Game within game: chess player

Early the next morning, Su Long went to the Ma family's old house to visit his father, Su Hongyi and Ma Zhengping. Chi Nan and Wei Bing had to rush back to their respective companies to do business. Leng Chuan now spends more time helping Jing Wen with the wine business. , Xiyuan soon returned to calm.

Xu Ruxue's sudden arrest did not attract much attention. Ye Fang just informed Zhang Xiuying about the incident. When Zhang Xiuying heard that Xu Ruxue might be a spy, she couldn't help but feel frightened when she thought of the time when Yanyan had played and lived with Xu Ruxue for such a long time.

Zhang Xiuying has now made up her mind that she will never let anyone of unknown origin enter Xiyuan. Even if she tells Hua Lao, no one can enter Xiyuan without Ye Fang's permission.

Two days have passed and there is no news about the group of men in black. Ye Fang is very sure that the group of people who took Xu Ruxue away must be the same group of people who attacked him. These people are extremely well-trained and do not look like those from MK Company. action staff.

Just when Ye Fang was thinking about the cause and effect of the whole incident, Miyagi knocked on the door and walked in, saying, "Boss, Brother Long is here. You can leave for He's house. The car is already ready in the garage."

Ye Fang said "Yeah" and said, "Let Su Long and Jiuge wait for me in the car. You prepare a box of aged Moutai, and I'll go get something else."

"Yes." Su Long agreed and retreated.

"I'll go with you too." Nan Yi walked in at this time and said.

"Jiu Ge and the others just follow me. It's not peaceful now. I feel more at ease if you stay in the garden." As he said that, Ye Fang took out a jewelry box from the safe, which contained a very exquisite necklace inlaid with sapphire. The gems are not big, but the entire necklace is designed by South Africa's top jewelry experts. It is low-key and luxurious, suitable for gift giving, so Ye Fang asked South Africa to prepare some more for gift giving.

According to Ye Fang's status at this time, he rarely gives gifts to others. Big guys like Hai Lao and Ma Lao just throw away a few boxes of aged Moutai during the holidays, but giving gifts to the old lady of the He family still requires some thought. The He family is a military family with a strict family tradition. They have very strict requirements for their descendants and children. The act of asking for gifts is absolutely prohibited. This sapphire necklace is the only thing that Ye Fang can get. It is not so It's high-profile, but stunning enough. All that remains is to see if the old lady of the He family can accept it.

"Okay then, be careful." Nan Yi walked up to Ye Fang and checked his sleeves and said softly.

"Don't worry, it's those demons and monsters who should be afraid of you in broad daylight." After saying that, Ye Fang turned around and walked out. Nan Yi looked at Ye Fang's leaving back, took out his cell phone and ordered, "Everyone will escort you secretly."

Soon a black business car slowly drove out from the Xiyuan underground garage and headed towards the Xishan Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing. Not long after the black business car left, two other cars also drove out slowly, following closely behind. They are security personnel who perform tasks in secret.

Before the vehicle left the city, Ye Fang received an ocean call from Pang Hongfei. Now that the overseas base has been officially constructed, driven by Ye Fang's strong capital, he has recruited countless extremely cheap labor from South Africa to start construction day and night, making the construction of the base proceed at a rapid pace.

Now there are construction drawings for various civilian facilities. The only thing is that the distribution of the island's military defense forces has not been determined, or even whether it is necessary to reserve positions in certain parts of the island, such as the layout of anti-aircraft missiles and the layout of the island's defense forces. Etc., these all require extremely professional personnel to give construction and renovation opinions, otherwise it will be very expensive to renovate them after the civil facilities are completed.

After talking on the phone with Pang Hongfei, Ye Fang turned to Su Long and asked, "Along, do you know any experts who know how to construct military facilities?"

Su Long didn't understand why Ye Fang suddenly asked this question, and replied, "It depends on the scale of the military facility. Simple ones are easy to handle, but if it involves the design of complex military facilities, you have to find technology from the Military Research Institute." Staff, this is not only simple design and construction, but also the paving of weapons and equipment models. Different weapon models, naturally, the scale of military facility construction is also different. Brother Ye, why do you ask this question? "

"I bought an island overseas and want to build a military base!" Ye Fang said casually.

"Military...military base?!" Su Long never thought that Ye Fang would build a military base by himself, and it would be overseas. How much investment would it require. Su Long was completely shocked, swallowed his saliva and continued, "This... maybe you can ask your third uncle about this, he may be able to help you."

