Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Women Can Be Heroes Too
Qingmei poked her head out from behind the bookcase, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes slightly widened.
The female soldier who was speaking was probably a new recruit, Wang Lei, who had just been assigned to the company. She had a single bar on her shoulder, neatly combed short hair, an oval face, and a small mole on her chin.
According to the old saying, such moles are good for the body and can help one eat. It should be noted that there is usually a quota for one female soldier for every ten to twenty male soldiers. Her successful admission as a female soldier also made the elders in her family more accepting of her.
"You don't want me to prove I'm myself, do you?"
Qingmei didn't feel offended, she just found it amusing. Qingzhuanyuan was filled with newspapers about her that everyone had collected. How could her little fans have never seen their pictures in the newspapers?
Seeing that she dared to speak to her face to face, Wang Lei was so angry that she clenched her fists against her trouser seams and said, "Then do you dare to compete with me?"
This person is so beautiful and petite. She speaks softly and looks delicate.
No matter how you looked at it, he wasn't the tall, glorious image constantly promoted on the radio. In her mind, he should have more of an earthy, down-to-earth aura and a resolute, fearless demeanor. Just like her company commander, Zhou Ruanjun.
Xiaojuan quickly stepped out from behind Qingmei and tried to smooth things over, saying, "I can prove she's Comrade Qingmei."
Wang Lei stared at Qingmei, as if she couldn't hear what Xiaojuan said.
Qingmei blinked and said cheerfully, "Okay, then what do you want to compete for?"
She prided herself on being a life expert, no matter what she encountered. Surely this soldier wouldn't use training to embarrass her.
Seeing Qingmei agreed, Wang Lei said, "We'll compete in whatever you say."
Xiaojuan tugged at Qingmei's arm, not wanting her to compete with Wang Lei. The soldiers were all rough in their training, and it would be bad if they got hurt. If Qingmei got hurt, how would she explain it to Captain Gu?
Seeing her arrogant tone, Qingmei bared her white teeth and smiled, pointing at the bicycles parked outside: "Let's have a weighted running competition."
Qingmei has reached the level of perfection in this project. Looking back on the past, she was running in front with a bicycle on her shoulder, and thunder was roaring behind her. Even the thunder could not catch up with her, let alone the rookie recruits.
Hearing Qingmei mention carrying a bicycle, Wang Lei asked, "Using a bicycle for carrying weights?"
Qingmei said, "Anything can happen when you're on a mission. Carrying a bicycle is nothing compared to carrying a bicycle. When the flood comes, there are people who carry boats from the shore into the river."
Wang Lei thought for a moment and said, "I'll go borrow a car from someone. We'll meet on the playground."
Xiaojuan said worriedly, "Xiaomei, why don't we just run away after she leaves? She doesn't know where we live."
Qingmei shook her head and said, "No, since I've agreed, I won't run away."
She turned to look at Xiaojuan, grabbed her pigtail and shook it, saying, "Comrade Xiaojuan, please believe me. If I win, I'll treat you to a delicious meal tomorrow."
Xiaojuan pulled out her pigtails. She was not well-nourished, so her hair was yellow and soft. Two pigtails were not as much as Qingmei's one, so she cherished her hair.
"Even if you win, I don't want to eat delicious food. If you have money, save it and don't spend it carelessly. Come on, I'll take you to the playground. You don't know the way yet."
Qingmei agreed and said, "Okay, I'll borrow these two books first."
Xiaojuan also held a reference book in her hand, a rare workbook. Although she wasn't currently attending school, she enjoyed doing math problems when she had nothing else to do at home, and she felt a great sense of accomplishment after solving them.
When they both arrived at the library registration office, the female comrade on the morning shift had already left work, and a male comrade was taking over, lazily lying on the table flipping through books to kill time.
Xiaojuan called him several times, but he ignored her.
Qingmei slammed the two books she was holding onto the table. There was a loud bang, which frightened the man so much that he jumped up and asked, "What are you doing? Don't you know you should keep quiet?"
Qingmei said, "We've been standing in front of you, admiring you slacking off at work for at least ten minutes. If you continue like this, I'll go ask your boss."
The male comrades noticed that they were both dressed very simply and had temporary library cards. This was usually because their husbands were not high-ranking and could not come to visit them temporarily with the army.
Sometimes he looked down on these country folk who pretended to read but couldn't even recognize a single word. He occasionally made a few remarks, but no one ever argued with him.
