Chapter 63

  By noon, I saw that the battle situation had stabilized somewhat, and I remembered that it had been several days since I last returned home. So, I called up Zhang to go back home with me for lunch. We built our current military compound in a wealthy residential area on the outskirts of Xilong, guarded by a company of soldiers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The house I lived in was a two-story small villa in the central area, decorated very elegantly and looked quite majestic, said to be built by the former governor of Xizang. At that time, I decided to arrange for the military compound to be located here, which was welcomed by the military commanders but opposed by the political commissars. I said at the time: "We soldiers are away from home all year round, and we are always ready to sacrifice our lives... Ah! We are going to see Marx! Our families have not had a few days of stable life with us, let's take advantage of this opportunity to spend a few good days together." I looked at Zhang Shouyi, who wanted to speak but hesitated, and said: "This is not against discipline. Our chairman and premier also need a comfortable environment to better serve the people, and we are no exception." Zhang Shouyi shook his head but couldn't say anything. I smiled and said: "Tomorrow, all officers will go and choose their houses, and Old Zhang will be in charge of unified planning and arrangement." Old Zhang was smiling wryly, but it is undeniable that since everyone moved in here, the morale has been good every day!

  When I walked into the house, I saw my wife sitting on the sofa looking at a photo. The photo was definitely our wedding picture, and there's only one copy of it. I suddenly felt a bit guilty towards her, and my heart was filled with tenderness. I signaled to Chase not to disturb us, and he nodded and quietly turned around and walked out. I slowly walked over, gazing at her, and noticed that her eyes were also filled with tenderness. Unconsciously, I stopped in my tracks, just looking at her like that, and I don't know how much time passed. Maybe she was getting tired from looking at the photo, so she rubbed her eyes, lifted her head, and suddenly saw me standing in the hallway. Seeing my loving gaze, she didn't move her beautiful big eyes either, and we just stared at each other like that, as if time had frozen. I slowly walked up to her, picked her up from the sofa, and headed towards the bedroom. Zhu Yan seemed to know what I was going to do and tried to struggle free, but I wasn't going to let her get away with it. I held her tightly in my arms, quickened my pace, and whispered in her ear, "Wife, don't you want a child?" She heard me and struggled even more violently, which took me aback. She suddenly bit down hard on my arm, and I felt a sharp pain, instinctively loosening my grip. She immediately broke free from me, put her hands on her hips, and said fiercely, "I haven't even settled the score with you yet!" I rubbed my sore hand and said, "You bit me, and now you're going to settle the score with me? Are you kidding me?"

  She gave me a sideways glance and said: "Which time did you finish things, didn't wipe your mouth before leaving? You just threw someone down and didn't care about them anymore!"

  I said with a pitiful tone: "Aren't we in the middle of a fight now? I don't want to either!" After finishing, I smiled and said: "It's been several days since we've been intimate! Don't resist your husband." As I spoke, my hand reached out again, but unexpectedly she twisted it fiercely, making me cry out in pain. I said: "Murdering one's own husband!"

  She said with a smile: "Look at you, still not being honest!"

  I heard, sinisterly said: "It seems I have to re-tighten the husband's reins!" After finishing, I was just about to pounce on her like a starving tiger when she hastily said: "You'd better not mess around, be careful of the child in your belly."

  "What?" I exclaimed in surprise. After a moment's thought, I said excitedly: "You mean there are children now?"

  "En." Zhu Yan said with some embarrassment.

  "Haha, great!" I excitedly hugged her and spun around in circles shouting: "I'm going to be a dad, haha!!!"

  Chas, who was standing at the door, walked in with a puzzled look on his face. When he saw us, he immediately turned around and tried to slip away. I called out to him, "Chas, I'm going to be a dad! That is, I'm going to be a father!" Chas immediately turned back around, excitedly saying, "That's great!" After a pause, he said, "Congratulations, Captain! Congratulations, Madam!" Zhu Yan playfully punched me in the chest with her small fist, and I laughed, saying, "Chas, go tell the commissar and the others."

  "Yes." Chas excitedly reported and went.

  I helped Zhu Yan sit on the sofa and asked with concern: "Are you okay now?"

  Zhu Yan shook her head and said, "It's okay for now, it's only been a little over two months."

  I said seriously: "Don't be careless, now you have a small life, don't work anymore, I'll find Old Yang to ask for leave later."

  "Alright."

  The first one to receive the message was Dieliao, and even more exaggeratedly, two hands grasped a single old hen and rushed in, shouting: "Commander, I'm here."

  I said: "How did you get these?"

  "Oh, this is for madam to supplement her body, in the future when young master's body is good, madam will be even better."

  "You're pretty quick on the uptake, you knew it from the very beginning."

  "That's right, I'm from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

  Soon, Old Zhang and the others all rushed over, everyone excitedly saying congratulatory words, Old Zhang said this is the first child in Xizang Province, I was haha laughing loudly. I immediately let Chase prepare food, inviting everyone to stay for lunch together.

  One hour later, the Revolutionary Committee of Xizang Province. Wang Qifu was smoking in his office when his deputy came in and said: "Director, Zhongdu has sent a telegram asking us to collect evidence of Commander Ping's usual lifestyle problems and report back as soon as we have any."

  Wang Qifu said: "Reply by telegram and say that I know, I will strive to do a good job in collecting evidence."

  "Yes, I'll go and send it now."

  "Alright, note that when broadcasting, you are the only one." "Yes."

  Wang Qifu had been relying on Tang Ning since he defected, and he arranged for his trusted subordinates to take over key positions such as the intelligence department, confidential department, and action department. As for others, they were just doing miscellaneous work, and he wasn't afraid that the central government would find out about the situation here. The radio station was controlled by his own people, and phone calls had to go through the switchboard, which restricted the channels of those people. Outside, not to mention other things, even the Ministry of Internal Affairs was closely monitoring this place. Last time at the commander's place for a drink, it was said by the head of the department himself that every time someone went out, there were 10 people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs following them. Now, except for this, all the committee branches in other cities in Xizang Province were arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they were doing the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the signboard of the Revolutionary Committee. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he firmly believed that he would be useful in the future and would make great contributions. He also hoped to have a stage to show off his abilities, a stage where he could do things with a clear conscience and display his abilities, and that stage was Tang Ning's ship, Tang Ning himself.