The Guard Company office at the 7th Regiment headquarters.
Han Xiao was hunched over a large bowl of noodles, digging in.
Xiong Gang, captain of the Special Investigation Team's first squad, sat on the corner of the desk, eagerly filling him in on the latest gossip in the regiment.
Yang Qi came in carrying several folders.
"Hey! Why are you only getting back now? The boss and the others arrived yesterday! How come you're even later than they were?"
He and Chen Liang had helped the police escort the thugs to the County Public Security Bureau. Once they finished the handover, they had returned straight to Rong City.
By all rights, Han Xiao should have come back with the boss and Song Ning.
Han Xiao pulled a long face. "Don't even mention it! That girl Song Ning tricked me into a cave, and I spent half the night going in circles. I didn't find my way out until dawn. Then I waited in Yanling for days before I finally got orders from the boss!"
Yang Qi burst out laughing.
Xiong Gang, however, seemed to remember something.
"Hey! Speaking of Song Ning! Did you know she and Lu Changqing broke off their engagement?"
"What? When did that happen?"
Han Xiao was startled.
After he and Chen Liang went to Shanghai City, they had followed Mike to Shenzhen City and had been away from the Military District the whole time.
Only later, when they went to Yanling, had they met up with Gu Zheng and the others.
"Just over a month ago. They must have broken it off before Song Ning last left the Military District! The news only got out afterward!"
"Why did they break it off? Hadn't Lu Changqing already applied for family housing?" Han Xiao pressed.
Xiong Gang craned