The door of the workshop opened again. Someone turned on the light. Gu Xiyan had been in the dark for a long time and was somewhat unaccustomed to the light, so she slightly narrowed her eyes.

  Three people came tonight. One of them was the one who said he wouldn't hurt her yesterday. Gu Xiyan recognized his voice. He seemed to be the leader here. The other two called him Qing Ge.

  "Let's eat first." Qing Ge gestured for the two people behind him to put down the food.

  The fragrant food was placed in front of her eyes, and Gu Xiyan realized that she was indeed very hungry. A subordinate behind Qing Ge untied the rope tied to Gu Xiyan's hands, but her lower body was still tightly bound.

  It's been two days since I was brought here. In terms of food, they don't treat Gu Xixian too badly either. It's just that their mealtimes are usually a bit irregular. For example, today, they sent lunch to Gu Xixian at around 2 pm, and now it's almost 11 pm.

  It hurts at the wrist. Gu Xiyan rubbed her wrist and saw a bruise with purple and green marks on it, looking quite pitiful.

  When Gu Xiyan first picked up the rice bowl, her hand was still a bit weak. After getting used to it later, she only ate a few mouthfuls of rice and some green vegetables. They had prepared some fish soup for her, but Gu Xiyan didn't want to drink it at all. Just smelling that smell made her feel unbearable.

  After eating half a bowl of rice, Gu Xiyan put down her chopsticks, clearly not intending to eat anymore.

  "Now that we've eaten, let's get down to business." Qing Ge waved his hand and had one of his subordinates remove the items, while another subordinate re-tied Gu Xiyan up.

  After doing all that, Qing Ge walked up to Gu Xiyan's side and slapped her without batting an eye.

  Gu Xiyan's lip corners oozed blood, revealing the magnitude of that palm's force. Qing Ge made a hand gesture, and the subordinate who had collected food earlier took out a camera from the package on his back.

  "Commander of the business school, your wife is now in our hands. Have you considered how to fight tomorrow's battle? Remember, for every brother you capture, I will cut that many knives on your wife's body. It seems that it's still more cost-effective for you." Qing Ge said viciously into the camera.

  Gu Xiyuan thought that as long as he said he wouldn't hurt himself, nothing would happen. But unexpectedly, it turned out that she was too naive. Now the person who said not to harm herself is coming to bully her instead.

  Everything happened so fast that it was hard to see clearly. Gu Xiyan only knew that when she came to, there were already three large gashes on her right arm. Fresh blood seeped through her clothes and flowed out. She couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on her forehead.

  "These three knives are just a warning for now. If tomorrow you still insist on taking our people down, then... this knife won't just be a scratch on the arm. But rather... here." Qing Ge said, moving the sharp blade to Gu Xiyan's face. Gu Xiyan bit her lower lip and remained silent. If they wanted to use intimidation, she would never show them her weak side.

  Gu Xiyan didn't know. At this time, her pale face was already worrying enough.

  Shang Yiqi has not returned home for two days. In these two days, they have found some clues about the organization that is active in the capital city. The activities of this organization are becoming more and more obvious. Adding to the information provided by their superiors earlier, Shang Yiqi and others quickly realized that this organization was not simple at all. If it were just ordinary drug dealers and arms smugglers, it would be easier to control them. But this group has clearly established a huge power structure within the capital city. What's more, there may be people covering up for their activities. Otherwise, with the police and military forces in the capital, how could they have developed to a certain extent before being detected?

  "Teacher, this group's modus operandi is very similar to that of the group five years ago." At midnight, Shang Zhiqi was still discussing with Chu Xuan, Xue Fuwen, He Yun and several main persons in charge from the Second Academy.

  Five years ago, that thing was a wound that Shang Qi couldn't erase from his mind. Shang Qi and Xue Fu Xun joined the army in the same year. Because they had a foundation of feelings since childhood, the two were inseparable. Shang Qi's personality wasn't the enthusiastic type, so he never thought about taking the initiative to make friends with others. Later, due to a training exercise, they met Lin Jing Shu again. Speaking of which, Lin Jing Shu was slightly more senior than them. Because of their shared interests, the relationship between the three became closer and closer. The three of them were later referred to as the "Iron Triangle" by other comrades in the army. At that time, Chu Yu was their instructor. Because the three of them always performed outstandingly, Chu Yu regarded them as his trusted assistants.

  Five years ago, the Iron Alliance trio went on a mission together. The country was not a peaceful one. It can be said that the place was very chaotic. The largest drug lord and arms king in Southeast Asia, Mark Louis, was the underground leader of that country. Because the place was chaotic, some ambitious people from other countries took advantage of the chaos to instigate local people to launch poisonous attacks on China. Some radical elements from other countries even formed an alliance with Mark Louis, who provided them with weapons and drugs, while they invaded China through various ports. In fact, Mark Louis was not satisfied with the small profits brought by selling weapons and drugs. His ambition was the entire China.

