Suddenly, Ram's shoulders began to tremble.

It's not that I'm cold, it's just that I've been too tense lately.

From receiving my mother's call, to seeing my father's leg in a cast, to those three beasts barging in and forcing me to sign the land deed.

Each and every one of these matters carries immense pressure.

Dad is safe now.

Ram's eyes suddenly turned red, and her nose stung terribly. She tried desperately to hold back her tears, but she couldn't.

An Ran slowly walked forward and stood behind her.

Ram turned his head to the side, then leaned his body against her shoulder.

An Ran's body stiffened involuntarily.

He then raised his right hand and patted Ram's back stiffly.

She rarely comforted people like this; her movements were rather clumsy, and she didn't control her strength well.

With tears in her eyes, Ram said, "Captain, be gentle, I'm not a sandbag."

An Ran paused for a moment, then withdrew her strength considerably before continuing to pat.

Although she was still clumsy, Ram didn't say anything more.

After leaning against him for about a minute, Ram wiped his face with his sleeve, straightened up, and took a deep breath.

"Alright, it's nothing."

Chen Zheng stood on the steps at the back entrance of the hospital.

After the two of them calmed down, they spoke.

"Let's go, let's find a safe place to talk business."

The three left the county hospital and drove to a secluded house on the outskirts of the county town.

This is a temporary safe house coordinated by An Jianjun through the local military district. It is in a secluded location and there are no civilian surveillance cameras within 200 meters of it.

The safe house was sparsely furnished, with just a wooden table, a few chairs, and several boxes of bottled water and military rations piled in the corner.

The three of them took their seats.

Chen Zheng opened his military terminal, the screen lit up, and he saw a briefing.

That was sent from the keyboard.

She was constantly on the move at the base, transmitting the latest intelligence summaries in real time via encrypted channels.

Chen Zheng quickly scanned it once.

The briefing was more challenging than anticipated.

On the surface, Gongjue's family is engaged in the business of cordyceps and minerals, but in reality, the flow of funds over the past three years has been very strange.

Large sums of money were laundered through underground banks and eventually flowed into an offshore account in Southeast Asia.

The account holder has a direct connection with the Egret Organization's transit point in the Central and Southern regions.

The main issue is still political.

The Gongjue family, relying on their status as former nobles, had value in united front work.

A few years ago, local officials conducted a tentative investigation, but Gongjue Solang directly posted a video online, portraying himself as a "persecuted ethnic minority," directly targeting the local government.

The article was widely circulated on several overseas media outlets, causing quite a stir.

From then on, the locals never dared to mess with the Gongjue family again.

Chen Zheng closed the terminal and leaned back in his chair.

Anran sat opposite him, her brows furrowed deeply.

"The situation is a bit difficult," she whispered. "If we launch a strong attack, they'll play the propaganda card, saying we're persecuting ethnic minorities. If we don't move, they'll continue their infiltration."

Hearing this, Ram clenched his fists.

Although she was rough around the edges, she wasn't someone who couldn't understand what was being said.

Now, anyone who touches the Gongjue family will be branded as an "ethnic persecution."

It's incredibly gloomy.

An Ran pondered for a moment, then looked up at Chen Zheng.

"How about we sneak in tonight and intercept that dual contract? Once we have solid evidence, everything will be easier."

Chen Zheng shook his head.

"So what if we infiltrate and get it?"

"The other party insists that it is a forgery. We have no law enforcement authority, and our evidence collection procedures were illegal. In court, not a single word of ours will count."

An Ran opened her mouth, then closed it again.

She knew Chen Zheng was right.

Military personnel are not just hats; without a search warrant and judicial authorization, any evidence obtained privately is legally worthless unless the central government intervenes.

The Gongjue family wants us to make the first move.

Whenever the military oversteps its bounds, they can immediately portray themselves as victims and stir up a media storm.

Chen Zheng took a deep breath and said slowly, "Since he likes to play by the rules, then we'll take advantage of the rules."

An Ran and Ram both looked at Chen Zheng.

Chen Zheng looked up and asked, "Whose name is on the property rights for that piece of land?"

Lhamo quickly replied, "My father's, Tashi Dondrup. The ancestral home of the Langse family, it's all in black and white."

"That's right." Chen Zheng's lips curled up slightly upon hearing this. "Legally, that piece of land belongs to Langse."

"The Gongjue family wants it, but the contract hasn't been signed yet, and the land title hasn't been transferred. In other words, your father is still the legal owner of that land."

"We'll go camping on that spot tonight."

An Ran was stunned for a moment.

Ram was also stunned.

Chen Zheng continued, "It's only natural for the Langse family to camp on their ancestral land."

"Anyone who dares to drive people away is trespassing."

"We are active-duty soldiers. If they dare to attack us, the nature of the attack changes completely. It's no longer a land dispute, but an armed attack on active-duty soldiers."

"We won't need to do anything then; the military law department will have its own way of dealing with them."

An Ran pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Gongjue Suolang was going to take his foreign guests to inspect the land tonight, but when they arrived, they found three people squatting on the ground warming themselves by a fire.

Should he hurry or not?

To rush them would be to forcibly trespass on private land, especially with active-duty military personnel on the other side.

If we don't hurry, that deal is unlikely to go through.

Those foreigners spent a lot of money to make this trip, only to find that the land was not in the hands of the Gongjue family at all.

Can we still trust Bailu?

Chen Zheng didn't need to collect evidence, sabotage secretly, or even hit anyone.

All they have to do is squat down on that spot, and they'll be talked about for a lifetime.

Ram realized what was happening too: "Holy crap, instructor, that's fucking amazing!"

With the plan finalized, the three acted swiftly.

Six o'clock in the evening.

The ruins of the Langse family's ancestral home are located on a high ground about 15 kilometers west of the county seat.

The former manor was demolished decades ago, leaving only a few ruins. Weeds sprouted from the cracks and grew taller than a person.

The three of them swaggered in.

Ram cleared a space in a relatively flat area in the middle of the ruins and skillfully started a campfire with hay and cow dung cakes.

He then took off the tactical backpack from his back.

Compressed biscuits, energy bars, beef jerky, half a bag of rice crackers, two boiled eggs, and three sausages.

They were all placed on the stone slab next to the campfire and roasted.

Before long, the oil dripped onto the charcoal fire, sizzling, and a rich aroma of meat quickly spread.

Anran sat cross-legged by the campfire, tearing open a compressed biscuit and munching on it, her eyes discreetly scanning the surrounding terrain.

The view is expansive, with gentle slopes on three sides, and only a dirt road leading to the county town on the east side.

Anyone approaching these ruins can be spotted from at least 300 meters away.

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