However, she couldn't say such words in public.

Sun Lili sneered, "I never thought some people could be so shameless as to even have the nerve to ask for money. If you hadn't provoked them, would Deputy Director Gong and the others have suffered such an unprovoked disaster?"

The other female classmates also echoed, "Exactly. Deputy Director Gong and his men were injured while protecting us and even spent a night in jail. This money is their compensation. How can you dare to ask for it?"

Qiu Yin's face flushed red and red, and she regretted that she had been so distracted by the huge stack of money that she shouldn't have said that.

Qi Qingxia watched coldly. After seeing Qiu Yin being ridiculed by her classmates for a while, she finally said, "Alright, everyone, stop talking. It's getting late. Let's get on the boat."

Deputy Director Gong stuffed the money back into the bag. After everyone got on the boat and the boat started moving, he checked everything on board and confirmed that there were no problems. Then he called the security team and they shared the compensation.

The distance from Gangcheng to Guangzhou is not far. You can leave in the morning and arrive in the afternoon, which only takes a few hours.

After arriving in Guangzhou, they took the train back to Beijing.

Although Ma Bomin's injuries have not fully healed, he can already walk like a normal person, but he cannot do strenuous exercise or lift heavy objects.

Ma Bomin wanted to go back to his hometown, so he did not go back to Beijing with Song Yun to report. He entrusted Song Yun and Tu Sen to help him explain the situation.

Xue Yuan did not go to Beijing with his father. He and Song Ziyi sent Ma Bomin back to his hometown.

Ma Bomin's hometown is in the south, which is a different route from Song Yun and the others, so they parted ways at Yangcheng Railway Station.

Ma Bomin is from Zhancheng and grew up in a rather ordinary small village in Zhancheng. Because his family was poor and there were many children, he didn't have a good life since he was a child. But in those days, everyone was the same, so he didn't think it was a big deal.

He was the second child in the family, with an older brother above him and younger brothers and sisters below him. This kind of ranking made him unpopular at home, which was common in the countryside, but he didn't care. If there was not enough food at home, he would go out and find ways to get food, and he would never let himself go hungry. In fact, he was taller and stronger than the favored boys in the family. Because of this, when several brothers signed up to join the army, he was the only one selected.

He married his wife three years after joining the army. She was his childhood sweetheart who grew up in the same village. Before joining the army, he went to Ma Xiaomei's home to propose marriage and asked Ma Xiaomei's parents for a betrothal gift of 80 yuan, but her family refused to give a penny and simply said they had no money when asked.

Naturally, he couldn't get married without money, but the 80 yuan betrothal gift scared off other families who came to propose marriage, so Ma Xiaomei was left alone.

After he had served in the army for three years and saved enough money, he returned and married Ma Xiaomei in a grand ceremony, despite his parents' objection. In order to prevent Ma Xiaomei from being bullied by his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, he spent extra money to build a separate house, far away from the big family.

At that time, he was just a platoon leader and was not qualified to bring his wife with him, so he could only wait for leave to return to his hometown to reunite with his wife.

At that time, he went home every year and paid respects to his parents on time. He lived a pretty good life. His only regret was that Xiaomei had never been able to get pregnant. He thought it was because he came home too rarely. They were only intimate a few times a year, so it was normal that they couldn't get pregnant. He never blamed Xiaomei for this.

Seven years ago, he received a special mission and needed to leave his homeland immediately and go undercover in Country Y.

Generally, when such a mission is carried out, the military will not give any detailed explanation to the family members. They will only say that the person was missing during the mission and has not been found yet, but the allowance will still be paid.

Before leaving, he told his comrades to send his allowance to his wife in his hometown every month. I don't know whether his comrades helped him send it.

Ma Bomin was eager to go home. He kept wondering all the way whether Xiaomei would cry or laugh first when he saw her, and whether she would come over and beat him up.

He hoped that Xiaomei would beat him up and let her vent her anger, as long as she could forgive him and was willing to continue living with him.