novelraw Chapter 142 What do you mean? Is it a marriage proposal?
Chapter 142 What do you mean? Is it a marriage proposal?
Hundreds of miles away, Li Chengsong received the mission notification at two o'clock in the morning. He drove like a whirlwind to Chenjiatun. The village was quiet. He parked his car in front of Tong's house.
Tong Yuheng had already heard the sound and opened the door. Her hearing and eyesight were becoming increasingly sharp, and she could recognize the sound of his familiar Jeep.
"Yuheng, it's an urgent mission! You have to come with me to the provincial capital right now!" Li Chengsong said very solemnly.
"Okay! I'll go get my bag!" She went into the yard.
Afraid that her mother would worry, Tong Yuheng went into the house and gently knocked twice on the door of her bedroom. Tong Jiahui was a light sleeper, and she had already gotten up when she heard Yuheng open the door.
"Mom, there's an urgent matter at the army that requires me to go. Don't worry! Keep my trip a secret. I asked the captain for leave, saying I have a contagious rash and can't be exposed to wind!"
As she spoke, she went into her bedroom, picked up her large backpack, and turned to leave. Out the door, into the car, off she went—with lightning speed.
Before the villagers who wanted to go out and see the excitement could even come out, Li Chengsong had already stepped on the gas and left the Tong family's house. He didn't even have time to say goodbye to Tong Jiahui.
"You can tell me now. What mission?" Tong Yuheng had already secretly enlisted in the army. All information about him was top secret, and he was directly under a newly established special department of the military.
Of course, Li Chengsong knew about this. In special circumstances, he could ask Tong Yuheng for assistance in completing some difficult tasks.
"The school where Yuyao and the others went for training was bombed by the 'Cobra' organization. They're planning a retaliatory terrorist attack! They're all desperate criminals!"
"Is the information accurate? Do they know how many rioters there are?" Tong Yuheng's heart skipped a beat. Could his two younger sisters be in danger?
"According to Uncle Liu's report at dawn, the higher-ups have ordered several bomb disposal experts from nearby military units to go and assist. Those rioters are hiding in the school, but the exact number is uncertain. Uncle Liu has already led his men into the school and is currently conducting reconnaissance," Li Chengsong explained to her.
"Your task is to find the bombs; as for defusing them, leave that to the experts."
"Okay, I'll go find it. I'll figure out a way to replace their bombs with fakes. Oh! You got promoted?" Tong Yuheng noticed the epaulets on his uniform; he was now a deputy battalion commander!
"Yes, you deserve some credit for this. If we get married now, you can join the army!" Li Chengsong said, blushing.
"What do you mean? Are you proposing?" Tong Yuheng's face remained calm, though he felt a little disappointed. This was so unromantic!
"Hmm, you can think about it! I will do my best to love and protect you!" he solemnly promised.
"I don't want to get married too early, but I've fallen for you. Let's date first, then get married in a few years. Is that okay with you?"
"No problem! I originally planned to get married when I was thirty, but since I met you, I'm afraid if I don't tell you, someone else will snatch you away!"
"Hehehe, I'm not that popular. I have a lot of flaws; I have a bad temper, I like to fight, and I can't stand being wronged..."
"I won't let you suffer any injustice, I promise!"
"Alright, let's discuss the mission plan instead!" Tong Yuheng changed the subject.
Along the way, Tong Yuheng pulled out a bunch of things from her large backpack, fiddling with them incessantly, making bundles that looked like explosives, and then putting them back into the backpack one by one. Li Chengsong glanced at her but didn't bother her anymore, driving like the wind towards the provincial capital.
Three hours later, Li Chengsong drove the military jeep to the vicinity of the school in the provincial capital: "Go directly to Uncle Liu, he's in the cafeteria. You can pretend to be a mechanic, you change into the jeep first, I'll be there in a bit." He needed to find a suitable place to park the car.
Tong Yuheng got out of the car and said to him, "Okay, we'll meet up in a bit!"
With time of the essence, Tong Yuheng donned a repairman's uniform, grabbed her work ID, and appeared at the school cafeteria with her bag. Liu Fengyi was shocked to discover that the person sent to provide support was his eldest daughter, who was even described as an expert. The other people who had already arrived were waiting for her to find the bomb.
"Uncle Liu, let's assign tasks!" Tong Yuheng took out several homemade detectors from his backpack and handed them to him, saying, "These will vibrate when they detect metal or similar objects, which will be helpful for finding explosives."
"Yuheng, I have a feeling there's something wrong with the staff dormitory, but I can't get in. It seems like the teachers leading the team live there. I suspect there are enemy agents infiltrated there. Be careful when you go over there."
Liu Fengyi and the leaders sent from above divided the bomb disposal experts into several groups, took out the design drawings of the campus, assigned them their task areas, and then everyone began a secret search.
They dared not order everyone to evacuate rashly, fearing that the people might suddenly detonate, causing casualties. The higher command had already dispatched numerous plainclothes police officers and military personnel to infiltrate and investigate suspicious individuals, awaiting only an order to immediately carry out the arrests.
The makeshift metal detector that Tong Yuheng made using materials he collected from Professor Zhong's lab proved quite useful. They quickly located several bombs with it, fortunately all of them were crudely made improvised bombs, not the sophisticated, difficult-to-disarm kind.
The number of enemy agents is limited, and it is not easy to bring in explosives, so the most likely locations are the canteen, teaching buildings, and trainee dormitories. These places will be the focus of the investigation.
Buildings locked down due to holidays were not included in the search. Additionally, dormitories where people were staying despite not going home for the holidays were evacuated under the pretext of "pest control." A rapid search was conducted.
These people were ordered to wait until the sprayed chemicals had dissipated before entering the building to avoid harming them. Plainclothes officers were also following and observing outside the building; anyone deemed suspicious was quietly covered in the mouth and nose and dragged away, then locked up.
The operation was swift; they quickly found several bombs in the trainees' dormitory building. Fortunately, the timers inside hadn't been activated. Tong Yuheng had already replaced them with fakes, and the bombs were taken away. How to destroy them was left to the real experts.
Tong Yuheng had already secretly sealed off the teachers' dormitory building. She changed into her usual clothes, with her hair in a ponytail, wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with floral patterns and black pants, and carried her backpack as she went inside.
"Wait a minute, who are you?" The dormitory supervisor stopped her.
"Grandpa, I'm Tong Yuyao, a trainee here. I'm looking for my teacher." She casually took a small bottle of meat sauce out of her backpack and handed it to him.
"This is homemade. I brought two jars for my teacher to try; it's delicious! You should have one too!"
"Alright, meat sauce is too expensive, I don't want it. Little girl, don't be so wasteful! Go on, go on!" The old man confiscated her things and let her go upstairs.