Dare to take risks, dare to make decisions

  Dare to take risks, dare to make decisions

  Ye Jinghong entered Commander Gu's office, but unexpectedly saw two warm and smiling faces. The smiles of Commander Gu and Commissar Zhang contained the genuine care of seniors for their juniors.

  Gu Commander also poured a cup of tea for Ye Jinghong.

  "Just get it done if you're going to do it, don't have any burdens. When I was young, I wasn't even as good as you." Commander Gu patted Ye Jinghong's shoulder, gesturing for him to sit down.

  Ye Jinghong didn't sit down, standing straight and stiff, with a dark expression on his face.

  Standing by the door, Deputy Director Wei, with a similarly gloomy face, hummed and pulled over a chair to stuff under Ye Jinghong's buttocks. "You're the only one with such guts... You really are something, Ye Jinghong. The security zone probably can't hold you."

  "Sit down first, calm down, and say whatever you want to say. The joint working group of the Provincial Military District and the Military Region is already on its way. If you feel overwhelmed, just bring me out, do you understand what I mean?"

  Ye Jinghong understood what Zhang Zhengwei meant. Zhang Zhengwei wanted Ye Jinghong to tell the truth and not hide anything. As long as Ye Jinghong told the truth, the three people in the room could discuss a countermeasure and resolve this crisis smoothly.

  Ye Jinghong couldn't tell the truth, and even if he did, it would be useless. The people above had already set a trap, using the two Hua brothers as bait, waiting for Commander Gu and Director Zhang to jump in. Commander Gu and Director Zhang were bound to get involved, but how they got involved was a big question.

  The backstage manipulator of Huayue Company has a high level of political acumen. The top leaders in the capital have issued a kill order for the two Hu brothers, but they were still able to use Tai Chi push hands to wear them down. The incident was pushed onto Commander Gu's head, making him the real black boss of Huangdao City. Several bloody gang fights and several women with poor reputations who were close to high-ranking officials were added to Commander Gu's charges, almost making it an ironclad case. Commander Gu couldn't even explain himself clearly. Commander Gu's son, Gu Fang, also set up a private equity fund with some people from red background families, which became one of the crimes attributed to Commander Gu.

  These words would never have been spoken by Ye Jinghong afterwards.

  No one would believe it if I told them——I, a high-ranking cadre of our party who is a firm materialist, you tell him that because of the enchanting smile of a middle-aged nun on Mount Yinyun, a mysterious snowfall was triggered, and a 44-year-old man who wanted to return to simplicity and truth and retreat into the void suddenly and magnificently traveled back from 2012 to 1992. What nonsense!

  Cultural generation gap, without experiencing heart-wrenching stimulation, is hard to eliminate. Even in 2012, you can still see and hear some people with limestone brains, still stubbornly worshiping certain seemingly sacred zombies, shouting "Long live, long live, long live" from their mouths.

  Ye Jinghong clenched his teeth and didn't speak, standing at attention with his legs straight.

  "Scared silly? Where did your energy to intercept the ship go, speak up." Deputy Director Wei couldn't help but chime in again.

  The phone on the desk rang, it was the red special phone of the leader. Commander Gu picked up the phone and said "uh-huh" several times, glanced at Ye Jinghong and said: "He's here, doing well, clear-headed, no problem."

  Hang up the phone, Gu Shuai said: "In another hour and a half, you won't have the chance to stand here and talk to us. Xiaojun's father said, don't scare her, some things are useless to teach you, you see for yourself... Do you really plan to carry it alone? Can you bear it?"

  "Commander, Political Commissar, rest assured. What I, Ye Jinghong, have done will not implicate you. Even if I can't bear it, I'll bear it anyway. At worst, I'll stake my life on it."

  "You're just stubborn, you're full of nonsense!" Deputy Director Wei was anxious to show off his talent and grabbed Ye Jinghong's ear. "Hurry up and tell me, what's wrong with your brain, what's your purpose, is someone instigating you?"

  The deputy director's grip was very strong, and his purpose was to make Ye Jinghong hurt, hurt, and clear his head.

  Ye Jinghong gritted his teeth and smiled wryly, "If I said it was Deputy Director Wei who instructed me to do this, no one would believe me. Even if I said Commander Gu instructed me to do this, some people would still have doubts. There's a bigger conspiracy behind this. I might as well not say anything at all and let them guess. Anyway, I'm going all out, willing to risk everything, daring to pull the emperor off his horse."

  Gu and Zhang were both aware that even if they had given the order, it would not have been possible to seize the smuggled goods from the Mingzhu and Dashun ships. If Ye Jinghong really said so, he was playing into the hands of certain people.

  It's better to say nothing and wait for the people above to fight until they are almost done before taking sides.

  No choice but to do it.

  The two biggest questions are how Ye Jinghong dared to do it, and whether someone instructed him is impossible. Ye Jinghong has been in the public security district for only a year. The people Ye Jinghong can rely on are also just a few.

  Director Gu and Commissioner Zhang would not have instructed Ye Jinghong to do such a thing, nor would Deputy Director Du. That leaves the possibility that Ye Jinghong, driven by his own passion and sense of justice, was fed up with Hua Yue Company's blatant smuggling and took a risk on his own initiative.

  Ye Jinghong's creed is: Do things without violating your conscience.

  No matter how the world changes, no matter how the surrounding environment changes, no matter how the people around him change, even if he were to start all over again, Ye Jinghong would still do it this way.

  The weak overpower the strong, the small overpower the big, pigs eat tigers. Another way to put it is: Knowing clearly that something should not be done, yet doing it anyway.

