When Wen Nuan returned home, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening.
Gu Qinglan came to the family compound these two nights, but Lele didn't wait for her mother to come home last night, so she kept walking out of the yard to look around today, wanting to see when her mother would come back.
So the first thing the little guy did when he saw Wen Nuan coming home was to rush out and shout loudly, "Mom."
Seeing the child so excited, Wen Nuan reached out and picked up the little girl, and asked her, "Why did you run out? Aren't you cold?"
Lele shook his little head like a rattle and said with a smile: "It's not cold, I'm waiting for mommy!"
"So good!" Wen Nuan pinched the little girl's chubby face and asked her with a smile: "Did Lele eat the candy secretly?"
In fact, she had already smelled the sweet candy in the little girl's mouth. Her aunt must have given her a lot of candy.
When the little guy heard this, he immediately covered his mouth with his two hands and shook his head: "Mmm..."
Wen Nuan was not angry either, she just said: "I will help you brush your teeth later, if you don't brush your teeth, bugs will bite your teeth."
Speaking of brushing teeth, Lele covered his mouth more tightly and said incoherently: "It's spicy."
Wen Nuan kissed her on the cheek and walked into the house carrying the child.
There was a stove in the room, which made it much warmer. As soon as I entered the room, I felt much more comfortable and put the child down from my arms.
After Lele got off the bed, she no longer pestered Wen Nuan, but ran to play with hairpins. During the summer and autumn, children's hair grew rapidly, and now it had reached her neck. Wen Nuan had to braid her hair every day before going out.
Lele had already taken off the hair tie on her head and was now putting hairpins on her hair.
Wen Nuan saw that she was playing by herself and did not disturb her to distract her. Instead, she walked to the eight-immortals table and poured herself a glass of water.
Gu Qinglan saw Wen Nuan coming back, so she asked her, "Sister-in-law, why did you come back so late?"
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Wen Nuan went to the hospital to bring chicken soup to Li Daxiang, and never came back since then.
She came over after get off work and saw that Wen Nuan had left some chicken soup, so she picked up Lele from Sister Guihua's house. She thought Wen Nuan would be home soon, but she didn't show up until Lele was already crying out for hunger.
Wen Nuan recovered after drinking a glass of water and said softly, "I suspected that there was something fishy about Da Xiang's carbon monoxide poisoning, so I went to find the commander."
"What?" Gu Qinglan looked at Wen Nuan in surprise. Her fingers subconsciously clenched the handle of the chair. She looked at Wen Nuan and said, "I find it strange too. Da Xiang doesn't seem like such a careless person."
Wen Nuan nodded, "Besides, Da Xiang still has a mission to complete, so he should be more vigilant. I have already told Commander Xu about this, so please don't make it public for now, and wait and see how Commander Xu's investigation goes."
In fact, she had already guessed who it was, but she had to wait for Gu Qinghan to come back. She couldn't tell Qinglan yet, otherwise this girl might run off to look for someone.
Gu Qinglan recalled the image of Li Daxiang lying on the sickbed and nodded gently: "I won't tell anyone about it. Now I just hope to find that person as soon as possible."
*
Late at night, heavy snow.
Gu Qinghan drove the truck back to the Beicheng troops. As soon as he parked the car, he saw Commander Xu walking towards him with his hands behind his back from a distance.
Gu Qinghan estimated the time. The lights must have been turned off by now. It was snowing. Why was Commander Xu still outside so late
Commander Xu came straight towards him, and when he saw Gu Qinghan got out of the car, he said, "Deputy Commander Gu, come with me."
Gu Qinghan walked towards Master Xu, paused and said, "Master, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Division Commander Xu had already spoken to Commander Lu on the phone and knew about Gu Qinghan's exchange of the supply truck, so he said directly: "Comrade Wen Nuan reported to me that someone was trying to murder my military comrades. I heard from them that you were the first person to discover that Li Daxiang was unconscious, so I came to you to find out the situation."
