Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Eloping

A few days later, Gu Jingwei went to the island again.

This time he came with a stack of newspapers containing the previous interview with the kindergarten.

"Last time I came to interview you, I heard you say that the island has not subscribed to our newspapers for the time being. Today I brought some for you."

Gu Jingwei said this while holding a newspaper in the kindergarten.

Director Tian looked at the newspapers in his hand and smiled, "Thank you, Mr. Gu, for taking the trouble to come here. Oh, so many newspapers."

Gu Jingwei smiled and said, "I think this is still very meaningful to everyone, so I thought of bringing a few more copies so that the children can go back and have a look with their parents."

Director Tian said, "You are very thoughtful. It's a rare opportunity to see a newspaper, so I must keep it well."

Zhou Wenqian picked up a newspaper and looked at it. She found the article about the Family Kindergarten. It didn't take up much space and wasn't in a prominent position, but when she saw the words "Family Kindergarten of the Troops Stationed on Nanya Island", she was still very moved.

She glanced through the report and nodded slightly. This ancient journalist had very good writing skills.

"Teacher, we want to watch it too."

"Teacher, we are in the newspaper. Where is it?"

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The children gathered around chattering. Zhou Wenqian squatted down with a smile, pointing to the report and reading it to them word by word.

When she finished reading, Gu Jingwei smiled and said, "Children, to thank you for cooperating with my work last time, uncle will give each of you a newspaper. You can go back and show it to your parents."

"Wow, thank you, uncle." The children responded happily.

Gu Jingwei smiled and said, "Then everyone line up, I will distribute newspapers."

"Okay~"

The children obediently lined up in a long queue. After a period of dance training, they were very experienced in queuing and formed a queue in the blink of an eye.

Gu Jingwei smiled and squatted down to distribute newspapers to the children.

The first person in line was Xia Qinqin. After taking the newspaper, she said politely, "Thank you, uncle."

Gu Jingwei recognized her and said with a smile, "You must be Xia Qinqin, the one who was chosen by all the children as the best performer last time."

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes, it's me."

Gu Jingwei encouraged: "Keep working hard next time. I hope you can win more competitions."

"Uh-huh."

Next came Lu Yannan, who took the newspaper and said calmly, "Thank you."

Gu Jingwei said, "Lu Yannan, right? You are a very smart child. You look more mature than other children. When you go back, you should read this newspaper carefully. Uncle believes that you can recognize the words on it."

As he spoke, he patted the newspaper gently.

Lu Yannan frowned, looked at the smiling person in front of him, pursed his lips and said nothing, turned around and gave up his seat, and Yang Yongming behind him ran over to get the newspaper.

Xia Qinqin opened the newspaper and flipped through it. There were many hand-drawn illustrations on it. She read them carefully one by one, but when she wanted to put them back together, she was in trouble.

Lu Yannan casually stuffed the newspaper in his hand into his shoulder bag and walked over to help Xia Qinqin fold up the unfolded newspaper.

Xia Qinqin smiled and praised: "Thank you, Brother Yannan, you are so amazing."

Lu Yannan raised the corners of her mouth slightly, put the folded newspaper into her small backpack, picked it up and said, "School is almost over, let's go to the door and wait for Aunt Meng."

"Yeah." Xia Qinqin put on her backpack and walked towards the kindergarten gate hand in hand with Lu Yannan.

On the way back with Meng Yufei, Xia Qinqin couldn't wait to share her experience of being in the newspaper. "Uncle Gu, who interviewed us last time, sent us a newspaper today. There's a report about our kindergarten winning an award. Mom, we're in the newspaper."

"Our Qinqin is so amazing. She's already in the newspaper at such a young age. Mom framed the newspaper and hung it in the study when she got home." Meng Yufei praised.

"I will send a letter back at the weekend to tell my grandparents and my uncle. They will be very happy to know about it."

