Chapter 335 Preparing to Return to the Capital, Plotting to Usurp the Throne

The next morning, Bai Nuo and Fang Meng rode their bicycles to the county. When they arrived in the county town, it was still early, so the two of them went directly to the state-run restaurant for breakfast.

In Northeast China, steamed buns are generally quite large. With Bai Nuo's appetite, two buns plus a bowl of millet porridge are enough to make her feel full.

Fang Meng parked his bicycle and told Bai Nuo to find a seat first. He went to the front desk and ordered six meat buns, two bowls of porridge, and a small dish of pickled vegetables. It didn't seem like much, but compared to other working-class people who came to the store early in the morning to eat breakfast, this breakfast was considered extravagant.

Fang Meng calmly picked up his bowl and walked to the table where Bai Nuo was.

"Would you like some eggs? The waiter said they have boiled eggs for sale this morning."

Bai Nuo shook her head: "No, this is enough."

Fang Meng nodded and turned back to get the steamed buns and side dishes.

There weren't many people coming to the shop to eat early in the morning. Most of them were just rushing in to buy a steamed bun or mantou and then going to work to eat. So, the area around Bai Nuo and Fang Meng's table was still empty.

Fang Meng glanced around, then silently placed a layer of mental energy between the two of them to prevent their voices from leaking out. He then lowered his head to eat while talking quietly to Bai Nuo.

"Last night I received a message from the regimental commander saying that you just need to complete the work transfer procedures with the bureau. Your job will be transferred directly to the Environmental Security Branch of the Kyoto Public Security Bureau. Your position will still be a specially appointed portrait artist in the Criminal Investigation Department. This job will be your public identity from now on. He has already informed both sides. He has also informed Kyoto University, where you are to report for duty. As for your dormitory, the team has also arranged it for you."

Currently, the Dragon Kingdom has secretly established several special operations teams, one under the Ministry of State Security and the other under the Kyoto General Military Region.

Not many people know about this mysterious organization. Apart from the two direct leaders of each of the two special operations teams, very few people even know who the members of these two teams are.

After each member joins the team, all their files are stamped with a top-level encrypted red seal.

This will not only allow for more effective completion of future secret missions, but also better protect the safety of team members.

After all, many things that happen behind the scenes are simply far removed from the ordinary lives of ordinary people.

Fang Meng and Bai Nuo belonged to the Kyoto Military Region, and their only two direct superiors were the division commander and regimental commander of the unit Fang Meng was nominally in.

The team leader was responsible for job transfers and external departmental coordination. He was more like the head of logistics for the team, making clear arrangements for the team members' external work.

Bai Nuo nodded: "I thought the team was planning to have me keep my student identity out in the open."

Each member of their special operations team held several positions and identities. For example, Fang Meng's brothers were ostensibly special training instructors seconded from the military to the Armed Forces Department, and they also returned to Kyoto with them this time.

Fang Meng was a bit of a special case; he went and became an educated youth for about a year. However, after they left, their educated youth status would be secretly destroyed in the educated youth office's system.

So after returning to Kyoto, Fang Meng and his men will go straight back to their unit, since their special operations team is officially just a battalion of the 597th Regiment of the General Military Region.

As for Bai Nuo, An Yun, and Liu Yanan, they are a bit special. Their military status is hidden in secret files and cannot be made public at present. The special operations team naturally has to arrange legitimate jobs for them outside to hide their identities.

Bai Nuo felt that the three of them now resembled the secret agents in those videotapes he had watched in his previous life, which was quite interesting when he thought about it.

"Is Sister Ya Nan the same as me?"

“Yes.” Fang Meng nodded, handed a steamed bun to the girl opposite him, and then said, “She will be directly transferred to the Criminal Investigation Section of the Huan’an Branch as the deputy captain of the second team, and An Yun will be transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On the surface, it was An’s uncle who put in the effort.”

Bai Nuo's expression froze for a moment: "But what about in reality?"

She remembered that her cousin An was indeed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but he seemed... not very smart, so he didn't have much power.

Fang Meng chuckled: "Actually, it was our regimental commander who submitted the application behind the scenes and it was approved. It's just that Uncle An doesn't know that. He really thinks that he has gained the attention of the leaders, which is why his nephew has the opportunity to be transferred from a remote county to the capital and even enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So he has been working particularly hard lately."

Bai Nuo gave a wry smile, already imagining how hard her not-so-bright Uncle An was working: "Does cousin know about this?"

Bai Nuo called this man "cousin" because he was not An Yun's biological uncle, but the youngest son of An Yun's grandfather's cousin. They were from the same clan but different lineages, and such relatives were considered collateral branches in a prominent family like theirs.

The main line of aristocratic families has its own rules and pride, while the collateral branches are merely relatives who depend on them for survival.

The older generation might still value blood ties and family bonds, but for the younger generation like Bai Nuo, they only care about their own branch of the family. As for the others, if they are well-behaved and sensible, then everyone will live in peace. If any of them are capable and worthy of being given important responsibilities, they will not be stingy with the resources at their disposal.

However, if you don't understand the situation and your own position, then the younger generation in charge will ruthlessly sever that dispensable bloodline.

The Bai family uncle that Bai Nuo mentioned was just a blood relative to An Yun and his brothers who was dispensable and somewhat annoying.

"Yes, the commander called him privately to mention this matter, and An Yun immediately gave himself an extra task?"

"What mission?"

"Treason to seize power!"

"Awesome!"

Bai Nuo suddenly realized that their lives would probably be even more lively after returning to Kyoto than when they were in the Seven Water Brigade.

After the two finished their conversation, they quickly ate breakfast and got up to leave. What they originally intended as resignation had now turned into a transfer, and the procedures would probably take half a morning to complete.

Meanwhile, in the county public security bureau chief's office, Chief Liu frowned, put down the telephone receiver with a melancholy expression, and then looked at his daughter sitting opposite him with a complicated and sad expression.

“My dear son, tell me honestly what’s going on. Why did the Beijing Bureau transfer you and Nuo’er away together all at once? I can understand Nuo’er going to school, but why did they have to transfer you both? Which bastard leaked your information? How come a prestigious Beijing Bureau like yours is trying to poach talent from our small county?”