Chapter 169: 169: Stepfather, should prosperity come, let us not forget each other.

Mansion.

Li Yan’s home.

During dinner, he candidly confessed to his father-in-law with a hint of dejection, "Dad, do you know about the disbandment of the national Special Warfare Camps?"

His father-in-law, Zhan Hua, nodded, "It was the Elders’ decision."

As he said this, he glanced at his son-in-law and asked, "What? Are you still not convinced? Do you think the soldiers you’ve trained can beat them?"

"Them" referred to the opponents in the recent confrontation.

Li Yan quickly shook his head, "That’s not what I mean."

What’s the point of fighting? If they were to do it again, they still wouldn’t stand a chance.

Unless you use bombers for saturation siege, relying on soldiers for close-quarters breakthroughs is simply not enough to withstand their onslaught.

They even allowed these guys to use firearms.

How could you fight them?

It’s not even the same level of combat power!

Only after the confrontation ended did Li Yan and others learn that the other side was the new military branch that would replace them!

He also heard from other channels in the mansion that these people were tasked with plundering overseas resources in the future!

"What I mean is, my job might be gone," Li Yan remarked with a wry smile, looking somewhat embarrassedly at his father-in-law.

His wife’s family had high hopes for him, and they never expected an entire Special Warfare department to be cut.

That means he might be reassigned to a different category within the military.

The problem is that he’s only skilled in special forces training. If he were assigned to the Equipment Department or the United Front Camp, it wouldn’t be his area of expertise.

That means his performance could suffer greatly, possibly not meeting the expectations of his father-in-law’s side.

Zhan Yufen, standing by, looked at her father and asked, "Dad, do you know which position Old Li will be reassigned to?"

"Know what?" Her father glared at his son-in-law, "How could such a huge personnel arrangement from the disbandment of an entire Special Warfare Camp be decided in a short time? Besides, if he were crammed into other units, those people would surely not be happy and might even give him a hard time."

Zhan Yufen said, "Then think of something."

Her father glared at Li Yan, "You should go and find the Junior Sect Leader."

Li Yan let out a wry smile, "The team leader hasn’t even planned on returning to the forces. You can’t even arrange my job transfer; he’s even less likely to."

Li Yan muttered, "Unless he takes over Commander Gu’s position, that would be a different story."

Putting down his chopsticks, his father-in-law looked meaningfully at his son-in-law, "Listen to me, just find him. Wherever you go right now, they won’t let you take charge, which means no matter how well you do, the credit will go to your superior. So just find your team leader now and stick with him."

Li Yan, torn between laughter and tears, retorted, "But he doesn’t have a job either. If he comes back, I’ll definitely join him!"

His father-in-law nearly burst out in laughter, "The whole mansion is looking for a way to your team leader, hoping he can offer them a job. And you don’t even know to fight for one. With your relationship with the Junior Sect Leader, wouldn’t he give you a job if you asked him?"

"He did ask me to join him before," Li Yan realized, "But I thought he was telling me to leave the army and make money with him. Actually, I wanted to go, but considering the resources you’ve invested in me, I can’t be that irresponsible."

Upon hearing this, his father-in-law became slightly agitated, "The Junior Sect Leader said you should work with him? When did this happen?"

"Just a couple of days ago," Li Yan said. "After he came to the camp to provide guidance, he mentioned it to me, but I didn’t take it seriously."

His father-in-law’s eyes lit up, "Then go find him now. I’m telling you, no matter which other department or unit tries to poach you, even if it’s the Equipment Department or the United Front Department, don’t go. Just stick with your team leader."

Li Yan exchanged glances with his wife, knowing that his father-in-law might have insider information.

"Dad, is something going on?"

His father-in-law looked at his son-in-law and said, "Do you know what the new department that’s replacing the Special Warfare Soldiers is tasked with?"

Li Yan nodded, "Sure, they’re responsible for plundering overseas resources, dealing with oil, minerals, and proxy wars in places like East Middle."

His father-in-law nodded, "So, what do you think about the opportunities in the new department?"

"Although it’s dangerous, the potential for recognition is huge, promotions and raises aren’t an issue at all!" Li Yan saw through the advantages of the new department right away.

What do soldiers fear the most?

It’s not having any military achievements during peacetime.

If the new department can bring the country resources such as oil, minerals, strategic ecology, and more in the future, their contributions will be immense!

The risks come with great opportunities!

Now, even the Equipment Department and those oil departments are interacting with the new department.

Why? What for?

If the new department can take control of certain regions and snatch the pie from the USA, the Equipment Department could then move in to sell!

Oil and natural gas departments may get to acquire oil resources cheaply!

So, regardless of the new department’s establishment, if it didn’t have profitable potential, who would bother with it?

His father-in-law whispered, looking at Li Yan, "What if I told you that the new department is headed by the Junior Sect Leader?"

Fuck!

Li Yan blurted out instinctively and after sitting still for just a few seconds, he got up, placed his chopsticks down, and left.

"I’m going to mooch off the team leader, don’t wait up for me," Li Yan left after dropping this line, running out the door.

Then, from the nearby Gu Family Mansion, Li Yan’s shameless voice could be heard: "Team Leader, foster father, in times of prosperity, do not forget each other!"

Seeing him clinging to Gu Feng’s leg, sniveling and begging for shelter, even Lin Yue was baffled, unaware of what was happening.