Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

The crew-haired man looked at Li Dongfang and said, "I have considered this question before, but nothing can be confirmed right now. I can only make assumptions. I can't tell you for the time being."

Li Dongfang's eyes immediately perked up when he heard that. He looked at the man with a crew cut unkindly and said, "Can't you tell me what you mean?"

"No means no. We can only tell you after we have investigated it thoroughly and obtained approval from above." The man with a crew cut didn't care about Li Dongfang's attitude.

"That's fine! I'm leaving. You asked me to come here just to confirm the contents of the handwritten materials, right? I've already confirmed it. Don't come to me for anything in the future! And I'll report back to the higher-ups. In view of the unfavorable work of some departments, I don't believe in the rigor of confidentiality. After this project, all my research will be suspended until you have investigated everything thoroughly."

Li Dongfang felt very annoyed again. These people were targeting him. He also actively assisted the crew cut guy and his colleagues in their work, but in the end they were asked to keep it a secret from him. Forget it. He would not care about it anymore. The worst that could happen was that he would ask for more people to protect him.

Moreover, when a research project is submitted, only ideas are submitted but no research materials are provided. Naturally, some people will be anxious. Let's see who will suffer then!

Early the next morning, as soon as Li Dongfang arrived at the office, he received a notice asking him to go to the Ministry of Industry for a meeting.

Without thinking, Li Dongfang knew that this must be a leak from the Academy of Sciences.

As expected, the leaders of the Ministry of Industry and the army all had gloomy faces, only the people from the Academy of Sciences looked embarrassed.

"Nonsense! Your Academy of Sciences actually allowed people to leisurely copy down such important information. How do you ensure confidentiality?" A major general representing the army was the first to get angry.

The Minister of Industry also said with a sullen face: "Your Academy of Sciences is a unit that has been enforcing confidentiality for a long time. How can you keep it secret like this? Even the security department of the steel mill does a better job of keeping secrets than you! Look at you, it's fine if you can't come up with the technology, but you actually leaked the research data so quickly after I gave it to you. You, the Academy of Sciences, must give me an explanation!"

The major general also echoed, "That's right! If there is no reasonable explanation this time, this matter will definitely not pass. Have you found out the problem in your internal investigation? Your confidentiality measures are full of holes. Everything you research is for the enemy to research. To be serious, you are all worthy of being shot!"

Li Dongfang, who had nothing to do with the matter, was now sitting aside, trembling with fear at the sight of the two big guys. Their aura was really strong. Not to mention the troops, even the Minister of Industry had obviously been on the battlefield and seen blood. With their glares, the murderous aura was overwhelming.

The people from the Academy of Sciences lowered their heads, looking extremely guilty, and were scolded by the two leaders in turn.

When the two were tired of scolding, the talent from the Academy of Sciences said cautiously: "Leaders, this is indeed our problem. We started the internal self-examination process after receiving the notice. So far, only one low-level researcher has been found to be a suspect and is being interrogated."

"Is that all?" The major general was almost laughing out of anger. Such a big thing happened, and it was obvious without thinking that it was definitely not something a researcher could do.

The people from the Academy of Sciences quickly explained: "Don't worry, leader, we will solve this matter soon, and we will not tolerate anyone involved."

"Very quickly? How quickly? It's been more than 12 hours since last night, and you've only found one researcher. How can we trust your ability? If it weren't for the accidental discovery of the data leak yesterday, you would have been completely unaware of it. You are simply... traitors! Traitors to the country!"

"The most urgent task now is to determine whether the information has been leaked or whether it has only reached the base and was intercepted by us." The minister said after calming down a little.

After saying that, everyone looked towards the Academy of Sciences, but the people there still smiled bitterly and could not answer.

The major general glared at them fiercely, turned around and gave a few instructions to the people behind him. The people behind him took the order and went out. Not long after, the man with a crew cut followed over.

Li Dongfang was still angry from last night. When he saw the man with a crew cut, he leaned back on his chair and looked over.

The man with a crew cut first greeted the minister and the major general, and then looked at the people present. When he glanced at Li Dongfang, he did not pause for a moment, as if he did not care at all about Li Dongfang's dissatisfaction with him last night.

"According to the information we have, the base we took down last night belonged to the Sakura people, but we also found other people inside. After dissecting the suspicious corpse, we found undigested curry in the stomach. You know, this thing is rare here, so we have reason to believe that this is someone from the southwest." The man with a crew cut spoke confidently.

Li Dongfang waited for him to finish, then raised his hand and said, "What we need to know now is whether the relevant research data has been leaked. We can talk about other things later."

The man with the crew cut frowned slightly when he heard what Li Dongfang said, "I don't think it has leaked out."

"You don't think that's possible. What if the manuscript has been in their hands for several days, or has been copied twice? Otherwise, the Curry and Sakura people are together, and there is only one copy of the information. How do we divide it?" Li Dongfang raised the question, and at the same time made things difficult for the man with the crew cut.

"Comrade Li Dongfang is right. Didn't you capture a live person? What did you find out during the interrogation?" The major general nodded and looked at the man with a crew cut.

"This...the one we caught is just a small figure. He doesn't know much. We only know that all of them in Sijiu City have been gathered in the stronghold. We don't know anything else." The man with a crew cut replied awkwardly.

Li Dongfang shook his head and sighed in disappointment without saying anything.

The minister looked at him and said, "Li Dongfang, do you have anything to say? If you have something to say, just say it. Don't just sigh there."

Li Dongfang chuckled and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from the minister. I just want to say that Tian Zhenzhen gave them so much time, and almost all of Sakura's spies were cleared out, but in the end there is no news. Isn't this a bit... inappropriate?"

The major general frowned upon hearing this, turned his head and looked at the man with the crew cut and asked, "Is that so? There were so many people and only a few were caught?"

"We caught them... we caught them, but none of them opened their mouths. Some of them even broke their fangs. Luckily we found them early and cleaned the poison out of their mouths..."

"I'm asking about the result. Why are you telling me all this nonsense?!" The major general's temper exploded.

"I...didn't get any useful information out of him." The man with the crew cut could only lower his head and take the scolding.