Chapter 49 forty nine

Just like countless people who have come from that era, Commander Ding must watch CCTV's "News Network" at 7 o'clock in the evening.It can be said that it is unshakable.At that time, I was working in the military region and commanding major military exercises, and I couldn't escape at that time, so I had to give up this sub-program.So he notified his staff in advance to record it for him, so that he could find a time to watch it the next day.But tonight, my wife was clamoring for him not to watch it. "You should still care about the news of your own family!" My wife turned off the TV at once.My daughter has not been home for two days.I made all the phone calls my wife should make, but I couldn't find her.The old man is like a normal person, looking at what to see, really annoying!Commander Ding's theory is: My daughter is 30 years younger, so what if she hasn't come home for two days? "When you were 30 years old, you went home every day? Can you go home?

Tsk! ""You said your nonsense again, would I have a home to go back to at that time? "My wife said angrily." That's right, my daughter has a home now, and this home is quite big and comfortable, so I have to live at home.right? " Commander Ding said in his characteristic mocking tone. My wife retorted: "Why did I let her sleep? But I haven't been home for two days, you should ask me as a father." Commander Ding smiled deliberately: "The Military Commission didn't give me this task. "My wife pouted at him: "This is the mission God gave you!" Commander Ding smiled and waved his hand: "What is God? Soldiers only listen to the Central Military Commission." His wife made him so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry, and said: " Damn old man...you are talking to me!"

At this moment, Ding Jie walked in with a tired face.Ding's mother rushed forward and grabbed her daughter: "Miss, you haven't been home for two nights, where have you been? Even the people in your news department don't know where you have been!" Mother's anxiety was quite reasonable. .Think about it, she is almost 30 and still single, with high spirits, outstanding looks, and such a good family background, there must be a lot of people chasing her, if she doesn't come home for two nights, the possibility of accidents is very high ! But Ding Jie sat down on the sofa as if nothing had happened: "I live in a guest house in the military region."

Mother Ding was taken aback: "Why do you live there?" Ding Jie picked up the evening paper of that day and flipped through it: "I want to be alone and quiet." Mother Ding immediately picked up the red phone inside to verify the matter: "Military switchboard, ask for a guest house." Ding Jie rushed over and pressed the phone, and shouted with wide eyes: "Mom, can you save me some face! Do you want to call the local police station and ask them to check what your daughter has done these two nights?" what?" Mother Ding also amplified the volume: "Why are you yelling at me? Who am I doing this for?"

Ding Jie held down the phone tightly.She knew that she could do anything when she was excited, and she always thought she was right. "Mom, do you know that your daughter is almost 30 years old? Do you know what 30 years old means to a girl?" "You are 40 and 50 years old. As a mother, I have to take care of it!" "Okay, don't you just think I don't have a family? I have a family, and I'll show you!" She picked up her coat and purse and ran out. Commander Ding, a big man who never wanted to get involved in the dispute between the old and the young, felt that he had to do it himself, so he yelled: "Ding Jie!" He wanted to calm down his daughter first.Unexpectedly, this trick, which has always worked well, is not effective today.

Ding Jie ran straight out the door as if she didn't hear it at all.Ever since, Commander Ding yelled again in the room: "Ding Jie!" This time, it worked.Ding Jie who had rushed down the steps finally stopped.For a long time, no one spoke in the house or in the yard, only the cold wind rolled loose snowflakes, in the spacious yard, on the tall poplar trees, between the two frames of dry grape vines Floating back and forth. In the wind and snow, Ding Jie whimpered in a low voice. "I haven't seen you cry since I was 3 years old. What happened today?" Commander Ding asked with distress after taking his daughter back to her bedroom.When the father said this, the daughter became more and more wronged, and the tears welled up more and more.

"My God, how did I give birth to such a SpongeBob SquarePants, squeezed and soaked in water! Look, is it a sponge?" Commander Ding's joke was not very clever, but the daughter couldn't help but "puchi" laugh Standing up: "Dad! See what you said!" Commander Ding handed a towel to his daughter and asked kindly, "Tell me, tell me, what's going on?" The daughter hesitated. Commander Ding tentatively said, "Should I call your mother and listen to it together?" The daughter hurriedly said: "Don't..." Commander Ding hurriedly obeyed and said, "That's fine, let's talk it out first, discuss a way out, and then tell her."

