Chapter 95: Training Base

Looking into Wu Yangbing's determined eyes, Bai Ze Shao ultimately could not refuse and accepted the gold bars. Wu Yangbing's generosity was not without reason. In just the past three months, he, Sun Yanjie, Bai Ze Shao, and Wu Jian had earned quite a bit of money working together. Moreover, as time passed, their business grew larger and larger, and the varieties involved became more and more. Guns, fabrics, cotton, medicines—anything that made money. The key was that these were all restricted items, with very high profits.

As the head of the military supplies office, Wu Yangbing took advantage of his position to provide the goods, while Bai Ze Shao and Sun Yanjie handled the customs clearance procedures during transportation, and Wu Jian transported the goods. Of course, there were also some who ate dry dividends directly, like Wu Zhengke. After all, sometimes certain matters weren't something Bai Ze Shao and the others could handle alone. So, Wu Yangbing gave five gold bars, and Bai Ze Shao accepted them.

After putting away the gold bars, Bai Ze Shao looked at Sun Yanjie and said, "Brother Sun, you know where that person mentioned before, right?"

"What do you want to do?" Sun Yanjie asked directly.

"It's simple. Have someone keep watch. The people from the Special Services Department, I don't want to use them, so I'll have to trouble you, Brother Sun. Then, we can wait for the rabbit by the stump, follow the vines to find the source, and catch them all at once," Bai Ze Shao said fiercely.

Although he didn't know who exactly wanted his life, Bai Ze Shao wasn't one to sit and wait for death.

"No problem, leave it to me," Sun Yanjie nodded in agreement.

"Little White, have you offended someone? The way they're doing this secretly suggests it's not something a normal person could manage," Wu Yangbing asked concernedly.

"Big brother, you know what I do. I've offended many people. How can I guess who it is?" Bai Ze Shao shook his head with a bitter smile and said helplessly.

"You really don't have any guesses yourself? After all, even if you've offended many people, wanting to kill you to this extent shouldn't be that common," Wu Yangbing said thoughtfully.

Bai Ze Shao remained silent without speaking.

"Could it be the Red Party?" Sun Yanjie interjected.

"No way," Bai Ze Shao said firmly. "First, the Red Party rarely, or even doesn't, use such fierce methods. Second, how long have I been in the Special Services Department? How could I have offended them so deeply that they'd make an exception to deal with me?"

As soon as Bai Ze Shao finished speaking, Wu Yangbing and Sun Yanjie exchanged a glance and then burst into laughter.

This left Bai Ze Shao bewildered: "What's going on? Did I say something wrong?"

"You don't know your reputation outside?" Sun Yanjie asked after laughing.

"I don't know. What happened?" Bai Ze Shao touched his nose and said suspiciously.

"If you don't know, fine. But you just said you didn't offend the Red Party deeply, probably because you don't even know what you've done."

After a pause, Sun Yanjie continued: "In just a few months since you joined the Special Services Department, you first captured Wu, the factory manager of the printing house, becoming the leader of the third action team. Then, you personally shot and killed Ye Weitian, the second-in-command of the Red Party in Shanning, successfully getting promoted to second lieutenant. Many people wouldn't encounter these things in a lifetime, but look at you. Sometimes I really envy you."

Bai Ze Shao's eyes narrowed as he listened to Sun Yanjie's words. The fact that he had shot and killed Ye Weitian was known only to Liu Xiaobing present there and no one else.

Now that Sun Yanjie knew, others probably knew too. No need to ask; it was Liu Xiaobing who leaked it.

"So you still insist it wasn't the Red Party who made the move?" Sun Yanjie looked at Bai Ze Shao with a half-smile.

"I'm sure," Bai Ze Shao said with a troubled expression: "If the Red Party really wanted revenge for their second-in-command, it wouldn't be this small scale."

"Also," Wu Yangbing nodded in agreement, then laughed and said, "Do you still remember what happened at the Rose Cabaret back then?"

"Brother Wu, you mean the Japanese?" Bai Ze Shao asked in surprise.

However, his heart was nine-tenths sure about this guess.

The original incident had been long forgotten by now, and Bai Ze Shao was almost about to forget it.

But today's events gave him a wake-up call. It seemed the Japanese hadn't given up on him completely.

But even Bai Ze Shao himself was a bit puzzled; why were the Japanese targeting him?

Shaking his head, Bai Ze Shao simply put these matters aside for now. His expression returned to normal: "You two old brothers, things won't have a result for a while. Let's not talk about it. Let's eat first, I'm starving."

"Right, eat first. Nothing is bigger than eating," Sun Yanjie said with a smile.

After that, the three of them chatted while drinking and eating. In the middle, a message unintentionally revealed by Wu Yangbing caught Bai Ze Shao's attention.

"I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. It's the end of the year and it's freezing cold, yet they made our engineers clear new land," Wu Yangbing said with some complaint.

"Clear land?" Bai Ze Shao and Sun Yanjie both looked at Wu Yangbing in surprise.

"It's similar to that. It's made our military supplies office very busy these days, and we've spent a lot of money." Wu Yangbing took a sip of wine and explained: "They say it's to set up some training base, and it's very secretive."

"Training base? Shanning has many such bases now. Why set up a new one? Is it for your security forces to use?" Sun Yanjie asked curiously.

"Yeah, your unit has its own base, and I remember there's a newly built training base behind the military academy's drill field," Bai Ze Shao continued following Sun Yanjie's words.

"This base isn't as large as you said; it's just a small one. But the investment is huge, and the security measures are very tight. Even the engineers responsible for building the base don't know the exact location," Wu Yangbing explained.

"This secretive nature suggests it's not an ordinary training base. Alright, let's not talk about these. Drink, drink," Sun Yanjie raised his glass towards Bai Ze Shao and the others.

Bai Ze Shao originally wanted to ask more, but seeing that Wu Yangbing and Sun Yanjie no longer continued the topic, he could only suppress his doubts.

Although it was midday, the three of them had nothing to do, so they drank bottle after bottle of baijiu.

During this time, they inevitably discussed the current domestic and international situation. Abroad, the Japanese were eyeing them covetously, not knowing when they would start a war. At home, the Red Party's active resistance against Japan had won public support.

Even some college students in big cities dropped out of school to join the Red Party.

Thus, the Red Party's forces were growing stronger and stronger.

However, the three only chatted briefly and didn't go deeper. By the time they finished eating and drinking, it was already past 3 PM. A meal that took three hours straight.