903: Are you feeling unwell?
Zhao Kuanmin breathed a sigh of relief:
"Do you remember our previous work plan?"
"Remember," Zhou Ziheng said, trying to ease Zhao Kuanmin's fatigue by saying less. "You said before that you would transfer me to the Military Engineering College first, to put the then-chaotic college back on track, train a group of reserve forces for national defense, and lay a solid foundation for national defense."
"That's right. This is what I told you back then. You've done a great job over the past few years and lived up to my expectations. I also told you that your time at the Military Engineering College was only temporary. Once stability is established there, I'll transfer you to the National Defense Department before I retire. You'll take over my responsibilities and lead the work. You remember that, right?"
"Remember."
"Now, it's time," Zhao Kuanmin said as the pain started to flare up, his breathing quickening. After the pain subsided a bit, he continued, "I'm going to have a cholecystitis surgery now. It's not a big operation, but I'm old, and the doctor can't guarantee I can survive it—"
"Minister Zhao, you'll be fine."
"I also hope that I am okay, but even if I can make it, my body is no longer able to do so. My eyesight is dim and my strength is insufficient. I can no longer take charge of important work. I must pass the opportunity and burden to you young people and let you young people lead the charge. So, don't go back to the Military Engineering College. Go to the National Defense Department. While I am still conscious, take over my responsibility. The organization is ready for you to take over. It's time for you to take the lead."
Although Zhou Ziheng knew that this day would come, when it finally came, he still felt an extraordinary amount of pressure on his head.
Zhao Kuanmin asked:
"Do you have confidence?"
"have."
"Alright, that's your bravery that I need. If I can survive this surgery, I'll give you another ride and ensure you gain a firm foothold in national defense. If I can't, it'll be up to you to stabilize the situation. The academy will promote a new dean from within, ideally one who can work with you. If you have a favorite candidate, please bring it up and the organization will consider your suggestion. In short, this is the cradle of national defense talent and your backup force, so don't abandon it."
"Yes, I'll consider it."
"For other matters, you can go to my secretary and he will arrange it for you. Okay, I will say this much for now. You can handle the rest of the matters slowly. Before the new semester begins, you should complete the work of the college as soon as possible." After saying this, Zhao Kuanmin slowly closed his eyes.
Zhou Ziheng stood up:
"Okay, I understand. You should rest well. I will come back when the surgery is done."
Zhou Ziheng didn't say much and left after seeing Zhao Kuanmin seemed to have fallen asleep.
After leaving the hospital, Zhou Ziheng began to hand over his work.
He handed over the work of the college to the vice president and moved to the national defense department.
Before the work was handed over, Zhao Kuanmin was taken into the operating room for cholecystitis surgery.
The operation was not a big deal, but because Zhao Kuanmin was old, they were worried that he would not be able to withstand the ordeal, so they were a little nervous.
But fortunately, Zhao Kuanmin woke up quickly after the operation and recovered well.
When Zhou Ziheng officially took office, Zhao Kuanmin personally returned to his unit. Seeing the newcomer he had personally trained taking charge of national defense, he felt relieved.
After Zhou Ziheng became familiar with the work here, Zhao Kuanmin retired and returned home to recuperate.
Good things come in pairs. Not long after Zhou Ziheng was promoted, good news came from Yu Xiaoye. After three months of preparing for pregnancy, Yu Xiaoye noticed that something was wrong with her body.
My period is two days late.
At first she didn't have high expectations, because it had occasionally been postponed for two days or even more than two days before, so a delay of only two days was nothing, and she didn't take it too seriously.
At noon, when I was eating in the cafeteria, I got a dish of stir-fried celery with meat. Looking at the few pieces of fatty meat in the lunch box, I suddenly felt nauseous.
After the nausea, people were a little dazed:
What's going on?
I actually feel disgusted by fatty meat.
It had never been like this before.
In the past, even if I couldn’t eat this kind of pure fat, I wouldn’t feel anything, but this time I actually had a reaction.
It can’t be—
Yu Xiaoye subconsciously covered his lower abdomen under the dining table, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind.
After a moment's hesitation, she poured all the food in her lunch box into the lunch box of the boy next to her.
"You eat, I haven't touched my chopsticks."
Male classmate: “???”
Without waiting for the boy to ask questions, Yu Xiaoye took the lunch box and left.
I hurried to the laboratory and remembered that there was a laboratory doing research on human chorionic gonadotropin, and that I could check whether I was pregnant based on the value of this hormone.
I went to the laboratory and drew a few drops of blood for testing. The results came out in less than an hour, and they were higher than normal.
According to the results, she was pregnant.
At that moment, her mind was confused.
Although I was mentally prepared for pregnancy and was looking forward to it, my mind still went blank for a moment when I got the confirmed news.
Pregnant——
Our little baby is here.
A baby who may look like Zhou Ziheng or her, and may be a boy or a girl, is already in her belly.
She really wanted to tell Zhou Ziheng the news immediately, but thinking that it might affect Zhou Ziheng's work, she held back and planned to tell him after she got home.
She calmed her breathing, stabilized her emotions, pretended nothing had happened, walked out of the laboratory, and went back to continue her class.
There was no reaction the whole afternoon. I didn't feel hungry even though I didn't eat lunch. I just felt thirsty all the time. I didn't notice this before, but now I'm thirsty and keep drinking water.
After school, she went to the library for a while. At the agreed time, she left the school gate and waited for Zhou Ziheng to pick her up.
Zhou Ziheng's workplace is now quite far from her school. In addition, Zhou Ziheng has just taken office and is quite busy with work, so he comes late, probably when it's almost dark.
At about the same time, Yu
Ono left the library and came to the main road in front of the school. Zhou Ziheng's car was parked on the side of the road on time.
Yu Xiaoye opened the car door and got into the back seat. When he saw Zhou Ziheng, he couldn't help but want to tell him about that incident.
But seeing that the driver in front was still there, he held back and decided to wait until he got home.
Zhou Ziheng saw her smiling face with a rosy complexion and asked her:
"What's going on today?"
Yu Xiaoye was afraid of being exposed, so he lied deliberately:
"We made a breakthrough on a research project, and the professor was very happy. He praised all the students in our group."
"It's indeed commendable."
Successfully fooled them.
The car started and drove towards home.
When Yu Xiaoye didn't know she was pregnant, she never thought there was anything wrong with the car. The smell of gasoline and the smell of incomplete combustion in the car could be ignored. But once she knew she was pregnant, she seemed to become sensitive and became very aroused by the smell in the car.
At that time, there were not so many traffic routes on the main roads, and even fewer traffic lights. Pedestrians, bicycles, and small stalls selling goods were all in chaos on the streets. The driver braked and stepped on the accelerator from time to time, and Yu Xiaoye was a little overwhelmed.
She tried her best to hold it in, gritting her teeth to block her throat, fearing that she would vomit. She leaned tiredly against the back of the chair, sweating from holding it in.
Zhou Ziheng turned around and saw that her face was not right and sweat was beading on her forehead. He asked her:
"Are you feeling unwell?"
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