"Hello, Auntie." Lin Ziyan stood up and greeted He Qingyu.

The tension I felt before entering the courtyard had vanished.

"Don't be shy, sit down quickly." He Qingyu's eyes crinkled as she waved for her to sit down.

The Lu family's sofa is made of wood, but it has soft cushions, making it very comfortable.

The sofa armrests were also covered with openwork floral fabric cushions.

The aroma of lamb wafted from the kitchen...

After chatting for a while, the group went into the restaurant to eat hot pot.

At the dinner table, everyone chatted warmly and without any barriers between them.

Lin Ziyan quite liked the atmosphere; she felt very comfortable.

Moreover, eating lamb hot pot at home is definitely more authentic.

"Don't put any more food on my plate, I'm already full..." Lin Ziyan said softly, covering the bowl with her hand.

Lu Qiuying glanced at her younger brother, shook her head and chuckled. Today's meal was unusually filling…

Lu Yunshen's gaze softened, and he said with a faint smile, "I'm afraid you won't dare to pick up any food."

Lin Ziyan's ears turned red instantly, and she muttered under her breath, "I think you want to feed me like Peppa Pig."

"Who is Peiqi?" Lu Yunshen asked casually.

“Pig…” Lin Ziyan put down her chopsticks and replied casually.

"Pfft!" Lu Qiuying laughed out loud and quickly picked up the juice next to her to drink so as not to choke.

Lu Yunshen, "..."

After dinner, Lin Ziyan intended to sit for a while before returning to the hotel, but Lu Yunshen pulled her upstairs.

"My sister will bring tea up in a little while," Lu Yunshen said with a smile as he opened his room door.

Lin Ziyan, "What's so interesting about your room..."

Then she froze. There was a wooden shelf full of warship models, some of which were made from bullet casings.

Light blue curtains, dark blue bed sheets and duvet cover.

The room was filled with a refreshing fragrance, just like the one he wore.

"Did you make all of these?" Lin Ziyan asked in surprise, gently stroking one of the bullet-shell warship models.

"These were gifts from my grandmother, but that one is the one I made," Lu Yunshen said frankly, picking up a bullet casing model.

The door to the room was open, so anyone passing by could see what was inside.

Lin Ziyan pulled up a chair next to her and sat down, looking at the photo under the glass.

Most of the photos were taken during Lu Yunshen's university years, which makes him look rather young and fair-skinned.

"Is this your university professor?" Lin Ziyan asked, pointing to one of the people in the photo.

She vaguely remembered this person; he was the father of semiconductors.

He is probably no longer in China and is working at a research institute abroad.

"Yes, he went abroad," Lu Yunshen said calmly.

He somewhat understood his teacher's reasons for going abroad to work; no one in China was paying attention to this major anymore.

"You didn't study ship design, so why are you setting up so many models?" Lin Ziyan asked suspiciously.

“I used to want to be a navy officer, but I retired from it.” A dark glint flashed in Lu Yunshen’s eyes.

If it weren't for that mission, he might still be in the army now...

The two had only been chatting for a few minutes when Lu Qiuying hurriedly ran upstairs.

"Ayan, the hotel called and said you have a relative at the police station who needs to go there to sign some documents..."

Lin Ziyan suddenly stood up. "Is his name Lin Jun?"

"Hmm, let's call him Lin Jun..."

At this moment, at the police station near the Huazhou Hotel.

Lin Jun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, sat down in the chair, and looked cold.

He didn't want to meddle, but those guys were squatting near the hotel, clearly waiting for Lin Ziyan.

"You're saying they're human traffickers?" an older police officer asked seriously.

Several abduction cases have recently occurred at Beijing Railway Station, and the cases remain unsolved.

The old woman we caught last time definitely didn't have a child on her back, but we couldn't get anything out of her.

The child on the young woman's back was her own...

Several men were arrested, mostly local thugs. There wasn't enough evidence, so they're just being held in custody. Nothing has been found out yet.

“Yesterday they also went to the hotel entrance to wait for my cousin, and I saw them. Today they are still squatting nearby…” Lin Jun briefly explained the situation.

This time, he contacted the hotel security, and they arrested all of them.

The young woman kept her head down, concealing the ruthlessness in her eyes.

“That doesn’t prove they are all human traffickers…” The old police officer squinted, tapping his fingers on the table.

“I can vouch for you.” Lin Ziyan walked into the police station, went straight to the young woman, pressed her hand, and took a white bottle from her cloth bag.

"You'll understand everything once you examine this."

She placed the white bottle in front of the old police officer.

The woman realized what was happening and tried to grab the bottle, but was held down by two policewomen and couldn't move.

The men who were originally squatting quietly also tried to grab the bottle, but they were all subdued by the police officers and then handcuffed.

“A drug…” The veteran police officer only took one sniff before standing up immediately, his expression grave.

Lu Yun Shen's eyes paused for a moment when he saw the white bottle; he had seen this white bottle before.

The next two days,

Police stations in Beijing joined forces to dismantle this massive human trafficking ring.

The gang was almost completely eradicated, and several railway station leaders were also implicated.

The case was reported in Beijing newspapers.

Lin Ziyan saw the newspaper just after seeing Lin Jun off at the airport.

"When are you going back to Fuzhou?" Lu Yunshen asked.

"tomorrow."

Lin Ziyan said calmly, though she was reluctant to take so many more train journeys.

Lu Qiuying has already returned to Fuzhou by plane with the Ministry of Commerce due to urgent official business.

She felt irritated at the thought of traveling by train alone.

Lin Ziyan especially misses the high-speed rail right now…

"Postpone it for another two days? Let's fly back together," Lu Yunshen asked tentatively.

Lin Ziyan nodded in agreement without hesitation.

"Would you like to come with me to meet some friends later?" Lu Yunshen asked with a slight smile.

The snow has stopped, and trucks spreading coarse salt are working along both sides of the road.

The thin layer of snow on the road was sprinkled with coarse salt, creating numerous small, densely packed holes.

"Want to freeload lunch?" Lin Ziyan asked with a smile.

Arriving in the city at this time, it was just lunchtime.

She hasn't been able to try any of Beijing's local specialties these past two days.

“You can think that way if you want, Xiao Jin and Yang Yanzhou are both here.” Lu Yunshen’s eyes deepened slightly, and his well-defined fingers tapped lightly on the steering wheel.

He didn't really want to attend this pre-New Year's gathering with his childhood friends, since they would get together again after the New Year.

But they kept insisting that he bring his girlfriend...

Lin Ziyan looked out the window; the trees rushing past were all bare, and the distance was somewhat hazy.

"Fuzhou is so much better; you can see greenery all year round," she couldn't help but exclaim.

These past few days, staying in a heated room, her nose has become so dry that she's had several nosebleeds.

Lu Yunshen: "Yes, that's why my grandparents don't want to go back to Beijing. They say they're used to the sound of the waves."

Lin Ziyan laughed and said, "You don't want to go back to Beijing either?"

That day, I heard from Grandma Lu that her grandchildren had almost forgotten where their home was after they went to Fuzhou.

He didn't stay for more than a few days before leaving again.

"Yeah, I might come back less often in the future."