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

"Clang, clang, clang."

When the bells in the Yonghe Temple chime twelve times on New Year's Eve.

Inside the main hall,

"Amitabha Buddha, benefactor, please offer incense!"

Sanmu Dan personally handed three lit incense sticks to the mysterious man standing next to Liu Shiyuan.

The mysterious person had been wearing a mask and sunglasses ever since they arrived, and their head was completely covered by the hood of their down jacket, making it impossible to see what they looked like.

Aside from their height and weight, nothing else is known about them.

The mysterious man didn't say anything as he reached out and took the incense stick. Sanmu Dan noticed that the mysterious man was even wearing white gloves, indicating that he had come prepared.

Even so, the moment the mysterious man took the incense from Sanmu Dan, Sanmu Dan smelled a faint fragrance of agarwood. Sanmu Dan was very familiar with this scent because he always burned this kind of agarwood in his bedroom, which helped him sleep and relax.

At this moment, Liu Shiyuan, also holding three sticks of incense, stepped forward with the mysterious person under the guidance of Sanmu Dan to offer incense.

After the two finished offering incense.

Then Liu Shiyuan asked in a low voice, "Would you like to come to my room for a cup of tea before you leave?"

The mysterious man shook his head.

Then he turned around and resolutely walked out of the main hall.

Not a single word was spoken.

When the mysterious man stood on the steps at the entrance of the main hall, four young men dressed in black, also wearing masks and sunglasses, immediately surrounded him.

"squeak."

A black, unlicensed luxury armored car sped up and stopped at the bottom of the steps.

The mysterious man got into the car under the protection of four guards. The driver stepped on the gas, and the car drove silently out of the Yonghe Temple. Several identical bulletproof cars quickly followed. At this point, no one could tell which car the mysterious man was in...

Throughout the entire incense offering process, the mysterious person did not utter a single word.

Liu Shiyuan watched the mysterious man's car disappear into the night, then let out a long breath and turned his sharp gaze to Sanmu Dan, asking, "Do you know who he is?"

Sanmu Dan put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, this old man is too blind to recognize who it is."

He thought to himself, "Amitabha, even if he were burned to ashes, I could recognize him just by smelling his scent. But could I say it?"

"I don't want to die!"

"Haha, in another six months, once I retire safely, I can go abroad to reunite with my wife and children and live a happy retirement."

Then Liu Shiyuan sneered, "Sanmu Dan, you cooperated well this time. I hope you will continue to work hard and not disappoint me."

Sanmu Dan hesitated for a moment, then leaned forward and whispered in Liu Shiyuan's ear, "Mr. Liu, how are the mother and her two children?"

"snort!"

Liu Shiyuan glanced at Sanmu Dan and snorted coldly, "I thought you were pure of heart and free from all desires, but I never expected you to be a philandering monk, a worthless wretch. No wonder you can't believe in anything these days. Even monks who chant Amitabha Buddha every day have found wives and had children."

"I'm just wondering, is your thing even working?"

"Are those two children your biological children?"

Sanmu Dan's face flushed red and then turned pale as Liu Shiyuan teased him. He stammered, "Both children have undergone paternity testing."

Liu Shiyuan rolled his eyes and said, "You fucking know about paternity tests? I really underestimated you. As long as you don't get cuckolded, that's fine. Just cooperate with the upcoming mission and don't overthink it. You'll meet the mother and her two children."

After Liu Shiyuan finished speaking, he gave Sanmu Dan a meaningful look, then strode away...

Sanmu Dan stood bewildered in the biting cold wind...

Inside the minivan

The drone captured the scene of the mysterious person leaving and projected it onto Xia Keke's special phone.

Xia Keke frowned as she looked at the screen and asked, "Xiao Zhan, who do you think this mysterious person is? He seems somewhat familiar."

Xiao Zhan shook his head and said, "Without showing an inch of flesh from head to toe, how can anyone tell who it is?"

"But the four young men in black who suddenly appeared at the end gave me a sense of déjà vu."

Xia Keke: "I also think the movements of these four bodyguards look familiar, like I've seen them somewhere before."

At this moment, Zhang Guoqiang leaned over to look at the phone screen.

When he saw several identical cars blending in with the mysterious man's car, he blurted out, "Red Wall Bodyguards, a decoy tactic."

Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Zhang Guoqiang continued, "This tactic of using real and false targets is a classic example of confusion, making it impossible for the enemy to pinpoint which car the target is in. Previously, our National Security Action Team conducted a joint exercise with the Beijing police and the Red Wall Bodyguards. I personally led the team that time, so I recognized this tactic at a glance. Could the mysterious person be someone from inside the Red Wall?"

Xiao Zhan's gaze suddenly turned cold as he carefully observed the mysterious man's walking posture, while simultaneously comparing his height and build to that of someone he knew.

It's fair to say that Xiao Zhan's brain CPU was practically burning out.

suddenly,

The person in Xiao Zhan's mind closely matched the mysterious person.

Xiao Zhanxin's heart sank suddenly, and he instantly plummeted to the bottom.

The mysterious man was actually him?

When Xiao Zhan saw Xia Keke looking at him, he knew that Xia Keke, like him, had already guessed who the mysterious person was from his height, weight, and walking posture.

Xiao Zhan's expression hardened, and he said in a deep voice, "Director Xia, Captain Zhang, as the commander-in-chief, I order that this video be treated as if it never happened. The incident involving the mysterious person at Yonghe Temple should not be recorded in any way, and the video should be deleted immediately."

Xia Keke's face darkened as she replied, "Yes."

Zhang Guoqiang's expression hardened as he replied, "Yes."

Xia Ke pressed a button with her finger, and the image on the screen disappeared, immediately replaced by a live tracking video feed...

at this time,

In the darkness of night,

The mysterious convoy has already turned onto the East Second Ring Road.

Xiao Zhan spoke into his headset in a deep voice, ordering, "Cancel the drone's tracking and filming of the mysterious person. Continue to monitor the Yonghe Temple."

Through the earpiece: "Received. Keep an eye on Yonghe Temple."

at this time,

Liu Shiyuan walked into the quiet courtyard, sat on the sofa, picked up a teacup and leisurely took a sip of tea before saying to Sanmu Hongfu standing beside him, "That was a close call! If it weren't for the timely report from our inside source, our garrison's pawn would have been exposed. It turns out that bastard Xiao Zhan had already discovered that I was hiding in the Yonghe Temple, but he hadn't taken any action. What was he waiting for?"

Miki Hirofumi said, "Xiao Zhan is waiting for us to find other pieces, or for others to come looking for us, so that he can find more clues and eventually wipe us out in one fell swoop."

Liu Shiyuan sneered, "What a fool's dream! Xiao Zhan is dreaming of marrying a wife in broad daylight. Does he really think I'm an idiot? Do you think I'd let him manipulate me like this?"

Miki Hirofumi laughed and said, "Sir, that move you made just now must have left Xiao Zhan and Xia Keke completely dumbfounded."

"With Xiao Zhan's intelligence, he should be able to guess who the mysterious person is."

"Will he dare to continue the investigation?"

Liu Shiyuan sneered, "I just wanted to make Xiao Zhan question his existence after seeing the mysterious person, causing his mental world to collapse instantly."

"It also made him realize that the people he had been serving were actually on my side."

"We also want to make Xiao Zhan's proud spirit of loyalty to the country a mere shadow of his own, and make his belief in fighting for it vanish in an instant. Damn it, he's still too green to fight me."

Miki Hirofumi laughed, "Haha, Xiao Zhan must be questioning his existence right now."