Xia Qinqin asked: "Mom, can we ask grandma and her family to come over to play? I want to tell them the good news in person. I haven't seen them for a long time."

Meng Yufei said: "We will go back during the Chinese New Year and celebrate with them then, okay?"

"Oh, okay. Why isn't it New Year's Day yet?" Xia Qinqin was a little distressed.

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "It will be soon. The Chinese New Year is only a few months away."

"By the way, the uncle Gu you just mentioned who delivered the newspaper to you, is he Reporter Gu?"

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes, it was him. He gave a newspaper to our little friend."

Meng Yufei said: "He is a very nice person."

But I was thinking: Could it be that he was deliberately making an excuse to meet Qi Huiying this time?

Lu Yannan kept walking with his head down, but he was never talkative, so Meng Yufei didn't notice anything unusual.

After dinner, Meng Yufei was about to cut out the article from the newspaper. Xia Junshan went to get the scissors, and Xia Qinqin happily ran over to take a look.

"Qinqin, don't get so close, be careful that you might be hurt by mom's scissors." Meng Yufei reminded.

Xia Junshan held his daughter and took a step back.

After Meng Yufei finished cutting, Xia Qinqin ran over and said, "Mom, I want to see it."

"Okay, let me show you." Meng Yufei handed her the small piece of paper in her hand.

Lu Yannan looked up at the clock on the wall. It was half past six. He suddenly said, "Uncle Xia, I want to go back and rest. Can you take me there?"

Xia Junshan was stunned for a moment and said, "Are you going back so early today?"

Lu Yannan nodded.

"Okay, I'll take you back then."

When Xia Qinqin heard that Lu Yannan was going back, she turned around and said, "Brother Yannan, please wait for a while. Mom and I will post the newspapers before you leave. We will see you off together."

Lu Yannan said: "No need, you and Aunt Meng can stay here."

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Okay, then come over tomorrow to see if our sticker looks good."

"Okay, okay. Aunt Meng, I'm leaving first."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Okay, go back and have a good rest."

Xia Junshan led Lu Yannan towards Commander Li's house. On the way, Xia Junshan asked, "Do you have something to tell me alone?" - He just felt that there was something wrong with this child.

Lu Yannan nodded, looked around, and saw people passing by from time to time. He said, "Uncle Xia, I'll talk to you later. It's not convenient to talk here."

Xia Junshan raised his eyebrows. It seemed that this kid had something very important to tell him.

When they were almost at the door of Commander Li's house, Lu Yannan stopped. Usually no one came here, and Xia Junshan also stopped.

Lu Yannan took out a newspaper from his bag with a note inside, and handed it over.

Xia Junshan took it and his face froze when he saw the words on it.

"Who gave this to you?"

"The ancient chronicler who came today."

Xia Junshan put away the note and said, "Let's go. We have to report this to the division commander."

In the living room, several people were sitting on the sofa.

Teacher Li looked at the note in his hand with a serious expression.

The note read: Hello, Lu Yannan. Your mother, Ms. Lin Shuyun, misses you very much, but she can't come out. She asked me to pass something to you. I will wait for you behind the house where you live now at 8 o'clock tonight.

Remember, don't tell anyone!

This note, with just a few short sentences, seemed to be specially designed for a child who had not seen his mother for many years.

The first sentence mentioned the real name of Lu Yannan's mother and said that she missed him very much, in order to arouse the child's longing for his mother. The second sentence implied that his mother was locked up and had no choice but to not see him, in order to make him worry and make him want to know what happened to his mother.

For a calm and precocious child, if he encounters such a situation and his closest relatives are not around, he will most likely choose to follow the instructions on the note and go out alone to keep the appointment at night.

It can be said that the content on this note was tailor-made for Lu Yannan.

Teacher Li sneered, "You are so brave that you actually planned to do it right under my nose."

Xia Junshan said: "Commander, it looks like they will take action tonight."

Teacher Li nodded, "Yes."

