"Marshal Fu is not here, may I ask who you are?"
The soldier who answered the phone was obviously stunned when he heard Jiang Jingyu's voice.
"Where did he go? Is he in the military area?"
Jiang Jingyu didn't bother to explain her identity and hurriedly asked about Fu Yunxiao's whereabouts.
"No, if you have anything to say, please tell me first and I will convey it to you."
"No, thank you."
Jiang Jingyu hung up the phone. She knew that asking further would yield no results. As the commander-in-chief of the Military Control Commission, Fu Yunxiao's whereabouts had always been kept secret.
"Miss Jiang, what happened? Is the Marshal in the military area?"
Uncle Fu, who had been standing by, saw that Jiang Jingyu looked unhappy, and his heart sank.
Jiang Jingyu shook her head: "It's okay, I have some private matters to discuss with him, let's talk about it when he comes back."
Afraid that Uncle Fu, at his age, would worry about uncertain things, Jiang Jingyu lied casually.
Uncle Fu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss Jiang, if you have any questions, please tell me first. I will do my best to solve it for you!"
"Uncle Fu, go and do your work. I'll wait for him to come back."
Jiang Jingyu sat down on the sofa in the living room. In order not to worry the housekeeper, she took a book to read. She seemed to be reading a book while sitting on the sofa, but her mind had already flown away and stayed on that page. She would look up to the door every once in a while.
Anyone could see her anxiety at this moment.
The housekeeper wanted to say something several times but stopped himself in the end. He just asked someone to bring the fruit plate and snacks to Jiang Jingyu and waited with her for Fu Yunxiao to come back.
Jiang Jingyu sat in the living room, waiting from sunset to dusk but still didn't see Fu Yunxiao, and she felt more and more uneasy.
Unable to sit still any longer, she stood up and went to the door. However, apart from a few pedestrians on the road, there was no sign of any cars.
This went on back and forth, and when Jiang Jingyu came back to the door for the fifth time, the housekeeper finally couldn't help but speak.
"Miss Jiang, has something happened to the Marshal?"
Jiang Jingyu, the housekeeper, didn't blink, and there was a slight tremor in his voice that he himself didn't even notice.
Jiang Jingyu also saw the fear in Uncle Fu's eyes and hurriedly comforted him, "Uncle Fu, don't think too much. Fu Yunxiao will be fine. Wait a little longer, he will be back soon."
"Right, right! Look at my bad mouth! The Marshal usually comes home very late, how could something possibly happen to him? He must have been delayed by something!"
Uncle Fu comforted Jiang Jingyu while comforting himself, and prayed in his heart that Fu Yunxiao would return safely.
Jiang Jingyu and the housekeeper could not hide their anxiety on their faces, and the servants were also worried when they saw this. It was clearly time to rest, but they did not leave and waited together for Fu Yunxiao to come back.
"Miss Jiang, please wait here. I'll go out and take a look!"
Seeing that Jiang Jingyu was about to get up again, the housekeeper hurriedly stopped her, turned around and walked out of the living room quickly, looking at the door to see if there was Fu Yunxiao.
"Miss Jiang, you haven't eaten since you came back. Would you like to eat something first?"
The nanny who spoke was from the same hometown as Jiang Jingyu. After Jiang Jingyu came to the Marshal's Mansion, she had been responsible for Jiang Jingyu's diet.
"No need, Aunt Liu, I'm not hungry yet."
Jiang Jingyu forced a smile and then looked outside the door.
The housekeeper had only been out for a while, but Jiang Jingyu seemed to have been waiting for three years, feeling restless and finally pacing back and forth in the yard.
The butler's trip was finally successful. He saw two headlights of a car shining towards him from a distance.
The butler was delighted and hurried over to greet it. After he got closer and confirmed that it was the Marshal's car, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The driver slowed down the car the moment he saw the butler, and stopped the car when the butler came up.
"Marshal, is the Marshal back?"
The moment the front and rear windows were rolled down, the housekeeper's anxious voice came in.
Fu Yunxiao opened the car door and got out from the back seat: "Uncle Fu? Didn't you say you don't have to wait for me to come back? Why are you..."
Before Fu Yunxiao could finish his words, the butler grabbed his arm and looked him up and down.
"Marshal, you're finally back? What's with all this blood? Where are you injured?"
The housekeeper asked three questions in a row, like an old father who was worried about his family.
"I'm fine, the blood belongs to someone else."
Fu Yunxiao explained.
"That's good, that's good! Marshal, please go back quickly. Miss Jiang has been waiting since this afternoon and is so worried about you!"
The butler pulled Fu Yunxiao's arm and walked towards the Marshal's Mansion. This time he really did not lie to the Marshal. He saw how worried Miss Jiang was about the Marshal. If the Marshal asked for details again, he would definitely be able to give him a list of everything!
As the butler expected, Fu Yunxiao asked for details.
"Worried about me? Didn't she go to school?"
"Yes, Miss Jiang came back at noon today. She looked a little unwell. As soon as she saw me, she asked where the Marshal had been. She even called the military district to inquire about his whereabouts!"
"Ever since Miss Jiang came back, she's been waiting for the Marshal. I don't know how many times she's walked this path from the living room to the front door. And, Miss Jiang also..."
The housekeeper blah blah, recounting in one breath all that Jiang Jingyu had done from noon till now, adding more details.
"Really? How can you be so clingy?"
Fu Yunxiao was scolding him, but the corners of his mouth were stretched to his ears. If he had a tail, it would have been sticking up at this moment!
He came back directly from prison and did not return to the military district office. He was not aware that Jiang Jingyu had called to ask about his whereabouts.
The butler talked a lot, and finally shut up when his throat was about to smoke.
Fu Yunxiao did not explain to him where he had been today. The corners of his mouth curled up, and the housekeeper's words just now kept echoing in his mind. In order to see Jiang Jingyu as soon as possible, he even quickened his pace unconsciously.
Once Fu Yunxiao's long legs, which were longer than his life, quickened their pace, the butler could not catch up with him even at a jog. In addition, the butler had been worried all afternoon, going back and forth to the door to inquire about the news, and his legs were almost broken.
Seeing that he couldn't catch up, he simply slowed down his pace and followed slowly behind.
Fu Yunxiao walked towards the living room without stopping. When he walked through the long courtyard and came to the pond surrounded by bamboo, he saw the familiar figure.
Jiang Jingyu was pacing back and forth in the yard with her back to him.
Fu Yunxiao, who saw it with his own eyes, immediately exuded a sense of joy.
He walked lightly and quietly approached Jiang Jingyu. The restless Jiang Jingyu was immersed in her own thoughts, but Dongdongyao, the leader of the CP, deliberately did not remind her.
She didn't even notice Fu Yunxiao coming behind her.
Fu Yunxiao followed her steps and finally stopped behind her.
"I heard from the butler that you have been waiting for me?"
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