Chapter 77 Entrustment

"What happened?"

Liu Cuiying originally wanted to talk about this at home, but unexpectedly Ji Duo's tall figure appeared on the next floor.

She then remembered that Lin Qiao was also in the car, "It was the car that their school took to take the college entrance examination. Something happened on the way back!"

"Where are the people in the car? Are they okay?" Ji Duo's voice was relatively calm.

But it was a little faster than usual.

"I don't know." Liu Cuiying was confused for a moment when she heard him ask, "I just heard that they are all in the Renai Hospital, and they asked them to go back to the car."

Then he said with annoyance, "Why did I come back without asking clearly?"

Ji Duo said nothing more and strode downstairs.

Liu Cuiying also rushed into the house, "Lao Liang, Lao Liang, quickly call your driver! Something has happened to the soldier!"

It turned out that Brigade Commander Liang was squatting on the toilet because he was holding his breath. "Wait a moment, I'll be out right away!"

"It's already so late and you're still going to the toilet!" Liu Cuiying was extremely anxious.

Brigadier General Liang hurriedly pulled up his trousers, while Ji Duo appeared at the gate of the courtyard. "I called a car, sister-in-law, come with me."

"Xiao Ji is still reliable." Liu Cuiying immediately left Brigade Commander Liang and went out. Soon Brigade Commander Liang followed her out.

The three of them took Ji Duo's car to Ren Ai Hospital and saw the school's bus used to pick up people from a distance.

From the front, the crash was not serious, except that the hood was opened and parts fell all over the ground. I don't know if it was rear-ended. There was no one in the car, but there were a lot of people in the hospital lobby not far away, and I could see a few young faces.

As soon as the car stopped, Liu Cuiying got out and ran towards the hospital entrance, "Soldier! Army Liang!" Brigade Commander Liang followed closely behind.

Before I could shout a few times, a familiar head popped out from the hospital, "Mom, why are you here? And Dad."

"How could I not come when something so serious happened?" Liu Cuiying looked her son up and down, and only heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that nothing was wrong. "You scared me to death."

"What can happen to me?" The soldier was always heartless, and even his own mother saw through it and felt a little embarrassed.

"Where is Lin Qiao?" Ji Duo was tall, with long legs and big strides. In fact, he arrived one step earlier than Liu Cuiying.

The soldier wanted to call her "Master's Wife" but when he met her dark eyes, he swallowed his words and said, "Inside."

Ji Duo said nothing and strode inside.

There were more people inside, and it was even more chaotic. Ji Duo had a good memory, and he even saw a girl from Lin Qiao's class sitting on a chair in the corridor crying, "I, I'm sorry, Teacher Lin..." Hearing this made him feel even more depressed.

"Is Lin Qiao in there?" His eyes fell on the closed door of the clinic.

The voice was so cold that the other person stopped crying immediately. "Yes, it's inside..."

Ji Duo said nothing more, pushed the door open, and walked in with such force as if he was going to be judged, "Qiao Qiao!"

When Lin Qiao turned around, she was met with a face full of worry, tension and anger.

A face that usually shows no emotion now changes expression drastically.

She was startled, and Ji Duo, who was tense all over, was also startled, "Are you okay?"

As if he didn't believe it, he quickly stepped forward and looked her up and down, left and right, "Are you hurt anywhere?"

"Why am I injured?" Lin Qiao was confused by the look.

This reaction did not seem forced. Ji Duo loosened his hand on her shoulder and frowned, "Didn't you say that the car for the exam had an accident?"

"Something happened," Lin Qiao said. "It lost its anchor halfway through the journey and couldn't be fixed. I had no choice but to let the students get off and wait for other cars to come back and pick them up."

"Then why are you here?" Ji Duo's voice was still tense.

Lin Qiao turned around and glanced at a girl next to her. "She was too nervous and had a stomach spasm. I'll bring her over to get an IV."

The girl was indeed holding her stomach, her face pale with pain, and she shuddered inexplicably when she saw Ji Duo looking at her.

The air suddenly became quiet. After a while, Ji Duo's expression returned to its usual calmness and composure. "I'm glad you're okay."

The words were calm, but when had Lin Qiao ever seen him so panicked?