This woman actually wants to seek his leadership?
He looked up and was about to argue with Qingmei when he saw her face froze for a moment. After a few seconds, he turned around and said to Xiaojuan, "Someone has already borrowed the exercise book in your hand. Please pick another one."
Qingmei knew the rules of the reading room. As long as the books were on the shelves, everyone would take them in the order of first come, first served. If they needed the books in advance, they would be taken away and reserved. How could they say they would not lend the books to others after they had already got them?
Qingmei opened her library card and pointed to the reading rules. "Clause three clearly states, 'You may borrow all kinds of books and newspapers from all publicly accessible shelves.' We also get our books from the shelves. I want to ask you, which comes first, the reading rules or your personal rules?"
"I'm doing this for her own good. Can she do the math problems above? I'm just giving it away for show, keeping it for a few days and then returning it. It's better to give it to someone who really needs it." The person who really needs it the man was referring to was himself.
His wife was an officer here, and being a gay man here with the army always made him feel inferior. She was very ambitious, and she also wanted him to keep striving, so she encouraged him to study from time to time. He was also hypocritical.
Today's book was given to him by his wife to do exercises. His wife is a military academy graduate, and he has only a fourth-grade education. His wife plans to teach him.
He felt embarrassed and didn't want to delay it until Xiaojuan got it. He felt a little regretful. He was afraid that his wife would scold him.
Qingmei's question was pointed. Everyone emphasized "sacrificing one's own interests for the greater good." They prioritized rules and the collective. If he didn't lend Xiaojuan the money, Qingmei would secretly accuse him of being selfish.
Xiaojuan usually has a good temper, but she hates it most when people say that she is pretending to study and make progress.
Every time her husband told her to spend less time studying, saying it was useless, she would argue with him. How could she give the librarian any face?
"You said I was pretending to study. Well, just pick out a question and see if I can do it." Xiaojuan said angrily, "If I can do it, you have to apologize to me."
Qingmei said lightly beside him, "It's useless if you do it alone. He has to do it too. Otherwise, how can we tell who is pretending to learn?"
The man's face suddenly changed.
The three or four people who were waiting in line to register at the back had also been waiting for a long time. Seeing that the gay man was about to be embarrassed, they immediately started to make a fuss:
"Yeah, what's the point of just talking? Just do the exercises and you'll know who's the fake one."
"Why do you still look down on women who study? Your name is Wang Chuanxing, right? Every time you come here, you're half-heartedly reading, and I never see you doing any work. If you really love reading, you wouldn't be afraid to compete with this woman, right?"
"Come on, come on, let me look over the questions. The answers are in the exercise book. I'll write the questions on paper. Whoever writes the correct answer first wins. You only have five minutes."
Everyone was talking at once, but Xiaojuan, the person involved, didn't have a chance to say a few words before the matter was settled.
Qingmei looked at Wang Chuanxing coldly. These days, there are many people who lack enthusiasm for study and discourage others from studying. Some even take pride in handing in a blank paper.
Fortunately, under the management of Commander Wang, 014 did not have these unhealthy tendencies. He looked down on people studying in the reading room, so naturally he would mention the iron plate.
Qingmei pulled out a notebook from her bag, tore off three pages, and handed them to the person who was about to set the test. Without a word, the person snatched the book from Wang Chuanxing's hand, flipped through a few pages, and began to copy the questions in a frenzy.
There are too few entertainment activities these days, and when they saw the competition happening here, more than ten people in the reading room turned their eyes over.
After all, we are people who pursue progress. When we see the questions are given, the first thing we do is to see if we can do it, and the second thing we do is to watch the fun.
Xiaojuan originally wanted to accompany Qingmei to compete in carrying bicycles, but she didn't expect that she would compete with someone else first, and that person was a man.
She noticed many inquiring eyes were fixed on her. This was the first time she felt such focused attention.
Her mind was in a mess and her face was flushed. When the man who set the questions handed them to her, she read them through and didn't quite understand them.
Suddenly, a pair of cold hands held her face, and Qingmei's bright smile blossomed in front of her: "Don't be nervous, sit down and treat it as if you were doing the homework at home."
Xiaojuan swallowed and glanced at Wang Chuanxing, who had already sat down and was scratching his head, thinking about the problem.
Xiaojuan and Qingmei nodded gratefully, threw away their messy thoughts, calmed down and looked at the questions again.
