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Chapter 1380: Ma Yan wants to go to the sea, Dali is hurt by love

"Ah, I'm so exhausted."

Wang Xin came to Zhou Chen's desk and took a few big gulps of cold water before he sat down.

Seeing him sweating profusely and his clothes soaked, Zhou Chen laughed and said, "With Uncle Ma not here, your work efficiency is really not good."

Ma Kui has not returned to work due to the death of his wife, so Wang Xin is now working out in the field with Feng Qingxiang.

Although the two of them were in the same squadron, their cooperation was far from as good as that of a master and apprentice, and no one knew what had happened. During the days when Ma Kui was away, there were a lot of things going on in the team and they had to run outside all day.

"Yeah, I also want Uncle Ma to come back soon. I really can't adapt to his absence."

"Can't you adapt without anyone scolding you?"

"Go aside."

Wang Xin took another sip of tea, then asked, "I'll ask you a personal question. I heard from Ma Yan before that you and your partner were planning to get married, but it was delayed because of the matter with Master's Wife. So when are you planning to get married now?"

Zhou Chen looked at the report in his hand and replied, "Early spring next year."

"Oh, very good."

Wang Xin showed envy, he also wanted to get married, wanted to marry Ma Yan, but his master Ma Kui would never agree to them being together.

Before, the master's wife was there and could keep the master under control, allowing him and Ma Yan to spend more time together.

But as soon as the master's wife left, given Old Ma's personality, he felt that his future with Ma Yan was bleak.

He sighed in his heart, but soon became determined again. No matter how slim the chances were, he would not give up. He and Ma Yan had already agreed on it.

In this life, they can only be, he and she.

"There shouldn't be anything to do today or tomorrow."

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"It's not me who has something to do. It's Ma Yan. She told me something and I couldn't make up my mind, so I told her that I would go to your house tonight and ask her for help."

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Okay, come over in the evening, after dinner."

Wang Xin was furious: "What do you mean, do you think we are going to your house to eat for free?"

Zhou Chen raised his head with disdain: "Ma Yan can't do that, but you, haha."

Wang Xin spat in dissatisfaction and ran away.

7 p.m.

Wang Xin slurped the noodles in big mouthfuls. Zhou Chen looked at him expressionlessly, while Ma Yan and Peng Yongli were laughing secretly.

This guy is really shameless. He cooked his own meal at home, but when he came to Zhou Chen's place, he actually got a big bowl of noodles.

It has been a while since Wang Sufang passed away. Ma Yan and Peng Yongli have almost come out of their grief and are in good spirits, at least on the surface.

Seeing that Wang Xin had finished eating and wanted to have another bowl of soup, Ma Yan went over and gave him a big bowl of soup.

"I asked you to come here to help me come up with ideas, but all you know is eating. Can you please stop being so embarrassing?"

Wang Xin shouted in dissatisfaction: "I saw that Zhou Chen hadn't finished his meal, so I was afraid it would be wasted. If the noodles are not eaten soon, they will clump together and won't taste good."

"Shut up."

After scolding Wang Xin, Ma Yan slowly told Zhou Chen her thoughts.

Zhou Chen understood as soon as he heard it. It turned out that they came to him to ask him about business matters.

"I told Wang Xin about this, and he introduced me to a man named Xiao Wenzhou, whom you also know. But as you know, neither of us has ever done business, so I wanted to ask for your opinion. Do you think I can make money by importing things from the south and selling them here?"

Ma Yan's face was full of hope. Although she liked Wang Xin, she also knew that Zhou Chen was more capable and experienced than Wang Xin. Wang Xin also encouraged her to find Zhou Chen, so she came here specifically to ask.

Zhou Chen didn't say anything, but Peng Yongli beside him widened her eyes with a look of surprise.

"Sister, why do you have this idea? If Second Father knew that you wanted to start a business, he would definitely not agree."

Ma Yan's face was gloomy. Of course she knew the situation.

"Hush, I know he won't agree, so I plan to do it first and ask for his permission later. Once I do a good job and make money, he won't have anything to say."

"That's impossible. Second dad is a very good person, but..."

What Peng Yongli wanted to say was that her second father was rather old-fashioned and would not agree so easily, but she did not say it out loud.

But Ma Yan ignored him and continued to stare at Zhou Chen: "Zhou Chen, what do you think?"

