I put you in charge of those rebellious female soldiers, how come they all became top special forces

When Chen Zheng and Yao Yao returned to the military region, it was already mostly dark.

As soon as the whistle signaled the end of training on the parade ground, several logistics soldiers trudged toward the canteen.

Yao Yao stopped at the entrance of the camp, took her high heels out from under the passenger seat, held them in her hand, and stepped barefoot onto the cement ground.

"Instructor, I'll go back and change my clothes first."

Chen Zheng grunted in agreement, took out his thermos from the back seat, unscrewed the lid, and took a sip.

Yao Yao turned to leave, but then remembered something and looked back at him.

"Was my performance today... really okay?"

Chen Zheng looked down at her.

The little girl's cheongsam was already crumpled and wrinkled, and half of her hair, which was styled in a bun, had come loose.

But seeing those expectant eyes, Chen Zheng still raised his hand and patted her on the head.

"Sure, go back and change your clothes. Don't let anyone see you looking like this."

Yao Yao covered her head, muttered "Slapped again," and slowly ran away.

Chen Zheng watched the small figure disappear around the corner of the dormitory building, then turned his gaze away and walked towards the communications room.

He stopped in his tracks as he reached the corner of the tree-lined path.

Anran leaned against a lamppost, arms crossed, her expression not exactly angry, but certainly not pleasant.

"How long have you been standing here?" Chen Zheng asked.

Anran did not answer the question, but directly used her fingerprint.

"You took the day off again today, and Yao Yao disappeared for the whole day as well."

"Even Ram is wondering if you two eloped."

Chen Zheng almost spat out his saliva.

"That brain of a Ram's, he can't do anything serious, but he's a master at making fun of people."

"Don't change the subject." An Ran took a step forward, blocking his way. "What exactly did you go about?"

Chen Zheng's expression remained calm.

"Take her out to run some errands."

An Ran's brows furrowed even more.

"What's wrong that requires you to take Yao Yao out alone and not me?"

The moment she said those words, An Ran froze, and her face turned red.

Realizing that her words sounded a bit off, she quickly tried to salvage the situation.

"I'm the captain, I should know what missions I'm on."

Chen Zheng almost couldn't hold back when he saw her bright red ears.

High offense, low defense.

But he didn't expose him; he just replied with a single sentence.

"It's not a mission, it's a personal matter. It's related to the main family, so it's more convenient to bring Yao Yao along."

An Ran's lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed it back in the end.

She is not an unreasonable person.

When it comes to matters involving the main family, Yao Yao is a member of the main family herself, so taking her along is indeed more appropriate than taking myself.

She understands this principle.

But even though I understand it, I still feel uneasy.

After several seconds of silence, An Ran bit her lower lip and lowered her voice.

"Instructor, I'm not unaware of what you've been doing behind everyone's back lately."

Chen Zheng paused for a moment while holding the cup.

An Ran didn't look at him, but slowly looked into the distance.

"My dad has been smoking much more heavily these past few days."

Chen Zheng remained silent.

An Ran suddenly turned her head and met his gaze.

"I'm not forcing you to talk, but can you please stop carrying everything on your own?"

The night wind rustled through the leaves of the trees beside them.

Chen Zheng looked at the overly serious face in front of him and remained silent for a long time, which was unusual for him.

An Ran's concerns were not unfounded.

During this period, from the Cloud Club to Zong Aoming, and then to the Wei Family Herbal Medicine Shop, every step was extremely challenging.

He hadn't really told any of his teammates everything, not even the keyboard player. He only knew that he was doing something big, but he didn't know why he was doing it.

It's not that I don't trust them, it's that I don't want them to worry, and I don't want them to get involved.

But Anran is different.

This girl has always had the strongest observational skills among Mulan; nothing can escape her eyes.

Chen Zheng let out a breath, stretched out his right hand, and put it on her shoulder.

The latter's body visibly stiffened for a moment.

"I'll treat you to dinner after this is all over," Chen Zheng said earnestly. "I'll tell you everything then."

An Ran's mind went blank for two seconds.

Her face turned as red as it had ever been before.

Then, she abruptly turned her gaze away.

"Who asked you to treat me to dinner?"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

After taking two steps, he stopped again.

He turned his back to Chen Zheng and threw out a sentence.

"Don't die out there."

Chen Zheng watched An Ran's hurried departure, shook his head, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Captain Mulan's way of showing concern for people is still so rigid.

After laughing, he composed himself, picked up his thermos, and continued walking towards the communications room.

Putting your hand on someone's shoulder and patting someone's head are two completely different actions.

The former is for coaxing a child, the latter is for a comrade he acknowledges.

Chen Zheng himself couldn't explain why he subconsciously chose the latter.

Forget it, I don't want to.

There are more important things to do right now.

……

The door to the communications room opened, and Keyboard was slumped over the table, her face increasingly haggard. Clearly, the intense fighting of the past few days had taken its toll on her.

Chen Zheng placed the thermos on the table, pulled up a chair and sat down, then took out the miniature scanner from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"These are the Wei family's accounting records. Please cross-reference them for me."

"Arrange the special medicinal herb procurement records of Wei's Medicinal Herbs over the past five years, along with the Blue Dream raw material list that I brought from the Cloud Club, in chronological order."

The keyboard took the scanner, and ten fingers flew across the keyboard.

Chen Zheng leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.

The information I obtained from the Wei family today still needs further organization and analysis.

The few records of purchasing special medicinal materials in the accounts alone are not enough to directly convict the Zong family.

However, by comparing this data with the Blue Dream production cycle data that was previously stored in the cloud club, a complete supply chain can be pieced together.

Just then, my phone rang.

It belongs to An Yuanchao.

"Young Master Chen!" the old man's voice rang out, "How far has things progressed?"

Chen Zheng leaned back in his chair and gave a brief report.

"We've obtained dirt on the four families, with copies and photos scanned and archived. We've also made contact with the Zhou family, who have expressed their willingness to cooperate."

"We are currently investigating new evidence related to the Zong family and the Lanmeng supply chain, and we have already made progress."

He didn't go into too much detail.

After all, the evidence for the Wei family's herbal medicine business is not yet complete, so it's too early to talk about it now.

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone, then An Yuanchao's tone suddenly became serious.

"Time waits for no one, you need to hurry."

Chen Zheng's brow twitched slightly.

"What's wrong?"

"The worst thing about this kind of thing is to let it go unnoticed," An Yuanchao said in a low voice, somewhat helplessly. "If we drag it out and wait for the storm to pass, the higher-ups will downplay it and call it a day."

"The incident you caused before is still generating buzz."

"If we delay for another month, and the public outcry subsides, the higher-ups won't even have a reason to re-examine the matter."

"You need to bring up new evidence before they completely move on from this."