Chapter Eighty-six Accompanying Mei on a Journey

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  July 22nd, a scorching hot day with the sun blazing like fire.

  It's cool and comfortable in the early morning of midsummer.

  The postal courtyard is shaded by green trees, and the golden morning light passes through the gaps between the leaves, sprinkling in this yard.

  Gently the clear breeze blows, carrying the sweet songs of birds to distant lands, like a morning bell urging people to rise early, resonating through the clouds, washing away the troubles of the scorching heat from people's hearts, refreshing their spirits, making them feel carefree and joyful.

  Took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, closed my eyes, felt the breath of my hometown, exhaled the turbid air, opened my bright eyes, took out the blue bird car key to unlock the door, got in and casually put the luggage bag on the back seat.

  Early-rising citizens started their morning exercise, greeting the sunrise. Yang Jie drove his car out of the postal office residential compound and headed in the direction of Fuqian Street.

  The entrance of the county committee's courtyard, people were coming and going from time to time. Yang Jie drove his car to the entrance of the courtyard and took a look around, but didn't see Liu Fei's figure. Just as he furrowed his sword-like eyebrows, he discovered a slender and elegant figure standing under a big tree not far away from the entrance, looking left and right with her head raised in anticipation.

  The blue bird car slowly drove to the side of the road next to a big tree, Yang Jie saw Liu Fei wearing a blue long dress, which highlighted her tall and slender figure perfectly. Her stunning and peerless beauty under the morning glow radiated an irresistible charm, just like the saying "clear water produces lotus flowers, natural without carving". Liu Fei was born to be a beautiful woman, she didn't need makeup to add to her beauty, even with a bare face, she was already so beautiful that it moved people's hearts and made them unforgettable.

  Liu Fei, standing under the big tree, wearing a sun hat on her head and with a large suitcase by her side, looked like she was going on a long trip. When she saw a car stopped by the road, she slightly furrowed her eyebrows and quietly tried to walk away with her suitcase, but then heard two short beeps of the horn. Liu Fei stopped in her tracks and turned around to see that it was Yang Jie driving the car.

  "You're so well-prepared! How come you're the only one?" Yang Jie put down the passenger window and asked Liu Fei in surprise.

  Liu Fei saw Yang Jie get out of the car and helped her put the gifts into the trunk of the Bluebird car. After they both got in, she explained, "After my parents retired, they went back to their hometown. Now there's only me at home in Xunhe County."

  Liu Fei's hometown is in Minnan, nearly a thousand kilometers away from Quanzhou County. I really can't understand why her parents would return to their hometown after retirement and leave Liu Fei alone working in Quanzhou County.

  Yang Jie is not a gossip person, and since they are now just ordinary colleagues, it's also inconvenient to ask about their family affairs.

  "We'll go to the Public Security Brigade first, I've asked Captain Chen of the Public Security Brigade to buy train tickets for me, two lower berth tickets." Yang Jie said calmly and drove in the direction of the Public Security Brigade.

  Yueyang County has a railway station on the outskirts of the county town, which is only a second-class small station, but it is connected to the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and other main railways. Every day, there are many trains going north and south, making travel very convenient.

  Yang Jie told Chen Yinglong on the day he returned to Huanhe Township, and asked him to help buy two sleeper tickets. Last night at dinner, Chen Yinglong forgot to bring the train ticket from the office, so they agreed to go to the Public Security Brigade this morning to pick up the train ticket. Chen Yinglong also happened to send Yang Jie and others to take the train, so he didn't return the Blue Bird car to Gujian last night.

  It's not yet half past five, and the train won't arrive at Henghe Station until seven o'clock, so there is still plenty of time.

  The blue bird car drove into the courtyard of the Public Security Brigade, and there was no one in the quiet courtyard. Yang Jie didn't get out of the car either, and directly honked the horn a few times in the courtyard, startling the two on-duty police officers to come out. Seeing that it was Gu Jian's car, the two public security police officers returned to the office again.

  "Yang, you're up so early?" Chen Yinglong heard the horn and came out of his office, stretched his waist, then carried a bag of things down from upstairs, smiling at Yang Jie.

  "Isn't the train supposed to arrive at 7 o'clock? It's already half past six, if you don't get up now, we'll miss the train!" Yang Jie opened the car door and got out of the car, smiling as he took two train tickets from Chen Yinglong's hand, seeing that the departure time was 7:10, with nearly 40 minutes left before departure.

  "The train station is just outside the house, I'll find two railway police to send you into the station later, it's okay to go at 6:50. Here are some fruits for you to eat on the road." Chen Yinglong bowed and smiled as he greeted Liu Fei in the passenger seat, then put the bag of fruit on the back seat.

