The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

Yang Dalin slept soundly until dawn the next day.

I glanced at my watch; it was already past nine.

Yang Dalin got up, opened the door, and saw two guards standing at his door.

Yang Dalin didn't make things difficult for them: "Comrade, I need to use the restroom."

Yang Dalin received better treatment than the other fifteen people, but he only gained two followers.

Apart from the highest-ranking officer in the camp, the company commander, no one would take the initiative to communicate with him.

After Yang Dalin finished using the restroom, the captain came again and waited for him in his room.

A soldier even poured him hot water so he could wash up.

The company commander asked him, "Are you hungry? I'll bring you some food. The kitchen always keeps food for you."

Yang Dalin nodded: "I am indeed hungry, thank you then."

Soon, two soldiers came over carrying four cornbread buns, a bowl of thin porridge, and a small dish of pickled vegetables.

It seems life in the military isn't good either.

Yang Dalin didn't mind and quickly finished his meal.

Then the company commander, the captain, told him, "The higher-ups will be here soon, just wait patiently."

If you need anything, just have the soldier at the gate call me.

Yang Dalin nodded: "Okay, thank you, Company Commander. You go ahead and do what you need to do, I'm fine."

After a while, the two big shots in Zhongshan suits and the two experts, Xiaolong and Xiaohu, whom I had met last time, arrived.

Xiao Long and Xiao Hu personally guarded the door.

Two men in Zhongshan suits came over and shook Yang Dalin's hands warmly: "Oh, thank you, Comrade Yang, for saving so many people, including three more than on the list."

We forgot to mention these three, thank you so much.

Yang Dalin waved his hand politely: "No, it's nothing, sir."

After exchanging pleasantries, Yang Dalin recounted the entire rescue story, omitting everything except the details about the biological weapons.

Including the abnormality of the mother and child.

The leader in the long-faced Zhongshan suit said, "Oh, Comrade Yang, do you know how many bacterial bombs and poison gas bombs the other side detonated?"

Yang Dalin feigned ignorance: "I don't know!"

Comrade Xiaolong knows me, right? When I went there, I brought two rifles and a pistol with me.

I didn't bring the rest with me. Could it be that they stored them themselves and the explosion was an accident?

Or perhaps it's a secret agent taking advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters.

Our country can't manufacture this thing right now.

Before liberation, the Japanese invaded our country with a lot of trash, right? The Russians could probably manufacture it themselves, so it's possible, isn't it?

Two men in Zhongshan suits stared intently at Yang Dalin, but Yang Dalin remained unfazed, not even blinking unconsciously.

Not guilty at all.

It's even more realistic than the acting of the movie star.

Indeed, Yang Dalin brought several guns with him, and they were the other side's guns.

Moreover, they bombed high-ranking officials and military camps in the opposing city, but did not harm any people in our country.

The two men in Zhongshan suits could only suspect, but had no evidence.

That's the only explanation: the enemy had hidden biological weapons and poison gas bombs, and somehow they were detonated.

This caused them heavy losses.

Whose fault is this? They only have themselves to blame.

They were the ones who hid it themselves.

Anyway, our country doesn't have the capacity to produce it.

Even if we find traces, they'll be obvious that it was produced by the Japanese, and has nothing to do with our country.

Yang Dalin played the role of shifting the blame eastward very well.

Just then, the bigwig in the Zhongshan suit received news that, just as Yang Dalin was fleeing, some Russians had contacted our people.

I think it was one of our people who did it.

However, the superiors also followed Yang Dalin's version of events.

We don't have the capacity to produce this thing.

Moreover, most of the poison gas bombs produced by the small country in the past were taken away from Northeast China by your big brother. How do we know why you didn't handle them properly?

And what about the unexpected explosion?

Was it because you were secretly researching that the leak occurred?

If you want to research this weapon, we need hush money, otherwise we'll expose it to the international community.

The Russian representative suffered a great loss without being able to speak out.

He had a bitter pill to swallow but couldn't express it.

They actually paid some bribes as hush money.

If Western countries find out about this, the image of the Russians will be even more ruined.

The Russians were so angry they had no choice but to take it out on their daily lives.

The remaining evidence proves that it was produced before your marriage.

Instead, it was secretly hidden in their country. Construction was underway in two of their cities at night, and somehow it exploded, causing heavy losses.

We need an explanation from Xiao Rizi.

During World War II, the Chinese and the Russians fought three times in Northeast China, the first two of which were relatively minor.

The last time was when the Russians sent their Far Eastern Army to wipe out all the Japanese troops in Northeast China.

However, they also took the opportunity to seize a lot of our industrial equipment and supplies, captured many civilians, and also seized weapons and ammunition.

There were countless covert battles during this period, and the Japanese even used biological weapons during the Second Nomonhan Incident.

Xiao Ri has a history of doing this.

You can't deny it even if you want to.

The Russians demanded compensation from the poor for their losses.

The locals were also puzzled: which bastard buried these weapons in two Russian cities without reporting it?

And why do the Russians carry out construction work at night in the dead of winter?

What a load of rubbish! The little guy knows he's in the wrong, but he has no choice but to admit it.

Sigh, I guess I'll just have to pay up.

After more than a decade of adjustment, life has improved significantly, and the economy is much better now.

There will still be some losses.

Seeing that they couldn't get anything out of Yang Dalin, the two big shots decided to let the matter drop.

Then he asked Yang Dalin what had happened to the mother and son.

Yang Dalin recounted in detail his encounter with them and their behavior along the way.

He also handed over the interrogation records he had brought back to them.

Let them investigate it themselves.

My only responsibility was to bring the person back safely; I didn't ask any other questions.

Don't inquire about things you shouldn't know.

The long-faced man in the Zhongshan suit said, "You're quite clever, kid."

Okay, get some rest.

Let's ask other people.

Yang Dalin then asked them about Brother Tian and the racing team.

One of the big shots replied, "The day after you went in, I had your convoy return first, since they still had missions to complete and couldn't all wait for you alone."

Your mentor, Comrade Tian Xueyi, originally intended to wait for you.

Your station chief, Comrade Qi Desheng, ordered them to return.

Because waiting here won't do much good, and he doesn't know when you'll be back.

So we advised him to return with the convoy.

They should have arrived in Beijing by now.

Yang Dalin asked, "Can I call our station and ask them to send a message home?"

Otherwise, my aunt will worry if she finds out everyone else has gone home and I haven't.

The two big shots exchanged a glance, and one of them said, "Okay, let's make a call. Just say that something's come up and we'll be delayed for a few more days before we get back. No need to say anything else."

Yang Dalin said, "I understand, sir. There's no need to say more."

I understand.

Yang Dalin was then taken to the company commander's office.