Chapter 97 Business Trip
Su Meng gripped the backpack strap tightly, took a step back, and asked in confusion, "Why is it you? Where is Director Jiang?"
Xie Changsheng narrowed his long, narrow eyes and raised his high eyebrows. "Why can't it be me? Tch! If it weren't for Director Jiang's orders, I wouldn't want to do it."
Su Meng frowned and turned to look in the direction of the office building. "Where is Director Jiang?"
Grandpa Zhang hung up the phone and waved to Su Meng, "Comrade Su, Director Jiang just called and said he has an urgent meeting and wants Comrade Xie to accompany you."
Su Meng: "......"
What a coincidence!
Why was Xie Changsheng assigned to her?
He seemed unapproachable, as cold as Huo Zhenhua, but without Huo Zhenhua's righteousness and masculinity.
But no matter how much she resisted, she had no choice but to obey orders.
Su Meng opened the car door and sat quietly in the back seat. After watching Xie Changsheng skillfully start the car, she turned her head to look out the window with relief.
The car smoothly passed the guard post outside the residential area and headed towards the dock.
"The dock seems unusually lively today; we're probably going to be a bit late." Xie Changsheng pulled the handbrake, shifted to neutral, leaned back in his chair with a slightly irritated expression, and rubbed his temples.
This was Su Meng's second time leaving the island.
She looked curiously at the soldiers blocking her path. "What are they doing? Has something happened?"
Xie Changsheng glanced at the rearview mirror and scoffed, "Military personnel first, don't you understand?"
Su Meng felt awkward and glared at him before closing the glass window out of boredom.
The car moved slowly.
Three or four minutes later, they finally approached the ferry crossing.
A ferry was kicking up a spray of water as it sped away from the shore.
Her gaze fell upon Huo Zhenhua, who was standing at the stern of the ship.
That military green figure seemed to stand out the most among all the military green figures.
Especially his slender waist, which, in the wind-blown clothes, resembled the slender waist of a young girl, made her envious.
She unconsciously touched her own waist, which always felt fleshy and not as lean and firm as his.
Perhaps it was because her gaze was too direct, or perhaps... it was a meeting of minds.
Huo Zhenhua turned around sharply and met Su Meng's unabashedly scrutinizing gaze.
A smile slowly spread across his face as the corners of his lips curled up.
Xie Changsheng looked at Su Meng in the rearview mirror again, "Commander Huo is greeting you."
Su Meng snapped out of her daze, glanced at Xie Changsheng indifferently, and said in an unfriendly tone, "Comrade Xie, drive your car carefully."
You're being so nosy, you must live by the sea.
Xie Changsheng didn't take it seriously, turned to look at Huo Zhenhua, and said to Su Meng, "Comrade Su, I'm telling you with a man's intuition, he's scrutinizing us right now."
Especially their hostility towards me.
Haha! If looks could kill, I think I would have died a thousand times over.
"Luckily you were sitting in the back, otherwise I would have been terribly wronged."
He muttered to himself as he drove the car onto the ferry, not forgetting to give Su Meng a sarcastic look.
Su Meng rolled her eyes speechlessly, "Shut up!"
Didn't Huang Huaiying say that he was arrogant and looked down on us ordinary people? Why is he so talkative?
She thought she had met a fake Xie Changsheng.
Xie Changsheng twitched his lips, glanced at the dejected Su Meng, and continued, "You should have called back yesterday."
What is Sun Qiao anyway? She's just relying on the Nie family's power.
Girls should be a little feisty, otherwise your Huo brother will belong to someone else.
"..." Su Meng was speechless. She picked up a handkerchief, covered her face, and closed her eyes, pretending to sleep.
They weren't familiar with each other and didn't understand Xie Changsheng's gloating intentions.
On the other side, Grandma and Su Mianzhi were really worried after receiving the news that Su Meng had gone to the Zhou City Shipyard on a business trip.
