Da Liu's expression shifted slightly in the image, but he flatly denied it. "Nothing's wrong, Squad Leader. Nothing happened."
Shi Tie Zhu's face darkened.
He asked inwardly, "What do you think?"
Shi Tiexin watched the image, pinching his chin as he pondered. "I think he's hiding something. There's something he doesn't want you to know, and it definitely isn't some trivial chicken-feather, garlic-skin matter. There's hidden sorrow between his brows, and a barely suppressed righteous indignation in his eyes. There's no doubt something's happened."
"Mm." Shi Tie Zhu had reached the same conclusion. He frowned and said sternly, "Liu Xing, report the situation!"
Da Liu was simple-minded and rough in his ways, never very good at hiding things.
The moment the Old Squad Leader barked his question, his powerful presence seemed to bear down on Da Liu through the signal. Da Liu instinctively snapped to attention and shouted, "Reporting, Squad Leader, Xiao Gao was beaten up!"
"Beaten up?" Shi Tie Zhu's brows immediately knotted together. "How bad are his injuries?"
"His injuries... are severe." Da Liu's eyes were bloodshot. Since he had already said it, he no longer tried to conceal anything. He angrily gave a brief report. "Squad Leader, it was people from Third Base. Xiao Gao went to Third Base to deliver classified documents. He never provoked them, but they beat him up for no reason at all!"
Storm clouds instantly gathered across Shi Tie Zhu's face. "Third Base? Indian territory?"
"Yes! I just want to storm straight into Third Base and fight those bastards to the death!"
People beside him immediately crowded into the image. Those soldiers had originally been hiding outside the frame, pushing Da Liu out to face the Old Squad Leader's scrutiny. Now that they had been exposed, they all squeezed back in and