The notice of the organization's approval of Wang Yingxiang's transfer from the underground work was naturally brought by Li Lu. In that notice, he explained that Qiao Tianchao would deal with the aftermath. Qiao Tianchao understood what the aftermath meant, and before that, he had already designed Wang Yingxiang's aftermath.

That night, he took Wang Xiaofeng to Xu Yinchu's house again.

Xu Yinchu and Shen Lina received them warmly, and when Qiao Tianchao said that he was going to let Wang Xiaofeng go back to his hometown in Xuzhou to visit his sick mother, Xu Yinchu did not speak immediately, he held his chin and looked at Qiao Tianchao carefully.

When Shen Lina heard that Wang Xiaofeng was leaving, she pulled Wang Xiaofeng to another room with unprecedented enthusiasm and talked about the woman's private room.

Xu Yinchu stood up and paced a few steps in front of Qiao Tianchao with his hands behind his back. Qiao Tianchao's gaze followed Xu Yinchu's body, he was not worried about what Xu Yinchu suspected, he knew this. He has followed Xu Yinchu from the Northeast to Jinan for several years, Xu Yinchu's initial suspicions about himself have been dispelled, it can be said that at the Jinan Station of the Military Control Bureau, Xu Yinchu currently trusts him the most. He left his most trusted Shang Pin and Ma Tiancheng in the Northeast, and now no one knows whether they are dead or alive, and the people who escaped from the Northeast with Xu Yinchu have not yet passed the test period in Xu Yinchu's heart.

There are many confidential matters, and he does not dare to trust them with confidence.

Xu Yinchu finally stopped pacing, sighed and said: It's okay, then let her go, following us to live this kind of worrying life is not a long-term solution.

Qiao Tianchao stood up, and he shouted: Stationmaster-

Xu Yinchu's hand fell on his shoulder, stared at Qiao Tianchao's eyes and said: Beiping and Tianjin are lost, and Jinan will be the front line in the next step, if the battle continues like this......

At this point, he said no more, but shook his head.

Qiao Tianchao knew in his heart that Xu Yinchu had already seen the ending, but he couldn't put it bluntly with this kind of ending, he could only understand it in his heart. When the war is fought to this part, the morale of the army has long been chaotic, from top to bottom there is an impetuous atmosphere, the subordinates are scolding their mothers, and the superiors are pushing each other and suspicion, such a unit is still calculating their own interests when they fight the war to this part. Xu Yinchu's worries were exactly what Qiao Tianchao was excited about. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and said profoundly: Stationmaster, at this point, it is not something that our military commanders can change. But anyway, we did our best.

Xu Yinchu raised his head and glanced at the ceiling, where a lamp hung made him a little dazzling. So, he narrowed his eyes and said, "It seems that we should also think about the way back." Let your lady go first, and in a few days, I'll let Lina out of here. It seems that there are not many days left in this place of Jinan.

Qiao Tianchao called with emotion: Stationmaster——

He saw tears flashing in Xu Yinchu's eyes, and his heart sank, Xu Yinchu was competent as a soldier, but he mistakenly voted for the master. As a professional soldier, he respects Xu Yinchu in his heart.

That night, as soon as she left Xu Yinchu's house, Wang Xiaofeng had already become Wang Yingxiang, and she was just about to cheer.

As soon as she got home and closed the door, she threw herself on the bed and covered the quilt and laughed. Qiao Tianchao leaned against the door, looking at her excited, his feelings were very complicated, and he looked at her with envy and jealousy. Although the report of the transfer was applied to the organization, but she was really leaving, and he couldn't help but feel empty again, after all, they had worked and lived together for so long, and as a comrade-in-arms, she made him feel the warmth and steadfastness of friendship. Now, she is about to leave herself and return to her comrades, what a happy thing! He didn't know how long the organization would keep him here.

Wang Yingxiang finally woke up from the excitement, especially when she saw his appearance, she was even more sober. Before this, the two of them had already said goodbye, and at this time, they did not need any more words, and he calmly said to her: "Tomorrow morning, I will arrange for you to go out of the city." When you get out of the city, someone will pick you up.

She nodded, stood up, walked over, pulled the corner of his clothes and said: You must come back safely, I will wait for you in my hometown.

In the past two days, she has said this countless times, but every time she listens to it, his heart is cloudy and snowy, very complicated, and he can't tell what it feels like.

He was about to explain something to her, when the phone rang rapidly.

