Chapter 69 A Feast
The morning sunlight shines on the ruins of the loess buildings, warm as if covered with a layer of gold.
Captain Jing Chen brought his men in and saw a mess all around, with popcorn all over the floor and eleven pieces of clothing lying on the ground.
Fold them neatly and place them on the ground.
Maybe because they were folded and squeezed in the bag, there were some wrinkles, including a few girls' skirts.
Jing Chen looked at these and felt like something had hit his throat, making it blocked.
He swallowed hard and asked, "What...what is this?"
There are eleven pieces of clothing in total, four of which are girls' clothes, and this is the place. Who doesn't know about the Eagle Commandos back then?
"Is this Eagle's clothes?"
Cao Feng put away his clothes one by one, nodded, and whispered, "Yes. It's them."
In order to prevent the Eagle Special Forces from being killed or destroyed in the event of an accident when they go to war-torn areas, each of them will have an anti-explosion iron plate engraved with their name.
The iron plate was made into a belt buckle, and it accompanied the team members through life and death.
Cao Feng asked Xue Qi: "Can you find their iron plates?"
Xue Qi nodded, picked up An Yin's clothes, and asked, "Can you lead us to find the iron plate?"
An Yin's voice came from inside. She said, "Yes. My iron plaque and Liu Wu's are at the place where we died in the explosion. The rest of the people are all at the crematorium."
Only Xue Qi could hear An Yin's voice. She turned to Cao Feng and said, "Yes."
Xue Qi located the location and they searched.
They spent three days searching every corner of the ruins and finally found all eleven iron plates.
Captain Jing Chen found it incredible and looked at Xue Qi with admiration: "Boss Xue, how on earth did you do it? In such a large place, how did you determine the location of the iron plate?"
Xue Qi pretended to be deep, raised the peach wood sword in his hand, and said, "Do you see this peach wood sword in my hand?"
Jing Chen nodded: "What's so mysterious about it?"
Xue Qi: "I am the
As the direct descendant of the first generation, I know a little bit about the art of finding dragons, opening the acupoints, and catching ghosts. What do you think I am doing this time? I am here to take their souls back to their hometown and guide them to the afterlife.
Jing Chen originally didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but this time he was willing to believe.
He saluted the eleven iron plates and whispered, "If there really are ghosts and gods, please bless China with a peaceful and prosperous era, with no more sacrifices."
…
When the news of their return got back, the relevant organizations picked up the families of the eleven special forces soldiers and had them waiting at the airport early.
The news that the eleven soldiers of the Hasaka Eagles who died returned home also spread on the Internet.
CAFA reports:
"A flight from Hasaka is about to land at Yanjing International Airport. The Chinese Flying Leopard Special Forces have found the nameplate of the 11th Eagle Soldier who died in Hasaka. Tonight at 9:23 PM, the 11th Eagle Soldier will finally return home and be reunited with his family."
On the Internet, netizens cheered:
"Oh my god, is this the prototype for the special forces segment in 'Motherland'? After all these years, we can still find their nameplates! Their relics have been recovered and returned to China, which means their souls have finally returned home. Woohoo, finally!"
"I'm so touched! I'm so proud to be born in China. After all these years, I can still find their relics. I really want to cry."
"I want to cry."
"Welcome heroes, return home!"
"Welcome heroes, return home!"
Afterwards, the topic of returning home became a hot search, and the Chinese people's belief in longing for the hero's return came together, invisibly forming a huge energy.
For their safety, they returned to China on a chartered flight funded by the state.
Everyone sat in first and business class, and in the cabin was an iron box containing clothes and iron plates for eleven people.
On a plane thousands of miles high.
There were eleven iron boxes in the cabin, each with a name written on it.
Tang Xiong sat in front of An Yin's iron box and talked to her a lot alone, but the iron box didn't respond at all.
Suddenly, the iron box began to vibrate.
Tang Xiong immediately put his hand on it and asked hurriedly, "Yin Yin, what's wrong?"
