The promise is old, the meeting is just right

Chapter 5 Young and Frivolous, Happy Times

The snow that fell on Sunday lasted for two full days. When He Xiao went to work on Monday, the number of people on the subway suddenly increased, and Line [-], which was usually empty, also became overcrowded.There is no doubt that she was late for work, and Director Zhang of the center was waiting for her at the door of the building with his hands behind his back. When he saw her coming, he said a few words in his words.

He Xiao knew that Director Zhang had a problem with him, because she and Chu Tian, ​​the two newcomers, were too blind to please the leader.However, although He Xiao scoffed at this behavior of putting on small shoes for herself, there was nothing she could do.Originally, when the Fundamental Management Center used this building, it was obliged to assist the property to improve environmental sanitation. Director Zhang stood on the moral high ground and could trample her to death with one kick.

So He Xiao stopped talking nonsense, changed his clothes, put on a down jacket and started working.This scan lasted all morning, so He Xiao had time to settle accounts with Chu Tian during lunch.It's just that Chu Tian didn't expect that, as soon as Chu Tian opened his mouth, he blocked her words: "I don't want to mention the army now, especially all the people and things related to Xu Yi!"

Xu Yi.He Xiao had a slight impression of this person, after all, he often heard Chu Tian whispering in his ear.She swallowed a mouthful of sweet and sour short ribs, and asked interestingly, "How did Director Xu provoke you?"

"I don't want to say it." Chu Tian pounded the rice on the dinner plate vigorously.

He Xiao couldn't help laughing: "So angry? Then I'm getting more and more curious. Tell me, what's going on?"

Chu Tian glanced at He Xiao with a sad and sad expression.

Here's the thing.

Since the end of the last military-local friendship event, Chu Tian would "harass" Xu Yi from time to time.However, Instructor Xu is very principled, and generally ignores boring text messages, unless he will reply when necessary.It was she who disclosed the news of He Xiao's blind date to him, and later helped Cheng Mian to make suggestions.

In order to express his gratitude, Cheng Mian granted her wish and specially invited her to come to the camp for a day.Chu Tian was excited about this for a long time, got up early on Sunday, packed up and went to the army.But when they reached the gate of the camp, they found that the person who came to pick her up was just an ordinary soldier, not Xu Yi.

Chu Tian was startled, and asked the little soldier, "Where is your instructor Xu?"

The little soldier took her to Xu Yi's dormitory. Chu Tian opened the door and saw that Xu Yi was sitting behind the desk, reading a book in his hand.

Chu Tian coughed twice, then raised her voice and asked, "What book does the instructor read, so serious?"

Seeing Chu Tian in the dormitory, Xu Yi was a little surprised.After thinking about it, he understood again, and cursed Cheng Mian secretly in his heart, but on the face he said leisurely: "Just look at it casually."

Seeing him closing the book casually, Chu Tian pouted: "Don't look down on the people, instructor. I have also read books, so I should be able to understand them."

With that said, he reached out and took it.Take a closer look, and there are three large characters on the cover: Armored Warfare.

Chu Tian was dumbfounded instantly.

Xu Yi poured her a glass of water, looked at her expression, and said indifferently: "Next week's political education will talk about open space coordination, so do your homework first."

After hearing this, Chu Tian bravely faced up to the difficulties: "Since it's next week, there is still time. Today is Sunday, the instructor won't take a rest?"

Xu Yi shook his head, smiled, and said, "Thanks to you, our Company Commander Cheng went out to solve personal problems, so I have to stay here to look after the house."

Chu Tian was rather annoyed: "Then why don't you accompany me around the camp?"

Xu Yi hesitated for a while, guessing that he couldn't think of any reason to refuse, so he agreed.Only two people left the gate of the reconnaissance company, and the soldiers on duty called him back, saying that the chief of staff was looking for him.Xu Yi immediately called a soldier to accompany Chu Tian to the camp, and he couldn't wait to leave.

"Didn't you see that Xu Yi ran so fast, as if I could eat him!" Thinking about it now, Chu Tian was still very angry.

After hearing this, He Xiao couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.After being glared at by Chu Tian, ​​he restrained himself slightly: "Hehe, you may be thinking too much, he just doesn't want the leader to wait for a long time."

"That's weird! He just doesn't like me, hates me, and wants to avoid me!" Chu Tian was furious, "Xiaoxiao, why are you talking to him? Where did you dial?"

