At West of Bei Xun City special duty officers camp.
In the evening on the sport ground, the solider are wearing their camouflage clothing neatly. All of them are lining up in strict order.
The sunset is shining on them, they are sweating like rain.
Lin Lu Xiao is holding his stick, he is sweating too. Yet he is strict and serious. He suddenly says: “Attention!”
Everyone starts to stand up straight. All of them are silent, none of them are dare to say anything. They even don’t dare to breath loudly.
“We are done for today, you are allowed to leave!”
All people start to release their breath and wipe their sweat.
The squad leaders start to take their group toward the dining hall to have dinner. One of the instructors run over and stops in front of Lin Lu Xiao. He gives him a salute and then says: “The leader asks you to go to Zhi Dui (Military unit organized temporarily for a certain purpose) .”
Lin Lu Xiao answers: “Em.” He just takes off his gloves and gives it to the instructor. He turns his body and wants to go to his car. Yet he is stopped.
Both of them just walk. The instructor talks with him with a low voice: “You should listen to his words. It’s okay if he wants to find you a bride too. If he wants to transfer you, you should accept it too. You are not young anymore. You should seize the chance. A lot of people want to climb up and have a good future. Without you, this special force will also be great. We will be five-stars solider! You should consider your future too!”
The instructor advises Lin Lu Xiao, yet Lin Lu Xiao says nothing and just pats his back. He walks toward the parking area.
The instructor just sighs.
Lin Lu Xiao arrives at the Zhi Dui. He doesn’t go directly to find the leader. He stays outside for a while to smoke two cigarettes. He is considering something. Suddenly he feels someone is patting his back. That person is a woman with military uniform.
After recognizing who is patting his back, Lin Lu Xiao turns his head away and smokes again.
Lin Mei is unhappy, she stops in front of him. “The leader is looking for you, how could you have time to smoke here?”
Lin Mei is Lin Lu Xiao’s female cousin.
They both enter the military school together. After the graduation, they entered different sector. Lin Lu Xiao enters the special force, while she goes to enter the Zhi Dui’s logistic force.
To be precise, Lin Mei is a rank higher than Lin Lu Xiao.
Lin Lu Xiao finishes his cigarette, he wears his hat and says to Lin Mei. “I’ll go now.”
“Your Pa has been looking for me for days!”
Lin Mei tells him, yet Lin Lu Xiao doesn’t even glance back. He just waves his hand.
……….
Lin Lu Xiao yells “Report”.
“Come in.”
He opens the door.
“Sit down.”
The section chief points to the chair in front of him.
Lin Lu Xiao takes off his hat and puts in on the table. He sits down.
The section chief is a forty years old man. He smiles and says: “Lu Xiao, this year you are twenty nine years old right?”
“Yes.”
The section chiefs nods and doesn’t speak around. He gets right to the point: “You always stay at the front line. I already mentioned it to the organization. I apply for you to get in the military group. Next month there will be a test. After the written test, it will be interview. You should read more books this time, don’t have any setback.”
“……”
Lin Lu Xiao says nothing.
He graduated from military school when he was twenty three years old and got into the military special force. He was the small number of people who could get in there. There are a lot of duties to be in the special force yet they have better conditions and terms. It’s a strict and serious environment.
Being chosen to get into the special force means that maybe the leader likes you or you are strong.
Lin Lu Xiao belongs to two of them.
The section chief notices he says nothing, he knocks on the table: “If you have any thought, just tell me!”
Lin Lu Xiao doesn’t think too much about it. If he declines to be assigned, the section chief might lift up the ashtray on the table and ‘crush him to death’.
There’s no refusal in military world.
“Yes!”
The section chief waves his hand: “Hand over some duties to the others. When you are in military group, you should change your attitude. Tomorrow after your birthday, you will be twenty nine years old. You should marry a woman! You should have a family and take care of them.”
Then he just kicks Lin Lu Xiao out.
Lin Lu Xiao gives him a salute and wears his hat.
Tonight he will not have a night duty so he just goes back to his house. He doesn’t even change his clothes.
The car enters his small neighborhood and stops. He prepares to get into the building. The time he is about to open his apartment door. He smells a familiar scent of cigarette. He lifts up his head and looks at the a slender figure nearby.
Nan Chu is leaning on the wall and smoking.
The young woman is wearing a low cut small black dress. Her body is well shaped and curvaceous. Her skin is so white.
Her dress is very long and covers her ankle. Lin Lu Xiao narrows his eyes.
She is really skinny.
Nan Chu throws away her cigarette and walks toward him.
“Why are you here?”
Lin Lu Xiao opens his door.
“I come over to help you celebrate your birthday.”
Nan Chu stops beside him. He could see that she has a black moth tattoo on her ankle.
A strange tattoo.
A strange young woman.
Lin Lu Xiao throws they key to the cabinet and he changes into his slippers. He gets into the apartment.
Nan Chu stands in front of the door. She recalls what happened in the past. He always changes his shoes and throws away his keys.
