"Comrade, what is your name?"

"My name is Fan Lihua~"

"Oh, you're the girl Comrade Zhao Yilu has been waiting for!" The voice on the other end rose slightly. "He's been waiting for your call these past couple of days, Comrade Fan. Comrade Zhao Yilu is training right now. I'll have him call you after he finishes training at 5:30 pm."

Fan Hua was stunned for a moment when she heard Zhao Yilu waiting for her call. She wanted to ask Sun Xiang to tell Zhao Yilu that she had sent the money, but her mouth did not listen to her brain, and she said inexplicably, "Oh, okay!"

Then I heard the other party say, "Comrade Fan, that's it for now. Goodbye!"

Then came the sound of the phone being hung up.

Fan Hua was still dazed when she put down the phone. Aunt Sun from the newsstand saw her hang up so quickly and asked, "Little girl, why did you hang up after just two words?"

"Auntie, the person I'm looking for is busy right now. He will call me later. My name is Fan Lihua. I live in the second household on the second floor of this dormitory building. Please call me when you are available." After saying that, Fan Hua handed over five cents for phone bill.

"Okay, Fan Lihua, right? This name really suits you! I'll call you when I get your number!"

After thanking her, Fan Hua went home. Seeing Geng Ailing busy all the time, she felt embarrassed to rest, so she quickly helped to cut the fabric and arranged the fabric and buttons for each suit according to the size. This busy work took her the whole afternoon.

…

In the army, after finishing his training, Zhao Yilu headed towards the office as usual during his free break. He had thought that if he still had no news about Fan Hua tomorrow, he would definitely call his grandfather in Beijing and ask him to help find her, otherwise he was really worried that something might happen to Fan Hua in Guangzhou.

Who would have thought that before he even entered the office, he saw Sun Xiang walking towards him.

"Yilu, I was just looking for you. You called me the other day, give me a call!"

When Zhao Yilu heard this, he immediately quickened his pace and ran to the phone booth. Sun Xiang, who was a step slower in reacting, followed closely behind him and almost couldn't catch up.

"This is her number. She called around 2:00 p.m. when you were training. I told her I would call her later. You know what, the voice on the other end of your phone is so nice. She must be a pretty girl!" Sun Xiang explained the situation to Zhao Yilu while panting.

After Zhao Yilu received the number, he couldn't wait to dial it.

"Hello, who is this?"

Aunt Sun's voice with a Cantonese accent came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, I'm Zhao Yilu, looking for Comrade Fan Lihua."

"Oh, looking for Lihua. Please call back in two minutes. I'll call her upstairs."

"Okay, thank you!"

Zhao Yilu sat in front of the phone, the sweat on his palms revealing that he was a little nervous at the moment.

Two minutes later, the phone rang. Zhao Yilu immediately picked up the phone and heard Fan Hua's gentle and peaceful voice.

"Hello, is this Comrade Zhao Yilu?"

"Yes, it's me, Comrade Fan... How's life in Yangcheng? Have you settled in?"

"Everything's settled, don't worry, Comrade Zhao. By the way, I wired you the two hundred yuan I lent you on the train yesterday. Remember to take your ID and pick it up at the nearest post office when you have time!"

Zhao Yilu frowned and his voice became a little lower.

"You've only been in Guangzhou for a few days, why don't you keep the flowers? What's the situation there? Have you had your head checked at the hospital?"

Fan Hua couldn't believe that he still remembered that she had made up an excuse about a head injury in order to explain why she had forgotten something. She felt suddenly warm in her heart and her tone softened a lot.

"Comrade Zhao, I'm fine. I had a brain checkup at the hospital. I just have some memory issues, but nothing else has affected me. I figured you didn't get your allowance when you first joined the army, so you must need some money. I'll send it to you as soon as I earn some."

"Have you made money? How did you make it? Are you living in a hotel or somewhere else now?"

Fan Hua thought that if she didn't explain her current situation to Zhao Yilu, he would definitely keep thinking about it. After all, he might think of her as his future sister-in-law. So she simply told Zhao Yilu about what had happened to her recently.