The leaders of the military region attached great importance to his assignment. In line with the principle of respecting the heroes and the opinions of his family members, they finally decided that Conway would go to the General Logistics Department of the military region to manage the equipment renovation of the communications unit. To put it bluntly, it was something that would not be used in eight hundred years.
Sinecure.
The commander told Conway that the army had decided to promote him to lieutenant colonel in recognition of his outstanding military exploits. In a few days, a conferment ceremony would be held.
Conway didn't seem to care much about this. After saluting and thanking the chief for his concern, he said goodbye to Gu Mengmeng and left.
After resting at home for a few more days, they sent off He Yang and Enya who went to Tibet for their honeymoon. Then they returned to the 368** unit to visit He Tuan and the soldiers. They stopped in the unit for one night and listened to a group of drunk men talking.
After talking about ideals, life, and falling asleep on the wine table, they returned to the dormitory to tidy up their things.
Before leaving, they went to see Qiao Jun again.
The tomb was cleaned very clean. Gu Mengmeng presented a bunch of fragrant wild flowers that she picked.
The two stood silently on the hilltop for a long time. When they came down the mountain, they missed the opportunity to say goodbye to Chen Yaxian who was on a mission.
He Tuan's peach blossom eyes on his dark face were still charming, but there was a layer of sadness in his eyes that no one could see through. He punched Conway hard as he got into the car and set off, and blessed him with red eyes: "Brother! Be safe.
!”
"Take care, He Tuan!"
Two 185-year-old men stood together like two towering mountains. They solemnly exchanged military salutes, buried all their unspeakable emotions and said goodbye in the strong wind on the outskirts of Beijing.
Early on Monday morning, the autumn mood hit me.
Gu Mengmeng and Kangwei, dressed in autumn military uniforms, said goodbye outside the community, took buses and subways, and rushed to their long-lost jobs.
Conway said that he needed to adapt to his new job, so he decided to go home during the weekends. Gu Mengmeng supported his approach and told him to bring medicine, pay attention to his health, and report anything to her.
There were still so many people traveling to work on the bus. She stood all the way to the newspaper office. When she didn't want to get off the bus, she met several colleagues at work. They were squeezed into the front half of the bus and did not find Gu Mengmeng. Next
Behind the car, they all bumped into a piece.
They saw her award-winning report on the news and on the newspaper's intranet, and they all gave her thumbs up.
"Congratulations, Mengmeng!"
“Reporter Gu is awesome!”
“Mengmeng’s treat!”
She smiled and agreed one by one, chatted with her colleagues about her experiences in Amsterdam, and then entered the newspaper office.
Xiaowen took off her military uniform, put on a large maternity dress, and was struggling to sweep the floor in the office. Gu Mengmeng stood at the door, knocked on the door with a smile. Xiaowen didn't bother to look back, and shouted: "Come in
Bar."
After hearing no echo for a while, I suddenly turned my head and found that Gu Mengmeng, whom I hadn't seen for half a year, was standing at the door. She couldn't help shouting in surprise: "Mengmeng! You're at work! Great, great...
.I have a companion."
A series of surprises were shouted out, but Gu Mengmeng's mouth opened wider and her expression became weird.
She pointed at the big belly in front of her that was so huge that several balloons could not fill it, and exclaimed: "Xiaowen, are you taking the blame?!"
"Haha... nonsense. I'm about to give birth, Mengmeng. Of course it has to be this big!"
A soft halo appeared on the face of the expectant mother Xiaowen. She rubbed her belly with her fingers and taught Gu Mengmeng the parenting skills. She asked: "It's time for you and your husband to get married, right? You got married earlier than me, but you still have to have children."
Call my baby brother..."
Xiaowen didn't know about Conway's second surgery, so she didn't know whether it was inappropriate to get pregnant while taking medication for maintenance. She vaguely covered it up on the grounds that she couldn't take care of it.
However, Xiaowen thought deeply and warned her: "Men, especially decent men like your husband, if you don't tie him up with children early, the risk factor will increase. Women's prices drop when they get married, and men's prices increase after they get married.
Generally, any married man with some advantages will have no problem finding a place to live."
Gu Mengmeng smiled and said, "He won't."
Xiaowen looked at her thoughtfully and suddenly mentioned her husband.
"You know he cheated on me before we got married. I thought the promise he made to me would last for a year no matter what, but I'm not afraid of your jokes. When I was more than five months pregnant, one night when I went to bed, I
I found a few long curly hairs stuck to his lower body. He was sleeping soundly at that time, and a few hairs came out from the side of his underwear. I thought they were his, but I didn't expect that when I pulled them out, they turned out to be long. Before he went home
After taking a shower, I smelled of Dior body wash for women. I had doubts at the time, but thinking about how pitiful he was when he knelt down in front of me crying and begging me to give him a chance, I thought, as a man, I wouldn’t
That’s not authentic.”
She smiled bitterly, brushed her hair with her hands, looked at Gu Mengmeng with hurt eyes and said, "The truth is always crueler than imagined. When he came home with the fragrance for the second time, I asked him if it was the same one as before.
When I saw a woman, he was stunned, panic flashed in his eyes, and he tried to explain how it was possible, saying that I had pregnancy syndrome, and was suspicious! I took out those long hairs, threw them on his face, and grabbed his collar.
I let him smell it, and sneered at him and called him a bitch. Later, I kicked him out. I remember that I was very impulsive at the time, pointing to my belly and saying that I would go for induction of labor immediately. It would be embarrassing for the baby to have such a dirty father after he was born.
!”
Gu Mengmeng listened attentively and touched her hard belly through her maternity shirt.
Xiaowen pressed her belly and said: "He said he was wrong and would never do it again. The main reason was that the woman kept pestering him, and my physical condition during pregnancy made it impossible for him to live as a couple, which led to his cheating.
He swore to God, there were only two times, but I discovered him both times. Do you think it was a coincidence? Later, he came to the newspaper office to pick me up on time every day, slept on the sofa at night, and sent me to work on time in the morning, for fear of not paying attention.
I went and had the baby done. He also mobilized his family and mine to persuade me to forgive him, saying that he would change everything for the sake of the baby! He just begged me not to scratch the roots of the * family."
Xiaowen spread her hands.
Helplessly put it down: "In this way, with the baby in my belly, I saved a disintegrated marriage. I advise you to have children as soon as possible, for your own good. My husband, an ordinary person, can cause trouble, let alone your family
That’s the one..."
Gu Mengmeng patted her hand to express her gratitude.
"We can't have children for the time being, but do you feel happy in a marriage that is tied to children?"
Her question made Xiaowen feel depressed all day long. Gu Mengmeng regretted her gaffe and ordered a meal and KTV for entertainment after get off work. She notified a group of colleagues and invited Xiaowen to go with her to change her mood.