Just as He Xiao was about to say that I learned this from you, the phone in her pocket rang, and she made a pause.

It was Lao He who called, saying that his grandma, who was far away in his hometown, had an illness last month. After recovering, his mind was not very bright, and he couldn't remember many things. Others were very slow to speak to her, but he remembered He. Xiao remembers clearly that when she woke up yesterday morning, she kept saying that she missed her.

He Xiao was a little surprised, because she was not liked by her grandparents since she was a child.One is that Lao He has not been with her since childhood, and the other is because she is a girl.Before joining the army, her mother Tian Ying was often offended by this.Lao He also knew about it, so when talking to He Xiao, he had a somewhat discussive tone: "I told your uncle to see if you can take a few days off and go home to see your grandma? For nothing else, just Broaden the heart of the old man."

He Xiao intuitively felt that her mother, Tian Ying, did not want her to go back, and the end of the year was approaching, and the center was busy with work, so it was not easy to ask for leave.But she didn't want to see Lao He in trouble, so she hesitated for a while, but agreed.

Old He's voice was obviously lighter: "Okay, then I will book you a ticket quickly, in time for the Spring Festival travel rush, and the tickets to the north are very difficult to buy."

He Xiao smiled and hung up the phone.

As soon as he went to work in the afternoon, He Xiao began to think about asking for leave.

The director, Lao Zhang, naturally refused to approve leave for her, and did not dare to deduct wages casually, so he used the year-end assessment to suppress her.He Xiao had no choice but to ask Chief Liu for help.Section Chief Liu is Lao Zhang's nephew, even if he hates He Xiao, he still has to show him face, so He Xiao successfully got a week's leave.

After leaving the gate of Lao Zhang's office, He Xiao called Chu Tian and returned home quickly.When he entered the house, Old He just put down the phone, looked at her, and smiled: "Please take a good leave, I have already contacted you for a ticket, and I will leave early tomorrow morning."

He Xiao was a little surprised: "So fast? Isn't it in time for the Spring Festival travel rush, and there are still tickets?"

"I have my own way." Lao He patted her on the shoulder to reassure her, "Your mother is helping you pack your luggage to see if there is anything left behind."

He Xiao entered the bedroom and saw Ms. Tian sitting in front of the bed sullenly, helping her to tidy up the boxes.Looking at her, He Xiao smiled slightly.She knew that her mother didn't want her to take a long-distance train back to her hometown in such a snowy day.Toss and suffer.Since joining the army, my mother would not go home unless she could, because she really didn't have much affection for that family.

So is He Xiao.It's just that she has always been soft-hearted and doesn't want to make herself a regret for grandma.

Early the next morning, Lao He drove her to the train station himself.Sure enough, it was the Spring Festival travel season, and there was a huge waiting hall, packed with people inside and out.Unable to find a parking space, He Xiao told Old He to go back first. Anyway, she didn't bring much. She carried it by herself, squeezed sideways through the crowd, and went to the automatic ticket vending machine to get the ticket.

There are also a lot of people here, and He Xiao waited in line for a long time before it was his turn. As a result, he put on his ID card, but he couldn't get his ticket information.He Xiao swiped it several times, with the same result.The people queuing behind were getting impatient, so He Xiao had no choice but to go to the ticket window and wait in a long line for more than 40 minutes, only to be told by the staff that there was no ticket information.

He Xiao said anxiously: "Impossible, is there something wrong with your internal system?"

The staff didn't answer, but waved her impatiently to get out of the way, so as not to affect the next ticket purchase.Carrying the luggage, He Xiao quickly walked out of the ticket hall and called Lao He.

Lao He was also anxious on the other end of the phone: "Impossible, I'll call that person again and ask."

He bought the ticket through a person who claimed to work in the Railway Bureau of City B. He had bought parts in his shop a few times before, so he knew him.Lao He hurriedly dialed the number, but was told that the other party had turned off the phone.Call again, or shut down.Old He was so angry that he almost dropped his phone, and He Xiao on the other end of the phone was stunned when he heard the news.

After finally asking for leave, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.She listened to her mother on the other end of the phone blaming Lao He for his ineffective and useless words, and hung up the phone feebly.