There was no other reason than that Su Meng was a frail young girl who was going to Zhou City alone, and they were afraid that she would be bullied by the people at the shipyard because of her young age.
Ah Da immediately wanted to follow and protect him.
Xie Mian reached out to stop her, "She's going to do research, representing our military region's firearms research institute. I doubt they'd dare!"
The soldier who delivered the message also said, "Director Jiang arranged for a male comrade to come along, and Zhou City is just across the river."
Don't worry, Comrade Su will definitely be alright.
Grandma clasped her hands together and said, "I hope everything goes smoothly and safely!"
However, Su Meng's car was spotted as soon as it got off the ferry.
The floods had just passed, and there were very few vehicles and pedestrians hurrying along the streets of Zhou City.
Xie Changsheng frowned and looked at the person who had been following them in the rearview mirror. His voice was cold and stern. "Hold on tight! We're being watched."
Hearing this, Su Meng leaned forward and glanced at the bicycle that was chasing closely behind her. "Is it him?"
“It’s him! He’s been following us ever since we left the ferry terminal. I can’t believe it’s such a coincidence.” As he spoke, he forcefully turned the steering wheel. “Comrade Su Meng, is that someone you know?”
They passed three or four intersections, with the man on the bicycle wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat following behind them.
Su Meng stared at the person who followed closely behind, her delicate brows furrowed.
The thought that Su Mianzhi had been imprisoned for over ten years by an unknown man in black robes because of his ancestral green bead sent a chill down his spine, making his whole body feel cold.
Could this person also be after some beads?
She said uncertainly, "I don't know."
Apart from his exposed jawline and bronze skin, the man's facial features were completely concealed, making him appear quite mysterious.
"How far is the shipyard?" Su Meng thought that even the most audacious bandits wouldn't dare to break into the shipyard and kidnap people.
Xie Changsheng scoffed: "Are you scared? Don't worry! I'll definitely guarantee your safety."
Su Meng crossed her arms, leaned back in her chair, and snorted, "Who knows who will protect whom then?"
The jeep slowed down and passed through a fork in the road.
The bicycles behind them suddenly accelerated and blocked their way.
The man braced himself on one foot, holding the handlebars with the other, and turned the bicycle, whose wheels were spinning at high speed, ninety degrees to its side.
Then he lifted the brim of his hat, revealing a slightly upturned mouth and a hooked nose, arrogantly beckoned them with the middle finger, and strode away.
Xie Changsheng was stunned. "He's gone! He just left like that? He came to chase after you, didn't he?"
Su Meng seemed not to hear his voice, her gaze fixed on the man's waist.
He has a gun.
Who is he?
Recalling the half of the man's face that was exposed in his mind, the bluish marks left by the beard on his clean-shaven face were very obvious.
She had no memory of such a person.
"I don't know him! I've only been back in China for less than a month, who knows who he is? He might just be a madman."
A few minutes later, the flags finally came into view flying atop the shipyard's office building.
Su Meng breathed a sigh of relief and loosened her grip on the backpack strap.
Although she has the space to face challenges head-on, she fears being shot in the back and also worries about implicating her comrades.
The car came to a safe stop at the shipyard gate.
Xie Changsheng got out of the car first and went to the gatekeeper's office to negotiate.
Su Meng also opened the back door and got out of the car.
Just as she closed the car door, four bicycles suddenly emerged from a nearby alley.
Four young men rushed toward the shipyard entrance, shouting and surrounding Su Meng, whistling at her.
Their expressions were lewd, and they kept swearing.
Su Meng's face darkened as she glared coldly at the one who was shouting the loudest, and she threw out a silver needle.
At the same time, Xie Changsheng rushed over, shouting, "Get out! What are you doing in broad daylight? Call the police, call the police now!"
Immediately, the four scattered like birds and beasts.
The person who was hit by the silver needles rode for about fifty meters before collapsing to the ground.
He was so jubilant before, but now he's completely devastated.
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