Police officer Chen Shu.

One day ago.

In a large courtyard in the north.

"This time we must crack down on all telecom fraud."

"Yes."

"We won't show up."

"Yes."

"I remember there was a lot of rainforest there."

"Yes."

"Send over some equipment that we don't need."

"Should we give them a heads-up beforehand?"

"No need to say hello. If they found it, it's because they have good eyesight. If they didn't find it or didn't know to go for it, then they're just not destined for it, and we'll find someone else."

"understood."

......

Northern Myanmar.

The border area of ​​the Xia Kingdom.

After nearly three hours of bumpy travel, from a gravel road barely wide enough for two cars to pass each other to a dirt road just wide enough for one vehicle, Chen Shu and his companions finally arrived at their destination.

Company Commander Ma parked the pickup truck at an abandoned logging camp, turned off the engine, and arranged for one soldier to escort Big Dog and Zorroson to a dilapidated wooden hut nearby to wait. The other three soldiers took turns patrolling and keeping watch in the vicinity.

Company Commander Ma looked around and chose a spot where dozens of logs were piled up. He climbed up, stood on top, and looked towards the Xia Kingdom's territory across the way.

"Commander, the exercise location shown in the news is right across the street. There are so many mountains!"

Upon hearing Company Commander Ma's voice, Chen Shu shifted his gaze from the wooden hut where Big Dog and Zorro were imprisoned, and looked in the direction Company Commander Ma was looking.

One after another, the old mountains, were it not for the four- or five-meter-high guardrail newly erected by the Xia Kingdom along the border, that would literally mean the complete extinction of human traces.

Chen Shu had never been to such a remote mountain forest in his entire life.

A few seconds later, Chen Shu looked away, saying without any interest, "It's getting dark soon, let's go tomorrow morning. You've been here for so many years, you should be used to these mountains by now."

Company Commander Ma held up his binoculars and gazed intently at the opposite side, looking from left to right and then from right to left, for a full half hour, afraid of missing even the slightest detail, but in the end he still found nothing.

As dusk fell, he finally gave up and returned to the open space in front of the wooden house with his head hanging low.

"Commander, there's nothing here."

"Isn't this a normal thing?"

Chen Shu patted the tree stump next to him, gesturing for the other person to sit down, and laughed, "Company Commander Ma, what are you expecting? I told you long ago that I was just teasing Ang Suoling, but you wouldn't believe me. How about it, I wasn't lying to you."

Company Commander Ma sat down next to Chen Shu, sighed, and frankly said, "Commander, after this is over, you can all leave, but I can't."

Chen Shu rummaged around on his person for a while, then pulled out an opened pack of cigarettes and handed one to Company Commander Ma: "Why can't you leave? If you don't want to go back to China, I'll find someone to send you to Thailand tomorrow. It's right next door; you can crawl there."

Company Commander Ma took a drag of his cigarette, glanced at the soldiers bustling about in the distance, and said with a wry smile, "Commander, you don't know the situation here. When soldiers follow you, they're truly entrusting their entire families' lives to you. It's not just the officers; even the soldiers move their wives and children to villages near the camp. And, well, the unmarried ones bring their parents over too. Anyway, I have to support their entire families' food, drink, and shelter."

Chen Shu was taken aback; he truly hadn't expected that.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Shu deliberately said, "Everyone wants to live, they won't blame you."

Company Commander Ma took a few deep drags on his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground, and stomped it out.

He looked up at Chen Shu, his eyes showing no disappointment, no resentment, and no fear, only a calm that had been suppressed for a long time and was finally finding release.

As darkness fell, a few faint stars rose in the night sky above the logging camp, their light still shining through.

Company Commander Ma shrugged and said self-deprecatingly, "Ten years ago, to avoid going to jail, I abandoned my wife and children in China and ran away here. During these ten years on the run, I've thought a lot. If I had another chance, I would honestly stay in China and surrender. At least now I have a home to go back to."

He paused, then turned to look at the young soldiers who were still busy. Some were wiping their rifles, some were clumsily trying to cook something with the lumberyard's boiler, and some were staring intently at Big Dog and Zorroson locked in the cabin.

These young soldiers followed Company Commander Ma in his rebellion not because of any promises he made, but simply because they believed that this man, who had led them into battle since he was a squad leader and platoon leader, would continue to lead them.

Trust can be that simple sometimes.

"I brought them out, so I have to bring them back."

"I have no home anymore, but they still have homes."

Chapter 988: He's been locked in a dark room and hasn't been released yet. The main content is that in Xia Country's headquarters, the management decides to dump a large number of obsolete weapons in the rainforest of northern Myanmar.

I like Policeman Chen Shu.