Ancestors, I told you to seduce the villains, not to turn evil.

After delivering Fei Huainan's work permit, Zhao Hu returned home and received news that the minister had convened an emergency meeting.

He abandoned his bicycle and ran towards the conference room.

The meeting's content was that the armed forces department had received a mission to protect scientific researchers.

Enemy agents have infiltrated Xinghua Village with the intention of assassinating two very important researchers.

These two researchers are highly skilled and outstanding technical talents. The technologies they possess can significantly improve people's lives and military capabilities.

Capturing enemy agents is an important task, but protecting the safety of the two researchers is even more crucial; otherwise, the nation's science and technology will regress by ten years.

Technological development is essential for social progress and for making people's lives more convenient. Technological regression is an extremely dangerous thing for a country and its people.

It's like they have guns, while we only have cold weapons; we can only be bullied by them.

However, even though we had cannons and they had guns, they didn't dare to fire at us.

Science and technology are fundamental to a nation's survival and development.

The safety of researchers must be the top priority.

Currently, two key researchers are in a village under the jurisdiction of Guangping County.

This mission was carried out jointly by the armed forces and troops stationed nearby.

The militia captains of each village should lead their militia on patrols day and night to protect the safety of the villages. We should work harder so as not to give enemy agents a chance to strike.

Everyone immediately responded.

After the meeting, Li Botao approached Zhao Hu and asked, "Brother Hu, the minister didn't say which village those two researchers live in."

Zhao Hu glared at him: "If the minister didn't say anything, it means he can't say anything. Don't worry about it. Go back and guard your village. Don't give the enemy agents any opportunity to take advantage."

Li Botao nodded, but felt strange in his heart. Since these two researchers were so important, the minister could have just brought them over and protected them. Why make it so complicated?

He thought about the people in Xinghua Village, then shook his head, concluding that the researchers were most likely not in Xinghua Village.

After sending Li Botao away, Zhao Hu went to the minister's office.

"Minister, since these two researchers are so important, why not just bring them to our armed forces department for protection?"

Minister Zhao Guoan looked up at Zhao Hu and said, "You think the Armed Forces Department is 100% safe? Not revealing the identities of researchers is precisely to protect their safety."

"Perfect timing, the task of coordinating with the troops is now entrusted to you. Don't make any mistakes."

Zhao Hu immediately responded, looking eager to try.

I heard that the troops stationed outside the county are from the Northern Military Base Special Warfare Zone, which is quite powerful. Although they can't compare to super special forces like Black Hawk, their combat strength should still be very strong.

Zhao Hu has always regretted not becoming a formal soldier, and he is very much looking forward to the opportunity to cooperate with soldiers now.

Fei Huainan and Xu Manman were unaware of the information from the Armed Forces Department.

Because of the snow and the drop in temperature, there were fewer people in the village.

At that time, every household was struggling financially, and the cotton-padded clothes in the house were often worn by whoever went out.

A single garment, patched and mended, can be worn by several generations.

Xu Manman felt it wasn't a big problem and planned to roast some more cured meat.

She processed and dried the meat in the morning, and then went up the mountain with Fei Huainan in the afternoon.

There was no one on the mountain at this time, and the two of them did not go deep into the mountains. They crossed a hill and found a place to start roasting cured meat.

Since the space was exposed, the two of them have been much more relaxed. Xu Manman simply throws the tools into the space and takes them out when they arrive at their destination.

Once they reached the mountain, Fei Huainan no longer needed to pretend to be lame. He quickly checked the surrounding area and, finding no problems, then asked Xu Manman to bring out the items.

Throughout the day, a considerable amount of cured meat was roasted, and Xu Manman had quite a lot of stock in her space.

This time, Xu Manman didn't add too much salt to the cured meat. She used to add salt because she was afraid it would spoil, but now that she has this permanent preservation device, salt doesn't matter.

They roasted several pieces of cured pork, cured pork ribs, and cured chicken, duck, and goose, and the two of them went down the mountain before dark.

When Xu Manman went down the mountain, she followed behind Fei Huainan and went up and down the mountain directly in Fei Huainan's footprints.

The next day, after breakfast, Xu Manman stayed in her room drawing.

The tasks assigned by the editor previously would have kept her busy for two months.

Since the task wasn't urgent, Xu Manman would draw whenever she had time.

She had nothing to do today, so she spent half the day drawing comic strips.

I've finished being busy, and my eyes are getting tired, so I'll just take a stroll around the entrance.

The air outside is cold, and everything is bare. The chickens and ducks are all kept in their coops and won't come out.

This chicken coop was built by Fei Huainan; it's quite nice.

These chickens and ducks have been fed for two months now, and they should be laying eggs in about a month!

Just as Xu Manman was pondering the issue of chickens and ducks laying eggs, a figure in the distance quickly walked towards her.

"Xu Manman, what are you doing?"

Upon hearing the sound, Xu Manman glanced into the distance.

It turned out to be Han Shaohua, whom I hadn't seen for quite some time.

The other person, beaming with a bright smile, jogged over.

Xu Manman was annoyed. Why did this plague god come again?

In the dream, the pretty boy who seduced the original owner was Han Shaohua.

Fei Huainan was beaten half to death by Li Bin and left at home. The original owner didn't even glance at him, spending all his time flirting with Han Shaohua.

In the end, in order to elope with Han Shaohua to the city, he stole all of Fei Huainan's belongings.

Fei Huainan happened to witness this scene, and with a grim expression, he questioned the original owner of the body.

The original owner pointed at Fei Huainan and berated him, comparing Fei Huainan with Han Shaohua, praising Han Shaohua to the skies and belittling Fei Huainan to the dust.

Fei Huainan initially had no intention of dragging the original owner down with him, and even told the original owner to get lost.

The original owner snorted coldly and disdainfully went back to the room to pack her things. At this moment, Han Shaohua arrived.

He didn't know what he said to Fei Huainan, but Fei Huainan suddenly acted strangely.

The original owner didn't care about Fei Huainan's expression at all when she came out, and walked directly towards Han Shaohua.

Han Shaohua, without any scruples, flirted with the original owner in front of Fei Huainan. Fei Huainan turned evil and slit both of their throats with a knife.

Including Han Shaohua.

When Han Shaohua died, his eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes open.

He probably couldn't understand how Fei Huainan, who was covered in injuries and half-dead, could take down someone who trained every day, was strong, and had quick reflexes.

Thinking of the feeling of her neck being pinched in the dream, Xu Manman touched her neck, feeling a little strange.

In my dream, it was my neck that felt cold, but instead, it was my back that felt chilly.

She turned around in confusion and saw Fei Huainan in the courtyard, his eyes deep and his expression somewhat unsettling, a half-smile playing on his lips.

Han Shaohua frowned when he saw Fei Huainan. For some reason, he found Fei Huainan an eyesore.

A cripple is not worthy of Xu Manman at all.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows at the other person provocatively, his expression one of undisguised smugness.

Xu Manman nodded. Yes, in the dream, Han Shaohua recklessly provoked Fei Huainan in the same way.

She silently took a step back, distancing herself from Han Shaohua.

She has absolutely no connection with Han Shaohua. If anyone's against her, it's Han Shaohua. She's innocent.