An Yin then said, "No, I feel the power of the people. They are all looking forward to my return home! I thought we had been forgotten a long time ago, but I didn't expect that there are still people who remember us."
Tang Xiong smiled and said, "Well, many people in China know you and remember you. After all, you are heroes. Since you are heroes, how can you be forgotten? Yin Yin, you are finally willing to pay attention to me."
An Yin didn't know what to say to him. After all, they hadn't seen each other for several years, and they were separated by the world of the living and the ghost.
She didn't know what had happened to Tang Xiong in the past few years, nor did she know if he had a girl he liked now. She also didn't know if her sudden appearance in his life would make him recall the pain of the past.
She had been a ghost for several years, and her heart gradually grew cold. The pain of life and death again and again had made her forget the taste of liquor and the sweetness of love.
These past few years seemed like a century to her.
Tang Xiong whispered to her, "Yin Yin, I let you go a long time ago. I've been following Mr. Cao for these years and have indeed built my own life. My life is very fulfilling and happy now. After I send you away, I will consider dating again. You don't have to worry about me. I haven't had a girlfriend in the past few years, not because I can't let you go, but simply because I'm too busy with work and don't have time. Now that I'm with Mr. Cao, my annual salary is at least a million, and I'm not bad looking, so there are many girls looking for me to date."
Hearing the man say this, An Yin suddenly felt a lot more at ease.
She floated out of the tin box, sat cross-legged in front of Tang Xiong, and asked with a smile: "Is there any wine? I want to drink."
"Yes. Wait a moment."
Tang Xiong got up and went to the business class, called the flight attendant and asked for two bottles of wine.
When he went to the cabin to get the wine, he met Xue Qi who had just woken up. The girl took off her eye mask and asked him, "Mr. Tang, where are you going?"
Tang Xiong said, "Oh, I'll go drink some wine. I'm afraid I'll smoke you guys. Let's go to the cabin to drink."
Xue Qi said, "Oh," and said, "Then drink less. We'll arrive in three hours. Don't get carried off the plane."
Tang Xiong nodded: "Okay."
Xue Qi put on an eye mask and continued to sleep. The past few days had really tormented her. She had lost four kilograms in just a few days.
…
Tang Xiong came to the cabin with a small bottle of white wine and two bottles of wine and sat down next to An Yin.
At the same time, the others also came out, sat on the guest chairs, and looked at him eagerly.
Liu Wu smacked his lips and said, "Captain, we can't drink alone! We haven't had a drink in years!"
Medical soldier Feiyuan was also a girl. She didn't like drinking when she was alive, but she also wanted to taste the wine of her homeland: "Captain, I want to drink too!"
The other team members said in unison:
"Captain, you can't be partial, I want one too!"
"I want one too! You can't be partial!"
"Captain, I also..."
Tang Xiong poured eleven glasses of wine in total. As soon as he took a sip, the amount of wine in each of the eleven glasses decreased by one point.
Especially An Yin's wine glass, he almost drank it all in one gulp.
An Yin drank the wine, looking intoxicated: "This is what life is like. I really miss it."
Tang Xiong was caught watching her drinking from the side.
An Yin turned her head and looked at him: "What are you doing? We are not a couple anymore. If you look at me like that, I can sue you for molest."
Tang Xiong smiled and said, "I was just admiring a female ghost who could drink. I didn't have any other thoughts."
He said this, but he didn't mean it in his heart.
He wanted to say: I didn’t agree to break up, you are still my girlfriend and fiancée.
But in order not to make An Yin worry, he could only pretend to be indifferent.
After tasting the wine from the human world, the ghosts felt quite satisfied and returned to the iron box to fall asleep.
In these years, they have never slept so soundly as they do today.
Tang Xiong drank too much and recalled many things from the past, including those past memories with An Yin.
An Yin is a talented blaster, emotionally stable and meticulous.
She was originally a top student who graduated from a 985 university, but was recruited by the country to join the army to serve the motherland.
He is An Yin's instructor, responsible for training her.
As they spent time together day after day, the two developed a confidant relationship that went beyond that of comrades-in-arms.