Xia Junshan said: "I didn't expect that their target this time would be Yannan."

After tracing the line of the supply and marketing cooperative last time, they found that it was not only the supply and marketing cooperative that was faked for job transfer, but also the Lincheng Daily next door. However, the specific culprit is still under investigation.

Therefore, when Xia Junshan heard Gu Jingwei claiming to be a reporter from Lincheng Daily at the gate of his family compound that day, he became cautious and deliberately went up to talk to him.

Later, after a private investigation on Gu Jingwei, it was discovered that he and Qi Huiying were in a relationship. The two were originally in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, but broke up because of their families' opposition.

The two times that Gu Jingwei came to the island, there were people secretly watching him the whole time, with the purpose of luring out the people behind him.

Originally, Xia Junshan and his friends guessed that Gu Jingwei's purpose of coming this time might be to steal some military secrets or to incite Qi Huiying to rebel, but they didn't expect that his target would actually be Lu Yannan.

The Lu family did not announce to the public that Lu Yannan was sent here, but those who were interested could still find out. The key point was that the other party knew the real name of Lu Yannan's mother, which meant that he was not an ordinary person.

Xia Junshan only vaguely knew that Lu Yannan's mother was engaged in a key national secret project, but he didn't know what she was doing or what her name was.

Teacher Li was silent for a while, then said, "Yannan, come with me to the office later."

His office is in the military command center, the most heavily guarded area on the entire island.

Lu Yannan said, "Uncle Li, I can go to the appointment. I don't have what he needs, and I'm young, so I can't help him much, so he probably wants to take me away."

His face was mature beyond his age, and he analyzed calmly: "This place is surrounded by the sea. If you want to leave, you must have a boat. Follow the clues and you can catch the person behind this."

"no."

Teacher Li refused without thinking.

"You stay with me tonight. This is an adult matter."

"But..." Lu Yannan still wanted to fight for it.

"Yannan," Xia Junshan interrupted him and said, "Your uncle sent you here to protect you. If you are in danger, we will fail your uncle's trust."

Lu Yannan pursed his lips, obviously dissatisfied with this decision.

Xia Junshan walked over and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "You were able to see through the other party's trap today and handed the note to me privately, which has helped us a lot. Otherwise, we would not know the other party's purpose now, nor would we know that they would take action tonight."

Teacher Li also nodded and praised: "Not bad, Yannan, you are already amazing to be able to do this at such a young age. By the way, how did you find out that the words in his note were false?"

Lu Yannan said: "My mother's job is very important. My grandfather doesn't even know about it. He is just a reporter at a newspaper. How could he have access to her?"

Teacher Li smiled and nodded, saying, "You make sense."

Afterwards, Xia Junshan went out to dispatch personnel, while Lu Yannan was taken to the army by Commander Li.

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At the Chen family's dining table, Deputy Head Chen was drunk and passed out on the table. Gu Jingwei was also drunk and said with a stiff tongue: "Head... Head Chen, drink... drink another glass!"

After a long while, Deputy Head Chen was still lying on the table without any response.

"Cousin...cousin, brother-in-law...drink some more."

Gu Jingwei pushed Deputy Head Chen, but he still didn't respond. He fell drunkenly on the table and could be heard snoring.

A few seconds later, Gu Jingwei's expression suddenly became clear, and he no longer looked drunk.

"He is drunk, Huiying, let's put him back into the house." Gu Jingwei said.

Qi Huiying nodded: "Oh, okay."

The two men struggled to help the drunk Deputy Captain Chen into the house.

Gu Jingwei looked around the room, his eyes dark, and asked, "Where are the documents at home?"

Qi Huiying pointed to the suitcase on top and said, "Every time he comes back, he puts his things there."

Gu Jingwei took down the box. Inside was a stack of paper file bags containing some documents, which he took out.

He turned back to the living room, brought in a bottle of wine, opened the bottle cap and poured it on the person on the bed.

