Courtyard House: Home Alone

But the dawn of peace had barely broken when the bald man could no longer contain himself. He was busy deploying troops to various major cities while secretly transporting troops to the Northeast, preparing to tear up the peace agreement and provoke a civil war.

While the Red Party actively pursued peace through negotiations, it also seized the time to reorganize and train its troops in preparation for a sudden attack by Chiang Kai-shek.

Lin Yifan didn't go anywhere during this time; he stayed in Beiping with the three women, and life was quite peaceful.

That day, Lin Yifan was discussing with the three women about going to Chongqing to visit his sister when a telegram suddenly arrived from the headquarters of the Communist Party. He learned that Chiang Kai-shek had broken the Double Tenth Agreement and mobilized a large force to attack the Central Plains Liberated Area, and that a full-scale civil war had broken out.

Lin Yifan went directly to the East China battlefield, where the civil war was at its most intense. At that time, Li Yunlong's column was blocking the National Army's American-equipped reorganized division in southern Shandong. The enemy was equipped entirely with American weapons and had air and artillery support, and their attack was very fierce.

Li Yunlong's side was fighting hard and suffered heavy casualties. They were in dire need of heavy firepower. When he saw Lin Yifan, his eyes immediately turned red. He grabbed Lin Yifan and said, "Brother Lin, you've finally come. The 74th Reorganized Division on the other side is too arrogant. That kid Zhang Lingfu actually dared to advance alone. I was just thinking of taking him down, but I lacked firepower to block their reinforcements."

Lin Yifan patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "This is simple. I'll block the reinforcements. You can go and fight Zhang Lingfu. I guarantee that not even a fly will be able to get through to relieve the 74th Division."

That afternoon, Lin Yifan found the route the enemy reinforcements would take. Before the enemy reinforcements could deploy, he seized their vanguard's ammunition and heavy artillery.

They also easily captured several division headquarters and killed the opposing commanders. The enemy army was thrown into chaos, and no one dared to charge forward. They could only stay put and wait.

Li Yunlong seized the opportunity, concentrated his main force, and captured Menglianggu in three days, annihilating the 74th Reorganized Division and killing Zhang Lingfu on the mountain, giving the bald man a heavy blow.

For more than a year afterward, Lin Yifan followed the main force from Northeast China to North China, and then from North China to the Central Plains. Whenever he arrived at the toughest and most dangerous battles, he was able to solve the problems immediately, tearing apart the Nationalist army's defenses one after another with overwhelming force.

Before they knew it, it was spring of 49. After the three major campaigns were over, Chiang Kai-shek's main force was almost wiped out. He could only retreat to the south of the Yangtze River, relying on the natural barrier of the Yangtze to eke out a living, and still shouting about dividing China into two.

Sixteen-year-old Lin Yifan was already 178cm tall. Just as he was preparing to cross the river to open a breach for the Red Party troops, an urgent telegram from the Red Party headquarters arrived in his hands.

Upon seeing the telegram, Lin Yifan flew into a rage and smashed the conference table in the command post to pieces. Li Yunlong, who was next to him, took the telegram from his hand and saw that it was a report from headquarters. A month ago, due to the betrayal of a traitor, Lin Yifan's family in Wudu was secretly arrested by the Skinhead Gang, and their fate was now unknown.

Seeing his red eyes, Li Yunlong didn't know how to comfort him, so he just patted his shoulder heavily.

"Old Li, you've already fought in Nanjing once, so I won't stay and help you. I have to go save my parents and sister! Please understand."

Li Yunlong slapped his thigh and said decisively, "I've always disliked those remnants of the enemy in Nanjing. You just go and rescue them. If you need more manpower or equipment, just say so, and I'll send a regiment with you!"

Lin Yifan shook his head and said in a deep voice, "No need. Too many people will only alert them. The Military Intelligence Bureau has hidden them well. It will be faster and safer for me to go myself. You hurry up and prepare to cross the river. Once I've rescued them, we'll meet in Nanjing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yifan turned around and left the command post. He found a secluded spot, flashed, and teleported directly towards the direction of Wudu.

Two hours later, Lin Yifan appeared at the former police training center in Luojiawan, which is now the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

The arrests of members of the Communist Party are usually handled by them. His parents and sister had been secretly arrested for over a month. Although he was very anxious, Lin Yifan knew...

It was precisely at times like these that he couldn't afford to panic. He suppressed his anger, enveloped the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters with his mental energy, and carefully examined the situation inside.

Before long, he "saw" the entrance to the dungeon where the Military Intelligence Bureau held serious criminals. His mental energy continued to penetrate, and he saw an agent removing two wire clips from a man whose head was already drooping.

A standing agent said to the agent who was fiddling with the voltage regulator, "This is 'The Wolf,' who has been fighting us for over a decade. I told you not to turn it up so high, but you didn't listen. Now he's dead, and we haven't gotten anything out of him. Let's see how you explain this to the Director."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yifan's heart skipped a beat. He used his spiritual power to examine the man's face closely and realized that it was none other than his father, Lin Qiqing.

Tears welled up in his eyes instantly, and he didn't even feel the skin on his palms as he clenched his nails. He suppressed his surging killing intent and continued scanning the depths of the dungeon.

They quickly found the mother and sister, both of whom were badly beaten. The mother had no fingernails left on her hands. They were leaning against the wall, barely breathing.

Lin Yifan could no longer hold back. With a thought, he teleported directly into the prison entrance and charged in. The unsuspecting agents didn't even have time to cry out before his bullets pierced their heads, and they fell to the ground in disarray.

He quickly walked to his mother and sister, checked their breathing, and thankfully they were still breathing. He then took out his spiritual spring water and fed it to them before putting them into his spatial storage and placing them on the canopy bed.

After dealing with the mother and daughter, Lin Yifan turned and went to the interrogation room. He walked to his father's body, squatted down, and gently stroked his father's eyes, which were still closed in despair. His voice was hoarse, as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper: "Dad, I'm here. I'm taking you home. I won't let any of the people who harmed you get away with it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up, and the temperature around him instantly dropped to freezing point. He unleashed his mental power without reservation, and every single one of the more than 700 people in the entire Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters was shot twice by him, leaving no one alive.

Before leaving, he tore a piece of cloth from a spy, dipped it in blood, and wrote the word "ghost" on it.

Then, he teleported to the headquarters of the Central Bank and put the gold, silver dollars, and various cultural relics and antiques stored in the underground vault into his space. Most of these cultural relics and antiques came from the Forbidden City in Beiping.

In their previous lives, these gold and artifacts were taken to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. In this life, they will never leave the mainland again.

After taking the Central Bank vault, he similarly left the word "Ghost" on the vault door. Then he teleported to No. 7 Ping'an Lane, the courtyard that Lin Yifan had bought for his parents and sister.