It was then that Lin Qiao noticed that the man's shirt, which he usually buttoned up, was half-open, revealing the camouflage vest that stuck to his tight muscles. Only four buttons were buttoned from top to bottom, and the hem of the shirt was completely loose, not neatly tucked into his military pants as usual.

And he, a veteran cadre who always appeared stern and cold in public, was so open all the way without anyone noticing.

Lin Qiao's mood suddenly became a little complicated.

She knew without asking that the man must have thought something had happened to her and that was why he rushed over.

She knew without asking that during his journey here, anxiety and worry had overwhelmed all his calmness and rationality.

Otherwise, if he had paid a little more attention, he would have discovered that there was nothing wrong with the school bus.

Otherwise, with his patience, even if he only put on half of his clothes, he would still have time to button them up and tidy up his appearance.

Lin Qiao pursed her lips, pulled the man's shirt over and buttoned it for him.

Ji Duo then noticed his own appearance and his face froze. He wanted to take over and tie it up quickly himself, but when he saw Lin Qiao's hair exposed when he lowered his head, he stopped again.

After more than a year of marriage, this seemed to be the first time that Lin Qiao helped him button his shirt.

The action was not gentle, but it was intimate enough and enough to soothe his anxious heart.

Seeing Lin Qiao tie her clothes neatly, Ji Duo was about to say something when Liu Cuiying knocked on the door and poked her head in from the crack. "Little Ji, I was wrong. It wasn't a car accident. It was a car breakdown."

Ji Duo raised his eyes and found that the girl in Lin Qiao's class was secretly looking at them, but when she saw him looking at her, she quickly looked away.

He didn't say anything else, and replied to Liu Cuiying, "I understand." He tucked his shirt in place and asked Lin Qiao, "How long will you be here?"

Lin Qiao glanced at the hanging water bottle and said, "It will take about an hour. I have already found a way to notify her parents."

The girl's parents arrived very quickly as expected, and came along with the bus that came from the school to pick them up.

Lin Qiao handed the girl over to her parents. When she went out and saw another crying girl, she consoled her by saying, "It's okay. You just didn't do well in one subject. I remember you're good at biology. We'll bring you back tomorrow."

After all this time, I failed to perform normally. I feel so sorry for Lin Qiao's teaching over the past year...

It was also because Ji Duo was too anxious at the time. Even if he had listened to a few more sentences, he would not have had such a misunderstanding.

Except for the girl who was receiving the IV drip, Lin Qiao checked the number of people who came, closed the car door, and went back to school.

Ji Duo was sitting in a jeep not far away. When the bus started, he started too.

Liu Cuiying and Brigade Commander Liang went back in his car just like they did when they came. On the way, Brigade Commander Liang scolded Liu Cuiying, saying that she was so jumpy without even hearing clearly.

When the bus stopped at the school gate, Lin Qiao went through the students one by one and handed them over to their parents who were already waiting there. For those whose parents did not come to pick up their children, they arranged for at least two people to go home together and reminded them to go to bed early as they had an exam the next day.

Ji Duo asked Xiao Fang to send Liu Cuiying, Brigade Commander Liang and the soldiers back first, while he waited aside and walked back with Lin Qiao in the cover of night.

Neither of them spoke on the way home, but when Lin Qiao returned home, she found a familiar dish of braised prawns on the kitchen table.

It is placed on a white porcelain plate, tender and moist. Although it is cold, it still exudes an alluring aroma.

She couldn't help but look back at the man.

Ji Duo lagged behind her by a few steps and just walked in after locking the gate. He walked in with steady steps and a serious face, his shirt tucked neatly into his military pants. He didn't look like the wolf that he was in the hospital before at all.

When the two of them started their married life in this small courtyard with different thoughts in mind, she could not see that he would be the one to pick up the spatula in the end.

Lin Qiao curled her eyes and said, "Although it's a blunder, I'm a little happy to see you in the hospital today."

People's reactions in emergency situations are unpredictable. Ji Duo lost his composure like that, which clearly showed that he cared about her more than she thought.

Lin Qiao has always been frank and would not pretend to be blind because of that little grudge. When she saw the man's appearance in the hospital, she was indeed moved.

It would be hard for any girl not to be moved when she sees a usually calm and composed man losing his composure like that.

Ji Duo obviously didn't expect her to say that suddenly. He was slightly stunned, but quickly took another step forward and put his arms around her.

