On the first Memorial Day after the establishment of planet Baiji, the entire military district was in turmoil.
On the night of Memorial Day, those who were well-informed were more or less notified, but most people were still unaware. Only on the second day did news spread that the military district had arrested a group of ore thieves worth more than 10 billion!
For most people, this was already a huge amount and a sky-high price.
"Arrested last night? I didn't hear any commotion. "
"I didn't hear anything either. They must have been prepared and didn't disturb the holiday."
"Nonsense. If there was a commotion, how would they have arrested them? They are still arresting them now! "
"I heard that even mecha warriors have been mobilized!"
"What? What's the background of the ore thieves? Terrorists? They actually mobilized mecha warriors! "
"I heard that quite a number of people were arrested."
"Just wait and see. Quite a number of people will be arrested. To be able to steal so much ore, how could just a few people do it? The checks are so strict. Quite a number of people are going to be in big trouble this time. "
"Our military district's prison will be put to use this time."
At the first glimmer of dawn, Fang Zhao returned to the military district and heard many people discussing.
He was supposed to be relieved at noon, but because of the strict checks at the mining area, Shanta and his direct subordinates had been mobilized and had made other arrangements, so Fang Zhao had returned first.
As the overall supervisor of the base's mining area, Major General Edmund had not returned home after leaving yesterday. He had spent the entire night investigating, simply not giving those people any time to falsify data or erase any traces.
Now that the investigations and arrests had been completed, Edmund and a few other supervisors of the mining area had gone to report to Shanta, but Shanta's spittle was still splattered all over their faces.
In the prison.
The ore thieves who had been locked up looked exhausted and did not want to say anything. They had already been interrogated several times. Now, the boss of this operation had not returned. They even wondered if the people at the base had interrogated them through torture.
They could not help but shudder at the thought of all kinds of torture.
One of the men sitting on the floor was still pondering. They had prepared for half a year before taking advantage of Memorial Day, when many people were distracted. The first few steps had been very smooth. What exactly had gone wrong?
He forced himself to calm down and carefully thought through every step of the operation. Then, he found that the most likely problem was the third chapter, the sentry post.
Now, his mind was still echoing with the "Happy Memorial Day" that the other party had said when he had handed them the pass.
It was simply poisonous!
Happy Memorial Day! Next year's Memorial Day would be the one-year anniversary of their imprisonment!
Yes, it must be there!
The more he thought about it, the more convinced he was.
However, who was the third person who stamped on them? Was it Lu Yan?
Thinking back to the voice at that time, it didn't sound like it.
But if it wasn't Lu Yan, who else could it be?
Just as they were thinking, their boss, who had been taken out for interrogation, returned. He seemed to be in low spirits, but he didn't seem to be injured.
"How was it? Did they interrogate you?" several people asked.
This question caused the person who had just entered to explode. He threw a punch at the person in front of him, sending his broken teeth flying.
"Are you f * cking stupid? Why didn't you check who was the substitute before you went to stamp the seal? The third stamp wasn't Lu Yan's, it was Fang Zhao's. It was Fang Zhao's! It was the Fang Zhao who was rumored to have godly ears! He must have heard that there's something wrong with you! He was just one step away, but he was ruined at this step, falling short of success at the last step! Falling short of success at the last step! "
The roar reverberated in the small room, hurting everyone's ears. However, the other seven simply couldn't care less about this. They were stunned by the news their boss brought back.
Fang Zhao?
That Fang Zhao who had all sorts of rumors on planet Baiji?
Why had he appeared at that place?
They had investigated Lu Yan before taking action and had even created some trouble for Lu Yan to distract him. They had never imagined that Lu Yan would actually find Fang Zhao to replace him!
There were three chapters, and the degree of examination was from heavy to light. It could be said that the third chapter was basically going through the procedures, and there was no problem. Who would have thought that they would fail at the step that should not have gone wrong!
Was that Fang Zhao really like the rumors said, able to discern truth from falsehood, lies, truth from falsehood?