Tang Xiong's father is a veteran cadre. One year, when he returned home for the holidays, his father's comrades-in-arms came to visit with their daughter.
My father's comrade-in-arms boasted on the phone, "Old Tang, what's so amazing about your son? My daughter is now an excellent special forces soldier, I tell you! My daughter was admitted to the Imperial University and even joined the special forces. Is your son any good?"
The father and this comrade had been comparing themselves their entire lives, and their competitive spirit was aroused. "Haha, your daughter is a special forces soldier, so what? Can she be as good as my son? My son's instructors include graduates from Imperial University! Soldiers who graduated from Imperial University are also under my son's supervision. What does your daughter compare to?"
The father's comrade boasted, "So what? My daughter even hooked up with her instructor! He's on the same level as your son, no worse than him. That's awesome! With a son-in-law like that, I win!"
Tang Xiong's father slammed the table and said, "So what? My son even managed to win over that female soldier who graduated from the Imperial University! My ancestors would be so happy to have a daughter-in-law like that."
The two old men were bickering and bragging to each other.
As a result, on the day of the dinner, when the two families were having dinner together, the father's comrade-in-arms brought his daughter to show off.
Tang Xiong and An Yin met each other and said in unison:
"An Yin?"
"team leader!"
The two old men couldn't hold it in any longer. They had never expected that their boasting would be directed at their opponents! They were slapped in the face, and their faces were burning with pain.
After dinner, Tang Xiong was ordered by his father to take An Yin for a walk in the city. After watching a family movie together, the two went to play with balloons.
The two men's guns hit the target every time, almost causing the boss to go bankrupt.
But in the end, they only took two dolls and left.
During the months of vacation, An Yin and Tang Xiong met almost every day, just like a couple.
One day, the two got drunk and confided in each other.
Tang Xiong: "An Yin, why don't we both honor our old father and fulfill his dream? You marry an outstanding captain, and I'll marry a female soldier from the Imperial Army!"
An Yin: "Okay, then that's the dream of those two old guys come true! Cheers! My boyfriend."
Tang Xiong smiled and toasted with her. Under the lights of the food stall, he was intoxicated by the girl's hearty look.
An Yin was not the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, but she was the only one who could enter his heart.
…
Three hours later, Tang Xiong, reeking of alcohol, got off the car first with Xue Qi and Cao Feng.
Jing Chen and his teammates escorted the eleventh soldier to the reception area.
Xue Qi and Cao Feng hid in the corner and looked into the distance. They saw Jing Chen and others surrounded by reporters. The families of the 11th soldier carefully took the iron box belonging to their children.
Jing Chen and his teammates returned the iron box to the family members and saluted in unison:
"Salute! Pay tribute to the martyrs!"
Grandma Liu held the iron box that belonged to her grandson, tears streaming down her face. She stroked the lid of the box and whispered, "Xiao Wu, grandma finally waited for you to come back. My Xiao Wu, grandma can finally make big wontons for you..."
Liu Wu, who was inside the iron box, felt his grandmother's touch and burst into tears.
An Yin's father's hair turned white because of his daughter's death. He only had this one daughter. After his daughter's death, if Tang Xiong and Cao Feng had not visited him frequently and treated him as their biological father, he might have died long ago in this world.
He opened the iron box and touched his daughter's clothes and the blackened iron plate.
He carefully rubbed the patterns on the iron plate with his fingertips, and finally recognized his daughter's name "An Yin" through touch.
The old father whispered, "Everyone knows you're a heroine, but I'd rather have a bear daughter."
Over the years, the families have come to terms with the loss of their children.
But no matter how much time has passed, when I hear news about the children or receive their belongings, I still can't control my sadness and tears flow.
…
Reporters escorted the relatives out and into the vehicles prepared by the government.
Police cars arrived in front and behind, and the people who received the news came to the airport to greet them.
On both sides of the street, crowds of people gathered, shouting:
"Welcome the hero's soul back home!"
"Come back to the Flower Farm in your next life and let us protect you!"
