50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 660 A Second Trip to Qingdao
Now, if there's nothing to do at night, Yang Guihua goes back to her own home to sleep. Her rented house isn't far from Sun Zhiwei's courtyard; it only takes a few minutes to walk there.

Taking advantage of seeing her off, Sun Zhiwei secretly asked her about Xiao Qihang.

Only then did Sun Zhiwei learn that Xiao Qihang had come more than once, but always during the day and never spent a long time alone with him.

That evening, the father and daughter chatted until late, focusing on the matter of their third son.

Upon receiving the news, Sun Hongying's eyes lit up, and she kept saying, "I want a little sister, little brothers are too unlovable."

Sun Zhiwei was speechless and also felt sorry for his son, Sun Aiguo, who had been bullied by his sister for so many years and was now being disliked.

The next day, Sun Zhiwei came to Xu Yimin again, but this time he didn't ask for anyone. Instead, he asked Xu Yimin to investigate Xiao Qihang.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yimin already knew about this person.

Because Sun Zhiwei had asked Xu Yimin to take care of Sun Hongying in his early years, he would pay attention to any movements on Hongying's side.

He had sent people to investigate when Xiao Qihang and Sun Hongying got closer.

"Xiao Qihang's father was the commander of the 112th Division of the 38th Army. His two older brothers and one older sister were all soldiers."

"This is a typical military family. Xiao Qihang is the youngest in the family, but he was not interested in joining the army and went into the diplomatic service after graduation."

“Xiao Qihang is half a year younger than Hongying. He is steady and gentle. If I hadn’t investigated, no one would have known about his family situation.”

“I saw that his family was well-off and the two of them were compatible, so I didn’t stop them from seeing each other. I forgot to tell you about this when you came over yesterday.”

Sun Zhiwei knew that Xu Yimin's comment about compatible personalities was an understatement.

How could he not know what kind of person his own daughter was? She was used to beating her younger brother since she was little, and she never showed any respect to men.

Sometimes, Sun Zhiwei and Tong Jiajia worry about what will happen to their daughter if no one wants her in the future.

The fact that Xiao Qihang can get along well with Sun Hongying shows that he is not domineering in personality, which is why he can get along with his daughter.

Listening to Xu Yimin's introduction, he felt that this young man was alright. He had met him in person yesterday and didn't find anything wrong with him. He decided to let them get to know each other for now.

When he got home that evening, Sun Zhiwei brought up the matter with Sun Hongying and told her about her family situation.

"The family will not object to your relationship; it depends on how you handle it."

"If it is confirmed to be him, we should report it as soon as possible and avoid any rumors."

"When it's time for the parents to meet, have your Uncle Xu send me a message, and your mother and I will come back in time."

Sun Zhiwei's talk got more and more outrageous, almost to the point of discussing marriage, which scared away his usually carefree daughter.

He only realized afterwards that he had lost his composure.

After all, it's really disheartening to see the little boar we've raised for twenty years about to be eaten by someone else's wild boar.

That night, he lay in bed alone, tossing and turning, still feeling uneasy.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that Xiao Qihang's father's 112th Division was the first mechanized unit to guard the capital.

So, they live in the city.

Thinking he couldn't sleep anyway, Sun Zhiwei simply got up and left the courtyard, then headed towards Gongzhufen by the moonlight. Old Beijingers all know there's a street lined with military compounds, starting at Gongzhufen and stretching westward along Fuxing Road for 5 kilometers all the way to the Yuquan Road intersection.

Along this 5-kilometer stretch of road, dozens of military compounds are densely distributed.

Starting with the Air Force compound, compounds for the Navy, Signal Corps, General Logistics Department, Artillery Corps, Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, Railway Corps, and others are arranged in sequence.

After arriving in the vicinity, Sun Zhiwei slowed down and rode slowly along the road, constantly using spatial exploration to check the resident lists at the gates of each compound.

Finally, he found Xiao Qihang's name and address in the roster of the armored compound.

He immediately turned into the alley next to him, then climbed over the wall into the armored compound and found Xiao Qihang's home.

He opened the space and looked at his sleeping family. Only then did his emotions calm down.

He's lost his mind. All he's doing is dating his daughter, what is he planning to do? Show up at her door in the middle of the night and beat up his daughter's future father-in-law?
Sun Zhiwei was tempted to indulge himself, but he knew it wasn't a good idea.

Disturbed and confused, he quietly returned home the way he came.

The next morning, feeling frustrated, Sun Zhiwei greeted Sun Hongying and set off for Qingdao.

The army is almost ready to finalize the deal through Xu Yimin's message, but since his island is located there, the navy absolutely cannot be left out.

The manpower in the navy would naturally fall to his father-in-law. He vaguely remembered that the navy had also suffered losses, and he had heard that the submarine force had suffered the most losses.

It took him most of the day to travel from Beijing to Qingdao by train. After getting off the train, he took out all the gifts he had prepared and carried them in his hands.

After several transfers, he finally arrived at the entrance of the Qingdao base. This time, the base's security guards recognized him and registered him directly before letting him in.

Sun Zhiwei found the family building with ease, and knocked on the door of his father-in-law's house. His mother-in-law opened the door.

When Sun Zhiwei was seen, his mother-in-law was overjoyed and scolded him for bringing so many bags of things.

"Why did you suddenly come here this time? Where is Jiajia?"

"Mom, there's something important I need to tell you both," Sun Zhiwei replied with a smile.

"What's wrong? What happened? I'll call your dad and tell him to come back." When the mother-in-law heard that something was wrong, she assumed he had come to ask for help, so she naturally wanted to call Tong Guodong back as soon as possible.

"Mom, don't worry, it's good news, Jiajia is pregnant again."

"Huh? It's been several months. How is it going now?"

"No, Tong Guodong needs to know this. Wait for me to make the call." With that, the mother-in-law turned and walked towards the phone.

Fine, whatever. My mother-in-law means well, so I'll just have to accept it.

Helpless, Sun Zhiwei could only put down what he was holding and then search around the house for a place to put it away.

The mother-in-law made a phone call to the father-in-law, without explaining what it was about, and summoned him back.

The father-in-law had no idea what was going on, so he could only send his bodyguard Xiang Yi to the house first. Soon after, Xiang Yi himself rushed back in a hurry.

Sun Zhiwei wanted to go out to greet her, but his mother-in-law pressed him down on the sofa, preventing him from moving. He could only helplessly pick up his coffee and watch the show.

(End of this chapter)