It wasn't just the eight people locked up in the prison who thought this way. Practically everyone who knew about this thought the same way. In their hearts, they had already deified Fang Zhao's ears.
Shanta had personally said that Fang Zhao, who possessed godly ears, had made great contributions in this matter.
Actually, Shanta was just sighing ruefully. He hadn't imagined that his subordinates would overthink his words. However, Shanta wouldn't pay attention to how his subordinates evaluated Fang Zhao's ears. Based on the results of the eight people he had interrogated, he had followed this trail and arrested another batch of people.
This time, Shanta had a good time arresting people. Those who deserved to be punished were punished, and those who deserved to be locked up were locked up!
Because of Shanta's attitude, the various mining areas' dirty tricks were greatly restrained.
Fang Zhao didn't know that his ears were being discussed. After returning to the military family district, he went to the hospital to visit Lu Yan and his wife, as well as their young daughter who had been born on Memorial Day.
"Fang Zhao, thank you! Thank you so much this time! "Lu Yan said gratefully.
After finding out about the mining area from his comrade, Lu Yan was extremely grateful. Luckily, he had found Fang Zhao to replace him. If he had been on duty yesterday, perhaps things would really have played out as those people had predicted. Because he had been absent-minded, he had hurriedly scanned through the documents and stamped his seal before letting those people off.
If that had really happened, when the news of five tons of grade A power ore being stolen from the mining area got out, his road to promotion might have ended there.
Lu Yan even suspected that his wife's sudden mishap had been a deliberate act by those mine thieves. Whether it was as he had guessed, he would investigate it himself!
At this thought, Lu Yan's eyes flashed, but very quickly, when he heard Fang Zhao ask about his little daughter, his gaze was replaced by warmth.
"Hahaha, very healthy, very pretty little baby. Her name is Ankh. I hope she will be safe and sound! Come, take a look. Isn't she very cute? "
Fang Zhao looked at the baby in the swaddling clothes and couldn't help but smile. He nodded and said, "Very cute."
Lu Yan's posture was a little stiff. He had originally intended to immediately pass the baby to the nurse beside him, but after some thought, he passed the baby to Fang Zhao instead.
"Hey, benefactor, come, give me a hug."
Fang Zhao: "…"
"Like this, like this, hold her like this. Hey, don't copy me. I am also a newbie. Here, do you see the nurses over there? Hold her like that."
Lu Yan corrected Fang Zhao's posture and even smiled at his wife. "Look at these youngsters. They are just too nervous. They are as stiff as a rock. They aren't even as good as me."
Fang Zhao's whole body was tense. Looking at the soft little thing in his hands, his whole body tensed up.
He could carry a gun on the battlefield, he could compose with a pen, he could play games, and he could race cars. But something like holding a child was simply an S-grade difficulty!
Fang Zhao, who was always calm, was nervous.
Fang Zhao really didn't have much contact with this kind of fragile little life. In his previous life, he had seen many newborns, but he hadn't had much contact with them. He always felt that this kind of newborn life was too fragile. He was used to fighting monsters, but he really wasn't used to touching this kind of delicate little life.
Under the gentle light, Fang Zhao looked at the little life lying in the swaddling clothes. With his hearing, he could hear the baby's light breathing.
She was sleeping there peacefully, but Fang Zhao's heart wasn't at peace. It was as if violin strings and piano keys rang out in his mind, like a clear stream of spring water.
This was a child born on planet Baiji. She was going to start her life on planet Baiji.
Perhaps she might be different from the children born and raised on Earth. Perhaps she would be braver and would face more challenges, but in the future, her steps would become firmer and her path would become wider. Her parents hoped that she would live a peaceful life. Fang Zhao also hoped that her future would be warm and bright.
Luckily, Lu Yan didn't feel at ease letting Fang Zhao hold the baby all the time, so he quickly passed the baby to the nurse.
Only then did Fang Zhao let out a long sigh.
