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The first lesson Liu Ahsi learned when he first entered the underworld was absolute obedience. He was only 12 years old that year.

I thought it was God's favor, and gave him a promise not to be hungry again. With joy in my heart, I stepped into a quagmire that was more terrible than hunger, sinking deeper and deeper, without seeing the sun.

How could a teenager know what the underworld is? He felt the real horror when he heard gunshots, saw blood splatter, and saw someone fall in front of him for the first time.

Crying and wanting to go out, he was slapped by a vicious person, the force was too great for him to bear, and he fell back a few steps with nosebleeds.

The locked door opened, and in came a man who had brought him back from the fair.

The child is always the most ignorant, he even rushed up, pulled the man's clothes, and yelled at me to get out.

Later, he knew how daring he was at that time, actually dragging the clothes of a gangster's third leader to run wild.

The third leader looks very young, stern but not cold, and decisive in his actions. Everyone in the gang calls him Chen Sanye.

It was the first time that Ah Si imitated and called out to Mr. Chen tremblingly, but was rejected by Mr. Chen with a chuckle.

"I'm so old? Call me third brother."

Ah Si has a third brother again, not the third brother who is related to him by blood, but this third brother has taught him a lot.Ah Si himself has to admit that he has a certain bond with the title "third brother", maybe this third brother is the life mentor brought to him by his deceased third brother.

The first thing the third brother taught him was the so-called absolute obedience. The former Ah Si didn't know the difficulty of obedience at all, didn't he just do it?For the first time, he felt that absolute obedience had to be learned and admonished.

Obedience means obeying orders, and you have to do what people tell you to do, but there are some things that you really can't do.

For example, asking you to dip your hand into scalding water to pick up cigarette casings is an excellent training technique for pickpockets.

As the name suggests, gangs are meant to do bad things, and the head of the gang is not a philanthropist. How can you support so many brothers.Collecting protection fees and occasionally smashing and looting, Ah Si gradually realized that what he entered was just a den of thieves. Most of the people in it had forgotten the nature of their poor background. They used this power to bully the society. Beings weaker than them.

Only Chen Sanye would occasionally do something that warmed Ah Si's heart. He saw with his own eyes the third brother who was going to execute the death criminal in the gang and let go of the man's wife and daughter.

Sometimes he would give food to little beggars on the street. To Ah Si, he was not only an elder, but also a relative.

There are rules in the gang, and when entering the gang, you must obey. A few days later, Ah Si experienced his first painful lesson, because he ran away in fright when he saw the scalding hot water, and was taken to the hall by the boss to be punished.

He was beaten mercilessly, and his whole body seemed to be torn apart by the whip. This was a real beating. Thinking back to the beatings at his uncle's house back then, it was like scratching an itch.

The whip embedded in the flesh was pulled out again, cutting open the flesh and blood, and he began to cry hoarsely, and gradually lost even the strength to cry.

In the end, he obeyed, unable to stand the pain, when he saw the person bringing the boiling water to his face, he reached out without hesitation to pick up the cigarette box inside, and it was only a moment before the hot thing was squeezed in his hand .

The beatings of punishment ceased, and so did he lose consciousness, and at that moment he began to understand the true meaning of obedience.

No matter how unimaginable the order is, he must obey it, otherwise what awaits him is gang rules that can force him to obey.

When he woke up, he saw Third Brother sitting beside him, and he turned around a little aggrieved. It must be the feeling of a child's anger, as if he was uncomfortable because of Chen Sanye standing beside him and not interceding with him.

"You still have a big temper. Do you blame me for not coming to protect you?"

Without speaking, Ah Si just kept letting the tears fall, unable to hold back, the third brother's hand touched his head, he still remembers this feeling.

"If I plead for you, do you believe that you will be beaten even worse?"

Then why bring him in, why bring him in?He remembered the anticipation he had when he came with Mr. Chen, but now he didn't even feel that there was any happiness in having enough food. Humans are really greedy animals.

He asked with some sobs. Seeing that Mr. Chen's face had changed, he curled up in fright, afraid of being beaten again.

"Third Master... I was wrong..."

