Chapter 126

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"Eat, eat, if I don't eat now I'm really going to starve to death."

Dinner was finally served, everyone perked up, drawn to the table by the smell of food.

"Xiyu, eat more vegetables."

"Stewed Pork Elbow is Xiao Zhou's specialty dish, it tastes great. Little Bin has loved it since he was little, you eat more too. Girls shouldn't diet; being a bit plumper looks better."

Fu Nainai was in high spirits, constantly serving Lin Xiyu food, and before long her plate was piled high like a small mountain.

"Burp."

Lin Xiyu felt too embarrassed to refuse Fu Nainai's kindness, and sure enough, she ate until she was stuffed.

By the end, she covered her mouth and let out a burp.

"Hehe."

Guben watched her ears turn red with embarrassment, her awkward little expression, and let out a pleased laugh from his throat.

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At two in the afternoon, the officer responsible for distributing pensions delivered the paper proof documents, and the group was due to take their leave.

Fu Nainai saw them to the door, watching the backs of the boys and girls on their bicycles disappear from sight before reluctantly looking away.

"Your grandparents are much easier to get along with than I imagined."

Lin Xiyu couldn't help but sigh: "Before I came, I was thinking your grandfather was an Old Commander, a Soldier for a lifetime, surely very dignified, but I didn't expect him to be so easygoing, nothing like his outward appearance."

"That's because it's you."

Guben didn't mind at all exposing his grandfather's old habits: "It's not like that with others. Didn't you see Liu Feng? When he saw Grandfather, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, afraid from the bottom of his heart. That's how outsiders normally act when they see the old man."

"It seems I'm still riding on my father's coattails."

Lin Xiyu's feelings right now were completely different from before. Mentioning her father, she no longer felt sorrow, but full of gratitude: "If I weren't a Martyr's Child, I wouldn't have so easily caught his eye, let him show me such partiality, and be willing to back me."

"That's fate."

Guben spoke with a serious face while hoodwinking her: "Sometimes a person can't not believe in fate. From the moment of birth, Heaven arranges your destiny. Predestined fate can't be escaped even if you try to hide."

"I have a question?"

Lin Xiyu suddenly tilted the bicycle toward him, leaning close, her big eyes blinking, looking at him very curiously.

"What do you want to ask?"

Guben's eyelids twitched, and being looked at by her made him a bit nervous.

"We're the same age, right?"

Lin Xiyu smiled faintly.

"Right."

Guben was baffled.

He didn't know why she suddenly asked this.

"Before I was eight, I lived here."

Lin Xiyu didn't let him guess, but continued herself: "You also stayed in the Courtyard back then. Did you see me?"

"Hiss."

Guben sucked in a breath of cold air, rarely showing a bit of embarrassment.

He had seen her, truly seen her.

But back then she was thin and small, her hair dry and yellow, like an Ugly Duckling, with not a bit of attractive charm.

He truly hadn't taken her to heart.

How should he answer?

Telling the truth would probably get him beaten!

He didn't dare!

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"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing him not react for a long while, Lin Xiyu glared at him somewhat displeased: "If you saw her, you saw her; if you didn't, you didn't. Is it that hard to answer?"

"I saw her."

Guben's brain cells raced, and finally, before his Girlfriend flew into a rage, he made a choice.

"You really saw me?"

Lin Xiyu's eyes lit up, instantly spirited: "When was it? Where did you see me?"

"You answer first: did you see me?"

Guben cleverly countered: "I'll answer after you."

"Me."

Lin Xiyu was choked, and a bit guilty, she looked away.

Naturally, she had also seen him—Old Fu's Grandson, a presence that drew everyone's attention since childhood.

Handsome and smart, like a Spotlight with its own Power Generation System, it was hard not to notice him.

"Guilty?"

Guben saw through her little thoughts at a glance, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up: "Looks like back then you already had designs on me. Sure enough, a little tease and a little coward, you secretly crushed on me for so long but didn't dare confess. You truly wasted such a good opportunity Heaven gave you."

"You were pretty arrogant back then."

Lin Xiyu recalled the past and found it funny herself: "I didn't actually like you; I just thought you were a bit special, smart and self-conceited, unlike other children."

"Smart people are all self-conceited."

Guben had no intention of being humble at all.

This person was truly, truly tsundere!

Lin Xiyu blinked her eyes, made to laugh and cry by someone's narcissism.

"I already said, I saw you when we were children; now it's your turn to answer, did you see me or not?"

"I did, saw......"

Under his girlfriend's Death Stare, Guben had to nod and admit it.

