After Hua Guoqing arrived at the division, he devoted all his thoughts to participating in the military and military district film projectionist slide production competition. The political department of the division had high hopes for his good ranking and even assigned a soldier who had dropped out of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts from the artillery regiment to assist him.

During this half year, Hua Guoqing resolved the worries at home and was no longer pursued by Teacher Lin's infatuation, and his mood became much calmer.

However, he did not expect that this matter was not over.

In mid-September, the day after returning to the division from the military district competition, he was having dinner in the cafeteria when he sat next to Pan Jun and several staff members from the political department.

A soldier from the division's guard company approached him and, fearing to disturb others who were eating in the cafeteria, quietly said to him: A guest from the local area is looking for you at the division's entrance, and the guard is waiting for you in the guard room.

Hua Guoqing looked surprised: Who is it? I don't know anyone from the local area in the city.

The soldier replied: I don't know either. The main gate guard called the duty room, and the duty room staff guessed that you should be eating in the cafeteria at this time, so they sent me to tell you.

Hua Guoqing: Alright, I'll finish eating and go over right away.

After the soldier left, Hua Guoqing hurriedly finished the remaining food, greeted the few people he was dining with, and then got up to walk towards the division's main entrance.

Pan Jun looked at his departing figure and smiled at the few people who were still eating: Those who show movies know more common folks than we do.

When Hua Guoqing arrived at the division's main entrance, he only saw two armed soldiers standing guard and did not see any civilians.

He walked up to the guards, and one of the guards saluted him.

After returning the salute, he said: I am Hua Guoqing from the film team. I was just informed by your guard company that a guest is looking for me.

Guard: Yes, they are sitting in the guard room.

He added: They have come several times these days, but the duty room said you were away on a business trip.

Hua Guoqing walked into the adjacent guard room and saw Lin Yajing sitting in a guest chair.

Upon seeing him enter, Teacher Lin's dark eyes were filled with resentment as they fixed on Hua Guoqing.

In an instant, Hua Guoqing was stunned.

What is going on? This Teacher Lin actually came to the division to find him.

Half a year ago, when Meng Lili came to the army to cause a scene, Lin Yajing was aware of it. She was the one who actively got involved in Hua Guoqing's troubles and was quite frightened at the time. She didn't dare to find Hua Guoqing again, thinking that once Meng Lili returned to Beijing and the storm passed, Hua Guoqing would contact her.

But unexpectedly, after a while, Hua Guoqing not only did not contact her but also disappeared without a trace.

At first, when she saw that the army came to County No. 1 Middle School to show movies and Hua Guoqing was not there, she did not approach the projector, but later she couldn't help it. After one movie ended, she found a soldier she knew who was showing movies and asked: Why haven't I seen Group Leader Hua for a long time?

The young soldier knew Teacher Lin and was aware of the trouble Hua Guoqing had because of her.

He said: Our group leader is no longer in the regiment; he was transferred to another unit a month ago.

Lin Yajing hurriedly asked: He was doing well, why was he transferred? Do you know where he was transferred to?

Young soldier: He was promoted; we don't know where he was transferred to.

After saying this, the young soldier busied himself with unloading the projector.

Hearing this, Lin Yajing felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

Back in her single dormitory at school, she lay on the bed feeling weak and unable to sleep. Soon, she developed a high fever that lasted for a week, alternating between high and low fevers, and the county hospital could not find any reason for it.

After the fever subsided, for a month or two, she still had no appetite, as if she had suffered a serious illness. She was already thin, and this illness made her even more emaciated.

Lin Yajing was deeply troubled by Hua Guoqing's sudden departure. She had heard Hua Guoqing mention that Meng Lili was beautiful but had a bad temper, and at this time, she kept thinking about two things: What was the outcome after Meng Lili caused a scene at the army? Would Hua Guoqing be punished?

Various assumptions made Lin Yajing very distressed. She resented Hua Guoqing for not telling her before he was transferred, but at this moment, Hua Guoqing's handsome figure kept appearing in her mind.

Later, by chance, when she returned to the city to recuperate, she ran into a female teacher from County No. 1 Middle School at her doorstep. This female teacher's spouse worked in the division's office, and to solve their long-distance relationship, her spouse had someone transfer her to the city education bureau. While chatting, the female teacher told her that Hua Guoqing had been transferred to the division's film team and that she had heard from her spouse that Hua Guoqing had gotten divorced.

Hearing that Hua Guoqing had gotten divorced further fueled her impulse to see him.

So she began to think of ways to return from the county to the city to find Hua Guoqing.

The county is about fifty to sixty kilometers away from the city. Lin Yajing usually only returned to the city once or twice a month, except during winter and summer vacations, and she would take a long-distance bus back to the city after school on Saturday afternoons and return to the county on Sunday nights.

However, eager to see Hua Guoqing, she asked her brother-in-law who worked at the city hospital to help her get a sick leave note for hepatitis and requested a month of sick leave from the school leadership.

After returning to the city, she told her parents and family that she was attending a short-term training course at the normal school.

In fact, she just wanted to see Hua Guoqing and ask him face to face.

After returning to the city, Lin Yajing went to the military base almost every day.

First, she would go to the road near the division's main entrance during the day, looking from a distance at the division's main entrance, hoping to unexpectedly run into Hua Guoqing coming out.

When this method did not work, she changed to waiting at the division's main entrance.

The guards noticed a civilian often wandering around, so they went over to question her.

She said she was looking for a newly transferred PLA officer named Hua Guoqing, who worked in the film team.

The guards at the division's guard company naturally did not know anyone named Hua Guoqing, so they reported the matter promptly to the guard company leadership, and the company then informed the duty staff at the division's duty room about the situation.

The duty staff in the division's duty room were familiar with the division's staff and replied to the guard company that there was indeed a new person named Hua Guoqing in the film team, but he had been on a business trip recently and was expected to return by the end of the month.

After Lin Yajing learned this news, she was extremely excited.

She continued to come every day, standing at a distance at the main entrance, looking inside.

Finally, on the last night of the month, she finally saw Hua Guoqing.