Chapter 150 Returning to the capital, preparing for the competition...
Chapter 150
Commander Chen fell silent for a moment after hearing this. He didn't rush to give him the transfer order, but instead kept it in his office, saying, "One week."
"Xiao Han, I'll give you a week to give up."
As long as the appointment letter hasn't been issued, there's still a chance to back out at any time.
Qi Donghan frowned. He knew Commander Chen meant well, but this time he didn't refuse. Refusing too many times would easily damage their relationship.
After learning about the matter from Zhou Jingsong, Meng Yingying's expression turned somewhat somber.
When Qi Donghan returned that evening, she noticed something was off about his expression and asked, "Did you talk to Commander Chen?"
Qi Donghan nodded. "It's settled."
"However, although he agreed, he withdrew the transfer order, wanting to give me a chance to back out."
Or rather, it's a chance to regret it.
Meng Yingying nestled in his arms, gently wrapping her arms around his waist. "And you?"
"Qi Donghan, if it weren't for me, would you have gone to the capital?"
The question caused an immediate silence in the room, with only the crackling sound of the burning charcoal brazier filling the air.
Qi Donghan didn't answer the question, but simply stroked her soft hair, "It's late, go to sleep early."
Meng Yingying couldn't sleep, so she kissed Qi Donghan's chin.
In the darkness, her eyes shone exceptionally brightly, and held a resolute quality.
Qi Donghan had always been the one to compromise for her, and Meng Yingying thought she shouldn't have done that.
They had agreed to stay with him once they reached the top, instead of letting Qi Donghan sacrifice himself after they reached the top.
Lost in thought, Meng Yingying fell into a deep sleep. The next morning, she avoided Qi Donghan and went to find Commander Chen.
Her purpose was simple: "Uncle Chen, I'd like to ask, if we're just looking at Qi Donghan's career development, do you think he'd be better off staying with the team or going to the capital to develop his career?"
Commander Chen didn't expect Meng Yingying to come looking for him. In fact, when Commander Chen couldn't sleep at night, he had thought about going to see Meng Yingying alone.
Faced with Meng Yingying's question, he paused for a moment, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"That's the truth, of course."
“In the long run, he is better suited to stay in the capital. Xiao Han has no background or family connections. It would be difficult for him to get ahead in a place like the capital. Even if he did, he wouldn’t have a chance if he didn’t have connections at the top.”
“If he stays in Harbin, at best he'll take my place in the future; that's a certainty. Xiao Meng, since you're here, I'd like you to help me persuade him to stay in Harbin.”
"The capital is bustling, but that prosperity is something you can see but can't touch. It's better to stay in Harbin and station the team here. It may not be as good as the capital, but it's real and tangible."
“Xiao Han will stay here. I, Political Commissar Xiao, Zhou Jingsong, and even the people below will support him.”
This is Qi Donghan's territory, where the team is stationed in Harbin.
Once outside, one must conquer the world with bare hands.
The difference between the former and the latter is naturally significant.
After listening, Meng Yingying had already made her decision: "Has he submitted his transfer application?"
Commander Chen shook his head. "Not yet."
He took out the transfer letter and showed it to Meng Yingying.
Meng Yingying took it and looked at it for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Is it okay if I don't hand it in?"
Commander Chen nodded, "Okay."
“I was the one who helped him with this. It hasn’t been submitted to the capital yet, but there’s still time.”
The implication of these words couldn't be clearer.
After a moment of silence, Meng Yingying tore up the transfer letter that she hadn't yet submitted in front of Commander Chen.
"Okay, that's all."
Her voice was very decisive: "He will be stationed in Harbin."
Seeing her action, Commander Chen was genuinely shocked. "And what about you?"
He knew that Qi Donghan was thinking of asking him to help him get transferred to the capital, clearly for Meng Yingying's sake.
Meng Yingying smiled and said, "Wherever he is, that's where I will be."
“Uncle Chen.” Her eyes were gentle, yet also calm. “I can’t let Qi Donghan do everything for me forever. Sometimes when I make decisions, I have to consider him more.”
Commander Chen also expressed some regret, "What about your career?"