While trembling, Ah Si bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Call me third brother." Chen Sanye paused, and just said this, still touching his head with his hand, "I know you must hate me for bringing you in now. Ah Si, there is no absolute in this world. If you are profitable, you must suffer. At that time, you felt the happiest when you had enough food. Now that you have food every day, you don’t have this sense of happiness. There is no savior in this world. The only one who can save you is you. Own."

Ah Si has always been curious about why Third Master Chen asked him to call him Third Brother, and also curious about why this person cared so much for him, but he never dared to ask.

It was also heard later that Mr. Chen also had a younger brother who was about the same age as him.The third master was originally a poor man, and he committed himself to the gang just to treat his sick younger brother. He has excellent skills and a clever mind, and he is very popular with the boss. For getting a lot of money and the location.

It's a pity that even though he tried his best, his younger brother still died, and the third master was extremely depressed.He has always been cautious, and few people around him can really get close.

The strange thing is that after the younger brother died, the gang has been haunted by ghosts. The fortune teller said that the two brothers were deeply in love. His younger brother was worried about his elder brother so that his ghost would linger.

It is said that as long as the third master is surrounded by a boy of the same age as the first, and the younger brother's soul sees it, he can go away and reincarnate with peace of mind.

One is to help the peace of the country, the boss and the second ordered the third to take a similar child from the waifs, and the second is that the third master himself feels sorry for his deceased brother who is not reincarnated properly, so Liu Ah Si exists.

Since it is necessary to select people, it is the best. They are the characters in the gang, so they naturally look at physical strength and whether they can be made.

Using food to stimulate these hungry and crazy little beggars should be the best way to stimulate their potential, so the child who can beat everyone is the person they are looking for.

Over the past few years, Liu Ahsi has grown handsome, and his skills have become more and more outstanding, and he is already one of the best in the gang.

But Liu Ahsi never did anything wrong, and he seldom went out to do errands with the gang, because there were too many things that he couldn't see.

Coupled with Mr. Chen's partiality, Ah Si didn't have to get involved in many things he didn't want to see. When he rarely went out, he would always buy a drawer of steamed buns and distribute them to beggar children on the street.

It was as if he saw himself back then, and couldn't help but want to give alms. He no longer wanted to see them starving to death on the street.

There is no one who can bully him casually, and he is not the Liu Ahsi of the past. When he was sitting in a restaurant drinking, a dirty beggar walked in outside the door, which caught his attention. He was disheveled and ragged, but he Still recognized it.

Isn't this the cruel aunt who bullied him when he was young and ignorant?

It's ridiculous for people to be as arrogant as they were back then, but today they kowtow at his feet begging for mercy, calling for a meal.

Ah Si talked and asked, where is uncle?The woman burst into tears. It turned out that her uncle had passed away, and the two precious cousins ​​were born in a poor family, and they wanted to pretend to be rich to enter the gambling house, and they were beaten to death if they couldn't lose, so she was the only one left. , become like this.

Finally, he relented and gave her some money to send her off.

The only thing Liu Ah Si didn't show kindness back then was one thing, he must avenge Ah San's revenge.

A rich man who could beat a child to death for some leftovers would die a terrible death. He just took his brothers to rob their house, smashed, looted and burned it, and did something bad for the first time in his life.

Then he asked his brothers to tie up that fellow, and punished him the way he had treated Ah San back then.The guy kept begging for mercy, screaming terribly, Liu Ah Si couldn't bear it anymore, ordered someone to gag him, and said something to him in grief and indignation.

"Back then, there was a child who was beaten to death by you just because he took some leftovers from your kitchen that you wanted to throw away for his younger brother who was about to starve to death. I am the younger brother who was about to starve to death , I just want to avenge my dead brother."

Ah Si was fascinated by the thought, and couldn't help feeling sad, if Ah San could live to this day, the two brothers would also be able to live a good life.

"Ah yo..."

It seems that it took him a little longer to remember, and when the clock passed several frames, Xia Yuechun was still lying on the table and writing something, as if he was groaning because of some pain.

"what happened?"

