Xi Junjie was carried to the ambulance, and the rescue convoy with the Chinese flag quickly evacuated. Perhaps it was because of the strong words of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the past few days. The place where the two countries exchanged fire avoided the rescue route. We can only hope that they can find the person quickly to avoid several negotiation calls a day. It's really scary.
The convoy left Pakistan smoothly, and the diplomats waiting there couldn't wait to ask, "Have you found Xi Junjie?"
"We found him. Let's notify the embassy." The rescue team leader stuck his head out and said, and then urged the convoy to hurry to the embassy area. The diplomats and troops waiting there quickly cleared the way, and arrived at the embassy unimpeded. Xi Junjie was carried to a hospital bed and began various examinations.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Xi Changbo, who had been sitting at his desk staring at the phone, finally heard the phone ring. He immediately picked up the phone and asked in a trembling voice, "Have you found him? Is he still alive?"
The person reporting the incident on the phone sounded excited: "Found him, slightly injured, not life-threatening."
After receiving the news that his son was found, he sat down in a chair and breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew that the evacuation of overseas Chinese might be dangerous, he did not expect that he would actually be attacked and that his son would be missing. He could not imagine how he would explain to his wife, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren if the rescue team brought back a body. Fortunately, he finally came back alive.
At this time, Xi Junjie was being examined on the bed. A group of doctors circled around him for a long time and finally finished all the examinations. The attending doctor and other doctors looked at the films and various test reports together, and praised him with great surprise: "He was in a coma for three days and two nights and he is fine. It's good to be young."
"Yeah, I thought he would at least have symptoms of anemia or malnutrition, but it turns out he has none of that. His physical fitness is really great."
"After a short rest, we can return home. However, given the injuries on my arm and forehead, I suggest you rest for a while before going back to work."
The Foreign Ministry official wrote down the doctor's instructions one by one, and when he saw Xi Junjie waving at him, he immediately bent down and asked Xi Junjie, who was lying on the bed, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"I want to take a shower!" Xi Junjie could hardly bear it anymore. He had never gone without a shower for so many days in his life. Before, when he was in his wife's space, Zhenzhen didn't allow him to take a shower or even wash his face in order to make his state look real when he was rescued. It almost drove him crazy.
The attending doctor looked at the dried blood on Xi Junjie's forehead, the messy hair and the dirt on his body, and could only nod: "I'll ask the nurse to make a waterproof bandage for you, and then you can take a shower. But you have to eat something before taking a shower. You've been hungry for a few days. If you take a shower on an empty stomach, you will fall into a coma again."
The hospital meal had been prepared long ago. Since it was not as convenient as in China, the embassy only prepared a bowl of noodles and a portion of chicken soup. After rinsing his mouth, Xi Junjie drank a mouthful of chicken soup first. Looking at the oil in the bowl, he sighed in his heart with regret: "It's not as delicious as my wife's cooking."
After eating half a bowl of noodles and drinking two mouthfuls of chicken soup, Xi Junjie put down his chopsticks and strongly demanded to solve the problem of personal hygiene. The embassy staff looked at the half-remaining meal and scratched their heads in confusion: "Last time we rescued a Chinese who had lost his passport, he was hungry for two days and wanted to eat a pot of rice. In comparison, Xi Junjie eats too little. Is he feeling unwell?"
"Xi Junjie must be too exhausted after being unconscious for so long that he has lost his appetite." An official nearby sighed, "This was really too thrilling."
Xi Junjie rejected the suggestion of others to help him take a bath, locked the bathroom door tightly, and then whispered: "Wife, wife, help me take a bath."
Zhenzhen came out of the space reluctantly, pushed the naked Xi Junjie onto the stool in the bathroom, picked up the shower head and washed his hair three times, avoiding the wound on his forehead. Only then did Xi Junjie feel refreshed on his head.
After scrubbing his body clean, Xi Junjie's expression began to change as Zhenzhen's clothes became more and more transparent. Zhenzhen saw it all and sprayed him with water in the face with the shower head in anger. She lowered her voice and yelled, "Can you act like a patient?"
Xi Junjie felt very aggrieved: "I also want to be honest, but he doesn't listen to me."
Zhen Zhen was angry and amused. She twisted his strong waist and whispered, "Wait until you get home and see how I deal with you."
Just as Xi Junjie was about to speak, someone knocked on the door: "Junjie, hurry up, the airport has arranged for us to take off in four hours."
"Okay!" Xi Junjie shouted quickly. Zhenzhen took out a large bath towel from the space and wiped Xi Junjie clean. She also helped him change into clean clothes prepared by the embassy before returning to the space.
