Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

"Brother Zhan, I'm telling the truth. I'm not lying to you."

Liu Hu said anxiously.

He was afraid that Xiao Zhan wouldn't believe him and that Xiao Zhan would misunderstand him. Xiao Zhan was his elder brother's captain and also their family's benefactor.

Xiao Zhan frowned and asked, "So you really don't know who sent you to find Miki Takeo?"

Liu Hu nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Zhan."

At this moment, Xia Keke noticed something amiss and said, "Xiao Zhan, don't worry. Let Liu Hu recount the whole story in detail and see if we can find any clues."

"Liu Hu, carefully recall how they found you and asked you to join the assassin group by finding Miki Takeo."

Liu Hu thought for a moment and said, "That was a month after my brother's accident. I had just graduated from high school and was preparing to enlist in the army when I suddenly received a call from a stranger. The caller said, 'Your name is Liu Hu, and you are Liu Long's younger brother.'"

"I said yes, who are you?"

The other party said, "Don't bother signing up for the army. The organization has given you a difficult task. Are you willing to do it?"

"I was a little confused at the time, and asked him what difficult task it was?"

"The other party said, 'Go to the Golden Triangle region in Southeast Asia and find a man named Miki Takeo, then join his assassin group. Miki Takeo will arrange everything for you.'"

"I was very confused and asked him, 'I'm going to join the army to protect my country, not to become an assassin.' He said, 'This is a mission given to you by the organization. It's because you are the younger brother of martyr Liu Long that the organization trusts you and is giving you this opportunity.' From what he said, it felt like he was sending me to go undercover."

So I asked, "Did the organization send me to infiltrate?"

The other party paused for a moment and said, "I guess so. From now on, I will be in direct contact with you. You need to report important information about Miki Takeo and the assassin group to me in a timely manner."

"Finally, they also said that my brother's sacrifice might be related to Miki Takeo's assassin group, but no relevant evidence has been found yet, and I need to investigate secretly."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan was certain that Liu Hu had been deceived. He knew best about the special forces' overseas mission, and the failure of that mission was a trap set by the Indian military, and had nothing to do with Takeo Miki's assassin group.

Xiao Zhan asked, "So you went to the Golden Triangle to find Takeo Miki, then joined the assassin group, and later became the deputy leader of the assassin group—was it this person secretly helping you?"

Liu Hu spoke frankly: "Probably, otherwise, with my qualifications and abilities, it would be difficult for me to become the deputy leader among so many assassins. Even if I did become the leader, it would be difficult for me to gain the respect of the people. In assassin organizations, strength is always respected, and whoever is the strongest has the right to speak."

Actually, Liu Hu was being a bit modest. His strength was among the best in the assassin group, and he had a lot of influence. The current assassin group was led by him...

Xia Keke frowned and asked, "Liu Hu, have you found any clues?"

Liu Hu shook his head and said, "No."

Xia Keke then asked, "How often do you contact them? Or have you agreed on a fixed time and method of contact?"

When it comes to being a secret agent, no one is as knowledgeable as Xia Keke.

Liu Hu: "They were the ones calling me all the time. Oh, by the way, they were always using a robotic voice."

Xiao Zhan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is it a voice changer? Or a robot voice? There's a big difference between the two."

Liu Hu: "It must be a voice changer."

"I also asked him why we couldn't communicate face-to-face via video, and he said it was for the safety of both of us."

Xiao Zhan: "So what did they make you do?"

Liu Hu: "My main task is to keep an eye on Miki Takeo's usual movements and the daily activities of the assassins in the assassin group."

Xiao Zhan: "It's like asking you to monitor the every move of everyone in the assassin group."

"So you are indeed doing undercover work."

Xia Keke frowned and said, "I still have no clue."

Xiao Zhan: "Liu Hu, think about it again. Besides the fact that they contacted you first, what else do you know about them?"

Liu Hu shook his head and said, "No."

