Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1617: Not Allowed to Leave the House

Chapter 1617: Chapter 1617: Not Allowed to Leave the House

Soon enough, the enemy received the message that three men and one woman had hijacked a TV station’s helicopter and fled the city.

The enemy immediately mobilized forces to pursue them and quickly located the helicopter, which had landed in a remote wilderness.

The pilot had already been knocked out and had no idea where the three men and one woman had gone.

Therefore, the enemy organized a large-scale search in the vicinity, from night till day, but found no trace of them.

At this moment, in an old factory in the city, Gu Fan, Lu Yi, Leng Feng, and others were gathered, quietly waiting for the moment the enemy would lower their guard.

Indeed, Gu Fan and his team had left the city by helicopter, but it was merely a decoy to lead the enemy to believe they had escaped the city and redirect their focus outside the city.

Before the enemy could send forces outside the city, Gu Fan and his team had already returned because the enemy, with limited manpower, only checked those leaving the city and not those entering. The enemy never expected Gu Fan and his team to return.

Now the enemy must think that Gu Fan and his team had fled, not knowing they were still in the city. By appearing weak when strong, and strong when weak, Gu Fan’s risky maneuver had paid off.

Many began to admire Gu Fan, feeling that he truly was capable, even Leng Feng, who had always resisted Gu Fan, had his perceptions change.

Gu Fan believed that in a few days, the enemy would completely let their guard down, allowing everyone to return safely to their base.

However, there was one thing that deeply concerned Gu Fan—the intelligence held by this female team member directly related to their next move.

In fact, before the female team member fell unconscious, Leng Feng had already learned the final piece of intelligence—the location of an enemy weapon base. Taking down this weapon base would surely bring them closer to success.

But Gu Fan shook his head, believing that now the enemy knew the intelligence was leaked, they would surely strengthen their forces at the weapon base, even if they couldn’t move the materials, making it hard to take it over.

Upon hearing this, the already pessimistic crowd had their morale further decreased.

Suddenly, Leng Feng looked earnestly at Gu Fan, as if placing hope in him, and said word by word: "You will find a way, right!"

Gu Fan was initially taken aback as if unsure how to answer, but then a voice in his head told him to nod, and so he nodded.

The others were instantly uplifted, thinking that if Gu Fan said it was possible, then maybe it really was.

This made Lu Yi a bit worried. He quickly pulled Gu Fan aside and kindly asked, "Buddy, I know you want to improve your relationship with Leng Feng, but you shouldn’t agree to everything. You nodded about the weapon base without even a proper reconnaissance."

"I don’t know what came over me; I just nodded." Gu Fan now regretted agreeing so casually.

When Gu Fan looked back and saw Leng Feng and the others talking with hope and confidence, he suddenly thought that since he had already agreed, he might as well take it one step at a time.

Truthfully, it was the first time Leng Feng had asked Gu Fan for something, which meant a lot to Gu Fan, making it hard for him to refuse and only to agree.

Lu Yi kindly reminded again: "Buddy, don’t out of guilt indulge Leng Feng too much; it might harm you and possibly everyone else."

"I know, thank you for the reminder." Gu Fan sighed, acknowledging that he had to face this issue.

The first step was to leave the city, then consider attacking the weapon base, but to leave, they needed patience to wait for the enemy to gradually lower their alert.

Originally, Gu Fan speculated that the enemy would completely lower their guard within three days, but unexpectedly, it only took one day, faster than expected.

Gu Fan thought it made sense since the intelligence was already leaked, capturing them had become meaningless, and it was better to redeploy the forces to the weapon base. Moreover, the enemy believed that Gu Fan and his team had already escaped the city.

The scout sent out to gather information reported back, finding that a large group of enemy troops had left the city, apparently heading towards the weapon base, which was almost as Gu Fan had anticipated.

Alright, danger averted, everyone left the city openly, taking just a day to return safely back to their headquarters.

Jie had already received the news sent by Leng Feng, had sent people to scout the weapon base’s location, and also ordered everyone to prepare to set off.

When everyone learned how Leng Feng had rescued their comrade and how they escaped the city, they admired Gu Fan once again, feeling glad to have Gu Fan on their side.

Lu Yi responded sarcastically, "Pssh, I’ve always doubted your plans could always succeed; it’s all thanks to the Destiny Stone."

In response, Gu Fan admitted this, acknowledging he might not be as perfect as everyone imagined, and luck played a big role.

Gu Xiaojin didn’t care about all that, always sticking to Gu Fan, saying whether it was Destiny Stone or luck, she thought Gu Fan was amazing, and she liked having such a heroic dad the most. She felt that as long as she acted with Gu Fan, there would definitely be no problems.

"Thank you, darling daughter, but I still can’t take you with me in the next operation; you better stay and take care of the home," Gu Fan could see what Gu Xiaojin was scheming, thinking that flattery would get her a spot in the next operation, but Gu Xiaojin was still naive.

"Hmph, whatever." Gu Xiaojin got angry. Before Gu Fan’s arrival, she could participate in many operations, but after Gu Fan came, she wasn’t allowed to do this or that.

So, Gu Xiaojin turned to Jie, hoping he, as the leader, would agree.

Initially, Jie was about to agree, but then Gu Fan cleared his throat, giving a sufficient signal, and Jie immediately changed his stance, asking Gu Xiaojin to stay behind to cook and wait for everyone to come back and eat together.

"Ugh, you adults still treat me like a child." Gu Xiaojin, infuriated, turned and walked away.

Everyone looked at Gu Fan, noticing his expression was a bit awkward. Naturally, everyone understood Gu Fan’s desire to protect his daughter, but wondered if his protective instincts were a bit too strong.

Only Lu Yi and Jie truly understood Gu Fan’s concern, as Gu Fan couldn’t bear the thought of Lin Xi falling in front of him a second time, experiencing that heart-wrenching pain.