The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 444 Blind Date and Dinner Party (Two-in-One Chapter) [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

Driven by the fighting instincts developed from countless battles with the Japanese, the guard used the drug dealer's body to pin down the grenade and then sat down on him.

The plan is to use this method to reduce the explosive power and damage of the M67 grenade to a minimum.

After doing all this, looking at the tense and concerned faces of his colleagues around him, the guard finally realized: this was not a brutal anti-Japanese battlefield, but a modern world.

This realization gave him a sudden, strong urge to light a cigarette, which he did subconsciously.

What happened? He had barely put a cigarette in his mouth and was holding a lighter in his hand when he didn't even have time to light it.

The M67 grenade that was pinned down by the drug dealer's body had already exploded violently.

When a tremendous force came from under his buttocks, the guard felt a sharp pain in his tailbone and was thrown up.

Driven by this force, it sprinted forward and took a dozen or so steps before stopping.

Quite coincidentally, at this point, the fugitive they were planning to arrest also came to his senses.

He abandoned the Highlander, opened the door, and prepared to run away in the chaos.

He had only run seven or eight steps when the guard, propelled by the force of the explosion, rushed forward at an even faster pace, catching up to him and shouting:
"Stop, kneel down, and put your hands behind your head."

Previously, the fugitives who had witnessed the guards' various heroic performances and fierce style had never seen such a formidable person in real life.

In comparison, even some of the toughest gangsters he knew seemed so honest and simple.

So, instinctively, the fugitive stopped running, then suddenly knelt down on the ground with his hands covering his head.

The entire set of movements was as smooth as flowing water, and so skilled that it was heartbreaking.

Then, the guard made another request: "Hey you, take out your lighter and let me borrow a light."

After letting out a bewildered "Ah," the fugitive, with trembling hands, pulled out a lighter and handed it to the guard.

After handing it over, I didn't dare to have any other thoughts and immediately covered my head again.

After lighting the cigarette with a 'click' and taking a satisfying puff, the guard shoved the lighter back into the other man's pocket, not forgetting to say 'thank you'.

Then he pulled out a pair of silver bracelets from under his clothes and handcuffed the fugitive with a 'click'.

Thus, their operation, though somewhat fraught with difficulties, was ultimately completed perfectly.

Unbeknownst to them, several young female toll collectors were working in the toll booth.

Although their faces still showed intense fear, their eyes, when they looked at the young guard, were inexplicably filled with tears.

As the guard prepared to flick off his cigarette ash, the deputy captain in charge rushed up, his face filled with a mixture of shock, disbelief, lingering fear, and gratitude.

In the end, all of these intense emotions were channeled into a punch that landed heavily on the guard's chest.

And he added, "Good job, kid. Now just wait for the awards from the higher-ups, and all the pretty girls in the bureau will be asking you out..."

The vice-captain was so excited that his fist, which he slammed into the guard, hurt a little.

But the things they said were anything but convincing.

In summary, this situation demonstrates that the guards displayed exceptional professionalism under extremely adverse circumstances.

In a very short time, he noticed something was wrong based on the details.

He decisively took the initiative and used his accurate marksmanship to kill the heinous drug dealer, saving his colleagues and innocent bystanders.

A subsequent inspection revealed 5.23 kilograms of heroin, two pistols, three automatic rifles, 207 rounds of ammunition, and three hand grenades.

In a sense, the guard's brilliant reaction even saved several of his superiors in the bureau.

Otherwise, although this situation is an accident, the superiors will also bear considerable joint responsibility and be punished because of the excessive casualties.

He already possessed excellent professional skills as a guard, and in doing so, he not only relieved his superiors of a major problem but also gained some credit from the leadership.

It simply doesn't make sense not to promote and give more responsibility to such subordinates!

Therefore, as long as everyone in the bureau knows, this kid is about to get cocky, and his future development will be incredibly smooth.

Regarding the above situation, in the period that followed...

The guard performed very well, remaining humble and composed without the slightest hint of arrogance; he acted exactly as he always had. This kind of performance has earned him even higher praise from his superiors and colleagues.

Of course! He doesn't show off in his daily work and life, which means he doesn't show off in the group either.

In the following days, the guard would frequently show off in the group chat how calm and decisive he had been when he encountered the situation.

He was just showing off that he went to the movies with a sweet girl from the household registration department after get off work.

The group chat became increasingly lively as people joked and laughed, and even started arguing about the topic.

Oh, right! After everything was settled, the guard got back into that taxi to return it.

Upon seeing the middle-aged man who had been trying to hail a taxi earlier, he immediately rolled down the other window and called out, "Hey! Buddy, are you still going to Wanda Plaza? I can give you a ride since I'm going that way."

The terrified middle-aged man hurriedly waved his hands, saying, "No, no! I don't want anything but the monthly pass..."

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Three days later, on the eighth day of the rest period, at 1:30 pm.

