Chapter 4 Having Much and Having Little
They're setting off the day after tomorrow, and the mission schedule is quite tight, but Qi An doesn't have much to prepare.
She added the grocery store owner as a friend and bought two thin spring jackets from the clothing store with a very limited selection.
I went home and tidied up the house I'd only moved into a few months ago, carefully putting away my guitar, and then I tidied up my office.
She hadn't even sat in this office for a single day. The chief purification engineer's work, such as hospital inspections, arranging inspection teams at various outposts outside the base, and training new recruits, hadn't been carried out for even half a day. It had all been handed over to the senior purification engineers for management.
Plans really can't keep up with changes.
The older purifiers were happy, but also had concerns.
She came from North 1 and had heard some rumors about the "White Tower" project. She felt that Qi An was probably going to soar to great heights and never come back.
If Qi An doesn't return, the position of chief purification engineer at the new base will definitely fall back into Yang Ying's hands.
The older purifier used to fawn over Yang Ying, but she knew that Yang Ying was much more difficult to get along with than Qi An!
Whether one's job is actually satisfactory or not determines the length of one's life!
Yang Ying wasn't particularly happy these past two days; her mood was more conflicted and uneasy.
The escort mission was originally the responsibility of the Chilong team, but now Qunxing has brought in a guard squad through back channels, but the Chilong team is still in overall control.
Yang Ying has been away from home for almost a year, and she has never been away for so long before. She really wants to take advantage of this mission to go back and visit.
However, she left home full of ambition but failed to achieve her expected goals. She returned home feeling uneasy, having achieved neither what she expected nor what she expected. She couldn't help but feel anxious as she faced her relatives and friends, especially her father.
But she didn't have much time to hesitate. By the morning of the 27th, she had packed her bags and joined the departing group.
Having made her decision and mustered the courage to go home, and with the weather being perfect for an outing, Yang Ying was in a fairly good mood.
The contrast between the people seeing them off on both sides of the gate was stark.
Qi An's side was crowded together. The first circle was the general staff of the Stars, the second circle was the idle squads of the Stars, then the Purifiers who admired them, and the outermost layer was the guild leader standing under the gate tower.
Even standing in the shadows, the man shone brightly; it was obvious who he was there to see off!
Yang Ying glanced at the few people on her side, including Yang Suning and Xiao Wen, and felt a sense of irritation that, for some reason, was even greater than the irritation of not being able to become the chief purifier!
It's a case of some suffering from drought while others are drowning in floods. Qi An has already listened to half an hour of nagging and noisy instructions.
Her heart was warmed, but the sun wouldn't stop its climb up the southern sky. She smiled and said:
"I will let you know I'm safe every day and send you a selfie every day."
I'm not all alone over there in North 1; I have friends too.
Not on a combat mission, Qi An wore a bright blue jacket over his military uniform hoodie and a pair of sturdy jeans, looking both stylish and radiant.
Looking at her and listening to her comforting words, Yu Shuang felt a complex mix of relief and heartache, and let go of Qi An's hand.
"Have a safe journey and get home soon," she said with a smile.
The convoy set off in the gentle, fragrant spring breeze.
The waterway will be opened soon, but there are no ships at the base. The first batch of cargo ships will depart from North 4 and return around May.
The convoy remained a bulky convoy consisting of several heavy trucks and a few escort vehicles.
The road was not safe, as the activity of insects naturally increased after the weather warmed up, and the further east you went, the more numerous they became.
They fought seven battles during their eight-day journey, and as they approached the North 1 Base, they witnessed an ambush involving over a thousand people.
It was a fierce, exciting, and extremely tragic battle fought by the North 1 Base's close-in defense forces to protect the mining area.
The area around North 1 was not peaceful, but North 1 had a large and well-equipped army, and the war did not destroy the city's peace and prosperity in the slightest.
As the convoy passed through the war zone, Qi An saw again the dazzlingly bright high-rise buildings and wide streets that dazzled her.
The gate tower was still as majestic as ever. It was dusk, and the waiting area at the entrance and exit was crowded with at least two or three hundred people!
Qi An's overwhelming sights actually lessened Yang Ying's apprehension about returning home.
She raised her head involuntarily. Qi An was unsophisticated, but she had grown up in this magnificent city!
She lost completely in the grandeur of sending off the guest, but she had no room to lose in receiving the guest!
The fatigue of the journey had lessened somewhat, and Yang Ying craned her neck to search for Yao Du'an in the crowd.
She will be picked up by the division commander's car, and by the division commander's chief secretary!
But after entering the gate tower, before Yang Ying could find the black car, she saw a petite figure break through the dense crowd and rush towards Qi An like a gust of wind.
"Ahhh! You're here! We meet again! It's been a year since we last saw each other! A year!" The man hugged Qi An tightly, his voice filled with excitement, drawing the attention of at least half of the two or three hundred people present.
Yang Ying was stunned. Why was Qi An picked up first?
And who is this person who's so exaggerated? A die-hard fan?
The fanatic fan – Little Monster Alliance Unit 2 – Lin Jiaran from the new student base, also screamed twice, but Qi An covered his mouth in time.
"Yes, yes, it's been a year. It's a pleasant surprise to see you again, but please keep your voice down and don't disturb the peace!"
Lin Jia was followed by two staff members from the North 1 Purification Alliance, but no one was as eager as Lin Jia to squeeze through the crowd, covered in sweat.
After another group of people were released from the gatehouse, the crowd in the open space thinned out. Only then did the two men come over, smiling as they shook hands with Qi An and discussed their mission.
Qi Anhui lives in the family building next to the North 1 Mental Hospital. At Lin Jiaran's strong request, he lives with her.
Lin Jiaran was also there to participate in the "White Tower" project.
Qin Tianshuo overheard the conversation about the two purifiers and their accommodations, carefully noted it down, and then waved goodbye to Qi An.
Qi An and Lin Jia Ran, who were huddled together and chattering away, had already gotten into the car when Yang Ying finally found the person who came to pick her up.
"Why isn't it Uncle Yao?" Her anger exploded the moment she saw who it was, and she shouted angrily.
And the figure she longed for was nowhere to be seen.
It's been a year, and she traveled a long way home to visit her family, but her father never showed up!
"Miss Yang, don't be angry. There's a war going on outside right now, and it's all close-quarters combat. How could the division commander and Colonel Yao possibly get away?" One of Yang Yuzhi's many second-level secretaries came to pick her up and hurriedly tried to appease her with a smile.
A belly full of raging anger, doused with a layer of cool helplessness and overwhelming grievances, can no longer explode; it can only churn and gradually turn into a stagnant pool.
Yang Ying got into the car with a cold face and slammed the car door shut.
The black sedan drove away from the bustling gatehouse and headed towards a quiet, upscale residential area.
There's also a quiet, upscale restaurant located very close to the corner of the shopping street in the city center.
At the end of the winding corridor, in an elegantly decorated private room, Yao Du'an was not busy with the war, but was enjoying tea with a young man after dinner.
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