Then he took out a lighter from his pocket.

"What are you going to do?" Qi Huiying stopped him and asked in disbelief, "Didn't you say you would take the documents and leave? You don't want to kill him, do you?"

Gu Jingwei pointed at the person on the bed and gritted his teeth and said, "He used his power to force you to marry him and caused you so much harm. Shouldn't he be dead?"

Qi Huiying lowered her head feeling somewhat guilty. Actually, she was the one who wanted to marry Deputy Head Chen at first.

"He, he is the head of the regiment after all. If you kill him, the troops will not let you go." Qi Huiying advised: "Just take the things, don't kill anyone."

Although she usually disliked this and that, and also thought about doing something bad to trap others, she had never thought about killing someone.

Gu Jingwei looked at her. Apart from her face, everything else about the person in front of him had nothing to do with his memory.

He even wondered if the other party already knew his identity and deliberately found someone who looked very similar to Huiying to confuse him.

However, this face was indeed the person he had seen since he was a child, and there was also the mole on the back of her neck. He would see the mole every time he helped her put on the necklace.

However, the old Qi Huiying would not like such a big diamond necklace, she thought it was tacky.

He thought that Qi Huiying must have suffered from the pain and her temperament changed drastically. She was sick and he wanted to take her away.

"Okay, I won't kill him." Gu Jingwei took a deep breath, held Qi Huiying's hand tightly, and said, "Let's leave here now, leave this place that makes you suffer, and start a new life."

When Gu Jingwei came this afternoon, he told Qi Huiying the purpose of his visit, that he wanted to take her away.

"The previous elopement was not completed. This time, are you willing to elope with me again?"

Qi Huiying would definitely disagree.

She was a good leader's wife, but she didn't behave properly. She must have run away with a reporter because she was stupid. In this day and age, without a job, what would the two of them eat and drink?

But Gu Jingwei said that most of his family's property had been transferred abroad, and once they went there, they would be able to enjoy endless wealth and glory for the rest of their lives.

There were endless diamond necklaces, endless beautiful clothes, cars, villas, servants...

Qi Huiying was dazzled by his description.

She looked at the handsome and gentle man in front of her, then looked at the drunk man lying on the bed, hesitated for two seconds, and nodded.

Gu Jingwei pulled Qi Huiying out of the house. It was already dark at this time and there were few people on the road to the courtyard.

"Isn't this the way to the monastery? How did you end up at the master's house?" Qi Huiying asked in surprise, thinking he didn't know the way.

Gu Jingwei said: "Let's go pick up a child first. With this child, someone will send us abroad."

Qi Huiying wanted to ask what kind of child it was, but Gu Jingwei took charge of organizing her and pulled her to a secluded place.

He looked at his watch, it was seven fifty, his eyes fixed on the house in front of him.

The two of them waited like this for a full twenty minutes, but the door of the house in front was still tightly closed, with no sign of opening.

"Which child are you waiting for?" Qi Huiying couldn't help but ask.

Gu Jingwei frowned, thought for a while, then pulled Qi Huiying away, "Let's not wait any longer. Let's go first."

When they arrived at the gate of the family compound, the young soldier on guard recognized Qi Huiying and asked her with a smile where she was going so late.

"Oh, I'm taking my cousin out to see the night view of the island." Qi Huiying made up an excuse, and the little warrior didn't ask any more questions and let them go.

The two of them jogged all the way to the coast. Gu Jingwei raised his hand to look at his watch. It was two minutes to half past eight.

"There's nothing here? Didn't they say someone would come to pick us up?" Qi Huiying asked, looking at the dark sea.

Gu Jingwei frowned and said, "Wait a little longer."

When the hands on the watch reached 8:40, there was movement on the sea, and a small boat was coming quickly.

"A ship is coming!" Qi Huiying said excitedly, pointing at the sea.

Gu Jingwei breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Qi Huiying forward.