Chapter 72
He stayed late that night before he returned home reluctantly. The next day at noon, he came to pick up Zhao Nanxiao. After saying goodbye to his mother, they set off for the airport. After a few hours of flight, they arrived at the plateau airport in the afternoon.
The expressway here was opened a few months ago before the bridge. From the airport to the county town, the time on the road was shortened from the original few hours to one hour. It was estimated that it would be at five o'clock in the afternoon when it arrived.
The two walked out of the airport lobby, and Xu Shu asked her to wait, saying that he would go to the parking lot to drive over.
Zhao Nanxiao was waiting on the side of the road. After waiting for a while, the car drove over and stopped in front of her. The person in the car was not Xu Shu, but Secretary Duan.
"Uncle Duan?"
Zhao Nanxiao was a little surprised and looked at the back seat of the car, it was empty.
"Where is Xu Shu?"
"I'll pick you up. Mr. Ding happened to have some urgent matters just now and called him away. I'll send you there first."
Secretary Duan got out of the car and helped her get the box.
Zhao Nanxiao felt a little confused. This was too sudden. But then he thought that the opening ceremony will be tomorrow morning. Today, many leaders will definitely come early. It is understandable that an urgent matter suddenly appears to ask him.
Zhao Nanxiao no longer thought about it, thanked him, got in the car.
Secretary Duan drove steadily and chatted with Zhao Nanxiao all the way, and the county town soon became ahead.
As planned, she stayed in the hotel here in the evening and went to the bridge tomorrow morning.
Secretary Duan smiled and said, "Fortunately, Xiao Xu made a reservation early. I heard that the room here is very tight tonight, and it has almost been booked."
Zhao Nanxiao was about to respond when he suddenly received a call from his mother and asked where she was. When she learned that she had arrived in the county town, she sounded very happy: "Have you arrived? I told you that I will be with your grandfather now. He can't go over this time. He was just talking, wanting to see the whole picture and details of the bridge, and now you want to see it. You hurry up and take some photos and videos for your grandfather, and wait and see!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone regardless of 3721.
The bridge has been completed, but has not been officially opened. Moreover, considering that high-level leaders will be present tomorrow, security measures are strictly taken, and no non-related personnel are prohibited from entering the bridge until tomorrow's ribbon cutting is opened to traffic.
Zhao Nanxiao didn't know why his grandfather suddenly made such a somewhat inappropriate request, but his grandfather spoke, and she couldn't refuse. She was stunned at the phone for a while, so she had to call Mr. Ding for approval.
Mr. Ding agreed immediately: "I'm at the command center now. Xiao Zhao, come over and go up directly. Take photos as you want!"
Zhao Nanxiao thanked him, hesitated for a while, and asked Xu Shu again.
"He, he is still very busy. There are so many things to do tomorrow. I'm really sorry Xiao Zhao, can you go there by yourself first? I'll let him go after he's done."
Zhao Nanxiao hurriedly said, "It's okay, Mr. Ding, I'll just ask, you guys are busy."
After she called for instructions, she said to Secretary Duan: "Uncle Duan, I'm sorry, I'm going to go to the bridge. Can you send it again?"
Secretary Duan smiled and nodded: "No problem! I'm going to go there too, and finally confirm the various arrangements tomorrow morning with Mr. Ding and others."
In this way, Zhao Nanxiao County did not enter, so he got off the highway and turned to the old road to the direction of the bridge.
"When the bridge is officially opened tomorrow, the county town can also take the expressway to the bridge toll station, which is ten minutes away!" Secretary Duan said with a smile.
Zhao Nanxiao looked at the wide and flat highway that led to the bridge far outside the window, feeling relaxed and happy.
It was evening when she arrived at the station.
It hasn't been here for more than a month, and the appearance has changed drastically. All the mechanical equipment has been removed, and the surroundings of the canyon are extremely quiet. Most of the nearby mobile houses have been demolished, leaving only the last office building. At this time, there are still people coming and going in the corridor, still busy preparing for tomorrow's moment. On the west bank of the canyon in the distance, on the top of the mountains, the sunset is like a fire and the sunset is brilliant. Under the picturesque sky, the brand new bridge is like a long rainbow across the canyon. From a distance, it looks majestic and shocking.
Secretary Duan took her directly to the ramp leading to the bridge. Zhao Nanxiao got out of the car and was attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of her. She stopped and looked at her for a moment before walking forward.
The bridge is right in front of it.
The armed police who were temporarily transferred to take charge of security work were in place today. Zhao Nanxiao went up and said that she had received approval from the command center to let her go to the bridge. She took the initiative to show her ID. The other party checked it, saluted her, and quickly released her.
Zhao Nanxiao stood in the middle of the bridge head of this huge steel bridge, looking at the vast bridge deck that was leading straight to the opposite shore, and suddenly felt a little excited when he thought that he seemed to be the first person to go to the bridge.
She exhaled, took a step, and walked forward along the sightseeing passage on the side of the bridge.
The idea of designing a two-way tourist passage was originally proposed by her. In order to ensure safety, she also proposed a supporting solution to install pneumatic clothing boards on the passage to resist transverse wind loads.
This idea was passed after many discussions and was finally realized today.
After the bridge is opened, the tourist passage will implement a free ticket policy for locals.
Let the people who have lived here for generations appreciate this magnificent canyon from a height and angle they have never had before, feel the majesty of creation, and re-understand their familiar homeland. This is her original design concept.
