232 Complications arise (1/2)
Other people might not have noticed that woman leaving her shop, but Yan Liuyuan noticed. Of their entire family, Ren Xiaosu and Yan Liuyuan were the wariest of their surroundings. Ren Xiaosu could feel most reassured of Yan Liuyuan on this aspect.
He quietly said to Ren Xiaosu, ”Bro, I think that woman next door might be up to no good.”
Ren Xiaosu glanced at the woman's receding figure. He thought for a moment before saying, ”It's alright, there's nothing to be afraid of.”
While they were packing, Wang Fugui cheerfully brought over the store's ledger to Ren Xiaosu and said, ”Our grocery store's income has been really steady. The town's residents from near and far are all coming to our place to make their purchases. Here, Xiaosu, please check the transactions.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
Ren Xiaosu laughed and shot Old Wang a glance. ”Hey now, it's the New Year! Why are we checking the accounts? I have nothing to worry about with you taking care of things here. Get in the truck already. I'll take all y'all to the outpost to have a look-see and then take y'all back on the eighth day of the New Year.”
Although the outpost was a nice place, it was still a location with defensive duties. There shouldn't be any inspections during the New Year, but if anyone discovered they had brought over their family members when the festivities finished up, it could get pretty troublesome.
Besides, Wang Fugui and the others were also living good in town now. The impish Yan Liuyuan had even become a friend of the women and used those relationships to find out a lot of information.
Yan Liuyuan whispered from next to him, ”Bro, why has the Li Consortium also issued an arrest warrant for Xu Xianchu? Was it you again?”
”Ahem!” Ren Xiaosu looked at Yan Liuyuan. ”Don't tell anyone.”
”Mhm.” Yan Liuyuan nodded cleverly. ”Don't worry, my lips are sealed.”
Right at this moment, the woman from the grocery store next door led a group of soldiers in a hurry back to the store. Even from far away, she was already pointing at Ren Xiaosu and shouting, ”It's those two. When they came to town last month, that older guy was still wearing the uniform of the private army. But this time around, he's dressed in the military uniform of the Li Consortium. What's more, he's even a captain!”
Most people would not recognize what ranks the soldiers were from their shoulder marks. But anyone who ran a grocery store at the entrance of the stronghold would definitely be observant of people, so how could she not know about such things?
That group of soldiers surrounded Ren Xiaosu and company. A lieutenant walked forward and faced Ren Xiaosu. ”Which division are you two from? Produce your military IDs.”
Ren Xiaosu and Li Qingzheng exchanged a glance. When Ren Xiaosu reached for his military ID, the sound of guns being cocked rang out and more than a dozen black barrels were suddenly pointed at them.
The woman from the grocery store smiled joyfully. If there were any problems with this young man's military ID, Wang Fugui's shop would surely not be able to continue operating, right?
Ren Xiaosu smiled as he produced his military ID from his pocket and handed it to these soldiers before him. He said calmly, ”Not too many people dare conduct a spot check on those of us in the Office of Special Investigations these days.”
Li Qingzheng gasped at this. He realized Ren Xiaosu was not panicking one bit. Moreover, he even learned to speak in the same condescending tone Hu Shuo used when he spoke. It was way too similar.
When the officer facing Ren Xiaosu heard the words ”Office of Special Investigations,” he frowned. He opened up the military ID book and was indeed greeted by Ren Xiaosu's photo, the stamp, the serial number, as well as the striking words that said ”Military: Office of Special Investigations.”
If these were normal times, he would definitely be panicking by now. If anyone were hauled to the Office of Special Investigations, they would never be seen again!
But after considering everything, there were far too many suspicious aspects to Ren Xiaosu and Li Qingzheng. Regulars had a different bearing and posture while standing after they went through training. The sloppy way Li Qingzheng was wearing his uniform made it seem like they were imposters.
The officer said coldly, ”We need to verify it first before we can confirm whether you're really from the Office of Special Investigations.”
He then ordered his subordinate to take out a palm-sized device. That soldier inputted Ren Xiaosu's military identification number into it, and a picture of Ren Xiaosu was displayed.