CHAPTER XXIV
There was nothing to gain all morning, so in the afternoon the company commander decided to let the scouts go out to scan, and the rest of the soldiers stayed in the camp to conduct some training in emergency situations, Qiao Jinghui only participated in part of the training as a person with a wounded hand, after all, it is not a joke to have such a long palm.
In the afternoon, he still went out to patrol, Qiao Jinghui was sent far away from the city center this time, when Mei received a call from the instructor, the two decided to take the bus over, and when they took ten stops, the bus TV suddenly began to broadcast a news: urgent report, there was a storm in the city's **district**street this afternoon. What we can see now is that the rioters are again holding some reactionary flags in their hands, waving and attacking the pedestrians on the side of the road, it is estimated that the number of injured people is now large, and the citizens are hereby reminded not to approach this area again, our policemen and soldiers are heroically fighting against the rioters. Again, don't come close!
For a while, the people on the bus were panicked and asked to get off, and the bus driver had to stop the bus on the side of the road in disregard of traffic laws.
As a result, just passing by a department store, he was stopped by a man who rushed out, Mei's eyes widened: "It's you?!" β
Hongchen gasped: "Where are you going?" β
"Why are you still here if you don't leave?" Qiao Jinghui frowned, "There is a storm ahead. Didn't you watch the news about the event? We're going to get over now, you go! β
Hong Chen hurriedly said: "I'll go with you!" β
"Don't make trouble, you're only going to cause us trouble, we have a mission to go!" May said.
"I-" Before he finished speaking, a man with a dagger ran out of nowhere, pointing directly at Hongchen's back, Qiao Jinghui stretched out his right hand and pulled Hongchen to avoid the impact, the man stabbed the air and staggered forward, Mei raised his foot and kicked him away, so as not to hurt Hongchen again.
Immediately after that, several more people appeared with daggers in their hands, Qiao Jinghui and Mei were secretly frightened, they didn't expect that there were so many of them this time, it seemed that this time it was the largest number of people they had dispatched, could it be that they were already all dispatched? But they quickly rejected their ideas, after all, the reactionaries could not be completely solved by simply two or three repressions, and the armed forces of the country were preparing to rise at the same time as they were also in obscurity, and this time they even formed an organization.
Mei glanced at the direction of their original destination, it seems that the battlefield is spreading to this side, the flow of people in the department store is more than on the street, and it will take longer to evacuate, but what they need to do is not to evacuate the crowd, those naturally have police and instructors in charge, they only need to step forward to stop the gangsters and try their best to protect the safety of the crowd.
Soon people from other groups came to help, Hong Chen was reluctant to walk away next to Qiao Jinghui, it could be seen that Hong Chen had also undergone a certain amount of training, but his moves were all self-defense, and it didn't help Qiao Jinghui except to protect himself, Qiao Jinghui couldn't help but yell at him: "Where are the people who protect you?" β
Hong Chen was stunned, how could he not know that there were still people who protected him?
Qiao Jinghui hid Hong Chen behind him, trying to give him as much time and space as possible to escape, but Hong Chen did not appreciate it at all, and at this time, someone in the crowd raised a gun and pointed it at Hong Chen.
"Be careful!" Qiao Jinghui's angle was just facing the muzzle of the gun, and she quickly ripped Hong Chen away, and a gunshot rang out in everyone's ears, and the person who fired the gun hid in the crowd again.
The crowd fled faster, and from time to time someone shouted "Shoot!" "Murder!". Everyone present had a heart, and Qiao Jinghui was even more uneasy: "Can you go quickly?" Didn't you see that it was shot at you? How can I pull you faster than a gun! β
"Then I can't go! I'm going to protect you! β
"Protect your sister! If I don't leave, I'm going to take the necessary measures! β
"Even if you are my sister, I have to protect you!"
As soon as the words fell, there was another gunshot, Qiao Jinghui reflexively stood in front of Hong Chen, although the speed was not as fast as the bullet, but neither of them was injured, and when he looked back, it was another person who was injured, it was a male soldier who had just arrived, and he was squatting on the ground covering the wound on his leg.