The daughter hesitated again, and said, "Dad... I want to get married..." As she spoke, her eyes became moist again. "Really?" "Really." "Have you made up your mind?" "I just can't make up my mind..." "I want the commander to make up your mind for you?" "..." Ding Jie looked at her father in embarrassment, Neither agreed nor disagreed. Commander Ding thought for a while, then slowly said: "One is the deputy mayor, a teacher whom I respect and admire; the other is Fa Xiao, although he is not a childhood sweetheart, but after all, he is like-minded and has been together for so many years. I can't let go of him." This, can’t let go of that, it’s difficult! Dad doesn’t have much successful experience to offer you. I’ve talked with your mother once in my life, and it’s not our own discussion, it’s decided by the organization .

It took four and a half days from knowing to getting married.On the sixth day, we broke up, I went to the battlefield, and she went back to the rear.A year later, she hugged your brother who was only two or three months old and came to the front to find me.At that time, I was working as a staff officer in the division's combat department, and it was I who received her.We talked for a long time, but she didn't recognize that the man she was looking for was me, and I didn't recognize that the wife I had been looking forward to was her.Look, don't your mother and I have a good time now? "Ding Jie retorted very seriously: "But you will never experience another better taste of life. Commander Ding nodded and sighed, "Maybe."A generation has its taste in life, and a generation also has its disaster in life.This is neither forward nor backward. ""Look, the commander also preaches fatalism. ""This is not fatalism, but law theory.That Fang Yulin...seems like he hasn't been to our house for a long time. "

Ding Jie's face darkened: Father said, "I have a question I've been wanting to ask you for a long time. Fang Yulin has been ignoring us for so long, why can't you leave him?" daughter:"……" Father: "Because... because of having that kind of relationship with him?" The daughter blushed and yelled firmly in denial: "Dad!" The father was still calm (as expected of a battle-tested veteran): "Because he is weak compared to Zhou Mi, do you think we should lean a bit on his side in morals?" Daughter: "Oh, if you don't know him, don't talk nonsense. He is weak? He will not show weakness in front of anyone, especially in spirit."