"The people will not forget! The motherland will not forget!"
"The martyrs are immortal, and may you have a safe journey! May flowers bloom to honor the deceased and spring bring warmth to those who are still alive."
…
The scenes on both sides of the street were so shocking that Xue Qi and Cao Feng, who were still at the airport, were also shocked when they watched the scenes on the streets outside through the live broadcast.
She came back to her senses and asked Cao Feng, "Where is Mr. Tang?"
Cao Feng: "Maybe he's gone to bid farewell to the martyr with the crowd. Wait here for me, I'll go find him."
Xue Qi nodded: "Okay."
Just as Cao Feng left, Xue Qi received a call from Cao Yue: "Sister Qi, I can finally get through to you! Something happened during the days you were away!"
"What's wrong?"
Xue Qi asked with a frown.
Cao Yue said: "Sun Shaoqi moved out of the villa for several days. He didn't come to school these days and stayed at home all day. I went to look for him, but he wouldn't see me. Sister Seven, the exams are coming up in a few months, and I'm really worried that something might happen to him."
Xue Qi jokingly said, "Aren't you the happiest person since he's not going back to school or the villa? Why are you starting to worry about him?"
Cao Yue: "That's not the case... I'm kind of his half-tutor. If he misses the Gaokao, or doesn't get into his ideal school, I'll feel really frustrated... I already have a chance to be admitted, so staying here to experience the Gaokao doesn't feel challenging anymore. Tutoring Sun Shaoqi to get into a top university is what makes me feel most accomplished."
Xue Qi also felt something was wrong.
Although Sun Shaoqi is unreliable and not as good as Cao Yue in studying, he would not skip school for no reason.
After hanging up the phone with Cao Yue, Xue Qi called Sun Fugui and asked him, "Did you know your son hasn't been to school for several days? What's going on?"
Sun Fugui has been busy lately, on a business trip abroad: "I don't know. I'm the boss, do you think we're really as free as it sounds? I called him on video this morning, and he was at home. He told me he wasn't feeling well these past few days, and it's probably nothing, just sick leave. Are you overthinking it?"
"Yeah?"
Sun Fugui comforted her: "Don't worry, my boy is a smart guy, what can happen to him? At most, he's lazy and asked for sick leave to rest at home. It's hard for children in the third year of high school, so let him be. There are no new courses in the third year of high school anyway, so he can still do it by taking online classes at home."
After hearing what Sun Fugui said, Xue Qi stopped paying attention.
She was a little bored while waiting for Cao Feng, so she took a look at the latest hot news in the country.
She found that during the few days when she was away, photographer Xiaowen became famous by broadcasting his food.
Xue Qi had a new idea for making money and sent a message to Cheng Kai: "Can our company sign a food broadcast? We can develop food and food broadcasting as one."
Cheng Kai replied, "Sister Seven, you don't know that your idea has already been copied! After our Xiaowen gained followers, our rival company immediately turned their photographer into a big eater. Damn, our Xiaowen is just a normal person, he can't even eat as much as them."
Xue Qi received Cheng Kai's video and found that other people's big eaters were indeed scary.
One meal can feed ten people.
Xue Qi was very worried about these people's stomachs. Would they really not get upset?
Xue Qi said, "Forget it. With things like this, even if we put all our efforts into creating a food broadcast, we can't beat them. Xiaowen eats with relish, but asking him to cook for ten people is too terrible and harmful to his health. Forget it."
Cheng Kai: "Absolutely. What pissed me off the most was that the popular big eater at the rival company copied Xiao Wen from everything from his looks to his profession. It pissed me off."
Cao Feng came back, and Xue Qi said, "I still have something to do here, let's talk later."
After hanging up the phone, she turned to look at Cao Feng.
He said, "Tang Xiong left first because of something, so let's go back too."
Xue Qi nodded and asked, "Aren't you going to see An Yin off?"
Cao Feng: "No, I'll take you home."
Xue Qi muttered quietly, "Men are so heartless."
Cao Feng understood the meaning of her words and said with a smile: "The dead are gone, and the past cannot be retrieved."
