Chapter 12

Although Bai Yan agreed to attend the welcome party tonight, she took the opportunity to negotiate terms with Meng Hechuan based on the principle of give and take.

She didn’t make any strange requests, but just said that she wanted to go to the kitchen dormitory building before the welcome party.

“Cooking team?”

“Yes.”

Bai Yan pursed her lips and explained that during the few days she and Ruan Xiaohui stayed in the family building, it was Aunt Zhang from the kitchen team who was responsible for delivering meals.

Aunt Zhang is now in her forties. It is said that she was originally a lady from a large family in the south. She fell in love with her husband at first sight and followed her husband to the aerospace team despite her family’s opposition. She landed in Jingzhou and stayed there for more than ten years.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Her husband died in a mission more than ten years ago.

Seeing that she had no children and was the orphan of a martyr, the brigade arranged a position for her in the kitchen team, doing the simplest logistical work.

Bai Yan is sweet-spoken and Aunt Zhang is kind, and after a few interactions, they get along well and their relationship gets better and better.

Aunt Zhang was sick, and Bai Yan thought that she was alone, so she naturally wanted to go see her.

After hearing the whole story, Meng Hechuan frowned and asked, “You want to go out alone?”

Bai Yan had been handcuffed by him once in Yanzhou, so she was traumatized and hurriedly assured him again and again: “I won’t run around, really!”

When she is afraid, she tends to show weakness unconsciously, and her eyes become watery, like an elk.

Meng Hechuan’s heart was gently hit, causing ripples and his heart softened.

What’s more, they were now in the aerospace compound, surrounded by guards on duty. Meng Hechuan was not afraid that Bai Yan would escape, so he agreed after thinking about it.

“The welcome party will start at six o’clock. Before that, you have to go back to the front of the 12th family building. I will take you there.”

Bai Yan shrugged, “Since I promised you, I won’t cheat and not come. It’s just that I don’t have a watch, so there may be some errors in the time.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the man in front of her raise his hand, take off the watch on his wrist, and hand it to her: “You can use mine first.”

In an era when material things were not so developed, the steel watch he handed over must have been very expensive.

Bai Yan glanced down and saw a string of English words engraved on the dial. She guessed that it was an imported product.

It really fits Meng Hechuan’s character as a rich kid.

Seeing that she was hesitant and didn’t dare to take it, Meng Hechuan directly put the watch on her wrist.

The cold watch strap made Bai Yan’s hand shrink back unconsciously.

The strap hadn’t been buckled yet, but when Bai Yan moved, the strap moved, and it was about to slip off her wrist.

In a flash, Bai Yan quickly raised her right hand to cover it, and Meng Hechuan’s other hand directly covered her hand, wrapping her in his palm.

There was a delicate touch under the palm. Meng Hechuan placed his thumb on the protruding bone of Bai Yan’s wrist and rubbed it twice unconsciously.

After realizing what he had done, Meng Hechuan let go of his hand as if he had been electrocuted.

His ears were clearly red, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface, “The watch is borrowed from you, not given to you as a gift. Remember to return it to me after you use it.”

Now that things have come to this, it would seem a bit hypocritical to refuse further.

Bai Yan put away her unnatural expression, responded quietly, and fastened her watch obediently.

Trying to act like nothing happened.

But his watch strap was too big, and it looked big and conspicuous on her hand. Bai Yan had no choice but to pull her sleeve down.

Since everything was agreed upon, Bai Yan didn’t want to waste any more time. She packed up some daily necessities and basic medicines sent by Meng Hechuan, put on her coat, and prepared to go to the kitchen to find Aunt Zhang.

“Do you know where the kitchen is? I’ll take you there.”

Meng Hechuan waited for a long time, but Bai Yan didn’t ask for directions. He frowned and stood up.

Bai Yan was about to speak when Ruan Xiaohui beside her suddenly cried out “ouch” for some reason, which scared Bai Yan back.

Ruan Xiaohui hid behind Meng Hechuan, “Brother Hechuan, look, is there a mouse running under the bed? It seems to be under Sister Bai Yan’s bed!”

Ruan Xiaohui couldn’t hide the pride on her face, thinking that she had successfully snatched the attention away from Bai Yan.

Unexpectedly, this was exactly what she wanted.

She quickly turned around and packed up all the supplements and food in the dormitory. “There are mice? That’s great. We can’t keep these milk powder and honey in the dormitory anymore! I’ll take them all away.”

These past few days, Ruan Xiaohui had been stealing these things as much as she could, and she had found all sorts of excuses to stop Bai Yan from eating them.