  Dare to take risks, dare to make decisions.

  ……

  Ye Jinghong came out of Commander Gu's office, and the head of the security department had been waiting at the door. The instructor of the guard company brought six soldiers to escort Ye Jinghong to the detention room.

  The isolation room is in an underground air raid shelter.

  The three doors can prevent nuclear weapons. Putting Ye Jinghong into the air raid shelter was the intention of Gu and Zhang, nominally detention, but actually protection.

  If Ye Jinghong were put on the streets of Huangdao City, those few gangs would not know how many layers of skin to peel off him, and they would still not be satisfied even after torturing him.

  Du Xiaojuan somehow got the news and her eyes were swollen from crying, when she saw Ye Jinghong. She rushed into Ye Jinghong's arms like a madwoman.

  "If anyone dares to touch you, I'll fight them to the death... Jing Hong, I love you..." Du Xiaojuan held Ye Jinghong's face in her hands and kissed him desperately. The soldiers from the guard company quickly turned their heads away.

  The young lady from the leader's family is really bold, she's already at the forefront of the storm, and yet she still has such a big temper.

  Ye Jinghong also kissed her back a few times, then wiped away the tears on Du Xiaojun's face and said softly: "Listen, go home and stay quietly at home, eat well... I'm fine, believe me."

  "I won't, I just want to be with you." Du Xiaojuan tightly hugged Ye Jinghong's neck, and tears began to flow again.

  "Be strong, don't be rash. I'm going in. If you also go in, no one will bring me food to eat... I want to eat tangerines now..." Ye Jinghong looked at the very embarrassed head of the security department and gently pried open Du Xiaojuan's arms that were tightly wrapped around his own arm. "A small concession can lead to a big failure, we need to think this through carefully. You can't let me starve while I'm making strategic plans for victory thousands of miles away."

  Du Xiaojuan wiped away her tears and smiled after hearing Ye Jinghong's words. "I don't believe it, who dares to mess with you? I'll go buy some tangerines for you, and also, I want to learn how to cook from my mom, just a moment, and I'll send over something delicious."

  Du Xiaojun left, taking with her a strong trust in Ye Jinghong.

  Ye Jinghong slowly walked down the stairs, thinking of Sun Ming and Xiao Pang.

  Sun Ming and Xiao Pang have already begun to enjoy the treatment of being confined. One person per room, four soldiers take turns watching, not allowed to speak, nor are they allowed to pass on any messages to people outside.

  Ye Jinghong also knew that Sun Ming and Xiao Pang would definitely be with him.

  It's estimated that they won't shift the blame, given Xiao Pang and Sun Ming's personalities, the two of them will definitely take the responsibility on themselves.

  This is what brothers are like, this is what loyalty is all about.

  Ye Jinghong's sealed room is between Sun Ming and Xiao Pang. It's a conference room with military maps on the wall. What's interesting is that the map on the wall is Ye Jinghong, Sun Ming, and Xiao Pang's masterpiece. The three people worked together, drawing for one night and one afternoon, to create a sea area exercise troop gathering demonstration chart.

  The maritime warfare is a hard lesson, the General Staff Department's on-site research in the Huangdao Garrison District is a key lesson. The staff of the combat training department came up with something quite substantial, but Commander Gu was not satisfied. Ye Jinghong had an inspiration while chatting with Commander Gu and Chief of Staff Lin in the air raid shelter, and after they left, he called Xiao Pang and Sun Ming, and within one afternoon and one night, they presented some ideas from Commander Gu and Chief of Staff Lin on a map.

  Looking at what he had done himself, Ye Jinghong felt a great sense of accomplishment.

  After graduating from military school, I went to Huangdao Garrison with General Gu and Political Commissar Zhang. It was not a waste of time, and I did not idle away my youth.

  The guard company instructor got Ye Jinghong a set of bedding. Without saying a word, he pointed with his hand and let Ye Jinghong have a good sleep. The guard company instructor was very tense, and the company commander Sun Ming had followed Ye Jinghong to commit a crime, so he couldn't afford any more mistakes.

  Seeing the quilt roll, Ye Jinghong felt a bit sleepy. He knew all he needed to know, and although the situation looked unfavorable, there was still plenty of room for maneuvering.

  However, we have to wait. After the joint working group of the Provincial Military Region and the Military Region arrives, we can judge based on experience and analysis, and fight with the people in the working group.

  Go to sleep first.

  Ye Jinghong rolled out the quilt on the table, jumped onto it and fell asleep.

  Slept very well.

  Du Xiaojuan came in, shouting several times before Ye Jinghong woke up. Du Xiaojuan brought a bag of tangerines and three lunchboxes of dumplings. She had learned from her mother how to wrap them up with great effort.

  Ye Jinghong sat up and hugged Du Xiaojuan.

  Du Xiaojuan snuggled into Ye Jinghong's arms without any reserve, peeled the tangerine and stuffed it into his mouth. "First replenish some water, then eat the dumplings I packed for you."

  Really gentle.

  Ye Jinghong slowly chewed the tangerine in his mouth, and he felt a sense of emotion: if it was like before, being passive and waiting for others to frame him, it would be too boring. Taking a big risk and making a gamble is right, how many times can you take risks in life... If the Chinese women's volleyball team didn't take the risk, people would still think that only Japanese women could play volleyball.

  What's even more comforting is that Du Xiaojun is so infatuated with herself.

  Ye Jinghong was overcome with emotion and suddenly hugged Du Xiaojuan tightly, their lips locked in a passionate kiss as they began to breathe heavily...