Commander Xu added, "I have already questioned Li Daxiang. He can't remember the specific details for now. I'm just going to see if you have any evidence. I heard that your supply truck was tampered with."
Gu Qinghan didn't expect that his wife also noticed something was wrong and reported it to Commander Xu to investigate the matter. He pursed his lips and said, "Yes, after I sent Daxiang to the hospital, I went back to investigate the scene where he was poisoned. I found that the windows and door cracks of the house had been sealed with rags, and I also found two tools on the chassis of the supply truck."
Commander Xu frowned and looked over: "Tools?"
Gu Qinghan led Commander Xu to the supply truck that had been tampered with. He had already arranged people to guard it. His subordinates got off the truck after seeing Gu Qinghan coming back. Suddenly they saw Gu Qinghan and Commander Xu appear together, and they realized the seriousness of the matter.
Gu Qinghan asked his subordinates: "No one has moved this car, right?"
After the subordinate saluted Gu Qinghan and Commander Xu, he said, "No, Deputy Commander Gu, I have been guarding here all day today, and no one has moved."
Gu Qinghan asked his subordinates to open the car door and took out a pair of pliers and duckbill pliers wrapped in cloth from the box in the car.
When Commander Xu saw it, his brows furrowed even more tightly. The army had strict control over these tools, especially the duckbill pliers. The only people who could take out these two tools at once were the maintenance workers in the maintenance team.
Gu Qinghan saw the anger of Commander Xu and said, "The person who did it is of low means and has many flaws. It is certain that he is not from the mechanical repair team."
After all, the mechanic team is composed of soldiers who receive years of training. If it was really someone from that side who did the crime, they wouldn't be stupid enough to leave the tools behind at the scene.
Commander Xu raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Gu Qinghan explained: "I have asked someone to go to the machine repair team to check the tool box of the maintenance team comrades, and there will be results soon."
Gu Qinghan also suspected that the army might have been invaded by enemy spies, but the person who caused the trouble was obviously an inexperienced person. Not only did he leave behind a lot of "evidence", he couldn't even figure out the structure of the car. However, there were indeed signs that the fuel tank and the chassis had been tampered with.
However, he had someone check and found that the supply truck was not actually damaged. But for safety reasons, Gu Qinghan still changed a car to transport the supplies.
However, judging from the opponent's low-level means, this person doesn't know much about machinery and has very poor anti-reconnaissance capabilities.
But since that person could get these tools so easily, he must be related to the mechanic team.
Then it's only him.
Commander Xu looked at Gu Qinghan and said approvingly: "Since you have the evidence, you will be fully responsible for this matter. You must find the person as soon as possible and give Comrade Li an explanation."
"Yes, Chief."
Gu Qinghan did not go home directly, but took people straight to Ding Guocheng's home.
It was late at night and everyone was asleep, except for the soldiers on night patrol. Most people in the family compound were asleep, except for the faint light coming through the windows of two or three houses and the faint sound of a baby crying.
Gu Qinghan knocked on Ding Guocheng's door without any hesitation.
*
Ding Guoli was restless the whole day, tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep.
He originally just wanted to teach Gu Qinghan a lesson by preventing him from having a small accident while driving, but he didn't expect that he would end up poisoning Li Daxiang.
Ever since Li Daxiang was sent to the hospital, he has been worried, afraid that he would wake up, but also afraid that he would not wake up.
Fortunately, nothing unusual happened that day, and no one noticed that there was anything strange about Li Daxiang's coma, let alone suspected him.
Ding Guoli curled up in his small bed, feeling cold all over and dazed.
Just when he was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden rapid knock on the door. The "dong dong dong" sound from the wooden door scared him sober immediately, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.
Before he could react, Ding Guocheng in the next room had already put on his cotton jacket and walked out the door, muttering, "Who is it? It's late at night, can't you let me sleep?"
