South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Time passed quickly and it was already the end of December. It was snowing heavily in Kyoto and the streets were covered with a thick layer of snow.

In an office at the Kyoto Military Region Headquarters, Zhou Xiaobai was sitting at her desk, writing something with her head down, a smile on her lips.

She was indeed very happy recently because she and Yuan Mu officially confirmed their boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. Ever since they talked about it at her house last time, the two began to try to get in touch, and in just half a month, their relationship had heated up extremely.

During this period, Yuan Mu often came to pick her up from get off work, and they would go out together during holidays. She is very satisfied with this kind of life now.

Once, there was only Zhong Yuemin in her heart, but now she realized that maybe Zhong Yuemin was not suitable for her at all, and she had only been in love with him for so many years.

Just then, a woman in a white coat walked into the office with a smile.

"Xiaobai, there's a call for you."

"Oh, okay, thank you." Zhou Xiaobai looked up and thanked him with a smile, then walked outside.

"Hello, who is this?" Zhou Xiaobai answered the phone and spoke.

Calls like this are usually from a long distance and need to be transferred. If the call is close, there is a phone in her office.

"What? Can't you recognize my voice?" A slightly teasing voice came from the phone.

When Zhou Xiaobai heard the voice, he immediately recognized the other person.

"Oh, Yuemin, what's going on?"

If it were in the past, Zhou Xiaobai would have been very happy, but now she just regards Zhong Yuemin as a childhood friend.

The person on the other end of the phone was indeed Zhong Yuemin, but he was stunned when he heard Zhou Xiaobai's tone. This was different from what he expected. He thought the other party would be very excited. However, Zhong Yuemin didn't care too much.

"Xiaobai, I'm going back to visit my family this week."

"That's good. Uncle Zhong must have missed you for a long time. So, when you come back, come to me and I'll treat you to a meal." Zhou Xiaobai smiled slightly.

"Okay, that's settled then."

"Okay! I'll hang up then." Zhou Xiaobai smiled and hung up the phone.

On the other side, far away in the Northwest Military Region, at a reconnaissance company’s base, Zhong Yuemin, dressed in military uniform, put down the phone in his hand and frowned, as if something went wrong?

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At 4:50 in the afternoon, Yuan Mu arrived at the gate of the Military Region General Hospital on a bicycle, parked the bicycle aside, and then walked into the Military Region General Hospital.

He was wearing a military coat, a hat, and a pair of cotton gloves. Although the weather in Kyoto was not as cold as in the Northeast, it was not warm either. He felt much better when he walked into the gate.

"Hey! Section Chief Yuan is here to pick up Xiaobai?" Just then, a woman in her forties in a white coat happened to walk by here, saw Yuan Mu and greeted her with a smile.

"Oh, Sister Wang, yes, I'm here to pick up Xiaobai." Yuan Mu saw the other party and greeted with a smile.

During this period, he often came to pick up Zhou Xiaobai. He knew most of the people in the hospital and often teased them. Yuan Mu was a little embarrassed at the beginning, but after getting familiar with them, he got used to it.

"Wait a minute, I'll go tell Xiaobai." Sister Wang smiled and walked upstairs.

In an office on the second floor, Zhou Xiaobai was changing her clothes. Actually, she just needed to change her shoes and take off her white coat. She usually wore her military uniform underneath after get off work.

She is a military doctor, but military doctors are also soldiers, so it is normal for her to wear military uniforms.

"Xiaobai, your family member is here to pick you up." At this time, Sister Wang poked her head into the office, saw Zhou Xiaobai and smiled.

"Oh, I understand, Sister Wang." Zhou Xiaobai nodded with a smile. Soon she put on her small bag and walked out of the office, going downstairs and greeting her colleagues.

"Xiaobai, are you off work? I see Section Chief Yuan is waiting for you downstairs."

Zhou Xiaobai had gotten used to the constant sounds of coming and going, and her colleagues often joked about it. They were all very surprised when they first knew about Yuan Mu.

You know, Zhou Xiaobai is not young this year. Many people in the hospital have introduced potential partners to her, but none of them were interested in her, or simply ignored them. Unexpectedly, she is now quietly dating someone.

Moreover, this object was the most popular one a while ago, Yuan Mu, who handled the Kyoto bombing case and was praised by the higher-ups.

But later everyone was relieved. After all, Yuan Mu saved Zhou Xiaobai at that time. Since ancient times, heroes saving beauties are the easiest to attract favor. Moreover, Yuan Mu's conditions are not bad. The two of them are a perfect match.

When Zhou Xiaobai came downstairs, she saw Yuan Mu standing there. From this angle, he looked more and more handsome. He was already handsome, and he looked even more handsome from different angles. So she walked over with a smile.

"Xiao Mu!"

Yuan Mu was looking up at the sky. When he heard the voice, he turned around and started laughing.

"Xiaobai, you're off work."

"Well, let's go." Zhou Xiaobai walked forward and naturally put his arm around Yuan Mu's arm.

In fact, the name Xiao Mu is more like an elder calling a younger person. Before, Zhou Xiaobai had always called him Yuan Mu, but it felt too distant, so she changed it to Xiao Mu, and her name happened to be Xiaobai.

"Are you tired today?" On the street, Yuan Mu and Zhou Xiaobai were pushing a bicycle each and walking slowly on the street.

"It's okay. It's like this every day. I'm used to it." Zhou Xiaobai stroked his hair and smiled.

"What about you? You studied all day today and didn't get a good rest, right?" Zhou Xiaobai asked back.

"Hi! I'm currently researching and writing a paper. I've been thinking about it for a long time and have already started writing." Yuan Mu said with a smile.

"Ah? You wrote a paper, what's the title?" Zhou Xiaobai became interested.

"The title is 'On the Identification of Evil Forces.'"

"Evil forces? What does that mean specifically?" Zhou Xiaobai asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Evil forces refer to those gangsters and hooligans who have organized themselves into a relatively stable criminal organization with clear organizers, leaders, and core members."

"Organized organizations that obtain economic benefits through illegal crimes or other means and have a certain amount of economic strength to support their activities. There are many such organizations now."

"They usually use 'gangsterism' to protect businessmen or use 'businessmen' to support gangsterism. They use violence, threats, or other means to carry out illegal and criminal activities, oppress and harm the masses."

"I've seen this in Haidian before. A group of thugs dared to demand protection money from vendors on the street. Do you think they are arrogant?" Yuan Mu explained to Zhou Xiaobai in general terms.

After hearing what Yuan Mu said, Zhou Xiaobai nodded slowly.

"Indeed, there are such people in Kyoto. I wonder how arrogant they would be in other places!"