What's meant to come will come

  What's meant to come will come

  Ye Jinghong asked Du Xiaojuan out to watch a movie, with an ulterior motive.

  The most important thing is not the date, but to think of a solution to some problems in the cinema. Almost as if he had experienced rebirth, Ye Jinghong knew very clearly that the second half of 1992 would be a very cruel and bloody year for the Huangdao Garrison.

  Gu Xiling was the first person to be severely punished by his superiors. Several key figures in the military region and province, who were known for their ruthlessness, wanted to use Gu Xiling's head as a stepping stone for promotion. Those people had dared to bring heavy artillery into the capital four years ago, flaunting their power and taking many lives, just to gain political capital for advancement. They were very good at seizing such opportunities, and four years later, they repeated their tactics, trying to take Gu Xiling and Zhang Zhengwei's heads in order to dye their official hats red on Huangdao Island Garrison.

  Cruel enough, sinister enough. They not only killed off Gu's commander but also implicated Du Xiaojun's father, Wei Deputy Director, Huangdao Municipal Party Secretary and Mayor, a whole bunch of people.

  Ye Jinghong was looking at a military map in his dormitory, thinking about what identity to use to rescue General Gu and Political Commissar Zhang. Having an appropriate identity was very important.

  Relying solely on individual strength, it is impossible to save Commander Gu and Political Commissar Zhang.

  Skirt relationship. Yeh Jinghong, who had always looked down on skirt relationships, used Du Xiaojun's skirt relationship as his first countermeasure.

  Immediately get into the situation with Du Xiaojun, and then, as Du's future son-in-law, resolve the crisis of the two main leaders of the Huangdao Garrison.

  Director Gu and Political Commissar Zhang have been involved in car smuggling for two years. At first, the car smuggling was relatively secretive, but later on, more than half of the officers above the regimental level in the Huangdao Garrison District were implicated. Ye Jinghong did not participate, but he often attended some military-local cooperation meetings on behalf of Director Gu and Political Commissar Zhang. He also introduced some business with a military background to Director Gu's son and Political Commissar Zhang's daughter. The car smuggling was nominally conducted by the Huayue Company as part of its normal trade with South Korea.

  At that time, the situation was such that the troops' system participating in business was not only not prohibited, but also encouraged. Some troops had profit indicators all the way down to the company level - each company would arrange for people to go out and do business.

  When the top tightened its grip, some troops had completely lost control and ignored the ban from above, instead doing it even more enthusiastically.

  The military management of those years, who was right and who was wrong, some people understood ten years later, and some people only understood twenty years later.

  There was a Hong Kong pop star who had a very popular song at the time: It isn't until after thirty that you understand, what's meant to come will come, if you want to love then go ahead and love... It isn't until after thirty that you understand, the great river flows east and the waves crash against the shore, generation after generation... no one can win in a contest with time.

  Ye Jinghong sang in a slightly hoarse and off-key voice into Du Xiaojun's ear: "What is destined to come will come, those who want to love can go ahead and love."

  "What are you doing, annoying." Du Xiaojuan couldn't stand Ye Jinghong's sudden change of heart and turned her head to the side, hiding from Ye Jinghong.

  "I love you." Ye Jinghong bluntly and unceremoniously kissed Du Xiaojun's face.

  Du Xiaojuan's face turned red.

  It's come too quickly... can't adapt.

  Ye Jinghong continued his attack, grabbing Du Xiaojuan's hand and sticking it to his chest. "Xiaojuan, listen, how fierce the heartbeat is."

  "Jing Hong, don't be like this, people will see." Du Xiaojuan's heart was a mess, she didn't know whether to hide or what to do, her body twisted back and forth.

  She called out Ye Jinghong's three characters, dropping one, and dazedly called out the two characters "Jing Hong".

  "I'm afraid... you... I won't do it, you're bullying me." Du Xiaojuan dodged Ye Jinghong's mouth.

  Ye Jinghong wants to kiss Du Xiaojun mouth-to-mouth.

  Ye Jinghong really likes Du Xiaojun.

  Really care about her, afraid to lose... If following the original life trajectory, a year later, Du Xiaojun's father was taken to prison by those few ruthless characters, and Du Xiaojun was forcibly transferred to a farm in the Great Northwest, never to be heard from again.

  It's better if such tragic separations don't happen.

  Ye Jinghong had made up his mind to save people and would no longer hesitate. If he really liked Du Xiaojun, then he should make a quick decision.

  Du Xiaojuan was frightened by Ye Jinghong's swift and decisive action and ran out of the cinema with her hand over her chest.

  It's too tense, never been so tense before, can't even breathe.

  Ye Jinghong, this guy, how can he be like this? Bad person, too bad.

  ……

  Ye Jinghong's offensive strategy was effective, and his relationship with Du Xiaojun quickly warmed up. A week later, Du Xiaojun entered her own courtyard with Ye Jinghong's arm in hers.

