sinovels Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Apparently, all the reporters affected by that wave quickly fell into a state of frenzied excitement. This kind of expression was a little strange to them but very familiar - there must be some new news hotspot being revealed, Just don't know what it is yet.The two looked at each other, and got up at the same time, intending to find someone to inquire about the situation.Chu Yunxiu took two steps and grabbed a male reporter with a maple leaf badge pinned to his clothes, and asked as calmly and politely as possible: "Excuse me, can you tell me what happened here?"
The white man who was caught was startled, and a trace of confusion quickly appeared on his face.But the puzzled expression disappeared immediately after hearing her question clearly, and the previous frenzied excitement reappeared, "Hey!" He yelled, "You don't even know! The Secretary-General of the United Nations is coming! This means What—I mean—he's coming! Do you know what I mean!"
Su Mucheng was attracted to the reporter when he was yelling, and naturally every word he said fell into his ears.Chu Yunxiu turned her head to look at Su Mucheng with a blank expression, then let go of her grabbing hand in a daze without realizing it, and even forgot to say thank you.The latter didn't seem to notice such details at all, and was immersed in his excitement again.The Secretary-General of the United Nations is coming, of course she knows what it means - this is big news, even if this trip has completely changed the current situation, it is not surprising at all - the almost religious fanaticism on the faces of other reporters swept across in an instant She, she reached out and grabbed the white man again before she even had time to exchange a few words with Su Mucheng, "Hey—" Chu Yunxiu apologized to him in confusion, "Sorry, listen to me, okay? I'm Say, he—the secretary general—when is he coming?"
She thought she could get an exact date, preferably today, or tomorrow would be fine.But the man shouted happily and told her: "I don't know! But they say he is coming! This is good news for us, isn't it!"
Chu Yunxiu sighed silently in her heart.This answer was like pouring a bucket of ice water from head to toe.She let go of the other person's clothes again, took a few steps back and sat down on the sofa and muttered to herself, "Yes... this is of course good news..."
Su Mucheng came to her side and sat down comfortingly. What happened in just a few minutes made them all deeply understand what it means to go from heaven to hell. It's just that she has experienced many such things, and her reaction will not be like that of Chu Yun. Show so directly.The Secretary-General of the United Nations is coming, but there is no further content other than that—for a moment, Chu Yunxiu even thought it would be better not to know the news, and she forced a wry smile at Su Mucheng: "I think we Had to go into 24-hour work mode, just stay here."
"I think so." Su Mucheng was quite calm about this. In her past career, she couldn't count how many times she had to be on call 24 hours a day like this time.There are almost no people who haven’t slept in strange places such as sofas, corners and chairs. When they are extremely tired, they can fall asleep standing up. , we are two people, we can take turns to rest."
"That's great." Chu Yunxiu said vaguely, she closed her eyes and fell to Su Mucheng's thin shoulders, "I can hardly think of any better news than this."
Better news than being able to take turns off is hard to find these days, but there's always worse news.On the day they got the news that the Secretary-General was coming to Country I, the President of Country I publicly announced that the whole country was in a state of war readiness to shed the last drop of blood to defend the sacred land of the country.Chu Yunxiu, who has received systematic international political education, believes from the bottom of her heart that everything that is happening now is getting more and more deviated from the track she knows well.If the Secretary-General wants to mediate the situation, he must arrive in Country I before January 1th and reach an agreement. At present, the outcome of this agreement is beyond his imagination—even though she is still not completely convinced that the two sides will go to war. Since she was a child, she has never Any perception of war.Although there were still combat missions in the army of country C after she was born, they were all far away from her and could only appear as a noun—and Su Mucheng was just the opposite of her.However, both of them are very wise to give up arguing in this regard, and neither of them will be able to sleep well for the next few days, so let's save some energy first.
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Unlike Su Mucheng, Chu Yunxiu is not as familiar with the state of wartime. After two days of upside-down work and rest, she is a bit overwhelmed, but the new news is still only the hearsay on January 1 that "the secretary-general will go to city B on the 11th".Su Mucheng saw that she was quickly haggard, so she sent her back to the embassy of country C to ask her to rest, and would inform her of any new developments.Chu Yunxiu originally didn't want Su Mucheng to work hard alone, but the splitting headache made her swallow back the words of being brave, so she had to reassure Su Mucheng that she would have a good rest.
