mysterious forerunner

Chapter 20 Old Captain

On Sunday morning, Ms. Ye Shumin, who is used to sleeping in on this day, got up early because she had not finished catching up on yesterday's drama.

Zhang Ruiqian had to work overtime today and got up earlier. Before going out, I bought my wife’s favorite tofu puffs and steamed buns and put them in an insulated lunch box.

Ye Shumin held up her mobile phone in one hand and simply brushed her teeth and washed her face with the other, and then started eating breakfast.

She didn't realize that she was unusually hungry this morning until her hand that reached out to grab the steamed dumplings came up empty.

My stomach feels like a bottomless pit.

She took out a steak from the refrigerator, defrosted it and prepared to fry it.

The steak was placed on the cutting board, and Ye Shumin found that she could clearly judge which "parts" of the steak were delicious and which parts were not.

The kitchen knife in her hand came out smoothly - it was more dexterous and accurate than her scalpel.

shhhhhh...

The "unpalatable" parts of the steak were removed.

There are more than thirty parts in total, and each part is actually only the size of a grain of rice.

Ye Shumin was shocked, she actually finished it in just a few seconds!

Ye Shumin couldn't help but look at her hands: "What's wrong with me..."

The first batch of "newcomers" who passed the audition to join the secret case team reported on Sunday.

Zhang Qingxiang and Ye Yousheng were the first two people.

For the next three consecutive days, new people will join every day.

The temporary office of the secret case team is a small courtyard of the Public Security Bureau located in the south of the city.

This place was originally a street police station. They just moved into a new office building five days ago and the vacancy has not yet been dealt with.

Water, electricity and internet are all available.

There is a small red brick building with a history of several decades. There is an old walnut tree on the west side of the courtyard wall, which is as thick as a human waist.

Flowers, grass, grapevines and figs are especially lush in summer.

In such a big city, it is actually a rare place.

Ye Yousheng followed his brother step by step, trying his best to reduce his presence.

She wasn't this character before.

But now, in a strange environment, she wished that everyone only saw her brother and she became transparent.

Zhang Qingxiang fell in love with this place as soon as he walked in. He took Ye Yousheng around the yard to look around. When he arrived under the grape vines, Zhang Qingxiang's eyelids twitched and he thought to himself: "It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

He ran out of the yard quickly - Ye Yousheng followed with a whoosh, comparable to a female sprinter.

"Brother Qingxiang, what's wrong?" Ye Yousheng asked strangely.

Zhang Qingxiang stood at the door of the courtyard and found the house number: No. 87 Huamiao Street.

This place later became very famous as the headquarters of the original city's "horticulturists" guild.

This is a big guild, and the [Chaofeng] guild is at least two levels behind others.

Especially in the 20 years before the practice, the guild of gardeners in the original city was very powerful, and even many actions of the Secret Security Bureau required letters to be sent to the guild to request their assistance.

Because there is a powerful "secret spirit" stationed in the headquarters of the Gardeners Association.

[Secret Spirit] can be regarded as...an alien cultivator under the Xianxia system.

The arrival of mysterious scenes is actually a kind of "interference" by the secret world in the real world.

And there are also some interferences that do not reach the level of advent, and may just "infiltrate" and "infect" a little bit of power.

Plants and animals in the real world are affected by this power, and if they are lucky, they will turn into "mysterious spirits". For example, the grapevine in the yard. If judged by the level of practitioners, its rank is as high as seventh level!

Think about it, when everyone is at level one or two, what does it mean to have a statue at level seven.

Why didn't the secret team work here in the previous life, so that the yard ended up in the hands of the gardeners' guild?
Zhang Qingxiang sneered secretly, no doubt because of Yuan Chengyi.

Yuan Chengyi likes ostentation, but he doesn't like places like this. The later office of the Secret Security Bureau was a brand new and stylish building.

Zhang Qing waved to Ye Yousheng: "It's okay, let's go in."

Returning to the yard, Zhang Qingxiang stroked the grapevine.

I don't know when it was planted. Now it is as thick as the mouth of a bowl and has climbed along the wall to the top of the building.

There is a simple pavilion on the roof, and grape vines have climbed all over the top of the pavilion.

It must be very pleasant to drink beer and eat skewers in the pavilion on a summer night.

"Junior brother is here!" An enthusiastic voice came from behind. Zhang Qingxiang turned around and saw Yuan Chengyi, who was still slandering just now.

With a smile on his face, holding a basin in one hand and a rag in the other, he walked downstairs with another shorter young agent.

Zhang Qingxiang narrowed his eyes slightly, and soon a warm smile appeared on his features: "Good morning, senior brother."

Yuan Chengyi introduced the colleague behind him: "Ximen Ye, like me, is the person led by your father."

Ximen Ye was much duller than Yuan Chengyi. Even though he knew that Zhang Qingxiang was the team leader's son, he just smiled and continued cleaning with a basin and rag.

Yuan Chengyi said: "This guy doesn't like to talk, please leave him alone. Let's go, I will take you to the office."

Zhang Qingxiang didn't look at Ximen Ye any more.

But Zhang Qingxiang knew that five years later, this dull young man who didn't like to talk became the captain of the third field team of the former Municipal Secret Security Bureau.

The third team is the ace team in the original city, with brilliant records and countless achievements, but they have all become stepping stones for Yuan Chengyi's promotion.

Yuan Chengyi took Du Dajin's money and transferred Zhang Qingxiang to the action team with the highest death rate, which was the third team.

Zhang Qingxiang was not qualified to join the third team due to his strength at that time.

Almost all the team members despised Zhang Qingxiang as a drag.

But Ximen Ye silently accepted him, supported him in his practice, and took care of him in his mission.

He was not good at words. Only after a certain difficult mission, when everyone was drunk together, did Ximen Ye confide: It was Uncle Qian who recruited me into the secret case team back then.

In Ximen Ye's view, this is the gift of knowing someone.

He and Yuan Chengyi are two completely opposite personalities.

In the fourth year after Zhang Qingxiang joined the third team, a large mysterious scene came to a scenic spot outside the original city. Three teams were ordered to rescue.

Yuan Chengyi intervened forcefully midway and took away the command of the operation.

Because there happened to be a foreign tourist group in the scenic spot, this became a "diplomatic incident."

A big leader came from above to supervise the battle, and Yuan Chengyi was dedicated to his performance.

He sternly demanded that Ximen Ye ensure the safety of "foreign friends" at all costs and never mention the lives of compatriots in the scenic area.

Ximen Ye disobeyed.

After the mission, Ximen Ye was demoted and investigated, and he has been at home since then.

Half a year later, in order to rescue a little girl from his neighbor, he broke into an elementary school alone where a huge scene occurred, and he never came out again.

"Old Captain..." Zhang Qingxiang's eyes were filled with warmth, and he called softly in his heart.

(End of this chapter)