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Chapter 28
The snow is still falling.
The open space in front of the Tongzi Building in the Veteran Cadres¡¯ Family Courtyard is covered with snow, and there are occasionally a few large and small footprints. Li Zan walked across the snow with his head lowered, without an umbrella. Snowflakes covered his hair and shoulders.
He walked quickly into the corridor, patting the snow on his body unintentionally, and took a few strides to the second floor. When he turned a corner, he stopped for a moment. Chen Feng was wrapped in a military coat, smoking and stamping his feet in the cold, waiting at the door of his house.
Li Zan paused and said, "Instructor."
"I'm back." Chen Feng raised his hand and put out the cigarette butt on the snow-covered railing.
There was a dim sensor light on the corridor, and a thin layer of snow had already fallen on the concrete floor.
"How long have you been here? I didn't even make a call." Li Zan took out the key and opened the door and turned on the light.
Chen Feng followed him into the house: "You're busy with your work; I can't interrupt you. It doesn't matter if you wait for a while. Liangcheng has seen a ghost this year. It's snowing at this time of year."
"It's a cold spring." Li Zan threw the key into the bowl on the cabinet in the entrance hall, went into the living room, turned on the electric heater, and said, "You warm up the fire first, and I'll make you a cup of tea."
Chen Feng sat down, rubbed his frozen hands on the stove, and asked, "Where is your dad?"
"Back to Jiangcheng." Li Zan's voice came from the kitchen, "My grandparents are not in good health. He will take care of them when he returns."
"If you want to be transferred back to Jiangcheng, you can. Luo Zhan said that I would find a civilian position for you there." Chen Feng said, "You retain your status as a cadre, so you cannot volunteer outside forever. Don't even think about quitting, the organization will not Will agree."
Li Zan did not answer.
Chen Feng looked at the table in the corner of the living room. The table is piled with books, chemical analysis, circuit analysis and a pile of wires, plastics, metals, chemical powders, plus small tools such as scissors and tweezers.
Chen Feng felt uncomfortable.
Still thinking about it, Li Zan came out with a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.
Chen Feng took the tea and took a sip, then subconsciously glanced at the table. Before he could take a closer look, Li Zan threw a scarf on it and covered the table tightly.
Chen Feng also pretended not to see it and said, "How is your health?"
Li Zan said: "Very good."
"Where are the ears?"
"same as usual."
He obviously didn¡¯t want to say more, and Chen Feng was also speechless.
Chen Feng put down his tea cup, was silent for a while, took out a cigarette to smoke, then thought of something, and handed another one to Li Zan.
Li Zan refused.
"Still don't smoke?" Chen Feng smiled lightly. I remember that Li Zan told him that smoking was a form of mental control. He rejects this control.
"Don't think too much." Li Zan said, sitting down next to him and warming themselves by the fire together.
The smile on Chen Feng¡¯s face disappeared, he smoked a cigarette, blew out several smoke rings, and said, ¡°I found the sealed file from Luo Zhan on September 26th last year.¡±
Li Zan lowered his head and looked at the electric heater. His rubbing hands froze, but his expression could not be seen. The snow on the hair on his shoulders has melted, leaving some water stains on his clothes, and his hair is twisted together in clusters.
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Chen Feng ran to Jiangcheng to find Luo Zhan over and over again, and it took a lot of effort before he could see last year's top secret files.
That day, after bomb disposal officer Li Zan killed the first female suicide bomber, the detonator accidentally triggered. As he fled, he discovered the second male attacker.
The bomb disposal team rushed forward to try to control the opponent and prevent him from detonating the bomb.
The previous explosion knocked people down, leaving a mess all around. The injured bomb disposal soldier struggled with the attacker, but after a struggle, he was unable to deload the bomb due to lack of physical strength. Seeing that the explosion was about to detonate, the bomb disposal soldiers rushed the attacker into an abandoned house on the roadside, closed the door and escaped. At that moment, the bomb exploded.
The bomb disposal soldier was unconscious on the spot. Afterwards, the Dongguo military found many broken corpses in abandoned houses. When it was pieced together, it turned out that in addition to the attacker, there was also a family of six hiding inside - a young couple, three little boys, and a little girl.
The Dongguo military completely blocked the news, and the peacekeeping headquarters also set up top secrets and hid everything from Li Zan.
"Originally, it should have been hidden. However," Luo Zhan said, "Judging from Li Zan's reaction after waking up, he knew it himself."
