Chapter 307 This Stumped the Chief
The sentry hurriedly walked to the car and reported in a serious tone: "Report to the commander! This girl said that she came to the army today to complain to the commander."
"Complain? Who are you complaining about?"
Fu Xun noticed the girl standing there wiping her tears and looking at him. He glanced at her indifferently, opened the door and got out of the car.
He watched the sentry go back to his post, then walked over slowly and asked gently, "Miss, I am the head of the Ninth Division. What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Sob, sob, sob..." The girl, with her hair tied in two pigtails, burst into tears when she heard that the person standing in front of her was the official of the Ninth Division.
Fu Xun didn't know what had happened, so he asked the girl named Su Meikou to return to the office of the regiment.
I planned to calm the girl's excited emotions and find out what had happened.
When the guard brought in the tea, he glanced at the girl secretly. She had deep eyebrows, red lips, and a white and plump face. She was a girl with good looks.
"Miss, have some tea and then tell me about your story." Fu Xun was sitting diagonally opposite her, his fingers hooked up the enamel pot, and he drank his tea while talking.
"Comrade Chief! I want to sue my fiancé Zhou Yi."
Fu Xun's deep eyes paused, and he asked in surprise: "Your fiancé is a soldier of our Ninth Division?"
"Yes! But he has been transferred to Qinghe Town to do construction work. I just came from there today..." The girl's clear eyes were firm. "Four years ago, after I got engaged to him, I have been waiting for him in my hometown. As a result, I received a letter from him last month. He wanted to break off the engagement!"
The girl with red and swollen eyes said angrily.
She was not in a hurry to drink tea. She lowered her head and rummaged in the canvas pocket she carried with her for a while, took out a wrinkled letter, stood up and handed it to Fu Xun: "This is a letter from him. In the letter, he said that he has no feelings for me. How can he have no feelings for me? We have been engaged for four years."
Fu Xun put down the enamel pot and glanced at the girl, looking very distressed.
He had served in other units before, but there were no endless emotional entanglements between men and women. When he arrived at the Ninth Division, the deputy commander cheated on his wife and even asked for a divorce.
Fu Xun's broad face did not show any relaxation as he pulled out the letter from the envelope.
He unfolded it and quickly scanned the contents of the letter.
Zhou Yi stated clearly in the letter that after being transferred to Qinghe Town to build fortifications, he fell in love with a girl from the local village and decided to get married, so he wrote a letter to his fiancée who was far away in his hometown to break off the engagement.
"Where is your hometown?" After reading the letter, Fu Xun asked calmly.
"My hometown is Baiteng Town. So, Chief, please help me win back Zhou Yi. I really can't live without him..." Su Meikou used her fingers to wipe away the tears that were flowing from the corners of her eyes.
Fu Xun tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair and pondered for a moment. "I'm going to Qinghe Town for an inspection. Then you can come with me and meet Zhou Yi. I'll learn about the situation first."
"Okay, thank you, Chief."
Su Meikou then picked up the enamel pot with both hands and gulped down the whole pot of tea.
Following the leader, I walked out of the regiment headquarters and, under the strange gazes of the sentries, I followed the leader in a car to Qinghe Town.
The car hadn't driven out for ten minutes when the girl in the back seat started crying again.
Her wet round eyes were filled with anxiety and there were tears hanging on her eyelashes, about to fall, which made the girl look even more pitiful.
Seeing the girl so fragile and crying, Fu Xun felt inexplicably distressed and quickly took out his handkerchief to wipe her tears.
Under the care of Commander Fu Xun, the girl's smart and innocent almond-shaped eyes flashed with a hint of embarrassment, like a frightened little rabbit, making people unable to help but want to see what other expression those eyes would reveal.
She stared silently at the road ahead, her eyes as clear as a deep pool revealing a thoughtful look and a hint of inconsolable sadness.
Fu Xun could see that Miss Su was really unwilling to cancel the engagement.
The car drove on the winding mountain road for an hour before arriving at Qinghe Town.