The comrade who set the question gave a simple application problem, which anyone who has learned the formula can solve at a glance.
However, Wang Chuanxing, who sat down first, had to read the question thoroughly. After drawing a line under the number, he didn't know what to do next.
In contrast, Xiaojuan sat down, took a pen, read the question once, quickly understood the test points, quickly wrote down the formula and started calculating.
Qingmei actually didn't know how good Xiaojuan was. While standing next to her and encouraging her, she glanced at the answers she wrote and then laughed.
Xiaojuan did the right thing.
The man who set the question was surprised to see this scene. He needed to make a draft when doing this word problem, but he knew the answer, so he could tell at a glance that Xiaojuan was doing it correctly.
Qingmei not only didn't make a draft, but also knew who was right and who was wrong with just a glance. Qingmei's level should be the highest among them.
When the five minutes were up, Wang Chuanxing handed the messy paper to the male comrade who set the questions. After handing it in, he looked down and saw Xiaojuan's answer sheet on the table. He instantly regretted his decision and wanted to take back his answer sheet.
However, Qingmei, who had been observing from the side, would not give him a chance to regret. She grabbed his arm and pressed down hard with her small hand: "Comrade Wang Chuanxing, can you change the answer you submitted?"
Without waiting for Wang Chuanxing to reply, the other comrades who gradually gathered around him said, "It can't be changed!"
"Can you change your answers on the test?"
"It must not be changed!"
The male comrade who set the questions picked up Xiaojuan's answer sheet and held it up together with Wang Chuanxing's answer sheet. Worried that the comrades behind him couldn't see, he even stood on a bench to show everyone: "It's clear who is truly studying and who is pretending to study! Let him apologize to Comrade Xiaojuan!"
Xiaojuan's handwriting is just like her personality, delicate and neat, with the regular script writing style unique to this era.
In contrast, Wang Chuanxing's answer sheet was covered in black ink and had traces of scribbles. If he answered correctly on the real test paper, he would still lose a certain amount of points.
Now it was Wang Chuanxing's turn to blush. Everyone was bullying him left and right, and some of the hot-tempered ones even said that he was not worthy of being a librarian.
"It doesn't matter if the education level is low, the key is that the quality is also low."
I don't know who said this, but it happened to fall into the ears of Zhou Ruanjun who was coming home from get off work.
Zhou Ruanjun was none other than Wang Chuanxing's wife who asked her to make progress every day.
She stood in the distance without saying a word, with her hands on her hips, watching from afar Wang Chuanxing's helpless and embarrassed appearance in the crowd. After standing for a while, she turned around and went to the playground.
"I'm sorry, comrade. If you want to borrow any books from now on, as long as they're here, I won't bother you. I was wrong."
Wang Chuanxing saw more and more people gathering in the reading room. He was really afraid of making a mistake and being fired by his superiors. Under the encouragement of others, he quickly apologized to Xiaojuan.
Not only did he apologize to Xiaojuan, he also took the opportunity to say to the others, "Comrades, I'm sorry for everyone. Please don't gather together anymore. If my leader comes, he will definitely not let me go. I know I was wrong. Please give me another chance."
Being fired is a small matter, but if his wife finds out that he is not doing his job properly and looks down on him, he will be finished.
Xiaojuan successfully borrowed the book and received an apology from Wang Chuanxing. She was very excited.
Her husband always said that studying was useless, but didn't this prove that it was useful? She was so happy today because so many comrades who loved reading supported her.
No matter what Wang Chuanxing said inside, Qingmei and Xiaojuan just apologized, borrowed the book, and came out, and went to the playground.
Xiaojuan chattered in Qingmei's ear about her ideas for solving the problem. Qingmei occasionally discussed with her, but most of the time she was the one doing the talking.
She held Qingmei's arm, and her whole body became lively, as if she had suddenly come to life.
Wang Lei waited for a long time on the playground.
Her comrades kept telling her, "How can we compete with ordinary people? If the squad leader knew about this, he would definitely criticize us. They haven't come yet, maybe they don't plan to come, and you scared them away."
Another comrade also said: "You insist on saying that she is a fake childhood sweetheart, but you have never seen a real childhood sweetheart. You are being too rigid and one-sided, and your thinking is going astray."
"I haven't seen it, and neither have you. How can you say I'm wrong?"