He knew that Meng Yingying was extremely talented in ballet.
Meng Yingying smiled calmly, "Uncle Chen, I'm twenty-seven, and I'll be twenty-eight after the new year. I can't dance ballet for much longer."
She's going to switch to coaching.
However, Meng Yingying was not actually very interested in being a coach.
She just wants to spend the rest of her life with the person she loves, living a simple and happy life.
"Therefore, it is not worth it for Qi Donghan to sacrifice his career to fulfill my wishes."
However, it doesn't seem like she sacrificed her career to fulfill Qi Donghan's wishes.
She reached the pinnacle of ballet at the highest institution of learning, and was just one international competition away from winning, which would completely fulfill her dance dream.
After listening, Commander Chen solemnly said to Meng Yingying, "Little Meng, thank you."
"Really, thank you."
Meng Yingying shook her head. "I am thanking you. Even though Qi Donghan is so willful, you didn't give up on him."
Commander Chen shook his head.
After leaving Commander Chen's office, Meng Yingying glanced back before arriving home.
When she arrived, Qi Donghan was already at home packing. She was going to the capital for a competition the next day, and Qi Donghan planned to go with her this time.
He took the transfer letter with him.
Let's start from the beginning.
Upon seeing Meng Yingying return, Qi Donghan beckoned her over, "See if I've forgotten anything."
Meng Yingying stood there looking at him without saying a word.
Qi Donghan shouted twice, stuffed all the clothes into the box, and then looked up and saw that Meng Yingying's expression was not right.
"What's wrong?"
Meng Yingying stepped forward and suddenly hugged him, "Don't bother tidying up."
Qi Donghan frowned, pulled Meng Yingying away, and asked in confusion, "But we're leaving tomorrow. If I don't pack, what will happen to the things in this house?"
"Stay."
Meng Yingying looked into his eyes and said, "Qi Donghan, you stay here and remain in Harbin to lead the team."
Qi Donghan's expression changed instantly, and his tone almost completely changed. He gritted his teeth and spat out each word, "Are you going to abandon me again?"
It's clear that Meng Yingying's departure five years ago left a deep shadow on Qi Donghan.
Meng Yingying shook her head, "How could that be?"
"Qi Donghan." She frowned, her gaze towards him carrying a hint of reproach. "Is that how you see me?"
Seeing her deny it, Qi Donghan asked in confusion, "Then what do you mean?"
Meng Yingying grabbed his wrist, squeezing so hard her nails turned white. "Don't you understand? Qi Donghan, do you really not understand?"
She smiled at him, her expression earnest, "This time, it's my turn to run to you."
Qi Donghan froze instantly, incredulous. "Are you crazy? You're running towards me? What about your dancing? What about your career?"
Meng Yingying said casually, "No, I'm not crazy."
"Qi Donghan, I'm twenty-seven, and I'll be twenty-eight at the beginning of the year. I've been to the highest ballet academy, seen the world's top geniuses, and I'm about to participate in an international ballet competition."
"But what happens after that?"
Meng Yingying murmured, "I've already reached the pinnacle of ballet, I don't need to go any further, but you need me."
She suddenly grabbed Qi Donghan's wrist. "You need me, right?"
"Qi Donghan, no one can be so selfish as to let another person keep making sacrifices, not even me."
"I can't keep wasting your feelings and watching you change for me."
"Qi Donghan, you just need to stand still." Meng Yingying looked up at him, emphasizing each word, "This time, let me run to you, okay?"
The north wind howled outside the window, and the room was eerily quiet.
Upon hearing Meng Yingying's words, Qi Donghan suddenly raised his hand and covered his eyes, his shoulders trembling slightly.
For the first time, that cold and serious man shed tears like a child.
Tears slid through her fingers and onto the back of her hand, landing with a thud on Meng Yingying's hand, burning her heart with a sharp pain.
Meng Yingying stepped forward and hugged him, gently calling out, "Qi Donghan."
Qi Donghan didn't want her to see him cry, so he wiped his tears with his hand before letting go, his slightly red eyes looking at Meng Yingying.
