Ye Hao looked at Fang Zhongtian with a bit of nervousness, feeling a great pressure from him! Even when facing enemies, he still had a chance to fight, but facing Fang Zhongtian, Ye Hao felt like he was facing Mount Tai, such pressure...
"Hao! Relax a bit now that you're back in your homeland. Life abroad may be tough, but the country hasn't forgotten you. There might be better arrangements for you on this return, so I hope you understand the leaders' approach," Fang Zhongtian said with a smile, looking at Ye Hao standing: "Sit down soon! You and I count as old partners; today we must have a good drink."
Ye Hao heard this, knowing that Fang Zhongtian was approachable, sat down without standing and smiled, saying: "Doing things within my ability for the leaders is what we juniors should do! As for future assignments, I'll leave it entirely to the leaders to arrange."
"Good! Good is the phrase 'doing things within your ability for the leaders!' But I must remind you, it's for the country! The leaders merely control the situation, but the bigger picture belongs to the country. We're old now! It's the young people's world now," Fang Zhongtian said with relief, looking at Ye Hao, then turned to Fang Ni and said: "Ni'er! Don't go to work today, I'll request leave for you, go out later to buy some groceries and come back to cook!"
Fang Ni knew her father had something to say to Ye Hao, nodded and said: "Got it, Dad! Later I'll make your favorite braised pork ribs," Fang Ni said and then looked at Ye Hao and asked, "Ye Hao, what do you like to eat? I'll make it for you?"
Ye Hao felt quite satisfied hearing Fang Ni's words! He thought how nice it would be to have someone ask him like this when he returns home after completing his missions in the future?
"I'm fine with anything, as long as it's big chunks of meat." Ye Hao said unceremoniously.
"Haha! Good! That's how a man should be. Today we'll eat big chunks of meat and drink in big bowls," Fang Zhongtian said approvingly to Ye Hao! Thinking that his daughter usually doesn't let him drink, so he would seize the opportunity while Ye Hao is here, and drink more.
Fang Ni did not object to her father, but smiled and went out to buy groceries.
After Fang Ni left, Fang Zhongtian looked at Ye Hao and asked, "Hao, do you have any other thoughts for the future? Or feeling too tired in Team A?"
Ye Hao thought it was a test from Fang Zhongtian, quickly stood up and saluted: "Leader, I don't feel tired! We are the nation's sword, wherever the nation points us, we'll go there," Ye Hao said firmly, thinking that even if he's tired, he's still raised by the country and he shouldn't be ungrateful!
"Hehe! Silly boy, I already said today it's just us two. If you have any good prospects, you can tell me, this is a personal question, not from your leader," Fang Zhongtian was very pleased with Ye Hao's loyalty to the country but still wanted to find out if Ye Hao had his own thoughts! Or whether he wanted to live a life he desired.
"Ring! Ring! Ring!"
Ye Hao was about to say that it didn't matter what he did, but the phone rang at this time.
Fang Zhongtian thought for a moment, guessed what kind of call this was, then picked it up and asked: "What's up?"
"Hello Elder Fang! I'm Ji Jiang, the liaison of Team A. The team leader requests you to come to the meeting, and bring Ye Hao along..." Ji Jiang's voice, the Team A liaison, came through the phone.
"Got it!" Fang Zhongtian responded and directly hung up the phone.
"Hao, the question I just asked you, please answer it first! Otherwise, you might be assigned to a position at the Team A meeting later that has no prospects!" Fang Zhongtian still said for the sake of Ye Hao.
"Wherever the leader tells me to go, I will go there! I have no other thoughts!" Ye Hao was still like this, thinking this too, anyway, he had no relatives, what difference did it make where he went?
"Alright then! Let's go and have a look! If you don't want to stay in Team A anymore, just let me know! I'll find a way to let you leave Team A and enter the national security agency. I think when that happens, us two shouldn't fear domestic threats?" Fang Zhongtian said with authority.
"Hehe! I'd like that too, but I'm a soldier." Ye Hao laughed.
Fang Zhongtian heard Ye Hao say this, and decisively didn't say anything more, he also understood that no matter how the upper level arranged it, Ye Hao would unconditionally obey, this is a soldier's duty.
"Let's go! Let's go and take a look." Fang Zhongtian was silent for a while, then he took Ye Hao to the special car and left.
In the Team A office, Ji Jiang was a bit nervous looking at Zhong Xiu and said: "Team leader, I've contacted Elder Fang, do you think... do we need to contact anyone else?"
Zhong Xiu turned his head, waved his hand and said: "No need, everyone is here, just wait for them!" Zhong Xiu was determined to give Ye Hao a hard time, so he put on a posture ready to interrogate Ye Hao.
"What is the team leader's main reason for calling us this time?" Ji Jiang didn't dare ask further, but that doesn't mean other members of the standing committee didn't dare to. Li Yi, the regiment leader of the battle group, directly asked.
Zhong Xiu looked a bit displeased at Li Yi, and was also annoyed by Li Yi being too impatient. But at this moment, Yip Man timely asked: "Yes! Team leader, we have a lot of matters in Team A, not sure what point you want us to discuss this time?"