"The place with the most blood on the scene was on the wall next to the door, where the family was hiding. From this, it is speculated that the moment Li Zan closed the door and turned around to run out, he saw the family hiding next to the door. People, six people. Maybe even eyeing them?Many times. "
Song Ran pursed her lips and smiled: "It's all because of the photos that I won the award." She fiddled with her chopsticks with her fingers and said, "By the way, let me tell you, I am now developing into an independent journalist and can do many things freely. You can also choose topics that interest you and want to focus on.¡±
With a smile in his eyes, Li Zan listened to her words carefully and said sincerely: "It's very good."
She nodded: "Yes. However, sometimes I feel that this society is really realistic. Just because a photo is successful, you can gain a lot. It is too consequential. On the contrary, I feel" She felt a pain in her heart and said, "One For this matter, the true and correct purpose and process at the beginning are more important. It is a bit biased to use the results to deduce the original intention."
After hearing this, Li Zan was silent for a moment and said: "I used to think so, but now I feel that sometimes the right purpose does not give immunity to the wrong result. If you make a mistake, you have to take responsibility, no matter how good your original intention is. "
Song Ran was quiet for a moment, lowered his eyes, and said softly: "Butit is a bit cruel to completely deny or distort a person's original good intentions because of mistakes or imperfect results."
Li Zan thought about this sentence and did not answer for a while.
The waiter has served the food.
Li Zan spooned out a bowl of clear fish soup for her.
"Thank you." Song Ran took a few sips slowly and raised his eyes, "By the way, where are Political Commissar Luo, Jiang Lin and the others?"
"Political Commissar Luo has just come back, Jiang Lin will arrive next month, I guess."
"Oh." Song Ran nodded, and after a few seconds, asked again, "Is Jiang Lin still catching chickens now?"
Li Zan was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "I should still arrest him. I heard it is a newly opened land."
"Changed location?"
"Well, Garo also started a war. The station was moved 60 kilometers south."
"Oh," she suddenly remembered, "Where are Benjamin and the others?"
"I was a little injured and returned to the United States."
"You still have contact?"
"Yes. Last time I went to the United States, I met him." Li Zan looked at her and said, "He even asked about you."
"Eh?" Song Ran's eyes widened slightly, "What are you asking me for?"
¡°It¡¯s nothing, just talk about how things are going, how are you doing, etc.¡±
"¡¡oh."
"How is the reporter named Sashin?" Li Zan asked.
Speaking of Saxin, Song Ran smiled again: "He is fine, he has been rescued a long time ago."
"That's good." Li Zan said, "You must have saved him."
Song Ran was eating glutinous rice balls and raised her head in confusion. She had never thought about this problem. She deliberately avoided recalling many things that happened that day.
She held the glutinous rice balls in her mouth and muttered a vague "um". Seeing that he hadn't touched the dessert yet, he reminded him: "This glutinous rice dumpling is delicious. Try it. It will cool down after a while."
Li Zan scooped one out and put it in his mouth. It was soft and waxy, not overly sweet, and had just the right taste.
"Is it delicious?"
"Yeah. It's delicious."
"How long will you stay at your current position?"
"I'm not sure at the moment. At least for now" He moved his eyes towards the window, "It's not bad. It's quite relaxing."
"That's right. You don't have time for yourself in the army." Song Ran said sincerely, "It's good to return to life. No one has to devote his whole life to something."
Li Zan listened to this, thought for a while, and asked: "Will you go to Dongguo again? Reporting, etc."
Song Ran squeezed the spoon tightly, raised her eyes and smiled: "No, not yet. There is still a lot of work at hand, and I can't spare time."
"It's pretty good. Girls are still easily injured when they run outside alone."
"Well. My mother has always disagreed with me going to Dongguo, saying that it's the same as developing in China and paying close attention to domestic news."
"Yes." Li Zan said, "To do things seriously, you don't need to stick to a specific place or environment."
Song Ran nodded.
After finishing the meal, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.
When Li Zan settled the bill, Song Ran didn't say aa this time: "Can I treat you next time?"
He smiled: "Okay."
After walking out of the restaurant, the two parted at the intersection.
Li Zan said: "See you next time."
"Well, see you next time." Song Ran waved to him.
She followed the flow of people to the other side of the road. After walking a few steps, I couldn't help but look back. He was also crossing the road, with a tall profile and the faint light of noon shining on his hair.
Li Zan followed the crowd to the roadside, then turned his head and glanced diagonally across the intersection. Song Ran had already crossed the road and walked far away.
He looked away, put his hands in his pockets, and continued to move forward. Walking through the gap between two buildings, the wind blew.
There was silence in his heart. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)Diagonally opposite the mouth. Song Ran had already crossed the road and walked far away.
He looked away, put his hands in his pockets, and continued to move forward. Walking through the gap between two buildings, the wind blew.
There was silence in his heart. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com