"Yingying, this is the first time in my nearly thirty years of life that I have been chosen by someone."
"A choice made with unwavering certainty by others."
In the past, Qi Donghan was always the one who was abandoned, no matter what.
Hearing this, Meng Yingying felt a sharp pang of sadness and heartache. She stepped forward and hugged Qi Donghan tightly, her hands repeatedly tracing the stubble in his hair. "Are you stupid?"
Are you stupid?
"If you don't want to go, then why did you ask Uncle Chen to help you find connections?"
“You want me to choose you.” At this point, Meng Yingying suddenly grabbed Qi Donghan’s chin, forcing him to look at her. “Then you have to tell me, Qi Donghan, you have to tell me your thoughts.”
“We are a couple, and we need to support each other, compromise, and make concessions. This is the most basic thing we do.”
"Instead of letting you make unnecessary sacrifices in secret."
"What if I hadn't gone to see Commander Chen? Would you really have come to the capital with me?"
Qi Donghan lowered his handsome eyebrows and eyes, his long, thick eyelashes covering his eyelids.
He has a good face shape, and even better features, with smooth lines and distinct angles.
Most importantly, despite being nearly thirty, he possesses a captivating and energetic charisma.
Meng Yingying touched it with great delight, unable to put it down.
His tone quickened as he spoke.
“Qi Donghan, I’m almost at the end of my career in ballet, but you’re not in the resident team yet.”
"So, I'll be relying on you for the rest of my life, you know that?"
"The higher you climb, the better my life will be."
This puts a different kind of pressure on Qi Donghan, but it won't make him feel pressured; instead, it will motivate him.
He needs the motivation to support his wife.
Qi Donghan lowered his hand and suddenly pulled her into his arms, his voice hoarse and incoherent, "I know."
"Yingying".
He lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead, from her eyebrows to her eyes, then to her nose, and finally to her lips. He paused for a moment, then said, "Yingying."
"sorry."
"Because of me, you have to come back."
They were both thinking of each other.
Qi Dong is fierce.
Meng Yingying was also one of them.
Meng Yingying went to meet him first, gently biting his lower lip, her tongue sweeping across his teeth with a hint of fierceness, yet also like soothing, "Where would I go if I didn't come back?"
"Qi Donghan, don't underestimate yourself." She raised her hand to stroke his stubble, her eyes gentle. "You are very important to me."
He was so important to her that when she reached the pinnacle of her career, she couldn't wait to come back to him.
This is what security is.
Only Qi Donghan could give her a sense of security.
Qi Donghan was delighted to hear this. His Adam's apple bobbed, and he pecked her lips. "You are in my heart too."
Qi Dong loved Meng Yingying more than he loved himself.
It also surpassed everything he had.
*
The news that Qi Donghan wasn't leaving first spread within a small circle. When Zhou Jingsong learned of this, he wasn't disappointed at all; on the contrary, he was quite happy.
In fact, Zhou Jingsong has the ability and talent to rise in rank, rather than needing his old friends to give up their positions for him.
So, upon learning of this, Zhou Jingsong immediately ran back to tell Zhao Yueru, "Yueru, don't cry."
Since learning that Meng Yingying and Qi Donghan were leaving their post in Harbin and settling in the capital, Zhao Yueru had been quite depressed.
Perhaps it's because I've become more sentimental since giving birth.
As a result, Zhao Yueru had been somewhat listless for the past few days, so much so that when Zhou Jingsong spoke to her, she was rather dispirited, asking, "What's wrong?"
"Old Qi won't leave."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yueru immediately jumped out of bed, her eyes widening in surprise. "What do you mean?"
She had just woken up; her hair was messy, but her skin was extremely fair, and her eyes were exceptionally large, giving her a kind of disheveled beauty.
This made Zhou Jingsong feel a little closer to her. He stepped forward and gently tidied Zhao Yueru's messy hair before slowly saying, "Don't rush."
"I only found out this morning that Lao Qi is not going to the capital; he will stay in Harbin to be stationed with the team."
