Stuck in a Chinese novel

"What is it that you want?" Yan Rong asked the question she must have asked a hundred times, she asked again without backing down.

"This is a waste of time," Zhou Han replied when the biker didn't say anything once again. After the biker's speech, he went silent. He didn't say one word. While that wasn't necessarily bad news, it was good news either.

Yan Rong, however, didn't think so. She told Commander Han a hundred times that there was something to the biker's plan. What was it though, she couldn't figure out.

"Any leads on his identity?" Commander Han asked Zhang Fei.

"Given his flawless accent, we first checked within our country. However, there was nothing about him." Zhang Fei replied.

"That's what speech therapy is for, Sergeant. Anyone can change the way they talk as long as they have some level of intellect. This guy has a lot." Commander Han replied which was a signal to go on.

Zhang Fei nodded and continued, "So we expanded our search to the most likely country his name matches."

"The British Empire." Commander Han guessed.

"Yes," Zhang Fei replied before he said, "And we got a lead. We were able to find a man named Damien Smith but we couldn't probe any further because the British royal family cut us off and due to diplomatic conditions, we cannot use less legal methods as well."

"Those damned Brits." Commander Han said before he asked, "And what then?"

"We are waiting for them to respond. Hopefully, we'll hear from them by midnight." Zhang Fei replied.

"That's something," Commander Han replied before he asked, "Has she obtained anything?"

"Nothing. The guy doesn't talk," Zhou Han replied before he added, "And she's still persistent that he has a plan of some sort."

"What do you think?" Commander Han asked Zhang Fei.

"I… actually don't know. The problem is that we don't know anything about the guy. I admit that the guy could have a plan but we could never figure it out if he remained quiet. And I don't think asking the same question will help," Zhang Fei gave a detailed reply about what he thought and Commander Han agreed with him.

"Break it up, Lieutenant," Commander Han spoke in the microphone, relaying voice to the other side where Yan Rong was still with the biker.

Yan Rong turned to the mirror and nodded before she turned to the biker and said, "This will only work if you tell me something. Anything. Conversations go both ways."

Yan Rong turned to leave but just as she was about to reach for the door, the biker spoke, "11:71:39."

Yan Rong turned to the biker and Commander Han from the other side, along with others, also stood on attention at the given numbers.

"Go take a look, Lieutenant. I will wait for you to give me something in return for that." The biker said and once again went silent.

"What do those random numbers mean?" Zhou Han asked once they were all in one room.

"Coordinates," Ai Huiying replied before she added, "I thought that was included in basic training, right?"

It subtly meant that Zhou Han was an idiot. Zhou Han coughed, not so much of an idiot that he couldn't understand the underlying meaning.

Commander Han nodded, "They're coordinates, all right. But where is it?"

"Just outside of Shannou City," Ai Huiying replied.

"What's there?" Commander Han asked.

"Nothing," Ai Huiying replied before she added, "There aren't any records of any buildings or old compounds or anything."

"Then why there?" Commander Han mused before he turned to Zhou Han and said, "Take a team there. Find out what it is."

"Yes, sir," Zhou Han replied but before he could leave, Yan Rong interrupted them, "I don't think we should pursue this. I think we need to stay in the building. With him."

"I think so too, sir," Zhang Fei agreed with Yan Rong but his reason was something else.

"Why do you think so?" Commander Han asked before it clicked, "Is it because of the Captain?"

"Yes, sir," Zhang Fei replied before explaining, "He was after Rin. If his motive is her, and with her still in the building, I don't think we should focus on that."

"…" Commander Han remained silent for a while before he turned to Yan Rong and said, "You're done for now."

"What?! NO! I got to him!" Yan Rong protested but Commander Han wasn't having any of it, "Just stay here and don't engage with him anymore. I will deal with it later. As for you two," Commander Han turned to Zhou Han and said, "Do as I told you to and you," He turned to Zhang Fei, "Find the identity of the biker."

Zhang Fei and Zhou Han remained quiet but Yan Rong was enraged over that treatment so she said, "Fine. You can chase smoke and mirrors all you want but I won't take any part in it. I'm leaving."

"No, You're not. That's an order," Commander Han said but Yan Rong didn't care in the least and said, "I answer to Commander Rong and him only. I was here on request, not as an official order."

With that, Yan Rong took Ai Huiying and walked out of the room under the Commander's enraged eyes but he couldn't do anything. Yan Rong was correct. She was there at a request and she was free to walk away at any given moment.

With her gone, Commander Han turned to the rest of the two and said, "Do as you're told."

Zhang Fei and Zhou Han weren't brave like Yan Rong so they both left to do as they were told. As for the Commander, he turned to the biker and asked himself, "What are you doing, huh?"

Receiving no answer, the Commander turned and left, letting the officers outside know that he was done and they were to watch the prisoner at all times.

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"Okay, move quietly from here," Zhou Han said as he set up the equipment and began to analyze the area. After about ten minutes, an officer called out to him quietly and showed him what he found. As Zhou Han saw it, his eyes went wide, "What the…"

"WHAT?!" Commander Han stood up, slamming his hands on the table as he heard the words out of Zhou Han's mouth.

"Are you certain?" Commander Han asked, containing himself a little.

"I checked it myself. And I'm pretty sure they haven't found us. There has been no report of them moving so we can be sure they haven't spotted us yet." Zhou Han replied.

While it was pretty good news, he wasn't happy at the moment. As Yan Rong said, the entire CSF would be on this after this. If they were, then as Yan Rong said earlier, there would be no one in here to stop in case anything happened.

"We cannot waste any time then. Before they move, we need to capture them." Commander Han said as he went for his jacket but before he could leave, Zhou Han stopped, "Uncle, please listen to me."

"What?" Commander Han was too excited to care that Zhou Han wasn't addressing him professionally.

"We need to stay here. We can't let this guy go. What if someone attacks this place and frees him once you're gone?" Zhou Han raised very good points but that was the stuff of the movies.
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Besides, there was a much more rational counter to this, "First of all, this is a CSF building. Even major organizations wouldn't be stupid enough to storm this place. Second, who do you think matters more? A guy who blew up a little bit of downtown, or an organization that has existed since the creation of CSF itself?"

Having no answer, Zhou Han remained quiet. He knew he wouldn't be able to say anything to change Commander Han's mind so he opted for the other option he had, "Fine. If that's what you think is right, then go ahead. But I'm staying here."

"Don't be ridiculous," Commander Han said as if his nephew was being childish and said, "This is an opportunity of a lifetime. You wouldn't have another chance to have an achievement like this. And you're throwing it away for a girl."

"Uncle, please," Zhou Han said as he looked into Commander Han's eyes, "I'm happier with this than with a promotion."

"Haaa…" Commander Han sighed at the stupidity of his nephew but there was nothing he could do. While he could order him, he didn't want to do that to his nephew so he decided to be a little understanding and replied, "Fine. Do as you wish. But this requires me to be there. I'm the only one who can carry out this operation at the moment."

With that, Commander Han left. Zhou Han headed to the observation room to assess the situation and found Zhang Fei there already.

"Any leads?" Zhou Han asked.

"None so far. His identity was a dead end and we now owe a favor to the British royal family." Zhang Fei replied.

"Sucks," Zhou Han said.

"You didn't go?" Zhang Fei asked.

"Neither did you," Zhou Han said in return.

"…" No one said anything for a while before Zhou Han said, "He's going to do something. I can feel it. I won't forgive myself if I wasn't here to stop that from happening."

"Hey," Zhang Fei said, gaining Zhou Han's attention, "Everything will be fine."

"I sure hope so," Zhou Han said.