Chapter 10 Lu Tingxiao Picks Up a Knife to Cut Off Peach Blossoms
Because Lu Tingxiao was showing off the sweater knitted by his fiancée in the camp, the family compound was talking about Lu Tingxiao's fiancée. Zhou Liqing, the daughter of Political Commissar Zhou, who had just returned from a performance, happened to hear it. Zhou Liqing grabbed the arm of a sister-in-law and asked anxiously, "Who did you say had a fiancée?"
"We heard that Captain Lu Tingxiao has a fiancée. These past two days, Captain Lu has been showing off in the camp by wearing a sweater knitted by his fiancée!" the sister-in-law explained.
"How is this possible? How can he have a fiancée?" Zhou Liqing murmured, and then she ran home.
Seeing Zhou Liqing like this, the sisters-in-law who were chatting with her said inexplicably: "What is the relationship between Lu Tuan and you? Why can't he get engaged and have a fiancée?"
On the other side, Zhou Liqing ran home, opened the door, and saw Political Commissar Zhou eating. She came up and asked, "Dad, did you know that Captain Lu has a fiancée?"
"I know. What's the matter? Lu Tingxiao has already filed a marriage report, and his fiancée is currently undergoing a political review!" Political Commissar Zhou said.
"Dad... Captain Lu, why didn't you tell me when you filed the marriage report?" Zhou Liqing said angrily.
"What does Lu Tingxiao's marriage report have to do with you?" Political Commissar Zhou asked in confusion.
Zhou Liqing angrily shouted at Political Commissar Zhou: "How can it have nothing to do with me? I like him!"
"You..." Political Commissar Zhou was so angry that he almost suffocated.
"Qing'er, how can you talk like that? Look how angry your dad is. Can't you just say it nicely?" Political Commissar Zhou's wife happened to come out of the kitchen. Seeing that her daughter had made Political Commissar Zhou so angry that he almost couldn't breathe, she hurried to Political Commissar Zhou and, while trying to calm him down, spoke unhappily about Zhou Liqing.
"I don't care, Dad. Go and get Captain Lu's report back now and don't let him approve it!" Zhou Liqing said unreasonably.
"Nonsense, is the army owned by your family? You can do whatever you want. I don't have that much power. Besides, Lu Tingxiao's fiancée is currently undergoing a political review, and the results will be out soon. I can't interfere, and even if I can, I won't!" Political Commissar Zhou said.
"I don't care, you must bring the marriage report back!" Zhou Liqing said regardless.
"No, we can't get it. The marriage report is already in the hands of Commander Xie, and no one can take it back!" Political Commissar Zhou was so angry that he felt dizzy again.
Seeing Political Commissar Zhou's stubborn attitude, Zhou Liqing ran out of the house in anger to find Lu Tingxiao.
Lu Tingxiao opened the door and saw Zhou Liqing standing at the door with an angry look on her face. He frowned slightly and asked, "What's the matter?" Zhou Liqing snorted coldly and walked into the room, saying, "I heard that you have a fiancée?" Lu Tingxiao nodded calmly.
Zhou Liqing's eyes were red. "How could you do this? Can't you see my feelings for you at all?"
Lu Tingxiao said calmly, "What did you see? Are we familiar with each other? Just because you are interested in me, do I have to like you? You can't force feelings. Besides, I only love my fiancée. Who do you think you are?"
Zhou Liqing stamped her feet in anger, "How can I be inferior to her? Just because she can knit a sweater?"
Lu Tingxiao's eyes turned cold. "This is not about knitting sweaters. I really like her, but I only have ordinary comradely feelings for you. Besides, you are not as pretty as my fiancée, not as clever as my fiancée, and not as talented as my fiancée. What can you compare with her?"
Zhou Liqing wanted to say something else when footsteps were heard outside the door. Lu Tingxiao's orderly, Wang Zhendong, came to him and said, "Captain, Commander Xie wants to talk to you about something important. He wants you to come right away!"
"Okay, I'll be there right away!" After saying that, he turned to Zhou Liqing and said, "Comrade Zhou, I hope you won't come to see me in the future. You've caused me a lot of trouble. If my fiancée comes and sees me, I'm afraid she'll misunderstand me. You better take care of yourself!"
"Let's go!" Lu Tingxiao closed the door and said to Wang Zhendong, then left without looking back.
Zhou Liqing looked at Lu Tingxiao's back, gritted her teeth, turned around and ran away crying.
The sunlight shines through the window into Teacher Xie’s spacious and tidy office, and the room is filled with the faint scent of tea. At this moment, Teacher Xie was sitting in front of his desk with a serious face, tapping the table lightly with his fingers. After a while, there was a knock on the door, and then the door was pushed open. Lu Tingxiao, who was tall and handsome, walked in with steady and powerful steps, and saluted respectfully to Commander Xie.
"Come on, Xiao Lu, please sit down." Commander Xie raised his hand slightly and gestured. After Lu Tingxiao sat down, Commander Xie cleared his throat and said, "I asked you to come here today because I wanted to talk to you about some of the problems encountered during Comrade Jiang Ruoxi's political review. Originally, you were supposed to participate in the investigation of this political review, but considering that you and Comrade Jiang Ruoxi are an unmarried couple, in line with the principle of avoiding suspicion, and because you just came back and participated in the rescue mission, I started to have someone investigate. During the investigation, I found that Comrade Jiang Ruoxi might be the child of a certain leader of the Beijing Military Region. Now the higher-ups have issued a task for you to assist in the investigation. You have been temporarily seconded to the Beijing National Security Bureau, and you will be directly under the command of the Director of the National Security Bureau. Moreover, this mission may be quite dangerous. Can you complete it?"
"Commander, I will definitely complete the mission!" Lu Tingxiao stood up, stood at attention, and saluted Commander Xie.
"Okay, I'm counting on you!" After saying that, Commander Xie picked up a document from the table and handed it to Lu Tingxiao. Lu Tingxiao took the document and began to read it carefully. As he read more, his brows gradually furrowed and his eyes became more solemn. It turned out that there were some unclear and even contradictory contents in Jiang Ruoxi's political review materials, which caused considerable trouble to her review work.
Lu Tingxiao knew that this matter was not simple, so he decided to leave for Beijing immediately. After arriving at the Beijing National Security Bureau, he went directly to meet the director of the National Security Bureau. The director handed him all the information he had at hand, including some photos and documents that might contain clues to Jiang Ruoxi's background.
Lu Tingxiao studied the information carefully and found that in one of the old photos, there was a young woman holding a baby and a man who looked like a soldier standing next to her. The woman looked somewhat similar to Jiang Ruoxi.
He followed this clue and found an old man who lived in the suburbs of Beijing at that time. The old man recalled that a couple once lived here for a period of time, but then left in a hurry for unknown reasons.
While Lu Tingxiao was running around investigating, the person who stole Jiang Ruoxi did not give up. He instigated Jiang Daguo to secretly follow Lu Tingxiao, and after learning the direction of his investigation, he unexpectedly found some witnesses first and tried to tamper with the evidence. But in the end, he was caught by the National Security Bureau personnel, who cooperated with Lu Tingxiao and arrested him.
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