It was almost time to board the plane, and except for Xi Junjie, the other embassy staff became busy again. They had to organize the Chinese compatriots who were temporarily recuperating in the nearby community to line up and get on the bus and rush to the airport immediately.
When the overseas Chinese arrived here to allocate accommodation, the embassy staff had already returned the passports to the individuals according to their names, so this time they checked the list before boarding the bus. After ticking off the names one by one, an hour later, the embassy staff discovered that two more people were missing.
"Who is missing?" the person in charge of the evacuation came over and asked.
"Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran." The embassy staff replied after looking at the list.
"It's them again." The person in charge gritted his teeth. It was because of them that Xi Junjie left the embassy without permission that he was attacked when he went back to find them. If Xi Junjie hadn't been lucky enough to find a very hidden pit, this outstanding diplomat might have lost his life.
The person in charge took the list, found the name of the girl who lived in the same room with them, and ordered: "Call Zhang Fei from car number one."
Someone immediately went to look for her, and soon Zhang Fei got out of the car and came over. She looked a little timid and uneasy: "My friend hasn't come yet."
The person in charge tried to suppress his anger and asked, "I have emphasized many times when delivering three meals to you every day that we may leave at any time, so you are not allowed to go out without permission. What did they do this time when they sneaked out?"
Zhang Fei hesitated, as if she didn't know whether to say it or not. At this moment, she suddenly saw a man with gauze on his head and arms being carried to an ambulance. The person in charge looked back and said in a very cold voice: "He is the diplomat Xi Junjie who went back to Pakistan to look for Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran. He encountered a gunfight on the way and almost died. It was not until today that we rescued him."
"I know." Zhang Fei said with some guilt, "I was the one who told him that Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran didn't get on the bus." Biting her lip, Zhang Fei said quickly, "Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran found a gold shop that had just been bombed near the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan. They wanted to try their luck and see if they could find some gold in the ruins, but they found that only half of the gold shop collapsed, and two of the gold cabinets were completely intact. It was because of the gold that they missed the bus that left."
The person in charge's face darkened. He took a deep breath and continued to ask, "Then why did they disappear this time? Did they go to pick up gold again?"
"No, because we were worried that we might get into trouble if we were found carrying a large amount of gold jewelry at customs when we returned to China, so we decided to exchange the gold for US dollars. This is more convenient, and it is less likely to arouse suspicion if we bring more cash when we flee back to China." Zhang Fei answered quickly.
The person in charge almost laughed out of anger: "Will there be no trouble if we change it to US dollars? Okay, I get it, get in the car." He immediately turned around and ordered: "It's time, notify the convoy to set off."
Zhang Fei had just taken two steps when she heard the order and was shocked: "But they haven't come back yet."
"We can't let two people affect the safety of hundreds of people." The person in charge said expressionlessly: "If you are worried, you can stay and wait for them, and then return home together."
Zhang Fei shut up and got into the car. The person in charge watched the car door close, got into a car behind him, and announced on the intercom: "Let's go!"
At this time, Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran didn't know that the convoy had already left. They were blocked by several people in a dark dead end, with several sharp knives waving in front of them.
"Hand over the gold." shouted a tall, bald black man.
Li Wen and his companions were forced to retreat to the wall. Seeing that there was really no way out, they cried out, "We really don't have any gold. We just escaped from Pakistan. How could we possibly have gold with us?"
The black man sneered, walked up to her, pulled off her backpack, and searched through it. In addition to half a bag of gold jewelry, there were also a lot of US dollars: "I saw the whole process of your transaction."
Zhang Xiaoran was so scared that she burst into tears, but she was unwilling to see the gold she had worked so hard to get fly away. Seeing that they were leaving, she actually wanted to bargain: "You can take the gold, but leave the money to us, okay?"
The leader laughed wildly at them and the others as if he had heard a joke. "They actually bargained with me. It seems they don't know my reputation. Brothers, teach them a lesson. And by the way, check if there are any missing dollars and gold."
A group of people rushed over and tore the bags and pockets of the two people. Now, all the gold that the two people had hidden from each other was searched out, and the money they had on them was also taken away.
The black boss came over and ripped off the gold chain on Zhang Xiaoran's hand, sneering: "You should be thankful that we don't rape women, otherwise you two wouldn't be able to leave here alive."
The black boss threw the gold chain to his younger brother beside him and said, "Let's go!"
Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran collapsed on the ground and watched a group of people walk away, and they couldn't help but cover their faces and cry.
