176 . It is not easy to drown one's sorrows in alcohol.

Xiao Leng's voice was very calm, calm like an emotionless artificial intelligence robot narrating a mission.

But Diep Tich heard and was shocked, shocked to the point of feeling his chest empty and filled with an indescribable discomfort.

This was the first time she heard Tieu Lanh talk about his parents' passing. Before that, she had only heard a few words from her colleagues, only knowing that both his parents had passed away.

Until today she understood, that was poisoned - a tragic assassination experience.

Xiao Leng recounted all of this with a calm tone, and his voice suddenly trembled: "So... I am not acting on emotion, I hope you seriously consider the dangers of this matter, and do not participate in this action."

"I will seriously consider it... Thank you." Diep Tich's mind was in chaos, he hung up the phone, lay on the bed for a long time, then stood up and went out the door.

When she walked out of the apartment, she realized how long she had been feeling sad and confused in her room. It was now pitch black outside. She walked west along the main road. The warm beams of light from the street lamps covered her below, reflecting the flow of horses and carriages on the road like water.

She kept walking to Xi Thien street, panicked to the overpass, stopped in the middle of the overpass, and held the handrail to look into the distance.

The spring night air was a bit chilly, making people calm. She quietly looked at the street scene in front of her. Like flowing water, cars quickly passed by under the bridge. This was the most common appearance of this large city.

But at the same time she also noticed the dark lights in front of the Dai Nhac Thanh shopping mall.

Because there is a strange import there, for the safety of the rich, it was forced to close.

Apart from this shopping mall, there is also Hoan Du Anh Thanh music garden, Thuan Le district orphanage... In the past half year, the economic impact of this city can be seen clearly.

The gradual chaos of public order goes without saying. Last time, Ye Xi heard his colleagues mention it. They said that the police were still using all their strength to investigate all kinds of criminal cases, but because too many people had disappeared without reason, many of the death cases were still unclear.

Borrowing the monster talk to bring chaos, murder and robbery, there are many people.

In this kind of situation, no one is absolutely safe. After a group of people fall and break the key point, the remaining people who firmly hold the key point are like prey in the forest, not knowing which moment they will be followed by predators.

Diep Tich also heard that currently many residential areas are in a state of collapse.

She lives in a 17th-floor apartment and has nothing to say about this, but when she scrolls through Weibo, she sees many people saying that nowadays, households have to keep their doors and windows locked at night to avoid being robbed.

After hearing this, she had specially called her parents, originally intending to remind them to pay attention to safety. During the conversation, she learned that her parents had already made preparations, even changing the crystal to industrial glass.

Diep Tich stayed on the bridge in silence for a long time, then suddenly wanted to drink. Without thinking, he picked up his phone to search for the nearest bar and drove straight there.

This bar is a quiet and formal place. Ye Xi first gave the waiter 200 coins, asking him to call a cab if he saw that she was drinking too much. Then she ordered two glasses of Long Island Iced Tea, adding double the amount of Vodka.

Long Island Iced Tea is a very deceptive alcoholic cocktail. When drunk, it tastes just like iced black tea. In fact, the four types of alcohol inside are very strong, and will make people drunk without realizing it.

Diep Tich also wanted double the Vodka, hoping that these two glasses of wine could help her sleep well tonight.

But she actually didn't have a very good alcohol tolerance, she started to get drunk after only half a glass.

Drunk Diep Tich's "initial symptoms" were: Talkative.

But at this stage, he was not drunk enough, not enough to let himself talk nonsense, so he went to the bar alone. Diep Tich was uncomfortable, frowning and leaning on the table, wanting to find someone to chat with.

She held her cell phone and searched the information page, thinking about calling someone to accompany her to drink, and also thinking about directly contacting the WeChat group, but from the beginning to the end, she actually couldn't find the right person.

Her best friend is from her hometown, City C. She failed her master's exam four times in a row. This year, she is busy with World War II. Five minutes ago, she had sent out a friend circle in the library. She obviously doesn't have time to chat.

