Chapter 216 A Mysterious Person Makes a Phone Call

Han Suisui's heart pounded wildly for a moment, as if it were about to jump out of her throat.

Her neck stiffened completely, and her mind raced.

Who is it?

Has Mom come back at this time?

Or perhaps the anesthesia wore off...

Han Suisui stiffly turned her head slowly, only to see a small figure standing in the doorway against the light.

It's Xiaobao!

Han Xiaobao rubbed his eyes. After he saw clearly what his sister was looking for, he calmly turned his head away.

"I'm hungry, Xiao Bao, go to the kitchen and see if there's anything you can eat."

Before Han Suisui could explain.

Little Bao, with his chubby little legs, said to himself in a childish voice, "Little Bao didn't see anything. Why is there no one in the house?"

"Dad isn't here, Mom isn't here, and I don't know where my sister is either, so Xiao Bao can have something to eat by himself."

After Han Xiaobao finished speaking, he went to the kitchen alone.

Sui Sui's heart sank to the bottom. During this time, Xiao Bao also sensed that the atmosphere at home had changed somewhat strangely.

When my father wanted to send me abroad, my mother argued with him a lot.

But it wasn't that her mother loved her or couldn't bear to part with her. On the contrary, her mother just felt that if she went abroad, she would be living a good life, and she wanted Xiaobao to have this hard-won opportunity.

I was in a lot of confusion at the time, so I didn't explain much to Xiaobao.

Xiao Bao kept crying until later, hiding under the covers and secretly shedding tears every night.

I went and asked him why he was crying, and whether he also wanted to go abroad.

But Xiao Bao seriously told her that he couldn't bear to leave his sister, and that he would go wherever she went.

To this day, she can still remember the expression and tone of Xiaobao's voice when he said those words.

The family consists of four people, but the parents are constantly scheming against each other and are outwardly harmonious but inwardly at odds.

Only the youngest child, Xiaobao, wholeheartedly wants to protect himself.

Xiao Bao may not understand what going abroad means, nor does he understand how wonderful it is to outsiders.

All he knew was that his sister had been by his side since he was born.

So he wanted to follow his sister everywhere he went, and never wanted to be separated from her for even a moment.

Han Suisui wiped away the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes, gripped the letter tightly, and quickly walked outside.

Just as she was about to run outside, she suddenly bumped into her mother at the gate.

After seeing her daughter clearly, Fengmei frowned and started cursing, "Can't you watch where you're going? Can't you even learn to look where you're going? You're always causing me trouble. What are those two holes under your eyebrows for? Just take them off if you can't stand them, so you won't keep bothering me every day."

Sui Sui tensed up and quickly lowered her head to hide her unusual expression.

She pursed her lips and apologized in a low voice, "Mom, I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time."

"Where are you planning to go? You're just sitting around doing nothing, why don't you do the laundry? I didn't raise you to be a freeloader."

"I've already soaked the clothes, mopped the floor, and wiped the table clean. Everything's done. I was just thinking that we're out of soy sauce in the kitchen, so I'll go to the street to buy some."

Han Suisui quickly came up with a plausible excuse.

Zhizhi is still waiting for her outside; she must hand over this evidence to Zhizhi.

Otherwise, when her mother gets back and finds the wardrobe in such a mess, she will definitely not let it go, and it will be difficult for her to get away.

"Hmph, you're smart to know what's good for you!"

Fengmei grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from her pocket, turning her head to spit out the shells while staring at her mockingly.

"What a waste of money... How could I have given birth to this thing? What bad luck!"

Han Suisui dared not meet her mother's gaze and could only walk outside quickly.

Just as she stepped out the door, her mother called her from behind again.

"stop!"

Han Suisui didn't dare to breathe for a moment. She tightly covered her clothes, afraid that the letter in her arms would be seen.