What can we do now?He Xiao put his hand on his forehead, thought for a while, and decided to go home first, and then think of a solution after returning.She bent down to pick up her luggage and was about to leave when she suddenly heard someone behind her calling her name.Turning around quickly, after seeing the man clearly, there was a slightly sour feeling on the tip of the nose.

Cheng Mian, it's him!
Cheng Mian quickly walked across the crowd towards her, the look of surprise on her face turned into worry after seeing her pale face: "Why are you standing here alone, where are you going?"

"I—" He Xiao clenched the ID card in his hand, not knowing how to say that he was cheated.

Cheng Mian smiled, "Let's go, I'll take you to the station while I still have some time." As he spoke, he was about to reach out to take her luggage.

He Xiao quickly hid back: "No, no need!"

Cheng Mian was slightly startled, let go of her hand, and looked at her with some doubts.He Xiao really didn't want to bother him, but she was afraid that he might misunderstand, so she explained angrily: "I plan to go out today, but I haven't bought a train ticket, so I can't go."

"Where are you going?" Cheng Mian asked anxiously.

"Go back to my hometown and see my grandma."

Cheng Mian heard this, pondered for a moment, and said, "You wait for me here for a while."

He Xiao watched him walk aside, took out his mobile phone to call someone.In less than a minute, he hung up the phone and came back, and picked up her luggage without any explanation: "Let's go."

He Xiao was taken aback by him: "Where are you going?"

"Aren't you going back to your hometown? There is a bus passing by your place, and I contacted you for a ticket."

After hearing this, He Xiao insisted on refusing: "Where did you buy the ticket? Scalper? Don't bother, I'll have the ticket in a few days after I get home."

"It's not a scalper." Cheng Mian said, "Anyway, you just follow me." As he spoke, he picked up her suitcase and took the lead in striding forward.

He Xiao had no choice but to follow, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong: "How do you know my hometown?"

Her hometown is an inconspicuous small county in a certain city in the north. Although the army has archives and records, her mother seldom mentioned it to others when she was with the army. Most people only know which province their family is in, and the specifics are not clear. .

Cheng Mian just smiled faintly, pressed the brim of his hat, and said to her, "Let's go, we won't be able to catch the bus any later."

He Xiao followed him in a panic and left. They circled a big circle, passed an underground passage with relatively few pedestrians, and arrived at the platform.Seeing a train waiting not far away and the train full of soldiers, He Xiao was startled.

It turned out that the car Cheng Mian was talking about was the train that took them to the Northeast for training.

After being shocked, He Xiao stopped Cheng Mian, lowered her head and said to him, "This is a military column, how can I sit?"

"It's okay." Cheng Mian looked at her, with a thin layer of warmth in his bright black eyes, "I have already greeted our chief. The chief said there is no problem."

But the military column couldn't make a stop just for her alone, could it?Just thinking about it, He Xiao felt a lot of pressure.

However, Cheng Mian seemed to know what she was thinking. He said, "Don't worry, military trains basically give way to vehicles. Parking is a common thing, so don't think too much about it."

When it came to this point, it would be hypocritical for He Xiao to refuse.What's more, she has no choice.He looked up at the soldiers who sat by the window and looked at them from time to time, their faces were a little hot.

"Let's go." She whispered to Cheng Mian.

The two stepped into the car one after the other.The entire army train contained less than one regiment's strength, and there were quite a few people in each compartment, but it didn't look crowded.As soon as He Xiao appeared at the entrance of the carriage, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Cheng Mian stood at the front, was about to introduce He Xiao to them, and stood up alone.After he cleared his throat and attracted everyone's attention, he waved his hand and said, "Comrades, let me start. Everyone follow. Come on, one-two-three!"

The soldiers all understood, giggling and shouting in unison: "Sister-in-law-good!"

He Xiao was so embarrassed that he turned sideways quickly.

Cheng Mian laughed angrily, stabilized himself, and scolded in a low voice: "Jiang Haiyang, don't mobilize the crowd to watch the fun, sit down!"

Anyone can see that their company commander is in a good mood, so this "insincere" remark drew boos.And Xu Yi, who is in charge of ideological education, was happy to watch the excitement from the sidelines. When everyone was over, he raised his hand symbolically and pressed down: "Okay, just having fun is enough, don't make too much noise."

Seeing all this, He Xiao could only sigh secretly in his heart.She is destined not to be lonely along the way.