On the other hand, although the relationship between the roommates during college was still good, but after graduation there was less contact, suddenly calling someone out for a drink was very abrupt, and the colleague who worked as a news media before had no contact for a long time.

Look at the 17 lines again...

She came and went, not really wanting to disturb everyone, she didn't want everyone to see her drowning her sorrows in alcohol because she was greedy for things that didn't get done.

But after a while, her finger stopped moving on the screen, her eyes fixed on that name.

Xiao Lanh.

She and he usually work together in the group, most of the private matters are directly typed into each other's door, WeChat private chat records are very limited.

But in that instant, an inexplicable feeling made her want to find him to chat.

Diep Tich searched for words and typed with both hands: "In a hurry?"

Xiao Leng had just walked out of the 17th floor when he received the news and stopped by the roadside, saying in a low voice, "No rush."

Diep Tich said again: "That's five coins?"

Xiao Leng's eyes lingered on this line, feeling something was wrong, he turned off WeChat, and typed in a series of numbers.

Diep Tich was excited and wanted to chat, but when he saw his phone call coming in, he didn't need to think and switched: "Hello, Tieu Lanh."

"Where are you?" Tieu Lanh realized her lazy voice and paused slightly, "You drank?"

"Um... I'm at the bar." Ye Xi pursed his lips, "Drank some wine, wanted to chat. If you're not in a hurry, let's talk..."

"Send me the location, I'm going over now." Xiao Leng finished speaking and directly hung up the phone. Ye Xi was even more drunk than before, he stared blankly at the phone screen for a while, frowning impatiently: How could someone hang up on someone's phone!

After that, she didn't think too much about it and sent the coordinates in front of her.

The traffic at night was very convenient, Xiao Leng only took twenty minutes to drive here. He walked around the bar for half a circle and found Ye Xi on a bench.

Her face was leaning against the table, he was not sure if she was asleep or not, he quietly sat across from her, picked up the wine she had not finished drinking and listened a bit.

Double order Vodka Long Island Iced Tea, ordered two glasses, but only drank about two-thirds of the glass.

What a poor alcohol tolerance.

He put the wine glass back, the glass base made a very small sound when it touched the table, causing Diep Tich to raise his head: "Still not finished drinking..."

She thought the waiter came to collect the cup, but saw Xiao Lanh sitting across from her, and her mind was a little confused.

She sat up, he looked at her: "How much is five coins?"

"Shu ——" Diep Tich dragged out a yawn. Just now she clearly wanted to find someone to chat with, but now that someone had come, she didn't know what to say.

Tieu Lanh looked at her without blinking, the two looked at each other without saying anything for a moment, he said: "Do you want to tell me, you want to participate in that action?"

"Um... I don't want to tell you." Ye Xi drunkenly shook his head, "But I really want to participate in that action."

"Why?" Xiao Leng's eyebrows furrowed deeply, and the fine wine darkened, covering up part of his pain, "Can you tell me the reason?"

"How to say it..." Diep Tich crawled on the table, turned his head, and looked at the wall beside him, "How many people are there in total this time?"

"Sixty people." Xiao Leng answered honestly, "The first group of 30 people, the main force is my team and Han Yuan's, because we both boarded that ship. If you also go, it will be considered your team, if you don't go, a team will join, and there will also be a group of local special forces to guide us. The second group is also 30 people, the arrangement is almost the same as the first group."

"Well, so what else do I need to say?" Diep Tich smiled charmingly, "I can only say, Minister Dinh is a good person, you all are good people."

Xiao Lang's originally well thought out advice was stuck in her throat.

"You know what I mean, right?" Diep Tich turned his head slightly, smiling but not smiling as he looked at him.

Of course he knows.

This is not the first time she has had this kind of trouble, but last time she was not even a 17th employee yet, with her free identity she could refuse anything without any hesitation.

But now it's different, from the moment she accepted the 17th position, she is just like all the other team members. She should obey orders, Minister Ding can also give orders directly, this is the risk she has to take as an adult for her own decisions.

