1977: It all started with a wrong love

Chapter 59: Stranded in Beijing
Lu Yifan and the other two were sent back to the army guesthouse. They all felt as if their bones and muscles were pulled out of their bodies. They all lazily fell onto the beds and fell into a deep sleep.

This was completely different from what they had originally imagined, that when they met the elderly, they would be questioned about their comings and goings.

After they and Commander Nara and his entourage accepted the summons.

What’s more, I received a lot of recognition, praise and commendation from the elderly.

Specifically, it involves how to conduct military trade business, and even, as Lu Yifan guessed, it involves high-level topics such as removing redundant troops and carrying out drastic military reforms...

That is not the case at all.

Moreover, the time the group was summoned was very short.

The whole process took less than twenty minutes.

But what surprised him was that when the old man talked to him, he was actually curious and teased him about whether he would choose Yan University or Tsinghua University in the end, and which famous university in Beijing was worthy of being the number one university in Dongda in his eyes.

In response to this question, Lu Yifan answered boldly: Whichever school I enter will be destined to be the best in Tokyo in the future.

After the outrageous jokes.

Only then did he quickly and seriously tell us what he really thought when he filled out the application form.

He was greedy for the admission letters from two prestigious universities, just because he wanted to have the opportunity to read through the libraries of two top universities. He was afraid that if he chose this one, the other one would not allow him to enter.

He never expected that the news that he had coveted the admission letters from Yan and Qing schools had already reached the old man's ears.

In addition, this time, he became one of the three people promoting large military trade export orders.

Tsk tsk, the name Lu Yifan is completely engraved in the old man’s mind.

After leaving the lake, Lu Yifan couldn't help but laugh at his own stupidity. He thought about things too simply and directly, and had a serious diode thinking mode.

Indeed.

Follow the original historical process.

How could such a major event, which was originally scheduled to be implemented in a few years, be brought forward just because a large military trade order for 20 army divisions' equipment was successfully obtained here?

After being received, the real work summary report and the subsequent award ceremony for advanced workers that will most likely be involved, a myriad of things have just begun...

The three of them were received by the old man in person.

This behavior itself has sent a clear signal to the outside world.

So, whether it is Commander Luo, Senior Candidate Liu, or the other five relevant bigwigs.

After being received, he began to act like a spinning top with the law tightened, rushing to take on tasks, summarizing, rectifying, and reforming military trade-related work...

The three of them were indeed exhausted.

As soon as they sat on the bed, they began snoring and fell into a deep sleep.

There's no way, I'm really too tired.

Early this morning, while they were still asleep in the wee hours, they were suddenly notified that they had to take a military plane to Beijing.

For the next six or seven hours, every minute and every second was spent in a state of high mental tension.

Now that they have been summoned, matters can come to a temporary end, and they are back in the military guesthouse where they can completely relax their minds. Enjoying the warm heating in the guesthouse, it is natural that they will not feel sleepy and need a good sleep.

This sleep lasted only two or three hours.

In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon.

Zheng Xinmin was the first to wake up.

After a simple wash, Wang Dalong and Lu Yifan also woke up one after another.

After getting enough rest, when the three of them looked at each other again, the corners of their mouths unconsciously curled up, they were proud!

"Director Zheng, Director Wang, we have to stay in Beijing for now and can't go back home to celebrate the New Year. What activities do you two have planned next?"

Lu Yifan blinked his eyes, encouraging the two of them, hinting that they should go out and explore the capital while they still had some free time!

"Yifan, from now on just call me Lao Zheng, or let's be thick-skinned and pretend to be big, you can call me Brother Zheng, that's the best, calling me Director Zheng is too distant..." "That's right, from now on you are not allowed to call me Director Wang in such a distant way, but I'm older than you, so it's not good for you to call me Brother Wang, so just call me Lao Wang!"

Pfft~~!

Lu Yifan couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Ah? Calling you an old bastard, this, this, this, this is not good!"

Director Wang reacted and immediately started to scold with laughter, "Go away, you kid, you are just talking nonsense."