After counting the number of people, the train officially departed.The soldiers were full of energy and played songs happily all the way.He Xiao sat at the back with the two leaders of the company, and they listened with gusto.

"Drink water."

A thermos cup was placed in front of her, He Xiao looked sideways at Cheng Mian, unscrewed the cup and took a few sips.Cheng Mian saw it, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop curling.

It was rare for Xu Yi, who was sitting across from the two of them, to see Lianchang Cheng look stupid. He smiled in his heart, and said to He Xiao: "Do you think it's noisy in the carriage? These soldiers are all in their [-]s and [-]s, and they can make trouble." .”

"It's okay, I feel fine."

Cheng Mian introduced to He Xiao in a timely manner: "This is our company instructor, our branch secretary, Comrade Xu Yi." After a pause, he added, "My good partner."

Xu Yi smiled and stretched out his hand: "I have admired you for a long time."

He Xiao also smiled: "I also heard Tiantian mention you."

Chu Tian?Thinking of that girl, Xu Yi had a headache: "The last time she came to the army, I really didn't entertain her well."

"She doesn't hold grudges, but—" After a pause, He Xiao said, "I haven't seen her care so much about anyone."

Xu Yi smiled, with a hint of helplessness in his gentleness.

Cheng Mian, who has been silent all this time, raised his eyebrows: "Come on, let's take it when you see it."

He Xiao was taken aback.In my heart, there is an inexplicable sense of guilt?

Glancing at Cheng Mian, she didn't speak again.

At some point, the singing in the carriage stopped, and the soldiers got together in twos and threes, chatting, or closing their eyes to recuperate.According to the speed of the train, it takes about [-] hours to travel from city B to the northeast.This is also the last idle time for the soldiers. Once they arrive in the Northeast, the intense and exciting training will begin.

He Xiao has been taken care of all the way, the army does not cook together, everyone eats what the army distributes.Some brought some by themselves, and gave all to He Xiao in accordance with the principle of "taking care of the family".He Xiao looked at the "heart" of the soldiers piled up on the table, and was moved dumbfoundedly.Keep some for yourself, and share the rest.

Cheng Mian stood aside, smiled slightly, and muttered in his heart: "These poor soldiers are blindly courteous."

As the sky gradually darkened, Xu Yi hugged his coat and found a three-seater to catch up on sleep.According to regulations, he and Cheng Mian had to take turns on duty.Cheng Mian was in charge of the first half of the night, and he was in charge of the second half.Because it was going north, the temperature in the compartment was getting lower and lower.The above stipulated that the trains were not heated, and the soldiers were rough-skinned and full-blooded, so naturally they were not afraid of the cold.He Xiao is not a delicate person, but at night, the temperature dropped suddenly, and she gradually couldn't stand it anymore.

"cold?"

A generous and warm palm suddenly landed on her hand, He Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and then she shook her head: "No, it's not cold."

"The hands are so cold, aren't they cold?" Cheng Mian got up and took out the training coat from the bag, and asked He Xiao to put it on.He Xiao hesitated for a moment, then took it.

The clothes worn by people who are about 1.8 meters tall look too big on her body.He Xiao felt himself shrinking inside, looked down at himself, and couldn't help laughing.Cheng Mian was helping her button the bottom button, when he raised his head, his eyes met, the smile in He Xiao's eyes had not faded away, it was warm and bright.

For a moment, both of them stopped there, as if time was frozen.It wasn't until a train suddenly passed by the window that He Xiao seemed to be awakened, and quickly looked away.Cheng Mian was still bent over, he looked at his half-open hand, shook his head and chuckled.

"Smile, do you know what I think of?"

He Xiao was staring out the window with a slight heartbeat, when someone had already sat back in his original seat, and asked in a steady voice.

"what?"

"I remembered that one year when you were on winter vacation, I went to the old compound with you." Cheng Mian turned his head sideways, his eyes passed He Xiao, and fell into the silent night outside the window. "Back then it was as cold as it is now, and it was still snowing heavily, and it was still a green leather car." He said, smiling, "I don't know if you still remember."

Of course she won't forget.That was the first time she heard the news that the old compound was going to be demolished. She didn't sleep well for several nights, and her only thought was to go back and take another look, because she might never see it again.

