup.

But I only realized at this point that everyone, including the honest Qiangzi, had started pretending to sleep. The meaning couldn’t have been clearer: they were trying to get out of paying me the five yuan they owed me! What kind of people are these? I have a bad life, and I’m a student of Taoism, so I always lose at gambling. It’s hard enough to win a game, but these guys have the nerve to try to get out of paying me back.

So, in my anger, I picked up the spittoon under the bed and yelled, “Who dares to deny my gambling debt? One drink per person, absolutely.”

When I yelled, Lao Hui jumped out of bed in surprise and rushed to the door of the ward. I put down the spittoon and chased after Lao Hui. The others couldn’t pretend to be asleep anymore and couldn’t help laughing. For a while, the ward was full of laughter…

There is a saying that men’s friendship is simple. Sometimes a glass of wine and a cigarette can bring people closer together. But brotherly friendship is not simple. At least you have to go through the gun together, together… together.

Together, we are not, but we have carried guns together, and the meaning behind this is that we have experienced life and death together in order to have a brotherly friendship. Our team has become closer because of alcohol, but because of a life and death situation, we have become brothers.

After the fight, we men were all huddled together on Lao Hui’s bed, breathing heavily and making a lot of ‘sizzling’ noises. The heavy breathing was because we were exhausted, and the ‘sizzling’ noises were because we had pulled on our wounds during the frantic fun.

I didn’t get the few tens of dollars I owed him, but it didn’t matter. Happiness is priceless. After my master left, I rarely had happy moments, or I instinctively refused it. I was always afraid that fireworks would be cold, people would be separated, and I would always be afraid that after I had it, I would lose it again, so I would rather not have it.

But when happiness comes, like pain, I still can’t resist it. This is the game of fate. You can’t choose whether you want it or not, whether you accept it or not. In the end, you can only see if you can bear it and then transcend it.

I looked up at the ceiling and admitted that I had been thinking too far ahead. After everyone had calmed down a bit, I suddenly said, “Lu Mingfan, leave tonight and investigate him.”

After I finished speaking, there was a moment of silence. The first to speak was Qiangzi, who said, “Brother, is Hongzi going? He’s still very badly injured.”

Yes, we all looked lively and healthy, but Zhao Hong was still in the intensive care unit. He was seriously injured. I said that we had to move, and no one complained about their injuries or asked questions. The only thing they were worried about was that I would be ‘heartless’ and let Zhao Hong participate in the operation.

It is understandable that the department has a high salary and many privileges, but it is also a matter of life and death. For example, when you are seriously injured and a mission comes, you may have to go through the mission and fight!

“If Hongzi doesn’t go, this time I’ll go with Lao Hui. The target is too big for us to go in together. I’ll go with Lao Hui to check it out first.” I said calmly.

As the leader of a team, you have to do more than just command. You have to lead by example. I’m not the type of person who likes to take risks, but at this point I already consider them my brothers, and I have my responsibilities.

No one spoke. On this lazy summer afternoon, we all lay in bed in silence, because every action is a matter of life and death.

When only me and Lao Hui were moving, we met a woman, a woman who was extremely important in the whole matter, but we didn’t realize her importance at first.