The reason he accepted Gu Wenpeng's invitation was twofold: firstly, because Gu Wenpeng said his job was to help the weak; and secondly, because the village chief had said that he had suffered enough over the years, and his family didn't want to see him like this. They say one should observe three years of mourning, and he had three years after that, and six years had passed in the blink of an eye. It was time for him to come out and see the world.
"Come, let me introduce you to my niece." The two picked up their luggage from the ground and walked toward the three people standing a few meters behind them.
"Come, let me introduce you. This is my former comrade-in-arms, Comrade Du Dezhang. This lady is my niece, Comrade Ruan Ruan, who is also the behind-the-scenes boss of a charity. This is her husband, Comrade Huo Haocheng. This is Comrade Akun. Like you, he is also a veteran. He just came from the Northeast and has only been here for a short time. From now on, you will be working together."
"Uncle Du, hello, I'm Ruan Ruan, thank you for coming." Before meeting her, Huo Haocheng had told her a lot about himself. Now that he had met her in person, and looking at his uncle and Uncle Kun, the three of them should be around the same age. However, now that the three of them were standing together, Du Dezhang looked much older than them.
"Hello, old leader, I am Huo Haocheng." As a soldier, he and Ruan Ruan had different feelings about Du Dezhang's situation and did not quite agree with his actions. If it were him, perhaps he would not have retired. He would have thrown himself into the fight like a madman and killed all those people. Only when they all fell under his gun could he feel at ease.
"Comrade Huo Haocheng, hello." Looking at the young soldier in front of him, he thought of how he had been in the same situation, standing at the train station to pick up his newlywed wife to come to the army to spend the New Year with him. They had been very happy.
"Comrade Ruan Ruan, hello, I'm glad you chose me." Whether it was Gu Wenpeng's invitation or Ruan Ruan's invitation, the charity was hers, and now that she was standing in front of him, he could take it as her invitation, giving him an excuse to come out and see the outside world.
"Hello, Comrade Akun. It's a pleasure to work with you in the future."
"Comrade Du Dezhang, hello, it's a pleasure to work with you."
The two shook hands, and the way they looked at each other was like finding a companion, a feeling of perfect understanding.
Seeing that the two had been shaking hands for half a minute and showed no intention of letting go, Commander Gu assumed that the two were secretly competing with each other.
"Alright, alright, there's plenty of time later. It's getting late, let's head back now." Then she took Du Dezhang's arm and started walking forward.
After getting in the car, Commander Gu kept trying to find topics to liven up the atmosphere. He never expected that he would do such a thing in his lifetime. However, the people on his left and right sides were glancing at each other from time to time. He was really worried that the two of them might start fighting in the car over a single wrong word.
When they finally arrived at their destination, Huo Haocheng had just stopped his car when he pushed Du Dezhang out of the car.
Then he quickly picked up his luggage and pulled him into the house.
His speed was so fast that Ruan Ruan, who opened the door, felt that if she were even a little slow, it would be disrespectful to his speed.
Watching the two figures disappear into the room, Ruan Ruan expressed her confusion and asked Huo Haocheng, who was helping Uncle Kun with his luggage, "Don't you think Uncle is acting a little strange?"
"What could be wrong?" Huo Haocheng didn't understand what Ruan Ruan meant by her question.
"...I just feel that, Uncle, he, do you think there's a possibility that they..." She tapped her hand on their backs, and she thought that even if she didn't say it, Huo Haocheng would understand what she meant.
Huo Haoshen truly understood, but he couldn't understand his wife's thoughts at all. It was impossible for even a fool to understand, especially since they were already married!
"...You, wife, when you have this thought, think about your aunt and Gu Jinghe and his brother." He really didn't know what to say. He could understand when she mentioned Ruan Shaoke and Bai Sirui, since the two of them were always inseparable and had always been single. There was no news of them going on blind dates or getting close to any other women.
But now she thinks the same way about her uncle and Uncle Du, and he really doesn't understand. Does she really like this kind of relationship?
"...Oh, have you ever heard a saying?"
"What did you say?"
"Men and women are true love, men and women are for procreation."
"What do you mean by carrying on the family line? Girl, you're pregnant?" Ah Kun didn't expect that he had just wanted to take out the things he brought for them and put them in the car to avoid having to carry them up and down. In just a short while, he heard such big news.
"Uncle Kun, no, no, I'm not pregnant yet. We were just talking casually." Ruan Ruan didn't expect that her casual remark would be overheard by her elders. Luckily, they didn't hear the first half of her sentence, or she would have been in real trouble.
"Oh, since there isn't any, let's go inside. What are you doing standing at the door?" He glanced at them, picked up his things, and walked into the house.
"Uncle Kun didn't hear what I said just now, did he?" Ruan Ruan asked uncertainly, recalling the look Uncle Kun had given them earlier.
"What do you think?" Based on Huo Haocheng's understanding of soldiers, he knew that Uncle Kun had overheard their entire conversation, and he was quite certain that the look Uncle Kun gave him just now was asking, "Does Commander Gu know that you're discussing him like this?"
"Aaaaaah!!!! I don't want to live anymore." Ruan Ruan, who had been clinging to a sliver of hope, blushed as red as a monkey's bottom after hearing Huo Haocheng's words.
Being a fujoshi (a female fan of male-male romance) isn't scary; what's scary is when your elders find out about your casual banter.
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