Chapter 139 Chapter 139 Lu Yannan looked at Xia Qinqin...

Lu Yannan looked at Xia Qinqin and smiled, "Sister Qinqin, long time no see."

Xia Qinqin hurriedly said politely: "Hello, long time no see."

After all, they hadn't seen each other for so many years, Xia Qinqin was still a little unfamiliar with the person who suddenly appeared in front of her. The memories in her mind could not be opened for a while, and her tone was polite and unfamiliar.

Lu Yannan's eyes moved slightly, and he smiled without saying anything.

Xia Junshan warmly invited them into the house, "When did you come? We didn't know you were coming today, so we went to the street to buy bicycles."

Lu Shaohuan smiled and said, "We came here uninvited. I just moved in this morning and haven't packed my things yet. I thought I'd come and say hello to you, old leader."

Xia Junshan smiled and nodded at him: "You kid, you talk nonsense all day long. I thought you would not come for a few days."

Lu Shaohuan explained: "Because I had to bring a burden with me, I came early." He pointed at his nephew behind him.

Meng Yufei was surprised and asked, "You guys are coming over too?"

Xia Junshan smiled and said, "I forgot to tell you that I just received news two days ago that Shao Huan is also coming to Lingcheng Military Region this time, in the next division, but I didn't expect Yan Nan to come with him."

Lu Shaohuan said: "It was my grandfather's idea. He said it would be more convenient to study here. In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether you study in this school or not. You can just join the army in a few years..."

"You are wrong. Studying is still necessary," Xia Junshan interrupted him immediately and said seriously, "Especially for children of their age, a good school is very beneficial to their growth."

Lu Shaohuan touched his nose and smiled: "Well, you parents all have your own way of speaking. I don't know how to raise children, so I just listen to you."

Xia Junshan laughed and joked: "Shaohuan, how come you haven't solved the major issue of your life in all these years? You are too slow. Your comrades in the same batch have children all over the place."

Lu Shaohuan smiled and said, "I've been busy all the time."

As they talked, they walked across the yard and into the living room. Lu Yannan, who was two steps behind the adults, glanced around the yard and saw the newly planted saplings. He turned to the people around him and asked:

"Sister Qinqin, what kind of tree is planted in this yard?"

Xia Qinqin paused, blinked her eyes and realized that this sister Qinqin was calling her.

She pointed to the trees on the left corner and said, "Those are roses." She then pointed to the trees on the right and said, "These are gardenias."

Lu Yannan nodded: "I remember when I was in Nanya Island, you also planted gardenias in your yard."

They planted it together.

Lu Yannan asked again: "Are all the flowers planted at Grandma Liu's house peonies?"

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes, Grandma Liu likes peonies the most."

Lu Yannan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "You must have spent a lot of time painting peonies in recent years, sister Qinqin, can you let me see these paintings of yours when you have time?"

"Okay." Xia Qinqin agreed generously. In her small study, there was a big box filled with her childhood paintings.

“Well, um…” Xia Qinqin thought for a moment and continued, “Brother Yannan, you, you don’t have to call me Sister Qinqin, just call me Qinqin, everyone calls me that.

Lu Yannan paused for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll call you Qinqin from now on."

Inside the house, Xia Junshan led everyone to sit on the sofa and was busy making tea.

"This tea was given to me by my father-in-law. It tastes good. Try it."

Lu Shaohuan took the teacup with a smile: "I don't know much about tea, so I can't tell whether it's good or bad. But, Captain, if you have good wine, I can let you taste it."

Even though Xia Junshan was promoted again, he still felt that calling him company commander was more intimate.

Xia Junshan waved his hands and said, "I don't have any wine here, and no one in my family drinks that stuff."

Lu Shaohuan took a sip of tea and raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Then I'll bring you a few boxes of Maotai in a few days. That one tastes pretty good."

Xia Junshan glanced at Meng Yufei beside him and shook his head: "No, I don't like drinking now, you can keep it for yourself."

Lu Shaohuan was about to speak, but Meng Yufei picked up the teapot and filled his cup with water, smiling and saying, "Try this tea again."

