Three years later.
Hongcheng International Airport.
Chen Chuan and Lao Geng hurried out of the terminal and got into Wang Beifeng's business car.
Wang Beifeng was so happy, but he yelled, "Hey, what's going on? Chen Chuan, why are you so dark? How can I touch you when the lights are off?"
"Why are you touching me?" Chen Chuan acted disgusted, showing two rows of disgusted teeth, "You hooligan!"
Wang Beifeng laughed and asked, "Where's Cheng'er?"
"Behind." Chen Chuan pointed.
Sure enough, seeing Cheng Ji running towards this side with three or four bags that were bigger than him, Wang Beifeng breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, this guy is still very handsome!"
"He's very strange, he can't get tanned!" Chen Chuan complained, "I finally got tanned and sunburned, and my skin peeled off. He cried in pain, but after covering it for two days, his skin turned white again. There's something wrong with the Cheng family's genes, I don't like it!"
Wang Beifeng squinted his eyes: "Qi Beisong likes it, but you don't. Who do you think you are?"
Old Geng asked, "Hey Wang Beifeng, has Young Master Qi gotten better recently?"
Wang Beifeng said that he was doing well, that he could eat and sleep well, and that he was stronger than before, and was almost on par with Lao Lei.
"Tsk!" Lao Geng said, "You know what I'm asking!"
"There's no improvement." said Wang Beifeng.
Cheng Ji had already gotten into the car while he was talking. He hugged Wang Beifeng's neck affectionately from behind: "Beifeng!!"
Wang Beifeng's face was filled with joy, and he patted his arm: "Cheng'er!!"
Cheng Ji kept on talking: "The control here at Hongcheng Airport is getting stricter and stricter. I just brought some food with me, but they refused to let me out and even confiscated everything from me!"
"You are not allowed to bring those meat products. They were confiscated at the airport last time. How can you not be optimistic?" Chen Chuan said.
"It's delicious!" Cheng Ji said aggrievedly.
Lao Geng said quickly, "It's okay, I'll make it for you when we get home. I've already mastered all the pickling secrets!"
Chen Chuan took out a cigarette from Wang Beifeng's pocket and distributed it to everyone: "Come on, comrades, have a cigarette of nostalgia for the motherland. Now we will really enjoy peace forever and never have to go back to Country R again! It's been three whole years, more than a thousand days and nights, it's not easy!"
Lao Geng said: "Yes, I almost wanted to find a companion there."
Cheng Ji smiled and punched him. He immediately changed his mind and said, "No, no, I will never find a foreign godmother for you, so as to avoid language barriers and cultural gaps, and she will not be able to help you take care of the child."
Wang Beifeng asked: "Where are you going first?"
The other three exchanged glances, and Cheng Ji said, "Unit."
He did not keep his promise.
The time he had agreed with Zheng and Lei was only half a year, but in fact he stayed in Country R for a full three years.
After three months of rigorous training in the special police team, he, Lao Geng and Chen Chuan boarded an international flight to country K as tourists, and then traveled by land for five days to enter the chaotic territory of country R.
A few years ago, one month after the full-scale outbreak of the civil war in R, our country's evacuation work had been completed. In principle, our citizens were no longer allowed to go to this country. Because once their lives were threatened and they asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for help, would they save them or not
If we don't save them, we will just watch them die. If we save them, we will risk the blood and lives of the soldiers.
But there are still people stranded in country R. Some of them have renounced their nationality, some are mercenaries, some want to profit from the war, some - such as Shen Zimo - are fugitives, and some are pursuers of fugitives, such as Cheng Ji.
In short, they are all outsiders of the law, some people who are daring and reckless, who control their own life and death, and will never ask for help from the authorities.
Accompanying Cheng Ji and others into Country R were two intelligence officers who had been contacted in advance. Their identities were difficult to guess, and Captain Xu had also advised not to ask too many questions.
We all come together for the same goal. It's a favor for others to help, and it's polite not to ask around.
The border of R country was full of mountains and the situation was tense, but Cheng Ji and his team entered smoothly without any danger. It was obvious that during the three months of their training, someone had already made connections in R country and paved the way for them.
Some organizations are like this. They say they don't care, but they are still worried about it in private.