****
The two planes flying to China took off as planned. At this time, Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran limped back to the accommodation arranged by the Chinese Embassy staff for the evacuated compatriots with bruised faces.
The two of them saw that the door was ajar and pushed it open. The person cleaning inside turned around and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"We live here." Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran looked at the bags of garbage at the door and had a bad feeling in their hearts. They immediately said anxiously, "We are Chinese compatriots waiting for evacuation. The Chinese embassy staff arranged for us to live here."
"Oh, they're gone." The cleaner said, "They left here three hours ago."
Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran looked at each other, their eyes full of fear. They didn't care about the pain in their legs at this time, and they went to the Chinese Embassy not far from here. China didn't have many diplomats sent to this small country, so because of the evacuation work, they all went to the airport to coordinate related matters. When the work was completed, it was already past the end of the working time.
The next morning, Chinese diplomats who came to work saw two women half-lying at the door. Diplomat Zhang Ze walked over, squatted down and patted them: "Get up."
Zhang Xiaoran woke up from her dream and couldn't help crying when she saw the diplomat in front of her: "We were robbed and we were freezing here all night. Why didn't the plane back home wait for us?"
Zhang Ze opened the office door expressionlessly: "The evacuation plane will not wait for anyone. If you miss the time, you will give up the rescue. As for being robbed..." Zhang Ze glanced at the two of them: "I will call the police immediately and ask them to come and investigate."
The two men remembered the warning from the black man yesterday, and they shuddered in their hearts. They said quickly, "No, no, we won't call the police. Please send us a plane to take us back home."
"I'm sorry." Zhang Ze smiled and said, "You can buy tickets back home here. You can buy them yourself. We can help you with the relevant procedures."
"But all our money has been taken away. Besides, aren't we also part of the evacuation team?" The two men became anxious. The tickets to return home from here are not cheap. Besides, other people don't have to pay for the flight back home, so why should they spend money
"You gave up on accepting rescue." Zhang Ze patiently explained: "Either you can contact your relatives in China to send you money, or you can return to Pakistan. I see that you are already Pakistani citizens. According to the regulations, you should seek rescue from them."
Zhang Xiaoran was angry: "Are you taking your anger out on us because of the missing diplomat?"
Zhang Ze still had a smile on his face. "We are following the rules. Do you need me to call the police for you? I just heard that the Pakistani police are also investigating the theft of the gold shop. According to Pakistan's temporary laws, the bombed shops and houses are still personal assets. If someone illegally occupies them, it is considered theft."
Li Wen and Zhang Xiaoran looked deathly pale.
******
The plane landed at the Imperial Capital Airport. Xi Changbo, Ling Xiu Lan and Zhen Zhen were already waiting at the exit. At the same time, a large number of people holding the Chinese flag were preparing to take their relatives home.
The first to come out were the overseas Chinese and Chinese who had returned home safely, followed by the embassy staff, and finally the special forces. Because Xi Junjie was injured and stood out among the crowd, Ling Xiulan burst into tears. Xi Junjie was not only a father, but also an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He could only suppress his eagerness and first expressed his condolences to other colleagues. Finally, he walked to Xi Junjie's side and patted Xi Junjie on the shoulder with mixed feelings: "It's good that you're back."
After seeing this scene on the noon news, Wang Sufen finally understood: "Junjie went to Pakistan to evacuate overseas Chinese? I was wondering if my in-laws and Zhenzhen have been distracted these days. This is too dangerous."
Old Mrs. Li also sat up: "It's good that you're back safely, it's good that you're back safely, quickly ask the kitchen to prepare meals and make some more soup for Junjie, I don't know how serious his injury is."
Xi Changbo was driving, while Ling Xiulan, Xi Junjie, and Zhenzhen sat in the back seat. Zhenzhen had long since stopped worrying about Xi Junjie's condition, so she just held his hand silently. But Ling Xiulan was different. Her son went out well, but came back injured. She held Xi Junjie's arm and started crying, "How come you're the only one injured out of so many people? What happened?"
"It's nothing, I'm back safely." Xi Junjie smiled and said, "I just accidentally scratched my arm, it's really nothing."
Ling Xiulan was also frightened, but she felt relieved after crying for a while. She wiped her tears and glared at Xi Changbo who was driving in the front seat: "Don't ask my son to go if there is such a thing in the future."
Xi Changbo didn't dare to agree, and could only smile and say, "There aren't so many things to evacuate overseas Chinese." After saying that, he was afraid that Ling Xiulan would scold him, so he quickly glanced at Xi Junjie through the rearview mirror and said, "Since you are injured this time, you should rest well at home. Wait until you are fine after the reexamination before going to work."