Even though Zhong Xiu didn't want to answer, he nodded upon hearing Yip Man speak and said: "The main agenda for this meeting is to discuss how Ye Hao's development is going in South Africa! And whether he needs us to send some people over there, and to study Ye Hao's future placement."
"Oh? That kid Ye Hao has returned?" asked Lu Zhi, head of the Intelligence Division.
"Hmph! As the head of the Intelligence Division, asking such a question," Zhong Xiu glared coldly, lest Yip Man starts speaking first! At least if he speaks up, Yip Man wouldn't cause more trouble.
"Uh... I remembered, Ye Hao came back yesterday," Lu Zhi said somewhat awkwardly, really afraid that Zhong Xiu would ignore him in the future, although he counted as a vote in Team A, Zhong's Zhong Family could easily kick him out.
"Heh, Intelligence Department..." Li Yi, the brigade commander, looked at him with a bit of sarcasm.
"Alright! There's no point in arguing, let's wait until they arrive." Zhong Xiu saw Li Yi was about to get into it with Lu Zhi again and waved his hand to stop them.
...
Ye Hao and Fang Zhongtian sat in the back seat of the special car, chatting casually. Just then, a ring sounded from Fang Zhongtian's Zhongshan suit pocket.
Fang Zhongtian quickly picked it up, answered, and softly asked, "Leader, any orders?"
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, then, "Elder Fang! Did you recently take in a top Team A member who returned from overseas?"
Fang Zhongtian was surprised. Why was the leader talking about the Team A member he took in? But showing his respect to this leader above him, Fang Zhongtian politely nodded and said, "Yes! That young man is called Ye Hao, he's a nice person! I just thought, since he's returned to this city with no relatives, I'd give him some care."
The person on the other end of the phone was silent for about a minute, then sighed and said, "Heh! Calling you isn't a big deal, I have a friend whose business has grown big in Peng City! He's worried that some thugs might have harmful intentions towards his children, so he wants to find someone young and strong to protect them! Of course, the salary will be good! If the young man with you agrees, let them discuss the salary."
Fang Zhongtian was baffled! The leader is finding a bodyguard for someone else? What's really going on here? Ah! Those higher-ups always love playing mysterious games! Fang Zhongtian thought to himself with a bit of helplessness.
"Well... Then, leader, wait for my good news! I'll ask him?" Fang Zhongtian was not too keen on letting Ye Hao be someone else's bodyguard, but since the superior spoke! He had to follow through, didn't he?
"Alright! I'll wait for your good news." The sentence came from the other end of the phone! Fang Zhongtian felt a bit strained upon hearing this! It was clear they wanted Ye Hao to be the bodyguard.
Helpless, Fang Zhongtian sorted out his emotions, and the special car happened to arrive at the place where Team A was holding a meeting!
Entering the Team A conference room, Fang Zhongtian ignored everyone and went to sit in his seat!
Ye Hao entered the Team A conference room, immediately saluted loudly, "Ye Hao salutes all leaders."
"Good kid! No need to be so polite." Seeing Ye Hao mature, Li Yi laughed heartily.
"All thanks to the country's training." Ye Hao shouted loudly.
"Alright! We can talk about that later! Ye Hao, now that you're back, there are a few questions I want to ask you." Zhong Xiu waved his hand, stopping Li Yi and Ye Hao from chatting.
"Leader, go ahead." Ye Hao looked at Zhong Xiu and said.
"I want to ask you, was the mission completed the other day? Did you really get nothing? Don't try to fool me, if I find out you're lying, I'll finish you." Zhong Xiu drew his bow, hoping Ye Hao would tell the truth.
Listening to the question, Ye Hao was a little angry too. Initially, he felt a bit guilty about not planning to hand in the ring he got, but when Zhong Xiu said that, Ye Hao felt justified to keep wearing it.
"No!" A concise and brief response came from Ye Hao's mouth.
"You're lying! Our satellite clearly detected a beam descending from the sky." Zhong Xiu leaned on the table, staring closely at Ye Hao.
"I said there was nothing!" Ye Hao reiterated firmly.
"Do you know what punishment you'll face for deceiving your superiors?" Seeing Ye Hao being so resolute, Zhong Xiu was a bit astonished. Could it be there's really nothing?
"I know! But there really isn't anything." Ye Hao remained firm in his denial.
"Heh, even if he had something, I bet he wouldn't tell us, just like with many pieces of intel! He didn't tell us before directly handing them over to others." Lu Zhi from the Intelligence Department said with a laugh.
Ye Hao was displeased upon hearing this and asked him, "When have I ever not provided intel to Team A?"
"Kid! It's not your place to speak here, all you have is a yes or no." Lu Zhi stood up and glared at Ye Hao! He felt slighted by Ye Hao, so wanted to pressure him.
Though furious at his words, Ye Hao wisely shut his mouth! This wasn't the time to show off! Speaking would only give them more reasons to target him.
"I'll ask one more time! Is there anything? If you say yes, you could receive national rewards, but if you say no, and we find out there is something, you'll be sent to Qincheng Prison, never to be released." Zhong Xiu said coldly to Ye Hao and mentioned Qincheng Prison to instill some fear.
"No!" That same answer came out of Ye Hao's mouth once more.