Qiao Jinghui didn't have time to waste words with Hong Chen, this time she also happened to see clearly that the person who shot was the one who threw fireworks at the bottom of the medical car last time, her eyes were full of anger, and she rushed forward regardless of the ground, the man shot at her, but Qiao Jinghui did not go in a straight line, she didn't aim at the two shots in a row, Qiao Jinghui had already pounced in front of her, and when she flew up, she hit the chest of the gunman first.
The gunman was kicked back two steps, and Qiao Jinghui fell heavily to the ground, but quickly got up again to pick up the rivet belt scattered from the shopping bag that someone didn't know who had dropped on the ground.
She believes that this is the first time in her life that she is so glad that this is something with rivets, although it is not as good as a whip, and although it can't shake off the same effect as a whip, she can't face a terrorist with a gun at her with her bare hands, she is not Jackie Chan, Jet Li or Bruce Lee.
She is just an ordinary person, but in the face of the safety problems of the masses, she can't be an ordinary person!
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In the evening, the company organized all the people to watch the TV news.
"...... preliminary estimate of the number of dead and wounded is as high as 500, the number of dead and wounded before and after the three times combined to 800 people, now we see that the large-scale riots have been successfully stopped, this operation not only dispatched the entire city of police, but also used the armed forces stationed on the edge of the city, everyone fought bravely when the danger came, the reporter collected at the scene that there was a thug holding a pistol at the door of the department store to shoot at the crowd, but soon by a female soldier of our armed forces to take the lead in suppressing, at this moment she should be injured and resting next to her, we will now go to interviewβ¦β¦β
Qiao Jinghui on TV glanced at the camera and said, "Sorry, I don't accept interviews." β
The reporter had no choice but to turn to interviewing people who looked like chiefs......
At this moment, Qiao Jinghui under the TV was speechless, why did she put her face on it, if Qiao's father and Qiao's mother saw it, it would be okay?
The operation was over, and the company commander praised the soldiers who performed well this time, including Qiao Jinghui, she also won the title of excellent, and when the certificate was awarded, Qiao Jinghui was still thinking, will this help her in her future work? Could it be that you can add credits after returning to school?
Back in the board room, Qiao Jinghui took out something from her clothes pocket and handed it to Mei, and said mysteriously: "I almost forgot, put it away, so that the instructor can see it." β
Mei quietly glanced at the palm of her hand, it was the hairpin she had taken a fancy to yesterday, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "When did you buy it?" β
"I didn't buy it." Qiao Jinghui said, Mei looked up at her in surprise, "It was bought by Hong Chen, he saw us choosing jewelry yesterday, and gave it to me today before I left." β
At that time, the instructor and their large army had arrived, and she was able to rest beside her, Hongchen received a call to call him back, hung up the phone, walked to her and sat down, quietly stuffed the hairpin to her, and said: "I know you are very strict, put it away, and give it to your friend Mei." β
"You're not hurt, are you?" After thinking about it, Qiao Jinghui still asked.
Hong Chen smiled as before: "You protect me so well, how can I be injured?" I still have something to do, you tell them to bandage your wounds properly, I'll go first. β
Qiao Jinghui looked at the abrasions and bruises on her arms, and said goodbye to him with a smile.
At this time, the instructor walked over, his eyes full of strangeness: "Who was that just now?" Do you know? β
Qiao Jinghui nodded: "The former senior, who works here, met just now, so I chatted a few words." β
Mei entered the board room and asked Qiao Jinghui, "Does your dad watch the news?" β
"Look."
"Then you're done, this is the news of CCTV, your dad must be worried to death when he sees it!"
"No, it doesn't even have my name on it, and I only show my face, I just don't want to be interviewed because I'm afraid they will see it."
"I think your parents must have seen that it was you, and that face was very clear! And there's a replay of this, if your dad wasn't presbyopia, I'm sure he really saw it was you. β
Mei said it well, Qiao Jinghui thought for a while and said: "So what, I can't contact them, we won't go back until tomorrow, and we can't call as soon as we go back." β
"You can find an instructor!" Another roommate said, "You've done a great job this time!" β
"That's right! Having trouble finding an instructor! May said the same.