She finally walked to the center of the bridge, reached out to stroke the railing, looked at the white pneumatic board and the beautiful and red cables on her head, which were painted in beautiful red, as if falling from the sky. She was about to take out her phone to take a video of her grandfather, suddenly, she heard a deep sound of an engine from far to near.
The bridge will not be opened until tomorrow. How can there be a sound of a motorized engine at this time?
Zhao Nanxiao stopped recording and turned back according to the sound.
A fully armed knight drove a motorcycle into her sight. In the golden sunset, he drove from the other end of the bridge toward the center of this side, and quickly arrived in front of her. He stopped. The knight lifted his mask, turned his head to look at her, then took off his helmet and gloves, picked up a bouquet of roses from the back seat, and stepped out of the car.
The sunset shone on his handsome face, and he walked towards her with a smile.
Zhao Nanxiao was stunned.
Just a moment ago, when she asked Mr. Ding, didn’t he say he was sent to another place to work? How could he suddenly come from the other end of the bridge in such a way that she could never have imagined and appeared in front of her?
By the way, there is also this black motorcycle!
It is clearly the Ducati 1100s version.
Shouldn't it be in his garage? Why did it get here too?
Zhao Nanxiao took another look and suddenly woke up.
No wonder he insisted on going back, he must have gone to air consignment for it.
No wonder he disappeared just after getting off the plane today, and then Uncle Duan, mother, and Mr. Ding appeared one by one.
Zhao Nanxiao forgot what she was going to do when she went to the bridge. She leaned against the guardrail and opened her eyes wide. She watched him walk in front of her in the golden sunset light, stopped, and handed over the rose in his hand.
Her mind was still dizzy, standing impatiently, motionless.
He smiled, and simply took her hand by himself, put the flower solemnly in her hand, taught her to hold it, then stared at her, and said softly: "Zhao Nanxiao, I want to tell you one thing is about my girlfriend."
He paused.
"My girlfriend, she is a little snail, very dull. I have liked her for many years, but she never feels anything. She doesn't think about what I might like her and always treats me as her younger brother. Are she stupid?"
As if he was hypnotized, Zhao Nanxiao actually nodded, suddenly felt something was wrong, and hurriedly shook his head again.
He turned his face slightly, and Zhao Nanxiao found that he was actually smiling again, his snow-white teeth shining in the sunset.
He is laughing at himself!
She suddenly came to her senses, her face became hot, and she was a little embarrassed. She was about to return the flowers to him, but he had already finished laughing and turned around and continued, "I still remember the first time I saw her. She wore a white skirt, stood in the entrance hall of her house, and smiled at me. Because I met her, my life became different from before. Many of my firsts were dedicated to her. The first time I dreamed of a girl in a dream, I woke up and couldn't sleep for her. The first time I took a girl on my motorcycle, she was also the last one. The first time I wanted to please a girl, I hope I could become what she liked, and my heartbeat..."
He looked into her eyes, his eyes not blinking.
"...The first time I was so moved by a girl, I also dedicated it to her."
The solemn and gentle voice stopped.
I was silent in my ears, and only the sing of the faint wind in the depths of the canyon in the distance was left.
Zhao Nanxiao's eyes gradually became warmer. After a while, he saw him slowly kneeling on one knee towards him, kneeling in front of her, looking up at her eyes.
"I met her when she was a teenager. At that time, she asked me to call her Miss Xiaonan. She has always cared about me and taken care of me like this title. If I did something wrong, she would not care about it and forgive me. Now I hope I will change my identity with her. I have set ambition to build a bridge for her. I know that I may not be destined to be a master in my life, but I am sure that in the future I can love and take care of my Miss Xiaonan as a man."
He took out a ring from his arms and looked up at her again.
"Zhao Nanxiao, I love you!"
"Please agree to my proposal, marry me, and be my wife."
Zhao Nanxiao could no longer hold it back, his eyes were filled with tears, and he nodded, and as soon as he moved, tears fell.
He smiled again, grabbed her hand that she wanted to raise her eyes, first put on the ring, then took her hand to his mouth, kissed the finger that had just put on the ring, and then stood up, then raised his hand to help her wipe her tears, and said softly: "You are my Xu Shu's wife from today. You are not allowed to take off the ring in the future, and you won't be able to do it for a while. Have you heard it?"
His voice was full of pride.
Zhao Nanxiao whined vaguely, then threw herself into his arms, buried her face in his chest, and was hugged by him. The two of them snuggled quietly on the bridge in the setting sun for a while. Zhao Nanxiao's emotions gradually calmed down, and she came out of his arms, looking at his motorcycle and asked, "Why do you have to put so much effort into bringing it here?"
Xu Shu turned his head and nodded, "It's really a lot of effort. In order to get this guy on the plane, I not only built a big box, but also emptied its engine oil and gasoline. But it's worth it. When I was a child, I had a wish. One day, I drove the car we drove together and took you to drive over the bridge we built together again. I know that this obsession is very naive, and you want to laugh at me again. It doesn't matter, you laugh, I just ask you to satisfy the fantasy of a boy. This world insists on not giving up, even if it's a fantasy, there will be a possibility that it will become a reality one day."
The more serious he spoke, the more Zhao Nanxiao laughed. Finally, she leaned against the bridge railing, covering her face and laughed. After a long time, she finally held back, walked to the motorcycle with the rose in her arms, climbed up with her hands and feet, put down the flowers, put on the spare helmet, lifted the shield, turned her head, and hooked her chin at him.
"I'm ready, you're not here yet?"
Xu Shu walked over quickly, put on his helmet and gloves, sat up, and ordered her: "Hold me tight!"
Chapter completed!