Chapter 8: Qiu Lin Provokes Trouble

  At dawn, the sun just shows a circular arc from the horizon. Accompanied by the sound of seagulls, accompanied by the whistle of fishing boats going out to sea, accompanied by the hustle and bustle of the city slowly waking up, the wake-up whistle in the training base will not be sounded for another half an hour.

  Qiu Lin suddenly sat up from her sleep, the cold sweat on her forehead showing that she had just woken up from a nightmare.

  She turned her head to look at Jiang Yuru, who was sleeping soundly after being punished, and Qiu Lin let out a long sigh of relief. Last night's emergency assembly, she wasn't completely unaware, but the weakness in her heart made her choose to take a chance, but now she found that although she had escaped Sun Feng's punishment last night, she couldn't escape her own self-blame now or in the future.

  Getting out of bed, Qiu Lin changed into her training uniform quickly and simply washed up before heading downstairs to the square.

  It's only five o'clock in the morning, and there's still an hour and a half before getting up, so the whole base is still quiet, with only the soldiers standing guard at the gate, seemingly tireless as they look around.

  She pressed her legs together, twisted her waist, and slapped her thighs a few times with a loud "pa pa pa" sound. Taking a deep breath, Qiu Lin started her morning run.

  The training base was not very large, with only one teaching building, one cafeteria and one comprehensive building. So Qiu Lin didn't get tired at all, she ran around the entire base in one circle and returned to the square again. The knot in her heart did not disappear because of a little sweat, but instead became more depressed.

  Looking out at the road outside the base gate, the dense coconut forest blocked the view that could be seen from afar, making Qiu Lin wonder where a small path between the coconut forests would lead.

  Thinking of this, Qiu Lin directly walked towards the base gate, but was stopped by the guard at the entrance.

  "Comrade, show me your leave slip!" The voice outside said, stretching out a hand in front of Qiu Lin.

  "Leave application?" Qiu Lin blinked twice, looking at the gatekeeper in a daze.

  "Yes, show your leave permit, otherwise you can't go out."

  Qiu Lin smiled coldly, "I was just out for a morning exercise, what's the need for a leave slip?"

  "For morning exercise, the base is enough."

  "Obviously it's not enough, I just went out, can your IQ be any lower?"

  The guard was affected by these somewhat disrespectful words, but still just took a deep breath to suppress the discomfort in his heart and smiled: "Sorry, no leave slip, please go back." After that, the guard raised his hand and pointed to the base, indicating that Qiu Lin should retreat.

  But when she reached the entrance, Qiu Lin was unwilling to give up. She ignored the guard and hummed a tune, looking extremely reluctant as she turned her head and walked two steps back towards the base.

  Within two meters, Qiu Lin turned back again and saw the gate guard return to his original vigilant posture. With a swift turn of her body, she dashed out from behind the gate guard.

  Before the gatekeeper could react, Qiu Lin had already rushed out of the gate for five or six meters.

  "Halt!" The gate guard didn't dare let Qiu Lin off so easily, shouting loudly as he saw that Qiu Lin completely ignored him, and had to hastily chase after her.

  As she turned back to look, she saw the security guard chasing after her, determined to catch up with her. Qiu Lin quickly accelerated her escape, running wildly along the forest road towards an unknown destination.

  Qiu Lin was running towards the coconut forest path, and security guard Zhang Qi couldn't help but be startled, immediately stopping his pursuit and turning back to run towards the security room.

  After running for a while, Qiu Lin turned back to see that the security guard was no longer chasing her, so she slowed down her pace, stopped and smiled, then continued her morning exercise along the small path.

  Zhang Qi returned to the guard room, his tense face startling the other soldier on duty, who couldn't help but laugh: "Sergeant, you're not chasing after someone, why are you running back here?"

  "Hurry up and call the military port guard room, some students are running towards warehouse 094, ask them to send someone to intercept immediately."

  After hearing Zhang Qi's words, the soldier was so frightened that he immediately got up from his chair and rushed to the military port guard room with a look of shock on his face. Meanwhile, Zhang Qi also ran to Sun Fan's residence, he had to report this matter to Sun Fan immediately, otherwise if Qiu Lin had something happen to her, he would also be held responsible.

  At this moment, Qiu Lin had no idea that the route she chose for her morning exercise was heading towards the 094 warehouse of the South Sea Fleet. Moreover, she didn't know that the 094 warehouse was a secret weapon research and development base of the South Sea Fleet, where anyone without permission was not allowed to approach, and once discovered by the hidden sentry outside, would be shot dead on the spot.

  Sun Fan knew someone had run towards warehouse 094 and couldn't help but be startled! "What! Who ran over there?"

  "I didn't know it was a girl."

  "Girl?" Sun Fan pondered for a moment, guessing it was Qiu Lin, and couldn't help but mutter to himself that Qiu Lin always looked for trouble, while quickly changing into camouflage gear and following Zhang Qi out the door.

  On the other side, the military port guard room received an urgent telegram from the South Sea Fleet, also because of a Qiu Lin making a disturbance, and immediately organized a team to head towards the Coconut Grove Path.