  Seeing Chen Yinglong being so polite, Yang Jie didn't mind and took out 100 yuan from his wallet to hand over to Chen Yinglong. "Brother Chen, this is the money for the train ticket, it's reimbursable by the company, you have to take it!" He said as he stuffed the money into Chen Yinglong's shirt pocket without giving him a choice.

  Two sleeper tickets from Luohe to Chengdu cost only 90 yuan, and the extra ten yuan wouldn't be a big deal for Yang Jie and Chen Yinglong. Seeing Yang Jie say this, Chen Yinglong smiled and said: "Alright, I'll take the money, let's see you guys are so anxious, I'll send you to the car first."

  After the two got on the car, Yang Jie drove out of the Public Security Brigade and headed in the direction of the train station.

  "Brother Chen, I don't know when I'll be back this time. Deng Xiaoyue is still on leave at home now. You take care of things for me and if anything happens, just give me a call directly." Yang Jie said seriously to Chen Yinglong who was sitting in the back seat while driving.

  "No problem, Liao Kai's case is basically settled, and Secretary Liao has also stepped down. Deng Xiaoyue will be able to return to work at the Huaihe Hotel soon. I'll keep an eye on her situation and notify you immediately if anything happens!" Chen Yinglong had strengthened his personal relationship with Yang Jie during this period, so he was very happy to hear that Yang Jie thought of him when something came up, and readily agreed.

  Yang Jie's relationship with Secretary Zhou was known to Chen Yinglong. Although Secretary Zhou would soon be leaving Huahe County, he was being promoted to become the vice mayor of Changyang City and not retiring to a secondary role. Additionally, Yang Jie himself had strong abilities and had already become a formal cadre at a young age, so his future prospects were boundless. Therefore, Chen Yinglong was very willing to do favors for Yang Jie.

  Liu Fei had heard rumors about Yang Jie and Deng Xiaoyue since childhood, but only knew that Deng Xiaoyue's situation was related to Liao Secretary's only son Liao Kai. Because of this matter, Liao Secretary even retired from the front line. Now seeing Yang Jie leaving, he still reminded Chen Yinglong to take care of Deng Xiaoyue, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of relationship Yang Jie and Deng Xiaoyue had.

  There were few cars in the morning, Yang Jie's car was relatively fast, and the Blue Bird car quickly arrived at the train station.

  Outside the train station are restaurants and hotels, taxis and motorcycles parked neatly by the roadside near the exit, waiting for passengers who may be exiting at any time.

  In the early morning, only one window was open in the ticket hall of the train station. People who wanted to travel lined up a long dragon from the hall to the roadside. Two railway staff members were checking tickets at the entrance of the station and allowing passengers with tickets to wait for the train in the waiting room.

  After the car stopped by the side of the road, Chen Yinglong helped Yang Jie carry his luggage bag with one hand and held the fruit bag in the other. He got out of the car and said to Yang Jie: "I made an arrangement with Li Zong from the railway police station yesterday, he's on duty today, I'll go find him at the exit first, you guys come over later, and then we can directly enter the platform from the exit."

  Watching Chen Yinglong leave with big strides after finishing speaking, Yang Jie took out Liu Fei's luggage from the trunk of the car. After Liu Fei got off the car, he locked the car and called Liu Fei to head in the direction of the exit.

  When the two men walked to the exit, Chen Yinglong was already chatting with two railway police officers in uniform and smoking. The Public Security Brigade is responsible for the county's public security management work. The train station is crowded with people coming and going, and there are countless three teachings and nine flows of people. Therefore, the Public Security Brigade often has to deal with the Railway Police Station.

  "Director Li, let me introduce you. These two are comrades from the county committee office. This is Yang Jie, and this is Liu Fei, a colleague of Yang's. Yang is currently on loan to the provincial liaison office as an external liaison officer." Chen Yinglong waited until Yang Jie and the others arrived before making the introduction to Director Li.

  "Yang, this is Li Yuan, the head of the railway police station at Huahe. He shares the same name and surname as the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty! From now on, when you need to take a train, just look for him!" Chen Yinglong's joking words did not provoke any displeasure from Li Yuan, who warmly shook hands with Yang Jie and said: "I'm delighted to meet Comrades Yang and Liu. In the future, if your relatives or friends need to buy train tickets, just give our police station a call and I'll personally help you two out."

  Yang Jie was polite to Li Feng, and naturally expressed his gratitude. However, he didn't take Li's words seriously in his heart. After all, they were just acquaintances who had met by chance, and the things they said were just social niceties.

  Everyone chatted at the exit for a while, seeing that it was almost 6:55, Li Yu only then accompanied Chen Yinglong to personally send Yang Jie and Liu Fei into the train station. When the train arrived, they directly sent them onto the first car.

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