Chapter 8: Do you want your country's army to have big guns?

  Although Qi Qi opposed it, due to Qin Wei's unusual persistence, the five college students finally took him along... As a result, this hitchhiking incident also gave rise to Qin Wei's deep resentment towards Chongqing, and he forgot that this city had another name: Mountain City!

  Riding a bicycle in the mountain city... If it weren't for still needing these few students' help, he would probably have been scolded to death. One moment uphill, one moment downhill, almost no intervals at all. This isn't even counting that during this period, the mountain city didn't have many good roads either. Not to mention how bumpy they were, it was definitely more rugged than the countryside paths of later generations. Riding a bicycle in such a place is not as good as walking... But Qiqi, who sat on the back seat, refused to consider his difficulties and never got off after sitting down, even when he pushed the bike uphill. As a result, what originally took half an hour to finish by foot, he ended up spending over 90 minutes riding the bicycle, almost two hours!

  "How did you think of riding bicycles?"

  Chongqing is cold in winter and hot in summer, with extremely high humidity. August is even more sweltering. So when they arrived at the destination and put down Qi Qi, Qin Wei was already drenched in sweat, almost soaking wet, and still had to keep imitating a certain animal known for its loyalty. But he couldn't understand why these people, who were obviously university students and looked like they had been teaching at an orphanage for some time, hadn't thought of this? Were they happy to be exhausted, or did the boys want to chase after the two girls, so they chose this method of travel that seemed romantic but was actually a waste of energy?

  "It's faster to ride a bike on the road, is this still something you need to ask?" Qi Qi gave him a white eye.

  "Fast?" Qin Wei's eyes widened in shock, "You're saying that using this thing... is fast?"

  "Nonsense." The girl gave him another white eye.

  "Alright," Qin Wei was defeated, "I admit you're right... do you have departments like electronics or mechanical engineering here? Electrical engineering should also work."

  "What exactly do you want to do?" Qiqi frowned and asked.

  "Just a small thing." Qin Wei replied casually, and began to observe the surroundings. In front of him was the gate of Chongqing University, nothing out of the ordinary, not even as majestic as some ordinary colleges in later generations, but his intuition told him that this school in front of him was probably more "terrifying" than Chongqing University in later generations, and might even be stronger than Tsinghua or Peking University. The reason, of course, lay in the current situation.

  "What's with the small talk? Do you know where this is?" Back in her own territory, Qi Qi's momentum was even stronger than when she was at the shelter, her eyes staring down at Qin Wei as if looking down on him.

  "Chongqing University, isn't it written on the sign?" Qin Wei pointed to the entrance, not paying attention to the other's attitude.

  "That's right, Chongqing University!" Qi Qi slightly raised her chin, with a proud expression: "As the saying goes, 'The Yangtze River and Jialing River converge to give birth to Chongqing, humanities and science complement each other to create a great university.' A few years ago, Chairman Jiang and his wife inspected our school and praised it as having 'a momentum of rapid progress', worthy of being 'China's Cambridge'..."

  "What's it to you?" Qin Wei retorted.

  "What's wrong with you? Such an important university, especially in the current situation, has placed a great responsibility on our shoulders. Do you know how heavy everyone's learning and teaching tasks are? At this time, you actually want to find someone to do some small things for you?" Qi Qi frowned, trying her best to put on a stern expression.

  "You mean... I was wrong?" Qin Wei hesitated for a moment before asking.

  "Of course it's wrong."

  "It can't be, it's just a small thing, after all, it's just a small transformer, how could...you big shots not be able to do it?"

  "Nonsense, how can we possibly fail to make a transformer?" Qi Qi shouted.

  "Is that going to take a lot of time? I'm just a small device, from the normal power supply voltage changed to around 1V, do you still need to make it for a year and a half?" Qin Wei continued to ask.

  "Of course not..."

  "Qiqi." Seeing her classmate being fooled by Qin Wei's words again, the Lu surname girl finally couldn't help but pull Qiqi away once more. And upon seeing her expression, Qiqi finally understood that she had been tricked by Qin Wei again, her beautiful face suddenly flushing red, her eyes fixed on Qin Wei as if they were about to spit fire.

  "Mr. Qin..."

  "I'd like to take a look around your school and also discuss some of the most cutting-edge scientific issues with the professors here. Would you mind showing me the way?" Qin Wei ignored the girl who was on the verge of exploding, adjusted his collar, and said to the boys hiding at the edge.