He ran over, and the call was from Xu Yinchu. Xu Yinchu said on the phone that a unit stationed in the suburbs of Jinan was preparing to mutiny, but it was now surrounded by troops from the garrison area, and the garrison area asked the military commander to deal with it.

Qiao Tianchao took out the gun from the drawer and pinned it to his waist. He had experienced this countless times, and intrigue between troops caused by fires and on the front line was a regular occurrence. The Kuomintang had a chaotic command system, with each unit having its own commander, who owed different allegiances, so they only bought the accounts of their own commanders. Sometimes, for the sake of a battle, it is necessary to put together these miscellaneous teams, so there is often a phenomenon of mutual tilting and even civil strife. At this time, the military commander assumed the role of a firefighter.

Before Qiao Tianchao went out, he said to Wang Xiaofeng: You should rest early, you will have to go on the road tomorrow.

Just as he walked out of the courtyard gate, she shouted behind him: Be careful.

He turned his head and smiled at her in the darkness, waving his hand.

When he arrived at the scene of the accident with the guards of the military command enforcement team, he realized what was going on. This was a team that was transferred from Hebei to Jinan, and there was a conflict with the original defenders over the issue of stationing. The troops who were originally stationed here lived in a small town and had their own temporary barracks; Then the troops who arrived also wanted to stay in the town, and the two teams became entangled, and both sides set up their guns, and there was a great tendency to trigger a fire.

The colonel commander who led the team outside the city, with a beard and two guns in his hands, shouted and cursed: What's the matter, you are raised by people, and we are under donkeys? If we don't let us into the town tonight, we will use force to solve the problem, and if we are defeated and pat our ass and leave, if you can't beat us, we will move Lao Tzu's nest.

One of the commanders on the other side was also shouting: Without instructions from the peak, you can only be stationed outside the city, and don't want to come in!

The bearded colonel danced and said: You are limited to half an hour, if you don't retreat, I will lead the team to rush in, this scumbag is fed up!

With that, he took the bottle of wine from the guard's hand and poured it into his mouth. Soon, a strong smell of alcohol filled the air.

At this moment, Qiao Tianchao arrived. He asked the driver to drive the car between the two opposing teams before jumping out of the car and shouting at the guards: Call their commander.

So, the two guards split up and ran towards the two teams.

The commander who lived in the city quickly ran to Qiao Tianchao and saluted respectfully: Adjutant Qiao, it's not that I didn't let them enter the city, it's that I didn't receive the order from Shangfeng.

Qiao Tianchao waved his hand, and the colonel stopped.

The bearded colonel refused to come over for a long time, and he shouted with the strength of his wine: The military commander is here, okay! I'm not talking to them now. When my team enters the city, we can talk about it as much as we want.

It was the first time that Qiao Tianchao found that someone dared not to take the military commander in his eyes, and he was a little surprised. In the past, as long as the military commander came forward, the matter could have been easily resolved. He walked towards the bearded procession, many of the soldiers with torches and shouting in high spirits. He turned and walked towards the opposing position, where two guards immediately followed, one on the left and one on the right.

He walked straight up to the bearded man. The bearded man may have been much bolder under the influence of alcohol, but he didn't salute Qiao Tianchao, and was still shouting there: What's wrong with the military commanders? The people in the military command also have to be reasonable, why let us live in the wilderness, they hide in the city to eat fragrant food and drink spicy food.

Qiao Tianchao ordered: Please evacuate your team, and let the garrison headquarters deal with the problem of your station tomorrow.

We don't listen to the orders of the garrison, can they turn to us? Hmph, we won't withdraw, we will withdraw, let them withdraw! The bearded colonel shouted.

It seems unlikely that things will be resolved smoothly and peacefully. Qiao Tianchao waved his hand, and a column of guards of the execution team ran over. Qiao Tianchao said to the bearded man: Brother, if you don't obey the order, don't blame me for acting according to military law.

The bearded man had red eyes, and he jumped to his feet and scolded: What kind of fucking military law, I am the law, I made Lao Tzu anxious, Lao Tzu pulled a white flag and went to the Communist Party.

Things froze here, Qiao Tianchao shouted: Take him down for me!

The guards of the two execution teams pounced and fired the colonel's gun. The colonel was really red-eyed, and first shot down one of the guards who rushed towards him, and the other shot at Qiao Tianchao.

Qiao Tianchao fell, the guards of the enforcement team fired their guns, and the bearded colonel was shot several times and struggled to fall in a pool of blood.

