Chapter 290: Visitation
"Oh my, it's so nice to have a day off!"
Qi Xu was showing off happily. She liked to see Lin Youqian's unsatisfied look.
"Still laughing, I'll deal with you in a few days!"
Along the way, Qi Xu deliberately teased him and made him pay back all the hardship and oppression he had endured in the past few days in an even more severe way.
"Silly, shut up! If your little mouth doesn't obey, your husband will punish you!"
This time, it was Qi Xu's turn to be dumbfounded!
"Honey, drive carefully. I was wrong!"
She put the chair aside and lay down directly, closing her eyes and resting leisurely.
When they arrived in Lake City, they still stayed in the hotel.
Lin Youqian deliberately called the orderly.
"Xiao Xie, I forgot to bring my wife's cosmetics. Go get the spare key from the security guard at the housing management office. Help me get a set from home and send it to the Royal Forest Dynasty Hotel."
His purpose in doing this was not to send cosmetics, but to inform those people through the orderly and guards.
Qiqi is back. Now it's time to come and apologize.
If Qi Xuruo really needed cosmetics, she could just ask the salesgirl at a big-brand store to send her new ones. Why bother with all that?
Less than an hour after Lin Youqian's call, Old Man Li arrived with the deputy commander, Director Liu, and Tian Youwei's family.
Qi Xu lay on the bed and didn't even get up.
Lin Youqian deliberately asked her to pretend to be sick so that she could be more confident and not be too polite to those people.
Old man Li and his friends came to the hotel with a basket of flowers and fruits. As soon as they entered the door, they greeted Lin Youqian with a smile and asked about Qi Xu's well-being.
There was no mention at all of Lin Youqian ignoring military orders and regulations and breaking out of the laboratory without permission.
"Master Pao, you look brighter now after not working overtime for a few days."
Lin Youqian answered with a forced smile.
"Thanks to you all, my wife is hurt physically and mentally, terrified, and watching her suffer, I can't eat or sleep well every day. How can I look better?"
He was lying with his eyes open. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell from his radiant face that he had eaten and drunk enough, and had enough sleep these days, yet he still had the nerve to say that he couldn't eat or sleep well.
Since he came to apologize, Old Man Li naturally would not expose him and take the opportunity to bring up the excuse of visiting the patient to express condolences.
"Is Xiao Pao's wife seriously injured? How is her recovery? We've come here today to express our condolences to the injured family. We also sincerely apologize for the accident that day."
"Ah? Apologize? What are you apologizing for?" Lin Youqian pretended to know nothing and acted confused on purpose.
"Qiqi was kidnapped by criminals. It has nothing to do with you. This is all my fault. My achievements were too great, and I made many enemies. So, people envied me, and that's why she suffered this misfortune."
"It's so thoughtful of you, Commander and all my comrades, to come visit and offer your condolences. I thank you on Qiqi's behalf. As for an apology, I truly don't deserve it!"
Lin Youqian's words were so perfect that it was impossible to evade them.
Old Man Li bowed his head and confessed to him, "Although this was done by criminals, the army is also involved to a certain extent."
"The specific situation is that Old Tian did something stupid. Let him tell you!"
Tian Youwei stepped forward, bowed 90 degrees to Lin Youqian, and apologized devoutly.
"I'm sorry, Colonel Lin. It was my fault that my sister-in-law suffered such a tragedy. I express my deepest regret to you and your wife. Please forgive me!"
Then, he told the whole story in detail, including the cause and process of the incident, as well as the purpose of inducing Qi Xu to go to the haunted house, without holding back at all.
Including the part where the leader tacitly approved it and Director Liu was an accomplice.
Of course, Old Man Li had no intention of removing himself from the conversation and completely shifting the blame onto his subordinates. He was just too embarrassed to speak up himself.
"Master Pao, I really don't have any bad intentions. We all admire you, respect you, and admire your abilities. We hope you can stay in the army and make more contributions to the army. We don't want you to retire."
Lin Youqian was so angry when he heard this.
"You want me to stay in the army and prevent me from transferring to civilian life, so you resort to scheming and plotting against my wife? You really respect me too much."
"He took advantage of me being held captive at the experimental base and attacked my wife. He's a truly great leader, a truly great comrade, a truly great soldier, with truly excellent conduct and character!"
"You guys in the Political Department talk about ideology, style, and military ethics in the classroom every day. Now I'm really learning a lesson!"
Lin Youqian was bound to be angry! No matter how harsh the scolding was, they could only endure it.
Because this matter was indeed not fair on their part. Although, their original intention was not bad at all, they just wanted Qi Xu to give up the idea of Lin Youqian changing his career.
Old man Li was the first to take the initiative to admit his mistake and take responsibility.
"Master Pao, you're right to scold me. I've been confused. When I get back, I'll write an 8,000-word self-criticism and post it publicly on the disciplinary inspection column as a warning."
Immediately afterwards, Tian Youwei and Liu Jun also expressed their views.
"I will also review it. Thirty thousand words!"
"I'm the culprit, 100,000 words!"
The way they post it, the disciplinary inspection notice board has become a novel publishing house.
With more than 100,000 words, at least an entire wall would have to be covered.
Lin Youqian would never let his wife’s kidnapping cause trouble for the entire army.
"Is it useful to do a self-examination? Can it bring back the pain my wife has suffered?"
Old man Li knew that this guy had started to negotiate terms.
"Master Pao, this huge mistake has already been made. It's useless for us to feel regret or guilt. So we can only do our best to make it up to you and my sister-in-law."
"Tell me what it will take for you to forgive us. As long as I can do it, old man, I will definitely do it."
How could Lin Youqian possibly speak for himself? He continued to act arrogantly.
"You are the commander. How dare we ask you to do anything? Military orders are as strong as mountains, and subordinates always obey the orders of their superiors. Lin Youqian dare not be presumptuous."
Old man Li thought to himself that this kid said he didn't dare to be presumptuous, but in fact he was more presumptuous than anyone else.
He even dared to say such a cruel thing as using artillery shells to blow up the experimental base, and still had the nerve to say that he was obeying the orders of his superiors.
But his abilities and achievements are there, and this time the army really did him wrong. All we can do is coax him and give in to him, what else can we do?
Political Commissar Tian and Director Liu, you two should carry the things in, visit and comfort my sister-in-law, and apologize to her sincerely.
Old man Li sent the two men away and talked to Lin Youqian alone.
"You actually secretly raised so many people and built so many weapons. You are really audacious."
"Everything is exposed this time, what are you going to do?"
Since he already knew, Lin Youqian simply pointed it out directly.
"You do it!"
Old Man Li knew what he wanted. "What do you want me to do?"
"Erase all traces. Have them become the Anbu force of the army, and get a document and organization to help me deal with it. In case the higher-ups investigate, help me cover it up."
Old man Li has two heads.
"Thousands of people, how can I cover them?"
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