Chapter 696: Meeting Xiao E Again

No one expected that there would still be such tough survivors at that training camp.

One thousand catties of high-explosive explosives had turned everything upside down, yet there were actually people who could crawl out from the ruins.

He Yuzhu secretly sighed at how lucky these people were, but sighing was one thing, and he showed no mercy in his actions.

Those who were lucky enough to escape didn't get more than a few steps before he picked them off one by one with precision shots, dropping them to the ground.

He waited quietly on the spot for a moment, confirmed that no more living souls were coming out from inside, and then planned to withdraw.

But just at this moment, movement came from the direction of the barracks.

After all, the other side was the garrison stationed on the island; it was impossible for them not to come and investigate after such a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering explosion on the island.

Just as he was preparing to descend the mountain, an officer arrived with a group of men.

He aimed his scope at that officer.

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, he discovered that the figure was extremely familiar.

After twenty years, that person had changed from a young man into a middle-aged uncle, but that slightly chubby face and those pair of slender eyes still kept his memory fresh.

That was Liu Jinguo, the younger brother of Battalion Commander Liu, a confidant of Shen Shichang; back in the day, he had even pined for Wang Jiazhi.

Although He Yuzhu hadn't spent much time with him, that honest and simple air of Liu Jinguo had left him with a rather good impression.

After the founding of the nation, he had once entertained the thought of looking for him, but once he thought about how both of his older brothers were people from "that side," he gave up the idea.

Yet he never expected that he would actually be able to see the other party on this isolated island.

It was just that both sides were on opposing fronts, making it impossible to acknowledge each other.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu sighed, put away his firearm, took one last deep look at him, then turned around and quickly disappeared into the mountain forest.

On the small pier by the sea, several guards were huddled together, discussing with panicked expressions what had happened on the island, completely unaware that disaster was imminent.

He Yuzhu crept up silently and directly took the few of them into his space.

The six patrol boats docked at the pier were also taken away by him in one go.

Looking at the empty pier, he shook his head, steered his own modified fishing boat, and sailed away from the island under the cover of night.

When He Yuzhu returned to Liu Rusi's residence, she was shocked: "Zhuzi? You... you couldn't have solved everyone at that training camp, could you?"

He Yuzhu nodded lightly: "All solved, not one left. Originally, I even wanted to finish off that batch of garrison troops on the island, but guess who I ran into?"

Liu Rusi looked him over curiously: "Could it be that among the garrison on the island, there was someone you knew?"

He Yuzhu smiled: "When your father was in Beiping back then, he had a Battalion Commander Liu by his side, do you remember?"

Liu Rusi nodded slightly: "I remember, I asked around for some news; after he arrived on the island, he never really achieved much. Is he there?"

He Yuzhu shook his head: "Do you remember that one time you had me escort a batch of goods to Nanjing? That time, I was escorting the truck together with Battalion Commander Liu. On the way, we went to his home, and he had a younger brother named Liu Jinguo, who was fifteen or sixteen at the time, climbing up a big tree every day to peek at a woman. I spent a day and a half with him, and I had a pretty good impression of that kid. The battalion commander on the island this time was him..."

Liu Rusi sighed softly: "Thinking about it now, it's somewhat my fault. I should have found a way to keep Battalion Commander Liu back then... He was a good man."

He Yuzhu nodded: "I was just about to pull the trigger when I recognized him in the scope."

Liu Rusi sighed gloomily: "Sigh, how things have changed."

He Yuzhu changed the subject and asked: "I wiped out everyone at the training camp; will they know it was us who did it?"

Liu Rusi said in a deep voice: "In my opinion, they will definitely continue to stir up trouble in Hong Kong. Although those people don't know your true identity, they have fallen into your hands several times in a row, so they must have realized by now that there is a formidable character on our side..."

In the following days, He Yuzhu used the excuse of procuring equipment to send a telegram to Secretary Liu's side, while he himself stayed temporarily in Hong Kong to assist Liu Rusi in dealing with the other side's counterattacks.

After the training camp was wiped out in one fell swoop, the other side was indeed shamed into anger, successively dispatching large numbers of men to sneak into Hong Kong to retaliate against Liu Rusi's people, and even M Country sent quite a few experts. But they ultimately underestimated He Yuzhu's methods; whenever Liu Rusi's side obtained intelligence, no matter how many people the other side sent or where they were hiding, they would often vanish overnight, as if they had evaporated into thin air.

After several groups of men disappeared one after another, the other side no longer dared to send people over easily, and things in Hong Kong finally calmed down a little.

He Yuzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did he release Chen Jinshui, whom he had captured from the island.

He hadn't released him earlier because he was afraid that this person would leak his background after escaping back to Taiwan; now that the enemy's secret agent forces had suffered such a heavy blow, even if Chen Jinshui spoke, no one would dare to come over again.

Saying he released him was actually handing the person over to Jin Hai for custody.

When he saw Jin Hai again, He Yuzhu was shocked to find that his hair had turned completely white.

Last year, Tie Lin was assassinated and died, which had been a truly heavy blow to him.

Nowadays, the big and small affairs in the gang were basically handled by Xu Tian, and Jin Hai was already in a state of semi-retirement.

Fortunately, their influence was great, and basically no one dared to cause trouble for them.

After dealing with various trivial matters, He Yuzhu went to see Xiao E.

The moment Xiao E saw him, she was so shocked she couldn't speak for a long time, and her eyes instantly turned red.

"Zhuzi, I thought... I wouldn't be able to see you in this lifetime! Do you know? We have a son, and I named him He Xiao."

He Yuzhu smiled and said: "Xiao E, if there is someone you want to marry, I won't stop you."

He knew that in his previous life, Xiao E had remarried someone else and later divorced. He didn't know what her situation was like in this life.

"I haven't looked for anyone else," Xiao E said softly.

He Yuzhu nodded and asked again: "How is your work now?"

"Helping out at my brother's clothing company, it's just so-so."

He Yuzhu immediately said: "Then why not open a trade company yourself? I am helping to build a factory in Lingnan this time to produce a type of game console, and you can be responsible for their overseas sales."

"Can I really do it? That thing is hard to come by right now," Xiao E said, both surprised and delighted.

"Of course, but you will be selling the ones produced by the factory here in Lingnan, not the original ones from Beijing; the Beijing side is still sold by the Liu Shi Trade Company," He Yuzhu explained.

"That's even better!" Xiao E couldn't hide her excitement.

"But opening a company requires a lot of money, right? My money was all used to buy buildings and shops as you said, and while it has multiplied several times over, I don't have much cash on hand."

"It's fine, I'll take care of setting up the company for you; you just need to be responsible for receiving and selling the goods."

Just as they were talking, Lou Zhenhua returned from outside.

Seeing He Yuzhu, the old man's face was full of guilt: "Zhuzi, regarding what happened to Xiao E back then, I have let you down."

He Yuzhu smiled: "We even have a child now, why are you still bringing these things up? I just want to trouble you to help keep an eye on things and help Xiao E get this trade company up and running, specifically to act as an agent for the game console business."

Lou Zhenhua sighed: "It is all because I favored sons over daughters. My meager family assets were long ago divided among my sons, and I left nothing for Xiao E. Now, instead, I have to rely on my daughter to get by; I am truly ashamed."

He Yuzhu said gently: "Rest assured, with me here, I will certainly ensure Xiao E and the child live a good life."

After properly arranging the affairs for Liu Rusi, He Yuzhu set off for Lingnan to begin preparations for establishing the game console production factory.