When the troops stationed in the garrison area of the city heard the gunshots, they rushed over like a swarm and surrounded the troublemakers. When the trapped soldiers saw that their commander was killed by indiscriminate shooting, they were suddenly leaderless, laid down their weapons, and disarmed.

Qiao Tianchao was rushed to the hospital.

Wang Xiaofeng saw Qiao Tianchao lying in the hospital the next morning. Qiao Tianchao was injured in the stomach, and the bullet entered through the front abdomen and passed through the back waist. This shot was indeed dangerous enough, but fortunately it did not hurt the heart.

When Wang Xiaofeng saw the pale Qiao Tianchao, she suddenly had the desire to cry, and then two strings of hot tears flowed down her cheeks. That night, she barely slept all night. After Qiao Tianchao left, what she felt at first was excitement, and the life of her dream was approaching her little by little, and it was impossible for her not to be excited. She sat excitedly under the lamp, waiting for Qiao Tianchao's return. In the past, Qiao Tianchao was on a mission in the middle of the night, and she was also waiting like this. Before coming to Qiao Tianchao to work, the organization had explained that they should protect and take care of each other. Although she couldn't accompany him when he was on the mission of the military commander, she could only hold on to her heart and wait for him to return safely. As soon as Qiao Tianchao entered the house, she would serve a prepared supper and watch him eat it. But this time, she warmed up the supper again and again, and still did not see him come back, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep. I don't know how long it took, but I woke up again. She couldn't sit still any longer, so she took out the gun buried in the ground, pressed the bullet, and carried it heavily in her arms. She pushed open the door and walked out, standing in the courtyard looking into the distance. Looking over from here, it is the gate of the family courtyard of the military command station, where there are guards standing guard, and mobile sentries are also walking around from time to time, but there is no shadow of Qiao Tianchao. She became more and more uneasy, and the excitement of returning to her hometown had long been occupied by her worry about Qiao Tianchao.

In the midst of the torment, the sky finally dawned.

She was taken to the hospital by someone from the military station. When she walked into the hospital, she realized that something had happened to Qiao Tianchao. Sure enough, she saw Qiao Tianchao lying on the hospital bed.

Qiao Tianchao, who came to his senses, felt very tired, his eyelids were heavy, and when he saw Wang Xiaofeng walking in, he saw the tears on her face at a glance. He smiled and saw that there was no one else in the ward, and then said, "You should go." When I arrived at my hometown, I greeted my comrades.

She suddenly grabbed his hand and said in a choked voice: I'm not going anywhere, you can't have no one by your side.

He was about to say something, when there was a knock on the door. That's it. Before the two of them could react, Xu Yinchu walked in angrily. He walked straight to Qiao Tianchao's bed and asked with concern, "Adjutant Qiao, are you okay?"

Qiao Tianchao struggled to sit up, but Xu Yinchu hurriedly held him down: Adjutant Qiao, don't move, this injury is for you, this matter should have been handled by me personally.

Qiao Tianchao endured the pain and said: It is natural to work for the party-state.

Xu Yinchu scolded the incompetence of those troop commanders and the current situation, and then swore and said: Adjutant Qiao, don't worry, I will definitely do this for you! They dared to bully the heads of the military commanders.

After saying that, I said a few more words haha, and left.

Qiao Tianchao knew that whether he agreed or not, it would definitely be inappropriate for Wang Xiaofeng to leave at this time.

He smiled weakly at her and said, "It seems that you really can't go?"

When you're healed, I'm not leaving. She grabbed his hand and bowed her head to drop a sentence.

Later, Li Lu and her aunt also visited Qiao Tianchao one after another, and also brought greetings from their hometown. During those days, although Qiao Tianchao was lying on the hospital bed, he felt unprecedented warmth and comfort.

Because he was injured in the abdomen, his movement was limited, and Xu Yinchu sent two guards to accompany him day and night. Every time Qiao Tianchao went to the bathroom, he was supported by the guards, after all, he was a man, and his heart was not so meticulous, and every time he was sweating, he was sweating profusely. Later, Wang Xiaofeng simply took care of him by himself, which made Qiao Tianchao embarrassed. She understood his thoughts, and deliberately said aggressively: I am your wife, and I am not an outsider, what are you afraid of?

As soon as she said this, it was even more difficult for him to excuse himself, so he could only let her go.

Later, Qiao Tianchao always felt that the guards had a lot of inconvenience by his side, so he ordered them to go back. As soon as the guards left, the nerves of the two people relaxed, and the atmosphere became much warmer. He told her that this little injury was nothing at all, and that there was nothing to be nervous about. As soon as she was excited, she also lifted her trouser leg and showed him the scar there. It was the first time he had faced her body, and after one look, he immediately turned his gaze away. When she realized it, she blushed too.