Because the movements were a bit hasty and the embrace was too tight, Lin Qiao fell forward half a step, and her head even hit the man's chin.

Ji Duo seemed to be unaware of it, and just raised his hand to rub her, "Can we take off the blanket now?"

His tone was very serious, and this time it was Lin Qiao who was stunned.

She leaned back to distance herself from him and looked at his expression. "Are you going to push your luck so quickly?"

The man looked calm, as if she wasn't talking about him. "It's okay if you don't want to withdraw. I respect your choice."

At worst, I can just wait until she falls asleep and then carry her over, right?

This man is definitely not the type to passively take a beating. As soon as he gets the slightest opportunity, he will try to take the initiative and recapture some of the city.

But if he only knew how to flatter, he wouldn't be himself, and it would be even more impossible for Lin Qiao to feel attracted to him at first.

Sometimes it's more fun to be a little more aggressive. Lin Qiao raised her hand to pinch the man's chin, and leaned forward with her red lips, "Do you want to remove the quilt?"

The ends of the eyes are raised, between the lips

The distance between them is just a thin line, and they can hear each other's breathing.

Ji Duo's eyes darkened, and just as his Adam's apple moved, Lin Qiao pushed him away, "You wish."

Although I am moved, the problem remains.

She turned around and turned on the rice cooker. Seeing that there was rice in it, she quickly served herself a bowl.

If she doesn't eat something, she'll be starving to death. She has to go to bed early at night and accompany her students to the college entrance examination tomorrow. How can she have the time to argue with him here?

Ji Duo didn't say anything else and took his apron. "I'll cook two more dishes."

A dish of cauliflower and a dish of stir-fried pork with green peppers are quick dishes that can be prepared in a short time. Men have learned to cook many home-cooked meals.

Lin Qiao took two bites of rice before he remembered something and asked Ji Duo, "Why did I see you were a little angry in the hospital?"

"Yu Wu confessed this afternoon." Ji Duo did not hide the chill in his voice at all. "I'm afraid they will become desperate and attack you."

Now that I think about it, he was also too concerned.

The Yu family has already lost Yu Wu, and now they don't want to find a way to get him out or clean up their mess. How stupid are they to rush in and give them another handle?

Sure enough, the dumbest one in the Yu family was squatting inside, not outside.

Before the old man of the Yu family could even catch his breath when he heard that he had confessed, he could no longer bear the pressure and confessed who helped him fake the suicide.

Of course he didn't tell the complete truth, as he was still hoping that his father would kick him out, but it would be better to just tell the truth directly.

Because the person he confessed was his eldest brother, Yu Jin's father.

When the old man of the Yu family heard this, he fainted from anger on the spot and wished he had never given birth to this son.

I have never seen anyone drag their own family members in there. Even if it was him, he was in such a high position and his health was not good, so those who wanted to interrogate him would have to think twice. But that idiot insisted that he was his eldest brother. Once this person went in, how could he be released without confessing something?

Sure enough, a few days after the eldest son of the Yu family was imprisoned, people from the Disciplinary Inspection Commission got involved, and the old man of the Yu family was admitted to the emergency room that night.

The person was rescued, but half of his body was not working properly and he couldn't speak clearly. He was so anxious that he lay on the bed with his eyes wide open.

But his eldest daughter-in-law came to the hospital to cry, "How did his eldest brother let him down? He wanted to hurt him like this. If I had known he was such an ungrateful person, I should have stopped..."

Before he could finish his words, the old man of the Yu family was so angry that he pulled down the hanging bottle, and the glass shattered all over the floor.

Seeing that she could no longer rely on him, Yu Jin's mother had no choice but to turn to the Song family again, hoping that the Song family would help for the sake of the two children.

Song Jing's parents agreed verbally and comforted her, but they became worried after sending her away.

"What can I do? If I had known that Yu Jin was like this and that something like this had happened to the Yu family, I should have chosen Ji Ze instead."

Although Ji Ze is no longer in the army, he is still alive and well. His father Ji Jun is not very successful, but he is not bad. As long as the old man of the Ji family is still around and Ji Duo is still around and willing to protect his only nephew, Ji Ze's life will be better than the Yu family, which is in a precarious situation.

