On the shooting range.
Within 2 minutes, Liu Di shattered 70 clay pigeons made of gray mud.
The sky was filled with dust, which gently drifted down onto the stunned spectators.
The protagonist of the event, Liu Di, the driver from the Yan family, slowly removed the last two shells from the shotgun.
Using the now-red-hot barrel of the gun, he lit a cigarette.
He exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "You all continue playing. I'm going to check on those old men."
With that, Liu Di left casually.
Hiss...
Zhou Tiancheng drew in a breath of cold air, trembling slightly.
This was simply impossible!
Such shooting skills could win gold medals at the Olympics with ease!
Yet, this guy is working as a driver at the Yan family?
And he's going to be my rival?
I thought I was going to compete with him in shooting?
What a trap!
The equestrian competition was also a trap!
Zhou Tiancheng shot a deeply skeptical look at Ouyang Fengyu.
Ouyang Fengyu, on the other hand, looked as if he had eaten a ton of bitter herbs, his expression a picture of utter despair. He was at a loss for words.
Who could have anticipated that Liu Di was so accomplished in every field?
Yan Kaikai and Yan Xinxin were hopping and cheering. They were carefree, easily impressed by Liu Di's stylish gun-wielding posture.
Yan Qingwen, however, was lost in deep thought.
Throughout their journey, Liu Di had repeatedly shown remarkable skills.
It was hard to imagine that Liu Di was such an ordinary person.
Disciplined daily routine, perfect physique, extraordinary culinary skills, horsemanship, shooting skills...
These traits aren't uncommon.
But if they all belong to one person, it becomes an incomprehensible mystery!
Confusion, it's all confusion!
Yan Qingwen was determined to figure out everything about Liu Di!
Meanwhile, Nan Ruoyi watched with complete satisfaction.
She couldn't even explain the feeling herself.
She wasn't surprised.
She simply felt that as Mr. Di, this was only natural!
Under the awning.
General Heishan, excited, rubbed his hands and placed a black stone on the Go board.
Master Yan hesitated for a moment.
Before them lay a game of Go.
Master Yan played white stones, while Heishan played black stones!
The current board showed Master Yan in a dire position!
"Old Yan, it looks like you're going to lose this game!"
Heishan chuckled, "So, regarding that request, I won't be polite."
Seeing Heishan about to win, Duan Hua, who had been watching the game, was furious.
Rank and position really do mean a lot!
Even in a game of Go, Heishan had to go first, indicating that he would get nothing out of this game!
"Heishan, I really don't understand. As a distinguished general, what could you possibly want from a mere businessman like me?"
Master Yan frowned and continued to study the board, trying to find a chance to turn the game around.
"Of course, there is something!"
"You Yan family has so many talents that it makes me envious. To be honest, my request is to have one person from your family!"
Heishan narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Master Yan seemed to understand and looked up.
"So you've been acting all cryptic because you want someone? Are you regretting sending Iron Four and the others back and now want to recall them?"
Master Yan felt a bit helpless.
Years ago, after Iron Four and his fellow orphans came of age, he had specifically asked the then-special forces instructor, Heishan, to send them to the army for training.
Unexpectedly, the Iron family brothers turned out to be exceptional.
Within a few years, they all became elites in the military.
In the end, Master Yan had to plead with Heishan to let them retire and return to guard the Yan family.
"You circled around so much, and it turns out you want to go back on your word?"
Master Yan raised his eyebrows.
"Not at all. I'm not touching Iron Four and the others. What I want is someone else. Just one person!"
"Who?"
Master Yan leaned forward, sensing something amiss.
"Look..."
Heishan gestured with his chin toward the young man in a white shirt who was strolling over.
Master Yan stared blankly.
Then his expression changed drastically!
"Liu Di?"
"You want to take Liu Di away!?"
Master Yan exclaimed, then suddenly realized he had lost his composure.
He paused, calming himself, and said, "Old Heishan, you don't know. Liu Di is just an ordinary person, and he even has some disabilities, a very frail body. What could you want him for? To drive your car? Don't joke around!"
"Cut it... You say he's weak?"
"If he's weak, then my soldiers are not even men!"
Heishan didn't give Master Yan a chance to speak further. He took a black stone and pressed it down firmly on the board!
"Ha! Ha! Old Yan, your white stones are completely locked in now. My big formation is complete, you've lost!"
Heishan, grinning broadly, said, "By the way, this big formation of mine is called the Nine-Dragon Tail, and even national Go masters can't break it!"
"Old Heishan, you can't do this. I don't agree!"
Master Yan was anxious!
"Then how about this?"
Suddenly, a slender arm stretched out from beside Master Yan.
He placed a white stone gently into an inconspicuous corner of the board.
"Liu Di?"
Master Yan saw the newcomer was indeed Liu Di, who had just walked into the awning and was wiping his hands with a white towel.
"Please, General Heishan, take another look at the board," Liu Di said with a smile.
Heishan was taken aback.
Then he looked at the board.
The moment he saw the placement of Liu Di's stone, Heishan was increasingly astonished!
Liu Di's move cut off Heishan's two major threats!
And it left numerous follow-up opportunities!
With this move, Master Yan's previously scattered white stones were instantly brought together!
Looking at it generally, the white stones had already escaped peril!
With proper moves in the future, a reversal was not out of the question!
This move was truly brilliant!
After a moment, Heishan asked in awe, "Little brother, what is this move called?"
"I heard you call your move the Nine-Dragon Tail?"
Liu Di smiled and said, "Then I'll call this move the Hedgehog Turn."
Hiss...
"The Hedgehog Turn..."
"Is this about retracting a soft belly and then raising steel spines to face the enemy?"
"Little brother, impressive!"
Duan Hua suddenly praised.
General Heishan was also invigorated!
Liu Di had once again exceeded his expectations.
Playing Go was a battle of strategies.
Excellent Go skills meant superior strategies.
Likewise, employing tactics in warfare is akin to playing Go.
To understand the situation on the board and make a decisive move, thereby turning the tide.
So it seems Liu Di possesses not only martial prowess!
Heishan's mind was made up.
This child, I must recruit!
Heishan laughed heartily, "Good, very good! Since the formation is broken, let's continue, Old Yan. I must settle the outcome!"
Master Yan, being a person of practicality, simply followed along!
He rose gracefully and said, "What's the point of continuing? I'm hungry. Let's prepare for lunch!"