Chapter 20: Extermination of the Family, University Enrollment

  "Whatever! You guys keep playing with guns! I'll go grill something for you to eat!" Zhang Lieyang ran off to the side. After a while, Xiao Haixuan walked over to Zhang Lieyang's side and looked at him busily, laughing and saying: "Zhang brother, I want to ask, can you bear to part with that rifle of yours with the scope?"

  "It's not that I don't give you face, but if anyone asks me for this gun, I won't give it to them!" Zhang Lieyang shouted at Zhang Zihuan and the others: "Three misses, you can eat now, finish eating before playing again!" Upon hearing Zhang Lieyang's shout, the three girls ran over quickly. As they approached, Tang Wanyue sniffed the aroma slightly and said: "It smells so good! Just smelling it makes me know it's delicious!"

  Xiao Yajie curiously asked, "What did you study at West Point in the United States?" Upon hearing Xiao Yajie's words, Zhang Lieyang smiled and replied, "Special Operations!"

  "Intense sunlight, what is special warfare?" Xiao Haixuan asked with interest. "How to put it?" Zhang Lieyang thought for a moment before continuing: "Special warfare refers to the use of small-scale troops to carry out infiltration, assassination, sabotage, and intelligence gathering!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang changed the subject: "Zi Han, tomorrow I'll go with you to school to register, do you have any objections?"

  Zhang Zihuan, gnawing on a chicken wing, smiled and said: "Of course I have no objection!"

  In the evening, when Zhang Lieyang and Zhang Zihuan returned home, Old Man Zhang called Zhang Lieyang to his study and said: "Lieyang, not long after you and Zihuan left this afternoon, the Wu family came to our house to propose a marriage to your Second Uncle. I'd like to hear your opinion."

  "Grandfather, have you agreed?" Zhang Lieyang looked at Old Man Zhang and asked.

  "Not yet, so I'd like to hear your opinion! We agreed with the Wu family that we'll give them an answer tomorrow morning." Upon hearing Old Master Zhang's words, Zhang Lieyang thought for a moment before saying: "Grandfather, I think you should ask Zi Han about it, after all, this concerns her lifelong happiness!"

  Just as Old Man Zhang and Zhang Lieyang were talking, Zhang Zihuan rushed in, crying and saying: "Grandfather, I don't want to marry Wu Haicheng!" As she spoke, Zhang Zihuan threw herself into Zhang Lieyang's arms, saying: "Brother, help me out!"

  Zhang Lieyang stroked Zhang Zihuan's head and comforted her by saying, "As long as you don't want to marry, no one can force you!"

  At this time, Old Master Zhang looked at Zhang Lieyang and Zhang Zihuan and said: "You go back and rest! I will handle this matter!" Upon hearing Old Master Zhang's words, Zhang Lieyang supported Zhang Zihuan as they walked out of the study. On their way back to send Zhang Zihuan home, Zhang Lieyang asked half-jokingly: "Zihuan, where does the Wu family live?"

  Zhang Zihuan sobbed and replied: "They live just outside the fourth street, Yajie's house is to the left, Wu's house is to the right!"

  "I know, you go back and sleep well, tomorrow morning you'll forget this ever happened!" Zhang Lieyang paused for a moment before continuing, "Don't worry, brother will help you get out of this mess!" With that, Zhang Lieyang sent Zhang Zihuan back to her room. After sending Zhang Zihuan off, Zhang Lieyang returned to his own room and took out the combat camouflage uniform, nano bulletproof vest, and tactical helmet from his closet.

  Just as Zhang Lieyang was dressing, Zhang Zihuan walked into Zhang Lieyang's room with a worried look on her face and saw that he was dressed. Zhang Zihuan hastily asked: "Brother, what are you going to do?"

  "Don't worry, brother is just going out for a stroll! I'll be back later!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang took out more equipment from the closet: an anti-material sniper rifle (thirty regular rounds and ten silver bullet rounds), two 92-style handguns, a combat dagger, fifteen lemon hand grenades, two high-explosive hand grenades, and two C4 timed explosives. Seeing Zhang Lieyang take out so many weapons before leaving, Zhang Zihuan grabbed him and said, "Brother, I don't want anything to happen to you!"

  Zhang Lieyang smiled and patted Zhang Zihuan's hand, saying: "Don't worry! Brother will be back soon!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang left his room and walked out of the Zhang family gate. Watching Zhang Lieyang leave, Zhang Zihuan stood anxiously in Zhang Lieyang's room, waiting restlessly with bated breath.

  Zhang Lieyang, who had just left the house, quickly moved in the direction pointed out by Zhang Zihuan. After about an hour of walking, Zhang Lieyang arrived at the entrance of Wu's house. Standing in a dark place, Zhang Lieyang calmly observed the surroundings and the situation around Wu's house with his voice wave detector.

  After a while, Zhang Lieyang glanced at his watch and applied camouflage makeup on his face before swiftly scaling the wall into the Wu residence. With caution, Zhang Lieyang nimbly evaded the Wu family's night patrol guards. After another moment, Zhang Lieyang, hiding in the bushes, seized the opportunity to drag a lone guard to a dark spot by the wall. He covered the guard's mouth with one hand and pressed his combat dagger against him, asking, "Be honest, or you'll lose your life!" Seeing the guard nod, Zhang Lieyang continued, "Where are Master Wu and Young Master?" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang released his grip on the guard's mouth.

  After loosening up, the house servant took a deep breath and replied in a low voice: "The master and young master are in the study room at the back! Today there are Japanese guests, so the back has become a forbidden area, and there are also Japanese soldiers patrolling and guarding." Upon hearing the house servant's words, Zhang Lieyang covered the house servant's mouth again, expressionless, and slit the house servant's throat with his combat dagger. After dealing with the house servant, Zhang Lieyang hid the corpse in the bushes, looked around to make sure no one had discovered it, and then headed towards the study room at the back as the house servant had said.