Zhou Chen said: "I naturally have no objection to doing business. The country has already started reform and opening up. We are slower to follow up here, but the South has already been doing various businesses. But it's useless for me to support you. If you don't want to have a conflict with Uncle Ma, I think you should say hello to him before doing it."

"Say hello to him?"

Ma Yan shook her head repeatedly: "If I say hello to him, forget it. He would like me to stay in the store selling pickles all day long. I really don't understand. What's so good about that job? The work is annoying and the salary is low. There are only old people there, and I am the only young one. He treats me like a treasure."

Her job was indeed okay a few years ago, but now it is getting worse and worse. If it was really okay, she would not have thought of going into business.

But she knew that her father was an old-fashioned man who had experienced many setbacks and always felt that public institutions were the best and had a stable job.

"It's a matter of opinion."

Zhou Chen has experienced many eras and has been young. When he was young, he was dominated by his parents, so he can understand both Ma Yan's and Ma Kui's thoughts.

If it was his own relative, he could still try to persuade them, but this was obviously someone else's family matter, and as an outsider, it was difficult for him to say anything.

"Then tell me, is there a future in doing business?"

"If you do well, you will have a future, but if you don't do well..."

Ma Yan clapped her hands and was very happy: "Your words are enough. Since I have made the decision, I will definitely not be afraid of hardship or fatigue, and I will definitely do it well. Even if I can't do it well, the worst that can happen is that I will find a new job. At worst, I still have Wang Xin to support me, right, Wang Xin."

Wang Xin nodded immediately: "Yes, of course, even if you do nothing, I am willing to support you, as long as you are not afraid of living a hard life with me."

The two looked at each other affectionately, and Peng Yongli couldn't help teasing.

"Hey, hey, sister, Second Dad hasn't agreed to your relationship yet, are you going to get married secretly?"

Ma Yan raised her head proudly: "You and Zhou Chen can make your own decisions, so of course we can convince my dad."

Peng Yongli smiled and said, "Then I will wish you all the best in advance."

Ma Yan is also a person of action. She came to ask Zhou Chen just to seek advice, but in fact, no matter what answer Zhou Chen gave, she was going to do it.

The reason she wanted to do this, besides because she didn't like her current job, the more important reason was for Wang Xin.

At the beginning, she questioned her father why he didn't agree with her being with Wang Xin. Ma Kui was impatient with the question and didn't want to tell the truth, so he made up a lie and said that he looked down on Wang Xin because he thought she was poor.

Ma Kui was just joking, but Ma Yan took it seriously. Since Wang Xin couldn't make money as a policeman, she would do it, so she made up her mind to do business.

Ma Yan and Wang Xin conspired together. Wang Xin introduced her to Xiao Wenzhou. Ma Yan found an excuse to run to the south to find out the situation.

A month has passed since Wang Sufang's death, and Ma Kui has returned to his post. This makes Wang Xin very happy. Now that his master is here, he finally has the confidence.

Although they have become criminal police, in fact, as railway criminal police, they also have the task of following trains for inspection in the criminal police team. Every time it is the turn of the fourth squadron, Zhou Chen will send Ma Kui and Wang Xin. After all, they have been train police for several years and are definitely more adept at it than others.

The case of Ding Guian has never been abandoned, but there is really no evidence to be found. Zhou Chen also looked for traces of Ding Guian, but he didn't know where this guy had hidden, and he couldn't find any trace of him.

Although he knew that the murderer was Ding Guian, the level of technology in that era was too low. In addition, Ding Guian had changed his name. Even if a wanted notice was issued, it would be difficult to find him as long as Ding Guian hid.

What's more, he knew that the murderer was Ding Guian, but others didn't know. In the absence of any evidence, the higher-ups would definitely not agree to issue a warrant for his arrest, and the process could not be carried out.

So no matter how unhappy Zhou Chen was, he could only put the case on hold for the time being. But he knew that it wouldn't be long before Ding Guian would commit another murder.

Zhou Chen returned to the compound carrying a rooster, and Wu Changgui, who was strolling around, was immediately happy.

"Hey, Zhou Chen, are you buying chickens to raise? Why didn't you buy a hen, but a rooster?"

Zhou Chen smiled and replied: "I don't have time to raise chickens. I buy them to eat."

"Sure, this little life is pretty good."

Last year, because of uveitis in his eyes, Wu Changgui rested at home for more than a month, and Niu Dali took over his position as co-driver.

