Chapter Twelve: Bao Zeng Becomes a Part-time Bodyguard

  The jeep slowly stopped in front of Zhao Tiezhu's villa, and the two got out of the car. Zhao Tiezhu opened the door to find Su Yanni and Cao Ziyi sitting on the sofa in the living room. Were they waiting for him? Zhao Tiezhu was moved by this.

  "Tiě zhù, you come back!" Su Yanni stood up excitedly. Cao Ziyu just looked at Zhao Tiezhu and smiled lightly, not saying a word.

  "That's it, if I don't come back, you'll be lonely." Zhao Tiezhu chuckled.

  "Who's lonely? You're the one who's lonely, your whole family is lonely." Su Yanni shouted with a wrinkled nose, but her eyes flashed with a hint of tears. Zhao Tiezhu had fought Li Ziqi for her sake and now he was back safely, finally putting Su Yanni's worried heart at ease.

  "Who is this?" Su Yanni asked, seeing Lei Zi behind Zhao Tiezhu.

  "Lei Zi, my brother," Zhao Tiezhu introduced. Lei Zi walked up with a smile and said: "Sister-in-law is good." Then he turned to Cao Ziyi who was sitting down and said: "Second sister-in-law is good."

  "Wipe it off, can't you speak properly?" Zhao Tiezhu awkwardly knocked on Lei Zi's head, although these two were not bad, but he was not such a casual person.

  Leizi's sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, Su Yanni and Cao Ziyi, both blushed. Cao Ziyi didn't say anything, but gave Zhao Tiezhu a stern look before walking upstairs. Su Yanni became more aggressive, shouting: "Don't talk nonsense! I have no relationship with Zhao Tiezhu!" Zhao Tiezhu also said: "It's true, our relationship is very pure. Don't think wildly, you little brat."

  Lei Zi let out a sly laugh and said, "You're all living together, what's the big deal?" "I'm just renting here, I pay rent!" Su Yanni shouted. "Alright, don't make a fuss, I might be late tonight, you go rest early," Zhao Tiezhu said, then pulled Lei Zi and headed out the door.

  The two got on the bus, and Lei Zi smiled: "This little girl is really pretty."

  "She's still a little police flower."

  "Wow, brother, your taste is really high-end, playing with uniform temptation? I, younger brother, admit defeat."

  "Let's get going."

  The car headed towards the FJ City Garrison Compound amidst a burst of laughter.

  Half an hour later, the car arrived at the gate of FJ City Military Region's compound. Liu Tianci had already received Leizi's phone call and was waiting for them at the gate. Seeing the two arrive, he instructed the guard to open the gate, and the car slowly drove into the military region's compound.

  "Leizi, come with me, Commander is waiting for you in the study." Liu Tianci said as he took over the key thrown by Leizi.

  "Brother Tiezhu, come with me," said Leizi, following Liu Tianshi into a two-story small building. Zhao Tiezhu followed behind, narrowing his eyes, and in just these few meters, he discovered no less than five hidden alarms - the defense of this military compound was indeed strict!

  As soon as he entered the house, an old white-haired woman was lying on a rattan chair listening to Henan Opera. Seeing Leizi coming in, she called out "Ah, my dear grandson, I didn't expect you to come and visit your grandma." Leizi quickly walked over, half-kneeling down and said: "I think of Grandma every day, but I have tasks outside, so I couldn't often come to see you. This time, I'll stay with you for a while and accompany you well."

  "Ah, ah, ah, is this your friend?" The old man pointed at Zhao Tiezhu, and Zhao Tiezhu hastily stepped forward, saying: "Hello, auntie, I'm a friend of Leizi's."

  "Grandma, this is your brother, his name is Tiezhu." Lei Zi hastily introduced.

  "Oh, Tiezhu, if you don't mind, also call me Grandma along with Leizi." The old man pulled Zhao Tiezhu's hand and said: "Our family's Leizi likes to run around everywhere..."

  Lei Zi looked at Zhao Tiezhu with a bit of helplessness as he listened to his grandmother's nagging, gave him a signal with her eyes, and went upstairs to find his grandfather first.

  Before long, Lei Zi poked his head out of the study on the upper floor and saw Zhao Tiezhu still being nagged by his grandmother. He called out: "Tiezhu Ge, my grandfather wants you to come up for a moment."

  Zhao Tiezhu was overjoyed as if he had been granted a great amnesty, and hastily bowed his head like an old woman to apologize before rushing upstairs.

  "My grandma likes to nag." Lei Zi said softly to Zhao Tiezhu.

  "It's nothing, my grandmother used to be like that too." Zhao Tiezhu said with a smile. Then he followed Lei Zi into the study room.

  As soon as Zhao Tiezhu entered the study, he saw an old man in military uniform standing in front of a bookshelf, searching for something. When he saw Zhao Tiezhu coming up, the old man stopped his movements and pointed to the wooden chair beside him, saying: "Sit down." Zhao Tiezhu sat down as ordered, but suddenly discovered that a strong aura had locked onto himself. Following the direction of the aura, he saw an old man with a hunched back standing in a corner of the study, staring at him.

  "This is my grandfather's old guard," Lei Zi said in a low voice to Zhao Tiezhu.

  "Tiě zhù a, nǐ de shì wǒ yě tīng léi zǐ shuō le, zěn me yàng, yǒu méi yǒu xìng qù rù wǔ, bào xiào zǔ guó?" Léi zǐ de wài gōng, FJ jūn qū de sī lìng yuán chén wèi guó wèn dào, shēng rú hóng zhōng, qì shì bī rén.

  "Old man, I'm used to being idle and afraid that I won't be able to take discipline." Zhao Tiezhu said with a faint smile, completely unaffected by the other's imposing manner.

