Chapter 96 Chapter 96 New Life

Xia Junshan briefly explained to her what happened last night.

"This ancient chronicler is actually involved with the people from Frog Island. I can't figure it out at all." I thought he just had an affair with Qi Huiying.

Meng Yufei was a little puzzled and asked, "Why would he do such a thing? He is a reporter for the newspaper."

Xia Junshan said: "He has an uncle who was a senior officer of the Kuomintang. He went to Frog Island with them. And his uncle used to run a big opium house in Qiongzhou City. He ran to Frog Island before liberation. These are all his close relatives. It's easy to send people to persuade him to defect."

Meng Yufei said angrily, "They are all the same. They plundered so much of the people's money and walked away, and now they are trying to set a trap for us."

Xia Junshan said: "They are just a bunch of little idiots. They only know how to use these shameful means."

Meng Yufei asked again: "By the way, why did he want to catch Yannan?" - How did a four-year-old child provoke them?

"Could it be because of Master Yan Nan?"

Xia Junshan shook his head and said, "It must be because of his mother."

Meng Yufei was surprised and said, "Yannan's mother? I remember when Uncle Yannan came last time, he said that Yannan's mother is currently engaged in confidentiality work. So, is it because of this?"

Xia Junshan nodded, "Country M somehow found out that this project had made a breakthrough, and also knew that Yan Nan's mother was in this project. Some time ago, they contacted Frog Island, and they happened to have Gu Jingwei as a chess piece."

Meng Yufei worriedly asked, "If Yan Nan stays here in the future... will the other side send people over again?"

Xia Junshan comforted him, "Don't worry. If an enemy comes, we will stop him. If a flood comes, we will block it with earth. The division commander called Yan Nan's grandfather last night. He suggested that Yan Nan stay here. The family compound is still safe. If the enemy wants to harm people, it will be dangerous wherever they go. At least we are protected here."

Meng Yufei said, "Then I will be the one to pick up and drop off the children from now on. I was originally planning to let them go to school on their own."

Xia Junshan patted her hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "The safety of the child is the most important."

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In the afternoon, Xia Junshan continued to go to the army. He had not yet spit out many of the fish he caught this time.

When Meng Yufei sent her child to school, she was unconsciously much more careful. She looked around from time to time and held the child tightly with both hands.

Xia Qinqin tried several times to let go of her mother's hand and run to the roadside to pick flowers, but was stopped.

Arriving at the entrance of the kindergarten, Lu Yannan looked up at Meng Yufei and said, "Aunt Meng, Uncle Li has arranged people around, you don't have to worry."

"Huh?" Meng Yufei turned around and looked around, curiously asking, "Why don't I see anyone?"

Then I thought that they must be from the army. They must have professional hiding methods.

But she still reminded them worriedly: "After school, don't leave the kindergarten gate. Wait until I come to pick you up. Remember this."

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for mom to go home together."

Lu Yannan also nodded.

Meng Yufei thought for a moment and then said, "If a stranger comes to see you, don't follow him. Even if it's someone you know, no one else can take you away except me. Do you understand?"

Xia Qinqin touched her head and asked, "Dad can't do it either?"

"Uh...he can, but no one else can come pick you up except him and me."

Xia Qinqin nodded and said, "Yeah, okay."

Lu Yannan also nodded.

After repeated instructions, Meng Yufei did not turn around and leave until she saw the two children enter the kindergarten. Before leaving, she looked around curiously but did not see a single person.

If you can't see it, then the person on the other side can't see it either.

Meng Yufei breathed a sigh of relief and went back to work. No matter what, life had to go on as usual.

Inside the military interrogation room.

Gu Jingwei sat on the interrogation chair and said calmly, "It was all because I wanted to go to Frog Island to seek refuge with my uncle, so I lied to Qi Huiying. She didn't know my identity and just treated me as an ordinary relative."

"Ordinary relatives? According to our investigation, you were once boyfriend and girlfriend, and even planned to elope together."

