Chapter 554: He Yuzhu Returns to Beijing

He Yuzhu arrived at the Guangzhou Huangpu Port Warehouse a day early.

The old man guarding the gate saw He Yuzhu and said happily, "Leader, are you letting me go home to rest for a few days again this time?"

He Yuzhu tossed a pack of cigarettes to the old man: "Still three days; come back to work on the morning after three days."

"Alright!"

The old man agreed and trotted out the main gate.

He Yuzhu walked into the largest warehouse and released the two not-yet-assembled U-2 High-altitude Reconnaissance Planes from his space.

He sized up these two big guys, seeing that the fuselage of the aircraft was fifteen meters long with a wingspan of over twenty meters; if seen by others, would anyone believe they were transported by truck?

He Yuzhu shook his head, took the planes back into his space, and used the system to dismantle them; very quickly, he broke the fuselage into six-meter-long segments and removed the dual wings, turning them into twelve-meter single wings.

He Yuzhu stared for a long time and suddenly realized he had made a huge mistake: he had told the Secretary that they could be transported back to Beijing by truck; now it seemed that even if they could be loaded onto trucks, they couldn't be transported long-distance, mainly because the parts were too fragile; it appeared they could only wrap the parts well and transport them by train.

Early the next morning, He Yuzhu was awakened by a round of knocking on the door.

It turned out to be Secretary Liu, who had arrived with a convoy of over a dozen large trucks, followed by more than fifty experienced workers.

As soon as He Yuzhu saw Secretary Liu, he hurriedly apologized: "Leader, I may have made a mistake; these aircraft parts are too fragile and too long, so the trucks might not be able to transport them."

Secretary Liu walked and looked, occasionally touching them carefully as if touching a baby: "In my opinion, after being wrapped securely, it would be safer to transport them by ship."

He Yuzhu slapped his forehead: "Right! Why didn't I think of that?"

Secretary Liu smiled: "To tell you the truth, the higher-ups never intended to use trucks to haul them back; the risk is too great."

"That's good then; let's listen to the engineers' opinions," He Yuzhu said.

Secretary Liu suddenly pulled He Yuzhu to the side, his expression turning serious: "After research and decision by the higher-ups, this time, we still have to dismantle and study this reconnaissance plane together with Su Guo, but we haven't told them everything; we just said we obtained a prototype and the parts are incomplete..."

He Yuzhu had thought about this, but he hadn't expected the worst-case scenario to happen. If he shared the technology with the Su Guo side, his identity could very likely be traced by them.

He Yuzhu asked: "This thing wasn't easy to get; can we exchange it for their advanced aircraft manufacturing technology?"

Secretary Liu nodded: "Rest assured, we won't be at a loss."

He Yuzhu lowered his voice and asked: "Seeing so many people today, do you think the M Country side might find out through spies that I was the one who got this? I'm not afraid of them, I'm just afraid my family will be implicated," He Yuzhu said.

Secretary Liu said solemnly: "Zhuzi, rest assured. From now on, no matter where your family is, there will be our people protecting them in secret."

He Yuzhu nodded: "Since that's the case, I'm not afraid."

The fifty workers spent a full five days packing all the components before loading them onto a ship, transporting them to Tianjin, and then transferring them by train to the Beijing Aerospace Research Institute.

He Yuzhu stepped into the Siheyuan again and felt that things had changed. Counting it up, he had been away for two and a half years.

When He Yushui saw He Yuzhu, she felt a bit like a stranger; she said timidly: "Brother, you've gotten thin and dark."

Already thirteen years old, He Yushui was now a big girl, over one meter sixty tall, with beautiful features; she was no longer the little girl from back then.

He Yuzhu asked with a smile: "Yushui, have you started middle school?"

He Yushui nodded: "Just started the first year of middle school."

He Yuzhu handed her a large leather suitcase: "Inside are things I brought for you and your little friends."

He Yushui spoke without restraint: "The current sister-in-law isn't as generous as before; she doesn't even let us buy many clothes."

He Yuzhu laughed: "The money she earns in a month isn't enough for you to buy a few pieces of clothing."

At dusk, Chen Xueru returned.

As soon as she saw He Yuzhu, she ran over and hugged him tightly, tears falling instantly: "Zhuzi, when will you be able to come back for good?"

"At most half a year, and I'll be back," He Yuzhu comforted her.

On the other side, in the Qianmen Small Courtyard, Yan Jiefang and Liu Guangtian had pulled off another big job, stealing over twenty Small Yellow Fish and more than five hundred yuan.

The two had become familiar with Xu Damao and knew where he kept his keys.

Regardless of whether Xu Damao was home or not, they would come over to hang out because here, they could be unrestrained, buy whatever they wanted to eat, and no one would manage them.

The two each carried five bottles of Arctic Ocean soda into the courtyard, sat on Xu Damao's official hat chair, and chatted while drinking.

Yan Jiefang said: "You say, if the match Cui Shen introduced to Brother Damao works out, what will happen to Xiaomei?"

"Brother Damao never intended to marry her; when the time comes, he'll just give her some money and send her away," Liu Guangtian said.

"I think Xiaomei is quite good; if I were old enough, I'd marry her," Yan Jiefang said.

"Get lost, you kid, how old are you, and you're already thinking about taking a wife?" Liu Guangtian said with disdain.

Everything the two said was heard by Xiaomei outside the door.

The reason she returned at this time was because a colleague who went out to deliver goods saw someone sneaking into Xu Damao's house and hurriedly ran back to tell her.

She asked for leave from Xueru and came back to see what was going on, not expecting to run into these two little thieves, Yan Jiefang and Liu Guangtian.

She was just about to turn and leave when she suddenly heard the two talking about Xu Damao going on a blind date; she immediately became alert and stood quietly outside the door to continue listening.

She only heard Yan Jiefang say again: "Brother Damao's life is really great; he has someone at home to manage his eating, drinking, and daily needs, and when he goes out to show movies, he's always looking for young widows."

Liu Guangtian hurriedly warned: "Brother Damao doesn't let you talk nonsense, why do you keep bringing this up?"

"I just think it's unfair; Brother Damao said he started looking for women when he was very young, and I want to too!" Yan Jiefang said.

"Damn you, you're younger than me, and you're already thinking about taking a wife?" Liu Guangtian scolded.

Xiaomei couldn't listen anymore and pushed the door open to barge in.

As soon as Yan Jiefang saw it was Xiaomei, he was stunned on the spot and stammered: "Sister Xiaomei, you... aren't you at work?"

"You two better confess honestly, or I'll tell Xu Damao about you hiding money!" Xiaomei said.

Yan Jiefang was so scared he hurriedly said: "It was introduced by Matchmaker Wang from the courtyard at No. 250 Luogu Lane; she's from the Dongcheng Textile Factory and her name is Zhang Baofang. Brother Damao has met her and was quite satisfied."

Before Xiaomei could ask in detail, Yan Jiefang had already said it all.

Liu Guangtian cursed inwardly: This kid's mouth is really too loose!

Xiaomei asked again: "Did Xu Damao really tell you about young widows?"

"No! We made it up!" the two replied in unison.