Fengmei snorted and looked her daughter up and down a few times before casually saying, "You still have some money, right? It's the extra money you earned when you helped the Jiang family sell vegetables. After you buy the soy sauce with your own money, remember to buy me a box of face cream. It's so cold in winter, and my skin is almost dead from dryness."

Sui Sui dared not refuse and could only nod hastily.

"Okay, sure."

She ran out of the courtyard and saw Zhizhi standing guard at the alley entrance in the distance.

As soon as the two little girls met, Sui Sui immediately tossed the envelope from her arms to her.

Sui Sui spoke quickly as she explained, “I just read the contents of the envelope. There was one letter from another place, and the rest were all from Beijing. The day before Dad was promoted, a letter also came from Beijing about the promotion. So I suspect that this person must be from the military region. Zhi Zhi, you are smarter than me, so you can definitely figure out the reasoning behind this.”

"Mmm! Don't worry!"

Zhizhi readily agreed. She was about to leave, but after taking only two steps, she couldn't help but turn back to look at Sister Suisui.

"Why don't you come with me? It's too dangerous here. It won't be safe for you to go back."

Sister Sui Sui took a huge risk to find this evidence.

If Han Yubin wakes up, he will definitely not let her go.

Hearing this, Han Suisui shook her head helplessly, "I can't leave, Xiaobao is still at home."

Although Han Yubin usually values ​​the only boy in the family more, he doesn't actually love any of the children.

It's just that, traditionally, boys are considered more valuable in old age, which is why he favors them a little more. But this slight favoritism is insignificant compared to his own career.

If she and Xiaobao cannot break away from Han Yubin.

Xiao Bao will also become a tool for him to cultivate relationships; there's no difference.

Sui Sui's eyes welled up with tears as she tightly grasped Zhi Zhi's hand.

"Go and give these to the commander, to the top leaders of Suzhou, Zhizhi... You have to be quick, hurry up, things will be over soon."

Zhizhi pursed her lips and nodded heavily.

After saying goodbye to Sister Sui Sui, Zhi Zhi didn't care about anything else and ran straight home.

She saw that her mother had dragged Han Yubin into the kitchen, tied him up tightly, and made sure his mouth was gagged with a towel to ensure he had no chance to call for help.

Zhizhi quickly said, "Mom, let's go!"

Deng Qiu gripped the letters tightly. "Let's go!"

*

Suzhou Military Region

Meeting room

"Commander, Han Yubin won't let this go easily. Is the reply letter you have really going to work?"

Yuan Tengzhen was so anxious he couldn't sit still. He was genuinely worried about Jiang Anchao's future, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed away from home during the Lunar New Year and been eagerly awaiting the outcome of this matter.

"Whether there's a reply or not, I'm going to protect him."

Ji Zeguo's tone was very forceful. He sat in the center, seemingly confident of winning everything.

This reply letter was not actually a telegram sent directly from the capital.

It was sent from Suzhou, but the contents needed to be kept strictly confidential, so he didn't tell anyone present.

Ji Zeguo stared at the black telephone in front of him, his fingers tapping absently on his cane.

"Wait for the phone call. Now is not the time to rush. You may be anxious, and I may be anxious, but there's no use in rushing."

After saying that, he turned to look at his son, "Yanjing, do you still remember your female comrade-in-arms from before?"

"You mean Bai Qi?"

"Yes, the one who enlisted in the army in place of her brother."

Ji Zeguo remained calm and spoke as casually as if he were discussing the weather, casually dropping a bombshell in the conference room: "I have applied to the higher-ups to replace this special commissioner. I reported Han Yubin's serious disciplinary violations in the military region, and Bai Qi volunteered to handle this matter."

"she?"

Ji Yanjing was so shocked that he couldn't utter a single word for a long time...

"What?" Ji Zeguo raised an eyebrow, seemingly displeased with his son's shocked reaction. "She's not some romantic entanglement you've had outside, is she? Why are you so shocked?"