Later, after his eyes recovered, he returned to work at the Railway Bureau. Not long after, he was assigned to be the assistant driver of another train, so he was no longer on the same train with Lu Hongxing and Cai Xiaonian.

"It's OK. Lili is coming back today, otherwise I would definitely have a couple of drinks with you, Brother Wu."

"Lili is coming back, so you should hurry back and get busy. By the way, when are you going to get married? We haven't had a wedding in our compound for a long time, and we are waiting for you to have fun."

"Next spring, next spring, I will definitely invite everyone to a wedding banquet."

The plump Mrs. Wu came over and said, "Drinking a wedding wine? What wedding wine? Zhou Chen, are you and Lili getting married? Great, you should have been married a long time ago, if it weren't for Old Ma... Woo, woo..."

Wu Changgui directly blocked his wife's mouth and said to Zhou Chen embarrassedly: "Zhou Chen, go back and get busy."

He let go of her hand only after Zhou Chen left. Mrs. Wu shouted in dissatisfaction, "What are you doing?"

Wu Changgui angrily scolded: "Why do you want to give it back to me? You can't speak with your mouth. Speak less in the future. You spit out all kinds of bad words. You have no control over your mouth."

After being reminded by her husband, Mrs. Wu finally realized it belatedly.

"Oh my god, I almost said the wrong thing. Old Ma is Zhou Chen's girlfriend's second father. Ouch."

Wu Changgui pointed at her with an unhappy look on his face, then turned around and went somewhere else.

Zhou Chen bought another bicycle two years ago, specifically for Peng Yongli. So now when Peng Yongli returns to the compound, she doesn't need him to ride a bicycle to pick her up. She can come back by herself.

When Peng Yongli returned to the compound, she was cooking with Zhou Chen. After the meal was ready, when she went to call Ma Jian, Ma Jian had already eaten at Doctor Shen's house and was doing his homework.

Unlike the plot in the TV series, Wang Sufang lived several more years, so Ma Jian grew up by her side.

However, Dr. Shen likes Ma Jian more and almost wanted to adopt him when he was a child. After Ma Kui went to work, Ma Yan and Peng Yongli were not at home, so she would take the initiative to help take care of Ma Jian whenever she was free. This is similar to the TV series, except that the feelings are not that deep.

Time passed slowly, and Ma Yan, who had gone to the south, finally came back with a big bag of buttons to sell. However, she did not dare to leave them at home, but left them at her classmate's house.

From then on, she started to fight guerrilla warfare. She asked for a long vacation from her company and behaved normally at home. However, when she went out, she set up a stall at the street intersection to sell buttons.

Wang Xin was also helping her secretly, but no one else knew about this except Zhou Chen and a few others.

Everyone has worries, just like every household in the compound has their own worries. And the person who has the most worries recently is Niu Dali.

In the past six months, Niu Dali felt that his life was flying.

First, he had a major breakthrough in his career and finally became the coveted train assistant driver. Then he had a great harvest in love and started dating his beloved fairy and they even started discussing marriage.

But recently, his good mood suddenly disappeared. They had agreed to get a marriage certificate, but not long ago Yao Yuling suddenly changed her mind and kept finding various reasons to drag him along. Even though he was infatuated with her, he realized that something was wrong.

So he had a good talk with Yao Yuling, but the result was not very good. He didn't know what went wrong and why things suddenly changed, so he was in a very bad mood recently.

Late at night, Zhou Chen was riding his bicycle and was about to turn into the compound when he suddenly braked and stopped, looking towards a dark place.

He saw two figures over there and heard voices. Out of police instinct, he tiptoed and slowly approached that place.

When he got closer, he heard the voices and realized that everything was fine, they were all acquaintances, but he did not leave immediately.

In the darkness, Niu Dali pulled Yao Yuling, but Yao Yuling shook his hand off.

"Niu Dali, what are you doing? You've hurt my hand. Didn't I tell you that I've thought about it for a long time and feel that we are not suitable for each other? Let's just break up, okay?"

Niu Dali obviously couldn't accept this result and was very emotional.

"Why, Yao'er, we have been doing well and are about to get married, so why is it not suitable? Do you think I don't earn enough? It's okay. As long as you tell me, I will definitely find ways to earn more money and buy you nice clothes and..."

(End of this chapter)