Recently, Hou Yiying feels overwhelmed every time she thinks about the fact that she has not been able to complete the task of analyzing Southeast Asia's economic trends.
She even frantically thought about whether she should take some time off to avoid her boss's constant urgings.
"Ah, after you reminded me, I thought about it again." He Kuishan said, "The director said that the work of summarizing and analyzing intelligence on Southeast Asia's economic trends is related to the country's strategic considerations for the construction of foreign-related economic corridors.
Very tight."
"To assign us such a far-fetched job, we have found the wrong person." Hou Yiying said dissatisfied.
She sullenly said nothing and gathered the printed images in front of her together.
He Kuishan, who was about to leave, suddenly noticed Xiong Jiandong's picture. He held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, then asked with surprise: "Where did you dig this guy out from?"
"Do you know him?" Hou Yiying asked.
"His name is Xiong Jiandong, from Huaishang City, and he was my comrade in arms back then." He Kuishan thought.
"Yes, yes!" Hou Yiying said in surprise, "This guy's name is Xiong Jiandong!"
He Kuishan recalled: "Many years ago, when I was an instructor in the Marine Corps, he served as the deputy battalion commander, and we were a comrade for seven or eight years. I remember that he was ordered to retire early by the brigade headquarters because he violated discipline!"
"So you haven't seen each other since then!" Hou Yiying asked again, "You don't know the news that he has died?"
"Xiong Jiandong has died? I have never heard anyone mention this." He Kuishan replied, "Only a few years ago, other comrades mentioned that he had been promoted to the deputy director of the local police station. By the way, you didn't just
Did you come back from Huaishang City? Didn't you come into contact with him there?"
"We have met several times." Hou Yiying said, "I also accidentally discovered Xiong Jiandong's trace this morning. It turns out that he is not dead, and has now arrived in the capital. But at the moment, I haven't found out his condition yet."
"It seems that the rumor is wrong!" He Kuishan said with a smile, "I haven't seen him for many years. The strange thing is that this guy hasn't changed at all. He still looks like he did when he was young. He still has a heroic spirit!"
Hou Yiying waited for the director to continue.
He Kuishan looked at the picture in his hand carefully, touched his shaved head, and said with emotion: "Look at me again, my hair has almost been plucked out by the years, I look like an old man!"
However, Hou Yiying did not intend to tell He Kuishan everything about Xiong Jiandong now.
However, she still told He Kuishan that once there was news about Xiong Jiandong, she would notify the division chief as soon as possible so that the two old comrades could have a chance to meet.
When it was time to get off work, she was about to go to her boyfriend Wang Xiyao's dinner date as scheduled when the Haidian District Police Department called and reported that they already had Xiong Jiandong's information.
The car wash shop where Xiong Jiandong works odd jobs is in a remote alley in Zhongguancun.
Based on the image fax provided by Hou Yiying, the police officer quickly discovered the person he was looking for.
According to Hou Yiying's instructions, they did not immediately alert Xiong Jiandong, but had secretly filmed the scene while he was working. They would send it to their internal mailbox after a while for her to confirm whether there were any errors.
After waiting for nearly half an hour, Hou Yiying received images of Xiong Jiandong at work on his computer.
On the screen, a young man is bending his body and working hard to wax a car with his hands. The entire image lasts about five minutes. Although it was getting late, the image quality was not very clear, and it was taken from a long distance, Hou Yiying had already concluded that,
This young man must be Xiong Jiandong who reappeared mysteriously.
"I never thought he would actually become a car washer!"
Hou Yiying sighed in his heart and shook his head involuntarily.
It was past six o'clock when I left the office. It was the rush hour for traffic jams. Hou Yiying drove for a long time and fought several times before driving into Zhongguancun Street and found the mutton restaurant.
She had already made plans on the way. The first thing she did after having dinner with her boyfriend Wang Xiyao was to find the car wash and make sure to see Xiong Jiandong.
The hot pot restaurant is located on the fifth floor of a building, with a shopping mall below it.
Coming out of the elevator, Hou Yiying discovered that this mutton hot pot restaurant, probably because of its good business, also used the sixth floor of the building. Through internal renovation and decoration, a spiral staircase was built to connect the upper and lower floors.
Wang Xiyao has already been guarding here early.
He reserved a seat for the two of them at a place near the window sill upstairs. As soon as he saw Hou Yiying appear, he immediately ran over like a gust of wind and greeted her.
A large bouquet of roses brought by Wang Xiyao has been placed on the seat. In his opinion, this is an indispensable courtesy every time he meets Hou Yiying.
Although Wang Xiyao and Hou Yiying grew up in the same army compound and studied in the same class from elementary school to junior high school, their family backgrounds are worlds apart.
His father worked as a company clerk and then as a regimental staff officer. For more than 20 years, he relied on his hard-working words and good writing skills, so he won the special favor of Hou Yiying's father and was able to serve by his side all the time. His mother is a nurse.
, is even more considerate of the Hou family, going to the chief every now and then to take blood pressure checks, deliver supplements, and take care of all the complicated and trivial matters such as water bills, electricity bills, and even laundry and bed drying that the Hou family has to pay.
As a young boy, Wang Xiyao had already fallen in love with the lively and beautiful Hou Yiying, and secretly vowed to marry her when he grew up.
He knew that his family background was beyond his reach, so he studied hard until he became a postdoctoral fellow in physics at HKUST.
Now, Wang Xiyao has entered a cutting-edge National Institute of Physics.
Hou Yiying's parents watched Wang Xiyao grow up beside them. Seeing that this child had been gentle and polite since he was a child, and now he has achieved academic success. They expected that he would not be an engineering academician in the future, but also a scientific expert in a certain field, so they fell in love with him first for their daughter.
When I asked Hou Yiying about his attitude, he didn't say yes or bad. It seemed that he acquiesced.
Later, Wang Xiyao once asked Hou Yiying why she was willing to date him. Hou Yiying thought for a long time before coming up with an answer that made him feel stomachache every time he thought about it.
"That's because I have always thought that the name Wang Xiyao is quite good!"
Wang Xiyao, who was afraid that his relationship with Hou Yiying would be stranded, did not dare to be careless after she returned to the capital from a mission in Huaishang. Every time he met Hou Yiying, he would give her a large bouquet of flowers.
Because he had heard someone say: A woman's emotions and wisdom change rapidly, and only the thorns of roses can firmly capture her heart!
The business of this mutton-shabu restaurant was really busy, and almost all the seats upstairs were occupied. The two of them waited for more than ten minutes before the waiter brought the hot pot soup.
"Ying!" Wang Xiyao's eyes were shining behind the lenses, "My parents want to ask your opinion, when can we get engaged?"
He diligently brought a portion of the prepared sauce to Hou Yiying.