Ah Si walked over, only to see Yuechun rubbing his back with his hands behind his back, thinking that his neck was sore from being tired, so he consciously stepped forward and put his shoulders on him.

"Ahh..." Yue Chun looked at him with a painful face, making people a little puzzled, Ah Si withdrew his hand and looked at him in a panic.

"I said, my back hurts so much, you pushed me too hard against the wall in the alley, and it hurt to death from your pressure."

Although he knew Ah Si was doing it for their safety and concealment, he still had to complain.

"Let me see."

Ah Si walked up without saying a word, ripped off Yue Chun's coat, and by the way, pulled back his shirt and pulled off his shoulders.

Down the fair neck, he saw a bruise that was extremely disproportionate to his skin tone.In fact, I often get injured by bruises, but I don't know why it is so inappropriate to leave such a small scar on Dean Xia's body. Should I say that Dean Xia is too delicate, or Liu Ah Si is too strong, just such a bump, Just that big bruise.

"Knocked."

Ah Si stretched out his hand and pressed Xia Yuechun immediately jumped up from the chair.

"Hey, it hurts!"

The brows were twisted together, and an innocent expression climbed up.

"Yuechun, you...are afraid of pain..."

Ah Si recalled some past events, he had to say that Xia Yuechun seemed to be particularly sensitive to pain.

"Nonsense, people are made of flesh! Of course it hurts!" While gasping for breath, Xia Yuechun was crying, Xia Yuechun didn't realize that Liu Ah Si was staring at the hot eyes of his exposed skin, and continued to question, "I Say you are made of iron? Why are you not afraid of pain?"

"Get used to it."

"What do you mean by getting used to it? Do you have a tendency to be masochistic? In medicine, this is called... ah yo..."

Ah Si rubbed it with his hands, and Yue Chun couldn't continue talking about the medical principles on his lips, and he let out another cry of pain.

"It's okay, it's just a bruise, I'll rub it open for you, and it won't hurt tomorrow."

Ah Si is very good at dealing with various injuries, even as good as Dean Xia. Many times, Yue Chun joked that he wanted Ah Si to be his assistant.

What does pain feel like?Ah Si really didn't understand it for many years. To him, bleeding is just like sweating. As for the pain, he has been completely used to this feeling over the years, so he really can't understand Yuechun's reaction.

Xia Yuechun, who had relieved a lot, was finally willing to put down the documents in his hand, and went to lie down on the bed for a while. Ah Si saw that he had been sleepless for several nights, and was shrouded by the tension of the whole day today. He was inevitably tired and reached his limit.

He fell asleep just as soon as he was on the bed, Ah Si felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, pulled the quilt to cover him, wanted to go out, then turned back.

Gently took off Yuechun's glasses, and gently put them on the bedside table.

The face under the glasses was even more handsome than what he usually saw. Ah Si let out a sigh of relief and pressed his temple.

Xia Yuechun often talked about the rise and fall of the country, the righteousness of the nation, and so on. Ah Si couldn't understand all the principles.

But he only knows that the rise and fall of a country, the righteousness of the nation, etc., are not as important as Yue Chun, this person.

The only thing Ah Si wants to do is to accompany him on the journey. The original purpose of staying behind is to eliminate the strong and help the weak.

Xia Yuechun was not weak, but Liu Ahsi couldn't help but want to support him, he decided to take care of this matter, he decided to wade through this muddy water.

"I will absolutely obey, but at any time, I will never abandon you."

Ah Si moved her lips silently, the sleeping Xia Yuechun couldn't hear her, but Ah Si gave herself an order like this.

Chunhe Hospital

The next few days were unusually calm. There were still some regular patients coming and going in Chunhe Hospital, and the daily fixed amount of minor operations seemed to be calm, as if nothing had happened in the past two days.

"How about it?"

"There was movement. There were about ten people in front and behind, and they were divided into two groups to monitor the hospital in turn."

Ah Si whispered Xia Yuechun's own observation results of the day, Xia Yuechun was right, and Du Luning really took action.

"Ah."

Xia Yuechun looked at the information in his hand, because being monitored was expected, and he did not fall into a panic.

