Gu Qinglie believed her for the time being, "If you dare to say that in front of my brother next time, I'll give you five dollars."
Gu Qingqing bit into the crispy cucumber strips with a smile: "No, Gousheng usually gives me ten yuan."
"You greedy little bastard." Gu Qinglie glanced at her unhappily, "Even Gousheng won't bring you food."
Among the three siblings, Gu Qinglie and Gu Qingqing are the most similar. Although Gu Canyang and Gu Qinglie are twins, they have very different personalities and are prettier than their younger siblings.
Don't be fooled by his bright and sunny name, he is actually a cold person. Only Gu Qingqing can reply to you once after you say three sentences. If it is Gu Qinglie, he will be the only one talking for a long time and Gu Canyang will not even bat an eyelid.
Gu Qingqing made a face at him, and seeing that her brother's lunch box was almost empty, she took half of her own lunch box and gave it to him.
"You don't want to eat?" Gu Qinglie frowned.
"I have a small appetite, but you have a big one. If you eat, you still have to train in the afternoon."
When Gu Qinglie heard her say "small appetite", he couldn't help but burst out laughing and lay on the table laughing like an idiot.
Gu Qingqing stepped on him angrily.
Don’t know the kindness of others!
In the evening, after Gu Qingqing went to the backyard to wash up, she was about to go back to the house. She saw a figure standing under the moonlight. She was not afraid and looked carefully. It seemed to be Chu Dai's childhood sweetheart.
Bai Rong walked quietly towards the greenhouse. When she looked back, she saw Gu Qingqing squatting behind the wall. She only stuck out half of her head after she turned around.
Bai Rong was seen with her hand on the greenhouse door, as if she was going to open it, but for some reason she paused for a moment and finally withdrew her hand.
Just at this moment, a team of privates came for patrol, led by Chu Dai.
"Brother Adai?!" Bai Rong shouted happily after seeing the figure clearly.
Chu Dai looked at Bai Rong with pity and saw her standing there. He wanted to let the private continue patrolling while he went over.
Then he thought about it and thought it was night time, and it would be bad for her reputation to be alone with a man, so he waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute."
"Yes." The privates stopped and stood still.
Chu Dai strode over, bringing up a strong breeze with him.
The night was a little chilly, and seeing her shivering slightly, he asked, "What are you doing here so late?"
Bai Rong looked at him with bright eyes, "I heard that Platoon Leader Gu's sister built a greenhouse here to grow vegetables, so I came to take a look."
Chu Dai said "Oh" without any emotion, but the meaning was unclear: "You don't want to watch it during the day, but come at night?"
"I'm not free during the day. Our art troupe has to rehearse dance and perform the day after tomorrow."
"Yeah." Chu Dai glanced at her calmly and said, "Go back to the house early. Lao Yu is watching this land closely. He will get angry if anyone touches it."
Bai Rong was panicking, as if someone had seen through her. Tears welled up in her eyes: "Brother Adai, what are you talking about? Suspecting that I would destroy the vegetable field?" She was really aggrieved. She did have some bad thoughts. Gu Qingqing was very popular in the group during this period, and she felt a little uncomfortable.
In addition, Fang Die whispered in her ear that she was really afraid that after Gu Qingqing's vegetable garden grew vegetables, Brother Adai would look at her differently.
But she regretted it as soon as she reached the greenhouse. She was born in a military compound and had been taught since childhood to be upright and honest. She could not do anything to let down the red star above her head.
But Chu Dai's cold tone hurt her. It was obvious that Brother Adai was very happy when he saw her that day.
Why did it change suddenly?
"Let's go back to the house." Chu Dai raised his feet to leave.
"Brother Adai." Bai Rong stepped forward and looked at him with tears in her eyes: "You promised me that you would take good care of me."
When Chu Dai heard her mention Bai Yan, his eyes were stunned for a moment. He raised his head and looked carefully at Bai Rong in front of him for the first time.
The little girl and her brother have very similar features. When the brothers were in the compound, the little girl followed them around every day, sweetly calling them Brother Ayan, Brother Azhao, and Brother Adai.
Two years ago, Bai Yan died in a battle with him at the border. His brother was most worried about his sister.
Chu Dai is an only child and has always treated her like a younger sister. When she was little, she loved to hold his arm and show off to her friends: "This is my brother A Dai! Isn't he handsome? My brother can do so many things! He even made a big bamboo dragonfly for me!"
After Bai Yan's death, Uncle Bai was in great pain. His father also kicked him hard in the heart and scolded him for taking Bai Yan to the Construction Corps, causing Uncle Bai to lose his son and Bai Rong to lose her brother.
The only thing Chu Dai regretted in his life was that he failed to block his brother's bullet.
"Xiao Rong, you have grown up." Chu Dai sighed: "If your brother saw you now, he would definitely be very happy."
"But I don't have a brother anymore, Brother Adai, I don't have a brother anymore!" Bai Rong threw herself into his arms and burst into tears. In her heart, she was very jealous of Gu Qingqing. She envied her brother Gu Qinglie for loving her so much, and she heard that he even went to the cliff to pick watermelons for her.
If her brother Ayan were still alive, he would definitely do a lot of things for her.
Chu Dai let his hands hang at his sides, letting her lie in front of him and sob.
How great it would have been if he had died at that time. Chu Yuan would not have been so sad, A Yan would have been alive, and Xiao Rong would not have lost her brother.
