Anecdotes about the Seine

([-]) Everything has a reason

As soon as she got off the plane, Lu Ting found that the Imperial Army had sent a team of men with guns waiting for her and Feng Xinduo.As soon as they entered the waiting hall, they were separated by this team.Some people hugged Feng Xinduo and walked in another direction. Lu Ting didn't even have time to say hello, but Feng Xinduo seemed to have known this would happen a long time ago, so she just followed those people without looking back.

Lu Ting was very puzzled and wanted to stop her, but was stopped by an officer.

The officer was quite polite: "Private Lu Ting, we need to investigate the mission in Country Y, please cooperate."

Since he said so, Lu Ting had no choice but to nod: "Okay, no problem."

The so-called survey is actually quite boring.A group of old men in military uniforms with exaggerated military ranks took turns to question her, just a few sentences over and over again.Lu Ting narrated the detailed process of her mission over and over again, and also told her the reason for the failure of the mission that Feng Xinduo told her over and over again.But those old men kept asking the same questions as if they couldn't remember anything.

"Feng Xinduo told you that Agent Z's defection led to the failure of the mission, isn't that true?" An old man with the rank of admiral asked solemnly again.

"Yes." Lu Ting did not know how many times she said this word, "She told me that Agent Z is a double agent." Then she repeated what she said before.

But this time the old man asked a new question out of the blue: "So did she say anything about the attitude of the high-level Imperial Army to this matter?"

Lu Ting was very puzzled: "No, didn't the higher-ups send her to save me?"

The old general didn't answer, but just gave a wink to the staff officer beside him.The staff officer understood, and immediately got up and went out.

The old general closed the notebook in his hand, and suddenly changed his friendly face to Lu Ting: "Okay, our investigation is over, you can go back."

Although Lu Ting was still puzzled, she didn't think too much about it. She packed up her things and went back to the camp of the technical team.

At this time, it had been one night since she and Feng Xinduo got off the plane, and the technical team in the early morning was very quiet.She knocked on the door of Feng Xinduo's dormitory and found that she was not there.However, she sat down at her door and waited quietly. While waiting, she thought happily: "When she comes back, I must treat her to a delicious meal in return for saving her life. Where can I eat?" Okay? Should I find a more expensive place? Oh, it’s too painful to be more expensive. But she saved me after all, so it’s better to eat something more expensive, anyway, it’s just this one time! After eating, it’s just right Let's go to the hospital to see Xiaoqian together, let Xiaoqian get to know her, and she get to know Xiaoqian..." She just thought about it to herself, and she smiled so happily that she smiled over and over again.

But she waited from early morning to evening, but did not see Feng Xinduo.

Lu Ting became a little anxious. She asked around, where did Feng Xinduo go, and the answer she got was that after she was taken away by the imperial army at the airport, she never came back.Lu Ting was in a hurry, and lingered at Feng Xinduo's door, like ants on a hot pot, walking indiscriminately, without any rules.

Then suddenly a person appeared.Lu Ting looked up and found that it was not Feng Xinduo, but another young officer.

"I'm here to replace Feng Xinduo as the sub-captain of the technical sub-team." The man said bluntly. Seeing that Lu Ting was not moving, he said with a straight face, "Private, please don't block the door of the sub-captain's dormitory."

Lu Ting grabbed him and asked loudly, "What about Feng Xinduo? Where is Feng Xinduo?"

"She has been dismissed, don't you know?" The man said impatiently, "She went abroad in violation of the regulations and violated the Imperial Army's regulations. The headquarters is discussing how to punish her."

Lu Ting was stunned: "Violation? Privately? But isn't she trying to save me?"

The young officer gently pushed her away, then took out the key, opened the door of the dormitory, walked in on his own, and closed the door with a "bang", leaving Lu Ting outside.

Lu Ting stood there quietly.The strange mission, the ambiguous Agent Z, Feng Xinduo who refused to explain, the evacuation plan full of loopholes...

Suddenly, Lu Ting seemed to understand something.She gritted her teeth and left the camp gate, jumped into a taxi, and yelled behind her, regardless of the gate guard: "Hey! Did you ask for leave, that private?"

Without any hesitation, Lu Ting drove directly to the headquarters of the Imperial Army.