Wang Lei sat on the steps of the playground, looking towards the iron gate, her eyes fixed on it. After a long while, she said, "Just wait. There's no need to waste time talking nonsense."
In front of her were two women's bicycles, which she had just borrowed from an acquaintance in the family quarters.
After waiting for another ten minutes, her comrades in the same class all urged her to go back because the bugle call was about to be blown.
At this time, pleasant laughter came from the iron gate, and Qingmei and Xiaojuan came to the playground hand in hand.
There are many people exercising on the playground in the family quarters, and some cadres who are off work also like to come here to exercise when they have nothing to do.
Many people saw bicycles on the playground and asked, "Why are you riding a bicycle on a playground?"
Before Wang Lei could say anything, her comrade next to her said, "She wants to compete with others in carrying a bicycle."
Everyone was from the military compound. They had seen people carrying sandbags and explosives, but they had never seen anyone carrying bicycles. Word spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and this new type of competition actually attracted a lot of people to watch.
Qingmei's arrival made many people feel familiar.
The family quarters weren't as strictly managed as the military quarters, so some people could still get their hands on local newspapers when they went out. Back then, newspapers were printed in ink, so people's facial features weren't very clear and lifelike. But Qingmei's height and demeanor, standing next to the others, caught many people's attention, and they felt they must have seen her somewhere before.
"Do you think this bike is okay?" Wang Lei stood up, walked over to Qingmei and said, "The 24 bike is the lightest."
Qingmei looked around at the crowd of onlookers and found that some of them seemed to recognize her and were whispering to the people next to them.
Qingmei was already very good-looking, and she attracted a lot of attention the moment she arrived. She was used to it wherever she went, and it didn't bother her much. Instead, she smiled and said to Wang Lei, "You idolize Qingmei, but you don't know her?"
Wang Lei said frankly, "I just came from the company. There's no local newspaper here, and only the radio has reported on Comrade Qingmei's heroic deeds. Back in the women's corps, no one is allowed to go out freely. But I've called my relatives back home to help me collect reports about her, and I should receive a registered mail soon."
Qingmei believed it. She had heard Gu Qingzhou say that after new recruits entered the camp, they would be subject to a completely closed-door military discipline for three to six months in order to correct their bad personal practices and habits. It was impossible for them to enter and leave the army at will or to contact local forces.
Qingmei stopped talking to her and walked to the front of the bicycle, raised her chin and said to Wang Lei, "How do you run?"
Wang Lei patted the bicycle seat and glanced at the playground. Not many people were running. She said, "One lap is 400 meters. Two laps?"
Qingmei smiled, looking down on no one.
Even if you take a shortcut, it's still several miles from Donghe Village to the town market.
Wang Lei saw Qingmei stretch her thin arms under the seat, and use her clever strength to easily carry the bicycle on her shoulders, then raise her chin towards Wang Lei.
The crowd of onlookers suddenly burst into cheers. They didn't expect Qingmei to actually carry a bicycle and compete with a soldier who was a head taller than her.
Wang Lei squatted down with her body tilted, and put her bicycle on the ground and made a running posture.
At the command, the two men ran away.
Wang Lei initially thought she was definitely ahead, and didn't even try her best. By the time she realized she was in trouble, Qingmei had already swung her legs and rushed three meters away.
Wang Lei was pedaling with all her might to catch up, while Qingmei not only ran fast in the front, as if the bicycle on her shoulder did not exist, but also looked back frequently to check the distance between them.
In Wang Lei's eyes, this was a fierce provocation.
Qingmei wasn't actually like she thought. She had been chased by the thunder for so long that she hadn't developed a good habit of running. She would always look back to see where the thunder had struck...
To be honest, if no one was chasing her, she wouldn't have been able to run very fast. Being chased seemed to have triggered a life-saving switch in her bones, and her legs were twitching forward like crazy.
Xiaojuan shouted "Come on!" from the sidelines as she watched Qingmei dash out in the blink of an eye, quickly gaining a seven or eight meter lead over Wang Lei. Just when everyone thought the gap would widen further, that seven or eight meter gap remained constant until the very end.
As Wang Lei ran, she thought Qingmei was teasing her. She kept a distance from her, so what else could she be doing if not teasing her?
Even if Wang Lei used all her strength, she could never catch up with Qingmei.
The bike on the shoulder started to make its presence felt on the second lap.
