It was not until the SUV gradually left the main urban area that the guards on both sides began to thin out. By then, dawn was breaking, and the rising sun cast warm, gentle light from ahead.
Nian Fuli sat in the back, thinking of what he had seen on the way. His nephew was not even twenty yet, with so much room to grow in the future. He truly could not imagine just how far he might go.
Looking at Chen Chuan's focused profile from the side, he could not help sighing. "Xiao Chuan, you really change with every passing year."
Chen Chuan smiled. "Uncle, some things change, but some things never will."
Just then, he glanced over and saw Patrol Bureau vehicles returning from the opposite direction in the distance. They were covered in dust and dirt, clearly having just returned from outside the city. They might even have gone to the wilderness.
"Uncle, has the Patrol Bureau stepped up its external patrols again?"
"Yes," Nian Fuli said. "More than once. After cracking down hard on law and order both inside and outside the city, Director Guan organized people to go outside the city and wipe out bandits, clearing out quite a few Armed Bandits there. That cut off a lot of people's sources of income. Over the past two years, wave after wave of people have tried to take down Director Guan. Fortunately, Chief Zhu not only hasn't tied our hands, but has also strongly supported us. So when our Patrol Bureau wants to do something, no one can stop us."
Chen Chuan nodded. The Patrol Bureau's direct superior was the National General Patrol Office. That system was relatively closed off. Many local companies and armed groups were watched by Patrol Bureau branches. As long as the