"No need...... What if my dad doesn't see it? In fact, she just doesn't want to trouble others, especially if there are regulations, and if Qiao's father and Qiao's mother didn't see this, she rashly hit the grass and startled the snake, isn't there no silver three hundred taels here?
"What's that? You're going to ask, and you're not going toβ"
Before Mei finished speaking, the instructor lifted the curtain and walked in: "What are you talking about?" It's so loud that I can hear it outside. β
"Instructor, did you hear it all?" Mei stared, but that's fine, so she didn't need to explain any more. As a result, the instructor raised his eyebrows: "What did you hear?" I just came over to see how Qiao Jinghui was hurt, and if anyone else was injured except her, I heard you say ask this and that, and then I came in. β
Mei gave Qiao Jinghui a look, but Qiao Jinghui greeted the instructor easily, and looked at him left and right: "Instructor, I'm fine, I'll be fine in a few days." β
"Well, it's okay, I hope you can catch up with our devil training in a few days."
"What?! And devil training?! The instructor's eardrums were almost pierced by the accusations of Mei and the other girls, and Qiao Jinghui pursed her lips and smiled.
"Can you stabilize the point? Can you stabilize the point! I came next door to you just now to see that people didn't scream like you. The instructor reprimanded with a straight face, although after a while when she reached the board room on the other side, the same screams came from her.
"Okay, you still have any injuries, while the medical vehicle hasn't left yet."
Everyone shook their heads.
Qiao Jinghui hesitated for a while, but still called out to the instructor under Mei Zhuo's gaze: "Instructor, I want to borrow your mobile phone to call home." β
The instructor was stunned for a moment, and Mei Bang said: "She is on the news of CCTV today, and we are all afraid that his parents will be worried when they see it, so we will call her home to report that she is safe." β
Seeing that the people in the room were all looking at him with burning eyes, the instructor said: "I didn't take this into account, you can't call if you don't have a number here at home, and you don't have a mobile phone, give it, take it and call, I'll come back and get it later." β
Qiao Jinghui happily took it, the instructor's mobile phone is also used to make calls and send text messages, which is the same as the mobile phone they have used in the past two days, not a smart phone. But in a situation like now, it's good to be able to make a call, Qiao Jinghui called Qiao's father, and after "beeping" three times, Qiao's father picked it up: "Hey? Which one? β
"Dad, it's me." Qiao Jinghui tried her best to make her voice sound calm, as if nothing had happened, "What are you doing here?" β
When Qiao's father heard that it was his daughter, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Are you in Tibet today?" I saw you on the news today, are you seriously injured? β
It turned out that Qiao's father really saw it, Qiao Jinghui said embarrassedly: "I'm fine, a small injury, I'll be fine in two days, so did you tell my mother about this?" β
"Your mother is right next to me, you come and talk to her, she has been telling me since she saw it today, you are too reckless, what are you doing so quickly." As he spoke, Qiao's father handed the phone to Qiao's mother, "Hurry up and take it, your woman's call." β
"Do you know how to call back? Do you know we've been worried for a long time? Doesn't it mean that you just want to be a soldier and train at the head of the camp every day? Why did you run away to fight terrorists? You're still rushing so fast, you're hurt, wow, you still don't accept interviews with other reporters, we don't know how you're injured, I want to call you and ask but I don't know what number to call...... "Qiao's mother is endless, she always doesn't like to listen to it before she goes to college, but after being away from home for a long time, she misses it very much, and then she became a soldier, so she is more tolerant of this way of caring for her family."
