Xu Ting, Wen Liang has heard of this name!
After meeting Xu Yao again in the capital in his previous life, Wen Liang had heard her mention her brother more than once. Although Xu Yao was eccentric and always praised Xu Ting, doing her best to disparage and slander him, Wen Liang could still hear the deep admiration and respect in her words.
This is completely understandable. Anyone who has a brother who has passed the two-bar and four-star exam before the age of 40 would secretly look up to him from the bottom of his soul.
Wenliang's eyes narrowed slightly, and many hazy memories slowly emerged in his mind.
At that time, Xu Yao occasionally showed some annoyance, as if Xu Ting's marriage was not very happy, and his relationship with his wife was always in a cold war. As for which side had the problem, Wen Liang was never a curious person. Xu Yao did not elaborate, and he would never ask more, so there was no way to know who was right and who was wrong. Besides, Xu Yao was launching a fierce attack on him at that time, and Wen Liang could not avoid her, so how could he be interested in finding out about her brother's background
Unexpectedly, after two time and space, he would meet Xu Ting for the first time on the streets of Qingzhou in 1995. What surprised Wen Liang was that this guy who Xu Yao said was almost useless actually looked like this!
He is very heroic, with a gaze like lightning and a tall and slender figure, yet as heavy as a mountain. Compared to Gu Wenyuan's enchanting handsomeness, he has a different kind of charm that makes women's hearts beat fast.
"Good friend..."
While Wen Liang was sizing him up, Xu Ting's sharp eyes had already scanned Wen Liang several times, then moved to Ning Xi's face, immediately softened, and said, "When did you make friends in Qingzhou? Why didn't I hear you mention it?"
Ning Xi chuckled and said, "Brother Ting, I have met a lot of people and made a lot of friends in the past five years abroad. If I report everything to you one by one, I'm afraid Sister Lan will find it annoying... Ha, speaking of this, should I call you Brother Ting or Brother-in-law now?"
Xu Ting's eyes dimmed, he stood up straight, his hands hanging down by his legs, somehow looking a little lonely, and said, "Ning Lan complained before that you forgot about her sister after returning from abroad. Go to Guanshan to see her when you have time."
Ning Xi smiled and nodded, saying, "I have something to do in Qingzhou recently, so I'm afraid I won't be able to leave for a while." She paused, turned her head and glanced at Wen Liang, her expression and gesture like the little movements that only lovers would make, "Wait until the New Year, I'll go and wish Sister Lan a happy new year, and by the way, congratulate her on her wedding."
Xu Ting was silent for a while, and suddenly realized that the two people who were once very familiar with each other could not find any topics to talk about. They were separated by a thin window, but it seemed as if they were separated by a world.
"Well, I've taught that little rascal a lesson. He won't show up in Qingzhou anymore, don't worry. Be careful when you go out at night. Qingzhou is not like the capital. There are rascals everywhere... By the way, how did you know I was in Qingzhou, and what's my contact information?"
Nighthawk is a special operations brigade directly under the military region, and its base is naturally in Guanshan. Xu Ting received the mission and rushed to Qingzhou last night, but he didn't expect to receive a call from Ning Xi, whom he hadn't seen for many years, today, and she was bullied in Qingzhou.
"Brother-in-law, your current IQ is worrying me." Ning Xi smiled mischievously and said, "Of course I got the first-hand information from my brother..."
Xu Ting was surprised and asked, "Captain Ning? I didn't hear him mention it when we set out yesterday?"
Ning Xi poked his belly with her finger, sighed, and said, "It's true that the fatter your belly is, the emptier your head is. You've almost gone stupid from being an official! I just talked to him on the phone this morning. Why did I mention it to you yesterday?"
Xu Ting was in a trance, as if she had returned to many years ago, when she was the proud little girl who looked like a princess, standing under the locust tree in the courtyard, poking her belly with her little fingers, looking up and smiling:
Brother Ting, if your belly doesn’t grow up like daddy’s in ten years, Xiaoxi will marry you!
The words are still ringing in my ears, but things and people have changed!
He understood Ning Xi. It was because she smiled sweetly and behaved intimately tonight, and on the surface there seemed to be no estrangement between them that he realized that there was indeed a real distance between them.
In the blink of an eye, the little girl has grown up. Just as she said, in the past five years, she has seen so much of the world and met so many heroes. Her world is no longer what a soldier like herself could imagine!
Seeing that she was really wearing a pair of sunglasses that she never took off, just as Ning Lan said, Xu Ting felt a sudden pain in his heart.
"I was negligent. I didn't think of this! Alas, for so many years, it seems that I have never been smart in front of you!" Xu Ting decided to put his mind aside for the time being. In front of Wen Liang, an outsider, many things could not be said or explained, so he changed the subject, "Aren't you planning to return to China to invest and start a business? Why are you coming to Qingzhou?"
Ning Xi didn't plan to answer his question. She leaned over the window with her chin in her hand and said, "What's so strange about me coming to Qingzhou? My seventh uncle was transferred from the Political Department of the Military Region to the 162nd Mechanic Division as the division commander. The whole family is here, and my little sister Ning invited me to come and relax... But you, the first-level combat readiness of the entire military region has just been lifted not long ago. Why are you not staying in the base? What are you doing in Qingzhou?"
