Chapter 202: This Password Was Too Simple

As An Yinan thought and thought, she became too sleepy and fell asleep.

She had not rested properly for over ten days; it was less like falling asleep and more like passing out.

After Liu Xicai saw Fang Hong and the others off, she ladled a bowl of pigeon soup and brought it up.

Upon reaching the doorway, she saw the three people keeping watch and pointed at the room door.

"The Leader seems to have fallen asleep," a Black-Clad Man said.

Another Black-Clad Man said, "This mission finished so much earlier than expected, I fear the Leader has rarely rested. Now that the Leader has finally managed to fall asleep, may I go downstairs to fetch the soup once the Leader wakes up?"

Although they were separated by a door, they had all witnessed An Yinan's efforts every day, and they held even more admiration and respect for this very young girl.

Liu Xicai nodded, "When Nan Nan wakes up, you can just come downstairs to call me; the soup is simmering on the stove."

Liu Xicai carried the soup upstairs, then carried it back downstairs again.

Downstairs, the old lady sat on the sofa, watched Liu Xicai come down, and asked, "Is Nan Nan not hungry?"

Liu Xicai first put the soup back in the kitchen and turned the fire down lower before coming to the living room, "Nan Nan has been too tired these past few days. Now that the materials have been taken away by the sister-in-law, she has finally relaxed and just fell asleep."

The old lady nodded, "Take out the ginseng from the storeroom later and stew some soup for Nan Nan to drink. This child is only so young, how is she busier than the adults!"

"Who's to say otherwise!" Liu Xicai first knew of the Health Pill the old lady took, as well as the Frostbite Ointment that Yun Fei revealed; these were all the handiwork of this little girl.

And the degree of importance Fang Hong placed on Nan Nan suggested her position in the Compilation Bureau was likely very high; otherwise, given Fang Hong's position, she wouldn't have rushed over just because of a phone call.

Thinking of this, Liu Xicai suddenly dared not think any further.

Families like theirs all knew that some things could not be inquired about, nor could they be guessed.

This sleep was very sound for An Yinan; with the mission completed and the burden in her heart set down, she slept all the way until eight o'clock in the evening before waking up, bleary-eyed.

She sat up and looked at the calm surroundings, feeling as if a lifetime had passed.

She sat for a full ten minutes before she finally came to her senses, then looked at the watch on her wrist and pushed open the room door.

"Is there anything to eat?" An Yinan asked with a yawn.

The Black-Clad Man said hurriedly, "Pigeon soup is stewing downstairs; it has been for a long time."

In the meantime, fearing the pot would dry out, Liu Xicai had added warm water several times, otherwise it would have dried out long ago.

"I'm hungry, pigeon soup isn't filling enough, I want to eat staples, like steamed buns!" An Yinan said distressfully.

She could swallow an elephant right now.

Other than a bowl of porridge this morning, she hadn't eaten anything else today.

"It's fine, what else do you want to eat? I'll go outside and find some," the Black-Clad Man said.

Up until now, An Yinan still didn't know their names, only remembering their faces, and they also had special identities and it was inconvenient to tell their names, so everyone just communicated like this.

"Anything that can fill my stomach will do. The mission is almost over, I'm going to go out and feast!" An Yinan set her goal!

The hunger she had endured these past few days would all be made up for in a few days!

That group of Black-Clad Men looked at An Yinan with a chuckle, "What you eat these few days will be billed to the Compilation Bureau; what you eat in a few days will be at your own expense of money and ration coupons."

An Yinan blinked her eyes, understanding what they meant, "Hey! Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"How could I covet the Compilation Bureau's food! Bring me a roast duck, thank you!"

Before the few Black-Clad Men could react, An Yinan closed the door directly.

The few people outside looked at the closed door, reacted for a moment, then looked at each other, all suppressing their laughter.

The Black-Clad Man who had been speaking gestured to the other two, then hurried downstairs.

First, he reported that everything was fine to Liu Xicai, then he walked out of the Military District Compound; outside the Military District Compound, there were people from their Compilation Bureau keeping watch at all times.

After this Black-Clad Man made contact with that person, he returned to the Yun Family.

More than twenty minutes later, a fragrant roast duck, a portion of pigeon soup, and several meat buns were delivered in front of An Yinan.

An Yinan's eyes brightened slightly as she looked at all the food, "You all are too fast."

"Eat first." The person handed the things to An Yinan, and after she carried them into the room, the door was closed by the Black-Clad Man from the outside.

The materials had not yet reached the Project Department; they were keeping watch here not only to ensure An Yinan did not leak secrets but also to guard her personal safety.

Only An Yinan knew the passwords for those Password Cases containing the materials.

Three days later, the Yun Family's phone rang.

Liu Xicai went upstairs to call the Black-Clad Man, and An Yinan, having been cooped up in the room for a month, walked downstairs for the first time.

In her hand was an Encryption Decryption Manual that Fang Hong had given her.

She would interface directly with the Project Department for the passwords, no longer going through the Compilation Bureau.

"Is this Comrade An? I am from the Number One Project Department." The person speaking on the other end had a very old voice, but it was very solemn and earnest.

An Yinan spoke, "It is me!"

"Please verify the password," the old voice said.

An Yinan looked at the Black-Clad Man beside her; the Black-Clad Man nodded at her, indicating that the other party's identity had been confirmed and they could proceed directly with the password verification.

An Yinan had long since checked the Encryption Decryption Manual, and those passwords were already committed to memory.

"The first Password Case, the number is 4, the password is 76, 32, 51, 4, 481."

And An Yinan's hand was also tapping on the table, a series of tapping sounds...

Representing the final digit of the password.

Not only were the Password Cases fitted with special passwords, but even the order of the Password Cases had been scrambled.

The documents inside would have discontinuities; trying to organize them would be even more difficult, and it would also give the Compilation Bureau time. These were the special methods she had thought of, and besides, the documents only passed through her hands; she had gone through them once and was not entirely at ease.

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a long while before saying to the people behind them, "The order is scrambled, rearrange them according to the order I say."

They also hadn't expected that even though the Password Cases were clearly labeled with numbers, they were all wrong...

A minute later, the old voice spoke again, "It has been opened, please proceed to the next one."

An Yinan did not hesitate at all, "The second Password Case, the number is 8, the password is 1, 84, 745, 0, 13, 444."

Six numbers were reported, but the tapping sound still rang out.

The person monitoring on the other end was a bit confused, but the old man on the phone gave a gesture to record it.

The other side reacted quickly this time; the old man read out the repeated numbers directly, as the communication quality back then was far from as good as it is in modern times, and besides the static and electrical noise, it would sometimes even distort.

"Please repeat the password," the old man on the other end spoke up.

An Yinan repeated it once more, "1, 84, 745, 0, 13, 444."

After waiting for twenty seconds this time, the old man spoke, "Opened, please proceed to the next one."

The two of them spent a full half hour checking them, until the very last Password Case.

"The fourteenth Password Case, serial number 7, the password is, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2."

This password was too simple......