Father: "It's his relentless determination to show weakness that has been attracting you so much that you can't let go of him?" Daughter: "Yes, I admit it... He was always so confident in spirit, always so strong, always so indomitable, always full of a rare masculine masculinity... I always fell in love with him to him." Father: "As far as I know, Zhou Mi also has this kind of energy of not showing weakness. And he behaves more properly and more perfectly. Many old comrades have praised him in front of me. He came from a very poor background and has no background at all. It is not easy to struggle from such a starting point... I am a person who has experienced it, which makes it very difficult." Daughter: "To be honest, it was only after I got to know him that I slowly started to have a good impression of him." Father: "Then why are you hesitating? Zhou Mi has all the strengths that Fang Yulin possesses. But Fang Yulin may not necessarily have the strengths that Zhou Mi possesses..." Daughter: "It's not that simple, because after all it's not shopping with money and weighing things on a scale." Father: "Then why? Because Zhou Mi hasn't divorced yet? Everyone knows about it. It's his wife who wants to separate from him, and she asked him for a divorce a long time ago. Signed the book, and managed to survive until now. If Zhou Mi wants to divorce..." Daughter: "No, not because of this." Father: "Then why?" Daughter: "I can't tell!" Father shook his head: "You people are really troublesome! Then simply draw lots! Marry whoever you catch." Daughter: "Can you listen to me patiently?" Father sighed deeply and warned: "If you don't say it quickly, your mother will come over in a while, then you really can't say it." Daughter: "You have frequent contacts with the leaders of the provinces and cities. Think about it first. Have you heard anything from them recently about Zhou Mi?" "Which aspect?" "It surprises you, surprises you...it's impossible..." "What exactly do you want to tell me?" Ding Jie hesitated: "Two days ago, Fang Yulin came to see me , very solemnly warned me not to fall in love in the near future..." "What kind of tricks is this kid playing?" "This person has a hundred shortcomings, but one thing is that he will never play tricks with people or things. ""Can't play tricks? Then how can he be the deputy captain of the serious crime brigade? How can he solve the case? How can he talk to those murderers. Liars, robbers dealing with underworld people? ""When I say he doesn't play tricks, I mean he never plays tricks when he's dealing with good people.For example, when you focus on your own people, when dealing with comrades, friends, and relatives. ""Oh?How could this young man still have such a remarkable quality?Rare, too rare! ""So, these days, I have been beating drums in my heart, and I can say that I am very disturbed. ""He knows you are dating Zhou Mi? ""I think he already knows. ""Is he trying to mess with you?just kidding? ""I've already said that he will never use any tricks to play tricks on me...""Even if you see that you are already dating someone else?Men sometimes see their beloved fall in love with others, and they may do very outrageous things. ""He won't, even if he feels very painful because he sees me interacting with others, he will definitely not deliberately make a fake to make this mess and hurt me...""That day, it was snowing heavily, and I went to Laifeng Mountain Villa , didn't he stop our car on purpose? ""That's him playing a child's temper.But once something important happens, at a critical moment, he will never hurt me. ""You are so sure about him? " "Maybe that's another important reason why I can't let go. His innocence is really rare." "You mean, there must be some very real and urgent reasons for him to be right." Did you make such a warning?" "Yes. I doubt he has any news about Zhou Mi..." "Has he hinted at this to you?" "No, he wouldn't make such a specific hint He is a very dedicated police officer." "Is there any other reason why he gave you such admonition?" "I have been thinking about it for two days, but I can't find any other reason. I It was because of this that I hid in the hostel of the military region." "How about talking to him again?" "It's useless, if you could tell me directly, he would have already said so." Neither of them spoke.After a long time, the father asked: "What did you feel from Zhou Mi?" The daughter said: "This is also the main reason why I have to hide alone these two days and think about it. I carefully reviewed these days and Zhou Mi. The process of dating, but after much deliberation, my mind is still muddled. I didn’t realize that Zhou Mi...he has anything to doubt...the only thing..." My father hurriedly asked: "What is the only thing?" The daughter said: "I also don't understand what's going on with him. You say he doesn't like me, he always finds a reason to ask me out every now and then. When I'm with him, his whole expression, posture, Every movement reveals such a message, making you feel that he is caring for you wholeheartedly. This kind of love can truly be said to be