"Who's there?"

A strong light from the flashlight shone over, but before it could touch Bai Yan's hands, it was abruptly retracted as if nothing had happened.

The sinister expression on Ruan Xiaohui's face was instantly suppressed, and then her usual timid and cowardly self appeared again.

Bai Yan squinted her eyes and looked towards the flashlight.

Several patrolmen wearing red armbands came over. "Which squad are you from? It's almost lights out, why are you still walking around outside?"

"Comrades, I met Teacher Bai Yan by chance. We used to live in the same dormitory, so we talked a lot."

Ruan Xiaohui no longer shed tears and spoke fluently. She clasped her hands at her sides and explained quickly, "We will be back to the dormitory soon."

"Teacher Bai Yan?" Someone in the patrol team muttered, "Oh, could it be Comrade Bai Yan who caught fire in Room 306 of Building 12?"

The fire was a big deal and the patrol team was also involved at the time. Bai Yan didn't want to cause herself more trouble.

...

...

She could only follow Ruan Xiaohui's words and say, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to go to the bathhouse to take a shower, but I didn't expect to be delayed on the way."

The patrolman glanced at the basin in Bai Yan's hand and said, "The bathhouse is already past its opening hours, so you should return to the dormitory as soon as possible."

Bai Yan had just been frightened by Ruan Xiaohui's behavior, so she naturally responded in kind and even planned to follow the patrol team back to the dormitory.

"Comrade, we still have to patrol the playground. It's not appropriate for you to follow us."

When the patrol team saw Bai Yan following them, they asked curiously, "Isn't that female comrade still waiting for you? The lights are about to be turned off, so hurry up and go back together!"

Bai Yan looked up. Ruan Xiaohui seemed to be afraid of something. She stood some distance away from them. She wanted to leave but didn't dare to. She bit her fingers and glanced at Bai Yan from time to time.

Bai Yan became alert, "Comrade, please wait a moment——"

The patrol team members had no intention of waiting for her. As they watched them walk away, Ruan Xiaohui actually approached her again.

"Bai Yan!" A familiar voice came from behind. It was Meng Hechuan who came.

It's strange to say, in the past, Ruan Xiaohui would rush forward to show her presence when Meng Hechuan appeared, but today she didn't even dare to turn her head, but just ran away after hearing his voice.

Meng Hechuan strode to Bai Yan and said, "Xiao Zhou said you were back, but I rushed over and didn't see you!"

With him by her side, Bai Yan felt much more at ease.

She briefly recounted her encounter with Xu Qingqing and the subsequent conversation with Ruan Xiaohui. "Ruan Xiaohui ran away when she saw you. Was she feeling guilty, or..."

Because the patrol team had just passed, Meng Hechuan couldn't hold Bai Yan, and the two walked back side by side, analyzing: "After learning that you were the one who saved me and took my epaulettes, I didn't question Ruan Xiaohui."

In fact, it’s not that there were no questions, but too many things had happened one after another during this period of time, and even the two of them hadn’t figured out the clues yet, and Meng Hechuan didn’t want to alert the enemy.

"I always feel that Ruan Xiaohui is up to no good again." Bai Yan expressed her worries, "I am so unlucky that Chief Engineer Meng's debt of love falls on me to pay."

Meng Hechuan took advantage of the fact that no one was around and pinched the soft flesh on Bai Yan's waist.

Playing is playing, but he still reminded, "I don't think I have that much face. Ruan Xiaohui's goal is actually very clear. In addition to me, there are many people in the whole team who can meet her goal."

All Ruan Xiaohui wanted was to become a phoenix, which led to her lies and deceptions in the beginning.

But now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the relationship between Meng Hechuan and Bai Yan has become a little subtle. No matter how dumb Ruan Xiaohui is, she should be able to guess that she has no hope with Meng Hechuan.

This can be seen from the fact that she didn't even dare to appear in front of Bai Yan and Meng Hechuan.

"She kept asking me to help her leave the team? Is it difficult to leave the team? Ruan Xiaohui herself is not a member of the team, right?"

“It’s not difficult.”

The dormitory building was in front, and Meng Hechuan slowed down his pace. "If she really wants to leave the team, she can submit a report to the organization, but as far as I know, she has not submitted any report."

Neither of them could figure out what Ruan Xiaohui was trying to do, but luckily Bai Yan no longer lived in the same dormitory with her, so Meng Hechuan could feel a little more at ease with her.

"I will have people pay more attention to Ruan Xiaohui's actions. As for Xu Qingqing, once our relationship is reported to the organization, I think Captain Xu will also take action without my special reminder."

Although Captain Xu is a rough man, he cares most about his reputation.

Once the relationship between Meng Hechuan and Bai Yan became public, with his pride, he would never allow his most beloved daughter to continue to have any relationship with Meng Hechuan.

When thinking about tomorrow's event, Bai Yan suddenly became nervous. She put what happened just now behind her and asked him with pursed lips, "Achuan, do you think your parents can really accept me?"

When Aunt Zhang learned that Bai Yan was going to take a leave of absence from the team tomorrow in order to go back to the Meng family's old house with Meng Hechuan to see his parents, she was so scared that she almost smashed the bowl in her hand.

She was afraid that Bai Yan came from Jinling and did not really understand the status of the Meng family in northern Beijing, so she pulled Bai Yan aside every night to talk about the situation of the Meng family.

Bai Yan, who was originally just a little nervous, became extremely nervous.

In addition, Mrs. Meng's attitude towards Bai Yan has not been enthusiastic on several occasions, and can even be said to be a little cold. Tomorrow, Meng Hechuan will take her to meet the two elders of the Meng family. It is impossible not to be nervous.

"How about we wait a little longer?"

Meng Hechuan stopped and said, "Okay, in that case, let's go see your mother first."

Bai Yan knew that she had hit a wall.

When he first proposed to meet, Bai Yan had refused, so Meng Hechuan leaned in and kissed her, asking her if she wanted to have sex, but she refused.

Bai Yan would never be fooled by his trick. Just when she was about to play dirty and say that she just liked to eat for free, Chief Engineer Meng said to her lightly, "But I also think that the procedure of the woman meeting the man's parents first is not right. Why don't I go visit your mother first?"

Bai Yan never considered Lv Liping and Bai Guohua as her parents, and she only had a slight sympathy for Lv Liping.

When she heard Meng Hechuan mentioned her, she quickly refused, "There's no need to meet my parents!"

"Ayan, one must not be too greedy. You must choose one."

Bai Yan knew that she had fallen into his trap again, and finally raised her head, "Since you are not afraid, I am not afraid either!"

He has a spirit of facing death with indifference.

Meng Hechuan laughed.

It was almost time to turn off the lights. Meng Hechuan asked Xiao Zhou to get some boiled water for Bai Yan, and he had to return to the research center to continue his work.

The two agreed that Bai Yan would go directly from the hospital to the Meng family's old house tomorrow, and he would wait for her at the intersection.

…

The brigade's lights-out announcement sounded, and lights in dormitories everywhere were turned off one after another.

Another two hours passed and everyone fell into a deep sleep.

Ruan Xiaohui lifted the quilt and tiptoed out.

"…Um, Ruan Xiaohui, where are you going?"

The roommate closest to the door was startled by her passing figure and asked.

"Ah, I had diarrhea last night. I don't want to disturb you, so I'm going to the public toilet outside."

"Hmph, what a problem!" The roommate didn't like Ruan Xiaohui in the first place, and he turned over and muttered, ignoring the person who pushed the door open and left.