But who could have imagined that the Yu family seemed to be doing well, with many children and grandchildren, and obviously a lot of help, but three of them were lost in a flash.

Now the old man of the Yu family is also paralyzed, and Yu Jin's mother has made demands on them, so this marriage is simply a complete loss.

"How about I go look for Ye Minshu again?" Song's mother asked tentatively, "She's been in a bad situation recently, I'll go and comfort her. Besides, doesn't she still have something on us?"

"Can't you just be quiet?" Before Song's father could say anything, Song Jing had already stood up.

Ever since Yu Jin got into trouble, she has become exceptionally silent. Song's father and mother have been worried recently and don't pay much attention to her.

Unexpectedly, it would have been fine if she didn't say anything, but as soon as she opened her mouth she started to talk back at them.

Song's mother frowned, "What do you mean by restless? Aren't we doing this all for you?"

"For me, I have to weigh how much I am worth and sell it to whoever can offer the highest price."

Song Jing wanted to sneer, but tears fell as soon as she opened her mouth. "I am also an independent person and a college student. Can't I follow my own path like Lin Qiao?"

When the country girl first came to Yandu, she was obviously shabby, but over the past year or so, she had made suggestions, won gold awards, and was admitted to Tsinghua University as a graduate student on an exceptional basis. She had already become the person she envied the most.

As for her, her family background and knowledge seemed to be just a layer of packaging, just to enable her to sell at a better price.

Sometimes when she ran into Lin Qiao at school, she would feel embarrassed when she saw Lin Qiao's confident and calm face, and she was a little afraid to let Lin Qiao see her.

Song Jing wiped the tears from her face and said, "You don't have to worry. I have already contacted a school in the south."

"What do you mean?" Song's father and mother were both shocked.

Song Jing calmed down, "With all the commotion, I definitely can't stay in Yandu anymore. It just so happens that the south is in need of teachers who are good at Mandarin." She smiled, "I have a classmate who is from the south. He graduated early this year like me. We both sent our resumes there, and they agreed to accept us."

What Ji Ze, what Yu Jin? She is only 23 years old this year, why should she frame her life with marriage at such an early age?

Lin Qiao is still married to Ji Duo, so isn't he still shining in his own field and living a colorful life?

Song Jing was determined to leave, and had her household registration and introduction letter opened in advance and hidden with her classmates. Song's father and mother tried to stop her, but in the end they failed.

The day the train took her to her new life was Gu Shaoping's death anniversary. It was the first time that Lin Qiao accompanied Ji Duo to pay tribute to his friend.

"He murdered someone and fled, and covered up his crime. Yu Wu was already 16 years old that year, and he could not escape the death penalty."

Gu Lao stroked the tombstone with his age-spotted fingers. "The old man of the Yu family is paralyzed, but he still has his children and grandchildren. He is always worried and can't rest in peace even when he is lying on the hospital bed. And as for those who bullied your sister, Grandpa will help your sister get back. You... you can rest assured."

At the end of the sentence, I was still choked with sobs.

Su Zheng poured a glass of wine in front of the tombstone, "It's been fourteen years, and I finally avenged you. You..." He raised his head and blinked hard, "You are always fifteen years old, you shouldn't drink, right?"

Ji Duo was always introverted, so he didn't show anything. He just held Lin Qiao's hand and said, "This is my wife, Qiao Qiao."

After a pause, he asked, "Isn't it nice to be the first one among the brothers to get married?"

In front of her, the most he could say was "not ugly", but in front of his childhood friend, he could say it in a nice way.

Lin Qiao couldn't help but glance at the man, and Su Zheng heard it, with disgust in his eyes.

Ji Duo looked normal. "He is also very smart. Not only did he win the gold medal at the invention and creation exhibition, but he also got admission as a graduate student at Tsinghua University as an exception."

"He normally wouldn't say this, so he comes here to praise his wife?" Su Zheng whispered to Mr. Gu.

But Mr. Gu understood, "He wants Shao Ping to know that he is living a good life and has a good lover, so he doesn't need to worry."

The friendship of youth is the deepest. The two children have been carrying the blame for so many years. Now that the truth has come out, it’s time for them to put down their burden.

Besides, Xiaoduo is a really good daughter-in-law. If he hadn't been unlucky and was afraid of bringing trouble to others, he would have wanted to adopt her as his goddaughter.