Everyone saw a young female private soldier in military uniform angrily entering the gate of the headquarters, and went directly to the office on the upper floor of the headquarters, thinking that she was here to deliver materials.

Lu Ting was stopped at the door post on the floor.The gate guard said coldly, "Do you have an appointment?"

Lu Ting shook her head honestly: "No."

The guard said: "The chief's reception is full for today, please make an appointment and come back tomorrow."

Lu Ting felt the anger growing in her body bit by bit, but she tried her best to suppress her urge to kick over the table in front of her, and tried to calmly say to the guard: "Tell him, I already know the truth about the mission of Country Y, I'm here for Feng Xinduo."

The guard was obviously taken aback, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Lu Ting said word by word: "I'll say it again, I'm here for Feng Xinduo, I already know the truth about Country Y's mission!"

She may have spoken too loudly, and when she had finished, the man called the chief appeared.

He is a man just past middle age, with piercing eyes, a strong build, and looks very capable.He is the commander-in-chief in charge of the Imperial Army Brigade. The three major units: the quick response unit, the technical unit, and the logistics unit are all under his control.

The commander-in-chief said to the guards: "You let her in."

Lu Ting didn't expect it to be so easy for her to come in this time. She originally planned to stay here for a long time to fight, so when she entered the commander-in-chief's office, she suddenly felt a sense of uneasiness and fear.

The commander-in-chief sat down on the office chair, propped up his hands, and stared at her: "If you want to say something, just say it."

Lu Ting swallowed her saliva and said, "I already know, you didn't intend to save me from the beginning, did you?"

The commander-in-chief did not speak, but still looked at her with scrutiny.

Lu Ting continued: "Actually, Z didn't betray me at all. This set of rhetoric was just used by Feng Xinduo to excuse me - I didn't know the truth, so you let me go after the investigation, and it was enough to deal with her." .But the logic is too easy to guess. How could I not guess it? The plan Z gave me from the beginning included that I would be arrested by the police in country Y, right? Anyway, the key has been sent back to the headquarters I am no longer of any value."

The commander-in-chief smiled: "You are very smart."

Lu Ting gritted her teeth: "No, I'm the stupidest person! What she said is full of loopholes, and I actually believed it. If Z is really a spy, why did he let me send the key back? I'm afraid she is also a victim!"

The commander-in-chief nodded: "Yes, your reasoning is correct. However, you are not the stupidest person."

Lu Ting looked at him suspiciously, and then she understood what he meant, and her eyes turned red.

The commander-in-chief continued: "Feng Xinduo is stupid. She actually gave up her bright future just to save you. If nothing else, this year would have been her promotion year. In fact, she should have been promoted to the headquarters a month ago. came, but at that time she insisted on staying in the technical unit to finish leading the recruits."

The commander-in-chief looked at Lu Ting and said slowly: "I didn't understand why before, but now I understand, it's because of you."

Lu Ting felt a "buzz" in her head.

He paused, then continued, "One thing, you don't know. The original plan was that Z would poison your water, just so that the effects would kick in within an hour of your arrest."

Lu Ting suddenly remembered those pills on the table when she was on the boat.She muttered to herself: "No wonder I have a high fever that doesn't go away. She came to save me with the antidote."

The commander-in-chief added: "To be precise, she 'stealed' the antidote to save you. But anyway, she has violated many imperial military regulations and must be punished, and may even be sentenced. "

Lu Ting felt her heart explode with a "bang", as if a bloody gash had been ripped open.She only felt pain and anger in her heart, but she didn't know what to do to keep that person from being hurt. Her head was buzzing, and she almost lost her mind.

She tried her best to control her emotions, gritted her teeth, and said to the commander-in-chief, "Don't you just need someone to take responsibility? I will take this responsibility."

The commander-in-chief raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Why are you negative?"

"Punishment, expulsion, and punishment are all aimed at me." Lu Ting gritted her teeth, "She is a technical genius. Isn't it a waste if you don't reuse her abilities?"

She paused for a while, as if she had exhausted all her strength, before she said the following words with difficulty: "Anyway, I don't have much talent, and I was your...abandoned son. Abandoning me to protect her, isn't it good?"

After saying this, she felt that all the strength in her body was gone, and she almost collapsed, so she quickly grabbed the table and supported herself.

The commander-in-chief didn't seem surprised at all, as if he had expected her to say that, just shook his head with a smile: "She still really knows you very well."

