The Road Home

Chapter 33

They had not expected that in one night their plans would be completely disrupted.

On Friday, his base received a last-minute support assignment. A new batch of explosives had been excavated. The quantity was large, and these explosives had also been buried in the ground for many years. Hence, they were extremely dangerous and had been gathered and all sent to a remote factory. There was an urgent need for specialists to concentrate all their efforts on this operation and dispose of these hazardous materials.

Lu Yanchen was the first person at his base named to this task.

The second was the person most senior in experience in this place, an old specialist, lean and not tall, with a height of only 1.65 metres but a straight and erect stature.

During normal times, there was no interaction between the two of them when they were at the military base, and it was actually when they were leaving that they had a meeting in the office with the top superior of the base. The general idea of the meeting was that this time, the quantity was large, the degree of difficulty was high, and the level of danger was high as well, so this superior of theirs was "pep-talking the troops" beforehand. After ten minutes, though, that superior could see that the two wore expressions that showed they did not really need any pep talks, so he said, "Ol' Shen, I know you don't have any family and just need to go back and pack some things and then you'll be good. Xiao Lu [Little Lu], aren't you getting married? You'll be gone for three to four months. Will you need to postpone the wedding?"

"No." Lu Yanchen paused, then requested, "Before I go, give me one day off so I can register my marriage, and that will be good enough. My wife needs to apply for a birth approval certificate. There isn't enough time for her to wait for me to register the marriage when I come back." This top-level superior readily gave his approval for this and in passing also told the administrative assistant to hurry the human resources department about it. In the end, however, the answer they received was that his profile still had not been transferred over yet, so, alas, he would have to take one day in the middle of the assignment to fly back and register his marriage.

At this time, Gui Xiao was already in that little town.

She had taken into consideration that Lu Yanchen normally did not have time, and her working hours were flexible anyway. Also, firstly, she could not contain her desire to share the news with her good friend, and secondly, she wanted to first start making the arrangements for everything. So, she had driven out here today.

Meng Xiaoshan was quick and efficient when she did things, and bringing over her restaurant's menu, she began picking and choosing with Gui Xiao...

On the maroon-coloured leather couch, Gui Xiao lay her cheek against the back cushion and inhaled the faint scent given off by the couch, instructing, "Give me your bank account number. I'll transfer the money to you."

"What kind of joke is that?" Meng Xiaoshan laughed. "You're not the one who borrowed the money."

Gui Xiao looked glumly at her. "But I feel bad."

Meng Xiaoshan gave a light sigh. "This really doesn't have much to do with Lu Chen or you. This sum of money was something that Hai Dong personally asked me for, and what he based the request on was the friendship between him and me. This is something between Hai Dong and me. I'm telling you, don't go and try to pay the money back to Hai Dong. Back in middle school, he had been going around with a bunch of gangsters and causing trouble, and it was Lu Chen who dragged him back. If it hadn't been for Lu Chen, he would have been ruined a long time ago. When it comes to the matters between men, don't go getting yourself involved in them either. If he did want you to get involved in this, he wouldn't be the Lu Chen I know."