Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

That afternoon, after Lin Baoyan finished her training course and returned to the villa, she suddenly asked Lu Yan.

"If I want to ask about my brother Zhou's situation, who should I ask?"

She could have asked Wu Zhi, but he hadn't been seen for several days. Lu Yan didn't know, so she couldn't ask. Not to mention Director Liu, he had disappeared since the first day she went to check.

Apart from these two acquaintances, she didn't know who to ask in this villa.

Lu Yan was still as dead as ever: "Sorry, I don't know about this."

Lin Baoyan frowned and asked, "You don't know, don't you know who to ask for instructions on this issue? I am not forbidden to know the outside world here, right? Or is your job to protect my safety every day, and then you don't know anything when asked?"

Lu Yan rolled her eyes before saying with a straight face, "I'll report to the higher-ups later."

Lin Baoyan was angry and planned to report her to Director Liu the next time she saw her. As a guard, she had to go against her even in daily life. How could she expect her to fight the enemy side by side when there was danger?

Two days later, without waiting for news from Lu Yan, he met Wu Zhi first.

Wu Zhi still looked lazy, slumped on the sofa in the living room, with a walnut in his hand.

Seeing Lin Baoyan dragging her legs into the door, she said with a smile: "Sister Lin, you are back from training. It seems that you have made some progress in training these days. You can walk in by yourself."

Lin Baoyan was carried back from her first day of training. By comparison, she has certainly improved a lot now. Seeing Wu Zhi, she no longer forced herself to go upstairs to rest. She sat down directly below Wu Zhi, leaning back on the chair, and said breathlessly, "Finally, I've lived another day."

When Lu Yan saw that the two were about to talk, she turned and went to the kitchen.

Wu Zhi glanced at her without saying anything. When he could no longer see her figure, he turned to look at Lin Baoyan. Looking at her, he seemed to have thought of something and laughed: "You are not as good as Xiao Li back then. He was so miserable at that time."

Lin Baoyan didn't believe it: "You two are almost half a year apart, how could you possibly know how miserable he was at that time."

Wu Zhi got excited, and reluctantly sat up a little and said, "We were almost half a year apart, but wasn't he the first one? It took a lot of time just to verify the authenticity, and then we held meetings to discuss and study how to treat Xiao Li in the future. Before we could come up with anything, we encountered an attack, which made the higher-ups furious. In the end, we quickly decided to set up this Transportation Department 9, a research center, and a training room. When all these were ready, I was also discovered, and then we trained together."

His face was full of nostalgia: "He is just a weakling, used to sitting in the office. At the beginning, he was scolded so badly. At the end of the day, he was like a dead dog, just humming. I had to drag him back. However, this kid is really easy to make fun of. He is indeed a top student who has not been beaten by work. He is just stupid." He glanced at Lin Baoyan and said with disdain: "He is much better than you. What I say is what I say. Unlike you, you roll your eyes at me."

Lin Baoyan, who was rolling her eyes, rolled her eyes again: "You said we were stupid in front of me, it's normal for me to roll my eyes, okay."

However, knowing that she was not the only one who was trained so badly, Lin Baoyan felt inexplicably calm.

She glanced at the kitchen and whispered to Wu Zhi, "When you wanted to find your superiors before, how did you do it? Did you go through your guards?"

Wu Zhi sat up straight, looked serious, and also glanced at the kitchen. He answered in a low voice: "At that time, in addition to Director Liu, there was also Lao Zhang who accompanied us every day. If we had any ideas, we would directly tell Director Liu. If Director Liu was not there, we would find Lao Zhang. The guards had no say at all. What's going on? Is this Lu making trouble?"

Lin Baoyan nodded: "I can't find Liu, you're not here, and I can't find anyone else I can trust. I want to find out about things outside, but Lu Yan is still making excuses. When I tell her the key points, she seems to respond quickly, but she doesn't do anything."

Wu Zhi stood up and walked out: "Okay, I'll go find someone now, you go back to your room and rest first."

Perhaps because she heard the conversation in the living room stop, Lu Yan came out to see, and saw Wu Zhi walking out and Lin Baoyan also moving upstairs, so she went back to the kitchen.

After waiting for a while, Lu Yan called for dinner, but Wu Zhi didn't come back. Lin Baoyan finished her meal without any appetite, and asked Lu Yan unwillingly, "How is your request going? Who should I ask?"

Lu Yan paused for a moment, then said with a straight face: "Everyone is busy during this period, and the superiors have not yet approved it. Please wait for a while."

Lin Baoyan looked at Lu Yan for a long time, sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go to rest first." She knew that it was very likely that Lu Yan would be transferred tomorrow.

The question she asked today was Lu Yan's last chance, but unfortunately, some people just want to die.

Sure enough, the next day, the guard was replaced. This time it was a heroic girl named Li Mei. She looked energetic and was waiting in the living room early.

Wu Zhi came back very late again in the evening. Lin Baoyan was worried about something, so she waited until Wu Zhi came back.

"Hey, why aren't you asleep yet? Are you waiting for your brother Wu Zhi?" Wu Zhi was looking for food in the kitchen, and when he found it he brought it to the living room, and he sat down and started to wolf it down, teasing people while eating.

"Yes, I was waiting for you." Lin Baoyan sat opposite him and looked at him.

When Wu Zhi had almost finished eating, Lin Baoyan looked at the dark circles under his eyes and asked, "Did you not sleep yesterday? Why are your eyes so dark?"

She went to bed early yesterday and didn't see him in the morning, so she thought he left early. Now seeing him like this, it doesn't seem right.

Wu Zhi took a sip of water and said vaguely, "Yes, it's an emergency mission." He then asked, "The person has been replaced, right? How is it? Is it better?"

"Much better, very enthusiastic, at least, he appears to be enthusiastic." Lin Baoyan is very satisfied with the new replacement, but is very confused: "What's wrong with Lu Yan? Logically speaking, we wouldn't choose someone who doesn't know what's going on."

"Hey, you can see that Lu Yan is confused."

Wu Zhi was silent for a while and then said, "By the way, Director Liu will come over tomorrow. He will tell you what you want to ask. As for you, just focus on your studies and training, and don't worry about other things."

Lin Baoyan had a lot of questions in her mind but didn't ask them out loud. Years of experience told her that when the other person doesn't want to talk, don't keep asking. Not only will it annoy them, but you won't get anything out of them. After a while, when the other person is in a better mood, maybe they will tell you themselves.