At this point, he lowered his head and naturally kissed Zhao Yueru on the forehead, "Meng Yingying will stay in Harbin to be stationed with the team for him."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yueru was first stunned, then became somewhat angry, "What about my Yingying's future?"
She looks exactly like an old mother.
Watching his daughter give up her future for a man.
This reaction really baffled Zhou Jingsong. He thought Yue Ru would be happy after he brought it up.
After all, if Qi Donghan doesn't leave, Meng Yingying will come back.
It's natural for husband and wife to be one.
"Why are you unhappy?"
Zhou Jingsong scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.
"I hope Yingying stays, but I don't want her to give up her future to stay." Zhao Yueru didn't sleep anymore. She threw on a coat haphazardly and ran out. "I'm going to ask her how she can stay for a man?"
No one stayed for her!
Of course, I can't do it for her.
She ran so fast that Zhou Jingsong couldn't even hold her back.
Meng Yingying was woken up by the knocking on the door outside before she even got up. Her train was at 4:30 pm, so she rarely got to stay home for a while.
Hearing the urgent knocking on the door, she came out and was somewhat surprised to see Zhao Yueru.
Zhao Yueru raised an eyebrow. "You're not leaving?"
"Are you going to stay in Harbin to be stationed with the team for Qi Donghan's sake?"
Meng Yingying didn't expect Yue Ru to find out about the news so quickly, but then she thought about it and realized it made sense.
Once Qi Donghan started going to work, the truth could no longer be hidden.
She nodded and pulled Zhao Yueru into the house.
Zhao Yueru stormed into the house, and once inside, with no one else around, she gritted her teeth in anger, "Meng Yingying, you're really something! Such a bright future, such a promising future, and you just say you don't want it?!"
"You're giving up such a bright future for a man, what were you thinking?"
Meng Yingying let Zhao Yueru vent her anger until she finished, then poured her a glass of water. "Have a sip of water to calm down, don't let yourself get thirsty."
Zhao Yueru instantly lost her temper, like a deflated balloon.
"Yingying".
"I can't drink water."
“If I were your uncle, he would be furious if he knew that you gave up your future in the capital for Qi Donghan.”
Meng Yingying shook her head, "Yueru, my dad wouldn't do that."
Seeing Zhao Yueru's confusion, Meng Yingying said slowly, "I have one last international competition, and then I will come to the end of my career in ballet."
"Yueru, I'll be twenty-eight years old next year."
"How many more years do you think I can keep jumping?"
Even within performing arts troupes, finding someone over 25 is a major challenge. Not to mention, the ballet profession is even more demanding.
Zhao Yueru was taken aback for a moment, and then she subconsciously said, "Then you can stay in the capital."
"And then?" Meng Yingying looked up at her. "What would I be doing staying in the capital at my age? Becoming a coach?"
Zhao Yueru wanted to nod, but seeing that Meng Yingying seemed unhappy, she remained silent.
"Yueru, I find it difficult to teach others."
This is the essence.
Meng Yingying's path is almost impossible to replicate.
This is also the difference between her and Gu Xiaotang.
"Besides, without you and Qi Donghan in the capital, what would I be doing staying here?"
“Didn’t you say I stayed because of Qi Donghan?” Meng Yingying looked into her eyes. “No, it was also for you.”
Zhao Yueru's face flushed red instantly, feeling uncomfortably hot.
"Meng Yingying".
She called out his full name, "Don't say that! If you say that again, I'll cry!"
Meng Yingying smiled, pursing her lips, "Alright, alright, it's not for you, nor for Qi Donghan."
"Essentially, it's for my own sake, Yue Ru."
"My decision to stay is my own choice, and it has nothing to do with you or Qi Donghan."
Zhao Yueru paused for a moment, then stepped forward and hugged her. "Don't you regret it?"
No, it won't.
*
Meng Yingying took the afternoon bus. After comforting Zhao Yueru, Qi Donghan saw her off when she left.
However, when they arrived at the train station, Qi Donghan boarded the train with her.
This surprised Meng Yingying. "Weren't you supposed to be seeing me off? Why did you get in the car with me?"
"You're not going to work anymore?"