"Oh... OK, good tea." Lu Shaohuan nodded and said with a smile.

Xia Qinqin took Lu Yannan upstairs to her small study. In the middle was a long table with pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other painting supplies on it.

Xia Qinqin pointed to the chair next to the table and said, "Please sit down. I'll get a painting for you to see." Then she walked towards the large wooden box in the corner.

Lu Yannan also followed and said, "Let me help you."

Opening the wooden box, it was filled with drawing papers. "In addition to flowers, there are also islands I drew when I was a child. My mother left them all to me."

Lu Yannan took out a few pictures and looked at them, praising them: "It's really well drawn."

Xia Qinqin said modestly: "It is a little better than when I was a child."

Lu Yannan smiled and said, "More than a little, it's amazing."

Xia Qinqin smiled and curved her eyebrows.

Although many people have praised her paintings since she was a child, she still feels happy every time she hears others praise her paintings.

"I've got something interesting to show you." Xia Qinqin trotted over to her bookshelf and pulled out a palm-sized booklet.

"Look, this is the Monkey King I drew myself."

Lu Yannan took it and flipped through it. Every one of them was of Sun Wukong. Their movements and expressions were similar but different. He smiled and said, "You still like Sun Wukong so much."

"Of course, just wait, I'll show you a moving Monkey King." Xia Qinqin said as she handed the book over, opened it sideways and quickly flipped the pages. The static pictures inside came to life, as if they were walking and dancing.

Lu Yannan's eyes flashed with surprise, "Is this, an animation?"

Xia Qinqin said confidently: "Yes, my mother said that cartoons are also made in this way. What do you think? I am very good, right?"

Lu Yannan nodded: "Yeah, it's amazing."

Xia Qinqin then took out other paintings she had drawn and showed them to him.

Until Lu Shaohuan called Lu Yannan back home, Xia Qinqin hadn't finished looking at her paintings.

"Don't worry, you'll have time to look at it slowly later." Lu Yannan said to her with a smile.

Lu Yannan came here this time just to study, so the two of them were naturally in the same class. Both were new transfer students, and the teacher naturally arranged them to sit together.

After many years, the two became deskmates again.

As Lu Shaohuan was a single man, it was inevitably inconvenient for him to take care of the child, so Xia Junshan and Meng Yufei accepted Lu Yannan's meal problem.

Every morning Lu Yannan would ride over on his bike, and the two children would ride to the cafeteria to have breakfast, then go to school. After school, they would go home for dinner.

Meng Yufei went to work in a newly opened bank branch. Not only had she worked in Haishi Bank for several years before, but her father had worked in a bank all his life, so she got the hang of this job very quickly.

The bank president was transferred from Lingcheng City. He was supposed to retire in two years, but he came here purely to get a promotion so that his retirement benefits would be better in the future.

I originally thought that the person assigned by the army would be a layman, but I didn't expect that Vice President Meng had such strong professional ability. So I handed over all the work to Meng Yufei with confidence, and began to enjoy my retirement life in advance.

Once Meng Yufei got busy, she had no time to take care of the two children's meals at home. The same was true for Xia Junshan, who had a lot of work to do after just arriving.

Therefore, not only did they have to eat all their meals in the cafeteria during this period, but they also didn't have time to sit together as a family.

After two days of getting along, Xia Qinqin and Lu Yannan became familiar with each other. That morning, Xia Qinqin woke up late again and ran downstairs in a hurry with her schoolbag.

There was already a young man waiting on a bicycle at the door. He was wearing a neat white shirt. The breeze blew through his hair, revealing his picturesque features.

"Hey, Lu Yannan, are you waiting for Xia Qinqin here again? What's your relationship? Why are you standing at the gate of her house every morning?" A smiling voice came.

The person who spoke was Pang Youcheng, the second son of Commander Pang in the back. There were several other people beside him, all of whom were children of the military compound. They rode their bicycles over laughing.

Lu Yannan didn't even glance at this group of people.

"Lu Yannan, you're going to be late for school. Don't wait for Xia Qinqin. Come with us." Another girl spoke up.