After coming out of the cemetery, Lin Qiao discovered that there was a brown paper bag on the back seat of the jeep.

She thought it was some document the man needed, so she picked it up and handed it to Ji Duo, but Ji Duo opened the paper bag in front of her.

"These are some photos of me when I was a kid," Ji Duo said. "I had nothing to do just now, so I asked Xiao Fang to go to the old house to get them."

"When you were a child?" Lin Qiao was really curious.

She had a photo in her hand before and always thought it was of this man, but she didn't expect it to be Ji Ze's. No wonder he took the photo away with an excuse later.

Unexpectedly, when something fell down, a little girl with red dots on her face and hair poking out of her head fell out first.

"Who is this?" It looked so much like the photo of the original body when he was a child that Lin Qiao couldn't help but pick it up.

After she finished speaking, she realized that Ji Duo's expression was a little strange, and took the photo from her hand, "Our mother pretended to be wrong."

Lin Qiao is not stupid, so how could he not react? "Could this be you?"

Ji Duo didn't say anything, but silence was tacit agreement. Lin Qiao couldn't help laughing, "It really is you. Show me again."

She grabbed the man's hand. Ji Duo had no choice but to take out the photo again.

If you look closely, you can still see some similarities, except that the people were smaller at the time and did not have the serious look they later had.

However, this is the only photo that shows a huge smile. The others are relatively normal, and their expressions are not very serious. Some are laughing heartily, while others have beaming eyes.

"Wasn't you like this when you were a child?" Lin Qiao couldn't help but pick up one and put it next to the man's face for comparison.

"That's not the case," Ji Duo let her compare, "Isn't Mr. Gu talking to you?

Did you? I was a bully in the compound when I was a kid. "

"Is it really so?" Lin Qiao couldn't imagine it.

Ji Duo found a photo for her, showing a man about twelve or thirteen years old, aiming a gun.

Lin Qiao couldn't help but lower his voice, "Real guy?"

Ji Duo nodded, "I haven't missed a beat since I was twelve years old."

The man said this lightly, but he was so brave and naughty when he was young, as he dared to touch a real thing at such a young age.

"Then what happened to you later..." Lin Qiao asked halfway when he realized what was going on.

Only changes in life can change a person with an outgoing and overbearing personality into the stable and self-controlled person he is today.

I fell from a height, was sent down with my parents, and witnessed the unexplained death of my friend...

Ji Duo is a very responsible and loyal person. He has probably already regarded everything about the Gu family as his own responsibility.

Sure enough, Ji Duo pulled out a few more group photos, which included him, Su Zheng, and a strange boy.

"Fourteen years." The man stroked the familiar smiling face with his fingertips.

In the past, he carried Gu Lao and Shaozhen and Shaoping on his shoulders, but from now on, he will only carry the country and her on his shoulders.

When Lin Qiao raised her eyes, she met the man's gaze that was fixed on her.

Ji Duo put all the photos she had seen into a bag and handed it to her, "You will keep it from now on."

I don’t know whether what was entrusted to me was a photo or his future life.

Lin Qiao felt that his hand was a bit heavy, but after a moment's hesitation, he did not push it back. "Then I'll keep it for you for the time being."

"Yeah." The man kept looking at her quietly and raised his hand to touch her temples.

When he put down the quilts at night, he only put down a big one, and then looked at Lin Qiao.

Lin Qiao said nothing, just raised his eyebrows.

He put the quilt back as if nothing had happened.

The next day, Lin Qiao officially reported to National Tsing Hua University and was introduced by his tutor to his assistant and several senior students who were preparing to take his postgraduate examination next semester.

Some people thought she was a junior who was picked by Professor Zhang and brought in early. They didn't expect that she was the youngest but was a grade higher than all of them.

Zhang Changning is a bit confused in life, but very serious in scientific research. He hardly gives people time to greet them before getting down to business.

On the other hand, Ji Duo was called over by his superior as soon as he arrived at the military camp in the morning.

Brigade Commander Ding was a few years older than Brigade Commander Liang. He had deep wrinkles on his forehead and nasolabial folds. Like Ji Duo, he had a serious expression and didn't like to talk nonsense. When he saw him, he got straight to the point. "The front line is about to rotate again. You should know that, right?"