Ding Guocheng did not sleep well for the past two nights. Last night, he heard his door slam twice at some point, and tonight someone knocked on the door again.
Having not slept well for two consecutive nights, he felt confused, as if he was half asleep and half awake.
The moment he opened the door, before he had time to see who was coming, several tall military comrades in military uniforms rushed in, scaring him so much that he woke up completely.
Ding Guocheng was holding a flashlight and recognized Gu Qinghan almost immediately. He shouted in surprise: "Deputy Captain Gu? Why did you come to see me in the middle of the night? Could something have gone wrong with the flight team?"
Originally, there was no light in the room, but everyone brought by Gu Qinghan had a flashlight in their hands, which made the room as bright as day.
Gu Qinghan looked around Ding Guocheng's room, his eyes were cold and chilling, and he said in a calm voice, "Where is Ding Guoli?"
"???"
Ding Guocheng was stunned for a moment, but still pointed towards Ding Guoli's room: "Over there."
After that, those people went straight to Ding Guoli's room and took him away.
Ding Guoli looked innocent and pitiful, with his arms tightly held. He shouted in panic, "What are you doing? Let me go!"
Ding Guoli saw Gu Qinghan's figure, who was standing in front of him unharmed at this moment. A feeling of fear immediately climbed up from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Ding Guoli immediately looked at his elder brother Ding Guocheng and almost cried: "Brother, save me, brother, don't let them take me away..."
Ding Guocheng was also panicked all of a sudden. Since Gu Qinghan could come to his house in person to arrest someone, this matter must be very serious.
But seeing his brother being escorted by well-trained elite soldiers, he felt anxious and confused. He looked at Gu Qinghan, who had a cold face, and asked, "Deputy Regiment Commander Gu, what's going on? Did our Guo Li do something wrong?"
"What crime did he commit?" Gu Qing's black eyes, as cold as ice, glanced at Ding Guoli and chuckled, "Your brother Ding Guoli deliberately murdered our military comrades. Now we have to take him back to the Inspection Office for investigation."
When Ding Guocheng heard this, he almost fell to the ground. How, how could this happen
He looked at Ding Guoli, only to see that his eyes were red and he was crying in fear, saying, "Brother, I, I didn't..."
"I really didn't, don't listen to their nonsense..."
How could Ding Guocheng not know Gu Qinghan's style of doing things? If he was not 100% sure, why would he come to arrest someone? Since he appeared here, Ding Guoli must have done something bad.
But who would have thought that Ding Guoli, who usually looked as cowardly as a mouse, would actually murder a fellow soldier
Ding Guocheng raised his leg in frustration and kicked Ding Guoli in the stomach, gritting his teeth and cursing, "You bastard, I must be blind to let you stay in the army!"
Ding Guoli was kicked so hard that he fell to his knees in pain. However, the people holding him still did not let go. His arm was torn so hard that it felt like it was about to break. At that moment, he knew what despair felt like and burst into tears.
"Brother, I know I was wrong. Please save me. I didn't mean it."
"I really didn't mean it..."
Gu Qinghan didn't have the patience to watch them act, so he said directly: "Take the person away."
A group of people took Ding Guoli out of the house, and Ding Guoli kept crying and shouting for Ding Guocheng to save him.
Gu Qinghan looked at Ding Guocheng, a veteran who had worked in the maintenance team for more than ten years. Even though he had made countless contributions, the severity of the incident might implicate him as well.
He pursed his lips and said directly: "Comrade Ding, please come with us to the Inspection Department to assist in the investigation."
Ding Guocheng sighed, "Okay, I will cooperate with the investigation."
At this point, it is impossible for Ding Guocheng to show any favoritism towards Ding Guoli. No matter what the outcome is, he will be willing to support the organization's decision.
*
This busy work lasted until after five in the morning.
When Gu Qinghan returned home, Wen Nuan and the child were sleeping soundly.