  The General's Building of the Naval Aviation Academy is a unique and independent building. From the outside, it doesn't look particularly special, but once you enter the courtyard, it feels completely different.

  A pot of four clusters of lush and leafy azaleas. Du Xiaojuan's father loves to raise azaleas, specially brought from Macheng, with four colors, a feast for the eyes.

  Grand and majestic.

  Have guts like others.

  Ye Jinghong knew Du Xiaojun's dad earlier than Du Xiaojun. They met in the new recruit regiment, where Du Xiaojun's dad and Zhang Zhengwei went to comfort the new recruits together. That year, the troops from the Aviation Institute and the Provincial Military Region were training in the same place, and it just so happened that the leaders of both sides had a very close relationship, they did drills and tactical courses together, competing with each other.

  Du Xiaojun had not joined the army at that time. When new recruits were about to leave their company, he was playing ball on the playground and saw Ye Jinghong, a new recruit, replacing his platoon leader to command the team. He was so curious that he stood on the playground and watched Ye Jinghong commanding the team for more than an hour in goose-step marching.

  New recruit training new recruits is so much fun.

  After that, Du Xiaojun would occasionally run to the training ground of the Provincial Military Region's Instructional Regiment to watch Ye Jinghong train.

  The more I watch, the more addictive it is, and I just want to be a soldier now.

  Du Xiaojuan talked about Ye Jinghong's affairs with her father, talking endlessly, and no one could interrupt.

  Du Xiaojuan's mother grew fonder of Ye Jinghong as she looked at him and peeled three big plates of tangerines for him.

  Ye Jinghong loves to eat tangerines. The first time he ate a tangerine, he ate the skin along with it. Du Xiaojun bought him some land and watched Ye Jinghong eating the tangerine in a silly way, which made Du Xiaojun laugh uncontrollably.

  Du Xiaojun's father also had a good impression of Ye Jinghong. He planned to poach Ye from Zhang Zhengwei and bring him to the Marine Corps, but Zhang had anticipated this move and wrote a note to the Provincial Military District's Military Affairs Department with just one sentence: "Ye Jinghong is a soldier who can only be mine."

  "Jiāo jiāo, call Uncle Zhāng Wéi and ask him to come over to our place for a meal of braised pork ribs." Du Xiǎo Jiāo's dad wanted to show off in front of Director Zhāng. Back then, he had tried to steal the affections of someone else's wife, but now they were already one family.

  Zhang Zhengwei received a call from Du Xiaojun and carried a bowl of small tofu into the house. Zhang Zhengwei was parachuted to Huangdao Garrison District as his place of work, and he lived in the No. 9 courtyard of the Garrison District Guest House, which is just across the road from the General Building of the Naval Aviation Academy. The two families can chat with each other while standing on the balcony.

  Ye Jinghong stood up to give his seat to Zhang Zhengwei. Zhang Zhengwei freed one hand and pressed Ye Jinghong back into the chair, "You're a family now, I'll come to your house for meals, just sit in a side seat."

  Du Xiaojuan's mother happily accepted Zhang Zhengwei's small tofu and placed it on the table as usual.

  In the early 1990s, what generals' families ate at home was not much different from ordinary people. Of course, a tiny minority of corrupt high-ranking officials had already started to be particular about their food being exquisite.

  Du Xiaojuan's mother asked the cook to serve two large bowls of donkey bone soup, and a bowl of garlic paste for each person.

  Ye Jinghong was delighted.

  The two generals also ate a lot, with oil all over their mouths.

  After this meal, Ye Jinghong's status was different, and he could participate in some more important social activities.

  Ye Jinghong's first step in reversing his fate was correct.

  With Du's family backing, some things can be done just by saying a word, and someone will help take care of it.

  Ye Jinghong had dinner at Deputy Director Du's home and then returned directly to the Huangdao Garrison Office Building.

  Director Gu was already waiting for him in the office. Director Gu was wearing casual clothes. Ye Jinghong first returned to his own office to change into a leisure jacket.

  When he came out of the office, Gu Sili had already gone down the stairs and was walking towards the outside of the office building.

  Director Gu is going to meet a superior figure.

  It was because of this person that Gu was framed and sentenced to death.

  Ye Jinghong gave a salute to Commander Gu and followed him onto his black Buick.

  Commander Gu's driver, Zhao Zhijun, skillfully drove around the city and headed to Dongtai Mountain.

  Ye Jinghong got off first and said to Commander Gu: "Commander Gu, this person is very sinister. I'll go ahead, you wait in the car for a while."

  Gu Commander was taken aback and asked Ye Jinghong: "You little guy's news is more timely than mine?"

  "This is called preparing for a rainy day and preventing problems before they arise. Commander, you just watch."