"By the way, I've discussed it with your mother, and we'll submit the retirement application in the next couple of days. Once this matter is settled, it'll be approved. We're quite bored in our current positions, and all we do is argue with each other. We have to be very careful with what we say and do."
Today, this person is under investigation, and that person has been demoted. Some of them are about my age. We fought together for half our lives, and now, in our old age, they've ended up like this. Seeing them like this, we feel uneasy.
The rabbit mourns the fox's death.
We're tired too. We've dedicated half our lives to the country, and at this age, it's better to just retire and enjoy a few years of peace and quiet.
Qin Qinghuai hadn't expected them to come to their senses so quickly.
“Thinking that way isn’t wrong. Well then, I’ll leave Xiao Yi with you. Once things are settled here, he can take you over. With him around, we can feel more at ease.”
"No need. Even if they step down, the guards won't be withdrawn. Don't worry about it."
"Okay,"
Seeing that the old man had a plan in mind, Qin Qinghuai stopped worrying about it and, keeping track of the time, woke Jian Dan up after about an hour.
"Wife, wife, let's go hide the things first, and then we'll go back to sleep."
She had only slept for less than two hours, and was still groggy. The man carried her downstairs and placed her in the passenger seat. The early morning fog jolted her fully awake. Seeing the car lights coming on ahead...
"Have you two reached an agreement?"
Qin Qinghuai started the car.
"Dad's idea is to hide the gun and radio in a place they can't think of for the time being, and then hand them over to him. We don't need to worry about it after that. We'll head back as planned later."
A simple surprise. When you're away from home, you still long to go back. Whether you say it or not, she's already made that not-so-luxurious little house her home.
Okay, let's go home!
"By the way, why are you driving? Where's Fourth Brother?"
He glanced back briefly and saw that the back seat was empty before asking.
"I didn't call him, in a little while,"
Qin Qinghuai turned his head and smiled.
"Let's not take him. The view is better in the east of the city, and we can even watch the sunrise later."
Jian Dan's eyes lit up, and she looked at him with a smile.
"Brother, you actually know how to be romantic?"
Qin Qinghuai gently turned the steering wheel, looking at the sky that was beginning to lighten.
"Everyone says I'm quick-witted, but actually I'm not good with words. I can't say any sweet nothings to you. What I really want is to be with you in everything, whether it's sunrise, sunset, shopping, cooking, eating, or even just sitting quietly, taking a walk, like right now, with no one else around, just the two of us."
I hope to see you every time I open my eyes, and to hold you in my arms every night. We can talk, share our joys and sorrows, our everyday stories—we can share everything together.
As he spoke, he reached out his right hand and grasped her slightly cool hand.
"What I said, that we are husband and wife, that we are the most important people to each other, is my true feeling."
Parents and siblings are certainly important, but I know very well that my parents can only be with me for the first twenty-odd years, or even less, before their responsibilities are fulfilled.
Brothers and sisters can support each other, but now they all have their own families. In the future, they will still be brothers, but only relatives.
The one who will be with me until we grow old is you.
Qin Qinghuai looked at the still dark road ahead and smiled softly.
"For the first thirty years, I never thought I would meet someone who could make me fall in love at first sight."
I thought I should be introduced to someone by my parents, boss, or friends, just like my older brothers. So I never had any expectations for marriage and was even quite resistant to it. To be honest, going to Northeast China wasn't entirely without this reason.
But I really didn't expect that the moment I saw you and learned that you were Brother Chao's sister and not his boyfriend, my heart went through a rollercoaster ride. It plummeted to rock bottom and then soared to new heights. At that moment, I knew I was truly in love.
"Did we fail?"
Simply put,
"You seem quite reluctant to say it."
The couple showed no signs of nervousness about going back into the wolf's den, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
"You're wrong. I was more than willing. If I wasn't afraid Brother Chao would kick me out, I would have said back then that there were so many eligible young men in the village, and so many outstanding educated youths. I was just afraid that someone else would snatch you away."
"Really? I didn't realize you were thinking about this much back then?"
"If I make it too obvious, won't Brother Chao figure it out?"
"Haha, did you get beaten up later when your older brother found out?"
"I almost got saved by my sickly constitution, which I despise. Otherwise, Brother Chao wouldn't have held back. He dragged me around and lectured me for two hours, lecturing and threatening me, preparing countless tragic endings for me, as if afraid I would treat you badly."
Simple smile, her eyes crinkling.
"Then tell me, why did you dare to do it again back then?"
I remember that day you came to say goodbye to me, you'd already walked quite a distance, then you ran back?
Recalling the situation at the time, Qin Qinghuai couldn't help but laugh.
Looking back now, I was really brave back then.
When we first met, you looked so dashing and confident. I wondered if someone like me would even be a good match for you.
Later, when I found out she was Brother Chao's sister, I felt even more uncertain. Brother Chao knows me very well. Even if it were me, his own sister, I would definitely want to find someone who can protect her. Martial prowess should be the first hurdle. If I really want to protect her, I should at least have an advantage in martial arts, right?
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