It would definitely not work to find Lao He. At that time, Lao He was busy launching missiles in the ravine with his soldiers.Ms. Tian felt that she must have not woken up, and ignored her.So He Xiao had no choice but to find Cheng Mian. At that time, they had already become friends.

At that time, Cheng Mian agreed without saying a word, and managed to find out his father Cheng Jianming's military officer's card, and went to the military window of the train station to buy a train ticket to the city where the old compound was located.When the two adults were not paying attention, the two simply packed their luggage and went straight to the train station.

The two of them were like birds out of the cage, and they were very happy and excited along the way.We chatted all night and fell asleep in the early hours of the morning.As a result, extreme joy turned sorrowful, and when He Xiao woke up, she found that she had a fever.

The body temperature soared to forty degrees, and the body was cold and hot for a while.Cheng Mian was also a little flustered at the time. After getting out of the car, he carried her to the nearest hospital and took several bottles of intravenous drips to bring her temperature down.

He Xiao remembered that he was so uncomfortable that he cried, but he kept holding her, coaxing her in a low voice and clumsily when she was in a daze.She fell asleep slowly like that, and when she woke up again, she saw Lao He and Cheng Jianming.The matter of going to the old compound was let go in such a disheveled manner, both of them felt ashamed, and neither of them mentioned it again.

"I never asked you, how did they know the old compound we went to?" Cheng Mian asked.

"I left a note for my parents, lest they worry." Thinking of that time, He Xiao couldn't help but ask again, "I forgot to ask you too, have you been scolded after you go back?"

Cheng Mian shaved his hair unnaturally: "Train me." Cheng Jianming thought he was the one who abducted He Xiao, and forced him to stand in a military posture all night.

He Xiao was a little stunned: "Why didn't you tell Uncle Cheng that I asked you to accompany me?"

"The crime is even more serious." He said, "Deputy Commander Cheng has taught him since childhood that a man must be responsible."

He Xiao was almost moved.But when I was a child, I was used to seeing Cheng Jianming admonishing him too much, and imagining the scene where the father and father refused to accept each other, I wanted to laugh.

"Smile." He suddenly called her by her nickname, and held her hand again.He Xiao subconsciously wanted to pull it back, but he held it tightly, with five fingers gathered in his palm.Both of their eyes fell on the intertwined hands, and he whispered, "Looking at the beatings I have endured for you since I was a child, can you, forgive me?"

He Xiao was startled, and looked at his side face, just as he was looking over, her eyes met, she looked into his bright and clear eyes.

"What did you do wrong that you want me to forgive you?"

"There are so many, so many that I don't know what to say," he said, his voice dry.

In the past seven years, he regretted more than once, not recognizing his feelings early, not telling her that he liked her early.That feeling of regret that can't be made up to the extreme is simply fatal.

Fortunately, God still has pity on him.

Cheng Mian looked at He Xiao, and said lowly and forcefully: "But Xiaoxiao, I didn't say anything nonsense. Every time I say I like you, I mean it. I know it's annoying, but I can't find it. There's a better way."

like you.He said these three words to her many times after they met again.However, seven years ago, when they were still together every day, he never said it to her until someone else said it to her before him.

Hearing this sentence, He Xiao was still calm on the surface, but there was a dark tide in his heart.Unconsciously clenched his hand, she asked: "You said this to me, or because of the red flag? You are afraid that he will appear again and say those things to me again, aren't you?"

"No." Cheng Mian quickly denied, "I'm doing it for myself, I just want you to know that that idiot boy seven years ago has finally enlightened."

He Xiao was absent-minded for a moment, then bit her lower lip tightly, pulled her hand out vigorously, turned her head to one side, and stopped looking at Cheng Mian.

Cheng Mian looked at the empty palm, a little depressed.

For a while, neither of them spoke anymore. The train slowly drove into a small station, and the long siren sounded. The sleeping soldiers were awakened, and they got up and moved their bodies one after another. The carriage suddenly became lively. .

Cheng Mian pulled himself together, stood up, and looked around the carriage. When he returned to his seat, he found that He Xiao was no longer there.Cheng Mian's nerves suddenly became tense, he turned around to look for her, and found her at the junction of the two carriages.Holding the water glass in her hand, she was standing there quietly looking out of the window.