Lu Yannan still didn't respond.

One boy was dissatisfied with his attitude and shouted, "Hey! Can't you hear me?"

Lu Yannan raised his eyes slightly and glanced at him, his eyes full of indifference.

The boy got off his bike angrily, pointed at him and said, "What are you looking at? Who are you looking down on?"

He walked up to Lu Yannan and said, "You are so great?" and stretched out his hand to push him.

Lu Yannan quickly grabbed the wrist that was stretched out to him and said coldly, "You want to fight?"

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, we were just joking." Pang Youcheng hurried over to pull the two people apart, but when he tried to pry them apart, he found that he couldn't move Lu Yannan's hands at all.

"Lu Yannan, we were just joking with you, don't be angry." Pang Youcheng said with a smile: "We are classmates and from the same courtyard, don't make things awkward."

The boy whose wrist was grabbed frowned in pain, but he still said stubbornly: "That's right, you can't take a joke..."

Lu Yannan said coldly: "You are worthy of joking with me?"

"You...what are you so arrogant about? Your uncle is only at the deputy division level, but Youcheng's father is at the division level! His father is your uncle's leader..."

"Yaoqing, stop talking." Pang Youcheng glared at his companion, then turned and said to Lu Yannan with a smile, "It's getting late. If we don't leave now, we'll be late for school."

Lu Yannan glanced at Pang Youcheng and let go of the person in his hand.

Pang Youcheng said, "Okay, I'll do you a favor today. We'll leave first."

Li Yaoqing next to him glared at Lu Yannan angrily, obviously not convinced.

Lu Yannan said calmly, "Meet at the basketball court on the east side of the compound at 8 o'clock tonight. If there is any dissatisfaction, we can solve it together."

Li Yaoqing gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you said it, we'll see each other then that!"

Pang Youcheng opened his mouth and was about to say something when the door in front of him suddenly opened.

"Sorry, I'm late." Xia Qinqin ran out of the yard in a hurry.

When she looked up, she saw a few people standing at the door and asked in surprise, "This... Brother Yannan, are they your friends?"

Xia Qinqin got up early in the morning and ate, then quickly tied her hair into a low ponytail. When she ran, her hair came loose a little, making it fuzzy and a little frizzy.

Coupled with her big twinkling eyes, she looks inexplicably adorable.

"Oh, yes, I'm Lu Yannan's friend," Pang Youcheng immediately said with a smile, "You are Xia Qinqin, right? I'm from the class next to yours. My name is Pang Youcheng, and I live behind yours."

Xia Qinqin nodded slightly and said, "Hello."

Pang Youcheng wanted to continue talking when he suddenly felt his body move and was pushed aside.

"Let's go, we're almost late for school." Lu Yannan said.

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Oh, yes, we're almost late."

The two men rode away in a hurry.

Li Yaoqing looked at their backs and asked, "Brother Cheng, are you going tonight?"

Pang Youcheng raised his eyebrows: "Go, why not?" Who wouldn't want to watch the excitement?

Li Yaoqing covered his hands and said angrily: "Show that kid some color tonight."

On the way, Xia Qinqin asked curiously: "Brother Yannan, why didn't the person just now walk with us?"

Lu Yannan said, "I'm not familiar with them." After thinking for a while, he said, "Don't pay attention to them if you see them in the future. If they cause you trouble, remember to tell me."

"Ah? Are they bad kids?" Xia Qinqin was surprised: "Then why did that guy named Pang Youcheng just say he was your friend?"

Lu Yannan said calmly: "His personality makes him a friend to everyone and a non-friend to no one."

Xia Qinqin asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Lu Yannan smiled and said, “I mean, don’t make friends with him. He has too many friends and they like to get together and cause trouble.”

Xia Qinqin thought about it and realized that there was indeed a group of people not far from her home. She nodded and said, "Okay. It turns out that the group of people I see riding bicycles around the compound every day are all friends of Pang Youcheng."

In the evening, after dinner and practicing writing, Lu Yannan left Meng's house. Instead of going home as usual, he rode his bike towards the basketball court.