"I have never mentioned this matter to him. You also know that his identity is relatively sensitive. I built this base secretly. The island's defense force is only for self-protection. After all, overseas islands are easily attacked by pirates, so it must be You must have your own defense force." Ye Fang said.

"Oh, that's what it looks like." It was easier for Su Long to understand Ye Fang's words. This kind of self-defense force was still different from a military base in the usual sense.

But how did Su Long know that the self-defense force Ye Fang mentioned was not simply to deal with the nuisance of pirates, but to build a powerful maritime military fortress.

Don't mess with me. If you mess with me, I'll kill you! To meet Ye Fang's requirements, the level of military facilities and the number of advanced weapons required are no small feat, but Su Long has not yet fully understood Ye Fang's style of play.

"Military Research Institute...where should I find it?" Ye Fang murmured.

Just when Ye Fang was thinking about where to find suitable personnel, the black commercial vehicle had already entered the Xishan area.

The old lady of the He family has always lived in the sanatorium in Xishan. It has good mountains, water, and good air, which is very suitable for the elderly to retire here. Therefore, many retired senior cadres from the top of the country come to sanatorium and live here.

It is precisely because of this that the entire periphery of the sanatorium is secretly controlled by relevant departments. Vehicles entering Xishan must be inspected in accordance with the rules. There are three inspection procedures, and each verification is very strict.

Because he had contacted the He family in advance about today's visit, Ye Fang's commercial vehicle quickly entered Xishan and stopped at the entrance of the He family's residence under the leadership of the Xishan security personnel.

When Ye Fang and Su Long got out of the car, they saw Feng Jie standing at the door with a motherly smile on her face. Ye Fang hurriedly stepped forward, leaned forward slightly, held Feng Jie's hand with both hands, and said humbly, "Aunt Feng, why are you still coming out? How can I bear it?"

"What can't be tolerated is too foreign." Feng Jie took Ye Fang's hand and said with a smile.

Then Ye Fang and Feng Jie introduced Su Long again. Su Long saluted Feng Jie with a serious expression and said loudly, "Hello, Chief!"

Feng Jie couldn't help but feel in a trance when she saw Su Long in navy uniform. Since the death of her lover Uncle He, the He family rarely appeared in military uniforms in front of her because they were worried that she would fall in love with the scene. However, she did not expect that Su Long would be following Ye Fang in military uniform today. I came to visit the old lady of the He family, but she didn't know this rule at all.

Feng Jie naturally remembered Su Long. After a brief absence, he returned to normal and said with a smile, "Along, you're welcome. There is no chief here. You can just call me Aunt Feng with Ye Fang from now on."

"Oh, okay, Aunt Feng, hello." Su Long came from the army and had a natural respect for the army leaders and their families. Even if he changed his title, his demeanor was not disrespectful at all. This was in line with Ye Fang's feelings. It's completely different.

Feng Jie nodded with satisfaction and said, "Come with me, the old lady is waiting for you inside."

The He family's residence is not large in area. It is a two-story building. It seems to be old at first glance. The furnishings in the house are also extremely simple. There are not so many luxurious furniture and green plants. The only calligraphy and painting is Chairman Mao's " Qinyuanchun.Snow".

At this time, Xue Lan, the old lady of the He family, was reading a book with her glasses on. When she saw Feng Jie walking in with Ye Fang and Su Long, she took off her glasses, then put on a loving smile and warmly greeted Ye Fang and Su Long.

"Hello, Grandma Xue." Ye Fang stepped forward and shouted enthusiastically.

"I'm fine, fine, sit down quickly." Xue Lan asked Ye Fang and Su Long to sit down. Feng Jie poured a glass of water for Ye Fang and Su Long and also sat down.

Although Xue Lan hadn't seen Ye Fang for a long time, she felt no sense of strangeness or distance at all. She held Ye Fang's hand and asked about his current situation with concern. While answering Xue Lan's questions, Ye Fang chatted with the old lady about household matters, making the old lady very happy. The smiles of young and old spread from time to time to the outside through the window. It caused passers-by passing by the small building to inquire about the guests coming to the He family, which made the old lady of the He family so happy.

At this time, Ye Fang asked Su Long to take out the jewelry box he brought and took out the sapphire necklace inside. He smiled and said to Xue Lan, "Grandma Xue, this is a necklace produced and designed by my factory below. It's not worth much." Money. I asked them to make a special one for you and give it to you today as an expression of our filial piety."

