Back To The 80s-Chapter 159: Worries_1

As soon as Li Fengmei started speaking, Wang Ping and Sun Aiqin fell silent.

Gu Xiaobei was busily stacking bricks for his own coal shed when Qin Li ran in like a little whirlwind, so hastily that her hair was wet and plastered to her face, and her little face was red and flushed.

When Qin Li saw Gu Xiaobei in the yard, she stopped, bent over, and rested her hands on her knees to catch her breath.

"Did you run all the way from the town?" Gu Xiaobei put down his shovel and came over.

"Tired... I’m... exhausted...," Qin Li stood up straight, panting unevenly, "Bastard... said... I’m not... from... your... residential area, won’t give... me a lift..."

Gu Xiaobei was surprised. Chang Yuan knew Qin Li, this must have been Xiangmin’s younger brother - Xiangyang.

"Quickly come in with me and take a rest." Gu Xiaobei was about to drag Qin Li upstairs.

"No, you’re busy, I’ll rest a bit then help you." Qin Li looked around, picked up a brick, and sat down under the shade of a tree.

Gu Xiaobei had to let her have her way, picked up a brick himself and sat down next to Qin Li, before asking, "What’s the matter? Why did you run here in such a hurry?"

Qin Li’s little face fell, "Sister Xiaobei, I can’t find Jin Cheng. I had a dream the night before last in which Jin Cheng was covered in blood. I went to look for him yesterday, but they said he has gone on a business trip to the south. I just feel uneasy about it." As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Dreams are often the reverse of reality, don’t worry, Jin Cheng should be fine." Gu Xiaobei felt sorry for Qin Li’s deep affection.

Qin Li sniffled and blinked, swallowed back her tears, and said with a smile, "Yes, Jin Cheng is a curse, he’s bound to live for a thousand years."

"Yes, so don’t think too much about it. He is just delivering some goods in the south, and should be back in about ten days." Gu Xiaobei wondered why Gao Dailin had also sent Jin Cheng to the south.

"I don’t dare to tell my parents or my sister about this, and it felt suffocating to keep it to myself, so I came to see you." In fact, Qin Li was eager to hear reassurances that Jin Cheng was alright.

"Okay, stop worrying and overthinking things. You’re having those dreams because you think too much during the day."

"Come on, let’s help you get to work." Qin Li bounced up.

"You’ve been running around half the day, take a rest..." Gu Xiaobei didn’t finish his sentence before Qin Li dragged him along.

"No problem, I am a police officer after all, and this little bit of running is nothing!" Qin Li boasted without even getting out of breath.

There wasn’t much work to do, and the two of them who were not adept at laboring were less productive than Li Fengmei alone. One minute they complained about the other’s crooked stacking, the next minute they grumbled about the other’s lack of straightness.

Li Fengmei laughed watching the two of them bustling around and messing things up, giving directions from the side.

After finishing the work, the two of them went to the vegetable field together. Qin Li scratched her head and said sheepishly, "How could I forget to buy a piece of meat in town? Also, I originally planned to bring some candy for Jiujiu, but I forgot that too."

Hearing Qin Li mention Jiujiu, Gu Xiaobei remembered the matter of Jiujiu’s residence registration: "Don’t forget to register Jiujiu’s household."

Upon hearing this, Qin Li was proud and lifted her face to say, "I am more reliable than you in this matter, my uncle is probably nearing completion of the paperwork."

"Your uncle is also a police officer." Gu Xiaobei casually asked.

"Yes, he’s with the city police department."

Cheng Qijia stood by the window of his North office on the second floor of the headquarters, where he could clearly see the residential area’s vegetable field in the distance.

Originally, he just wanted to get some fresh air by the window, but unexpectedly saw Qin Li and Gu Xiaobei.

Cheng Qijia was not only a firearms expert, but also an excellent sniper. Within a controllable range, he could definitely lock on his target accurately, like Qin Li in his sight now.

Ever since the day when Lu Zhanguo’s words woke him up, he had been suppressing his deep feelings. He admonished himself, some beauty is not necessarily to be obtained, just to look at from a distance can also be a kind of happiness.

Cheng Qijia watched the charming figure in the distant vegetable field without a change in his expression, but his fingers holding the military green enamelled cup turned white at the knuckles.

Love, sometimes, how can you just pull back when you say you’ll pull back? When the person is right in front of you, you yearn for even a little conversation.

It wasn’t until Qin Li followed Gu Xiaobei back to the residential area that he withdrew his eyes and sat back at his desk.

Gu Xiaobei and Qin Li pulled up a radish and a handful of spinach, and headed back home.

In the stairway, Chi Xiaoyue was making chicken soup for Xiangmin, and there was a young soldier standing by, fresh and clean looking, clearly less exposed to wind and sun than Lu Zhanguo and his crew, who were all tanned dark.

Gu Xiaobei figured this was probably Xiangmin’s younger brother, Xiangyang.

When Qin Li recognized him, she humphed, turned up her little face and quickly passed by them, pulling Gu Xiaobei.

Having seen Gu Xiaobei and Qin Li enter their house, Xiangyang curiously asked Chi Xiaoyue in a low voice, "Whose wife is she? She looks so young."

"It’s the squad leader’s family." Chi Xiaoyue replied and walked into the house, irritable. Xiangmin had only just come back and was already lying in bed in her room, ordering her around to do this and fetch that. If Xiangmin weren’t still useful, she would have thrown in the towel.

Xiangyang stood in the same place, regretting causing Qin Li, who was young and pretty, to run all the way because he didn’t give her lift in the morning as he was trying to tease her by pretending not to know her.

However, that girl really had a stubborn temper. As soon as he finished speaking, she turned around and ran off, not bothering to argue with him. Now it seemed she really was a relative of Lu Zhanguo’s family.

Now that he had just arrived, he needed to establish good relationships as quickly as possible. Chang Yuan was deeply popular, even the young soldier who drove this morning couldn’t stop praising Chang Yuan. Also, the logistics people were somewhat intentionally neglecting him. All of these were detrimental to him at the moment.

He didn’t want to offend Lu Zhanguo’s family again. If it got to Lu Zhanguo’s ears and caused him to have any criticism about him, he would be in trouble.

When Gu Xiaobei came out with the basin, Xiangyang quickly walked over with a warm smile, "Sister-in-law, I’m new in logistics. If you need anything in the future, just let me know."

Gu Xiaobei was taken aback for a moment before she hurriedly nodded politely, "Alright, I’ll need to rely on you then." The saying goes, you don’t hit a person who gives you a smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Xiangmin’s strained voice from inside, "Xiangyang, Xiangyang -- get in here."

"Alright, Sister-in-law, you’re busy, let me go in and have a look." Xiangyang was slightly annoyed at Xiangmin’s attitude, but he still wore a smile on his face as he spoke.

Gu Xiaobei nodded, clearly understanding in her heart why Xiangmin called for Xiangyang - just because she spoke to him. She sighed and went to the water room to wash the vegetables.

Qin Li was flipping through the books that Gu Xiaobei had laid out on the table. She disliked reading books the most, as it always gave her a headache. She somewhat admired Gu Xiaobei for being able to translate such a thick book.

When she came across Gu Xiaobei’s draft for the content of the picture book, she became slightly interested.

When Gu Xiaobei came in, Qin Li pointed to the manuscript and said, "I can draw these. I’m really good at drawing little monkeys." Then she suddenly remembered something and started laughing out loud.

"Oh, in that case, after dinner, you can draw a few based on my instructions." Gu Xiaobei’s eyes lit up, he spoke with interest.