Chapter 84: Chapter 84: She is a Family Member
She ducked behind a rock, but then she heard Xiao Ding’s voice, “Who’s there? Come out!”
Meixi let out a sigh of relief and then stood up, “Xiao Ding, it’s me.”
Xiao Ding was in military uniform today, apparently on duty.
Seeing her, Xiao Ding seemed pretty happy, “Dr. Xiao Su, are you here to hang out too?”
Meixi nodded, “Yeah, just bored and walked around.”
“Sorry, it’s the New Year, so we have to patrol a bit more strictly. I didn’t scare you, did I?”
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Meixi shook her head.
She wondered, since Xiao Ding was here, could Gu Wei be nearby?
Just as she thought about it, Gu Wei appeared from behind.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Seeing him after a few days, the emotions inside her were still tumultuously surging.
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Gu Wei acted as if he didn’t remember the incident from that day. He walked up to her nonchalantly and asked, “Aren’t you on duty today?”
“No, today… it’s a day off.” She seemed to have trouble speaking.
Did he really not blame her for that day’s incident?
She thought he would never talk to her again.
Gu Wei said, “If there’s nothing else, you could come to the camp tonight for the bonfire party, it’s lively.”
“Is it, is it okay?” Meixi asked.
He checked his watch and said, “You can head over now. Today, many family members are here, you can chat with them first.”
Xiao Ding saw Gu Wei’s demeanor and couldn’t help but internally criticize heavily.
The boss was clearly repressing his pain. Why does he seem to forget everything when he sees Dr. Xiao Su? He’s really like the legendary ‘whipped guy.’
But he couldn’t concern himself with these thoughts. Since the boss acted whipped, he’d play along as the little whipped one, so he enthusiastically persuaded Meixi, “Yeah, the families are talented, some can make dumplings, some make dumplings, and there’s roasted lamb too, you can eat whatever you like, Dr. Xiao Su, you should come over and have fun!”
Meixi thought, after all, it’s the New Year, and New Year’s is meant to be lively. Since Gu Wei didn’t dwell on that day’s incident, she decided to have some fun.
She conveniently had fireworks in her car, which could serve as a gift.
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Meixi followed them to the military camp.
There was quite a bit of registration, and then she was able to enter.
But access was limited to the cafeteria and the square in front of the dormitories.
When Meixi arrived, several military wives were chatting while preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner, making dumplings and frying various snacks.
Seeing Meixi, one of the wives asked, “Oh, I haven’t seen her before, she is…”
Xiao Ding introduced, “She is Major Gu’s love, a doctor, who has been helping out at the town’s health clinic.”
Hearing that she was Major Gu’s love, the wives warmly invited her over to make dumplings together.
Because Meixi was beautiful, her presence among the women highlighted their plainness, making a few of them who were chatting together a bit reserved.
But fortunately, Meixi was humble and modest, worked diligently, and she kept complimenting their skills, gradually closing the distance between them.
The wives praised her: “I always said Major Gu would have high standards. His wife is indeed beautiful as expected.”
“They really are a power couple, could even match those celebrities on TV.”
“…”
After making the dumplings and preparing various snacks, it got dark.
The bonfire party began, and Gu Wei, along with Xiao Ding and the others who went on patrol, returned.
Everyone sat around the bonfire, chatting and eating, in a rather cozy atmosphere.
After eating for a while, Su Meixi took out the fireworks and said to Xiao Ding, “Xiao Ding, could you please help set off the fireworks?”
Xiao Ding replied, “How about we let our boss do it?”
Xiao Ding thought setting off fireworks was a very romantic thing, and that lovers should do it. However, glancing at Gu Wei and seeing that he was silent, he had to go do it himself.
The fireworks were a bit inferior and slightly damp; it took a long time to light them. Xiao Ding said, “The fireworks might be broken.”
Eventually, Gu Wei resolved the issue. He took out some of the gunpowder inside and lit it with a stick, burning it continuously at the ignition point. The bundle of fireworks “puffed” a few times and then finally shot off.
The fireworks burst into colorful blooms in the sky and they were incredibly beautiful!
Su Meixi, watching the fireworks under Gu Wei’s silhouette, felt a surge of impulse.
She clenched her fists and forcefully suppressed the impulse.
After watching the fireworks, Gu Wei cut a piece of lamb for Su Meixi and brought it over to her, then sat down beside her, assuming the role of a husband, as if to declare his territory.
Xiao Ding could not help but sigh inwardly, “Boss, do you see her paying attention to you?”
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After the bonfire party ended, everyone gradually dispersed.
The military wives followed their husbands back to the Military Wives’ Compound, while others still had shifts to take.
Gu Wei asked Su Meixi, “Are you going back tonight?”
Without hesitation, Su Meixi replied, “Of course.”
If she stayed here, it would be like giving Gu Wei a definite answer.
Gu Wei did not insist, merely saying, “Then I’ll drive you back.”
“I can drive myself…”
“It’s too late, it’s not safe for you to drive alone,” Gu Wei said and then went to fetch the car keys.
Su Meixi did not argue with him, even though she had switched to a new car. In the middle of the night, it was indeed unsafe for her to drive alone. If she really encountered bad people, she could not handle it by herself.
Su Meixi followed him into an army green jeep, sitting in the passenger seat.
The car drove out of the base, and neither of them spoke. There was a deliberately suppressive atmosphere in the car, with neither willing to show their inner impulse.
Finally, Su Meixi broke the silence, “Gu Wei, New Year…”
“Happy New Year!”
Before she could finish speaking, suddenly a loud “bang” came from the car.
Before she could react, Gu Wei had already turned off the car lights and swiftly drove the car down behind a hill.
“Gu Wei, what’s happening?” Su Meixi was nervous.
Gu Wei responded forcefully, “Get out of the car!”
“Get out? Here?”
Gu Wei commanded fiercely, “Get out and hide behind the hill! No matter what happens, do not come out, hurry!”
Frightened by his demeanor, Su Meixi did not dwell on it any longer and immediately opened the car door and got out.
As soon as the car door closed, Gu Wei drove off. She stood still, recalling his instructions to hide behind the hill, and proceeded with difficulty toward it.
But she wanted to understand what was happening, so after reaching behind the hill, she quietly peeked out.
Gu Wei’s car lights were on again.
Racing through the darkness.
Soon, two trucks emerged from some hill, relentlessly chasing his car.
Su Meixi then realized that Gu Wei had her get out so she could hide, while he drew the two trucks away!
Alone, could he be in danger?
Su Meixi’s heart rose to her throat, what now?