Gu Jingwei smiled and said, "Now that you have found out all this, you should also know that she didn't come. It was all my own will. Including this time, I also wanted to trick her to go to Frog Island."

Zhao Zhengliu, who was in charge of the interrogation, waved the document in his hand and said, "This is Qi Huiying's testimony. She said the same thing as you, putting all the blame on you. In her confession, you wanted to kill Deputy Head Chen, but she stopped you and saved him."

"Yes, I want to kill him. I hate him." Gu Jingwei admitted frankly.

Zhao Zhengliu said: "You are quite infatuated. You are still protecting her now."

Gu Jingwei said calmly: "Just telling the truth, I did everything."

Zhao Zhengliu continued to look at the confession and said, "She also said that you forced her to find the documents at Deputy Head Chen's home with a knife, and she told you where the documents were stored purely for self-protection."

Gu Jingwei's expression paused for a moment, then he nodded and said, "That's right."

"She said she didn't want to go to Frog Island. Did you force her to go to the seaside?"

“Yes.”

Zhao Zhengliu asked: "Don't you like her very much? Why do you still force her?"

Gu Jingwei raised his head and said, "I'm doing this for her own good!"

Zhao Zhengliu raised his eyebrows: "For her own good? Do you mean forcing her to do something she doesn't like?"

"What do you know!" Gu Jingwei suddenly said excitedly: "You, all of you, don't understand Qi Huiying at all, you don't know what kind of person she is. She is not the real her now. This philistine, vulgar, vain woman was forced out by you and harmed by all of you!"

He lowered his head in pain and murmured: "You don't even know what Huiying was like before, and you don't care..."

There was a knock on the door and someone came to take over. Zhao Zhengliu nodded to the person, motioning for him to continue, and then he got up and left.

This is also a method of interrogation, whereby people are rotated constantly to break down the suspect's mental and psychological defenses.

In the office, Xia Junshan was reading everyone's confessions. When he saw Zhao Zhengliu coming out, he pointed at the lunch box on the table and said, "Eat first."

Zhao Zhengliu wiped his face, sat down and said, "This Gu Jingwei is quite cooperative. He answered whatever I asked. I asked him so many times, and his answers were basically the same every time."

Xia Junshan looked at Gu Jingwei's confession and nodded: "The content involving Country M is similar to what those people said. It's just that the two sides have different opinions on the matter of Frog Island."

Zhao Zhengliu took a bite of rice and said, "I think Gu Jingwei's words are more reliable. He was just instigated to defect. The families of those people are all in front of him. He can't tell the truth for a while."

Xia Junshan did not express his opinion, but only said: "Let's review it again."

After Zhao Zhengliu ate a few mouthfuls of rice, he relieved his hunger, breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the cup beside him and drank a sip of water, and said slowly: "However, this Gu Jingwei has always insisted that Qi Huiying did not know about this. Captain, do you think it is credible?"

Xia Junshan said: "From Qi Huiying's confession and her behavior, she really didn't know about the matter of Frog Island and Country M. However, she was definitely involved in taking the documents from Deputy Head Chen's house."

Zhao Zhengliu nodded and said, "Deputy Head Chen also said that Qi Huiying told Gu Jingwei about the file storage location. However, she did stop Gu Jingwei from setting fire and killing people."

"Moreover, when we were lying in ambush at the seaside, we saw Qi Huiying was unwilling to get on the boat, and was forcibly pulled over by Gu Jingwei."

Xia Junshan said, "We can't dig anything out of Qi Huiying. Let's lock her up for now and wait until the trial is complete."

"Okay." Zhao Zhengliu lowered his head and started eating again.

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In the next few days, Xia Junshan started to go out early and come back late again, and he didn't come back for several nights.

That night, Xia Qinqin returned home and looked around the house. She didn't see anyone familiar. She sighed and said, "Dad didn't come back today. I haven't had dinner with him for several days."

