down. It was just her and her mother, everything else a blur of passing strangers. 。Taking it step by step, mostly sticking to the planned route, occasionally stopping for a few extra days in places I...We rushed to the airport at breakneck speed.

"Chen Ling returns!"

As she was about to enter the security checkpoint, he called out to her and ran toward her.

Chen Ling turned back abruptly, and amidst the surging crowd at the airport, only his figure stood tall. In a short while, he ran to her side.

Her lips trembled, about to call out "Uncle," when she was suddenly pulled into his embrace. Her voice disappeared against his thick chest as he held her tightly, almost suffocating her.

He was like the towering mountain, and she was the tree on its slopes. No matter how much wind and rain battered her, her roots remained firmly planted in the mountain, always drawing nourishment from his inexhaustible source.

She didn't cry, she just wrapped her arms around his waist in return, holding him tightly. From the moment her heart first fluttered, she had always wanted to hold him like this, feeling strength and comfort beyond measure.

Song Jingye didn't speak either, not knowing what to say. Compared to his imposing figure, the girl in his arms seemed small, but she was by no means fragile. She was strong. He believed that if he placed her in any harsh environment, she would be able to survive very well.

A voice came from the radio, reminding them. Song Jingye hugged her again and whispered in her ear: "Go over there and take good care of yourself. Safety first. Call me the first time anything happens. My phone is always on."

This was all he could say.

Chen Ning nodded silently in his arms, "Uncle, I will. And you have to be happy."

Having said that, she first pushed him away and followed Zhang Zanzan into the security checkpoint without looking back. Her figure quickly disappeared from Song Jingye's sight.

She kept holding back from looking back at him, and she also held back her tears. After getting on the plane, she received two messages from Xu Haichen.

There is a photo, one of her hugging Song Jingye just now, and another of Song Jingye standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass at the airport after sending her off, looking out at the apron. From that spot, he could see the plane she was on. His back looked so lonely.

The tears that I had been holding back suddenly blurred my vision when I saw these two photos. He is the person I worry about most in China, the one I trust the most.

Just as she was about to turn off her phone, she received a message from Song Jingye: The card is in your bag.

Such a simple sentence made Chen Ling's tears flow uncontrollably. That familiar card, the one she had carried for over seven years, lay quietly in the zipper pocket of her backpack. She cried until she couldn't even breathe, missing him already after just being apart.

Zhang teacher passed her a pack of tissues next to her: "Boyfriend"

Chapter Teacher naturally knew why Song Jingye had given the person a character. He just didn't expect that the little girl beside him, without showing off, had such a layer of relationship behind her back.

Chen Ling replied, "Not my boyfriend. Teacher Zhang, I'm sorry, made you laugh."

This is the first time I've ever cried like this in front of a senior.

Chapter teacher comforted: “Normal, wait until after out a few times, just get used to it.”

Chen Ling only realized at that moment that Teacher Zhang had come to the airport alone. He had a family and children, but none of them came to see him off.

They are already used to their father working overseas for years. Sending them or not doesn't make a difference. I also don't want them to come and see me off, because parting ways always makes people feel sad.

A lightly penned sentence, yet unspeakable heartache.

The destination of a foreign embassy makes a world of difference. Some colleagues are assigned to developed countries where they can bring their families along, and even their children can accompany them.

A good education and a good life.

But if one goes to a developing country, no one wants to take their family there to suffer, they can only stay in the country and endure being apart.

But they had no choice, that was their job.

Thinking of these selfless predecessors, Chen Ling realized that his own emotions were insignificant. He wiped away his tears, suppressing the heartache as he followed Teacher Zhang's lead to make the most of every opportunity and journeyed to Africa. Instead of going directly to country X, they went to a neighboring country with a Chinese pavilion.

Previously, all the work related to country x was handled by our Chinese colleagues from the embassy. So we need to hand over to them first before proceeding.

A brand new job, a strange environment, full of challenges, so she had no time to spare for anything else. Those feelings of reluctance and longing in her heart gradually faded away, only surfacing in the quiet hours of the night.

Her phone remained silent throughout the week. She had only sent a brief message on the day she arrived, letting him know she was safe. He replied with "good" and hasn't contacted her since. Since she hadn't officially gone to X country yet, she didn't get a local SIM card.

Song Jingye that day at the airport saw her plane taxi away from the runway and take off, after which he stood there for a long time, unable to move or say anything. He just felt a bit uncomfortable, his heart hollowed out, as if something had been taken away with her.

Especially thinking about those years, every month he sent her money, she didn't spend a penny and saved it all. It goes without saying that her student life must have been very tight.

I feel guilty and regretful that I didn't care for her more back then, so I feel sorry for her. This poor girl, what use is it for her to save him some money

After he returned from the airport, his mom called him: "Did Xiaoning really leave"

tone is not conveyed

Expresses regret.

"Hmm."

"When will you be back"

"Didn't say."

What's really going on in your mind

"What are you thinking"

Song's mother sighed, "Little Ning is a good girl, but I see that you two are not meant to be. She's still young and can afford to waste time, but you can't. Mom will help you find..."

"Stop." He cut her off, not needing her to finish the sentence. He already knew what she was going to say.

Song Jingye isn't just anyone; otherwise, he wouldn't be single all this time. He replied to Chen Ning that from the period after his drunkenness to when he mistakenly thought she was pregnant, he did have thoughts about marrying her. But frankly speaking, there was more of a sense of responsibility involved.

Regardless of whether it's love, the woman has only just gone abroad, and her mother is already thinking of introducing other girls to him. He feels very uncomfortable. What does he think of this young woman

“Okay, okay, Mom was wrong. Let’s not talk about it anymore. Are you coming back for dinner tonight” Song’s mother had a good personality and temper, she wasn't stubborn. Seeing her son genuinely angry, she knew to yield and immediately changed the subject.

"I'm not going back. I have to go to the southwest tomorrow morning, and there's a lot of preparation work to be done tonight." I received notification yesterday that the exercises in the southwest were about to begin, and they need their general equipment department to go ahead for technical guidance.

And he was waiting for her to land safely and send him a message. He had memorized the arrival times of several flight numbers on his phone.

The next day, when he received her message confirming she had arrived safely, he was already in the southwest and preparing to go into the mountains. So, after briefly replying with a "good," he went into the mountains.

He commanded from the command center alongside several officials from the southwest region. Due to the exercise, they were worried about signal interference from mobile phones, so all signals in the entire mountain range were blocked.

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