Zhao Minglan shook his head: "I don't mean to blame you. I did it voluntarily, but I can see that Yuan Lan did not do it voluntarily. Really, do you believe me?"
Ma Xiaoquan narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, if what Zhao Minglan said was true, then decades later, after my father and mother got married and had him, why would my mother say that I will only have a man like you when they quarreled?
.....Why don't you cherish me? Is it possible that my mother lied? But it's wrong. What's the point of lying about this kind of thing? Besides, my parents have been together for decades, so this kind of thing is impossible.
It's impossible to hide it forever.
"Sister Lanlan, don't be anxious. Many things are not clear now. Let's observe and observe first. I know you are anxious. I am actually more anxious than you. But now Yuan Lan is there well and it has indeed not happened again.
What's going on?"
"But I think she's not normal. Xiaohu, please take the time to pay more attention to her."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "I will, I will definitely~ By the way, Sister Lanlan, when will your laboratory be ready?"
Zhao Minglan thought that Ma Xiaoquan asked casually, so she said: "Anyway, the house is ready-made, and I have the money now. I estimate that the construction will start soon, and it may need to be renovated. It will be ready in about a month and a half. It just so happens that your riveting factory has a boiler room, which can heat the
Once the water pipe is connected, we can drink hot water. Oh my, this is the treatment of the city leaders, not bad."
"Okay, I get it~"
...
Ma Xiaoquan didn't go home with Zhao Minglan. He went back to the factory dormitory. Ma Liehuo went to serve in the army. Wang Jianmin found a good father-in-law and would definitely not live here anymore. As for Zhao Sidan, he went to another place for training. I don't know.
When will he come back, so he lives alone in the dormitory now.
Although it's a lot deserted, it's still quiet, so I can think about today's events.
First, there was the task that Zhao Jianshe had assigned to himself. To put it bluntly, after the completion of Professor Ma Ruiqing's laboratory, he wanted to find a way to steal something from it. Zhao Jianshe had not yet said what the specific object was, but Zhao Jianshe was concerned about this thing.
It must be something important.
Also, Yuan Lan's abnormality made Ma Xiaoquan a little puzzled. If what Zhao Minglan said was true, then what happened to Yuan Lan before she married her father, Ma Liehuo?
Ma Xiaoquan took a long breath and smiled bitterly in his heart. He thought he could complete the task smoothly by going back to the 1980s and take a look at what his parents looked like when they were young. He didn't expect that so many things had happened.
At this time, Yuan's voice suddenly came to his mind: "Ma Xiaoquan, actually you don't have to worry so much. After all, history cannot be changed. What you see and even experience now are actually not out of the historical development curve."
"I know~ But if I had not participated in these things, I wouldn't have so many worries. It's just that I not only saw them, but also participated in them. So, the more I know, the more worries I have."
"Okay, don't worry about it for now. Let me tell you something..." Yuan paused, "You try meditating and see if you gain anything?"
"Well, what do you mean, what does meditation do? I can't calm down now, and I'm afraid I don't have the heart to meditate."
"No, try to calm down, really, try to understand."
Ma Xiaoquan gave a wry smile, it didn't matter, there was no one in the dormitory anyway, he was the only one, so he could give it a try as Yuan said.
Just do it, Ma Xiaoquan sat up, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled it. After several times in a row, his originally agitated heart gradually calmed down.
I closed my eyes gently, and some past events flashed through my mind.
But soon, these past events gradually disappeared.
The atmosphere around him gradually became lighter, and Ma Xiaoquan could even feel the air passing through his skin.
Just when Ma Xiaoquan felt like he was about to float, the door suddenly rang.
At this sound, Ma Xiaoquan felt as if he had fallen off a cliff from a high mountain. He opened his eyes and heard the sound of the door continuing to ring.
In desperation, he could only get out of bed and walk to the door and ask: "Who is it?"
Outside the door, a soft female voice came over: "It's me..."
"Huh?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and opened the door.
Outside the door, Bai Suzhen was wearing a black woolen coat and a white cotton hat, shivering, stamping her feet and rubbing her hands.
"Why are you?" Ma Xiaoquan let Bai Suzhen in, then added a few more pieces of coal to the stove in the dormitory and pounded the stove with tongs.
Sparks came out of the stove, and the temperature in the room became a little warmer.
After a while, Bai Suzhen took off her cotton hat. There was no blood on her face, and she looked extremely pale under the yellow light bulb.
"Did you go to see Yuan Lan today?" Bai Suzhen suddenly asked Ma Xiaoquan.
