In the reborn era, the lucky bag is enjoying the show in the factory area.

The man quickly climbed over the wall again, glanced around, and darted westward.

Xi Beizhan didn't move. After waiting for another two minutes, the man returned and stood outside Mingzhu's house, carefully observing his surroundings. It took a full five minutes before he ran east again.

Xi Beizhan strained his ears to listen carefully, silently calculating in his mind. Once there was no more movement around him, Xi Beizhan got up and quickly followed.

The person had long since disappeared, and theoretically, Xi Beizhan's chances of finding him were slim. However, relying on his years of tracking experience and calculations, Xi Beizhan managed to catch up with him through a maze of twists and turns.

From afar, Xi Beizhan spotted a dark figure. Relieved, he slowed down again, sometimes standing still to listen carefully, and only following after all was quiet.

That person was very cunning. Xi Beizhan almost lost track of him several times. Even though he had just passed by this room, he would turn a corner and walk through it again. Sometimes he would even go back and walk through it again. If Xi Beizhan hadn't been far away, he probably would have been discovered long ago.

By this time, Xi Beizhan was basically certain of the other party's identity. He calmly followed behind, getting closer little by little.

The two quickly left central Ping'an and darted towards western Ping'an, with Xi Beizhan following closely behind, not daring to relax for a moment.

Once inside the western part of Ping'an, the figure stopped circling and slowed down, walking towards his residence with his hands in his pockets.

Xi Beizhan followed him all the way to the residential area behind the Ping An Western Store. They only saw him enter a courtyard when they were almost at the border between the western and western railway areas.

Xi Beizhan stood motionless at the entrance of the courtyard house. After a while, the man came out again, peeked out, and looked around for a long time before closing the courtyard gate and going back inside.

Xi Beizhan didn't approach any further, but crouched down and ran back towards the Wulong Mine.

When Xi Beizhan returned to the duty room, it was already five o'clock in the morning.

When Captain Zhao saw that the man had returned, he quickly poured him a cup of hot water to warm his hands and pulled him to sit down by the stove.

"How about it?"

Xi Beizhan nodded. "It's almost done."

Captain Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. "Do you need my help?"

Xi Beizhan laughed, "Just you wait, you're not getting away."

Upon hearing this, Captain Zhao slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Alright, then let's wait for good news from the brothers."

After Captain Zhao left, Xi Beizhan squinted and carefully recalled the entire process of following the person. After reviewing the process, he found no suspicious points and felt that the follow-up was very successful. Only then did he slowly relax.

After relaxing, Xi Beizhan recalled the man's appearance and realized that he was the same man he had seen with Mingzhu's mother at the market with Luo Yu.

Xi Beizhan tilted his head, his brows furrowed. "You look so familiar. Where have I seen you before?"

Who is he? Why does he look so familiar? Is this person related to him?

After thinking for a long time without being able to remember, Xi Beizhan stopped thinking, closed his eyes, and leaned back in his chair to rest.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Xi Beizhan heard the work bell ring outside and then opened his eyes and walked to the mine manager's office.

Ding Weimin knocked on the door and opened it to find Xi Beizhan. Xi Beizhan nodded slightly to him and said, "Good morning, Captain Xi. Are you looking for the mine manager? He just arrived."

He made way for Xi Beizhan to enter, and then closed the door behind him.

The mine manager's office was divided into two rooms, one inside and one outside. Ding Weimin worked in the outer room, while the mine manager's office was in the inner room.

Ding Weimin knocked on the door once or twice. "Mine manager, Captain Xi is looking for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mine Manager Hao's voice came from inside, "Come in."

Ding Weimin opened the door, but didn't go in. He nodded to Xi Beizhan, turned aside, and waited for Xi Beizhan to go in before closing the door again.

Director Hao looked up at Xi Beizhan and almost fell to the ground in fright at his panda eyes.

"You went to steal coal last night instead of sleeping?"

Xi Beizhan rolled his eyes at Director Hao, casually sat down on the sofa, then slumped back down onto it.

"Don't talk nonsense, or I'll sue you for defamation."

Mine Manager Hao blinked. "So what were you doing to get like this?"

Xi Beizhan pointed to Director Hao's desk and said, "Give me a cigarette, or I'm about to run out."

Mine Manager Hao threw the entire pack of Peony cigarettes at Xi Beizhan, "Didn't you say you weren't going to smoke anymore? Why are you smoking again?"

Xi Beizhan lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, closed his eyes to enjoy it for a moment, and then extinguished the rest of the cigarette.

Mine Manager Hao glared at Xi Beizhan, "You spendthrift brat, are you really going to squander these expensive cigarettes like this?"

Xi Beizhan lay back down. "There's nothing I can do. I've been away from the army for too long, and my leg injury hasn't fully healed yet. Otherwise, I wouldn't be this exhausted."

Mine Manager Hao snorted coldly, "Don't make excuses. It's your own fault for being incompetent. You learned a lot of skills in the army, and you've forgotten them all in just two months?"

Xi Beizhan immediately objected, sitting up straight on the sofa. "Two months? I haven't had such a big operation in half a year. Shouldn't I take some time to recover?"

Manager Hao was too lazy to talk to him anymore, so he lowered his head and continued writing. "Stop talking nonsense. If you have something to say, say it. If you don't, get lost. I have a ton of work to do here."

When the conversation turned to business, Xi Beizhan immediately returned to normal, his face stern as he said, "Call Chang Shufang and Xing Ke, and have them come over together."

Mine Manager Hao paused, then abruptly looked up at Xi Beizhan, "Something big has happened?"

Xi Beizhan nodded, his face grim. "Something's happened."

Without further delay, Director Hao immediately called Director Chang and Section Chief Xing.

Manager Hao stopped being busy and started boiling water while waiting for the two to arrive.

The two arrived shortly after. Seeing that Xi Beizhan was also there, they exchanged a few jokes with him. After the four of them were seated, Mine Manager Hao gestured with his chin toward Xi Beizhan and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Xi Beizhan didn't speak, but turned to look at the door.

Upon seeing this, Mine Manager Hao immediately understood Xi Beizhan's meaning. He exchanged a glance with Section Chief Xing of the Chang Study, and their faces unconsciously became serious.

Mine Manager Hao called out, and Ding Weimin quickly pushed the door open and came in. "Mine Manager, did you call me?"

Mine Manager Hao nodded. "Xiao Ding, go to the housing management department and tell them that Captain Xi wants to buy the house he's currently living in. Ask the housing management department to see how much it would cost."

Also, call Old Li, the head of the logistics canteen, over here. I need to talk to him about something.

Ding Weimin nodded and turned to leave.

As soon as he turned around, he heard Director Hao and Chang Shufang complaining, "I don't know what's wrong with the food in the canteen lately, it's so bad. Do you think it's because there's no meat?"

"Old Xing, do you know anyone at the meat processing plant? We need to find a way to get some meat."

As the office door closed, Section Chief Xing shook his head with a smile, "How could I possibly have that ability? You might as well ask our Team Leader Xi."

Xi Beizhan waved his hands repeatedly, "I can't do that. I've only been back for a few days. Where am I supposed to meet people at that level?"

The second door closed, and laughter erupted from inside. After a while, the footsteps faded away, and the room fell silent again.

Director Hao raised his chin, gesturing for Xi Beizhan to speak.

Xi Beizhan knew that Ding Weimin's time away was limited and he would be back soon, so he didn't stand on ceremony and quickly recounted what had happened the night before with a cold face.