Hearing this, Lu Ting was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"Both of them have to abandon themselves to protect each other, and both say that the other is a rare genius in the world." The commander-in-chief shook his head, "She is locked in the confinement room on this floor, you go to see her, and you can discuss the result yourself Bar."

When Lu Ting saw Feng Xinduo again, she closed her eyes slightly, lying on the small bed in the confinement room, looking quite relaxed.She opened her eyes and saw Lu Ting standing in front of her. She was not surprised, but just sighed.

Feng Xinduo's expression was still calm, but his tone was extremely helpless: "I was thinking, you must not be so stupid. In the end, you still came."

"I know everything." Lu Ting looked into her eyes, gritted her teeth and said, "I have already told them, let you go out, and I will take responsibility."

Feng Xinduo shook his head: "Impossible."

Lu Ting was in a hurry: "Can you stop being so stupid? You are a genius and have a bright future. Why did you fall into this quagmire for me? I don't care. Anyway, in the plan, I was originally a Throw it away after use...it's just a temporary worker."

Hearing the words "temporary worker", Feng Xinduo couldn't help laughing.But her expression immediately became serious again: "Don't say that. Why can't you always face up to your own strengths and talents?"

Lu Ting was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Feng Xinduo sat up and sat upright. She called Lu Ting to come and sit down, so that the two people's eyes were on the same level.

Feng Xinduo looked into Lu Ting's eyes and said word by word: "Do you know? At the beginning, the headquarters asked me to choose someone to participate in this mission, and I chose you right away."

She paused, and then said: "At that time, I didn't know the final details of the mission, and I didn't know that the agent would be discarded in the end. If I had known, I would not have chosen you no matter what."

She went on to say: "The reason why I chose you is because you are the most special and capable."

She held Lu Ting's hand, looked at Lu Ting very seriously with her big eyes, and said, "Because, you alone are a team."

Hearing this sentence suddenly, Lu Ting was stunned and speechless at first, then her eyes were red, and she whispered: "You say I am a team?"

Feng Xinduo nodded: "You have comprehensive abilities. Although you have shortcomings at the beginning, you can make up for it with determination. When I saw you sneaking to work overtime at night, I knew that you had potential. Of course, the most important point is that you can I can stand it."

Lu Ting smiled with red eyes: "Are you talking about that training session?"

Feng Xinduo said: "Many things. Many small things can reflect a person's character. What I mean by saying this is that you are actually more suitable for development in the Imperial Army than me."

Lu Ting couldn't believe her ears: "Me? Why?"

"Because the imperial army doesn't need idealized people." Feng Xinduo said calmly, "What the imperial army really needs is people who can adapt to the environment anytime and anywhere, and people who can grit their teeth and struggle under any difficult conditions. There are always people with extreme desire to survive.”

Feng Xinduo looked into Lu Ting's eyes: "You are such a person."

Lu Ting felt those big eyes looking at her quietly, like a calm lake, one couldn't help but sink into it.She asked in a low voice: "What about you? Aren't you such a person?"

Feng Xinduo didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "My situation is more complicated. Sometimes, I also hope that I don't see it so thoroughly, but how to put it, people are different, and this difference cannot be distinguished. High or low, good or bad." She paused, then said: "These are not the most important, the most important thing is that I want to leave. Or, I have a bigger plan to realize."

Feng Xinduo suddenly showed a rare happy smile: "You know, in the Imperial Army, I haven't done real technology for a long time. After becoming an officer and a decision maker, I have such problems. So I thought, maybe I can try to Go after something you really want."

She suddenly held Lu Ting's hand tightly: "I just want to tell you that no matter how many times you do it again, no matter what the price is, I will save you. Do you understand?"

Lu Ting felt blushed, and was incoherent for a while: "Huh?"

Feng Xinduo let go of his hand suddenly, a moment of shyness and loss flashed across his face.She whispered: "It's okay, I tried my best, and the most I can express is... this level."

Lu Ting understood everything.Before Feng Xinduo took out her hand, she held it back.

"I understand." Lu Ting said happily, showing her beautiful smile, "I understand everything, even if you don't tell me, I understand."

Feng Xinduo looked into her eyes and showed an extremely gentle smile, never before.

The two just smiled and looked at each other, very quiet and at ease.