Meng Yufei comforted him, "He has been working overtime these days. He will be fine after he finishes this busy period."

Xia Qinqin frowned and said, "Why does Dad always have to work overtime?"

Meng Yufei said gently, "Because Dad's work is very hard, let's be considerate of him, okay?"

Xia Qinqin nodded and tilted her head and said, "When I grow up, I want to find a job that doesn't require overtime, so that I can come back every day and have dinner with my mother."

Meng Yufei smiled and said, "Okay, Mom supports you."

Xia Qinqin turned to look at Lu Yannan next to her and asked, "Brother Yannan, you should find a job that doesn't require overtime in the future, so that we can come back and have dinner together."

Lu Yannan thought for a moment and said, "I'll try my best. A lot of the work I want to do requires overtime."

"What do you want to do?" Xia Qinqin asked curiously.

Lu Yannan said: "I haven't decided yet. I'll tell you when I make a decision."

"Oh, then I'll tell you what job I decide to do in the future."

While the two children were talking, Meng Yufei had already set the table and called out to them, "Come and eat. After dinner, we have to take Qinqin to Teacher Zhou's house to dance."

Xia Qinqin immediately responded: "Okay, let's eat."

After dinner, Meng Yufei washed the dishes and took the two children out, sending Lu Yannan back to Teacher Li's house first. Before leaving, she told him again: "Don't go out alone at night."

Lu Yannan nodded: "Okay."

Then she sent Xia Qinqin to Zhou Wenqian's house. Mrs. Zhang had already arrived with Fangfang. As soon as the two girls met, they held hands and talked together.

Zhou Wen Qian let the girls play for a while first, and then began to teach them to dance half an hour later. It would be bad for the body to do strenuous exercise right after a meal.

Meng Yufei stayed by the side until the event was over and then took her daughter home.

When I got home, Xia Junshan had returned and had prepared the bath water for me.

"Dad, you're finally back." Xia Qinqin ran over happily and asked caringly, "Dad, are you tired?"

Xia Junshan smiled and said softly, "It's not hard. Did you go to learn dancing today? Why do you need it?"

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "Teacher Zhou praised me today, saying that I learn moves very quickly. Dad, I am almost done learning a dance, and I will show you how to dance when the time comes."

Xia Junshan gently touched his daughter's hair and said with a smile, "Okay."

Meng Yufei went to the closet and took out her daughter's pajamas, and said, "Qinqin, go take a shower first. You're sweating all over."

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Okay, I want to take a nice bath."

After taking a bath, the family of three lay on the bed. Xia Qinqin handed the storybook to Xia Junshan and said, "I want to listen to Dad tell a story tonight."

Xia Junshan took the storybook with a smile, "Okay, I'll tell you tonight. Um, what shall I tell you..."

Perhaps because there were too many activities today, Xia Qinqin fell asleep before she finished telling a story. Xia Junshan carried his sleeping daughter back to the next room.

After returning, Meng Yufei asked softly: "Did you cover her belly?"

"It's covered with a small blanket." Xia Junshan said as he walked to the bed.

After he went to bed, Meng Yufei asked curiously, "That matter hasn't been dealt with yet?" - It's been several days.

Xia Junshan said: "It's almost done. There will be no overtime in two days."

Those people have asked all the questions that need to be asked, and the next step is to continue the investigation.

Meng Yufei thought for a moment and asked, "Then, how should Qi Huiying handle this?"

Xia Junshan said: "Although Gu Jingwei took all the blame on herself, she cannot deny that she leaked Deputy Head Chen's documents. And the necklace that Gu Jingwei gave her was found to contain a monitoring device. Even if she didn't know about it, she is still jointly responsible."

"However, Deputy Commander Chen tried his best to protect her, believing that it was his own fault for not discovering Gu Jingwei's identity as a spy in time. He even used his previous military achievements to exchange for a lighter sentence for Qi Huiying."

Meng Yufei was surprised and asked, "Ah? Is he going to retire by doing this?"