Instead, it was Gu Qinglan, who usually slept the deepest, who heard him knocking on the door and came out wearing her clothes to open the door.
Seeing her elder brother coming home at this time, Gu Qinglan rubbed her eyes and asked, "Brother, did you just come back from the research institute? Did you not sleep all night?"
Gu Qinghan came back from the research institute after delivering the supplies. He had to go through many villages before returning to the army. After a whole night of investigation and interrogation, he was indeed a little tired.
But he knew Wen Nuan hadn't woken up yet, so he lowered his voice and said, "Go back and sleep for a while, I'm fine."
Gu Qinglan couldn't sleep well the whole night, thinking about Li Daxiang, so she said, "Brother, wash your face and go to the kang to sleep for a while. I can't sleep anyway, so I'll get up and make some porridge."
Gu Qinghan nodded, and then said: "If you are tired, don't do it, just rest for a while."
Gu Qinglan said, "It's okay. The wake-up call is about to sound, so go to sleep for a while."
After washing, Gu Qinghan went to bed and hugged his soft wife. His tense mood that had lasted the whole night finally relaxed.
In fact, there was almost no suspense in Ding Guoli's case, but when he learned that Ding Guoli had resentment towards him because he did not pass the pilot selection, and then wanted to attack him in the supply truck and cause him to have an accident, he felt speechless.
No matter which negative side you look at, Ding Guoli does not meet their assessment requirements for a pilot, and it is only a matter of time before he is eliminated. If you resent him for this, then 99% of the people in the Air Force base should hate him.
When the investigation was over, Gu Qinghan had nothing to say and he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. As for how Ding Guoli would be dealt with, it was his own fault and he didn't deserve anyone's sympathy.
Thinking of this, Gu Qinghan unconsciously tightened his arms around his wife.
Wen Nuan in his arms raised his hand, patted him gently, and muttered incoherently: "Qinglan, don't move, you'll be dead."
Gu Qinglan slept with her legs spread out, much like the little Lele, so in her half-asleep state she thought Qinglan had pressed her foot on her belly again, and she angrily tried to shake off her claws.
Gu Qinghan looked at his wife's confused look and thought she was adorable, so he kissed her fair and smooth face and said in a hoarse voice, "Wife, it's me."
Wen Nuan was awakened by the prick of Gu Qinghan's stubble. After hearing his voice, she tried hard to open her eyes, but saw nothing. However, she knew clearly that the person next to her was her man.
"You're back?" Wen Nuan slightly turned her body, wanting to see her husband's face, but Gu Qinghan hugged her tightly from behind, with his chin resting on her shoulder.
Gu Qinghan asked in annoyance: "Well, did I wake you up?"
Wen Nuan lay in his arms, hummed vaguely, and then said: "What time is it now? I thought you would spend the night in the institute?"
Gu Qinghan rubbed her earlobe and said in a hoarse voice: "No, I rushed back last night and dealt with Ding Guoli's matter."
"Ah?" Wen Nuan was completely awake this time. She wanted to get up, but the man held her waist tightly. "What did you say about Ding Guoli?"
"Hmm... don't move, let me hold you." Gu Qinghan felt that he hadn't held his wife to sleep together for a long time, so he said, "He is closely related to Daxiang's poisoning and coma. He was taken to the Inspection Office last night."
However, when Commander Xu said that Wen Nuan had also come to find him and asked him to thoroughly investigate the matter of Li Daxiang's carbon monoxide poisoning and coma, Gu Qinghan knew that Wen Nuan must have also noticed that something was wrong.
Wen Nuan was very energetic this time. She pried open Gu Qinghan's hands on her waist, then turned around and looked at him face to face.
But when she saw the tired face of the man, she felt warm and distressed. She raised her hand and touched his thick black eyebrows and asked, "Did you not sleep last night?"