"Well, yes, how did you know?"
"I saw you and Zhao Minglan on the way home in the car today. Judging from the route you two took back, you should have gone to find Yuan Lan, right?" Bai Suzhen didn't hide it.
"Oh~" Ma Xiaoquan hummed, "Yes, I went, but it was a bit unpleasant." Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly.
Bai Suzhen raised her head and glanced at Ma Xiaoquan and said, "Something did happen to Yuan Lan, but it should be nothing..." Bai Suzhen originally wanted to tell Ma Xiaoquan some of the things she knew, but then she thought about it and decided not to.
After all, it wouldn't be good for Yuan Lan to say this.
"What happened?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.
Bai Suzhen lied: "The people who intercepted Yuan Lan and Zhao Minglan on the way were Zhao Jianshe's people, so this matter is also related to Zhao Jianshe. To be precise, this group of people are Zhao Jianshe's people."
Ma Xiaoquan narrowed his eyes. Although he had always suspected that Zhao Minglan and Yuan Lan were attacked that day, he had also deeply doubted Zhao Jianshe.
No flaws were revealed, so I couldn't continue to doubt it.
"How do you know this?"
Bai Suzhen said calmly: "A woman's intuition, and also, Yuan Lan's recent behavior, do you know? You have been away these days, and Yuan Lan once asked me to inquire about a person."
"A person, what person?"
Bai Suzhen sighed: "Do you know that there is actually an underground earth emperor in Phoenix City?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "What era is it, the 1980s? Where did the local emperor come from? Is it possible that he put the country aside?"
Bai Suzhen nodded: "Yes, in this city, whether it is officialdom, business, or relationships, that person cannot be avoided. I have met that person once or twice..."
"Who are you talking about?" Ma Xiaoquan asked curiously.
Bai Suzhen narrowed her eyes, thought for a while and said: "People who are familiar with him call him Minister Wang. I don't know his specific name, and many people probably don't know either."
"Minister Wang? Why haven't I heard of such a number one person in Phoenix City?" Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while, holding his chin.
Bai Suzhen shook her head: "This Minister Wang should be regarded as a nickname, he should have a real name, and the most important thing is that this person's energy is almost unlimited in Phoenix City."
"Can the country really not control such people?" Ma Xiaoquan was a little indignant.
Bai Suzhen smiled bitterly: "Every part of the country is so poor now, and the struggle at the top is extremely fierce. There is no time to care about the bottom. As long as there is no division and no uncontrollable things, even a hundred people will die.
No one cares about it at all.”
Ma Xiaoquan was silent. Bai Suzhen was right. The reform has just begun. The south will be piloted first. Phoenix City is in the northwest, so it is not yet available. In addition, northerners are more sophisticated, so many cases are usually started from the north first.
He was exposed, so it is not impossible for such an underground emperor to emerge.
"Then why is Yuan Lan asking about this person?"
Bai Suzhen shook her head: "I don't know that, and Yuan Lan didn't tell me. I don't know how an ordinary female worker could know such a big person."
"Does Yuan Lan want to take revenge on someone?" Ma Xiaoquan gasped, and a bold idea flashed in his mind.
Bai Suzhen shook her head: "No, this is unlikely. Yuan Lan is not such a person. If she really has an idea, at most she wants to leave Phoenix City, that's all."
"Leave? Where to go after leaving Phoenix City? Looking for Ma Liehuo?"
Bai Suzhen didn't answer. She stretched out her hand to bake by the stove, then stood up and said, "I just came to see if you were there. Okay, I should go."
Although Bai Suzhen was wearing a black woolen coat, her body was really too thin. Ma Xiaoquan looked at her from behind and felt that she might fall over if blown by the wind.
"It's so late, and you suddenly came to me and told me about this, you didn't come to the riveting factory for something, right? What, have you found a boyfriend?" Ma Xiaoquan changed the subject and said jokingly.
Bai Suzhen shook her head: "You should know who I like, right? It's so late, what kind of boyfriend should I find? What if someone touches me?"
Ma Xiaoquan joked: "Aren't you afraid that I will touch you?"
Bai Suzhen was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook her head: "No, you can't, you are not this kind of person."
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I'll give it to you. I have nothing to do anyway."
Bai Suzhen hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
...
By the time Bai Suzhen was sent home, it was already late at night.
In the 1980s, except for the main road, there were no street lights on other roads. It happened that because he was sending Bai Suzhen home, Ma Xiaoquan chose a side road to walk back.
Walking on the dark road, although I wasn't very scared, I still whistled subconsciously to encourage myself.