Chapter 132 Chapter 132 The Truth

"The child just had some scratches on his hands, no other injuries on his body. But he still needs to be hospitalized for two days for observation, and the blood test results will be available tomorrow."

The doctor examined Lu Yannan and made a diagnosis.

"Doctor, was the child drugged before he fainted?" Xia Junshan asked.

"This needs further testing and analysis after the blood test results come out."

Xia Junshan thought of something, "Oh, right, we found a handkerchief on the suspect. Yan Nan said that he fainted after covering his mouth with the handkerchief."

"Then bring your handkerchiefs over to us."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to get it." Xia Junshan turned around and ordered someone to bring the handkerchief found on Tong Caifeng. It was placed in the interrogation room as evidence.

Lu Yannan was arranged to rest in the ward, and Meng Yufei and Xia Qinqin came to the hospital soon after.

Xia Qinqin excitedly ran to the bedside, looked at Lu Yannan in hospital gown with tears in her eyes, and asked anxiously: "Brother Yannan, are you in pain? Did the bad guys beat you?"

Lu Yannan smiled and shook his head: "No, I just took a nap and was rescued by Uncle Xia when I woke up."

Xia Qinqin walked over, took Lu Yannan's hand, and whispered: "Brother Yannan, I'm sorry, I should have held your hand tightly and not let go, so that you wouldn't be captured by the bad guys..." As she spoke, tears flowed uncontrollably.

Meng Yufei hurriedly bent down to comfort her daughter, "Qinqin, Brother Yannan has been found, and the bad guys have been caught. It's all the bad guys' fault, not yours."

Lu Yannan nodded: "Yes, it has nothing to do with you." He stretched out his other hand, wiped the tears from Xia Qinqin's face, and said seriously: "It has nothing to do with you, it's just that those people are too bad."

Xia Qinqin sniffed, turned to look at Xia Junshan, and said seriously: "Dad, you must punish those bad guys!"

Xia Junshan nodded: "Okay, they will definitely be punished."

Meng Yufei put the lunch box on the bedside table and opened the lid while saying, "You must be hungry after not eating for such a long time. I made some steamed egg custard and some porridge from the cafeteria. Eat them first to fill your stomach. When you are well, I will make you something delicious."

Lu Yannan nodded obediently: "Thank you, Aunt Meng."

Xia Qinqin quickly took her small schoolbag off her back, opened it, and walked in front of Lu Yannan, saying, "Brother Yannan, look, I brought you a lot of chocolates, candies, and biscuits. I brought them all for you."

Lu Yannan looked at the food inside which was full of her favorites and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Meng Yufei poured a bowl of porridge and said, "Okay, let Yannan eat first, and we can eat these things later, okay?"

"Yeah, okay, Brother Yanan, please eat quickly." Xia Qinqin put away her small schoolbag and sat aside watching Lu Yanan eat.

Lu Yannan scooped a spoonful of eggs and put it to her mouth: "Try it and see if it tastes good."

Xia Qinqin shook her head: "I don't want to eat it, this is for Brother Yannan."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "We have already eaten, Yannan, you can eat by yourself. Auntie will bring the meal over in the evening and we will eat together then."

Xia Qinqin said happily: "Let's eat together!"

Lu Yannan nodded: "Okay."

Xia Junshan had something to do, so he said something to Meng Yufei and left.

He went to the next ward to see Zhao Zhengliu. The operation had just ended and the bullet did not hit his heart. It was removed smoothly. It would not be bad for his health if he rested well.

In the ward, Zhao Zhengliu was lying on the bed, sleeping. Sitting beside the bed was Zhou Wenqian. She had just been discharged from the hospital not long ago, and another person came in.

After Xia Junshan confirmed that Zhao Zhengliu was fine, he returned to the army, where there were still many things waiting for him to deal with.

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Not long after Xia Junshan left, Aunt Liu also came to the hospital to visit Lu Yannan.

Meng Yufei hurriedly took a chair and asked her to sit down. "Please sit down. Thank you for taking the trouble to come here."

Just now, Meng Yufei also asked Xia Junshan about what happened before, and learned that it was the secret room pointed out by Aunt Liu that successfully rescued Lu Yannan.

"Yannan, thank Grandma Liu quickly. She helped you find him so quickly."

Lu Yannan said earnestly: "Thank you, Grandma Liu."

Xia Qinqin also walked over to Aunt Liu and said earnestly, "Thank you, Grandma Liu, for saving Brother Yannan."

Aunt Liu smiled and stroked the little girl's hair. "I just told you what I know. It was thanks to the PLA comrades that we were able to successfully rescue Yan Nan."

She sat beside Lu Yannan's bed, and seeing that Lu Yannan looked good, she nodded and smiled, "You are a lucky child. You will be able to turn bad things into good things when you encounter them."