Zheng Xinmin couldn't help laughing, "Yifan, you want to go out for a stroll, right? Although the guesthouse doesn't have any rules prohibiting us from going out, it's almost New Year's Eve. At this time, even if we go out, I guess there won't be anywhere to go for a stroll."

Director Wang echoed this with a regretful tone.

"Of course, it's already past 5pm. According to the customs and rules in our hometown, every household stays at home, making dumplings, visiting the graves of their ancestors, bringing the young and the old to welcome them back home to celebrate the New Year..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Zheng Xinmin suddenly interrupted Director Wang's topic with a cough, and said in a low voice: "What? Old Wang, we are in Beijing now, don't be too nervous, be careful of ears..."

Director Wang was stunned for a moment, and instantly became nervous, "Oh my god, I really got carried away..."

He stood up and ran to the door to take a look. Feeling very guilty, he patted his chest, closed the door and went back.

It was obvious that he was frightened by what he had just said about visiting the graves to worship ancestors and celebrating the New Year. After all, it had only been a short time since the Four Olds were exposed, and the topic of feudal superstition was still very taboo.

Lu Yifan felt even more uneasy.

When he heard Director Wang mention that during the Chinese New Year, the elderly and children had to go to the graves to worship their ancestors and celebrate the New Year, he originally wanted to use this topic to have a good chat about the many differences in the Chinese New Year customs between the north and the south.

However, seeing the nervous expressions of these two people, it would be a bad idea to upset them any further.

I was thinking about how to ask my two brothers to go out shopping and join in the fun. We can't just stay stuck in the army guesthouse through the New Year, right?

Director Wang suddenly said:
"By the way, Yifan, your wife has returned to Beijing early, right? Now that you have a little free time, why don't you contact her and surprise her by coming to her house to wish her a happy new year!"

Zheng Xinmin also became curious after hearing this, and looked at Lu Yifan with sharp eyes, "Old Wang, this is a good idea. Yifan, you don't have to worry about the two of us. If there is a chance, you have to seize it..."

Lu Yifan was stunned at first, then he smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Alas, what wife or no wife? We've already divorced..."

"Ah? Yifan, didn't you and your wife agree to a fake divorce so that she could return to the city and go to Beijing first? How come you really got divorced?" Director Wang had obviously heard a lot of rumors and gossip, and he immediately sighed with emotion.

It was obviously the first time Zheng Xinmin heard about these things.

However, the matter involved the return of educated youth to the city, and Director Wang also muttered some gossip and rumors that had been artificially beautified, especially the fact that the couple did not consummate their marriage three years after their marriage. After a little thought, he already knew what the truth was.

I couldn't help but feel sorry for Lu Yifan.

Lu Yifan naturally took these things very seriously and said self-deprecatingly:
"Well, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but the reason I, Lu Yifan, am where I am today is really because of the stimulation from my beautiful educated youth wife who got divorced and returned to Beijing. It suddenly seemed as if my brain had opened up.

But there are not so many beautiful fairy tales in the world.

Others just thought that I was working so hard to pursue my career in Beijing.

Haha, actually, the reason I am where I am today is because I persisted with the obsession to make a name for myself.

But I can say that I have failed in love but succeeded in my career.

God will not let down those who work hard..."

It was rare for Lu Yifan to speak out his true feelings in front of others.

Naturally, the idea of ​​rekindling the old days with his ex-wife in the capital city had never entered his mind.

For him, on the first night after his rebirth, after the battle he fought on behalf of his predecessor, his ex-wife Zhong Xiuping left without saying goodbye the next morning, which meant that there was no longer any basis for him and her to continue their relationship.

He and Zhong Xiuping have long since owed each other nothing.

There should never be any intersection between us again, and there should never be any new grudges or entanglements. The road is wide open and it is best for us to go our separate ways.

So, he must have been crazy to suddenly run to the Zhong family’s door to wish them a happy new year.

Moreover!
I don’t even know where the Zhong family’s home address is!

(End of this chapter)