Therefore, Chu Yunxiu stayed in the embassy during the whole day on January 1. Although he was relaxed, he still didn't dare to rest, so he went to his own darkroom to wash the film that he hadn't had time to process before.There has never been any more definite news from outside the embassy. After entering the state of combat readiness, the communication quality in City B is getting worse and worse. Even the calls in the embassy using special lines often cannot be dialed.The Secretary-General's visit at this time is not what the government of country I likes to see, and they don't want to make any more efforts for peace.Even though she still had the last ounce of luck in the outbreak of war, Chu Yunxiu had no doubts about the possibility that the coalition soldiers would be torn apart by the I army, but the reverse was also true.There is only victory in war, until the opponent completely lays down his arms.But when does a soldier lay down his arms completely—when he dies, of course.
At six o'clock in the evening, Gao Yingjie rolled up his sleeves and went into the kitchen to cook. They didn't have much supplies left, and the extravagant hot pot meal before seemed to have happened in a previous life.Chu Yunxiu came out of the darkroom, sat in the living room and watched Gao Yingjie busy in the kitchen, and suddenly wondered whether the hot pot on the night of January 1 was her hallucination.Hot pot, a food that requires water and a lot of ingredients, is completely a fantasy in today's I country, but she still seems to remember the taste of that pot of soup—they used hot pot soup to cook several instant noodles to fill their stomachs—the ingredients She and Su Mucheng went to buy it together. Residents in City B have already limited their electricity consumption, and it is not easy to get some frozen food.And Su Mucheng who was sitting next to her at that time—was it real?It's only been more than a day without hearing from her, but it seems like it's been a lifetime.
During dinner, Wang Jiexi asked her if she had any updates on the Secretary-General's visit. In this regard, journalists are much more informed than envoys.Chu Yunxiu shook his head mechanically, then said after a pause, "Senior brother, can you let Xiao Gao drive me to the airport?"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"The day before yesterday, there was news that the Secretary-General's plane arrived at City B today, but there was no news all day today. It is already past 14 o'clock in the evening, and the 15th is less than five hours away. The [-]th is the deadline for troop withdrawal. So I want to go straight to the airport and squat after dinner."
Wang Jiexi fell into silence. Xu Bin and Liu Xiaobie had never been involved in these things, and the finishing touches to the embassy's affairs were enough to upset them.Gao Yingjie put down his chopsticks and said that he could do it. Chu Yunxiu gave him a thankful glance, and saw dense bloodshot eyes that were not much lighter than his own.At this moment, the sharp ringing of the phone broke the silence during the meeting, and Chu Yunxiu immediately jumped up to answer it. Su Mucheng's distorted voice came intermittently from the receiver, "Hello? Is it the embassy of country C? I'm looking for Chu Yunxiu."
"Mucheng is me," Chu Yunxiu said quickly, "Any news from the airport?"
"Get ready, I'll pick you up in a car right away." Su Mucheng also looked very anxious, "I just found out that the Secretary-General should arrive at the VIP building at the airport in City B at [-]:[-] pm. Those idiots in Hotel L They should have been kept in the dark until now, the news department is extremely strict, what are they trying to do!"
Chu Yunxiu felt a thin layer of sweat seep out of her palms, but she didn't know whether it was because of excitement or nervousness.She didn't know what method Su Mucheng used to inquire about the news that the Ministry of Information of Country I intends to block it—this is too easy in City B where international communication is completely interrupted—but they can't do it too conspicuously, if Hotel L doesn't know It is too suspicious to have a foreign reporter like her present.
"You don't need to pick me up." She raised her voice, and at the same time, amplified her voice as much as possible to ensure that Su Mucheng could hear her, "Go to L Hotel and inform the other reporters who are still there, and we can't act as if we are the only ones who know the exact arrival time of the secretary-general. , there will be problems. I will go directly from the embassy, and we will meet at the VIP building at the airport."
Su Mucheng understood Chu Yunxiu's meaning, simply said hello and hung up the phone.Chu Yunxiu stood there for two seconds, then quickly dropped the receiver and ran to get the camera, ignoring the dinner and only took two bites, "Xiao Gao! Give me the car keys! I'm going to the airport!"
"Don't drive!" Wang Jiexi sternly shouted, then turned to Gao Yingjie and said in a slow tone, "Take your passport and drive her there, and make sure nothing happens to her."
At this time, it was raining in City B, and the sound of the water made people panic and short of breath.The highway leading to the airport was blacked out at night, and the entire road was pitch black.Chu Yunxiu was sitting in the co-pilot smoking non-stop to refresh himself, and Gao Yingjie, a non-smoker, also stayed awake because of the choking smoke.Her eyes were hurting, and the camera hung on her neck, almost as heavy as breaking her cervical spine.Gao Yingjie stepped down and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.