Meng Yufei said, "Thanks for your good wishes. I hope this kind of thing won't happen again in the future. It's too scary. These people are too arrogant. They actually kidnapped the child in the family yard."

Aunt Liu was silent for a moment, then murmured, "I'm afraid these people are not simple people."

Meng Yufei said: "Yes, who would dare to target the army..."

Aunt Liu thought of the Feng family who had immigrated abroad early, and fell into deep thought.

Zhao Zhengliu was in the ward. After the anesthesia wore off, he opened his eyes, looked at the white ceiling, and felt the pain in his chest. He realized that he should be in the hospital.

He turned his eyes and saw that it was pitch black outside the window. It turned out that it was already night.

Moving my eyes downward, I saw Zhou Wen Qian lying on the bed. Perhaps she had fallen asleep because she had stayed there for too long.

A cool breeze blew in through the window. Zhao Zhengliu frowned. He tried hard to get up, but he immediately felt a sharp pain in his chest and he groaned.

Zhou Wenqian woke up immediately, and seeing Zhao Zhengliu trying to get up, she asked hurriedly, "You're awake! Are you feeling unwell? I'll go call the doctor right away."

"No..." Zhao Zhengliu said hurriedly, pointing at the coat hanging at the end of the bed, "I...want to get some clothes for you to wear. The wind is still a little cold at night."

Zhou Wenqian was slightly startled. She stood up and went to the window, closed it, and turned around and said, "The doctor said to open the window for ventilation, so I'll open the window a little smaller."

Zhao Zhengliu said: "I'm not cold, I'm just afraid that you're cold."

Zhou Wenqian picked up the coat beside the bed and casually put it on, saying, "Okay, it's not cold now. Are you hungry? I'll go get you some food."

"I'm not hungry." Zhao Zhengliu said hurriedly. He looked at Zhou Wenqian and said pitifully, "Can you talk to me?"

Zhou Wenqian sat down again and said, "If you're not hungry, then sleep for a while. Stop talking. Talking too much will hurt your body."

"Oh, okay." Zhao Zhengliu nodded, and then said: "Then you should go back and rest too. It's not easy to sleep here."

Zhou Wenqian said calmly: "I can't sleep if I go back, so I'll stay here with you."

When Zhao Zhengliu heard that she wanted to accompany him, his face lit up and he said gratefully, "Qianqian, thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Wenqian smiled and said, "Didn't you take care of me before? Besides, you were injured this time to save my students."

"It's my duty to take care of you. We are husband and wife. Besides, saving people is also my responsibility. By the way, Qianqian, have you eaten? You are not well yet. Why don't you go back and rest? I can stay here alone..."

Zhou Wenqian reached out and pulled the quilt down, saying, "Okay, stop talking and take a rest first."

Zhao Zhengliu: “…”

A few days later, Lu Yannan was discharged from the hospital.

The drugs on the handkerchief were tested and found to contain narcotic, an inhaled anesthetic that is harmless to the human body.

Because Teacher Li and Doctor Huang were very busy recently, Meng Yufei directly took him to her home.

Meanwhile, Xia Junshan successfully uncovered the truth of the matter.

"The mastermind behind this is someone from Country M, who wants to sabotage one of our scientific research projects. Lu Yannan's mother, Ms. Lin, happens to be the person in charge of the project. The project has now entered a critical period. Because the confidentiality level of this work is very high, the other party can't even find the location of the project."

Xia Junshan reported in Li's office, "In order to obtain project intelligence, they wanted to kidnap Lu Yannan and force Ms. Lin to show up."

Teacher Li took a puff of cigarette and said, "It took so much effort. It seems that the other party is very wary of this project. So are all the people caught this time theirs?"

Xia Junshan said: "The woman who first came into contact with Tong Caifeng was a spy planted in China by Country M before liberation. She was also the one who pulled the strings when the Feng family evacuated the mainland to a foreign country."

Commander Li was surprised and asked, "Is she a spy who was stationed here before liberation?" Then he said angrily, "She was hiding so deeply. If it weren't for this incident, who knows how much information she would have leaked!"

Xia Junshan nodded: "She has been collecting and transmitting a lot of our information in the coastal areas over the years. The leak of the supply and marketing cooperative intelligence a year ago and the cousin of Deputy Head Chen's family...are all related to her."

"They're determined to destroy me!" Commander Li said angrily, gritting his teeth.

"By the way, is Yang Zhaoyun also from Country M?"

Xia Junshan said, "That's not the case. She just contacted Yang Zhaoyun recently. When she helped the Feng family flee abroad, she left some people behind because there were so many of them. Yang Zhaoyun's father was one of the people left behind."

"Wait a minute," interrupted Li. "Last time I looked at the information, wasn't Yang Zhaoyun's father an employee of the Feng family's former factory?"