  "This...” Several boys looked at Qi Qi with difficulty. Originally, they still had a bit of rebellious potential and could occasionally retort to Qin Wei, but it was precisely because of this that they had already learned the lesson of Qin Wei's sharp tongue on this trip. As long as they dared to provoke him, Qin Wei would not only make them lose their usual sense of superiority, but also counter-attack them into being a disaster for the country and the people. So, under the suggestion of Luosurname girl, they had already made up their minds not to mess with Qin Wei again. This was also why Qi Qi insisted on occupying Qin Wei's back seat and wouldn't get down. It was really because she had been annoyed by Qin Wei all along on this trip. But unexpectedly, when they didn't provoke anyone, Qin Wei came after them... They couldn't afford to offend Qin Wei, but at the same time, they also didn't dare to offend Qi Qi.

  "I'm asking you, but you're looking at her... Have Chinese men lost their autonomy at this time?" Qin Wei couldn't help but shake his head and sigh again after seeing the behavior of several boys.

  "What are you talking about?" Qi Qi was annoyed on one side, hating Qin Wei's foul mouth and also hating that her own classmates were useless.

  "I'm not going to mess with you guys anymore," Qin Wei sighed again, then changed his expression and put on a serious face: "Qi Qi, stop being so stubborn. I've already arrived at the school gate, are you really going to send me back? I have an important call to make, if it's delayed, do you know how many people will die in Wuhan? You can't bear this responsibility, nor can Chongqing University as a whole, got it?"

  "Who are you trying to scare..." was startled by Qin Wei's sudden appearance, but after the initial fright, Qi Qi still had a tough mouth.

  "It's cute when girls throw a small tantrum, but if they're being unreasonable, that's just being stubborn." Qin Wei's face fell: "I just wanted you to be our guide, if you don't want to, I can go in and find it myself."

  "You, ... who knows if you have any other purpose?" Looking at Qin Wei not seeming to be joking, Qi Qi although still mouth-hard, finally turned around and walked towards the gate. The remaining people looked at each other and followed her out.

  "Qiqi has always been like this, never willing to admit defeat. Even if she loses, she'll find a way to get it back. Sorry about that, Mr. Qin." The female student surnamed Lu apologized quietly as they walked.

  "It doesn't matter, I've encountered this kind of thing many times." Qin Wei smiled. Women like Qi Qi are everywhere in the world, which man hasn't met a few? It's just a small matter for someone like Qi Qi.

  "Really doesn't matter?" The girl with the surname Lu looked somewhat disbelieving.

  "Am I such a petty person?" Qin Wei asked with a bitter smile.

  "...Don't get angry later, okay?" The girl with the surname Lu reminded again.

  "What does it mean?"

  Qin Wei was stunned for a moment, what did "wait a bit and don't get angry" mean? But the Lu surname girl's response to him was just a faint bitter smile... This made him even more puzzled. However, it only took a few seconds later that he understood her meaning...

  "Ah, Miss Qi, why are you back so late? You're really delayed."

  A middle-aged man came out of the university gate. Without careful identification, it was clear that he was a doorman, commonly known as "Uncle Transmission Room".

  "Uncle Li, sorry about that... the cafeteria isn't closed yet, is it?" Qi Qi apparently knew this uncle from the delivery room very well, and upon hearing the question, immediately asked with a smile, without any of the displeasure she had shown towards Qin Wei earlier.

  "There are still about ten minutes, but it's not what I said to you, Miss Qi. Don't take those small paths again. What's the point of looking at some wild grass? It's not safe and not easy to walk. What if something happens?"

  "Alright alright, I know. This isn't boring or anything... We won't disturb you anymore, let's go eat first, see you later!"

  "Slow down, don't rush. The cafeteria will definitely save food for you guys, Old Wu knows this."

  ……

  "Wasn't it just a small path?"

  How could I have been fooled by these students? A few people continued to walk towards the school, but Qin Wei was speechless with rage. No wonder they were so tired on this road, thinking carefully about the route Xu Yuan brought him on after entering Shapingba, the terrain had already become very flat, where were the rugged mountain roads? If it was really that difficult to walk, these students weren't stupid, why did they always ride bicycles? Zheng Zhenhua wasn't brainless either, and he even thought of riding a bicycle to chase a car... how come I didn't think of that?

