For safety reasons, Song Yangyu carried the woven bag containing the snake out of the room and placed it far to the side of the corridor. He turned around and said to Shao Jingque:
"Comrade, I'm not sure if there are any other snakes in your room. I suggest you don't go back to your room for now. Go sit in the lobby and wait."
The appearance of this golden ring snake is very strange. Although it is highly poisonous, it is not very brave by nature, and will not actively move to inhabited areas. There must be something strange about this.
Shao Jingque nodded, secretly thanking himself for meeting him bravely today. If he hadn't met him today, he would have been bitten by a snake. He immediately expressed his gratitude again:
"Thank you so much! If it weren't for your help, I really don't know what to do. My name is Shao Jingque, and I don't know what to call you."
Generally, those who live in the military district guesthouse are either soldiers or their families. Shao Jingque saw that he was quick and agile, like a soldier. Empty thanks were insincere, so she was thinking of making a banner for him early tomorrow morning.
Shao startled the magpie?
A stunning little bird, or a frightened little bird?
It was somewhat consistent with his first impression of her.
Song Yangyu smiled and was about to answer when a woman's cry came from the stairs:
"Chief? You, why are you two together?!"
The person who came was Xiaoli, who was downstairs and didn't hear any subsequent noises. She couldn't help but sneak up to take a peek out of curiosity.
She originally thought that Shao Jingque had fainted in the room due to fright, but she didn't expect that as soon as she went upstairs, she saw Song Yangyu wearing only a white vest, standing next to Shao Jingque who was wearing a nightgown. She was immediately shocked and angry, her eyes wide as bells.
This vixen!
Captain Lu's life or death is uncertain, and she immediately couldn't help but start seducing other men!
Shao Jingque narrowed her eyes when she asked the question right from the start. Her tone was as if she was saying that she and this young soldier had done something shameful. Her expression suddenly darkened.
"You've come at the right time. I want to find the manager of your guesthouse."
Xiaoli's heart skipped a beat, and she looked a little panicked, but she said firmly:
"It's so late, the manager has already left work, if you have anything to say, just tell me!"
Song Yangyu didn't say anything, but looked at Xiaoli with a probing look.
Before, he thought that although this waitress had a somewhat exaggerated makeup and was a bit too enthusiastic in her treatment of others, she was at least polite. But now it seemed that her attitude towards Shao Jingque was very stiff. Could there be some grudge between the two of them?
Shao Jingque heard her say that and said without further ado, pointing to the woven bag placed beside the corridor:
"Okay, then take a look for yourself to see what's inside your guesthouse room! If it weren't for this comrade's help, someone might have died in your guesthouse!"
Xiaoli knew what was in the woven bag. She just didn't expect Song Yangyu to help Shao Jingque catch the snake. As a result, Shao Jingque not only didn't learn a lesson, but also got to know Chief Song. How could Xiaoli not be angry and embarrassed?!
She stared at Shao Jingque unwillingly and said loudly:
"What are you shouting about in the middle of the night? Aren't you afraid of disturbing other comrades' rest? It's just a small snake. It's not as serious as you say. You're even saying it could cost someone their life. I think you're just exaggerating!"
As soon as these words came out, Shao Jingque's face was suddenly filled with surprise, and Song Yangyu's expression was also stern -
None of them said there was a snake in the woven bag just now. How did the waiter know without even looking at it?
Xiaoli didn't realize she had exposed herself. Seeing Shao Jingque's stunned expression and silent, she thought she was stunned by her aura and continued complacently:
"Alright, it's just a small matter, and it affected the leader's rest. Wouldn't it be better to just smash him to death? You comrades in the art troupe are just spoiled brats. You cry and scream at the slightest thing. In my opinion, this is completely petty bourgeois behavior. You really should receive more re-education like you did in the past few years!"
She said that the past few years were the period when the Little Red Guards were prevalent. Although Xiaoli was young at that time, she also participated in many "movements" with her brothers and sisters. Those inflammatory speeches and overwhelming leaflets deeply stimulated her young mind. Under the influence of the years, all kinds of words of criticizing people could be said in her mind at any time.
In the past two years, for some unknown reason, all kinds of movements suddenly stopped, and the streets began to arrange jobs for these young people who wandered the streets all day long and had nothing to do.
At that time, her sister-in-law had a heavy hemorrhage during childbirth. After being rescued, she was injured and could not go out to work, so she was asked to take over her sister-in-law's job as a waitress at the Military Region Guesthouse. Otherwise, with her education level of not even graduating from elementary school, she would definitely not be able to enter a unit like the Military Region Guesthouse.
She knew that Song Yangyu was the chief sent by the Political Department of the Central Military Region, so she deliberately said some words that she thought were "politically correct" and "ideologically correct" to belittle Shao Jingque and to elevate herself. Unexpectedly, Song Yangyu's face became even colder after hearing this.
He looked at Xiaoli seriously, his eyes full of scrutiny, completely different from his previous friendly attitude towards her, and said in a deep voice:
"Comrade waiter, please be mindful of your language. Don't say anything that's detrimental to unity. Seek truth from facts and stick to the facts. Don't make arbitrary accusations against others!"
In recent years, all industries and fields in China have suffered tremendous trauma, a large number of knowledgeable people have been persecuted, the country's economy has suffered huge losses, development has almost come to a standstill, and society has fallen into unprecedented turmoil.
It was only in the last two years that the country finally turned the tide at a heavy price, corrected this serious mistake in a timely manner, and rehabilitated many people who were wrongly accused and cleared their grievances.
Many elders in Song Yangyu's family were also implicated in this storm, and he had seen too many regrettable and lamentable injustices during his work in the Political Department. Naturally, he was very disgusted with Xiaoli's style of speaking without thinking and exaggerating things like a Red Guard.
Xiaoli didn't expect Song Yangyu to criticize her so seriously, and she was stunned.
But what she didn't expect was that Song Yangyu's next question made her terrified -
"Waiter, please tell me, how did you know there was a snake inside this woven bag when you didn't even look inside it?"
Xiaoli felt as if she was struck by lightning, and her mind went blank in an instant. She was so proud of herself that she didn't realize that she had let the cat out of the bag. At this moment, she opened her mouth and couldn't say anything for a long time.
Shao Jingque came back to his senses from his shock, anger swirling in his eyes:
"Tell me, did you release this snake?! Why did you want to hurt me?!"
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