Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Lin Geng waved his hands and said, "It's boring for you to say that. My father was also a soldier. How could I just stand there and watch when something like that happened? Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I can't just watch Uncle Liu being harmed by the enemy agents!

Besides, if I hadn't given Uncle Liu bait that day, causing Uncle Liu and you to be careless, you would definitely not have failed to notice the two enemy spies. So if you count it all, it was me who caused the trouble! Don't be so hypocritical with me! Haha!

As long as Uncle Liu is okay, I'll be relieved! You guys are carrying so many things here, it's too awkward!

I am well fed and my family is not hungry. We have everything we need. But supplies are in short supply now. When you go back later, take these things with you. I know that even leaders like Uncle Liu actually live a very hard life!

There are so many things, I guess they were all bought from Uncle Liu with great difficulty. I can’t use them all by myself. I appreciate your kindness, but you have to take them back later!"

Ma Biao shook his head and said, "I'm not being hypocritical with you. I'm speaking from the heart! The chief is very grateful to you, but after the incident, the higher-ups were very angry and ordered the chief to be confined at home. I was also scolded, so I couldn't come out to see you!

Otherwise, the chief would have let me come over long ago! The enemy spy organization was uprooted these two days ago, so I was allowed to come out, and the chief immediately let me come over!

These are all prepared for you by the chief's wife. She insisted that I send them to you. If you don't accept them, the chief will yell and kick me when I go back! I guess his wife will also blame me, so don't hurt me!

Just accept it if I give it to you, and don't make it difficult for me!"

Lin Geng thought for a while and said, "Okay! Then I won't make it difficult for you, Brother Ma! I'll keep the things! But with so many things, I don't know how many people will be jealous of me! It's really troublesome!"

By the way, you can just come here, why did you drive here in a car and wear a military uniform? Isn't that too eye-catching?"

Ma Biao laughed and said, "This is what the chief meant. He is not the kind of person who likes to show off, but he heard about you, so he asked me to come to you in a high-profile manner this time!

We have all heard about what happened to you some time ago. We were really pissed off. The chief was so angry that he almost called the police chief and asked him to have those beasts shot!

If he hadn't heard later that you had given them a pretty rough beating, he would have personally come forward to speak up for you!

But even though you beat them up pretty badly, the commander still wants to support you, so he asked me to come here with a car and in military uniform!"

When Lin Geng heard this, he knew that someone must have investigated his background and reported the situation to Lao Liu. Lao Liu had specially sent Ma Biao here in such a high-profile manner so that everyone in the yard could see that he had a backer, and that anyone who wanted to bully him in the future would have to consider their own weight first.

He also remembered that when he went to the factory to meet Director Yang a few days ago, Director Yang received a call from a certain department asking the factory to give him preferential treatment. At that time, he was a little curious. He had not yet entered the factory to take over his mother's shift, so why did the higher-level department report this matter to the steel mill first?

It seems that there must be Lao Liu's instructions behind this. Some departments must be paying attention to his situation and know that he will go to the factory to take over in the near future, so they greeted Director Yang in advance and let Director Yang properly arrange his succession.

Then he understood why as soon as he entered the factory to handle the succession procedures, someone called Director Yang to inform him about his brave fight against the enemy spies. There must be Old Liu watching him behind the scenes.

Lin Geng was very touched by this, so he nodded and said, "Thank you, Uncle Liu! Go back and tell Uncle Liu to rest assured. I am no longer the same person I used to be. If anyone wants to bully me now, I will definitely not be polite to them!"

"No! Keep this to yourself and tell the chief! I didn't come here today just to give you some gifts! The chief asked me to take you to his place and have dinner with him! He has nothing to do today, so he asked the chef to prepare some dishes. Please go over and talk to him!" Ma Biao waved his hand and said to Lin Geng.

When Lin Geng heard this, he hesitated. In fact, deep down, he didn't really want to have anything to do with a senior leader like Lao Liu or to curry favor with him. He had long guessed that Lao Liu might be a senior general in the army. Even if he didn't know his rank, he could roughly guess that his rank was definitely not low.

The fact that an enemy spy tried to assassinate him while he was fishing this time is very telling. It is unlikely that the enemy would take such a big risk and would rather use two spies to assassinate him in a suicide attack.

Moreover, the higher-ups took the matter so seriously afterwards that they mobilized a large amount of manpower and resources to investigate the background and identity of the relevant personnel, and also specifically examined his origins. This clearly shows that Lao Liu's identity is not simple.

The more this happened, the more he didn't want to cling to Old Liu, because in a few years, the wind would blow, and he didn't know if Old Liu could stand firm in that wind. If he got too close to him, a small fry like him wouldn't be able to withstand it, and if he wasn't careful, he would be swept away by the wind and nothing would be left.

So these days, he didn't see Lao Liu sending anyone to look for him, and he didn't care. He made up his mind that he just had to live his life well and not expect to rely on anyone. He just waited until the reform and opening up, and with the help of his memory and the east wind, he could still soar.

Now that Old Liu sent Ma Biao to invite him to dinner, Lin Geng was a little hesitant. So after thinking for a while, he said, "Brother Ma! That's not necessary! Uncle Liu must be very busy. This is not a big deal. How can Uncle Liu spare the energy to invite me to dinner? I won't go, so as not to disturb Uncle Liu's rest!"

Ma Biao waved his hands and said, "No, the commander and his wife have specifically told me to invite you over!

You don’t know that the leader’s children are all grown up. One son died on the battlefield on the peninsula, another son is in the border defense force, and the daughter is also in the northwest. There are no children around them all year round, and the old couple are usually very lonely!

The leaders have been recuperating at home during this period. Apart from fishing to pass the time, there is nothing much to do at home every day. They really want someone to accompany them!

Don't refuse, just come with me, just think of it as accompanying them to talk, okay?"

Having said that, Lin Geng had no way to refuse. The elders of their generation had fought in the battlefields for the country and sacrificed almost everything, even sending their own children to the battlefield and sacrificed gloriously for the country. If he couldn't even fulfill this little wish, he felt that he was too selfish.

Even if he wanted to keep a low profile, he was unwilling to disappoint an old senior like Lao Liu. Since Lao Liu thought so highly of him, even if he took some risks, compared with their selfless dedication, what did it matter?

Thinking of this, Lin Geng nodded happily and said, "If that's the case, what else can I say? Okay! Uncle Liu and Auntie think so highly of me, of course I can't refuse! There's no need to say anything, let's go now!"

Seeing that Lin Geng agreed readily, Ma Biao was also very happy. He immediately stood up and said, "Okay, brother, I knew you wouldn't refuse! Let's go now! The leaders are waiting for you at home!"