"You really saw me?"

Lin Xiyu's eyes and brows flashed bright: "When was that? How come I have no memory?"

"Do you still remember......"

Guben chose his words carefully: "When you were young, you raised silkworms, sneaked into the Military Restricted Area to pick mulberry leaves, were discovered by soldiers on duty, fell from the mulberry tree in fright, scraped your knee, and lay on the ground wailing......"

"Ah?"

Lin Xiyu's ear root turned red, and she subconsciously denied: "Did that happen? How come I don't remember?"

"An officer happened to pass by then and drove you to the Infirmary."

Guben, mindful of her dignity, found an excuse for her: "You were young then, frightened, and it's normal to forget afterward."

"Such an embarrassing thing, I forgot it......"

Lin Xiyu's ear root burned red: "How would you know?"

"That officer was my father."

Guben gave her no chance to quibble, revealing the truth in one sentence: "I was in that car too, sitting in front; you only cared about crying and didn't see me."

"Ga ga ga......"

Lin Xiyu was disillusioned, and a series of crows screamed overhead.

This was completely different from the childhood sweethearts she imagined.

She would rather he had never seen her than be like this.

So embarrassing; if there were a Time Travel Machine, she would definitely go back to the past and tell her foolish self not to sneak into the Military Restricted Area just to steal a few mulberry leaves.

Even if discovered and falling from the tree, don't cry so foolishly and make people laugh.

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"Actually, you looked pretty cute like that."

Guben suppressed his laughter and deliberately comforted her: "Although you fell terribly, the little girl was delicate, crying with tears like rain, looking very pitiful at first glance; my father softened his heart and didn't want to scold you anymore, so he drove you to the Infirmary."

"Really?"

Lin Xiyu subconsciously believed his words and felt somewhat better.

"Really."

Guben nodded seriously: "That was when I remembered you; the impression was very deep."

That foolish crying self—how could the impression not be deep!

Lin Xiyu read the hidden meaning in his fleeting joking gaze.

Extreme shame instead made her let go, with a bit of a Broken Pot attitude: "To make an entrance this way and be remembered by a Genius Youth under everyone's gaze, I didn't fall in vain......"

"Hehe."

Guben was amused by her tsundere little look and let out a pleasant laugh from his throat.

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Thirteenth Flight Squadron.

A fighter jet roared down from high altitude, opened its parachute at the moment of landing, slid at extreme speed on the Airfield for a distance, and landed smoothly.

The fighter jet taxied to the parking spot, the Cockpit opened, Fu Zheng took off his Helmet, and climbed down the Ladder.

"Wow, Brother Zheng is so handsome."

Wu Meng came back from the Shooting Range and became Fu Zheng's loyal little fan girl.

Watching the handsome young man walking slowly, shining in the sunlight as if gilded, she couldn't help but be infatuated.

Li Liang couldn't bear to watch and subconsciously kept some distance from her, pretending not to know her.

"When I grow up, I also want to be a Pilot."

Xu Yi also shouted with his small voice; his life ideal, at this moment, added another Pilot option.

The Little Fairy loved whatever line of work he saw, changing three times a day.

Lin Xiyu was already used to it; in one ear and out the other, she acted as if she hadn't heard.

"Eldest Brother, have you never thought of letting your White Swan come to the Airfield to watch you train?"

Guben waited for Eldest Brother to come closer, smiling and teasing: "You look like this now, Hormones exploding, the most charming time; as long as it's a woman, she'll surely be deeply trapped and unable to extricate herself; proposing at this time, one proposal one success, a hundred percent will succeed."

"I wanted to, but she refuses to come."

Fu Zheng was silent for a few seconds, then smiled relieved: "Forget it, don't talk about me; come, I'll take you to fly on a plane."

"Really can?"

"So excited."

"I want to sit in the Cockpit."

"You sit in the Cockpit, where does Brother Zheng sit?"

"You absolutely must not mess around on the plane; falling from the sky is no joke, it can really take lives."

"Uh, I was just mouth boasting, you really thought I dare? Flying together on a plane, I might get dizzy and vomit until the sky turns dark."

"Say it first: if you need to vomit, vomit after getting off the plane; dare to vomit inside the cabin, and I'll throw you down from the sky."

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The young men and women followed Fu Zheng to the backup apron, talking animatedly, when a terrified scream broke the cheerful atmosphere.

"Ah, there's a snake!"

A small green snake about a zhang long emerged from the grass, arched its body, and openly crossed the airfield, crawling toward the grass on the other side.