"I..." Ah Si was a little nervous.

"what?"

"I will protect you." Ah Si carefully followed Yue Chun to and fro, including when he consulted a doctor and read documents in the office, he accompanied him, fearing that something might happen.

"No problem." Xia Yuechun looked at Ah Si who was following him like a big dog, a little funny: "Don't worry too much, it's okay."

Ah Si nodded, and stopped talking. He was not very good at talking. In his intuition, Du Luning is a careful person. It is definitely not so simple to monitor. It makes no sense to let it go so lightly. past them.

"There is a cecum operation in the afternoon." The head nurse handed the list to Xia Yuechun and told him the hospital's appointment in the afternoon: "There is nothing else except this minor operation."

"How is the inpatient department these two days?"

"All good." The head nurse replied neatly.

"Ah."

Xia Yuechun drank coffee pretending to be relaxed, looking out of the window from time to time, looking at the figures lurking outside the hospital, trying to suppress the panic in his heart.

…………………… I am the dividing line between Lao Du and my best friend…………………………

Department of Defense Secret Service

Just when Yu Xiaojiang entered the office with the documents and handed them to Du Luning, the phone rang.

Du Luning did not avoid her, and answered the call very naturally.

"Hey?"

"Old Du... how are things going?"

"You are……"

There are really not many people in this place who can call him Lao Du. Du Luning frowned for a moment, and then remembered him in a moment: "Director Mao?" His tone seemed a little reverent: "Farewell to Chongqing, I haven't seen you for a year, you still okay?"

"You're welcome, Old Du... I heard something and don't know if it's true."

The person who called him turned out to be Mao Renfeng, deputy director of the Security Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense. In the past, the famous smiling tiger under Dai Lidai's boss, Du Luning couldn't help but tighten his heart: "What are you talking about?"

The voice on the phone laughed loudly: "Old Du, you will also give me Tai Chi? Didn't you just bring back a group of people two days ago? Why haven't they found out their leader yet? This is not like you ?”

"I haven't confirmed the result yet. Those people are very tight-lipped. After trying some methods, the whip was broken and no one opened their mouths. I have to admire their tough bones." Du Luning said truthfully.

"Old Du, you are getting older, and your heart has softened."

The voice on the phone didn't sound very pleasant, and Du Luning was slightly startled: "I was not careful about this matter."

"Forget it, it's just a few minions, and it's okay to kill them." The person on the phone changed his subject: "I heard you've been staring at someone recently?"

Du Luning pretended to be calm and asked: "What do you mean?"

"Still pretending? Someone told me that you have been watching a private hospital called Chunhe Hospital since you came back from the Sinan Mansion. Tell me, do you suspect that there is the leader of the CCP underground party we are looking for?" People appear very profound.

"I just have this suspicion. So I have been sending people to watch..."

"If you have any doubts, bring the person back and ask." The person on the phone said bluntly, "Wait? When are you going to stare?"

"But it's not good to arrest rashly, and it will scare the snake. Besides, although Chunhe Hospital is a private hospital, the director Xia Yuechun can be regarded as a famous figure in Shanghai. If we directly arrest it, it may cause some unnecessary troubles. "

The person on the phone was obviously very dissatisfied with this, "Well, tomorrow I will find another group of people to arrest the person you were targeting and ask them. You don't have to worry about how to catch him."

Du Luning stopped talking, thought for a while, and could only nod: "Yes, I understand. I will keep everything as usual here, and continue to arrange people to follow."

"it is good."

The phone was hung up immediately, and Du Luning pressed the receiver full of thoughts.

The increasingly intense shock made Du Luning feel terrified. The other party is still in Chongqing, and he can know his every move in Shanghai. It's not that he didn't think that his actions would be reported to his superiors in every detail. , but did not know that this speed is so fast, and there will be feedback immediately.

It sounds nice to say that the interaction between superiors and subordinates is more active. To put it bluntly, the high-level military commanders do not regard their subordinates as truly trustworthy partners at all. They use people and guard against them. If you miss it, you will lose all available value.

Then yourself...

For the first time, Du Luning began to think about his situation.

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