Chapter 23

Tan Hean stopped Bai Yan and said, “Teacher Wei’s piano skills are superb and the songs are rare. Comrade Xiaobai, are you interested in dancing with us?”

Bai Yan really wanted to answer directly “I’m not interested”, but Tan He’an was the one she wanted to cling to, so it was better to be more tactful when speaking to him.

After all, she remembered that at the end of the book, Meng Hechuan destroyed most of the research materials and became an “eternal sinner” and was thrown into prison.

Tan Hean took over as the first engineer in the aerospace industry, and the research and development of both state-owned and private aircraft were under his management.

“Chief Engineer Tan, I’m sorry, I really can’t dance. Please invite someone else.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Wei’s piano playing paused.

“Ah, the music has stopped too.” Bai Yan had a bright smile on her face, showing that she had survived a disaster.

But she was happy too early.

Wei Wei stood up and called out to the young comrades who were having fun in the center of the auditorium, “I see that there are still quite a few comrades here who are quite shy. So, let’s play the game of passing the flower. Whoever gets the flower must choose a partner to dance with. What do you think?”

Such a proposal certainly received a warm response.

The crowd quickly formed a circle, and Bai Yan spotted a gap and was about to slip out.

Someone pulled her from behind, and Bai Yan staggered, turned around and returned to the circle.

She turned her head and saw Meng Hechuan standing next to her, still with no expression on his face.

“You?” Bai Yan frowned. Could it be that the person who just pulled her was him?

Bai Yan was thinking strangely while looking to his right side, where there stood a man he didn’t recognize.

It’s not Xu Qingqing?

When she looked again, Xu Qingqing was standing diagonally opposite them, looking furious.

“Chief Engineer Meng, it’s too crowded over there. Please come over here and I’ll give you my seat. I won’t play anymore.”

“No, my seat is just right.” Master Meng said calmly, “The game has begun.”

Wei Wei sat down again and played the piano, and a small red ball was passed quickly among the crowd.

Bai Yan was forced into a situation where she had no choice but to stand still, secretly praying that her luck wasn’t so bad.

But the more you fear something, the more likely it will come.

The ball was getting closer and closer, and was about to reach Bai Yan’s hands.

She quickly took the ball from the person on the left and quickly passed it to Meng Hechuan on the right.

“That was a close call!” Bai Yan exclaimed with joy the moment the ball slipped out of her hands.

But before she could suppress her joy, the piano music suddenly stopped.

The little red ball was held firmly in Meng Hechuan’s hand.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into a uniform exclamation, “It’s Chief Engineer Meng!”

This young chief engineer of the brigade, with a family background at the top of the pyramid and a handsome face, is surrounded by a mysterious aura.

Although he eats and lives with the other team members on weekdays, he is polite and courteous to them.

But there was always a sense of holiness and nobility about him.

Even when he personally went to the base to check the welding of spare parts, he was wearing uniform work clothes.

But the engine oil and the black screws seemed to become noble in his hands.

People rarely have the opportunity to see Master Meng, who is as bright as the moon, dancing.

In that instant, all the men and women present became excited.

“Chief Engineer Meng, you must accept defeat. Don’t set a bad example!”

Someone dared to say something provocative, and everyone followed suit, “Yes, Chief Engineer Meng, I’ll admit defeat!”

Meng Hechuan played with the red ball in his hand, looked around, and replied lightly amid the expectation of everyone, “Okay.”

The deafening cheers nearly blew the roof off.

Bai Yan blinked and sighed in her heart, this Meng Hechuan was really the idol of the entire team in the early days, any random words from him could cause such a big commotion.

What kind of selfish desires could have caused such a favored child of heaven to make him make mistakes and end up as a prisoner in the future?

“Chief Engineer Meng, who do you want to invite as your dance partner?”

Someone asked the key question.

Zhihua and the other lackeys in the cultural and art class hurriedly pushed Xu Qingqing forward, “Of course, she’s our class monitor!”

When Meng Hechuan got the ball, many female soldiers secretly had the idea of ​​volunteering to be Meng Hechuan’s dance partner.

As soon as they saw Xu Qingqing being “pushed” out, they all gave up the idea.

“Chief Engineer Meng is handsome and elegant, Qingqing is beautiful and generous. Who else is more suitable than them to dance together?”

When Xu Qingqing pulled Meng Hechuan away just now, she had been thinking whether he would invite her to dance with him, but Meng Hechuan’s attitude was indifferent from beginning to end, and no one knew what he was looking at.

Xu Qingqing was very disappointed that she couldn’t dance with him, but now that she had this chance, she certainly didn’t want to let it go.

She pursed her lips and walked towards Meng Hechuan generously, as if she had already been chosen by him as his dance partner.

Suddenly, someone interrupted and shouted, “Wait a minute, of course there’s more!”

Bai Yan felt a weight behind her and fell to the side due to inertia. Meng Hechuan supported her in time.

Su Lin appeared out of nowhere.

She laughed, not realizing that she had been too aggressive just now. “I clearly saw Chief Engineer Meng inviting Comrade Bai Yan to dance with him, but he was interrupted.”

She squinted at Xu Qingqing.

“Chief Engineer Meng, you get to choose your dance partner. Who do you want to choose?”

Meng Hechuan lowered his eyes and looked at the arm that was supporting the girl, and was hesitant to say anything.

He had an indescribable feeling in his heart. In the past, he always disliked participating in team parties or dances.

Waste of time and had no appeal to him at all.

But today, just now when Wei Wei was playing the piano, accompanied by a song that could not be more ordinary.

He just followed his heart and simply invited the girl in front of him to dance with him.

That was the first time in his twenty-six years of life that he asked a girl out.

But Bai Yan refused without hesitation.

Meng Hechuan didn’t feel disappointed or angry.

He just simply reacted and realized that he could be so impulsive at times.

Because he couldn’t figure it out, he didn’t react when Xu Qingqing pulled him away.

When I looked over again, Bai Yan was already talking to Tan Hean.

Seeing him staring at her for a long time without saying anything, Bai Yan lowered her voice to remind him, “Meng Hechuan, what are you thinking about? Let me go first.”

Meng Hechuan came back to his senses.

The girl in front of me struggled slightly, just like she was in Jinling and Yanzhou, like a kitten ready to escape at any time.

His eyes narrowed suddenly, revealing a dangerous aura and a domineering and powerful possession.

Bai Yan was shocked and reminded him suicidally: “Aren’t you still doubting my identity? Didn’t you say I was Yan Zi? How dare you dance with me like this?”

A bony hand was stretched out in front of Bai Yan’s eyes. She looked up, and the moment their eyes made contact, Bai Yan was stunned.

Meng Hechuan stared at her without blinking, “I dare, do you dare?”