The metal block made the skin on her shoulder burn with pain. The bumpy movement back and forth kept rubbing against the same skin. Over time, Wang Lei felt like she was being worn out.
As she ran, she thought to herself that she had made a mistake in her thinking and had developed a stereotyped prejudice. She thought that beautiful and petite lesbians could not exert great strength and could not be associated with a tall and majestic image.
She was truly mistaken. She thought it was just someone with the same name pretending to be her, hoping to gain respect and fame. Now it seems that she is the one who disrespects Comrade Qingmei.
The more Wang Lei ran, the more she felt as if her feet were filled with lead.
Xiaojuan was so excited that she jumped up to cheer Qingmei on. Her face was red and full of the energy of a twenty-something.
Gu Qingzhou, who had just finished work and heard the news, headed towards the playground. As soon as he stepped onto the field, he saw a figure suddenly rush past him. Even if she turned to ash, Gu Qingzhou could still tell that this was the young wife he had finally married.
You are so capable.
At night, he cried and said he had no strength left and didn't want to live. He also kicked and stomped on him.
During the day, he was full of energy and could even compete with the female soldiers. I don't know if he was pretending during the day or at night.
Gu Qingzhou gritted his teeth secretly, trying to figure out where to go back.
Mu Ran squinted his eyes and looked at him for a long time, then asked Bao Mi behind him, "Your sister-in-law?"
Bao Mi said excitedly: "Who else could it be but my sister-in-law! Look how heroic she is when she runs, and she even knows how to use psychological tactics to humiliate the opponent."
Gu Qingzhou: "...She is not that kind of person."
Mu Ran laughed and said, "I remember that Auntie can also carry a bicycle, right? I admire you. The Gu family's family tradition is really unique. Later, can you carry one for me to see?"
Gu Qingzhou said coldly: "Do you want me to open your third eye?"
Mu Ran made a "tsk" sound, feeling a little cold on the top of his head. He shrugged and concentrated on watching the game.
Qingmei didn't see Gu Qingzhou coming. After winning the final sprint, she placed the bicycle steadily on the side, leaning on her knees with her hands and catching her breath.
Xiaojuan came over and said, "You're really good at putting the bike away. I thought you would just throw it away when you got there."
Qingmei smiled and thought, the previous bicycles were all borrowed, and she couldn't afford to pay for them, so she treated him like a lord.
Wang Lei, who arrived a few steps later, gasped for breath, put down her bike, and grimaced, clutching her shoulder. "Why does it hurt so much? Comrade Qingmei, are you okay?"
Qingmei grinned at her smugly: "Just asking if you accept it or not?"
There were many people applauding and cheering for Qingmei, and no one could have predicted that the relatively petite and slender Qingmei would actually beat Wang Lei.
After all, Wang Lei could easily overwhelm her just by standing in front of her. And she didn't just win by running, she also won by carrying a bicycle and running with weights.
"I'm convinced, Comrade Qingmei."
Wang Lei walked up to Qingmei, bowed, and said to her, "I'm sorry, Comrade Qingmei. My thinking isn't advanced enough, it's too one-sided. You've taught me a lesson. I've always thought that petite, beautiful women can't be heroes. In fact, that's just as biased and short-sighted as some men's belief that women can't be heroes."
"I accept your apology."
Qingmei smiled and patted her shoulder. "Actually, you're not alone in thinking this way. There are many lesbians who are far superior to gay men, but their image and even gender have been changed by stereotypes. It's remarkable that you've reflected on this."
Wang Lei said simply, "Today I apologize to you in front of everyone, and I also apologize to countless heroic women."
Wang Lei's comrades also said: "I plan to learn more about history and find the heroes who were once buried."
"Then I must also focus on my cultural studies. We can't let the heroes' blood and tears be shed in vain."
Seeing their sincere expressions, Qingmei approached Wang Lei and said, "You shouldn't be the one to apologize. By becoming a female soldier, you've become one of countless outstanding women. You will undoubtedly make many contributions to our country and our people. Like all the female soldiers before you, you will be an idol to the people."
After Qingmei finished speaking, Xiaojuan walked inside and said to Wang Lei and the other soldiers, "Comrade Qingmei is right. She is your idol, and you are all my idols."
The new recruits had never been praised like this before, so they stood straighter and smiled brighter.
Qingmei talked to Wang Lei and the others for a while, and when she noticed that Wang Lei was feeling discomfort in her shoulder, she whispered in her ear, "Apply some safflower oil and rub it, otherwise you won't be able to lift your entire shoulder tomorrow."