Location: Deyuelou Panjiayuan flagship store, in a quiet alley behind the kitchen, with a cool, breezy breeze.

"Guarding this kid, he's really struck it rich this time! He'll at least get a second-class merit award, and his superiors and unit leaders will remember him. Getting promoted on the fast track in the future will be a piece of cake."

The key point is that the policewomen in the household registration department and the command center are really beautiful, and they even took the initiative to ask this guy out to dinner.

Why haven't I encountered such a good thing? When it comes to marksmanship and on-the-spot adaptability, I'm much better than that rookie guard.
"If I were there, that drug dealer wouldn't even have had a chance to pull the pin on the grenade."

While watching the lively team chat group, Zhang Yunfei, also known as Chaozi, was watching.

He vented a long string of complaints in a voice that only he and Hu Biao could hear.

As he spoke, the young man's facial expression and tone of voice conveyed a strong sense of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Upon hearing this, Hu Biao, who was smoking, couldn't help but glance at Chaozi, feeling that something was up with the kid today.

Just an hour earlier, Hu Biao had been in the kitchen, single-handedly managing three large pots on a blazing stove, preparing various dishes with different flavors through frying, stir-frying, and deep-frying, busy during the peak dining season at Deyuelou.

Suddenly Chaozi arrived, saying he was a bit bored on his day off and came to visit him.

Hu Biao wasn't surprised by this, since they all lived in the same city and had gotten together for drinks once or twice in the past month.

However, when Hu Biao told Chaozi to go to his office to enjoy the air conditioning and have some tea, and that he would prepare a couple of dishes and have some drinks together after he finished his busy lunchtime business hours.

Despite Hu Biao's invitation, Chaozi did not go to the cool office.

Instead, they stayed in the kitchen, which was still hot and stuffy even though it had its own air conditioning, and chatted idly while following him around.

More importantly, this kid has been calling him "Old Hu" all day, instead of the familiar "Deadbeat."

Damn it! Hu Biao was really not used to being addressed like that by these guys all of a sudden.

Considering all of the above, Hu Biao easily realized that this kid clearly had something to ask him today, but for some reason, he was too embarrassed to speak up. After finishing his initial tasks and relaxing in the alleyway where he usually unwinded, he had even finished a cigarette.

Chaozi, as if trying to make conversation, asked Hu Biao, "Old Hu! Why isn't the boss lady in the shop today? Is she very busy with work lately?"

Hu Biao finally couldn't hold back any longer and first answered Chaozi's question:
"Annie isn't as busy at work as she was last month, but she and Mina went to take care of other things today."

A few days ago at the meeting, wasn't the task of creating the printing plates for Japanese and foreign devils during the War of Resistance against Japan and cracking the printing technology assigned to those two?

This morning, they received a call from a printing company saying they had the results, so the two of them went over to take a look.

Then, he laughed and scolded Chaozi, "Alright! We're all brothers in arms, we've taken countless bullets for each other."

"Just say what's on your mind. As long as it's not about having designs on Annie, even if you're trying to woo my sister-in-law, it's fine."

"Forget it! My sister-in-law is great in every way, but I'd rather not pursue her. We're just not compatible in terms of personality."

Faced with Hu Biao's joking and scolding, Chaozi became more relaxed and normal. He first replied with this sentence; then his face and expression suddenly became somewhat shy.

He weakly began to explain, "Old Hu, here's what happened."

Two weeks ago, a live-streaming company came to our watermelon greenhouse to do a live stream and help sell watermelons. During the live stream, an older woman chatted with me for a while. After learning that I didn't have a girlfriend, she offered to act as a matchmaker and introduce me to a girl.

I added that girl on WeChat and we've been chatting for days, but we still haven't met in person.

However, that older woman called me today and said that the girl is free tonight, so we'd like to meet up for dinner tonight. She'll also formally introduce us, making it a proper blind date.

I figured since we were going out to eat, we shouldn't let other restaurants take advantage of us, so of course we had to come to Deyuelou.

Then I thought, we're men, we're not short of money, so our first meeting should be arranged to be quite respectable; but I heard you run a private restaurant, and the booking is already two months in advance.

After saying this, Chaozi stopped, but Hu Biao understood why this guy was acting so strangely today.

To put it bluntly, this guy Chaozi wants to treat the matchmaker and the girl he's meeting to a meal at a well-known private restaurant in the capital.

However, she was worried that she would be too busy and it would interfere with her business, so she was a little embarrassed to ask.

Amidst his exasperation and amusement, Hu Biao laughed and cursed again: "You little brat, stop talking nonsense with me."

If other people come to my restaurant to eat, I can say I'm too busy, but if my own brothers come and I don't take good care of them, isn't that a slap in my face?
Don't worry, just tell the matchmaker and the girl to come to the Panjiayuan flagship store for dinner at 6 pm.

I guarantee I'll arrange everything perfectly for you, and you'll have a very prestigious experience.