Lu Yan teased him again, but teasing was just teasing. Before Fang Zhao left, Lu Yan and his wife once again expressed their sincere gratitude. They thanked Fang Zhao for taking over their duties, thanked Fang Zhao for preventing a disaster for them, and thanked Fang Zhao for everything he had done for the Baiji military district.
After bidding farewell to Lu Yan and his wife, Fang Zhao went downstairs but didn't leave immediately. Instead, he sat on a bench in the corner of a small park behind the building where patients and family members strolled. He took out a small notebook he always carried and started writing.
A nurse wheeled a patient past. She noticed a strange person sitting on the bench and paid special attention to him.
The other party's head was lowered, so she couldn't see his appearance clearly. However, this nurse could see the words written in the notebook — she couldn't understand a single word.
She wasn't trying to pry into other people's secrets. She had just taken a curious glance, but this glance made her suspicious.
Today, they had received news that the head nurse had told them to be on high alert and be on guard against any abnormal situations. Her heart tightened, and she hastened her steps. After pushing the patient away, she immediately contacted the hospital's security team.
"I just saw a suspicious person. He even wrote a lot of codes that I can't understand. Perhaps it's some sort of secret code!"
When the security team heard this, they took it seriously.
Today, the base was in turmoil. The security chief had been called out for a meeting last night to understand the situation. After that, he had led the team to guard the hospital the entire night. Shanta wanted to arrest someone, so they had to be on guard against certain people who might do something desperate. They couldn't let their guard down. Now that most of the arrests had been made, they relaxed a little and decided to catch up on some sleep.
He had just closed his eyes for a while when he heard that a suspicious person had appeared in the hospital. All his sleepiness was gone. He turned over and sat up, exuding a murderous aura.
"Where is the suspicious person? This bunch of people are really asking for a beating. They won't know what's good for them if they don't throw them in jail and give them a beating! See if I don't — "
"Captain!" One of the security team members had a strange expression.
"Speak!" The security chief wasn't happy at being interrupted. This was definitely not his bad mood after waking up.
The security team member pointed to the surveillance screen that had just been brought up. "According to the location that nurse gave us, we have located the surveillance footage. However, the person that was captured looks a little familiar. Could there be some sort of advisory board involved?"
"Misunderstanding?"
The security chief strode over and glanced at the surveillance screen. He was dumbfounded.
"This, this, this... Isn't this Fang Zhao!"
"I think so too," the security team member agreed.
Just then, Fang Zhao seemed to have sensed something and raised his head to look in the direction of the surveillance screen, allowing the security team to see his face.
"It really is him!"
The security chief's rage was thoroughly extinguished.
Fang Zhao raised his head and glanced at the surveillance screen, then lowered his head and continued writing at a rapid pace.
The security chief scratched his head and decided to go back and catch up on his sleep. "Cough, contact that nurse. Tell her not to disturb Fang Zhao. I reckon that fellow is composing."
They knew that Fang Zhao could open his little notebook at any time and write down music scores that they didn't recognize. This behavior seemed a little strange to them, but it was understandable. People who dabbled in the arts had this sort of personality.
They all knew about Fang Zhao's situation and had been told by their superiors not to disturb Fang Zhao unless it was urgent. After all, Fang Zhao was the benefactor of the entire Baiji base garrison, so it wasn't good for them to interrupt this composer's inspiration.
Over at the hospital, the nurse that had been watching Fang Zhao vigilantly from afar got a call from the security team instead of the security team coming to arrest him. They even told her and her colleagues not to disturb Fang Zhao.
What the hell?
Weren't these security team members usually rather unreasonable? Why were they so terrified today?
"You just arrived. It's understandable that you don't recognize him," the security team member explained patiently over the phone.
The nurse was curious. "Who is he?"
"He is Fang Zhao."
"... Which Fang Zhao?"
"Our military district, no, I should say our planet Baiji, which Fang Zhao is there?"
"It's, it's, it's... It's him... Sorry, I didn't see his face. I didn't know that was Fang Zhao." The new nurse's face was flushed and full of guilt. "But why is he sitting there? What is he writing?"
"You might not believe it, but he is composing."
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