50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 569 Unbearable

But in those few days, Reagan received a belated report from the intelligence community.

The report shows that just two months ago, during military exercises in Europe, Russia was almost ready to press the nuclear button.

It was only because of the temporary restraint of the Russian leadership that a nuclear war was not triggered; this time, he was truly frightened.

He has always touted his confrontation with the Russians as one of his political achievements and a way to attract voters, but he has never considered fighting a nuclear war.

Since World War II, although the two sides had been engaged in a Cold War confrontation for decades, no direct conflict had broken out. This led Reagan to overestimate the actual resilience of the Russians.

Especially after the Russians formulated the "Operation Ryan" plan, the level of nuclear sensitivity in their country has been raised to the highest level.

According to the intelligence Reagan received, the Russian family's nerves are like a taut rubber band, and they could snap at any moment.

If this were to happen, a nuclear war would immediately erupt. Realizing this, Reagan decisively began to back down.

After the New Year, Reagan's special envoy began to try to contact the Soviet Union and tentatively proposed reducing missiles.

The Russian side quickly responded positively to Reagan's signals of easing tensions.

Because the party under greater pressure right now is actually Russia, any relief from that pressure would be exactly what Russia wants.

Now that the two sides are the two poles of the world, even the slightest movement between them will lead to multiple interpretations by countries around the world, and our family is no exception.

In response to this contact between the two sides and Reagan's significant shift, a new task was assigned to Sun Zhiwei: to find out the true situation of this matter.

Sun Zhiwei knows the truth perfectly well: it's just that 'Reagan chickened out.'

But he couldn't write it like that yet. Intelligence needs to be based on reason and evidence to be credible, so he had to make a trip to Washington.

In just one day, he successfully obtained the analysis report that the US intelligence agencies had provided to Reagan a few months earlier.

The report detailed the situation in the Soviet Union at the time and concluded that "the Soviet Union could launch a nuclear war at any time."

This is irrefutable evidence. He took a picture of the report, returned it, and then put the document back in its original place as before.

After obtaining the report, it also found a meeting record in the White House archives.

That was a meeting of Reagan's advisory group, during which the group reached the same conclusion: relations with Russia must be eased, otherwise the risk of a major war was rapidly increasing.

None of these messages mention our family, yet they are all closely related to our family.

The reason we are currently able to thrive in the Western camp is precisely because the United States is at a disadvantage in their military standoff.

The US needs us to contain Russia's military forces in the East, so it's easy for them to talk to us.

The inevitable outcome is that if one day they no longer need us, they will immediately turn their backs on us.

If one does not have a clear understanding of this point, then one will inevitably make mistakes in judging the future.

Fortunately, the leaders were very clear-headed, had a clear understanding of the enemy's true nature, and were adept at using the Eastern strategy of feigning compliance.

Two days later, he compiled all the evidence and reports into a report document, and then returned it to Lao Han through the mall's secret channels. His mission was then complete.

Back home, Sun Zhiwei chatted with Tong Jiajia about their family situation, and she told him about a strange incident she had encountered in Beijing. Zhang Baosheng, a colleague from Institute 507, had been invited by Xu Yimin to give a report. At the time, Tong Jiajia was visiting Sun Hongying at the Foreign Affairs Building and had the opportunity to meet this extraordinary man.

She personally witnessed Comrade Zhang Baosheng being able to read with his ears and retrieve objects from a distance. He was also said to possess even more miraculous abilities such as remote sensing, X-ray vision, the ability to walk through walls, and the power to heal.

Xu Yimin invited them because he felt that these special abilities would be very useful for our intelligence gathering work, and he wanted to see them for himself.

This sight truly did not disappoint him; he witnessed Zhang Baosheng twist two stacked steel spoons into a pretzel shape with just a couple of shakes.

That's a stainless steel spoon. Even for someone with considerable strength, it takes a lot of effort to bend the spoon with their bare hands, let alone twist it into a pretzel shape.

When Tong Jiajia talked about the performance, her eyes lit up and she kept exclaiming how amazing it was.

In the end, she even produced a photo of herself and her daughter with Comrade Zhang Baosheng.

Sun Zhiwei, who had initially treated the whole thing as a spectacle, couldn't hold back any longer. This damned swindler actually dared to cheat his wife and daughter.

If he could tolerate this, wouldn't he become a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?

So he immediately decided to go home for the Chinese New Year this year and expose the swindler.

This year's Lunar New Year's Eve is February 1st, and it's already January.

With time running out, after deciding to go back for the New Year, the two spent three days on a big shopping spree, buying a lot of gifts and New Year's goods.

They only found out when they were about to board the plane that there was a weight limit for each person on this flight back to China, and they couldn't bring any extra.

So, Sun Zhiwei pretended to have an acquaintance who could arrange for the items to be shipped privately. Then, he found a secluded spot, stored all the items they had bought in the past few days into his spatial storage, and successfully boarded the plane.

The two hurried and finally returned to Beijing on the 15th.

He hailed a taxi at the airport and drove home along the main road. The journey had changed significantly since the last time he returned.

There are now more people on the streets, and their clothing has become increasingly diverse, with many men wearing suits and ties.

Many of the women have curly hair, which was quite rare two years ago.

The streets are no longer just filled with buses, government cars, and trucks; there are also many three-wheeled motorcycles now on the road.

Those were all Dongfeng brand three-wheeled motorcycles produced by the Dongzhimen Motorcycle Factory, which were very convenient for carrying people and goods.

Many of the first batch of self-employed individuals chose to buy this for the convenience of transporting goods for their businesses.

Because of its high production volume and the fact that it doesn't require a purchase quota like cars, it became a sensation throughout the city as soon as it appeared.

The two of them were each carrying a suitcase, with most of the gifts and items stored in Sun Zhiwei's space.

When they arrived home, only Yang Guihua was there; Sun Hongying was still at work and had not yet returned.

Tong Jiajia put down her luggage and started helping Yang Guihua tidy up the house and prepare meals.

Sun Zhiwei quietly went to the outer corridor and took out all the items they had bought from the space before starting to move them into the inner room.

(End of this chapter)