But Minister Ding did not force her, he hoped she would go, and gave her a chance to choose. Ye Xi could even feel that when he called her over, Minister Ding was also conflicted inside.

If there was no contradiction, he should have given orders to everyone at the same time, instead of letting Xiao Leng get angry first.

During the time when Xiao Leng was angry, Minister Ding was probably also advising himself not to send her over.

Because she had not received any professional training in combat, in their hearts, she was actually different from them. They all viewed her in a "soldiers watching the masses" or "police watching the masses" manner, hoping that when danger approached, they could shield her behind them.

But this kind of care is not natural, at least from Minister Ding's perspective as a leader it is not natural, he has every reason not to consider this, directly sending her over is just part of his normal work. When encountering a difficult task like this with strange rules, no one will think that him directly making such a decision is wrong, Ye Xi's past achievements are enough to support him making such a decision.

Indeed, this mission will be extremely dangerous, because there are gangsters there, and none of those people are good people.

But she couldn't pretend to be stupid, she clearly knew that it was a strange rule, in a strange rule, the danger of a deficiency in the value of force was great, and she wouldn't judge the danger of the rule to be greater.

Putting aside her shyness, she actually knew clearly in her heart that in this kind of difficult task, it was difficult to say who was stronger between her and them.

But they themselves did not want to choose, everyone directly received orders, only giving her one chance to choose.

Xiao Lang was silent for a long time, then struggled to form a smile: "I thought you drank too much."

Diep Tich lay on his arm, saying nothing.

He said helplessly: "I hope you can stop thinking so clearly."

She laughed out loud: "You like me, isn't it because I thought it through? Those rules… and these things, essentially… essentially are the same."

He held his forehead, his thumb and ring finger pressing down hard on his temples, but quickly let go, his expression revealing a trace of innocence and unease: "What you said is true, but from a combat perspective, this is unfair."

"Fair?" Ye Xi was stunned by these two words for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled, "I have a movie that I really like, and there is a sentence inside."

"What?"

"Danger ahead, only responsibility." She half-joked, and then blinked.

The smell of alcohol on her cheeks was red, making her look very charming.

She used another line from that movie: "If everything is fair, then what's the point of 17 points?"

The purpose of establishing the 17th division, isn't it to make them take on the risk, to protect the safety of more ordinary people?

This was unfair from the start, but it is what it is.

"Life is not a movie." Tieu Lanh shook his head, "Think about your parents."

"That's right, thinking back to my parents." Ye Xi's eye sockets reddened involuntarily, "This is another reason."

"If the strange talk form does not end, everyone is living in a dangerous life——you know, I just suddenly realized, if I do not take action this time, in the future, whether my parents die because of the strange talk itself, or because of other problems caused by the strange talk, I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life."

Tieu Lanh didn't know what to say, he just silently shook his head. Diep Tich saw that he was upset, raised his hand to call the waiter, and took the initiative to order a glass of whiskey for him.

Waiting for the waiter to leave, she continued the topic from earlier: "Including you, you, Yang Ge, Xin Ran, Ning Ning, Zhang Liping... If I didn't go on this mission, and you guys had an accident and didn't come back, I..."

"There are many strange situations, not necessarily related to you." Tieu Lanh interrupted her.

"Yes, you are right, but if I don't go, how will I know?" Diep Tich took the unfinished cup of Long Island Iced Tea and used a straw to drink the last of it in one gulp.

The refreshing feeling rushed straight to her internal organs. She happily breathed a sigh of relief and asked Xiao Leng: "If it were you who didn't go on this mission and we died inside, would you feel that it was your responsibility?"

Tieu Lanh raised his eyebrows: "I..."

"Don't be so bold, you definitely will." Diep Tich shook his head, "Admit it, we are inherently the same."

Tieu Lang did not say anything.

Whiskey was brought up in their quiet place, not too much alcohol, inside was a very large ice ball.

Ye Xi pinched the straw and started to suck on her second cup of Long Island Iced Tea, drank a few mouthfuls, and continued to drunkenly laugh: "However, I still want to ask... If I really don't have it, will my parents have someone to take care of me?"