Xue Qi was very satisfied with his words and nodded, saying, "Okay, let's go back to the store."
The two took a taxi at the airport exit, but because of a farewell procession ahead that caused a traffic jam, the driver dropped them off in the city center and said, "Sorry, both of you, that direction is completely blocked. I won't add to the traffic. Please get off and take the subway nearby."
Xue Qi nodded: "Okay, thank you, Master!"
Driver: “You’re welcome.”
After getting off the bus, Xue Qi and Cao Feng walked towards the subway station.
Passing by a bookstore, Xue Qi suddenly stopped and turned to look at the window.
Cao Feng asked her, "What's wrong?"
Xue Qi couldn't explain why, but he always felt that this bookstore was a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange about it.
She shook her head and said, "It's okay. Maybe I'm too tired recently. Let's go."
"good."
As the two of them walked out of the bookstore window, a illustrated copy of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in the window, with the illustrated Pixiu on it, suddenly disappeared.
In the bookstore, a clerk who was checking out new books in the window noticed that the illustrated copy of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" was missing another animal illustration and complained, "What's going on? It's only been a week, and there are already two animals missing from the illustrated book? A few days ago, there was a missing Taotie, and now there's a missing Pixiu. Who is so careless? How can they be so uncultured?"
Another clerk comforted her: "Even if two illustrations are missing, it's better than just losing a book, right?"
"Yeah. That's right."
While the two were talking, they didn't notice that a chubby little tail was emerging from the pile of books behind them.
The moment they turned around, the tails were immediately retracted.
…
Cao Feng and Xue Qi entered the subway station wearing masks, and no one recognized them at all.
As they waited in line for the subway, they heard two girls in front of them talking about it: "Have you seen the news recently? There have been a lot of mysterious thefts in supermarkets, big and small, in our city lately."
"Isn't theft normal?"
The girl said, "How could this be normal? That convenience store outside Yiguan Station was completely robbed of all edible food overnight. And you know Fugui Supermarket, right? It's the supermarket owned by Sun Fugui's family. Everything edible was gone. The most bizarre thing isn't that the police can't figure out what happened. Do you know what the most bizarre thing is?"
"What is it?"
"It took less than a minute for the surveillance camera to show that everything in the supermarket was gone."
"Isn't this simple? Someone must have tampered with the surveillance time, right?"
"That's not the most bizarre thing... The most bizarre thing is that the day after the supermarket was robbed, a bag of cash appeared in the supermarket. When converted, it was exactly the amount of money the store lost. Don't you think it's incredible?"
"Is there such a thing?"
"So now many supermarket owners in the city joke that they hope their store gets robbed so they can receive a bag of cash. It's like their store selling out overnight, and the owner makes a killing."
…
Xue Qi pulled up her mask. She heard all the gossip, but she took it seriously.
Xue Qi originally wanted to take Cao Feng to his new home, cook a meal, and wait for Tang Xiong to come and eat together.
But now, she changed her mind: "Butler Cao, are you interested in accompanying me to Sun Shaoqi's house? Cao Yue is very worried about him."
Cao Feng nodded: "Of course no problem."
The two got off the subway and took a taxi to the Sun family villa.
When they arrived at the Sun family's house, the old housekeeper came to open the door, and the first person to greet them was a big yellow dog wagging its tail.
This dog was the one Sun Shaoqi rescued. The puppy has grown into a strong and powerful dog.
Xue Qi patted the dog's head and asked the old housekeeper, "Is Sun Shaoqi here?"
"Yes, playing tennis in the backyard."
Xue Qi: "Playing tennis? He's already in his third year of high school, and he still has that in mind."
The old housekeeper whispered, "Who says it's not true? When you were here, the young master was so eager to learn. As soon as you left, he completely let himself go. Look, he even brought girls home. I was really worried to death, but Mr. Pian wasn't worried at all. Boss Xue, what's the point of being so young? At this age, he should be studying hard!"