A main trunk road from Kunming City to Lin Province is under intensive construction. When the on-site supervisor saw the leader coming to inspect, he hurried out to greet him wearing protective helmets.
"Let's not talk about other things first. Go and bring a soldier named Zhou Yi here." Fu Xun ordered in a deep voice.
"Zhou Yi?" The officer looked at Miss Su who was following the leader, and immediately understood what was going on. He smiled and said, "This girl was here this morning. Why is she here again?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Go call Zhou Yi!"
"Chief, please wait for two minutes. I will arrange for someone to go to the culvert in front to call him. Zhou Yi is proficient in gunpowder technology and is burying explosives in the culvert."
Fu Xun briefly inspected the scene and greeted the soldiers who were building a road in front of the cave.
From a distance, a thin but capable soldier was seen running out of the culvert. Perhaps he also saw Su Meikou, so he ran over directly.
"Reporting to the Chief, I am Zhou Yi!"
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly froze.
Fu Xun took a deep breath and looked at the soldier in front of him. He was wearing a simple military uniform and a protective helmet. He had delicate eyebrows, handsome features and a sharp look in his eyes.
"What's going on between you and your fiancée? I heard you want to break off the engagement?"
Zhou Yi nodded lightly, his eyes lingering on Su Meikou's face for a few seconds, and said in a clear voice: "Commander, she and I really have no feelings for each other. After we got engaged, I joined the army and haven't been back for several years. I definitely can't marry her."
In the 1970s, after serving in the army for three years, one was entitled to a family visit.
In addition, I have been promoted to an officer in the army, my work has progressed, and I am not young anymore. It is time for me to consider my marriage, so I have the opportunity to apply for family leave.
But there were wars almost all the time in the past two years, and Zhou Yi did not mention anything, so it is understandable that I was unable to apply for family leave as scheduled.
Su Meikou took two steps forward, her eyes red, "You're talking nonsense! We communicate every month, how can there be no feelings between us? If you say there are no feelings, then there are no feelings?"
Next to them, the soldiers who were repairing the road not far away looked at them with amusement.
Everyone knows that as soon as Zhou Yi arrived in Qinghe Town, he started dating a girl from a nearby village.
Now, when both parties were talking about marriage, they only remembered their fiancée from their hometown.
Zhou Yi felt uncomfortable being stared at by the leader, and took the initiative to say: "Su Meikou, don't delay yourself. I may not even go back to my hometown. Let's forget about our marriage. You should go back to your hometown and find someone to marry."
"You bastard!" Su Meikou bit her lower lip, tears streaming from her eyes.
He raised his arm, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and turned around to ask, "Commander, when can they finish repairing and return to the troops?"
Fu Xun looked at the two of them and said slowly, "This road has just started to be built. It will take at least half a year. Are you asking this question because you plan to wait for him?"
"Yes! I won't break off the engagement. I want to live in your army," Su Meikou pointed at Zhou Yi with a determined look on her face, "I want to see if he dares to marry that woman."
“……” Zhou Yi was speechless.
This really stumped the leader.
He is not good at handling this kind of emotional entanglement.
Fu Xun felt that he didn't know what to do. He asked Zhou Yi to talk to his fiancée again while he went to inspect the culvert in front.
Half an hour later, Zhou Yi squatted on the side of the road without saying a word.
Su Meikou also looked listless, standing aside with her head hung.
"Miss Su, since you want to wait for Zhou Yi, come back to the army with me today. We can talk about it in a few days when you have figured it out." Fu Xun had no choice but to bring people back to the army from Qinghe Town.
Su Meikou vowed to see Zhou Yi get married with her own eyes, so she returned to the army and refused to go anywhere else, staying close to Fu Xun.
When school was over in the afternoon, Fu Jiqiu returned to the army and went straight home with his keys.
When he brought her back to his family compound, Fu Jiqiu was surprised to find that a strange girl suddenly appeared in his house, which made the boy completely at a loss as to what to do.
"This is my son Fu Jiqiu." Fu Xun had just sent the girl home and was planning to go back to the regiment office to continue working. When he went downstairs, he met his son and turned around to send his son home.