Tieu Lanh really wanted to say no, so he stopped her.

But in the end, he couldn't lie to her: "Yes. If you don't do anything because of this action, they will be the families of martyrs, and the country will take care of them for life. Moreover, according to the consistent actions of your comrades in arms... In the future, you will recognize these teammates and take care of them as your own parents."

"That's great." Diep Tich nodded with satisfaction.

"But what they want is you." Tieu Lanh tried his best, "You are the only daughter."

"Yes, what they asked for was me, but I want them to live in a safe environment. This is a matter of choice, there is no way to have it both ways." Ye Xi smiled even more comfortably, "So, don't stop me. If this strange talk really ends this whole turning point, let me go kill that hypocrite!"

Drink a lot, talk a lot, feel refreshed and comfortable.

Tieu Lanh really wanted to laugh a little, but he couldn't. He knew what she said was right, but what he saw before his eyes was the tragic death of his parents.

... In the middle of the image, a panicked expression appeared on her face.

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After saying everything that needed to be said, Diep Tich did not say a word. After about half an hour, she finished drinking the second cup of Long Island Iced Tea in front of her, then started talking again.

But this time it was delirium.

Xiao Leng was very nervous when she picked up the dried flower on the table and said, "This mushroom is really beautiful." He wanted to go to the menu and confirm that this bar didn't sell it. Only after seeing the green tea used as a food additive did he dare to believe that she was just drinking it.

Just as he put down the menu, he heard Diep Tich's eyes, drunk and hazy, ask him: "When is the exam?"

"Huh?" Tieu Lanh glanced at her, "What test?"

"Second Mother!" Diep Tich slapped the table and said, "I have been tested to perfection! Second Mother cannot be this perfect again!"

"..." Tieu Lanh was both amused and annoyed, he called the waiter to borrow a tent and helped her out the door.

Diep Tich was so drunk that he couldn't even lift his head up. He hung his head down and was still mumbling, "Foaming at the mouth, leaning against the railing, die! Die! Rain! Rest!"

When Xiao Leng parked his car in the parking lot downstairs of the 17th floor of the workers' apartment building, Ye Xi, who was behind the building, had already put up a copy of "Peacock Flying in the Southeast" on the wall. "Today the wind is strong and cold, the cold wind is blowing the trees, the frost is forming on the orchids".

Tieu Lanh got out of the car, opened the back seat door, bent down to enter, and pulled her outside: "We're home."

"I haven't finished dictating yet! There are still a few lines, slowly roll it up!" Diep Tich loudly shouted.

"..." Xiao Leng's expression was complicated, he realized that her drunkenness was still very serious.

Just now it was the second model, now let's start the archeological writing and spelling, right!

Do you drunk people all pay so much attention to the logic behind it?

He reluctantly got out of the car and stood beside her, listening to her continue.

Finally hearing "Thank you for your kindness in future generations, don't forget!" That sentence, Diep Tich slapped his thigh, looked at him stupidly and smiled: "Finished writing, thank you teacher!"

Tieu Lanh raised his eyebrows, bent down again, and finally pulled her out.

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Back at the apartment, Diep Tich almost fell asleep before being brought to bed. The next morning when she got out of bed, she had a splitting headache.

But although she had a headache, her mood was really good, because she had sorted out her thoughts, and she admitted that she didn't drink last night so she didn't remember anything.

She clearly remembered what she said to Tieu Lanh. During that process, she had convinced Tieu Lanh and also convinced herself.

... As for how to go home later, she had no impression, but not thinking deeply, and her brain had not yet completely woken up, making her automatically ignore this problem.

After washing her face, she went to work. When she entered the gate of the 17th courtyard, she met a team 1 member. The other party enthusiastically greeted her: "Good morning, 188... Who are you drinking with?!"

Just entered the office and bumped into Zhang Liping, Zhang Liping widened his eyes: "Huh, you really smell of alcohol! I didn't think you had a good alcohol tolerance!"