The military leaders would definitely not like his behavior. Regardless of whether Qi Huiying gave him a new sentence in the end, his future was ruined.

Xia Junshan nodded: "We tried to stop him, but he insisted on doing this."

Meng Yufei said: "Deputy Head Chen is also a man of affection and righteousness."

Xia Junshan reached out and turned off the bedside lamp, saying, "Everyone has their own choices. Let's not think too much about it. Let's go to sleep."

"Um."

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In the end, the army did not pursue the matter of Qi Huiying leaking the secret documents because of Deputy Regiment Commander Chen's previous military achievements in defending the country.

In fact, those documents had been swapped in advance by Deputy Head Chen, and later they were taken back from the man in black, so no substantial losses were caused.

Qi Huiying's most serious crime was colluding with the spy Gu Jingwei. But she finally stopped him from setting fire and killing people, and was later forced to board the ship. How serious this situation is depends on how the troops investigate.

Thanks to Deputy Head Chen's strong guarantee, Qi Huiying was released without charge.

However, Deputy Regiment Commander Chen has lost his job and will have to take off his military uniform.

Chen family.

After being released, Qi Huiying looked at the empty living room. Deputy Head Chen had been packing his luggage for the past two days.

"You... why?"

Qi Huiying asked in confusion, isn't he angry about what happened between her and Gu Jingwei?

Deputy Head Chen said calmly: "You are my wife. Since I married you, I must be responsible for you."

Qi Huiying's nose was sore. He didn't say he liked her, nor did he say he loved her. He just did it out of responsibility.

But this responsibility is more valuable than a lot of likes and loves.

She stepped forward, took Deputy Head Chen's hand, and said earnestly, "From now on, I will live a good life with you. Even if, even if it means eating salted vegetables and farming, I will follow you."

Deputy Head Chen is from the countryside. Now he has lost his job. It is impossible to find a job on his own these days, so he has to go farming.

Qi Huiying has been on the verge of life and death these past few days. She was nearly shot to death that night, and has been under tremendous psychological pressure since being locked up in the interrogation room. She has already prepared for the best and worst.

I didn't expect that I would be released like this in the end.

Of course, the price was that her husband lost his job and future.

This person had clearly made it clear with me before, saying that he wanted to marry me just because I was young and beautiful.

As long as he kept his job, he could still marry another beautiful young woman, so why would he do this for himself?

What she was thinking at first was: Does this man love me so much?

But she still felt uneasy, as if it wasn't real, or she didn't believe it.

It wasn't until she heard the word "responsibility" from his mouth that she inexplicably felt at ease.

It turns out to be the responsibility between husband and wife.

Since he has fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband, he will also fulfill his responsibilities as a wife.

Even if it meant going to the countryside to farm, she would accept it.

Seeing her fearless look, Deputy Head Chen patted her hands and said, "It's not that serious. The organization arranged a job for me in the security department of the machinery factory in my hometown because I have made some contributions in the past."

"Ah? Security?"

Deputy Head Chen frowned and asked, "What?"

"No, security guard is good. It protects the safety of the people. It is the same nature as your current job." Qi Huiying said with a smile.

Deputy Head Chen nodded and said, "You should pack your things as well. We will go back in a few days after completing the formalities. I'll tell you in advance that I don't want to leave my hometown, so we will go there directly by boat when the time comes."

"By the way, where is your hometown?"

Qi Huiying suddenly remembered that she seemed to not know where his hometown was. When they got married, she only cared about his position. She vaguely remembered that he said his hometown was a small fishing village, so she was not interested in asking anymore.

Deputy Head Chen said: "Bao'an County, Guangdong Province."

"oh."

Qi Huiying nodded. It was indeed a little place she had never heard of.

Oh, forget it. When you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; when you marry a dog, you follow the dog. The county town should be better than the island. At least there are department stores to visit.

A few days later, the couple packed their bags, completed the formalities and left the island to start their new life.