This is something I learned from experience.
Wang Lei stood at attention and said gratefully, "Thank you Comrade Qingmei for your concern. I will apply safflower oil when I get home."
Qingmei felt her ears buzz. Soldiers have really loud voices.
Xiaojuan stayed with Qingmei and said to Wang Lei, "Comrade Soldier, I have a newspaper about Comrade Qingmei at home. If you don't mind, I'd find you a copy."
Wang Lei felt their kindness and smiled, showing her eight white teeth. She said, "I asked my mother to buy it for me and send it to me. I won't waste your newspaper. Please keep it well."
Xiaojuan said, "That's fine. Actually, I can't bear to give it away. I want to keep it and stick it in my diary."
Wang Lei clapped her hands and said, "I only want my mom to buy one copy. If I had known earlier, I would have asked her to buy a few more so that I can take them out and read them aloud to everyone during the ideological exchange meeting."
They said this in front of Qingmei, and Qingmei was a little shy, hehe.
The onlookers were deeply moved by the successful resolution of the match. Qingmei's words also made them reflect. Sometimes, stereotypes occur inadvertently, and they need to pay more attention to them in the future.
"Comrade Qingmei, could you please sign for us?"
"What's the point of signing? Why don't you come over to our recruit class and say a few words?"
"Why are you, a male soldier, trying to compete with our female soldiers for people? We also want Comrade Qingmei to tell the female soldiers about her glorious deeds."
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Seeing his young wife gradually being surrounded by people, Gu Qingzhou came over in time. He seemed to have an automatic clearing function. After he came over, everyone was stunned to know that they were a couple, and then watched Gu Qingzhou leave with Qingmei.
Wang Lei and her comrades were even more dumbfounded. Comrade Qingmei and Captain Gu were a family.
Wang Lei muttered quietly, "What a match made in heaven."
Qingmei turned around and called Xiaojuan, who hurried after them under everyone's gaze. Qingmei took her arm, turned around and waved to Wang Lei and the others, then went to the dormitory.
Librarian Wang Chuanxing's wife, Zhou Ruanjun, happened to see Qingmei winning the competition.
Unfortunately, she was at the other end of the playground, and when she came over, Gu Qingzhou had already taken Qingmei away.
Wang Lei watched Qingmei leave with her fists clenched in excitement. Zhou Ruanjun laughed and said, "Did you fight with your idol?"
Wang Lei asked, "How do you know she is Qingmei?"
Zhou Ruanjun said: "I read her report when I was on a business trip, and I felt that it was true."
Wang Lei said, "Company Commander, I'm so happy. Comrade Qingmei is more powerful and more caring towards female comrades than reported."
Zhou Ruanjun said thoughtfully, "I'll ask Captain Gu later to see if he's willing to let Comrade Qingmei chat with us."
Wang Lei and her comrades were immediately excited. Wang Lei's comrade said eagerly, "Great! Let's go and discuss this with Captain Gu. I just arrived so late that I didn't even get to talk to Comrade Qingmei."
Qingmei didn't know that the female soldiers had an increasingly better impression of her. The three of them went upstairs together. Xiaojuan greeted them happily and took out her key.
Before she could open the door, it opened on its own.
Xiaojuan was startled to see her husband Wu Shizhong standing at the door, and she quickly hid the cloth bag containing the books behind her.
Wu Shizhong didn't care about her little actions, but pulled her, gently closed the door, and brought her into the house.
On the table were two dishes, one meat and one vegetable, that he had hurried to the cafeteria to get, as well as some rice. "What did you do today?"
Xiaojuan was still excited when she thought about what happened that afternoon. When she saw the food from the cafeteria on the table, she was even happier, thinking that her husband had remembered her birthday.
A happy smile appeared on her face: "I encountered an interesting thing in the library-"
"I didn't ask you that."
Wu Shizhong handed her a piece of twice-cooked pork and said, "Tell me, were you with Captain Gu's wife on the playground? I saw you two were very close, like good friends?"
Xiaojuan looked down at the twice-cooked pork she had rarely eaten and said gloomily, "I don't know who you're talking about."
Wu Shizhong tapped the plate with his chopsticks and said, "Just say you're stupid. The two people who came back with you are the famous Gu Qingzhou, the captain of the group. The other is Comrade Qingmei, his wife."
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