all-encompassing, meticulous, and a kind of... a kind of... Dad, I told you, don't be angry... It's a kind of love that you can't feel in other loves, including the love of your parents... It's a kind of attention and care that can really melt you all.Even the kind of care I haven't received in my association with Fang Yulin for so many years.But, I don't understand... he... just stops there.He asked me out frequently, again and again, eating, talking, that's all..." My father asked: "What else do you want him to do? The daughter blushed and said, "Dad, where did you think of it?" "Father said:" He expressed his heart to you, which is very good!At this stage, with his capacity, of course he can only do this. "The daughter said: "No, he made me feel that he can't really love me, he wants to love me very much, but he can't really love me.There's some sort of insurmountable barrier..." The father said: "Don't talk nonsense. He was married and had children. What's the obstacle? With that obstacle, he has been with you for so long?" The daughter's face was red again: "Where are you going! I The obstacle mentioned is...he seems to have a very serious psychological, spiritual... or other, in short, this invisible obstacle between me and him. And it is insurmountable... Can't tell. I thought of all kinds of reasons, but I couldn't stand it.He even thought, did he encounter great difficulties in his work?Has someone in the leadership team obstructed him?No!I am engaged in news, and I often contact leaders at all levels.All the reflections I heard are in his favor.So what is he still depressed about? "Father startled: "Melancholy?Do you feel he is depressed? "The daughter immediately confirmed: "Yes, this is what can be said clearly. Every time I can feel his faint, yet powerful, ubiquitous melancholy... Sometimes he even makes me feel his whole person It seemed to be shrouded in such a thick fog of melancholy. "The father fell silent, and stared at his daughter very seriously, sizing up and thinking about it carefully. After a long while, he finally said two words: "Weird..." Suddenly, the phone rang. It was Fang Yulin who wanted to see Ding Jie. "Now?" asked the father. "Now." Ding Jie replied. "You decide," said the father. Ding Jie nodded, and then shouted into the phone: "Fang Yulin, you never thought you would see me in a hundred years, but you want to see me suddenly, and you don't even look at the time or place, and you must see me. What do you think I am here? Is it a teahouse run by your Fang family? A restaurant? A hotel? Come whenever you want, leave whenever you want? I'm sorry, Miss Ben is missing today." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone with a "snap".But then the phone rang again.Annoyed, Ding Jie picked up the phone and shouted: "Fang Yulin, I'm not your detention center of the Public Security Bureau. You Fang Yulin can't do whatever you want! Let me tell you, I just won't see you today. It's just you who say you're going to break the law." God damn it, but I still don't see you!" As he spoke, he wanted to hang up the phone again.Fang Yulin, who knew her temper, quickly shouted: "Don't hang up! Comrade Ding Jie, please go to the balcony and have a look. I am right now at your door, talking to you on my mobile phone.I'm here to see you now because of work needs and urgent matters, please take care of the overall situation! " Ding Jie hesitantly walked to the French window leading to the balcony and looked out.Sure enough, outside the big iron gate of my house, in the howling wind and snow, on the quiet sidewalk paved with square bricks, it was the other side of the rain forest standing.He was looking up at every bright window in the small building expectantly. Ding Jie had no choice but to let Fang Yulin into the room, but as soon as Fang Yulin sat down, he asked bluntly: "Tell me, what do you want from me?" Fang Yulin said, "I haven't seen you for a long time... "Ding Jie immediately interrupted him: "Please go straight to the topic, what do you want me for?" Fang Yulin smiled, looked around and said, "You must give me a cup of hot tea to warm my hands..." While speaking, Mother Ding brought over a cup of hot tea.Ding Jie and Fang Yulin hurriedly stood up.Fang Yulin hurriedly said: "Thank you, auntie!" Ding Jie said: "Mom, you sleep in your bed." Mother Ding asked Fang Yulin with a gentle smile: "Is this period busy?" Fang Yulin hurriedly stood up again, and replied: "Yes. The crime rate has remained high, and I am scratching my head." Mother Ding made a big gesture and told him to sit down and talk. "It's been a long time since you came to see our Ding Jie?" "Yes..." Fang Yulin replied. Ding Jie became impatient: "Mom!" Mother Ding had no choice but to say: "You talk, you talk. There is fresh milk in the refrigerator, and the eight-treasure rice from Daoxiang Village brought by the Chief of Staff of the Nanjing Military Region from Shanghai last time. If you are hungry, take two pieces and put them in the microwave for two. Three minutes..." At this point, Jie's face became even more unsightly, so he stopped talking, waved to Fang