But this is not her mobile phone, she can't let Qiao's mother talk so endlessly, Qiao Jinghui found a gap and said: "Mom, I'm really fine, I'll go back to our own camp tomorrow, this is our instructor's mobile phone can't be said for so long, you go to bed early." β
Qiao's mother seemed to be crying over there, and her voice was a little choked: "I said you shouldn't go a long time ago, but now that you're injured, what should we tell your grandmother and grandfather?" If they don't have good eyes, it's okay if it's you, but it's impossible for so many people in the village and so many people in the family to not be able to see it, right? Your grandmother and grandfather are more worried about you than we are! β
Qiao Jinghui listened to Qiao's mother's words silently and didn't know how to respond, they wanted her to be as majestic as a soldier, but they were worried that she would be injured, and she didn't know if it was her fault. If so, what is wrong with her? If not, why the current situation?
This question is really complicated, forget it, I don't want to think about it now, hanging up the phone quickly is the right way, Qiao Jinghui thought for a while and said, "Mom, I'll be careful, and I'll be back soon, don't worry, I'll hang up first." β
Qiao's mother sighed: "Alas, train hard, take care of yourself, and don't bring me back with injuries when the time comes." β
"Well, I see, Mom, bye-bye."
"Well, bye-bye."
Hung up the phone, Qiao Jinghui's mood was very heavy, Mei came over and patted her shoulder to comfort, the two looked at each other and sighed, in fact, everyone in the army is facing these things: the expectations of the country, the safety of the masses, the worries of their families, their own ideals, they can only try their best to do what they should do at the moment, fight bravely on the battlefield, be good children at home, don't think about the rest, because thinking about it may not have results, it will only increase their troubles.
After returning to the camp, as the instructor said, a devil training was carried out, male and female soldiers were treated equally, everyone was on standby, and the specific itinerary was not repeated one by one, just said that on the road, Mei climbed the high slope immediately after running ten kilometers, saying that she could no longer support it to rest, and Qiao Jinghui felt that the task should be completed first, so Jia Dong stood up and said Fumei, Mei twisted and disagreed, Jia Dong forcibly pulled her, Qiao Jinghui occupied the high slope alone, and said before leaving: "You two are actually quite compatible, the most cute height difference." β
The two blushed, Mei said that she was not short at all, and Jia Dong said that she didn't like Mei.
Qiao Jinghui shook her head, in fact, they are really a good match, the two of them talk and laugh all day long, noisy and noisy, how happy it is, if she is replaced, she will definitely be lifeless every day, and there is no fun at all.
Boys should like girls with a cheerful personality like Mei, and if they have a bad personality, they must at least have the appearance and temperament of Hua Wen.
She's different, neither like Mei with a cheerful personality and a bright smile and likable, nor as cold and charming as Hua Wen, if a woman is just cold, it's actually okay, just warm her with your sincerity, if you're indifferent, you really can't do it, you don't eat soft and hard.
Qiao Jinghui is a typical indifferent person, who is not enthusiastic about the people she likes and has no feelings for those she doesn't like......
Her roommates have expressed concern about her future, and she said she didn't have to worry about it at the time, but now she thinks she will have to rely on blind dates in the future...... Come on, Mom and Dad!
Far away in the high-rise buildings of City C, dark and clean solar panels pave the surface of the entire building, and downstairs is the bustling traffic, whether on the overpass or under the overpass, there is little stop.
The world is like this, you watch others pass by you one by one, and some stop, but they stay for a short time and leave one after another. And you have no power to do it, or sometimes there is no way to do it at all.
Cai Hefeng held a refreshing cup of coffee in one hand and the other, quietly looked downstairs without speaking, there were female employees behind him who came and went, some took a cup of coffee and a cup of milk tea, he stood in place for ten minutes, then pinched the bridge of his nose and temples, and sighed.
How long has he been here? It's been almost two years, and I've been in front of the computer all day to code, debug, change code, debug, overturn and start over...... Although he recently became a full-time employee of the company, he doesn't feel any different in life.
Still doing the same job every day, facing the same people, maybe in the eyes of others, he is already a little white-collar worker with a fixed salary plus year-end bonus, brightly dressed, and enough to shake hands with the leader, but it is no different for him, he still lives in a small apartment with three men of different ages who he is not familiar with so far, or he is not interested in any of them while having a small group of female fans.