Cheng Mian looked in the direction she was just now, and could vaguely see a soldier in an overcoat saluting the military column. The street lamp fell on him, which was especially bright against the vast white snow.Looking at that figure, he breathed a sigh of relief, and heard her call his name in a low voice.

Cheng Mian looked over immediately, only to hear her looking out the window and asking him softly: "You made mistakes when you were young, and Uncle Cheng punished you to stand in a military posture, what did he always say to you?"

Cheng Mian froze for a moment, as if he didn't hear what she said clearly.And He Xiao turned around and saw his stupid look, sighed lightly, held the cup and left.

Cheng Mian looked at her back, suddenly remembered, and his eyes lit up.She told him to wait and see the effect? !Does this mean that she forgave him?
At this moment, Cheng Mian was so excited that he almost wanted to yell out loud. Since there were too many people, he suppressed his emotions, and finally couldn't restrain his excitement and slammed on the door of the train twice.

He Xiao, who was not far away, heard the sound, and seemed to be infected by this emotion, she couldn't hold back in the end, and slightly raised the corners of her lips.

He Xiao's hometown is in a northern county in this small northern town.

It snowed heavily two days ago. After getting off the train, my uncle drove to pick her up and drove for nearly two hours before returning home.He Xiao got out of the car with his luggage. It was only seven o'clock and the sky was bright.

She stood where she was, looking at the yard that she hadn't seen in seven or eight years, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

"I haven't been here for several years, so I almost don't recognize him?" the uncle sighed on her side.

He Xiao smiled and nodded.After Lao He changed jobs, they did return to their hometown, but that was their mother's hometown, which was more than 200 kilometers away from this small town.Even so, they never came back.Later, Lao He went to City B to do business, and his family moved there, and the chances of returning were even less.

He Xiao followed his uncle into the yard.

Grandma was discharged from the hospital the day before yesterday, and she is recuperating in bed these days.Afraid to disturb grandma's rest, He Xiao deliberately lowered her footsteps when passing by her house, but within a few steps, she heard grandma knocking on the window and asking, "Did Xiaoxiao come back? Is it Xiaoxiao?" Between words Quite eager.

He Xiao and his uncle looked at each other, and pushed open the door of grandma's room.

The old man was sitting half up on the bed, when he saw He Xiao coming in, he lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed.He Xiao quickly supported her, and grandma grabbed her arm, staring straight at her with a pair of cloudy eyes, trembling all over.

Afraid of freezing her, He Xiao helped her to lie back on the bed: "Yes, grandma, I'm Xiaoxiao, I'm back."

The old man kept holding on to her, and touched her face with the other hand. After a while, he took He Xiao's hands and began to cry: "Grandma, I'm sorry, smile, grandma, are you sorry?" hold you."

He Xiao was taken aback, and quickly comforted her: "Don't say that about grandma——"

She was in a hurry on one side, and the uncle explained with a wry smile on the other side: "The old lady has been like this for a while, when she mentions you, she always cries and says I'm sorry, no matter how much you persuade her, it won't work."

After hearing this, He Xiao looked at the sobbing grandma, feeling a little uncomfortable.

It took a long time to persuade the old man.He Xiao was a little tired. She was going to have breakfast with her uncle after coaxing the old man to sleep, but she didn't want to and fell asleep on grandma's side.When I woke up again, it was broad daylight.

The grandma next to her got up early, and put all the quilt she covered on her body.He Xiao shook his head and smiled, and took out his phone to check the time.There are two unread text messages displayed on the screen, click to open them, they are all sent by Cheng Mian.

——Tell you again, send me a text message when you get home.

——We have reached the northeast, at the foot of the mountain.

Check the time, the last one was posted 10 minutes ago.He Xiao thought for a while, and then replied to him: Keep warm and be safe.

In just eight words, it took almost 5 minutes to send to Cheng Mian's mobile phone.Company Commander Cheng checked it twice, and wanted to make a call, but when he saw it, the cell phone signal was blank.I couldn't make a call no matter what.

Cheng Mian cursed in a low voice: "Damn, why is the signal so bad?"

Jiang Haiyang, who was helping the soldiers set up camp, reminded him: "Company commander, we are in the mountains."

Cheng Mian reluctantly raised the phone above his head and shook it.

Standing behind him, Xu Yi also warned him: "Take it as soon as you see it, it would be nice if you can receive text messages."