Yuling, and went back to his room. The two sat silently for a while, Fang Yulin asked for a while: "How is your father?" and asked again: "Have you been on a business trip during this time?" Ding Jie said patiently, "Fang Yulin, are you here to visit the poor, or what?" Fang Yulin smiled shyly, and was about to say something when the phone on the high coffee table rang suddenly.The call was made by Commander Ding. The old man was worried about the "meeting" downstairs, and took special care of Ding Jie: "Don't be arrogant, he came here on his own initiative, isn't this an opportunity? Talk to him for a while, and take care of him." Find out more about the situation." Ding Jie put down the phone and told Fang Yulin: "My dad is afraid that I will bully you." Fang Yulin smiled, but remained silent.Ding Jie urged, "Say it, you don't come here once in a hundred years, why are you pretending to be dumb?" Fang Yulin smiled and said, "Look at you..." Ding Jie said: "Let's talk, let's leave this person alone. What's the matter? Is it because of some case related to me, or are you here to persuade me not to fall in love again?" Fang Yulin hurriedly said, "What do you have to do with the case?" "So, to persuade me not to fall in love?" "You are really good! When did you become a political and ideological counselor again? Talk! At any time and on any occasion, your Fang Yulin is the all-powerful, controlling and commanding everything. What happened today?Why did it become so mushy? " Fang Yulin pondered for a while, and said: "I came to you today entirely for work... In a moment, I will talk about a very sensitive topic, but you have to believe that the reason I mentioned this topic is entirely for work, No personal emotions or personal intentions were mixed at all." "Need such a lengthy prologue for this?" "need." "Another statement to make?" "I didn't intend to joke with you." "Okay, let's get to the point." "I want to ask you about someone." "Who?" "Zhou Mi." "Go on." "I hesitated for a long time, should I come to you..." "Go on." "Ding Jie..." "Say." "Ding Jie...I know, recently...there are contacts between you..." "As expected of a scout." "You should know me, Fang Yulin is not a boring person. At any time, Fang Yulin will not come to your door in the middle of the night to find trouble with you because of personal relationship problems. I have encountered a little trouble at work. I am very sorry The thing is, I can't tell you what the trouble is yet. But I need to get to know Zhou Mi, and if it weren't for you, I would never come to this conversation. Because of you, I feel that I can take a risk. Tonight If the conversation spreads, it will have a very bad influence. Even if people know that I came here to learn about Zhou Mi from you, it will have a very bad influence. But now I really need to know what Zhou Mi is like Man..." "What case is he connected with?" "You don't ask any questions." "Do you think it's fair for you to do this? Since you want me to answer your questions..." "Please don't ask any questions." Fang Yulin replied very resolutely. silence.After a while, Ding Fa said: "Okay, I promise you that I will not ask you any questions tonight. I will never tell anyone that you have come to me tonight and have a thorough understanding. Now you can continue to talk right?" "Please tell me straight up what kind of man he is?" "Good man, great man!" "... is it real?" "...he may be a little less blunt than when he was a teacher in college, but he's still not lacking in authenticity." "Is it consistent?" "It's hard for me to fully define him. But at least when I'm with him, I think he's consistent." Fang Yulin pondered for a while, smiled reluctantly, stood up and said, "Thank you for your cooperation! I'm really sorry to bother you at such a late hour. Let me declare again, I came to you tonight without passing Anyone who approves is completely a personal act. The reason why I want to ask you carefully is because I have a little personal matter and I want to talk to the deputy mayor. But I have no contact with him, and I don’t know him. And temper, afraid of being reckless, I went to find him and got rejected..." "Fang Yulin, before you lie to me, shouldn't you go to a class and learn how to lie without blushing?" Ding Jie snorted and said sarcastically.Fang Yulin's face blushed slightly: "I really need to go to him for some personal matters..." Ding Jie straightened her delicate face and said, "You are the one who can hide lies from all over the world. You can't hide it from me, Ding Jie. You, Fang Yulin, will go to the city leaders for your personal affairs? When did you go to the leaders for your own affairs? Let alone go to the city leaders! You and your little sister Sharing a hut, I asked you to go to the leader of your city bureau to solve the housing problem, have you gone? Your mother is hospitalized and cannot report medical expenses for more than half a year. I will ask you to go to your mother’s unit leader and ask them to give priority to taking care of your family’s difficulties.That day I managed to buy two tickets to the