"Comrade Xiao Ruan, let me ask you, Xiao Yan was in danger before, but God bless her, and Chief Engineer Meng brought her back safely. After such a big incident, she didn't return to the dormitory last night. Why didn't you report it to the organization? What if she was in danger again?"
Aunt Zhang's tone was very anxious.
When Aunt Zhang came to the cafeteria to help out in the morning, she saw Ruan Xiaohui surrounded by a group of people, crying.
She knew that Ruan Xiaohui was Bai Yan's roommate, but she was not close to her.
The reason is very simple. Ruan Xiaohui has only been in the kitchen for a few days, but she has often mentioned Bai Yan in front of others.
But what came out of her mouth were not nice words.
Either they say Bai Yan is lazy, or they say she is greedy and vain.
Over time, Aunt Zhang's impression of Ruan Xiaohui became worse and worse.
Even if she saw it, she pretended not to see it.
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...
Aunt Zhang was just about to wash the dish when Ruan Xiaohui suddenly called her, "Aunt Zhang, did Sister Bai Yan stay at your place last night?"
The girls surrounding Ruan Xiaohui immediately retorted, "Impossible, the brigade has its own rules. Everyone has a fixed dormitory. Except for the family building, every dormitory must be called every night. How could there be an extra person staying overnight?"
Aunt Zhang did not refute this point.
But since they mentioned Bai Yan, Aunt Zhang became cautious.
Stop and listen to what they want to say.
With Ruan Xiaohui's exaggerated description, not only Aunt Zhang, but all the team members in the cafeteria knew about it.
The translator from the research center did not return home all night.
Aunt Zhang is simple-minded and worried about Bai Yan.
My first reaction was to fear that she would be in danger again.
"We need to report this to the leader as soon as possible. Will Xiao Yan be in danger again?"
Ruan Xiaohui got Xu Qingqing's hint and pretended to be timid. She said, "Aunt Zhang, don't worry... I don't think Sister Bai Yan is in danger."
She paused, waiting for everyone's attention to be on her before she continued, "Chief Engineer Meng asked me to attend the training class, so yesterday afternoon after I finished my work in the kitchen, I rushed to the small building of the exchange class. But maybe I went too late, there was no one in the training class, only Teacher Wei came back from dinner and was packing up."
Ruan Xiaohui recounted what she had seen last night.
When she rushed to the training building, the lights in the classroom were not turned off.
Only Wei Wei was inside.
Wei Wei no longer had any impression of Ruan Xiaohui, but Ruan Xiaohui recognized her.
When Wei Wei politely asked her if she needed anything, Ruan Xiaohui's eyes flashed and she deliberately mentioned that she was Bai Yan's roommate and came to see her for dinner.
Teacher Wei flipped through the information Bai Yan left on the podium and propped up one hand on the podium. "I didn't meet her either, but I just separated from Chief Engineer Tan from Shouhang Group. Chief Engineer Tan said that he was going to look for Yan. They might be together."
Xu Qingqing grasped the point and interrupted Ruan Xiaohui directly: "So Bai Yan went out with a man outside the team and didn't come back all night, right?"
Ruan Xiaohui shrank her neck, nodded, and finally said hypocritically: "Captain Xu, I only know that Sister Bai Yan didn't come back all night. As for whether she went out with Chief Engineer Tan, I don't know."
In the 1980s, the relationship between men and women had become more open, but in the army, personal conduct and team discipline were still very strict.
This strictness does not mean that there cannot be emotional sparks between men and women.
At the same time, the leaders are also people who accept new ideas and know that the team is full of young people full of vigor and vitality.
It is difficult to prevent emotional outbursts between men and women.
But such interactions can only take place in private.
On the surface, there is still an external force restraining everyone.
Because of the discipline, there has been basically no situation where male or female team members stay out overnight without permission.
So when Ruan Xiaohui said this, everyone was shocked at the same time.
"Didn't the translator say that this was Chief Engineer Meng's fiancée he brought back from the south?"
"Later, it was said that it was a misunderstanding! She was not some little Mrs. Meng, she was just an ordinary country girl."