Xu Ting hesitated for a moment. Ning Xi knew what he was worried about and said, "It doesn't matter. I trust him! But if you are in trouble, it's the same if you don't tell me. Anyway, if you ask my brother, he will keep it a secret from me!"
"It's actually nothing serious. It's not a top-secret operation. Maybe the common people know about it now." Having said that, Xu Ting lowered his voice and said, "Catching spies..."
Wen Liang had been lying lazily aside, letting the two of them chatter about the past. Hearing this, he was moved and suddenly understood why Xu Ting appeared in Qingzhou.
On May 22, 1995, the United States suddenly decided to allow Li Denghui to visit the United States in the first week of June for a so-called "unofficial, private visit" and to attend the graduation ceremony of Cornell University. On June 16, my country recalled its ambassador to the United States. In July, the first missile live-fire exercise was conducted along the coast. Originally, the army was to be directly adjusted, but the general secretary believed that too much action would be counterproductive, so only two divisions were transferred to Minjiang Province to prepare for missile launches. The battle plan for shelling Kinmen was re-formulated, and various strategic materials, weapons and equipment formed a huge red line on the satellite cloud map. Within a few days, the army, navy and air force on the Minjiang front were integrated and given the "historical mission of unifying the motherland."
The situation in the Taiwan Strait instantly fell into the most severe crisis in the 16 years since 1979. In mid-July, the US-Taiwan negotiation team flew to Shanghai by C-130. In August, the negotiations were concluded and the entire army was relieved of its combat readiness. The seemingly severe situation eased somewhat. After the "Success No. 5" exercise was held in Minjiang in September, the first crisis in the Taiwan Strait was declared over. During these two months, in addition to the overt political and military actions, various espionage activities on the other side of the strait also reached a historical peak. High-risk means such as close observation, risky infiltration, and direct undersea crossing emerged in an endless stream. The coastal defense area became the hardest hit area, and a huge wave was set off for a while.
Ning Xi opened her mouth in surprise and asked, "Didn't I hear that everything is fine? Why is there still action?"
Xu Ting shook his head and said, "You just came back not long ago, so you don't know a lot of things. There are undercurrents now, and a string may break at any time. The orders from above are openly loose and secretly tight, but in fact the situation has always been very tense! Especially since November, it seems that the other side has made more moves. Yesterday was a secret operation, but fortunately, it turned out to be a false alarm, otherwise I would not have the chance to come out today!"
Wen Liang knew that what Xu Ting said was right. The second crisis would break out at the beginning of next year. On March 8, three missiles flew over the city on the other side of the strait, actually cutting off the sea and air routes on the other side during the two-week exercise. The US Independence aircraft carrier battle group began to move to the eastern part of the strait, and the situation was always on the edge of a danger.
Although the situation was finally under control, many regrettable events occurred during this period, true and false, real and fake. Wen Liang had lived two lives and his grasp of the general situation was unmatched, but he was very self-aware. He knew how insignificant he was at this moment and had no right to say a word about such an event. Even if there were immediate benefits, there would be endless troubles in the future!
However, it was also this chance encounter with Xu Ting tonight that gave him another idea, an idea that could bribe someone! (Because the plot later requires this background, I wrote a little more, and some students may not be familiar with it, so it’s not just to make up the word count)
The two fell into silence again. Ning Xi wore sunglasses, so the emotions deep in her eyes could not be seen, but there was no trace of nostalgia in her words: "It's getting late, we have to go back! Thank you for tonight... Brother-in-law!"
Hearing the word "we", Xu Ting's eyes fixed, leaving a deep mark on Wen Liang's face like a substance. He nodded and said, "If there is any trouble... Forget it, with your intelligence, maybe there won't be any trouble that needs my help..."
Ning Xi turned her head, pushed hard with her feet, and the Porsche whizzed away!
It was already twelve o'clock in the night, and there was no pedestrian on the street. There were a few cars driving by, but they were all left behind by the Porsche. I don't know how long we drove on the roads. The car stopped by a lake, and Ning Xi suddenly asked, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
Wen Liang smiled faintly and said, "What's there to ask? It's just the past of a weird uncle and a little girl. It doesn't arouse my curiosity!"
Although Ning Xi didn't know what a weird uncle or a little loli was, she knew it wasn't a good thing, so she opened the car door and walked to the lake. Although Wen Liang was a bit mean, he still had the demeanor of a man, and he got out and stood beside her.
"When I was fifteen, I met Xu Ting for the first time. He followed my brother. He was tall, dark-skinned, and smiled shyly, but his teeth were very neat and dazzlingly white. I remember that day was the third day of January. Xu Ting had just graduated from the military academy and was transferred to the Beijing Garrison. He became a comrade-in-arms with my brother Ning Yuan. That was his first time to visit my house..."
(I'm running out of time, so I'll post one chapter first. It should have been two chapters in one.)