After arriving at a relatively peaceful big city, the guide and two helpers hired by Country R came to report, and the small team of mercenaries bought by Zheng Haiping also joined them at the same time. The group settled down in Country R in a very low-key manner.
After that, I kept searching, tracking, and pressing forward step by step. Many of the things I did cannot be brought to the table, but one thing is certain: the effect was remarkable.
The hiding place of Shen Zimo and the two leaders of the criminal group was soon exposed. They were forced to move constantly and lived in peace.
They did hire private armed forces, but so what? Anyway, Cheng Ji and others' purpose was not to confront them head-on, but to harass them endlessly, and occasionally shoot them coldly to show that "you are still under my nose."
Cheng Ji often took out a sniper rifle and wanted to kill Shen Zimo. Anyway, he would kill him every time he met him. Of course, the chances were not many. Shen Zimo was like a patient snake and would only show up for a few seconds.
Cheng Ji's shooting level was described as "absolutely fast, generally accurate", so he wasted several opportunities and was often defeated by the snipers he hired.
However, that guy was also a fake, a civilian version from a foreign country, he didn't have the magical skill of a one-shot headshot, he could only scare idiots. Cheng Ji was the same as him, they were always the same.
Of course, it was not these two who killed Shen Zimo and others in the end, but the fugitives themselves.
Let’s talk about the boss of the criminal group first.
He was a big shot in Hongcheng, but after arriving in Country R, he became a foreign punk, kneeling down every day to beg for protection from those armed leaders.
Because of the tracking by Cheng Ji and others, he, who originally only needed to support a few militiamen, had to support an armed group of thirty people. They needed food and drink every day, they did not speak the same language, had different beliefs, and would rebel at the slightest disagreement, so he spent money like water every day.
The reason why this boss took such a risk in Hongcheng was because he loved money. Now he was going to eat up all his wealth.
He regretted deeply and wanted to leave Country R, but it was too late.
The reason was very simple. First, the armed leaders he had joined were holding on to him as a cash cow, and in fact, they were holding them hostage. Second, Cheng Ji and others were guarding outside, and if they showed their heads, they would be beaten.
Let’s talk about the second in command of the criminal group, the son of the boss.
This kid was so arrogant in his own country, but after arriving in Country R, he was forced to hide in the dark like a rat. He didn't dare to go out during the day, didn't dare to turn on the lights at night, and didn't even dare to go near the window to breathe!
Although the country was in turmoil, the religious customs of various sects were not lost, and prohibition of alcohol and sex was the doctrine. The young master had no alcohol and no women, but he had plenty of drugs and was almost crazy.
The young master secretly drank alcohol, and finally indulged himself and drank too much. He caused trouble after drinking and stepped on other people's Buddha statues for fun, hurting the simple and friendly feelings of the people of country R. He was defeated by a devout believer who had tolerated him for a long time.
The boss of the group wanted to avenge his son, but was shot by the other party and fell to the ground.
Cheng Ji and others watched through telescopes as the father and son were blown into gorgeous fireworks. They only had time to shout, "RPG!" (rocket propelled grenade), and then they were speechless.
At this time, it had been almost four months since they landed in Country R. In other words, including the three months of training, it had just passed the six-month period agreed upon by Cheng Ji and the Qi family. No one would believe that it was not fate's arrangement, but the hardships involved were not something that could be explained to outsiders.
After the death of the father and son leaders of the criminal group, Shen Zimo saw that the situation was hopeless and came out to surrender to Cheng Ji.
Lao Geng pounced on him, tied him up like a dumpling and threw him to the ground.
Cheng Jizhen didn't want to say a word to this madman, but Shen Zimo asked paranoidly: "Cheng Cheng, have you ever loved me?"
Cheng Ji answered decisively: "No."
"Not at all?" Shen Zimo asked.
"No!" Cheng Ji was impatient.
"Why?"
"No!"
"What's wrong with me?" Shen Zimo said, "If I didn't do these things, what's wrong with me?"
"If you don't love me, then you don't love me!" said Cheng Ji.
Shen Zimo sighed, and suddenly his eyes flashed with madness and joy, "I can't get the person I love, and neither can you. Qi Beisong is dead!"
