After careful consideration, Ren Xiaosu finally felt it would be safer to dismantle the stronghold before carrying out the rescue mission.
As for how to dismantle it, he had not thought about it yet. But for some reason, he felt that dismantling the stronghold would be easier than dismantling a prison. He did not know where he got his confidence from.
At this moment, Yang Xiaojin was following the convoy in her car. They were heading to the conference venue prepared by the Kong Clan's medical institution for a medical exchange.
This time, Meng Nan and Liang Ce were both sitting in their car. Ren Xiaosu sat in the front passenger seat while the two of them sat in the back.
To be honest, Ren Xiaosu really felt that Meng Nan might be a little interested in Liang Ce now. Seeing how Liang Ce had broken the steel bar that Yue Lao had pulled up several times with his bare hands, Meng Nan was still willing to get along with him. This spoke volumes.
Along the way, Ren Xiaosu looked at the roadside and wondered, "Why are there lanterns and colored banners on the roadside? Isn't the Spring Festival already over? Could the Kong Clan still have some special holiday?"
"It's Valentine's Day." Liang Ce said curiously, "Ren Xiaosu, you're also a stronghold resident, so why don't you know about Valentine's Day? February 14th is almost here."
Ren Xiaosu was taken aback. He had indeed heard of such a festival before. Back then, he had heard about it from Wang Fugui, but everyone just let it pass.
Furthermore, he was not a stronghold resident, and the town had never celebrated this holiday either. Therefore, Ren Xiaosu did not have any concept of it at all.
For him, or for all refugees, there were only two holidays a year. One was the Spring Festival, and the other was the Tomb-Sweeping Day.
The former was to give the living a chance to start over, while the latter was to mourn the dead.
Other than these two holidays, everyone was so busy with their livelihood that they could not care about romance.
When Ren Xiaosu saw the lanterns and colored banners on the roadside, he thought about how the war between the Kong Clan and the Pyro Company had only been extinguished a few days ago, and no one knew when it would reignite again. Did these people not feel danger was close by? Why would they still have the mood to celebrate such a holiday?
However, Ren Xiaosu quickly felt relieved. A festival like this did not prove that the stronghold residents did not have a sense of crisis, nor did it prove that the stronghold residents were living too comfortably. It did not prove anything at all.
Just as he had said, why did he have to buy a new set of clothes for Yan Liuyuan and make dumplings for Little Liuyuan every Chinese New Year even though he was so poor?
Wasn't it because life was too bitter? It was so bitter that he needed to create some happiness so that there would be some hope in life?
Besides, whatever festivals the stronghold residents celebrated had nothing to do with him.
Ren Xiaosu glanced at Yang Xiaojin. "Have you celebrated Valentine's Day before?"
Yang Xiaojin glanced at him. "What are you testing?"
"Ahem, I was just asking casually," Ren Xiaosu said awkwardly.
"I've never had the chance to celebrate a festival like this before." Yang Xiaojin was driving steadily, but she still answered Ren Xiaosu's question.
Actually, Ren Xiaosu just wanted to ask if Yang Xiaojin had any other romantic experiences in the past. Actually, it was not a big deal if she had. He did not care about such things anyway, but it would be better if she didn't.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu quickly added, "I didn't have the chance in the past either!"
The convoy stopped at the foot of a building. As the representative of the Kong Clan's medical industry, Yang Shiruo was already waiting downstairs with a group of people to show his respect to Wang Jing.
Ren Xiaosu looked at Wang Jing's tall and straight back and thought that this was the stage for people like Wang Jing.
The medical exchange was actually a very boring process. It was so boring that Ren Xiaosu almost fell asleep. During the meeting, they would make a presentation on the breakthroughs they had made and then share their respective cases. Nothing special happened.
The meeting only ended at night. After everyone went to bed, Ren Xiaosu quietly left the villa again.
But this time, he was not going to meet up with Big Bluff's people. Instead, he was going to look for Wang Run, the Wang Clan's person responsible for assisting Ren Xiaosu in assassinating Kong Erdong.
Ren Xiaosu was supposed to look for Wang Run yesterday. They had agreed to split up and enter the stronghold separately before immediately meeting up to hand over the information. However, Ren Xiaosu had forgotten about it.
After all, even Wang Yun and Big Bluff had almost forgotten who they were, so it was only normal that they could not remember Kong Erdong.
Ren Xiaosu stopped on the rooftop of a low-rise building. The garrison troops were patrolling more strictly tonight. He discovered there were people lying in ambush on many of the rooftops. It looked like the other party also knew his route would lead to the rooftops, so they had strengthened their defenses on many of the rooftops.
It looked like Zhong Zhen's death had still affected them a little.
This put Ren Xiaosu in a difficult position. The incident of him almost getting hit by a sniper was still fresh in his mind. It wouldn't be good if he failed miserably in an easy task.
Wang Run was currently hiding at Nanxinzhuang West Road, and Ren Xiaosu still had to travel 17 kilometers to get there. Who knew how many hidden sentries he would encounter on the rooftops along the way?
Ren Xiaosu observed carefully. There were at least two people stationed at each hidden sentries, and there were also linked hidden sentries nearby. They were basically distributed in a plum blossom shape, so it would be very difficult for him to leave quietly after killing someone.
If he took out one of the hidden sentries, he might end up poking a hornet's nest.
Should he just not look for Wang Run? In any case, he had no intention of assassinating Kong Erdong right now.
Thinking of this, Ren Xiaosu turned around and prepared to go back to the villa to sleep.
At this moment, in a hardware store on Nanxinzhuang West Road, Wang Run was sitting solemnly with nine of his subordinates. They were waiting for Ren Xiaosu to arrive.
These people were sitting motionlessly in the store in a triangular formation. Each of them was holding a pistol and wearing thick black ponchos. They looked like ten statues.
Suddenly, someone asked, "Sir, why hasn't that Ren Xiaosu arrived yet?"
Wang Run calmly looked at the closed shutter door of the hardware store and said, "He must have been held up by something. The medical exchange team arrived yesterday, so at least their journey here was smooth. There was such a big commotion in the stronghold last night, so it's very likely that he was discovered on his way here to look for us. "
"But I looked at the map. The commotion yesterday was in the east, and we're in the west. This doesn't seem right either." One of his subordinates wondered, "Sir, could he have come to the wrong place?"
Someone next to him whispered, "I think he might have forgotten about us."
"He can't possibly have forgotten about such a big matter, right? I'm rather doubting his ability. How can he possibly take on ten of us by himself? Sir, why don't we just go and assassinate Kong Erdong? "someone asked.
However, Wang Run said firmly, "The boss told me personally that we have to cooperate fully with him during the mission. It'll only be our turn to take action if he fails the mission. This shows how much the boss trusts his ability. Everyone, remember, our main mission in the boss's plan is to provide assistance. Besides, it's impossible for the ten of us to kill Kong Erdong."
"Then what should we do now?" a soldier asked.
Wang Run sat motionlessly in his chair. "Keep waiting. He'll definitely come!"
Suddenly, gunshots rang out in the stronghold. Wang Run immediately stood up.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was standing on a deserted high-rise building. He was surprised to see hundreds of shadows leaping around the rooftops as they headed straight for the center of the stronghold!
They even encountered one of the Kong Clan's hidden troops!
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