"Of course, if you really don't know what's good for you and refuse to cooperate, hmph, I know a little about throwing punches, too. You won't have a choice!"
Lin Dayong intended to offer courtesy before resorting to force.
He had already offered the opportunity. Whether Xiao Yuanshan seized it was his own business.
"Dayong! Dayong! The latest intelligence orders from Major General Lin Xin, director of the River Hill General Staff's Intelligence Bureau! Urgent military orders!"
Just as Lin Dayong was using both carrot and stick on Xiao Yuanshan.
A young officer hurried up from the foot of the mountain, carrying a letter.
"Ahem, Clan Leader Xiao, I'll give you some time to think it over alone. I hope you'll have a satisfactory answer when I return!"
With that, Lin Dayong stepped aside and left.
"You two, keep an eye on him. Don't let him take his own life. If anything happens to him, you'd better be ready to face military justice!"
"Yes, sir!"
The two guards stood at attention and accepted the order with solemn expressions.
Lin Dayong glanced back at Xiao Yuanshan, who was now lost in thought, then headed down toward the young officer.
"Urgent military orders? Yunfei, let me see them!"
The newcomer was Lin Yunfei, the Military and Political Affairs Chief transferred to him from the Navy General Staff.
Though he was young, Lin Dayong did not dare underestimate him.
His younger brother, Lin Dahai, served in the navy.
According to his brother, Lin Yunfei had graduated from the Ninth Class of the River Hill Military Academy. His grades had been so outstanding that he had entered the new-model navy straight after graduation-a service others would fight tooth and nail to join-and had even been assigned a key command position. He was unquestionably a