Once, when the two of them were talking affectionately, Li Lu came. Seeing their appearance, she jokingly said: I bothered you, right?

Wang Xiaofeng didn't hear Li Lu's joke at first, but when she understood, she beat Li Lu with her fist and said: Don't talk nonsense!

Li Lu came this time and conveyed the organization's decision in a timely manner: in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the enemy, it was agreed that Comrade Wang Yingxiang would stay for the time being and continue to assist Qiao Tianchao in his work; At the same time, on behalf of the organization, he also inspected the relationship between Qiao Tianchao and Wang Xiaofeng. The organization is also considered from the perspective of human nature, hoping that two people can establish a mature love at work, so that it is not only conducive to work, but also not easy to find clues in life. The organization has been expecting the two to apply for marriage, but the organization has not yet received such an application. So, Li Lu went to pierce this layer of window paper on behalf of the organization.

Li Lu, who is also a woman, planned to talk to Wang Xiaofeng, so she chose such an opportunity. After all, it is a private talk, and it needs a certain environment and timing. When Li Lu walked into the ward and saw the two of them happy, she had the idea of chatting with Wang Xiaofeng.

The small talk between the two took place behind a rockery in the hospital. Li Lu didn't go around in circles, she asked straightforwardly: What do you think of Qiao Tianchao's person?

Li Lu's way of questioning surprised Wang Xiaofeng, she looked at Li Lu in a daze, and for a while she didn't know where the salt came from and where the vinegar came from.

Li Lu said bluntly: You have been with him for so long, you don't feel a little feeling?

Wang Xiaofeng came to her senses and turned red. Before Li Lu asked this, it was impossible for her, as a woman, to be indifferent to Qiao Tianchao, who lived under the same roof. She also thought about this, but every time she saw Qiao Tianchao looking businesslike, she suppressed this thought again, and invisibly remembered Li Zhi more. When I think of Li Zhi, it will bring back more memories for her. Among those familiar comrades-in-arms, she can show herself freely and confidently. Here is a useless place for heroes, such an underground life is like a mouse that cannot see the light of day, and everything in the past can only be relived in her dreams.

Love requires environment and mood, but in such a dark environment, how can her love flower bloom? She looked forward to returning to the team day and night, and even had a trace of resentment towards Qiao Tianchao in the waiting and suffering. She knew that this resentment was unreasonable, but she still couldn't help but resent, hate.

Qiao Tianchao's sudden injury made her resolutely decide to stay by his side, even though she was so eager to get out of here. But her comrades-in-arms in danger need her, and she is doing her duty as a comrade-in-arms at this time.

In the face of Li Lu's inquiry, she didn't know how to answer for a while, and after holding back for a while, she mustered up the courage to say: If the organization needs me to marry him, I have no opinion. If I had to choose for myself......

She didn't say the rest of the sentence, just shook her head.

Li Lu took her shoulder: Where do you want to go, how can the organization pull Lang match? No one can force this thing to love. Your own business, your way.

In the same way, Li Lu also asked Qiao Tianchao later. His reaction was the same as Wang Xiaofeng's, and he paused for a few minutes before asking Li Lu: Did she ask you to ask this?

Li Lu hurriedly shook his head: No. It's just me asking.

Qiao Tianchao really never thought about this, although Wang Xiaofeng's arrival made him feel the affection and warmth of his comrades-in-arms, and in a trance, he even had an ardent yearning for home, but that kind of warm fantasy was fleeting. He clearly knows his identity, and if he is not careful, he will be crushed. It is a small matter to sacrifice yourself, but it is a big thing to affect your comrades and bring unnecessary losses to the organization. The organization had already made a lot of sacrifices and efforts to insert him into the enemy's interior, and he couldn't afford to bring any more losses to the organization because of his mistakes. As a member of the organization, he knows that everything must be subject to the organization's arrangement. Thinking of this, he said firmly: If the organization needs us to combine, I have no opinion.

His answer was exactly the same as Wang Xiaofeng's, which made Li Lu's mouth open wide in shock.

Seeing Li Lu's gaffe, Qiao Tianchao hurriedly asked: What's wrong? Am I wrong?

Li Lu said with a little embarrassment: Okay, I won't mention this topic anymore in the future, even if I am self-inflicted, isn't it okay?

Qiao Tianchao breathed a sigh of relief.