Russian Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble and asked you to go see it with me. You said you would be on duty that night.I want you to tell the leader to change the class and make up this class tomorrow. Have you gone to find it?If people all over the world don’t know about you, Fang Yulin, then I, Ding Jie, have understood you thoroughly and learned from you over the years.You, you will go to the city leader for your own affairs? "Fang Yulin's face turned even redder: "Yuzhu has been laid off for so long, and has not been able to find a particularly ideal job...I think...I wonder if I can find this Deputy Mayor Zhou..." Ding Jie He sneered twice: "Fang Yulin, do you know that there is an idiom called Yue Fu Yue Hei? " Ding Jie said sternly: "So, don't explain any more. As long as you are not bored, I will never be bored to that extent. Use the matter of you coming to my place as gossip outside, especially when it involves Such a serving deputy mayor." Fang Yulin hurriedly thanked him twice and left.Ding Jie stopped him: "Don't worry! I still have a personal question, I want you to answer it. Does Zuo Fang Yulin have any real feelings for me? Please tell the truth." Fang Yulin said: "You can't talk about emotional matters." Ding Jie said very firmly, "I want to hear from you tonight." Fang Yulin was embarrassed: "This is really quite..." Ding Jie didn't want him to shirk: "Don't be serious, just tell the truth." Fang Yulin said: "Ding Jie, we have been together for so many years...you still..." Ding Jie said: "It is because we have been together for so many years that I want you to tell me the truth." Fang Yulin plucked up his courage and said, "Okay, just say it, it's nothing serious. Of course there are feelings..." Ding Jie said: "Of course there are some true feelings?" Fang Yulin hesitated again: "Ding Jie..." Ding Jie pushed forward decisively: "Answer me!" Fang Yulin crawled around: "Who do you think I have played fake feelings with?" Ding Jie chased after the victory: "Well, you sure don't want me to be caught in a vortex of right and wrong, right? You want me to live a better life than you?" Fang Yulin said, "Yes." Ding Jie stood up suddenly: "Then please tell me, what happened to Zhou Mi?" Fang Yulin seemed to be on guard against Ding Jie's question. After taking a serious look at Ding Jie, he closed his mouth and remained silent.After a long while, Ding Jie said sadly: "Okay...you can go..." Fang Yulin pondered for a while, as if he wanted to comfort him: "Ding Jie..." Ding Jie just repeated: "I said You can go!" Fang Yulin stood silently for a while, then picked up his gloves and hat, and walked out. When the door finally closed behind him, he didn't go down the steps right away.He stood on the steps dimly rendered orange by an aisle light and hesitated for a long time. He wondered if he should explain to Ding Jie again.At this time, the snow that fell and didn't fall, and fell again after not falling, silently drifted in the wind and sang silently.The result of hesitation, he thought, let's go.Ding Jie is the kind of woman who is particularly wise, and she has to deal with the remaining half cup of bitter wine by herself. "She can handle it well, she will definitely be able to handle it well..." Thinking of this, Fang Yulin suddenly felt a little sad, with soreness in his heart, and even a kind of self-blame: I have been so alienated for more than a year. Is she right?In fact, this kind of "self-blame" has been happening for a long time. For a long time, it has only been vague, thick or light, and often exists in the form of confusion, not as clear and direct as tonight. After watching Fang Yulin start the old-fashioned jeep into the dark and snowy night from the window of the bedroom, Commander Ding walked quickly to the living room downstairs. In the living room, Ding Jie was still sitting there.Fang Yulin came to her tonight to inquire about Zhou Mi's behavior, making her convinced that something serious must have happened to Zhou Mi.But she couldn't convince herself of this, let alone associate Zhou Mi with the "Serious Crime Squad".Even the wildest imagination cannot conceive of this!What does the Crime Squad do?The Serious Cases Brigade is responsible for the most serious and vicious criminal cases.And the concepts of "major", "vicious", and "criminal cases", to put it bluntly, are murder, arson, rape, and robbery, which are the worst bad guys do!In other words, Fang Yulin, who specializes in major homicide, arson, and robbery cases, is now eyeing Zhou Mi... My God, what happened?Her heart felt tense, her whole body trembled, and she even felt a little dizzy. "Is he here to talk about Zhou Mi?" Commander Ding asked eagerly. Ding Jie replied blankly: "No..." "Aren't you telling me the truth?" Commander Ding scolded with concern. Ding Jie raised her head and looked at her father in a daze, and said only one sentence: "No, no, he really didn't say anything about Zhou Mi." Then she ran back to her bedroom, and waited for the bedroom door to slam loudly. Closing the door behind him, the tears that had long been unbearable burst out of his eyes.