"Why! "

Xia Keke sighed helplessly and said, "Liu Hu knows too little about the other side. I'm just wondering what they want Liu Hu to do by infiltrating the assassin group? Is it just to monitor Miki Takeo?"

Xiao Zhan thought for a moment and said, "First of all, we can be sure that this person knows me and my special operations team members very well, and even knows the family situation of each team member. This means that the other party is either an insider in the military or an insider. In addition, the other party sent Liu Hu to the assassin group in order to keep track of the assassin group's activities at all times, which means that the assassin group has a close relationship with him. So let's make a bold guess that the mastermind behind the Miki Takeo assassin group may be this person."

Upon hearing Xiao Zhan's analysis, Liu Hu frowned and fell into deep thought...

Xiao Zhan paused for a moment and then said, "Based on what Miki Takeo said to me before he died, I can conclude that this person is the one I'm looking for."

Liu Hu and Xia Keke asked in unison, "Who is this person?"

Xiao Zhan said mysteriously, "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed; it's not time to completely lay our cards on the table yet."

Xia Keke rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction: "Tch, so mysterious, trying to fool me with your mystical act again."

Xiao Zhan glanced at his watch and said, "It's getting late. I have a lunch appointment. Liu Hu, you can stay here for now. Director Xia will arrange everything. I'll come over and chat with you later."

Liu Hu: "Okay, Zhan-ge, you go ahead and do your thing."

Xiao Zhan turned and walked towards the door, with Xia Keke following closely behind. Suddenly, Liu Hu called out, "Brother Zhan, wait a minute."

Xiao Zhan stopped and turned to look at Liu Hu, asking, "What have you remembered this time?"

Liu Hu nodded and said, "I suddenly remembered something. Once, when I returned from a mission and went to report to Miki Takeo, I overheard him on the phone, referring to the other person as Uncle Yu. I wonder if this Uncle Yu is the same person who instructed me?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke exchanged a glance. This was the second time they had heard someone mention Uncle Yu. Previously, Li Chaobing had mentioned that on the night Qin Hanwen had his accident, an elderly man in his fifties named Uncle Yu was present and even participated in the decision-making process.

Twenty years ago, Uncle Yu was indeed only in his fifties.

Now Liu Hu has mentioned Uncle Yu again.

Xiao Zhan couldn't believe that such a coincidence could happen in the world.

Liu Hu, an assassin, was exceptionally skilled at reading people and understanding his surroundings. Seeing the varying degrees of change in Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke's expressions upon hearing the name "Uncle Yu," he asked curiously, "Do you two know Uncle Yu?"

Xiao Zhan reacted quickly, saying, "I don't know him. Uncle Yu is obviously not his real name but a title of respect. It's too difficult to find someone without their real name."

"Alright, I have to go now."

Xiao Zhan winked at Xia Keke and then left.

Xiao Zhan went downstairs, got into the car, and said to Shen Jun, "Go back and pick up your sister-in-law."

Shen Jun: "Okay."

Then start the car and quickly drive onto the main road…

Xiao Zhan called Qin Huanhuan again, telling her to get ready so he could pick her up later and take her back to the Xiao family compound in Xishan for dinner.

after an hour,

Xiao Zhan led Qin Huanhuan into the Xiao family compound...

Qin Huai'an was waiting for Xiao Zhan and his wife in the study.

Xiao Zhan looked around but didn't see Uncle Yu, so he asked, "Grandpa, why don't I see Uncle Yu?"

Xiao Huai'an said calmly, "Uncle Yu has gone back to his hometown. I heard there's something important he needs to handle there."

Xiao Zhan said calmly, "Is that so? How long did Uncle Yu go? Did someone go with him? After all, he's so old, it's worrying to let him travel so far."

Xiao Huai'an: "It's been two or three hours, hasn't it? Now there are airplanes and high-speed trains, it's very fast, comfortable and quick, don't worry."