Chapter 270: What? You Have a Girlfriend?

Fu Yan Cheng thought about the phone call from his mother the day before. After finishing the morning's training tasks and reporting to the regimental commander, he left the unit a step ahead of the others, having arranged to head straight to the meeting once his personal business was done.

No sooner had he stepped out of the unit than someone blocked his way: "Deputy Battalion Commander Fu, hello."

Though Fu Yan Cheng was in a hurry to catch the bus, he still nodded politely at the person blocking his path: "Hello."

But the moment he walked around her, she caught up again: "Deputy Battalion Commander Fu, where are you headed?"

Fu Yan Cheng's brow creased slightly; he was rather annoyed by this person with no sense of boundaries: "Sorry, I'm in a hurry to catch the bus. Please let me through."

But the woman not only refused to step aside, she actually laughed outright: "What a coincidence, I'm heading to catch the bus back to the city too. We could travel together."

Fu Yan Cheng's face darkened at once: "Comrade, do we know each other?"

The woman burst out laughing: "Deputy Battalion Commander Fu truly has the memory of a busy man. I'm Yu Chunmei. We met at my elder aunt's house."

Fu Yan Cheng had no memory of the woman before him: "I'm sorry, I don't remember."

With that, he took a few long strides and was at the bus stop in no time.

The meaning was plain enough — he didn't want any more contact with her.

But the woman acted as if she couldn't read his face at all: "Deputy Battalion Commander Fu, my elder aunt was saying just today that you helped her out enormously a few days ago. She wants to invite you over for a meal in a few days."

Fu Yan Cheng found the woman rather noisy and was about to snap back when the political instructor of the Third Battalion, Guo Dajiang, came over to greet him: "Deputy Battalion Commander Fu, are you heading out on business?"

Fu Yan Cheng walked straight over to him and struck up a conversation: "Yes."

Guo Dajiang bumped Fu Yan Cheng's shoulder with his own: "What's the situation?"

Fu Yan Cheng shot Guo Dajiang a glare: "The lady just came over to say hello. What situation could there possibly be?"

Guo Dajiang noticed the Miss still glancing their way: "Commander Guan's niece — she can't have taken a fancy to you, can she? The way she looks at you is all shy and bashful."

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm a man with a girlfriend. If people overheard that, it would ruin the young Miss's reputation."

"What? You have a girlfriend?"

"What's so strange about me having a girlfriend?"

"No, I mean, you, you — the Cultural Troupe, the Signal Company, and the dependents' compound in the unit, so many people have their eyes on you, and you've always been like some cold-faced deity. How on earth do you have a girlfriend?"

Before Fu Yan Cheng could say anything, he went on: "Come on, tell me, what kind of person is she?"

A glint flashed in Fu Yan Cheng's eyes: "No comment for now."

"Hah, what's this? Is your girlfriend someone who can't be seen?"

"What are you saying?"

"Then why can't you talk about her?"

"My girlfriend is still young. Naturally, it's for her protection."

"Deputy Battalion Commander Fu, your girlfriend isn't still a minor, is she?"

Seeing that Fu Yan Cheng didn't deny it right away: "You really are a beast."

"Enough. The good things about my girlfriend are none of your business. I've got to stake my claim first."

"You, you, you — you really are—"

While the two were talking, the shuttle bus pulled up.

Fu Yan Cheng prepared to board and quietly warned Guo Dajiang: "Don't go spreading this around. If I hear even a whisper, we'll settle it on the training ground."

Guo Dajiang's eyes went wide as brass bells: "That's a straight-up threat."

Fu Yan Cheng gave him a look that said "aren't you clever," turned around, and got on the bus.

Yu Chunmei watched the two of them board, and couldn't help but grumble inwardly at her elder aunt: she'd been told before that there would be a chance to introduce them, but it had been ages, and the man didn't even know who she was. And just now she'd heard it clearly — Fu Yan Cheng actually had a girlfriend.

She'd never heard before that he had a girlfriend. Perhaps he was only joking; otherwise, why would he refuse to reveal anything about her?

(End of chapter)