Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 274

Chapter 274: Chapter 207: A New Path

Beijing Military District Courtyard, stepping out of the Lin Family’s yard. Mr. Cheng glanced at his own house not far away, reminded of his wife’s expectant eyes. If he went in, he’d probably only bring disappointment. He decisively turned around and got in the car, "Let’s go, first to the office."

Returning to the office, Mr. Cheng dismissed his colleagues, went over his thoughts again from beginning to end. Seeing it was down to the final step, he always trusted his instincts.

"You’re an idiot, your wife is already angry, and you still won’t go find her. She’s either at her brother’s or her sister’s. Hurry up. Get your wife back."

Loud teasing came from not far away, and Mr. Cheng suddenly stood up, tapping the desk, "Xiao Chen, come in quickly."

Xiao Chen hurriedly opened the door and entered, "Commander, what are your orders?"

"Quick, go investigate Zhou Jianren’s files. See which of his fellow soldiers from back in the day might still be in the military district, or in Beijing, preferably those with contact numbers. Hurry up." Mr. Cheng instructed eagerly.

Watching Xiao Chen leave, Mr. Cheng tapped his forehead, chuckling to himself, "Really senile, truly old."

In less than an hour, Xiao Chen came in with an envelope and placed it on the desk. "Commander, it’s all in here. Zhou Jianren’s information is quite simple, not very detailed. I accessed his unit’s identification number from back then, checked for any commendations or discharges, or transfers under that number. Found quite a few. Some are in critical departments, and all have contact numbers. The remaining few can only be found through contact addresses. You take a look first."

"Hmm, you prepare lunch first, we might go out later, I’ll start by making some calls." Mr. Cheng said before grabbing the envelope, pouring out the files. Seeing the top secret marked in bold red, he quietly rejoiced that he still had some capabilities to use privileges for access.

Mr. Cheng pulled out the ones with contact numbers, quickly began dialing. After calling several numbers, each said they couldn’t remember much, only recalled vaguely there was a comrade whose wife was a doctor, but the specifics weren’t clear, not much contact normally, relationships were average. During those years, aside from his own platoon’s soldiers, truly no one remembered. Plus, so many decades had passed, the memory was fuzzy.

After lunch, Mr. Cheng checked the time, took out the few files without contact numbers, noted down the names and addresses from those with detailed contact information, then went out with Xiao Chen to visit.

Taking advantage of lunch break, except for those on duty, most returned home. Xiao Chen drove Mr. Cheng through the city making rounds, visiting the addresses on the note. After checking three houses consecutively, apart from one where the family was in the hospital because someone had just passed away, those in Beijing were all checked. Either they couldn’t remember, or didn’t have an impression of such a person.

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