  "You're so young, how can you not have any ideological awareness? At a time when the country is facing internal and external troubles, it's precisely the time when we need young people like you. Don't you want to make achievements and establish a career?" Chen Weiguo asked in a louder voice.

  "The country needs people like you as pillars, but you are worried and only want to be free and unrestrained."

  "Haha, you two brothers have the same temper." Chen Weiguo suddenly laughed and pointed at Lei Zi, saying "My grandson, if it weren't for my in-laws' influence, I reckon he would've gone who-knows-where by now." Lei Zi scratched his head awkwardly and said "Grandpa, how could that be? My ideal is to serve the country and devote myself to the Party!"

  "You little scamp, are you still fooling around with your grandfather? Don't think I don't know what you were up to when you went off to be a mercenary!"

  "Grandpa, what did I ever do? You can't slander people like that." Lei Zi looked wronged.

  "Hmph, are you asking me to tell your grandfather that you've gotten someone's daughter pregnant outside?"

  Leizi's face instantly fell, saying: "Grandfather, you dare not tell my grandfather, otherwise he will definitely break my legs."

  "Keep quiet and just stay in my troop obediently, I'll let people train you well."

  Lei Zi heard Chen Weiguo's words and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

  Chen Weiguo ignored Lei Zi and said to Zhao Tiezhu: "Actually, I prefer to call you Mo Ying."

  Zhao Tiezhu's momentum suddenly soared to its peak. It was just an instant, and it disappeared completely. He is a matter of the demon shadow, Lei Zi doesn't know at all, and only An Qi'er knows a little bit. But he didn't expect that Chen Weiguo also knew his true identity.

  Leizi's face showed a look of surprise, and he exclaimed: "Grandfather, you can't be mistaken, can you? How could Tiezhu be the Demon Shadow?"

  "Hmph, ask your brother Tiezhu yourself." Chen Weiguo coldly snorted.

  "Tiě zhù gē, are you really Mó Yǐng?" Léi Zǐ asked incredulously.

  Zhao Tiezhu nodded and didn't say anything.

  "Damn it, Tiezhu, you're really not making any sense! Why didn't you tell me before? Do you still consider me a brother?" Lei Zi suddenly shouted.

  "It's not that I don't want to speak, it's just that with my identity, it's not good to see the light." Zhao Tiezhu saw Lei Zi like this and felt a warmth in his heart. Lei Zi's words were equivalent to taking a clear stand on his side. What he feared was Chen Weiguo suddenly becoming hostile. This was the military district's compound, after all. Zhao Tiezhu knew that if Chen Weiguo really wanted to capture him, it would be very difficult for him to escape from here.

  "Mo Ying, since you're unwilling to join the army, how about we make a deal?" Chen Weiguo said suddenly.

  "Please go on, old man."

  "Recently, a major breakthrough was made in a certain technology that our country has been researching for a long time. The news somehow leaked to Japan, and according to the information sent back by our spies in Japan, they have already dispatched several spies to infiltrate our country with the goal of stealing this technology. If they can't steal it, they will eliminate our research personnel at all costs. Our national security agency's special operations department has sent people to protect these researchers, but there are not enough personnel, so I need your help."

  "This, old man, you know, I don't like dealing with the government." Zhao Tiezhu said helplessly.

  "I won't let you directly protect those researchers, the daughter of Director Li from R&D department was admitted to FJ University this year. I want you to enter that FJ University and protect Director Li's daughter."

  "This, why protect Director Li's daughter?" Zhao Tiezhu said in puzzlement.

  "Director Li's daughter, who is also a member of the R&D department! We've kept her hidden very deeply, but I don't know if the Japanese side has received this information. To be on the safe side, I plan to have you protect her."

  "Director Li's daughter is so formidable? She's still so young, yet she can enter the R&D department?"

  "You don't have to worry about this, I can promise you that if you protect Director Li's daughter well, I will give you a special identity from the National Security Bureau's Special Action Division. This will save you a lot of trouble." Chen Weiguo tempted.

  "I'd like to declare first, even if you give me this identity, I won't be able to work for the Special Operations Office." Zhao Tiezhu thought for a moment before responding.

  "That's natural, just giving you an identity. If it weren't for the fact that the people you killed were all killable, and you never killed our countrymen, I would have sent someone to catch you a long time ago." Chen Weiguo offered benefits on one hand, while subtly threatening on the other.

  "Alright, one last question." Zhao Tiezhu thought for a moment: "Is the daughter of Director Li a beauty?"

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  The people around were speechless for a moment.

  "Haha, just kidding, when are we starting the task?" Zhao Tiezhu said with a smile.

  "After FJ University's new semester begins, I will arrange an identity for you. At that time, you can enter FJ University as a student," Chen Weiguo said.

  Zhao Tiezhu was stunned, he didn't expect that the casual words he had said to Chen Lingshan back then would actually become a reality now, and he himself would also end up going to FJ University.

  "Tomorrow, Director Li's daughter will arrive in FJ City. You can go to the airport to pick her up then. Don't you have a place to stay? It's just right for her to stay with you. Then you can protect her 24 hours a day." Chen Weiguo handed Zhao Tiezhu a phone number and said, "This is Director Li's daughter's phone number. Contact her when you arrive at the airport."

  "Why don't you give me the photo?" Zhao Tiezhu asked.

  "It's a state secret, she can't leave photos outside for her own safety," said Chen Weiguo.

  Then they chatted about some miscellaneous things, and Lei Zi sent Zhao Tiezhu back to the villa.

  Chen Weiguo lay on the chair, slightly narrowing his eyes, and after a while, said, "Old Lin, what do you think of this person?"

  The hunchbacked man only said one sentence, "Deep and unfathomable."