"Yes." Gu Qinghan did not intend to hide Ding Guoli's affairs, and then said: "After questioning the comrades from the Inspection Office for a whole night, Ding Guoli finally admitted that it was he who blocked the windows and door of the small house where Daxiang was staying with rags, which caused him to be poisoned and unconscious."
When Wen Nuan heard the man's words, her beautiful eyebrows were almost knotted into a ball, "But why? Da Xiang has no grudge against Ding Guoli, why would he do such a thing to Da Xiang?"
Wen Nuan thought that the only thing they had in common was that they both applied to become pilots.
But there are so many people applying for the exam, it is impossible that Ding Guoli is only hostile to Li Daxiang, right
Besides, Li Daxiang is more capable than him, so isn't it normal that he can pass the first batch of assessments
Gu Qinghan knew Wen Nuan's doubts, so he whispered, "In fact, it's mainly because of me. Ding Guoli himself said that the target of his revenge this time was actually me, because he felt that I eliminated him in the pilot assessment and deliberately made him fail, so he has always been resentful of me."
"He also said that I was deliberately biased towards Daxiang and that Daxiang got the job through a backdoor. That's nonsense."
Wen Nuan also cursed: "Psycho!"
Gu Qinghan paused and continued in a low voice: "At that time, Ding Guoli was afraid that the loud noise would be heard, so he wanted to knock the person out. But he said he never thought the consequences would be so serious."
"Because he had no experience, he didn't actually damage the supply truck. I guess he didn't expect that Lao Zhong and I would return to the kitchen early, so he ran away in a hurry, leaving behind two mechanic tools that he secretly took from his brother Ding Guocheng."
After hearing what Gu Qinghan said, Wen Nuan became even more angry. Did this mean that the person Ding Guoli wanted to harm was her man
Are you still thinking about tampering with the supply truck
"How could there be such a vicious person? Why don't you beat him to death?!" Wen Nuan felt extremely distressed. If Gu Qinghan hadn't noticed that the supply truck had been tampered with, would an accident have happened as well
When she thought of this, Wen Nuan wanted to take action herself and teach that scum a lesson!
How abominable!
It was the first time that Gu Qinghan heard his wife say such exciting words. He couldn't help laughing and kissed her on the forehead: "Commander Xu will probably handle this matter personally. Don't worry, he will definitely not let him off easily."
Gu Qinghan did not attack Ding Guoli, but Ding Guocheng lost control several times last night and beat Ding Guoli so hard that several of his teeth fell out and his head was bleeding.
Later, Ding Guoli fainted and the review had to be suspended.
But this is not the end yet. Commander Xu will definitely not let him off easily. Labor reform is probably the lightest punishment. As for how to deal with him, there should be a result this afternoon.
Wen Nuan put her arms around Gu Qinghan's back, hugged him tightly, and whispered, "Fortunately, you are okay."
Wen Nuan felt even more upset when she thought that the person Ding Guoli wanted to harm was actually Gu Qinghan, and she was afraid that something might happen to him.
She knew that Gu Qinghan was more cautious than anyone else regarding this batch of supplies, but she still couldn't help but worry.
Gu Qinghan hugged her into his arms, ruffled her long hair, and laughed hoarsely: "Don't worry, wife, I'm fine."
Wen Nuan raised her head and kissed the green stubble on his chin, then said softly, "Go to sleep for a while, you must be tired."
Wen Nuan said, and then she stretched out her hand to rub his temple and arm, and said with a smile: "I'll give you a massage, you close your eyes and go to sleep."
Gu Qinghan grabbed her soft fingers, placed them on his lips and kissed them, "You should continue to sleep for a while."
He lowered his head and kissed her warm, rosy lips, but was pushed away soon after.
Wen Nuan angrily took her hands off her chest and glared at him: "Close your eyes and go to sleep!"
Gu Qinghan felt the warmth and softness in his arms, he let out a breath, pulled the person closer to him, and closed his eyes obediently.