  It's just Qiu Lin, because of the annoying things last night, she has been entangled in her heart and can't think clearly. The running speed is getting faster and faster. She ran so fast that she didn't even see the sign standing by the road, which read "No entry without permission".

  Before they knew it, Sun Fan and Zhang Qi also ran along the small path to the notice board. Along the way, they didn't see Qiu Lin's shadow, and they couldn't help but worry that Qiu Lin had already rushed in. However, Sun Fan still wished in his heart that Qiu Lin hadn't gone forward, but instead ran into the coconut grove on the side.

  However, when the soldiers from the military port ran out of the coconut forest, and everyone was informed that Qiu Lin had not been seen, Sun Fan couldn't help but let out a sigh.

  Looking at the road leading to Warehouse 094, Sun Fan fell silent for a moment before saying: "Zhang Qi, you immediately go back and apply for an internal visit to Warehouse 094 in my name."

  "Internal visit?!" Zhang Qi was completely bewildered, he knew how difficult it was to apply for a visit to warehouse 094, and that it required the approval of the Nanjing Military Region Headquarters.

  "Right, let's go inside."

  "But Captain Sun, you know that applying for a visit to Warehouse 094 isn't something that can be done just by saying so."

  "Why so many useless words! Is it because what I said is something you think can be ignored?"

  "Not..."

  "Hurry up and apply!"

  Zhang Qi didn't know what to say, after all, once Zhao Hu knew about this matter, he would probably have to roll up his bedding and leave. But Sun Fan's words couldn't be ignored! After a moment of silence, Zhang Qi felt that he could only take one step at a time and responded with a "yes", then turned around and ran back to the training base.

  Seeing Zhang Qi had left, Sun Fuang also couldn't care about the warning on the notice board and ran towards warehouse 094. The people in the guard room stood at the intersection, not knowing what to do, so they hesitated for a while before returning the way they came.

  In the base, Sun Qifan yawned and woke up. Looking at the plaster bandage on his hand, he smiled, "Whether I can leave or not depends on you."

  After searching for half a day in the base, Sun Qifan still didn't see any sign of his uncle Sun Fan, but on the way back to the infirmary in disappointment, he ran into Old Zhao with an angry face, and Zhang Qi following behind him with a tense face.

  Seeing Old Zhao's face twisted in anger, Sun Qifan couldn't help but burst out laughing. He suddenly appeared before Old Zhao, startling him so much that he took a step back and raised his hands in a fighting stance.

  As soon as he took a closer look, it was Sun Qifan. Zhao Hu's tense body relaxed, and he put down his hand, saying: "What are you doing so early in the morning? Are you dissatisfied that I'm still alive and not miserable enough?"

  Stop smiling, Sun Qifan said: "Who told you to come so early and show me that face? I thought I owed you money."

  "You didn't owe me money, but you almost owed me a life!"

  "What does it mean?"

  Zhao Hu didn't say anything else, but instead turned around and said to Zhang Qi: "Alright, I agree with the application for warehouse 094. You don't need to report it further up, I'll take care of any issues that come up."

  Zhang Qi's request to visit the 094 warehouse was approved, and his tense expression suddenly disappeared, replaced by a big smile. He excitedly saluted Zhao Hu with a military salute before quickly running away.

  After Zhang Qi ran far away, Sun Qifan turned his head back and smiled at Zhao Hu: "I didn't expect you to have so much say here, those who agree with you don't even need to report further."

  Zhao Hu also smiled, "Must be!"

  "By the way, what's 094 warehouse for?" Sun Qifan asked with some curiosity as he overheard Zhao Hu and Zhang Qi talking about 094 warehouse earlier.

  "Can't say." Zhao Hu refused Sun Qifan's curiosity, not wanting more people to get involved in the 094 warehouse.

  Sun Qifan didn't ask more questions because he suddenly thought of a great thing for him, a good opportunity to solve the problem without facing Sun Fu. Thinking about it, he went up to Zhao Hu's side and asked with a smile: "Old Zhao, does what you said really work?"

  Looking at Sun Qifan's suspicious appearance, Zhao Hu also burst out laughing and responded: "What kind of evil are you harboring again, you little scoundrel?"

  "How can it be considered bad? The matter I want to entrust you with will not bring any harm to the entire South Sea Fleet!"

  "Alright then, it won't hurt to try, I'll help you out this time."

  Old Zhao was willing to help, Sun Qifan quickly said: "I want to leave the South Sea Fleet for Shenxian Bay Outpost, can you help me with a transfer notice?"

  "Is it about this matter?"

  "Alright." Seeing Old Zhao didn't decline, Sun Qifan's heart felt even more delighted.

  "That's easy!" Old Zhao also responded to Sun Qifan's words, "However, you have to accompany me to the 094 warehouse first."

  Zhao Hu's additional sentence made Sun Qifan involuntarily frown. Sun Qifan thought to himself that he hadn't even asked earlier, so why was Zhao Hu now proactively inviting him? However, as long as he went, he could leave this place, and taking a trip wasn't a bad thing either. Sun Qifan nodded and said: "Okay!"