Sometimes he will also think of Qiao Jinghui's eyes back then, long eyelashes and slightly red face, when she was on the basketball court, her face was flushed but she walked over and asked Cao Jinjin to go over to practice, without looking at him, when a group of boys were on the court, she only said hello to Hong Chen and left, during the sports festival, he was attentive to guide her, but she just politely said thank you and had no words, when he was in French class, he was sitting next to him and ran away, and then he sat with her, But she still only talked to Hongchen......
There are too many memories, but they are full of loss and helplessness.
I have long heard that Hong Chen seems to be a little interesting to Qiao Jinghui, and then I heard that Hong Chen was chasing Qiao Jinghui, but he didn't know what happened later, maybe the two of them were already together, and Qiao Jinghui had graduated now, and the two of them might still work in the same place.
It's nice to be with someone you like.
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In September, Qiao Jinghui and Mei returned to school together, and the two parted ways after making an appointment at the gate of the barracks.
It was another sunny day, Qiao Jinghui went to school with her luggage to go through the procedures for resuming school, and this time Qiao's father and Qiao's mother did not come with her.
The scorching sun shone on her body, but she didn't feel as strong as before, and after a year of exercise, her skin had turned almost a dark wheat, and she thought that this complexion would not return.
None of the students who come and go are familiar, but it is not surprising that she has a blind face and poor memory, but she finds that many functions are not understood when she holds a new mobile phone in her hand, and sometimes a lot of buzzwords pop up when she hears passers-by talking, which are new words for her.
It's not that all people who join the army will become out, but Qiao Jinghui closes herself off and doesn't want to interact with the outside world, she rejects all external things, so she will be out of place with her surroundings like a primitive person.
But fortunately, she still remembered the location of the administrative building, and after asking the process at the security office downstairs, she successfully completed the procedures for resuming school, and then left the school with her luggage - she does not live in school, Cheng Yang has been interning in the hospital for a year, and now she lives in an apartment far from more than a dozen bus stops in their school, and the two of them are going to rent a double room there after discussion, and the two of them share the house, so that Cheng Yang can take care of Qiao Jinghui's daily life, and Qiao Jinghui can also protect the safety of Cheng Yang's return to the apartment.
Although she has been in the army for a year, Qiao Jinghui has not become diligent at all, and now she is even lazier after living with Cheng Yang, she doesn't even wash her clothes and pants, and the division of labor between the two is very clear: the rent and utility bills are half of one person, Qiao Jinghui is responsible for buying vegetables, buying rice, washing dishes, washing pots, moving water, repairing pipes, repairing electronic equipment, and doing chores, and Cheng Yang is responsible for washing clothes and pants, cooking, cleaning and making beds.
In addition, in order to cooperate with her duties, Qiao Jinghui personally sent Cheng Yang to the hospital at half past eight every day before going to school or going back to the apartment, which was also Cheng Yang's strong request, because Qiao Jinghui was always nested in the apartment when she was not in class, and she didn't even change her pajamas, just waiting for Cheng Yang to come back and make lunch. Forcing her to go out every day like this is also to prevent her from staying at home so thoroughly, and Qiao Jinghui, who is a rice worm, has no effect on this protest.
Cheng Yang said of her: "I didn't see you complain when I got up so early every day in the army, and as soon as I came back, did you quickly return to the state before joining the army?" β
Qiao Jinghui nodded as a matter of course: "I'm a good boy who is okay with what happens." β
Cheng Yang stroked her forehead, and Qiao Jinghui looked at her pitifully: "What's the matter, you dislike me?" We've known each other for so many years, and you're only telling me now that you dislike me......" His face changed and became domineering and unreasonable, "I'll tell you, it's late!" I've got you covered, and you'll have to take care of me until you get married, huh! β
"What if you marry first?"
"Impossible."
"How could it be?"
"I like girls, don't you believe it?"
"I don't believe it."
"I like you!"
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"Okay, go and pull the network cable, I still have to watch Happy Camp tonight, if you delay me watching the show, be careful that I don't cook your food!"
"Yes, King."
"Call me Queen!"
"Yes, King."
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Thus, the two comical and joyful cohabitation life began.