Now that she has the chance, she won’t leave even a drop of honey behind.

“Bai Yan, you don’t know the way. Wait a minute, I’ll take you there!” Meng Hechuan raised his head and shouted again.

“No need. Xiao Zhou told me. I remember the way.” Bai Yan was very fast. In a moment, she had already reached the door. She smiled and waved to the people inside: “Chief Engineer Meng, you guys take your time to catch the mouse. I’m leaving first!”

Xiao Zhou, who was standing at the door, glanced at Bai Yan sadly. It was true that the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie.

When she used a peeled orange to exchange information with me, she clearly promised me that she would not betray me in front of Chief Engineer Meng and reveal that I was the one who leaked the space team’s topographic map to her?

…

As soon as Bai Yan stepped out of the door of Building 12, she heard someone muttering behind her, “Hey, someone came out of Building 12! Big sis, wait a minute, big sis!”

Before going out, Bai Yan wrapped herself around the only big scarf she had left and covered half of her face tightly.

In addition, she was wearing Sister Zhang’s old coarse cloth shirt, which made it easy for people to misunderstand her age.

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Two or three young female soldiers chased after her and stopped her. One of them, a girl with a round face and short hair, looked Bai Yan up and down, raised her chin and asked, “Are you from the kitchen team?”

Bai Yan didn’t want to cause trouble for herself, so she nodded silently.

“Which room in Building 12 did you come out of? Room 306?”

Room 306 is the room where Bai Yan and the others live.

She thought about it and realized that she did come from 306, so she nodded again.

The round-faced girl said to Xu Qingqing as if to take credit: “Qingqing, you found the right person.”

Xu Qingqing snorted arrogantly, motioning for the round-faced girl to continue asking questions.

“We are from the art class, you should know us. We have a few questions for you, you have to answer honestly. Have you seen what the girl brought back by Chief Engineer Meng from 306 looks like?”

The round-faced girl asked while courting Xu Qingqing, “Is she not as pretty as our class leader Qingqing?”

Their condescending attitude made Bai Yan couldn’t help but lift her eyelids and take a glance.

Art class?

Is it famous?

If they hadn’t introduced themselves and worn green military uniforms, she really wouldn’t have been able to tell them apart from the group of bullying girls she’d seen during her school days.

It was just that Bai Yan was finally “released” from 306 by Meng Hechuan, and she didn’t want to waste her time on these insignificant people.

She answered casually: “I have seen it, so-so, no.”

After saying that, I wanted to leave.

I was clearly answering the questions they asked, but it was clear that my answers did not satisfy them.

The round-faced girl reached out to stop Bai Yan, “What’s your attitude? Answer me properly! I want to ask you, is there a woman living in Room 306 who was brought back by Chief Engineer Meng? Is she as pretty as our squad leader?”

Following the direction of the round-faced girl’s finger, Bai Yan looked over there.

The girl standing in the middle is about two years older than me. Her facial features are not particularly outstanding, but she is tall and has fair skin. She has natural advantages and can be called a beauty.

But Bai Yan still hasn’t figured out the situation. What information these girls are here to find out?

“Hey, I’m asking you a question!”

Bai Yan came back to her senses and continued to respond without any emotion, “Not as pretty as her.”

There was an unconcealable pride in Xu Qingqing’s eyes.

The round-faced girl also complimented him: “Qingqing, I told you not to worry, right? With a beautiful childhood sweetheart like you by his side, how could Chief Engineer Meng have room for anyone else?”

After she said this, Bai Yan suddenly realized that the tall girl in the C position in front of her was Xu Qingqing, the childhood sweetheart in Meng Hechuan’s book!

In the book, this Miss Xu caused a lot of trouble for the original owner who went to Meng Hechuan at that time. After the original owner married Meng Hechuan, she hated her and caused her a lot of trouble.

When Meng Hechuan was the chief engineer of Jiyue Fengguang, Miss Xu told everyone how loyal and pure her love for him was.

But when Meng Hechuan’s scandal was exposed and he was thrown into jail, she was the first one to jump out and blame him, spreading rumors that Meng Hechuan tried to seduce her after marriage and intended to do something indecent to her.

When Bai Yan saw this content, she was shocked. For the first time, she put herself in Meng Hechuan’s perspective and felt sympathy for him for a rare time.

Even if Meng Hechuan is a villain, Xu Qingqing’s background is also crooked. What qualifications does she have to add insult to injury?

If you really love him, shouldn’t you persuade him to turn back from his wrong path and help him start a new life?