Chapter 439: Wang Yunzhi

And it was not by following Chen Lao's path, nor by following the Yun Family's path, and she did not let Beibei know either.

Instead, she followed Hua Laotou's path.

It seems this person is not simple at all!

"Did Hua Laotou not mention me to you?" Minister Wang asked with a smile.

An Yinan shook her head; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, such a confidential unit, who would just sit around and mention it for no reason?

You are likely overthinking it!

An Yinan complained inwardly, but her face remained full of smiles.

Minister Wang looked at her, "You truly deserve the title of 'little devil'."

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Hua Laotou! Have we not chatted in a long time?

Upon hearing this form of address, there was no one else; it could only be Hua Wensheng!

"Are you two very close?" An Yinan's question was purely out of curiosity.

"Your Principal, Feng Lao, Lao Hua, and I—the four of us are old friends. Back then, being able to arrange for Lao Hua to be at that place instead of being sent to the Cowshed was also my doing!"

In such an era, to be able to push someone who should have been sent to the Cowshed into the Waste Recycling Station—the price this person paid was likely not as understated as he made it sound, right?

"At that time, the power of education was too weak, and any slight carelessness would implicate oneself. Your Principal could only provide secret support, but had no way to change the outcome."

"Traditional Chinese Medicine, in that era, was also a field where everyone feared for their own safety!"

"The only one who could take action was me!" Minister Wang thought about the four of them in their prime back then, and the ambitious words they had once spoken.

It seems a long time has passed!

"Are you not afraid of being implicated?" An Yinan asked.

Hua Laotou had not told her much, likely also fearing she would worry.

He only said it was the help of old friends.

Now she understood who the main contributor was.

Her attitude toward Minister Wang improved significantly, and she respected him much more.

Previously, she had minded his probing, but now all the past grievances were set aside; she even felt very grateful in her heart.

"Did I have a choice?" Wang Yunzhi smiled.

"That stubborn temper of his—others might not know, but don't you know? If he had been sent to the Cowshed, I can guarantee he would have had no chance of returning."

Hua Wensheng had the worst temper among the four of them; he was practically a firecracker, ready to go off at the slightest spark.

Moreover, he was hot-headed; if he had been sent to the Cowshed, he would have tormented himself to death.

Let alone returning, they wouldn't even have been able to collect his body!

An Yinan also smiled and nodded in agreement; don't look at how the old man sometimes gets frustrated in front of her and even tolerates her.

But in front of others, it is a completely different story.

"The four of us met in our youth; one went into Traditional Chinese Medicine, one into academics, one entered the Education Bureau system, and I chose diplomacy." Wang Yunzhi thought about the high spirits of those years, as if it were only yesterday.

"We did not start families, we have no descendants, and all our thoughts were placed on the country!"

"Nan Nan, Lao Hua is right; the greatest treasure he found when he went to the Waste Recycling Station was you!"

"Although I have never shown my face, I have not missed a single thing the three of them know about you."

Wang Yunzhi said earnestly; in fact, this trip to Nanhou was also to test An Yinan's attitude and see if there was a possibility of her entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As for the education system, Hua Wensheng never even considered that she would go there; with her personality, she certainly couldn't endure any constraints.

And as for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Feng Lao says every day that she is someone gifted by the heavens, yet she just won't eat that bowl of rice!!!

"Do you know who he is?" Wang Yunzhi pointed to the person beside him.

That man who had been observing An Yinan—she had previously held hostility toward Minister Wang and was repulsed by his probing, so naturally, she had some suspicions about the people around him.

And he had been watching her, constantly observing her.

Naturally, she felt even more displeased.

But facing the current Wang Yunzhi, it was impossible for someone too low-class to be by his side.

Beibei had said he had a senior fellow apprentice!

Then this person's identity, "Your eldest disciple?"

Wang Yunzhi nodded, "That's right, my eldest disciple, Wang Dazhi."

An Yinan widened her eyes and looked at that person.

Wang Dazhi scratched his hair and said somewhat embarrassedly, "When I went to Nanhou to work as an interpreter, Master told me to disguise myself."

"Master's identity is quite special, and he was also afraid I would be assassinated because of my identity!"

"Doctor An, we meet again."

Wang Dazhi's real face looked somewhat honest and simple, and even carried some Nanhou characteristics; looking at this face, one would think he was a Nanhou person, right?

After all, relations between the two countries were tense at that time, which was likely one of the reasons Minister Wang had him change his appearance.

"This child is simple-minded; when I found him, he was only this big."

Wang Yunzhi gestured with his hands.

"When he was born, he had a harelip, so his family threw him away."

"I was visiting the local customs and recording travelogues of various countries when I ran into him and brought him back to Huaxia."

"His surgery was also performed by Wang Qing, but Dazhi was still small then and doesn't remember it."

Wang Yunzhi thought for a moment and shook his head, finding it amusing.

So it turns out both of their surgeries were the work of Wang Qing.

I mean, does this Military Medical Sage perform every kind of surgery?

"He relayed all your words to me. I had long heard of you from Chen Lao; those three old men are also 'Nan Nan' this and 'Nan Nan' that all day long. They only let you participate in the mission because they knew you could speak Monkey-Nan."

Wang Yunzhi explained the entire sequence of events, and An Yinan listened quietly; only now did she understand everything.

"You saved him, but you also protected him too well. If this continues, I fear something will go wrong in the future."

An Yinan looked at Wang Dazhi; he should have known when he let her go last time that excessive kindness would only lead to good intentions resulting in bad deeds.

Wang Yunzhi nodded, "I know, so I am preparing to send him to the Military."

In the past, she was too busy and only taught him patriotism, but forgot to teach him how to conduct himself in the world, and also forgot to teach him that, in many situations, what is needed is not kindness.

"You certainly know how to pick a place," An Yinan smiled.

Wang Dazhi's temperament—come to think of it—seems only the Military is more suitable for him.

In that atmosphere, having seen life and death often enough, that bit of kindness will naturally vanish.

Hearing An Yinan's words, Wang Yunzhi was stunned; at his current position, there are already very few juniors who can chat with him so relaxedly.

Dazhi mostly feels respect and admiration.

Beibei has a kind of respect for a teacher, along with a mindset of constant evaluation and waiting.

Others would never speak to him like this.

"When did you return?" An Yinan looked at the person in front.

It had been so long, and they hadn't even exchanged a word.

Yun Shu smiled, "This morning."

"Leader, long time no see."

An Yinan sensed that Yun Shu seemed to have changed, in terms of an intangible aura.

She seemed like a general who had fought her way out from among ten thousand people.

That kind of feeling of having seen through life and death, and viewing everything with indifference.