He laughed so loudly that it was so ugly that Cheng Ji knocked him out with the butt of his gun.
"Qi Beisong is still alive." Cheng Ji gritted his teeth and said, "You idiot, I got him a long time ago, and he will be mine for life!"
Chen Chuan was on the side, praising their couple: "Tsk tsk, what a beautiful love this is..."
A week later, the tracking team was disbanded at the border of Country R. Cheng Ji, Chen Chuan and Lao Geng escorted Shen Zimo back to the country through special channels, still as a tourist.
The domestic cases have been closed, the murderers have been arrested one by one, and the trial has been scheduled. However, there are too many files, so the actual trial may take another year or so.
Shen Zimo was handed over to the police and imprisoned, awaiting investigation and trial.
After finishing the work, Cheng Ji and Lao Geng first went to the deceased's grave to express their condolences, and then they were busy burying Ms. Cheng (she was eventually buried in Huangcun Cemetery), and they also had to repair the leaks in the old house, which really kept them busy for several days.
Later, Cheng Ji originally wanted to pack his luggage and go to Country M to visit Qi Beisong, but he was stopped by a phone call from Captain Xu of the Special Police Brigade.
Captain Xu said, "Come over here. We've organized a small-scale induction ceremony for you."
Cheng Ji asked: "What is it?"
Captain Xu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What's your memory like? You actually forgot the request you made?"
Cheng Ji mentioned that if he could return safely from Country R, he would like to exchange for a special recruitment spot.
Now he has changed.
Special Police Officer Cheng was 20 years old and joined the commando team, along with Chen Chuan.
Chen Chuan was a retired soldier, which was enough for him. But Cheng Ji had no military service background, nor was he a national athlete, so there was one hard indicator that he lacked - education. He was just a high school graduate!
So Cheng Ji had two choices: either go back to K Polytechnic to finish college and then come back to work; or get a job first and then take the self-study exam later.
With Lao Geng's encouragement, he actively returned to school, only to find out that the original owner was studying automation, which was at least ranked in the top three among the most difficult majors in engineering. So after a high-level mathematics class, his confidence in life was extinguished.
Later he took a physics class, learning about electricity, magnetism, force, fluid... After class he needed psychological treatment. He lay on Captain Xu's sofa, shivering and crying like a baby.
He has been on the battlefield of Country R for so long and has never needed psychological treatment!
Captain Xu put his arm around his shoulders and said frankly, "Qi, my dear, if you can't learn it, just forget it. Don't force it!"
So he had no choice but to start working. But on the third day after Cheng Ji completed the entry procedures, he was secretly sent to Country R, and his superiors directly asked him to go.
The reason is also laughable - ever since Shen Zimo and others opened up a new idea of going to the tiger's den and fleeing to war-torn countries, three batches of fugitives have gone to country R in the past six months. Some of them are murderers and robbers, some are corrupt and accept bribes, and all of them are serious criminals.
The police of our country have also gone all out and cracked down hard. Although they cannot enforce the law across borders on paper, they can at least secretly set up a station to catch fugitives and pursue criminals, right
Given the current situation in R country, where you hit me today and I hit you tomorrow, warmongers are running all over the streets, and drug lords are opening their doors for business and offering big promotions, a workstation is even more harmless than a milk tea shop.
Special Police Officer Cheng was sent to be the station chief, secretly.
Because his superiors believed that he not only had experience, but also some metaphysics, and had the ability to kill the enemy without bloodshed.
When he went, Chen Chuan and Lao Geng would of course follow him. Chen Chuan's current mission was to protect the young lady, while Lao Geng was counting on his godson to support him in his old age.
So they formed a small team, took root at the grassroots level in foreign countries, and integrated with the masses.
More than two years passed like this.
Fortunately, in the past two years, the country has sent some professionals whose identities are not convenient to disclose, instead of hiring foreign novice personnel, so the danger of the operation is much lower than the first time. Most of the time, Cheng Ji feels that he is just a simple stalker.
He was unable to return home for two years because he had a mission and could not leave his post.
It was not until a few days ago, when the third batch of fugitives were arrested and escorted back to China, that he was finally able to leave the war-torn land of Country R and return to Hongcheng.