Police officer Chen Shu.

When Min Lai was led out of the ravine with his hands tied behind his back, the entire Burmese teak forest was already bathed in sunlight.

The soldiers who had been disarmed along with him squatted on the ground with their hands behind their heads. Some of them secretly glanced at him out of the corner of their eyes before quickly looking away.

A few soldiers who were originally under his command had now defected to the enemy along with Company Commander Ma. Not one of them dared to look him in the eye, and they turned their bodies away intentionally or unintentionally as they passed by.

The warlord armed groups in northern Myanmar have never had a simple superior-subordinate relationship.

In northern Myanmar, where jobs are completely unavailable and crops are impossible to grow, joining the army is the only option that guarantees a decent diet and a salary. Enemies surround them: the government forces to the south are suppressing bandits, and warlords around them are vying for money and territory. Leaving one's unit means certain death.

The officers held the reins of wealth and connections; only by following them could soldiers earn a living, and only then could their families find a way to survive. Everyone's hands were stained with sin; their interests were intertwined, and their lives were tied to that same rope.

Normally, no one would dare to betray their superior.

Their livelihoods were in the hands of their superiors, and their families were detained within their jurisdictions. From top to bottom, there was only one path to follow.

"How could they betray us? They dare to betray us?"

Minlai's eyes were filled with confusion. When he reached the edge of the gully in the mountain stream, he suddenly stopped.

The two soldiers escorting her shoved Min Lai in the back, but she didn't move. Then she suddenly turned around and launched into a string of angry curses at Company Commander Ma, who was standing on the mountain.

"Ma Guofeng! You son of a bitch!"

"More than a decade ago, you came to us like a dog, and it was the general who took you in!"

"Damn it! Is this how you repay the general? Two million US dollars bought your conscience?!"

"You bastard, you son of a bitch!"

Minlai's loud noise echoed through the valley several times, startling a flock of birds. However, the owner of the cigarette, Company Commander Ma, remained calm and didn't even glance at Minlai. He simply threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground and slowly extinguished it with the sole of his shoe.

At this moment, the two soldiers following behind rushed forward, each grabbing one of Min Lai's arms and forcibly dragging her out of the mountain.

Minlai tried to break free, but it was no use. She was lifted up, her toes scraping the ground, unable to exert any strength.

He forced his head to turn, continuing his tirade: "Ma Guofeng! You think you've won? What do you think these hypocrites in China will give you? Don't fucking dream! In China, you're a fugitive, and your soldiers are a bunch of fugitives! Now look what's happened, in Myanmar, you've become traitors, there's nowhere for you to hide in the world!"

"..."

Two soldiers carried Min Lai away, and the sounds behind them finally faded away.

Company Commander Ma turned around.

He stood on the granite, gazing at Min Lai's retreating figure in the distance. He took out the bag of yellow cigarettes he had taken from Chen Chuan from his pocket, shook one out, and put it steadily in his mouth.

Chen Shu walked over, supporting his back, his face pale.

Chen Chuan rushed forward, took Chen Shu's right hand, and asked anxiously, "Shot? Where? Are you alright? Should we go back now? The car is parked at the foot of the mountain, we can leave in no time!"

Chen Chuan spoke quickly, his usual flippancy gone.

"Hey, what's going on?" Chen Shu jokingly brushed aside Chen Chuan's attempt to help him up, weakly waving his hand and giving a rather unpleasant smile. "I'm not going to die, I know what I'm doing. Has Xiao Wang contacted you?"

Chen Chuan stared at Chen Shu's waist, where blood had seeped quite a bit, for a long time before regaining his composure. He deliberately took a step back, looked Chen Shu up and down, and teased with a smile, "Hey, Shu, are you just born with a cursed fate? You finally manage to go on a long trip and you still manage to exhaust yourself. Once in Southern Xinjiang, once at Qingyue Bridge, and I'm too lazy to count how many times you've been here in Northern Myanmar. You really think you're an indestructible cockroach..."

"Stop rambling." Chen Shu waved his hand, interrupting Chen Chuan's seemingly sarcastic but actually concerned nagging. "Has Xiao Wang contacted you? Where is he?"

"He was making random phone calls in the car." Chen Chuan straightened up, his eyes showing disdain for the senior secretary from the Donghai Provincial Public Security Bureau. "Like a child."

Upon hearing that the person was safe, Chen Shu felt relieved.

Seizing the opportunity, Company Commander Ma emerged, jogged to Chen Shu's side, snapped to attention, and gave a crisp salute, loudly announcing, "Commander Chen, Company Commander Ma Guofeng of the Third Company reporting for duty!"

Just now, Chen Shu watched the whole thing from the side and knew that this person was an undercover agent recruited by Chen Chuan. To be able to turn someone to his side in a foreign country and in such a short time was something that Chen Chuan's actions had far exceeded his expectations.

Conversely, this Company Commander Ma also caught his attention.

"Company Commander Ma, we're all on the same side, no need to be so polite." After a moment's thought, Chen Shu remembered that this Company Commander Ma was Zhang Jian's informant, the deputy director of the Ruili Police Station.

However, in a foreign land where lives are at stake, the role of an informant is unpredictable. Today he may be a police informant, and tomorrow he may be a police enemy. This kind of shift in opposing identities is smoother than imagined.

Company Commander Ma smiled and nodded repeatedly. After lowering his right hand from the salute, he respectfully offered a cigarette and asked, "Commander Chen, what about Ang Suoling? That guy is currently staying in the park. Based on my understanding of him, he's probably waiting for Min Lai to... ah, no, to send him back."

Chen Chuan leaned closer and asked, "Shu, how about we just shoot our way in?"

Chen Shu didn't rush to answer Chen Chuan's question. He looked at Company Commander Ma and asked, "Is that alright?"

Company Commander Ma first glanced at Chen Chuan, then looked at Chen Shu, stammering for a long time without saying a word, waiting for Chen Chuan to say "Just say what you have to say" before finally revealing the truth.

"Commander Chen, Officer Chen. My 3rd Company has about 180 men, which looks pretty good. Hmm, Ang Soling has about ten companies like this under his command. And where he is now, what looks like a telecom fraud industrial park, an economic area, was actually built to military fortress standards. Ang Soling is surrounded by veterans who followed him from the village, die-hard loyalists! Even the government troops would suffer a crushing defeat!"

Chen Shu nodded and echoed, "Our principle is: no one dies."

Hearing this answer, Company Commander Ma felt a mix of emotions.

On the one hand, he did this today with the intention of taking down Ang Suoling, otherwise, if he missed the opportunity, Ang Suoling would definitely beat him to death.

Just as Min Lai said, as a fugitive, he definitely can't return to China and can only stay in northern Myanmar. So if Aung Soe Ling isn't killed today, he will definitely be the one who dies in the end.

On the other hand, the original plan was to wait for Ang Soling to personally go up the mountain to arrest people, and then take the opportunity to kill them. However, they never expected that with such a big commander hanging in front of them, Ang Soling would not come out in person, but only send his adjutant.

Thinking of this, Company Commander Ma felt a bitter taste in his mouth and a terrible headache.

I like Policeman Chen Shu.