It's not easy for the capital to finally have someone with real influence who won't show favoritism and is even a colleague and comrade-in-arms of Ji Yanjing.

This is a good thing; it might easily resolve Jiang Anchao's matter.

Why is he so shocked?

Ji Yanjing's eyes widened, and he shook his head repeatedly, "No, it wasn't me!"

He has Xue Tong, how could he possibly go out and mess around with other women!

only... ...

Just as Ji Yanjing was hesitating about whether to explain the matter clearly under these circumstances, the phone suddenly rang urgently.

'Ring ring ring—!'

Ji Zeguo was too lazy to ask any further questions and immediately raised his hand to answer the phone.

"Hello, this is the headquarters of the Suzhou Military Region."

"The car has arrived? Okay, I'll get off right away."

After hanging up the phone, Ji Zeguo gave his son a cold look. "Bai Qi has arrived. She is now a senior commander, almost on par with you. Go down and meet her. Remember, be mindful of your boundaries. You can't betray Xue Tong."

"No, I..."

Ji Yanjing felt more wronged than Dou E, how could her father think it was her fault?

"Go now!"

Ji Yanjing had no choice but to swallow his complaints and hurriedly went downstairs to pick up the person.

"yes!"

Ji Yanjing gave Yuan Tengzhen a wink, and the two of them got up and went downstairs.

... ...

As soon as I went downstairs, I saw an off-road camouflage heavy vehicle rush into the military area.

The car came to a smooth stop in front of the office building, kicking up a layer of dust as it braked suddenly.

The car door opened, and a short-haired, smartly dressed female military officer stepped out of the passenger seat.

"—Second Brother Ji, you came all this way to greet me?"

Bai Qi had a teasing smile on her face, and her eyes were full of heroic spirit. Just one look at her and you could tell that she was a cool and straightforward person. It took years of hard work in the army to cultivate such a temperament.

Ji Yanjing could barely manage a smile. "It's not easy for you to come all the way from the capital."

"You think I wanted to come? I just took the opportunity to come and pay my respects to Commander Ji. Even an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her in-laws, right?"

As she spoke, Bai Qi moved closer to Ji Yanjing and lowered her voice.

“Since we’re all on the same side, I’ll just be frank with you. The capital has been in chaos lately. Originally, they only assigned a guy surnamed Han, someone I don’t know who came from, to handle this matter. But a mysterious person contacted the higher-ups, and now this small matter has become a big one. The capital’s military needs to send someone with status to handle this matter. What’s his name, Jiang Anchao? All his information has been thoroughly investigated, going back three generations, they’ve found out everything clearly. If you were in the capital, you would definitely be assigned to this task. But you’re not here, you’re on your honeymoon with your wife, so I’ll take on this tough job for you.”

Ji Yanjing gave a forced smile. "So I should thank you? Don't think I don't know what you're up to."

"What scheme are you plotting? We're family, why would I harm you?"

Bai Qi nudged him, her tone laced with hidden meaning, "Don't blame me for not warning you, this matter has caused quite a stir. That mysterious person is the country's top-level chief engineer. You know the Dongfeng-4, right? No one can hit it within its regional range. The experimental environment was so severe back then, yet he still managed to build it."

"The higher-ups value him more than a giant panda right now. They've directly said he's their own brother. Even if he's impersonating someone else, he's still impersonating his own. Although he's enlisting under his own identity, he's not doing it to escape military service; it's for the sake of national development. With all that said, who would dare to make things difficult for him? That would be like the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple."

Bai Qi tossed her hair, answered nonchalantly, and then turned to wave at the person in the driver's seat.

"What are you waiting for if you're not coming down now? Should I treat you?"

The car door opened, a pair of military boots stepped on the ground, and then a person in a blue military uniform appeared. He had strong features, and even with a buzz cut, his outstanding appearance was hard to ignore.

The moment Ji Yanjing saw the other person, his expression was as if he had swallowed a dead fly.