Li Yaoqing came right after dinner. He waited for a long time before he saw the target riding a bike towards him. He asked impatiently, "Why are you here just now?"

Lu Yannan parked the car and asked calmly, "Is it past eight o'clock?"

Li Yaoqing choked. He didn't have a watch. He subconsciously turned around to ask his companions behind him, but they were all teenagers. Who would have a watch?

"You, why are you so late in making the appointment? You are so procrastinating. I think you have taken the photo and chose this time on purpose so that I can't wait and leave first."

Lu Yannan took off his military green satchel and hung it on the car, rolled up his sleeves, walked over and said directly: "Stop talking nonsense."

"You kid, you are too arrogant. Today I will teach you a lesson..." Li Yaoqing was so angry that he raised his hand and hit him.

A few minutes later, Li Yaoqing was lying on the ground wailing, covering his face with one hand and his leg with the other.

The companions who came over were originally laughing and making a fuss, but after seeing Lu Yannan beat the man up skillfully, their voices gradually quieted down.

Lu Yannan patted his sleeves, turned around and looked sternly at the group of people watching the excitement nearby, which startled everyone.

Lu Yannan raised his hand, pointed at Pang Youcheng, who was in the lead, and said slowly: "You, do you want to come?"

Pang Youcheng paused and said with a smile: "I didn't say I wanted to fight with you, did I?"

Lu Yannan nodded and said, "Okay, then don't talk to me and Xia Qinqin anymore."

Pang Youcheng asked curiously, "Why? You can't even talk, and what does my conversation with Xia Qinqin have to do with you?"

Lu Yannan ignored his protest and looked at the group of people in front of him, including Li Yaoqing lying on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "What I just said applies to all of you. If anyone comes over to talk to me again, I will beat them up every time I see them!"

A boy next to him said: "Don't be so arrogant. What's the point of being so powerful in a one-on-one fight? There are so many of us and we are not afraid of you!"

Lu Yannan smiled and said with contempt: "Oh, so you don't dare to fight alone, but only dare to bully the minority with your numbers. I overestimated you. I thought the children of Lingcheng troops would have some backbone."

"You...you..." The boy who just spoke was speechless.

Pang Youcheng paused, gave Lu Yannan a thumbs up, and said with a smile: "Okay, brother, I am convinced by you today."

In the evening, Li Yaoqing limped back home and was beaten again because he got into a fight again due to coming home late.

Li Yaoqing, who was lying on the bed groaning in pain, suddenly realized, "This Lu Yannan is really despicable! It turns out that he wanted me to get beaten again when I get home!"

It was so vicious that he pounded the bed in anger.

Since then, Lu Yannan's reputation as a ruthless person has spread throughout the compound. Because of this, no one has bothered him, and even Xia Qinqin, who often walks with Lu Yannan, has had fewer troubles.

This is in line with Lu Yannan's purpose of fighting this time.

Lu Yannan rode his bike back home, opened the gate, and saw the lights in the living room were on. Lu Shaohuan had already returned.

"You're back. Why did you come back a little late today?" asked Lu Shaohuan, who was cleaning his gun in the living room.

Lu Yannan put down his schoolbag and explained lightly, "I practiced writing more with Qinqin."

Lu Shaohuan didn't doubt him and nodded: "Then you should go upstairs and sleep. Children won't grow tall if they don't sleep."

Lu Yannan paused and suddenly asked, "Uncle, who is taller, you or my dad?"

Lu Shaohuan replied without even looking up: "Your father."

Lu Yannan said slowly: "Scientific research shows that the main factor affecting a child's height is genetic genes, which means that a child's height is related to the height of their parents."

After saying this, he went upstairs.

After a while, Lu Shaohuan stopped wiping his gun and said, "Huh? You mean you will be taller than me when you grow up."

He turned his head to look at the staircase, only to see his nephew's disappearing figure.

He murmured, "This kid is still beating around the bush when he speaks now. I don't know who he learned this from. He's too cunning..."

Not as cute as when she was a kid at all!