Special Operation

"The heavens have unpredictable winds and clouds, and people have sudden fortune and misfortune. No matter how ambitious he was, he was ultimately just an ordinary person. If an ordinary person overuses their brain for a long time, there's a sudden risk of cerebral infarction and death."

"No matter what, I have to try. If it's just a normal death, then I'll let it go. If it's not, then I'll make them understand what... Chang Ye is!"

Before the voice faded, Chang Ye stepped off the edge of the building. The next moment, she completely vanished.

Number 88 looked up at the sky, and finally, he too stepped off the edge of the building. The next moment, he also disappeared.

No one knew that in the darkness of the night, two inhuman figures had crossed the ten-mile jungle of Huangni Fan and entered Fengcheng.

Under the same starlight, Lin Xiaosu sat by the window, looking at the small river outside.

Heaven be his witness, he wasn't his second uncle, nor was he Li Fugui. He genuinely had no habit of peeping, but his eyesight was just too good. What could he do?

The most critical thing was that Anna really liked bathing in the river.

She used to bathe in the morning. Bathing in the morning was fine; Lin Xiaosu usually slept until the sun was high in the sky before getting up, perfectly missing her bathing time. But what happened today had stimulated her, or more accurately, stimulated her husband. Her husband absolutely forbade her from bathing in the morning, so she changed it to the evening.

She bathed in the river, and her husband, Lin Ji'an, stood guard on the bank with a long carrying pole, keeping a vigilant watch in all directions. Any slight disturbance, and he would grab his weapon.

Unfortunately, no matter how long his carrying pole was, it couldn't reach the window half a mile away.

No matter how high his vigilance was, he couldn't have imagined that there was a pair of eyes half a mile away, piercing through the barrier of the night...

Fortunately, those eyes only glanced once before looking away.

In Hu Ya's words, Lin Xiaosu wasn't lecherous.

Actually, that wasn't entirely true.

Confucius himself once said, "Food and sex are natural desires!"

Lust is a man's nature. As long as a man is normal, he is lustful.

But a gentleman, though lustful, pursues it with propriety. If you were to take the woman lying in the crystal coffin out and have her bathe in the river, you'd see if I'd watch. I'd watch with all my might...

Anna, let's forget it. She's Brother Ji'an's wife, whom he finally found after searching in a foreign land.

Was it easy for him?

Modern Great Xia women have been spoiled. You can't imagine the demands for cars, houses, and betrothal gifts; if you can think of it, they dare to ask for it. This makes it impossible for normal men to find a normal domestic woman, forcing them to look elsewhere. As brothers of the same village and clan, how could he do something so shameless?

A knock sounded on the door: "Su'er, are you asleep yet?"

"Mom!" Lin Xiaosu opened the door.

His mother brought a bowl of fragrant noodles. Her gaze swept over the books on the table, and she smiled gently, "Studying must be tiring. Have some noodles."

"Mom, don't do this. If you keep making me late-night snacks like this every day, I'll be under a lot of pressure. If I don't pass, I'll feel like I've let you down," Lin Xiaosu said.

His mother tapped his forehead with a finger: "What nonsense are you talking about? You will definitely pass! Mom even asked someone for help today."

"Who? How come I don't know we have any influential relatives?"

"Guanyin Bodhisattva."

"..." Lin Xiaosu held the large bowl, staring blankly at his mother: "Mom, did you go to Qingyuan Temple today?"

"Yes, I went with Widow Feng."

"Ah? What did Widow Feng ask for this time? Did she ask for no one to peek while she bathes?"

His mother shot him a glare: "If you dare to speak carelessly in front of her, San Lengzi will deal with you! She was praying for her son's marriage."

"San Lengzi, huh? There's probably no one on earth who can solve his marriage problems. It really does take asking the heavens..."

"You're talking about him, but what about yourself?" His mother said, "It's not easy to find a wife these days. They just get older and older. Especially for rural people. Do you know the conditions Widow Feng has for finding a daughter-in-law for her son? Three conditions: female, alive, and knows to run home when it rains."

Lin Xiaosu laughed: "She's busy setting conditions for others, but ask her if she's ready herself. Thirty thousand for the betrothal gifts, forty thousand for a house in the county town, twenty thousand for a car, and another twenty thousand for various miscellaneous expenses..."

His mother fell silent, silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "You brat, don't think I don't understand what you're implying! You're trying to shut me up so I don't pressure you into blind dates."

"Mom, you're too sensitive, but... it's also the truth. So, don't keep introducing me to your distant relatives' daughters. Not only do they spew endless greed for money when they open their mouths, but more importantly, several of them are closely related. Close relatives have idiots, Mom. You don't want your future grandson to be even dumber than San Lengzi, do you..."

His mother sighed deeply: "So, son, you really need to work hard on this civil service exam. Once you pass and become a public servant, with that solid job, good families will consider you. Otherwise, if we rely on ourselves, we really won't be able to find you a wife."

"Don't worry, even if I can't, don't I still have my brother? His efforts won't affect the continuation of our Lin family lineage... By the way, isn't he about to transfer out of the army?"

"Sigh..." His mother sighed again: "I spoke to him on the phone last month. He also plans to transfer out next year, but a few days ago, he called again. The unit received orders to deploy to the southwestern front line. It looks like there might be a war there, so he won't be able to transfer out anytime soon."

"War? It can't be that serious, can it? We haven't had a war in decades."

"Who can say for sure about military matters? We ordinary citizens can't know about the outside situation... Alright, you should get some rest. Studying during the day is the same, so don't stay up too late." His mother gathered the bowls and chopsticks and went downstairs.

The next morning, when Lin Xiaosu woke up, breakfast was already warming in the kitchen. His mother had already left.

She had gone to the county town to sell vegetables.

Villagers in the surrounding villages had this one advantage: they could sell vegetables in the county town. Although it meant carrying vegetables for more than ten miles, a basket of vegetables only earned a few dozen yuan. But in the countryside, earning a few dozen yuan a day, what other job could you find besides this?

When Lin Xiaosu first returned, he saw his mother working too hard and enthusiastically woke up early, wanting to help her carry vegetables to the market. But his good intentions didn't earn him his mother's approval. His mother severely reprimanded him: "Don't think that by helping Mom with a little thing, Mom will think you're capable or be happy! Your real job is to pass the civil service exam. Going to sell vegetables shows no ambition and disgraces the ancestors of the Lin family!"

Although Lin Xiaosu couldn't remember any remarkable status of his ancestors, he was still scolded so badly by his mother that he had to cover his head and flee, and from then on, he didn't dare to dwell on this trivial matter.

After eating the meal his mother left and washing the bowls, Lin Xiaosu walked to the courtyard gate and saw a black car driving towards them.