Xia Junshan explained: "In fact, his real identity is the unfavored illegitimate son of the Feng family. When the Feng family went abroad, they did not plan to take him with them. Instead, they gave him the Huanxian factory to manage. Before he went to the factory, he heard the news that Qiongzhou City was going to be liberated, so he went to the Huanxian Textile Factory overnight, disguised as a new textile worker, and when the People's Liberation Army entered the city, he led the workers to resist the leadership of the factory and established himself as a model of advanced workers..."

Hearing this, Commander Li couldn't help but curse: "What a ruthless opportunist! Such a rat shit..." He took a deep breath and said, "Go on."

Xia Junshan continued to report: "Although Yang Zhaoyun's father was the deputy director of the factory, he actually always yearned for Country M in his heart. He also privately conveyed this idea to Yang Zhaoyun. So when the people from Country M contacted them, they agreed to help them without hesitation."

"At first, they wanted to use the wild boar poachers to kidnap Lu Yannan during the spring outing. Unfortunately, a piece of intelligence was intercepted by our informant, which led to the other party arresting the wrong person."

Commander Li also knew about this. He nodded and motioned Xia Junshan to continue.

"Maybe the U.S. side is getting more and more anxious, so this time they took the risk of sending so many people to the island to forcibly take the people away."

If Lu Yannan had not been discovered immediately after he went missing and the sea had not been quickly blocked, the other party might have achieved their goal.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work this time. I'll give you a day off to have a good rest after it's over." After listening to this, Commander Li stood up and patted Xia Junshan on the shoulder.

Xia Junshan took back the document, took out another one from his pocket, handed it over and said seriously: "Commander, I have one more request from you."

"Oh? What's that?"

"I am applying for a promotion for Captain Yan of the Third Company of the First Battalion of my regiment. He played an important role in combating the espionage activities of Country M, successfully stopped Country M's plan, and was seriously injured. I think such comrades should be rewarded."

Teacher Li took the application documents, took a look at them, and put them on the table. He smiled and said, "I know about this. Go back and take care of the follow-up matters."

Xia Junshan immediately said happily: "Got it."

Commander Li kept his word and approved Captain Yan's application for promotion before he was discharged from the hospital.

That day, Captain Yan, who was able to get out of bed, limped to Zhao Zhengliu's ward. While the two were talking, Xia Junshan came with good news.

"Xiao Yan, congratulations." Xia Junshan congratulated him as soon as he came in. "The organization has made a decision after research and is planning to promote you to deputy battalion commander."

"Really?"

Before Captain Yan could react, Zhao Zhengliu became excited and asked hurriedly, "When did this happen? Is it true?"

Xia Junshan said with a smile: "How can I lie to you? The document has been issued and will be made public in two days. From now on, our regiment will have another strict battalion commander."

Captain Yan patted his head and smiled, "Thank you, Captain Xia, for the trust of these organizations." Then, he looked at Zhao Zhengliu lying on the hospital bed and said sincerely, "Thank you, Battalion Commander, too. You have been very concerned about me."

Zhao Zhengliu patted him with a smile and said seriously: "The person you should thank the most is yourself, because you injured your leg."

Xia Junshan said, "Also, Xiao Yan, your retirement application has been approved. Are you planning to go back to your hometown? Is there any unit you want to go to? I'll ask someone to contact them for you."

Zhao Zhengliu also said: "That's right, you can go wherever you want. If you retire as a deputy battalion commander now, you can go to the factory or some government agencies after you return. It will be fine."

Captain Yan said somewhat embarrassedly: "I...plan to stay in Qiongzhou City."

Hearing him say this, Zhao Zhengliu touched his chin and thought: "Stay in Qiongzhou City... You are not a local resident, so it may be a bit difficult to stay here. However, I will call home, and I think they can think of a way..."

"Ahem!" Xia Junshan coughed lightly and said, "It is common to follow the spouse's household registration. If you stay in Qiongzhou, you will see it often in the future."

Zhao Zhengliu finally reacted, looking at Captain Yan's slightly red face, pointing at him in surprise and saying, "Well, boy, when did you find the one? You kept it a secret quite well."

Captain Yan smiled innocently and said, "It was only recently confirmed. I was afraid of getting her into trouble, but she said she didn't mind me and wanted me to stay in Qiongzhou City... I have no one at home, and I'll be alone if I go back, so I... I agreed."

After hearing his words, Zhao Zhengliu lay on the bed and said with a smile: "Okay, I don't have to worry about you anymore."

Soon, Captain Yan, oh, or rather, Battalion Commander Yan, applied for marriage and married Qi Zhenzhen, an employee of the Nanya Island Post Office, and held a simple wedding on the island.

After retirement, according to regulations, he was assigned a job in his spouse's hometown and went to work at the Qiongzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.

A year later, a police station was to be established on Nanya Island. He took the initiative to apply for the position of the first chief of the Nanya Island Police Station, where he continued to protect the people on the island.