  Five years ago, a large amount of drugs and arms flowed into many parts of Huaxia, posing a serious threat to the country's public security. At that time, Shang Yue and his team were ordered to eliminate Louis. Lin Jingxiu was killed during that mission.

  To be honest, even until today, Shang Yiqi and Xue Fuxun still can't believe that their good brother actually died like that. But that's indeed the fact. On that day, Shang Yiqi and Lin Jingshu tracked down Louis to the location where he was about to board a private plane. The subordinates around Louis were not simple people. The two of them fought against dozens of people. The disparity in strength can be seen at a glance. Moreover, the opponent's weapons and ammunition were more sufficient than theirs. In the end, Shang Yiqi and Lin Jingshu only had to hide. In the chaos, Shang Yiqi shot a gun at Louis' chest. As for Louis' situation, they didn't know clearly. Shang Yiqi only knew that at the last moment, Lin Jingshu said in his ear "Take care of my daughter for me" and then fainted him. And Lin Jingshu himself took the only hand grenade left on their bodies and rushed out. When the reinforcement troops arrived, they only found Shang Yiqi who was unconscious, Lin Jingshu whose face was unrecognizable, and the corpses of more than ten people.

  At that time, Lin Jing Shu's body had more than a dozen gunshot wounds. The bulletproof vest on his body was torn to shreds. Shang Xi Qi and Xue Fu Xun held him tightly in their arms. There was no trace of sadness in the eyes of the two men, only despair.

  After that, because of the merits of Shang Xike and others, they were considered for promotion. Xue Fu Xun was promoted from middle school to upper school level. The other main contributors also had their own promotions. Shang Xike, who had established some merit before, was nominated as a lieutenant general. However, after burying Lin Jing Shu, he suddenly retired from the military camp overnight. Due to his relationship with Shang Ba Ke, Shang Xike's military status was still retained, and not many people dared to make things difficult for him.

  After leaving the troops, Shang Yi was at a loss for a while. So many years of military career had made him accustomed to using the same set of rules in everything he did. After leaving the army, he really didn't know what to do with himself. Because of his interest, he also studied law on the side during college. After taking over Yanyan, he suddenly had the idea of becoming a lawyer. Before that, he had also taken on some cases and done very well. Or rather, extremely well. In the legal profession, his reputation was excellent. With such conditions, it wasn't difficult for him to become a part of the legal world.

  Hengyuan Law Firm is the most famous law firm in Beijing. Shang Kai quickly made a name for himself there, and from then on, he was considered to have successfully changed careers. In fact, with his family background, he could have lived a life of luxury without doing anything. But after all, he came from a military family, and since childhood, he had been educated to understand the importance of self-reliance. And he never thought of relying on his parents for a living, otherwise, what's the difference between him and those social parasites?

  He didn't know how to take care of the child. At first, she had hired a nanny for Yanyan. Sometimes he would also bring Yanyan back to his parents' home. Later, because once that nanny fell asleep while the little one was crying pitifully on the other side, he was shocked and sent the nanny away. So he had to take care of the little one himself. As for the origin of Little Girl, Shang Qi didn't know much about it. He knew that Jing Shu had a daughter, but Jing Shu's wife he had never seen before. He also tried to investigate, but got nothing.

  He can't put all his energy into Xiaotou. Just as he was thinking about whether to hire a new nanny, he accidentally heard his mother say that Yan'er needs a mother and that a family with both parents is complete. His mother even asked him when he plans to marry Xiao Xiao. At the time, Xiao Xiao was abroad, but his mother's words seemed to imply that she wanted to bring Xiao Xiao back to China.

  The child needs a mother. Can't be helped. He never thought about it before. But marrying Xiao Xiao? Although they grew up together since childhood, he never had that kind of thought about Xiao Xiao. He stopped his mother from calling Xiao Xiao back to the country. He knew his parents always looked out for Xiao Xiao, but he never thought he would marry her. Moreover, Xiao Xiao might not like him either. If they don't like each other, why force them to be together? Until a few years later when he found out Xiao Xiao actually liked him, he just smiled it off.

  Actually, thinking carefully, Xiao Xiao's impression on him is very faint. He has always been clean and self-disciplined. Even that time when Chu Yan Chen called him to a so-called adult hotel, he didn't do anything and just left. Women? For many years, only Xiao Xiao appeared more in his life. Other women, he really didn't know many. In the army, he also didn't see many female soldiers. It's unknown whether it was because of this that he wasn't very interested in women.

  Later he thought of a person. The little girl he met in T city when his unit was on holiday that time.

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