Touching the bag on his head, Xi Junjie smiled and said, "It's actually nothing serious." As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Xiulan and Zhenzhen looked over. Xi Junjie immediately changed his words tactfully: "But you really need to rest. The doctor said you have to go to the hospital every two days to change the medicine."
The car stopped at the door of the house. Mrs. Li, Wang Sufen, and Li Muwu, who had been waiting at the door with their children, came over and asked, "Why did you go to such a dangerous place? If we hadn't seen the news, we wouldn't have known about it."
Xi Junjie smiled and said, "The order was urgent, so there was no time to explain in detail." He leaned forward and kissed the twins' chubby faces, then asked happily, "Watermelon and Grape, do you miss your daddy?"
The twins glanced at him, then turned around and stretched out their hands to Zhen Zhen: "Mom...Mom..."
Xi Junjie smiled and slapped them on the buttocks: "You little heartless boy, it's only been a few days and you don't recognize your father anymore."
Wang Sufen smiled and rubbed Grape's butt: "Okay, stop standing outside and come into the house. The meal is ready. I've also made several soups for Junjie. Which one do you like?"
Xi Junjie looked at Zhen Zhen and smiled: "Drink chicken soup."
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Wang Sufen said immediately, "The chickens we raise in our garden are fat and tender."
Leading them to the dining room, Ling Xiulan was so moved by the table full of dishes: "You guys are still thinking about him. I was so anxious that I forgot to ask you to cook."
"Why should we be so polite? We are a family." Wang Sufen served Xi Junjie a bowl of chicken soup and passed the chicken legs and wings to him: "Eat more. You must have suffered a lot abroad."
Xi Junjie took a bite of the chicken leg and smiled: "It's okay, but it doesn't taste good."
Wang Sufen felt distressed when she heard this, and put a bunch of ribs into the empty bowl next to Xi Junjie: "You can't eat fish and shrimp because of your wound now, so just eat more meat."
After eating, Wang Sufen and Old Lady Li still took the child to their room and let the couple talk in private. After closing the door, Xi Junjie came forward and hugged Zhenzhen, kissed her on the mouth, and smiled playfully: "You said you would clean up my house when I get home, come and clean up."
Zhen Zhen pinched his waist with amusement: "Your arm is pretty flexible, isn't it?"
Xi Junjie chuckled and tried to pick up Zhenzhen with one hand, but he had no strength. He could only look at Zhenzhen pitifully: "Wife, can you help me get on the bed?" Seeing that Zhenzhen was unmoved, he leaned over and kissed her: "I'm really sleepy."
Zhen Zhen was overwhelmed by Xi Junjie's flashing eyes. While helping him take off his clothes, she said bitterly, "You only know how to use your face to seduce me."
Xi Junjie chuckled, stretched out his uninjured arm to hug Zhenzhen's waist, and used his lips to block her chattering mouth.
The two of them tossed and turned for about an hour. Xi Junjie lay on the bed, sweating profusely, and hugged Zhenzhen contentedly: "I think marrying you is the greatest blessing in my life."
Zhen Zhen opened her eyes and glanced at him: "Yes, if I hadn't come to save you, we could have held a memorial service for you now."
"I can't do anything about that situation. The order I received was to bring everyone out. Now two people are missing and I have their passports. I have to go find them." Xi Junjie looked at Zhenzhen's increasingly dark face and quickly assured her, "I swear that I will always put my own safety first in such situations in the future."
"You think I believe you? I promised you that before I left." Zhen Zhen sneered, "You're lucky this time. Don't expect me to save you next time something like this happens. I'll find a stepfather for the twins and make you mad."
Xi Junjie leaned his face closer to Zhenzhen and said with a proud look on his face, "It's not easy to find one. I'm the only one in the world who is so handsome and loves his wife so much. Otherwise, how could I be so lucky to marry you."
"Shameless." Zhenzhen pinched Xi Junjie's face.
Xi Junjie rubbed Zhenzhen's smooth shoulder with his chin and suddenly said, "Take me to visit your hometown."
"Go to my hometown?" Zhenzhen looked back at him: "You mean Beicha?"
"Yeah." Xi Junjie nodded: "I always hear you talk about the beautiful red pine forest in your hometown. I've always wanted to go and see it."
Zhenzhen smiled, got out of bed, took out a set of clean clothes and threw them on Xi Junjie: "Hurry up and get up, we're leaving right away!"
The author has something to say: I have to pick up my child from the kindergarten, and I will correct the typos and sentences later, xoxo!