However, one thing is clear: tonight, we won't be serving you a bull penis feast at your table. It's not that I'm stingy, but I'm afraid the boy might get too angry after eating it and make a mistake.

However, the rice wine is plentiful. I only make a maximum of two jin (1 kg) for each of my private meals these days, otherwise it won't be enough to sell.

That's right! Because rice wine can be brewed in just 48 hours, Deyuelou launched this brand-new drink as early as the fourth day of the break.

And once it was launched, it immediately received widespread praise and popularity among women.

It's not just because Hu Biao personally brewed the rice wine, which has an excellent sweet and sour taste and a very pleasant natural flavor.

It also has excellent effects such as promoting digestion, replenishing qi and blood, relieving fatigue, delaying skin aging, and making people look healthier.

These improvements can naturally be achieved using other methods and medications as well.

However, the fact that rice wine is natural and pollution-free makes it a favorite among female customers, who then started to follow it.

The only problem is that even with the same recipe and process, Annie and Mina's brewing results are far inferior to Hu Biao's.

Unfortunately, Hu Biao had to cook and study, so he had limited time for brewing wine.

Even though these rice wines were sold for 668 yuan per kilogram, it still couldn't dampen the customers' enthusiasm for consumption, and they simply couldn't drink them to their heart's content.

After all, besides selling it, his girlfriend and sister-in-law are also big consumers of this stuff.

The employees in the store work hard every day, and Hu Biao would reward them with a drink from time to time; in a day, they would eat at least five or six kilograms of it.

Left with no other choice, the only option was to limit the sale of only two jin (1 kg) of each private kitchen dish per table at any given time...

After receiving Hu Biao's promise, Chaozi happily took the phone and walked a good twenty or thirty meters away to make the call.

Good heavens! This secretive attitude makes it seem like Hu Biao really wants to eavesdrop on his phone conversations.

For a moment, Hu Biao genuinely felt that Chaozi, a guy with exceptionally pure personal feelings, was really quite amusing.

Unexpectedly, before Hu Biao could finish discussing Chaozi's blind date and dinner with Annie on his phone, Chaozi walked up to him with a dark expression.

He said, "Old Hu! Let's just skip dinner tonight."

"Is it because the girl suddenly has to work overtime and is unavailable? No problem, just let me know in advance when you're coming to eat, and I'll prepare the ingredients accordingly."

Hu Biao instinctively said just that.

Chaozi continued, "We won't need to do that anymore. I'll block that matchmaker and that woman's WeChat accounts right now."

Having finally realized what had happened, Hu Biao hurriedly asked, "What happened? Tell me in detail."

Chaozi paused for a moment, but still decided to tell his partner, Hu Biao, about all the bad luck he had encountered:
“I just called the matchmaker and told her we’d be having dinner at the Deyuelou flagship store tonight. She told me that besides her and that girl, there would also be two of her best friends and their two boyfriends.”

So tonight, a total of six people from their group will be coming, and they asked me to order more dishes.

So many people showed up for the first blind date? What do you call this? Are they using the blind date as an excuse to take advantage of someone?
I'm not stupid. Although I've never encountered such a mess myself, I've seen similar stories online more than once at night; it's not like some idiot got ripped off for six thousand yuan in one meal and then got blocked.

"I spent over 10,000 yuan, didn't even hold hands, and the next day they said we weren't compatible and blocked me."

To be honest, although Hu Biao had dated a few girlfriends before, they were usually from his school days or when he first started working.

I really don't know much about this kind of blind date situation and routine.

Instinctively, I felt that the matchmaker and the girl had gone a bit too far, but perhaps they were just not good at interpersonal relationships and didn't understand social etiquette.

To say that you're using a blind date as an excuse to eat at someone's house is a bit of an overstatement.

How could a person be so shameless?
Seeing Hu Biao's disbelief, Chaozi gritted his teeth and produced an even more crucial piece of evidence; he opened a WeChat account and showed Hu Biao the interface of his previous chat with the girl.

Good heavens! Hu Biao glanced at the content and immediately thought to himself, "Good heavens!"

Because in 80-90% of the above content, Chaozi took the initiative to greet the other party, asking if they had eaten or if they were busy with work.

As a result, these long paragraphs of text are sent, but rarely receive a reply.

The replies I received afterward were just a few words; and they weren't immediate, but took at least several hours, or even an entire night, to reply.

In the replies, it was always the same girl giving some casual explanations, such as being too busy with work to check her phone, or being too tired to go to bed early.

So much so that the following image involuntarily appeared in Hu Biao's mind:

In the quiet of a lonely night, Chaozi lay in bed, turned off the lights, and typed a long message to the girl on his phone.

After the message was sent, there was absolutely no response.

The light from his phone screen, filled with his long messages, reflected off Chaozi's face, making his hair and face appear a ghastly green...

(End of this chapter)