  "Sorry, Mr. Qin." The female student with the surname Lu came over and apologized in a low voice again.

  "It's okay, this kind of thing... I've encountered a lot." Qin Wei forced a smile on his face. As a modern person, he was actually played by a few "antique college students", which made him feel a sense of defeat.

  "Or I'll take you to make a phone call?" said the Lu surname girl again.

  "Isn't this just going to look for a phone?" Qin Wei took a glance at Qi Qi, who was walking forward without looking back, and again a bad premonition flashed through his mind.

  "This road leads to the cafeteria." The apology in Lu's words deepened a bit.

  "Oh, that... eating first and then making the call is just as well, anyway it won't delay things for too long." As soon as he mentioned the cafeteria, Qin Wei also felt his stomach growling a bit.

  "It's almost time for dinner, and the teaching affairs office should be closed by then." said Lu.

  “……”

  "Xiao Jia, what's going on with him? Hurry up, the cafeteria is about to close." Qin Wei was considering whether a meal was more important or the intense Battle of Wuhan was more important. Suddenly, Qi Qi in front turned around and called out to the female student surnamed Lu, then came over and pulled her to her side: "Don't talk to that guy too much. He's all nonsense, does he think I'd believe him? Hmph!"

  "But what if Mr. Qin really has something important?" asked Lu Xiao Jia.

  "Him? Hmph!"

  "Take me to your teaching office or whatever, I really have something urgent." Human life is more important, although it doesn't seem like it's that pressing at the moment. Qin Wei rubbed his stomach helplessly and said in a low voice.

  "But we're hungry," said Qiqi.

  "Missing a meal won't kill you, but if you delay for a while, it's really possible that many more people will die." Qin Wei said.

  "You think..."

  "I'll take you there."

  Qiqi was about to get stubborn again, so Lu Xiaojia quickly pulled her away and then led Qin Wei to turn a corner and walk along another road. Qiqi stopped for a moment behind them, stamped her feet, and followed after them. The remaining three boys looked at each other, finally gave up the temptation of the cafeteria, and hurriedly chased after them.

  "Ah, finally back."

  Back to Luojiawan from Shapingba, even though Xuyuanju had received strict military training, he still felt a bit tired. After all, at this time, whether it was the road conditions or the vehicle conditions were really exhausting. But before he could drink a cup of tea and take a break, the phone suddenly rang.

  "Hello, who is it?"

  "Director Xu is on the phone, Chongqing University has a call for Director Zheng, but Director Zheng is not around, so he wants to speak with you instead. Do you want to take the call?" the person on the other end of the line asked.

  "Chongqing University? What does Chongqing University want with our Military Intelligence Bureau?" Xu Yuanji was suddenly surprised, "Bring him in!"

  ……

  "It's me, Station Master Xu."

  The Dean of Studies Office, Qi Qi, Lu Xiao Jia and others, as well as a man in his fifties, were all staring at Qin Wei, who was holding the phone, with their eyes wide open. In fact, from the moment the other party picked up the phone and let the operator connect to the "Military Intelligence Bureau Chongqing Headquarters", several people had been in this state. That's the Military Intelligence Bureau! Although it has only just been established for a short time, its name is indeed impressive. But the guy in front of him, actually dared to directly ask for the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters? And even directly asked for the Secretary-General of the Military Intelligence Bureau? The Secretary-General was not there, and then he turned to call the Chongqing Station Master...

  "Who are you?" Xu Yuan didn't know what the Military Affairs Department was, and even if he did, he wouldn't care. He was just surprised that this person who had called from the Military Affairs Department would call him. After all, not everyone knew the phone number of the Military Affairs Department, and even if they did, not everyone dared to call it. Moreover, this call came from a university in the Ivory Tower?

  "I am Qin Wei." Qin Wei reported his name.

  "Mr. Qin?" Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow, "Why did you go to Chongqing University?"

  "I have something to ask you."

  "Anything wrong?" Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow, then became somewhat impatient: "I'm telling you, Mr. Qin, why are you in such a hurry? It's just a letter of appointment, don't worry, I'll deliver it tomorrow!"

  "Who cares about your letter of appointment? I have an important matter to discuss with you! That... the Battle of Wuhan, does the National Army need cannons?"

  "Huh?"