Wen Nuan yawned slightly, looked at the still dark sky outside the window, and simply closed her eyes, resting her head on the man's shoulder, intending to take another nap with him.
*
When I woke up again, it was already bright day.
Little Lele was already sitting on the kang playing with her hairpins. She probably knew that her parents were not awake yet, so she stayed very quiet and made almost no noise. She just kept muttering words that only she could understand.
Wen Nuan saw that the child had woken up. Fearing that she was hungry, she wanted to get up quietly, but the moment she took Gu Qinghan's arm away, she opened her eyes.
Wen Nuan asked in annoyance: "Did I wake you up?"
She glanced at the watch on her wrist and said, "It's only nine o'clock. You should sleep a little longer. It's still early."
Gu Qinghan should have come back around five o'clock last night. He had only slept for less than four hours. Wen Nuan wanted him to sleep a little longer, so she tucked him in.
Gu Qinghan's eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was low and hoarse: "It's okay, get up when you wake up."
Wen Nuan saw that Gu Qinghan had already gotten up, and knew that he must be busy with Ding Guoli's matter, so she didn't say anything.
She took Gu Qinghan's coat from a chair nearby and handed it to him, "Put on your coat first, don't catch a cold."
Gu Qinghan stayed up all night and did not get enough sleep. His body resistance might be reduced and he could easily catch a cold.
Lele on the other side had already walked over, hugged Gu Qinghan from behind, and shouted loudly: "Dad."
"Daddy, hold me!"
Gu Qinghan put down the coat in his hand and directly turned the little girl in front of him with one hand. He wanted to kiss her, but Lele blocked his way with her hand, with a look of disgust on her face.
Gu Qinghan gently pinched her cheek and asked with a smile: "Le Le woke up so early?"
The little girl looked at him with a smile, held her father's face with her two soft hands, and said in a baby voice: "Daddy is a lazy pig."
Gu Qinghan stretched out his finger and tapped her small nose, and said as a matter of course: "Then Lele is the lazy pig."
Lele's round little face wrinkled up, and he said with a flat mouth: "Lele is not a pig."
"Dad is the pig!"
Gu Qinghan raised his eyebrows and asked her: "You are my daughter, you are not a pig, then what are you?"
Lele rolled his eyes around, probably not knowing how to answer, and just repeated: "I'm not a pig!"
"You are a pig!"
"no-"
"It's Piggy!"
"It's not—"
Gu Qinghan smiled and held the little girl to prevent her from leaving. The corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Gu Wanyue, you are just a lazy pig who likes to eat and sleep."
The little girl Lele tried her best to break free from Gu Qinghan's arms, but was held tightly in her father's arms. She could only ask her mother for help.
"Mom, help me—"
Wen Nuan looked at the two childish people, took their coats, and covered their heads with them, saying, "Hurry up and put on my clothes. If I catch a cold, I'll see what you will do!"
When Lele heard Wen Nuan's fierce voice, she quickly turned around, hugged Gu Qinghan's neck, and whispered, "Mom is fierce."
Gu Qinghan felt the little girl's soft arms and finally succeeded in kissing her chubby cheek.
Gu Qinghan smiled softly: "Now I know I need a dad."
Then Gu Qinghan said to her gently: "Mom is not being harsh. I am just worried that you might catch a cold if you don't dress properly. If you catch a cold, Lele will have to take bitter medicine."
When Lele heard this, he quickly covered his mouth with both hands and shook his head: "I don't want to take bitter medicine."
"Dad doesn't eat either."
Then Lele glanced at Wen Nuan secretly again and whispered, "Mom doesn't want to eat either."
Wen Nuan raised her eyebrows, smiled and said nothing.
"Yes, we don't need to eat after we put on our clothes." Gu Qinghan scratched her little nose, and then said, "Come, Dad will help you put on your clothes."
Lele hugged his neck with a smile, not sparing his praise: "Daddy Pig is so nice."
Gu Qinghan: “…”