Xue Qi raised an eyebrow: "You said, Sun Shaoqi fell in love prematurely? And brought the girl home?"
The old butler nodded: "Of course not."
The old butler led the way inside, and Xue Qi and Cao Feng walked side by side.
Cao Feng asked her: "What's wrong? What's the problem?"
Xue Qi: "Don't you think there's something wrong? Sun Shaoqi skipped classes, his supermarket was robbed, and he's raising a girl at home. Don't you think there's something fishy about this?"
Cao Feng was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you think so?"
Xue Qi pinched her chin, looking like Detective Conan: "Have you read Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio? A female ghost haunts a scholar."
Cao Feng did not rush to deny her, but continued to move forward.
When I entered the tennis court, I saw a girl with long legs and a thin waist, eating a steamed bun in front of Sun Shaoqi!
The girl held a steamed bun that was bigger than her head and ate the whole thing in one mouthful.
The old housekeeper complained, "Tsk tsk, she looks like a pretty girl, but she eats like she hasn't eaten in several lifetimes."
Taotie ate the steamed bun as big as his head in just two or three bites, and others who watched felt choked.
The girl lowered her eyebrows and looked submissive when she ate.
But the food in his hand was gone, so he grabbed Sun Shaoqi's collar and said fiercely: "Hurry up and find me something to eat! I'm hungry! I'm hungry! If you don't see food in one minute, I will eat you!"
The girl opened her mouth and pretended to be ferocious: "Ouch!"
Xue Qi stared at the subtitles above the girl's head and found that something was wrong.
[The virus causes the world to gradually collapse, and the characters in the book travel through time and space.]
Taotie is a vicious beast, gluttonous, and will eat humans if its appetite is not satisfied.
[My gluttonous appetite is exploding...]
[Taotie has already regarded Sun Shaoqi as a meal...]
Xue Qi: “…”
Good job.
Just after the metaphysical script, here comes the script about animals coming out of the book "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
When will this virus end?
At this moment, what Cheng Kai said suddenly popped up in Xue Qi's mind.
Xiaowen is a food blogger, but he can’t compete with his rival company.
What about this virus?
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The other side.
The family of Soldier Eleven has taken their child home and will rebury him soon.
Tang Xiong escorted An Yin and his daughter all the way home.
Following Xue Qi's instructions, they placed the iron box containing An Yin's soul in a separate room, lit incense and candles, and placed liquor and fruit on the table.
After An Yin's father left, An Yin appeared in front of Tang Xiong: "Why did you follow me?"
Tang Xiong: "You are leaving tonight, I am here to see you off for the last time."
An Yin smiled and said, "No need. If you treat me as a special guest and not others, people will misunderstand you."
Tang Xiong: "You are special."
An Yin: "What? You lied to me when you said you'd let me go?"
Tang Xiong: "Of course not. I came to see you off simply because you were my former fiancée. So much time has passed, and my love for you has faded. If I weren't so busy with work, I would have tried to approach other girls."
An Yin smiled at him: "That's good. You go out first and let my dad come in."
"good."
The moment Tang Xiong turned around, An Yin's smile suddenly disappeared and his eyes showed sadness.
It turns out that the unforgettable vows of love made in the past can really be washed away by time.
Okay.
Only when she knew that he had truly let go could she leave with peace of mind.
She was so afraid that Tang Xiong would live in her shadow and would no longer see anyone else.
A life of loneliness, just the thought of it makes me feel heartbroken.
Tang Xiong walked to the door. An Yin wanted to hug him one last time and called his name: "Tang Xiong!"
Tang Xiong wanted to turn around, but she stopped him: "Don't look back, listen to me."
She walked towards the man, stood behind him, and was about to reach out to hug him from behind, but finally withdrew her hand.
She swallowed what she was about to say and said, "If there is an afterlife, I will return to China. I only hope that the country and the mountains are safe and sound, and that my family and country will always be at peace."
Tang Xiong clenched his fists to suppress the great pain.
Although he was almost suffocating, he had to suppress his emotions, and his voice sounded calm:
"Okay. Welcome back."
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