Sitting in the public office, Tieu Lang indifferently raised his eyelids.

good alcohol tolerance

Double the Long Island Iced Tea and it's not much more alcohol.

Diep Tich comfortably put the bag on his seat and casually asked Vuong Tam Nhiem: "Where is Minister Dinh today?"

"Well, I just happened to meet him." Wang Xinran said.

"Okay, I'll go to the office to find him." Diep Tich finished speaking and then jumped towards Minister Dinh's office.

The moment she pushed open the door to Minister Ding's office, Ye Xi could be said to have made her "I'll board the plane tonight, and die in international waters tomorrow" preparations, and went straight to Minister Ding to tell her: "This mission will be carried out no later than the end of the year."

"?" Diep Tich was stunned for a moment, and a feeling of resentment rose up.

It was said that there were still seven or eight months left. Yesterday, she did not drown her sorrows in alcohol. It would not be too late to drink again when it was time to leave to gain courage.

She appropriately expressed a little emotion: "Why didn't you say so earlier..."

At this time, Minister Dinh was surprised: "Yesterday I gave you the information, you didn't see it?"

"What..." Diep Tich was embarrassed, the corners of his stiff mouth moved slightly, "No more turning around."

Minister Dinh said complicatedly: "Just on the first page."

Diep Tich: "..."

Stop talking, give me some face.

The first page was the news base, she saw "Location: Atlantic Ocean (Morocco west, international waters)" that sentence and was stunned for a moment, then chatted with them for a few sentences, then directly flipped the page.

Minister Dinh stood up to make tea, probably smelled the alcohol on her, so he made her a cup as well, then placed two cups of tea on the tea table next to the two single-person sofas.

Diep Tich understood and sat down with him. He said meaningfully: "This time, before taking action, you don't need to go to other strange places."

"Ah?" Diep Tich was surprised and said in confusion, "I'm afraid I can't control this."

Even without a mission, the special fake identity is also very easy to enter the strange chat.

"It can be controlled." Minister Ding smiled, "It is to wrong you, during this period of time, just stay two points between the dormitory and the unit, you will not encounter any other strange talk."

"Huh..." Diep Tich stuttered, "But why?"

Minister Dinh said: "Train a little."

"Train?"

Minister Ding nodded: "Yes, fighting and shooting are mainly these two subjects. Do you think I should let Xiao Leng teach you, or should I ask you to hire another instructor? We have professional instructors from the special police and special forces."

Diep Tich hesitated briefly. Instinctively, she wanted to choose Tieu Lang, but rationally, she said: "Then let's still hire a coach!"

Minister Ding was a bit surprised by her choice: "Why? Xiao Leng's achievements in this area are very good."

"I know, but he treats me——you know too." Ye Xi shyly lowered his head, "Our relationship is too mature, I'm afraid he can't be so kind as to train me. But this is a life-saving matter, I'd rather suffer a little first."

"Okay." Minister Ding laughed at her words, "I will go and select someone for you this afternoon."

"Thank you, Minister!" Diep Tich smiled faintly and said, "But I still came to borrow Tieu Lang for a few days, okay?"

Minister Dinh was a bit hesitant: "What do you want to do?"

"A little personal matter." Diep Tich pursed his lips, "I want him to help me urgently, I want to go somewhere else for a few days."

Minister Dinh asked again: "Which place?"

Diep Tich said: "H province, C city."

Minister Ding's breathing slowed down slightly, his eyes filled with research: "I remember you are from City C."

"That's right." Diep Tich admitted without hiding anything.

Russia, see patriarchy?

Minister Ding automatically did some brainstorming, then happily agreed: "Yes, you guys write a good ticket and tell me."

"No problem." Diep Tich nodded, finished speaking and stood up, "Then I will go back to work first."

"Okay." Minister Ding brought her to the office door, closed it, and his face showed excitement and joy.

The reason is because Diep Tich is willing to take on this mission.

She didn't look at the information carefully, so she didn't even know she had time to prepare, and had already made a decision.

Happy because, Tieu Lang finally understood.

It's not easy.:, m..,.

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