Qi Donghan grabbed her hand and put it in his pocket. "I want to watch you compete."
This was Meng Yingying's last match.
He wanted to stay with her.
The Central Ballet of Beijing.
Yang Jie has been extremely busy lately, as the date of the international ballet competition is drawing ever closer.
The contestants gradually arrived.
The arrangements and hospitality kept Yang Jie extremely busy, especially since these contestants were all truly geniuses.
As a result, these players are all very arrogant, and as soon as they arrive, they want to challenge and spar with others everywhere.
However, Yang Jie postponed them all, saying that the competition had not officially started yet.
Actually, no, it's Meng Yingying who didn't come.
So Yang Jie checked the calendar and said, "Let's go to the station and ask if Yingying is coming today."
She gave the order to Gu Xiaotang and Zhou Lanxiang. It's hard to imagine that these two have grown to the point where they can stand on their own.
Gu Xiaotang had been keeping an eye on Meng Yingying's movements, so she immediately replied, "Yingying will arrive this afternoon."
Hearing this, Yang Jie breathed a sigh of relief, "Go pick her up, go pick her up yourself."
"Tell her to go back to work as soon as possible."
Gu Xiaotang nodded and turned to get busy.
Zhou Lanxiang remained where she was, and Yang Jie handed her the list. "Go and double-check the list of all the participants who have arrived. If there are no problems, we will submit it to the organizing committee accordingly."
Zhou Lanxiang is better at this kind of interpersonal relationship and list exchange than Gu Xiaotang.
Zhou Lanxiang accepted it without hesitation, "Okay, Teacher Yang."
She called him Teacher Yang instead of Teacher.
In terms of identity, Yang Jie only had two apprentices, Meng Yingying and Gu Xiaotang.
However, Zhou Lanxiang was not jealous. For her, being able to have this kind of life today, being valued by Yang Jie and being allowed to take charge and start helping to manage the unit's affairs was a great achievement.
She is already very content.
There was no knife hanging over her head that could stab her at any moment, and no one was pressuring her from behind.
She can also dance to manage the people below her.
This was a life that Zhou Lanxiang had never dared to dream of before.
Seeing that Zhou Lanxiang and Gu Xiaotang had both left, Yang Jie stood there for a while, scratching her head and thinking about Meng Yingying, before continuing with her work.
Meng Yingying arrived at 3:40 PM. When she arrived, Gu Xiaotang was waiting for her at the station entrance. As soon as he saw Meng Yingying coming over...
Gu Xiaotang immediately jumped up and waved, "Senior sister, senior sister."
Meng Yingying saw it immediately, and she pulled Qi Donghan over, saying, "Little Tang."
As soon as Gu Xiaotang saw Meng Yingying, he started chattering, "Senior sister, you've finally arrived! You have no idea how arrogant those contestants are. They challenged us as soon as they arrived."
“We’re no match for them. I told them to wait for you to come back. As soon as they heard your name, they were like mice seeing a cat, and they immediately stopped being so arrogant.”
Meng Yingying smiled, pursing her lips, and patted Gu Xiaotang's shoulder, "It's not as exaggerated as you say."
"It really is, senior sister."
Gu Xiaotang said exaggeratedly, "Your name has already spread far and wide."
"So much so that they all say, this time we're not here to compete, we're here to challenge you."
Meng Yingying, "..."
Meng Yingying didn't believe her. "This is clearly an international competition, not a challenge against me."
She doesn't have such a big reputation.
Seeing that she didn't believe him, Gu Xiaotang didn't explain further, but waited until they returned to the Central Ballet Company.
As soon as Meng Yingying stepped in, she was stopped by a blonde, blue-eyed girl who asked in broken Chinese, "Are you Meng, Ying, Ying?"
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Author's Note: Only one more match left in the main story. Anyone interested in reading a side story? Let me know in advance!
Currently, the tentative content includes scenes depicting Yingying and Lao Qi's daily life, including episodes about pregnancy and childbirth, and episodes about their loving daily interactions.
And the mother, Song Fenfang.
Yingying took Lao Qi back to Mengjiatun to see her father, Meng Baichuan.
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