"I heard that she was the one who spread the rumor at the time. Her purpose might be to climb up to Chief Engineer Meng's high position!"
"Chief Engineer Meng is not so stupid as to be fooled by her!" Zhihua took the opportunity to criticize Bai Yan. "That Bai Yan doesn't look like a female soldier in the team at all. She is like a soft bone, pretentious, and she deliberately keeps her hair long. Look at her at the dance. She only knows how to seduce men! You male comrades who are not engaged yet, you have to be careful!"
Most of the people present were team members of the same level, and there was no leader.
Zhihua spoke without any scruples.
She stretched out her hand and pointed in front of the group of gay men, "Be careful she can't climb up to the high branches to bother you!"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Aunt Zhang was anxious. She put down the dish with a bang. "Your roommate didn't come back all night. You didn't worry about her being in danger and reported it to your superiors. Instead, you are here to make irresponsible remarks. What on earth are you thinking?"
Zhihua stopped Aunt Zhang and said, "Aunt, we didn't report this to the leadership because it's for Comrade Bai Yan's own good! What if she really is having an affair with Chief Engineer Tan? This will bring shame to the organization's discipline!"
"There's no evidence yet. You're girls too. You should know how important reputation is to lesbians!"
Aunt Zhang was worried about Bai Yan, and couldn't bear to hear Zhihua and the others slandering Bai Yan's reputation, so she was extremely anxious.
"Get out of the way, I want to find Chief Engineer Meng!"
As soon as Xu Qingqing heard Meng Hechuan's name, her eyes were filled with fire.
She pinched Ruan Xiaohui's arm hard.
Ruan Xiaohui tried hard to stop Aunt Zhang, "Aunt Zhang, please don't hurt Sister Bai Yan! If Chief Engineer Meng knew that she stayed out all night for a man, she might be kicked out of the team!"
"Don't talk nonsense! Teacher Bai is not that kind of person!" A soldier in the crowd blushed with anger. It was Gouzi.
Gou Zi confronted Ruan Xiaohui with a thick neck: "I don't believe that Teacher Bai is such a person!"
"Oh, Teacher Bai called Teacher Bai so intimately, you are a living example of being seduced by her!"
As the words became more and more exaggerated, Meng Hechuan frowned.
Bai Yan's first reaction was not to get angry, but to turn around and explain to Meng Hechuan: "Chief Engineer Meng, I was really sick last night and had an IV drip. I wasn't playing tricks."
She pursed her lips and said, "It's even less likely to be with Tan..."
Meng Hechuan's eyes moved, and they were dark and heavy. "That's enough, shut up."
"Are you trying to shut me up, or are you trying to shut them up?"
Meng Hechuan raised a warning arc at his lips: "Are you excited?"
Bai Yan shut up tactfully.
Meng Hechuan swallowed and took a step forward to stop the farce in front of him.
But someone grabbed the corner of his clothes.
Meng Hechuan was stunned and reminded her, "Bai Yan, they are talking about you!"
"I know!" Bai Yan smiled, but the smile in her eyes was very cold.
He was obviously holding back his temper.
Meng Hechuan didn't understand and didn't want Bai Yan to suffer such injustice.
"They...they say that, it's not good for your reputation! Aren't you worried?"
"Why rush? Let the bullets fly for a while."
Let the bullet fly for a while, and then it will hit you in the face, which will be more satisfying, right?
After Bai Yan finished speaking, she stopped laughing.
Fighting power began to accumulate in those beautiful eyes.
She pulled Meng Hechuan's coat closer to her body, and the stars and ears of wheat on her shoulders swayed as she walked with big strides.
Zhihua's voice became louder and louder, she hated Bai Yan so much.
I wish she would be labeled a bitch on the spot and kicked out of the team.
"She must have known that Chief Engineer Meng and Qingqing were the best match, and she had no competition, so she gave up on Chief Engineer Meng. When she saw the people outside, she had other ideas! Since she couldn't get Chief Engineer Meng, she went to get other men. How shameless!"
"Who are you scolding, you shameless fellow?"
"Shameless, of course, the insult is to Bai Yan!"
"Oh? So you are shameless?"
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