Ye Fang's identity is on behalf of himself and Su Long. Su Long is a soldier and doesn't know much about the ways of the world. What's more, he doesn't know what kind of gift to give and only the people of the He family can accept it, so Ye Fang has everything to do with it. Fang did it for him.

If Feng Jie was from a noble family, she would have eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas, and seen jewelry and jade. She only became low-key after marrying the He family. She could tell at a glance that the necklace Ye Fang gave her was worth a lot, and only the one on it was worth a lot. A sapphire the size of a kidney bean is probably worth more than a million.

This necklace is so exquisitely designed that even Feng Jie thought it was too expensive after seeing it on the market. It can be used as a family inheritance.

"Ye Fang, this is too valuable, we can't..."

Before Feng Jie finished the second half of her sentence, Xue Lan stopped her and said with a smile, "I like the necklace very much. Ye Fang, please put it on for me. My old lady also wants to be beautiful today."

Feng Jie glanced at Xue Lan and thought that although the old lady was old, she had a bright eye and a bright heart. It was absolutely impossible not to see the value of this necklace. But since Xue Lan said this, Feng Jie swallowed the second half of the sentence.

"Okay, I'll put it on for you." This was the first time Ye Fang put a necklace on a woman. Although it was a little clumsy, fortunately, he finished it successfully.

Xue Lan already has an extraordinary temperament, and wearing this sapphire necklace makes the old lady look even more graceful, elegant and noble.

"Okay, okay, okay, I like it very much!" Xue Lan asked Feng Jie to bring over a mirror, and looked around happily.

At this time, there was a sound of voices outside the door, and soon three figures walked out from the outside. They were a middle-aged couple and a young girl who looked to be in her 20s.

When the young girl saw Xue Lan, she rushed over with a smile and shouted, "Grandma, grandma, you miss me so much." Then she hugged Xue Lan and kissed her, pressing her face tightly against Xue Lan's face to show the two of them. Intimacy of relationship.

From the names, Ye Fang knew that the middle-aged couple in front of him should be one of Xue Lan's two daughters. They should have appeared at the funeral before, but there were too many people in the He family at that time, and no one was there for him. introduce.

Ye Fang and Su Long stood up quickly out of courtesy. Upon seeing this, Feng Jie quickly introduced their identities to Ye Fang formally.

The middle-aged woman is Xue Lan's eldest daughter and one of Feng Jie's sisters-in-law, named He Zijie. The man next to her is He Zijie's husband, named Li Desheng. He Zijie and Xue Lan had the same kind of ladylike temperament, but they exuded the aura of being a woman, and Ye Fang guessed that He Zijie was also a soldier.

As for He Zijie's husband Li Desheng, Feng Jie simply introduced that he worked in the government, but did not introduce much about his specific position. However, from the aura of superiority exuding from Li Desheng, Ye Fang could guess that his position in the government was definitely not low. The three of them came specifically to see Xue Lan today.

Ye Fang and Su Long greeted He Zijie and his wife respectively and exchanged a few words. Ye Fang and Su Long were the focus of the previous funeral. Although they did not introduce each other at that time, He Zijie and his wife also knew each other, but today they were officially acquainted on this special occasion.

"Smelly girl, you are so old and you are still so tired of grandma, don't you think it's shameful?" Xue Lan smiled and nodded Li Ling'er's nose, and said dotingly.

"I'm tired of you, I'll be tired of you all my life." Li Ling'er put her arms around Xue Lan's neck and said.

Li Ling'er is the daughter of He Zijie and his wife. She is studying at the National University of Defense Technology and will graduate next year. This year she also came to visit Xue Lan by taking the opportunity of interning in the army.

Ye Fang and Su Long also greeted Li Ling'er respectively, but Li Ling'er's attention was completely on Xue Lan and did not pay attention to Ye Fang and Su Long.

"Ah, grandma, the sapphire necklace on your neck is so beautiful! Who gave it to you?" Li Ling'er exclaimed when she saw the sapphire necklace on Xue Lan's neck.

As soon as He Zijie and his wife entered the room, they saw that Xue Lan exuded a different temperament. Now after being reminded by Li Ling'er, they immediately focused on the sapphire necklace on Xue Lan's chest.

Questions arose in their minds almost at the same time, "Who gave me such a valuable necklace? The old lady actually accepted it?"