Su Meikou originally thought that the leader, at his age, should be a man with a happy family.
Thanks to him, when she arrived at his house, she found out that the leader lived with his only son, so the boy looked at her with an awkward look.
Su Meikou quickly stood up from her chair, very embarrassed, "My name is Su Meikou."
"It's okay! Miss Su, you have nowhere to go these days, so you can stay at my house for the time being. I will stay in the regiment office at night." Fu Xun patted Fu Jiqiu on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Fu Jiqiu had a dull look on his face and was in a very bad mood. He thought that this girl was another stepmother introduced to his father by some aunt.
The boy felt so upset that he even wanted to run to his mother's grave and cry.
I saw his father was about to go downstairs to return to the regiment headquarters.
"Dad, please take me to find Bao'er." Fu Jiqiu said in a muffled voice.
"You still have a few days of classes this semester. Why are you in such a hurry?" Fu Xun was about to turn around and leave when he heard his son's request and turned to look at the child.
Fu Jiqiu pursed his lips and said, "The final exam for the second grade won't test anything important. You guys are sending the second batch of soldiers and the aunts from the family compound to the special forces these days, so let me go with them to look for Bao'er."
Seeing his son's serious expression, Fu Xun nodded.
He laughed out loud, "You transferred to another school this semester and missed the final exam. I wonder how your homeroom teacher will deal with you when you return to school next semester."
After returning to the regiment headquarters, Fu Xun thought about it and decided to call Han Suijing.
"Fu Jiqiu really wants to come over? Then let the child come over. Baoer always yells in front of me and his mother, asking when Fu Jiqiu will come over." Han Suijing agreed that the two children should spend the summer vacation together.
Fu Xun said somewhat embarrassedly: "Now that Fu Jiqiu is here, I have to trouble Han Bingtuan to help me keep an eye on him."
"It's okay. You don't have to worry about anything else. Just work hard and send the children over. It's a good opportunity for them to see the special forces training."
As he said this, Han Suijing suddenly thought of something, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
"In the afternoon, the commander called me and told me that the special forces division was officially established. He asked us to hold a swearing-in ceremony and have the soldiers rehearse some performances. He would also come to give a talk the day after tomorrow."
"The commander is really thoughtful!" Fu Xun quickly agreed to let Fu Jiqiu spend his summer vacation in the special forces. This would allow the child to watch the famous commander Duan giving lectures to the soldiers in the special forces.
After finishing the call with Fu Xun, Han Suijing was just about to go back home to see if his wife had returned.
A subordinate knocked on the door with a list of names. "Korean Corps, the list of the 23 female soldiers who passed the assessment has been made. Are they living in the family compound?"
"Yes! All the female soldiers were relocated to the building behind the family compound, with upper and lower floors, and several female soldiers shared a dormitory." Han Suijing replied expressionlessly, and asked, "Have you seen your sister-in-law come back?"
"Oh, sister-in-law and Bao'er were just talking at the sentry post, and sister-in-law was holding a bamboo basket, as if she went to the village to pick vegetables."
Han Suijing glanced at the list of female soldiers and saw the daughter of Commander Zhou. He said calmly, "Well, you should go and arrange accommodation for the female soldiers first. You must sort out the number of people who have arrived and the list today, so that you can arrange for the second batch of soldiers later."
After looking at the list, he got up and went downstairs to his family compound.
When we were almost at the family compound, we saw a group of female soldiers standing on the embankment below the compound, seemingly waiting for the captain to assign them dormitories.
When the female soldiers saw Han Suijing, their faces turned red.
"Han Corps!" someone shouted.
Han Suijing glanced at him indifferently, "Zhou Zijiao? You must train hard in the future."
"Yes! Han Bingtuan!" Zhou Zijiao happily stood out from the crowd and saluted Han Suijing with his handsome figure. Then he asked, "I wonder which floor of the compound you live on?"
Han Suijing had a slightly stunned expression on his face. When he looked up, he saw his wife leaning against the edge of the corridor on the fifth floor with her chin in her hand, staring at them without blinking.