She follows him inside and closes the door. She lowers her head and looks around to find extra slippers. Then she lifts up his head. The man is taking off his coat and gets into the master bedroom. The military clothes are on the sofa.
“Do you have any slippers!” Nan Chu yells.
After a while, he says: “No.”
There’re no slippers so she just takes off her shoes and walks bare feet.
Lin Lu Xiao changes into white t-shirt, yet he still wears his pants. He is wearing his slippers too. He goes to sit down on the sofa. He then takes an ashtray and starts to smoke.
Nan Chu looks around, she notices that apartment is much more spacious than before. But he doesn’t have a lot of things around, maybe because he doesn’t live in the house for all years around. There’s no personality in this house.
The clock keeps on ticking.
“Your apartment is missing a mistress.
After ten minutes of observing and emulating, Nan Chu makes a conclusion.
Lin Lu Xiao chokes and glances at her. He smiles and ignores her. He continues to smoke.
Nan Chu walks over and stands in front of him.
Both of them face each other. One of them is standing up, the other one is sitting down.
His head is hanging low.
“What do you think of me?”
Lin Lu Xiao lifts up his head and looks at her round eyes.
Her eyes are dark and shiny.
He lowers his head again and looks down.
Nan Chu folds her arms and looks at him. She bends her body a bit. Her chest are showing.
Lin Lu Xiao says in his heart: “WTF, it’s too miraculous.”
The night is special. That woman looks so sweet and charming. It makes people can easily imagine thing.
“Go to the front door and wear the shoes.”
Nan Chu doesn’t move.
Lin Lu Xiao kicks his slippers to her. “Wear it.”
Nan Chu is satisfied. Size 43 shoes, it’s warm.
“Your feet are large and big. It’s like most of the men.” She sighs.
Lin Lu Xiao snorts and smokes again. He raises his eyebrow.: “You seem to be familiar with it.”
“…….”
Suddenly, the phone rings. It’s Lin Lu Xiao’s phone. Nan Chu points at his pants. He looks at it, then he asks her to move aside.
he just answers the phone. Then the caller just roars: “Open the door for me!”
Lin Lu Xiao glances at her and says to the caller: “No.”
“…..”
“I want to celebrate your birthday for you!”
Lin Lu Xiao glances at her and says to the caller: “I’ll not open.”
“……”
“I come over to celebrate your birthday!”
Lin Lu Xiao frowns, he seems to be so edgy. “I am asleep.”
“I will not hang up if you don’t open. I’ll keep on calling until you open the door. If you switch off your phone, I’ll kick your door.”
Lin Lu Xiao swears and then throws his phone away. He opens the door.
The door is opened.
“Happy Birthday! Ding Dong Ding Dong!”
Someone gets inside the room. That man is holding two bottles of wine.
“WTF!” The chubby man realizes Nan Chu who is standing in the living room.
After him, there are other five to six men coming inside the apartment.
“WTF!!!!!”
Lin Lu Xiao: “Are you sick?”
The chubby man points at Nan Chu, who is standing behind Lin Lu Xiao right now. Then he realizes something. “No wonder you didn’t want to open the door and said that you are asleep!? Did we disturb you?!”
Lin Lu Xiao just glances at him.
The chubby man walks toward Nan Chu, extends his hand and says. “Beauty, I am Da Liu. Im Lin Lu Xiao’s childhood friend.”
Then he continues without waiting for Nan Chu’s answer. “Why does your face look so familiar?”
Nan Chu extends her hand to shake hands. “Hello.”
The chubby man shakes her hand too. He says inside his heart that this woman’s hand is too soft. “I’m sorry ah. Lu Xiao didn’t say that you are here. If we know that you are here, we wouldn’t come here —-“
Lin Lu Xiao kicks the chubby man’s leg and says: “What nonsense you are talking about!”
Da Liu finally lets go Nan Chu’s hand and laughs: “Are you jealous! It’s too happy to meet you!”
“……”
“We have been brothers for so many years. Our brothers never see you interact with woman! Really! I swear he never has a girlfriend!”
“Really?”
Da Liu almost pours his heart over: “It’s really true. We are even suspicious that we are somewhat worried to play with him ——“
“………”
Da Liu hasn’t even finished his words, he is dragged by Lin Lu Xiao.
Yet Da Liu keeps on walking: “Ay—— Why do I think you are so familiar?”
All of them are sitting on the sofa. Lin Lu Xiao asks Nan Chu: “You will leave first?”
Da Liu yells: “Don’t. If you want someone to leave, then it will be us. How could you kick out your wife?!”
Lin Lu Xiao’s face turns dark and glares at Da Liu: “Shut up.”
Nan Chu nods and holds her handbag. She takes off her shoes and walks toward the door.
She is about to open the door.
Her wrist is suddenly held.
Nan Chu looks back and Lin Lu Xiao releases her hand. He puts his hand inside the pocket and looks at her. He says: “If not, you can stay. I’ll send you back, after it’s done.”
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