Gu Qingqing stood in the shadows, stunned by what she had just heard, and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
Bai Rong leaned on his shoulder, slowly raised her head, and sobbed softly: "Brother Adai, I heard that Uncle Guan is introducing you to someone."
Chu Dai didn't know why her thoughts jumped so sharply, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Little kid, where did you hear such a rumor?"
"My dad said so." Bai Rong stared at his fair chin, her voice so soft that it almost faded away with the wind: "Brother Adai, since it's just an introduction, why don't you marry me? We grew up together and know each other well. My dad also followed Uncle Chu all the way here."
The more she talked, the more determined she became: "Brother Adai, let's get married."
"You promised my brother that you would take good care of me."
In the darkness, Gu Qingqing's fingernails unconsciously dug into her palm, leaving it red.
Chu Dai's eyes turned cold and he took a step back, leaving Bai Rong empty-handed.
"Xiao Rong." He said calmly, "Uncle Guan didn't introduce me to a partner, and I don't plan to marry anyone."
"I promised your brother that I would take good care of you and treat you as my own sister until you get married."
"You are still young, so if you have trouble figuring out something, you can take your time to think about it. If you meet someone you like in the army or somewhere else, you can tell me and I will prepare a dowry for you."
Seeing Bai Rong's face getting paler and paler under the moonlight, he finally felt a little reluctant, but he was still afraid that she wouldn't understand -
"Xiao Rong, please give up those inappropriate thoughts. I sincerely hope that you can find your own happiness."
"Brother will always be your brother."
After saying that, he didn't look at her again, walked in front of the private soldier, and said in a deep voice: "Continue patrolling."
"Yes, Captain."
The orderly footsteps faded away, and Bai Rong finally couldn't help it. She squatted on the ground, covering her face and crying loudly.
Gu Qingqing had never seen Chu Dai like this before. He was decisive, efficient, ruthless, and even had a heart of stone.
He sternly rejected Bai Rong, who grew up with him, so what about her?
Gu Qingqing didn't dare to think about it.
She tiptoed back to the room and lay on the bed, trying to figure it out over and over again but couldn't.
Why is Chu Dai so opposed to marriage? Is there a shadow behind this? Or does he already have a lover?
Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, Gu Qingqing took out a photo from under her pillow. In the moonlight, her eyes fell on the man's face in the photo.
He has a pair of very beautiful eyes and brows. The young soldier in the kitchen squad said that Chu Dai has a somewhat cold personality, but he is actually warm-hearted. Uncle Yu said that Captain Chu is a very proud person, but he is very easy to get along with and has no airs.
Indeed, she can tolerate her brother nagging her all day long without getting annoyed, which shows that they get along well.
But he doesn't want to get married!
What is this man's heart made of? Stone? Is it because he is used to fighting on the battlefield, so his heart has become numb and can no longer be warmed?
Gu Qingqing's mind was in a mess. She put down the photo and pulled the quilt over her head, thinking that this was really difficult.
In the past two days, she has not been anywhere except the small vegetable garden and the quartermaster's office, not even to the cafeteria.
She was deliberately avoiding Chu Dai.
She was afraid that when she saw him, she would start to have wild thoughts, would plot something bad, and would want to possess him for herself.
From childhood to adulthood, she could get whatever she wanted. Grandpa, grandma, father, mother, uncles, aunts, and brothers all got used to her, as if everything could be solved by acting coquettishly.
But when she thought of Chu Dai's cold expression last night, she was really scared.
Last night, she dreamed that Chu Dai looked at her coldly and said, "Brother advises you not to covet things that do not belong to you."
Gu Qinglie brought food to the girl and saw that she looked absent-minded, so he thought she was missing home.
He put the aluminum lunch box on the table and said, "Qingqing, why don't you write another letter and ask Dad and Mom to reply?"
Gu Qingqing nodded, then shook her head: "Brother, I want to go home."
Gu Qinglie pushed her aluminum lunch box over and said with a smile, "Oh, is our Qingqing planning to give up?"
"Alas." Gu Qingqing sighed heavily: "Brother, why is it so difficult to like someone?"
Gu Qinglie passed the fried eggs to her: "What happened? Because of that comrade Xiaobai from the art troupe?"
"No...what did you hear?" Gu Qingqing had a keen sense of smell. How could her brother, with his wooden brain, actually think of Bai Rong? This was strange.
"It was Comrade Fang Die beside her who said when she went to the cafeteria to get food that Comrade Xiaobai and Lao Chu were childhood sweethearts, and that Comrade Xiaobai came all the way to perform in the Corps just for him."
Gu Qingqing protested: "Well, I came all the way north to build the Corps for him! I even dug up pig manure to grow vegetables!"
Gu Qinglie couldn't help but burst out laughing. He coughed a few times and said, "I'll help you gain weight when I'm free. Don't worry."
"I don't know whether this is true or not. Anyway, Comrade Xiaobai hasn't appeared in the cafeteria in the past few days."
"What about Chu Dai?" Gu Qingqing was a little embarrassed, but she couldn't help but think about him, "He has no answer to these things?"
Judging from his bland words that night, he should have clarified this if he had known about it.
"Old Chu led the troops to the battlefield last night." Gu Qinglie finished the rice in his lunch box, leaving not a single grain of rice behind: "The art troupe will have a performance tonight, go and watch it yourself, I'm going to fight in the afternoon too."
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