Wu Meng was so frightened her face changed color, and she almost jumped up from the ground.

"There really is a snake in the grass?"

Lin Xiyu, shocked, looked at Guben in disbelief.

How bold was this person as a child, to dare run alone into the grass to catch grasshoppers for barbecue?

"A small green snake, what's there to fear?"

Guben didn't take it to heart, bent down, grabbed the snake's tail like lightning, swung it around a few times in his hand, and threw it out.

The small green snake was made dizzy by his swinging, contracted violently a few times, and lay limp on the ground.

"Is it dead?"

Wu Meng rubbed her arms a few times, shaking chicken skin bumps all over the ground.

"No, it fainted."

Li Liang walked over, pinched the snake's seven inches, and lifted it up.

"What are you doing, so disgusting, throw it away quickly."

Wu Meng jumped three chi away in fright, staying far from him.

"Brother Zheng, how should we handle this snake?"

Wang Fan joked on purpose: "Stew it into soup or braise it?"

"Leave it to the logistics support personnel."

Fu Zheng pointed to the staff member driving a pickup truck patrolling on the airfield.

"That gun is for shooting birds, right?"

Li Liang saw a gun mounted on the vehicle and guessed the pickup truck's purpose.

"Hmph."

Wang Fan laughed and teased: "Those two brothers are in for a treat, an extra meal tonight, with snake soup to drink."

"That little meat isn't even enough to fill the gaps between teeth."

Li Liang threw with all his might, tossing the snake toward the pickup truck.

The pickup driver coordinated well with him, accelerating while making a beautiful drift, swinging the vehicle compartment so the colleague responsible for bird shooting sitting behind caught it squarely.

The colleague caught the snake, casually threw it into a gunny sack, tied the sack mouth, and gave Fu Zheng a salute.

Fu Zheng waved his hand very nonchalantly, returning him a salute.

"Wow, Brother Zheng is so handsome."

Wu Meng couldn't help it, little stars appeared in her eyes again.

"Hurry up, you won't be handsome for long."

Li Liang really couldn't stand it anymore, dragging her into the cabin: "When we get off the plane later, if you can still be this energetic and act like a lovesick fool, then you're something."

"What do you mean? Don't look down on people, I definitely won't get dizzy..."

Wu Meng was unconvinced, complaining with hums and haws.

Soon, she had no strength left to hum and haw.

The ideal is beautiful, the reality is cruel.

The noise and bumpiness of the Y-5 aircraft exceeded her imagination. Every turn in the air made her head dizzy and swollen.

The excitement upon first leaving the ground was gone; her face grew paler and paler, her expression more and more listless.

After getting off the plane, just as Li Liang had expected, she rushed into the grass and vomited messily.

"I never want to fly again."

Xu Yi's situation was similar to hers, his calves swaying, almost unable to stand.

The dream of becoming a pilot was completely disillusioned after just flying a few circles in the sky.

"I'm a bit dizzy too."

Lin Xiyu laughed and cried: "I really admire Brother Zheng; a pilot's physical quality truly can't be compared by ordinary people."

"This isn't anything; watching them train is truly terrifying."

Guben pointed to the training ground: "Did you see that turntable over there that looks like a windmill? People stand on it, head down and feet up, turning round and round at a very fast speed; just watching makes one dizzy."

"Ah?"

Lin Xiyu exclaimed in surprise: "Stand on that and spin? Won't you fall off?"

"Hold on tight and you won't..."

Guben smiled teasingly: "But it must be done without getting dizzy."

"Oh my god."

Lin Xiyu's face changed color: "Just thinking about it is terrifying."

"Rest enough, it's time to go."

Guben smiled faintly: "Aren't you still wanting to catch cicada exuviae? It's already past three o'clock; if we don't leave now, we won't make it, and won't get home before dark."

"I want to catch cicada exuviae."

Xu Yi was tormented terribly by motion sickness and urgently needed cicada exuviae to soothe his poor little heart.

"I can leave now."

Wu Meng didn't want to drag everyone down; suppressing her nausea, she swallowed back the mouthful of jealousy that was about to spray out.

"Can you do it?"

Li Liang expressed doubt: "No need to hard support; let them go first, I'll accompany you to rest a while longer."

"No."

Wu Meng didn't want him to look down on her; stupid duck mouth hard: "I'm already fine........"

Before she finished a sentence, a mouthful of jealousy sprayed out again.

Li Liang was thus caught off guard, and she vomited all over him.

Now it was fine; even if he wanted to leave, he was unable to.