Jiang Haiyang couldn't help teasing after hearing this: "Instructor, be considerate of our company commander. It is said that the old man has not been in love for eight years. If he doesn't marry this year, he will soon catch up with the War of Resistance."

The soldiers burst into laughter.

Cheng Mian put his mobile phone away with his back to the crowd, turned around and gave Jiang Haiyang a kick, then stood in front of Quanlian again and gave orders solemnly: "Tie up the tent for me quickly, and bury the pot for cooking on the spot. In the afternoon The training has officially started! If you are in good spirits, you can run for five kilometers with full armor, and ten kilometers for those who dare to criticize the summit!"

okay.Everyone didn't dare to mess around anymore, and quickly lowered their heads to do the work in hand.

Xu Yi stood aside and listened, and couldn't help but ask, "I said, are you avenging public revenge, or are you a provocateur?"

Cheng Mian said seriously: "If the tiger doesn't show its power, they won't know why the flowers are so popular."

Xu Yi laughed.

This is not the second time they have come to the Northeast for training. Cheng Mian brought troops here once the year before last, but in March, they were still recruits, so they took care of the training subjects, so it was better to say something.

This time, the people who came here were at least one year old in uniform, so the division's training office was ruthless in its arrangements.Bombing, shooting, enemy reconnaissance, long-distance raids, and from time to time, small groups of enemy sneak attacks must be solved, and field survival training in high-pressure environments may be carried out. In short, how to do it.

After a few days, the soldiers seemed to have been peeled off.The division finally showed mercy and gave the soldiers half a day off, but they couldn't rest completely. Singing, wrestling, push-ups, and various competitions took turns, and they didn't stop until evening.

The wind tonight is still as piercing as it was a few days ago. Cheng Mian looked up to enjoy the pleasant moonlight in the mountains for a while, took out his mobile phone from the outer pocket of his training coat, pressed the power button to open it, and unexpectedly found that There are actually two signals.

Cheng Mian's eyes lit up, he called up He Xiao's phone, and dialed it.After four long beeps, the call was connected.

"Hey--"

Standing on the edge of the slope, looking down at the white snow on the slope, breathing the fresh air at night, Cheng Mian felt that He Xiao's voice transmitted through the radio waves was extraordinarily soft and pleasant.

"It's me," he said, "I finally got a signal, so I'm calling you."

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Is it cold?"

"I'm used to it, it's not cold." Cheng Mian smiled, "How are you at home?"

He Xiao gave a "hmm" and wanted to say something, glanced at the sleeping grandma on one side, hesitated for a while, and said to Cheng Mian: "Wait for me to get off first, I will go out to answer the phone."

He was about to get out of bed as he said that, but just when his feet stepped on the shoes, a piercing pain shot up from the toes, He Xiao couldn't hold back, and gasped.

Cheng Mian also heard it through the phone, and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

He Xiao slowed down, and when the pain disappeared, he said a little weakly: "It's nothing, it's just an old problem again."

Arthritis, both feet hurt badly.

Cheng Mian frowned unconsciously, and asked nervously, "Have you taken any medicine? If you really can't, go to the hospital, don't hold back."

"I've eaten." He Xiao sat back on the bed and said softly, "It's okay."

Cheng Mian was still a little worried, but he couldn't go to see her, and felt a little restless in his heart.

"Our training will end next week. Come back to City B with me. It's just a military card, and the road may be a little harder."

"No need." If it was a military card, it would be too motivating to mobilize the crowd just for her alone.He Xiao glanced at grandma, and tucked the quilt up for her, "Uncle will take me to the provincial capital, and I'll just fly back from there. The family has already booked the ticket for me."

"Then your feet—"

What Cheng Mian wanted to say, He Xiao quickly stopped him: "That's it, you go to bed earlier, I'll wait for you back in City B."

After she finished speaking and hung up the phone, she realized what she had said, and she couldn't help but feel numb all over.

On the side of Company Commander Cheng, he stared at the hung up phone for a few seconds, and after making sure he heard it right, he was very excited, but as soon as the corners of his lips curled up, a mobile sentry soldier came towards this side, it was from their company, Seeing him, he stood at attention and saluted.

Cheng Mian quickly cleaned up his expression, and after returning the salute, he pretended to be calm and put the phone back into his coat pocket. While doing chest expansion exercises and walking away, he yelled at the sky, which made the soldier a little puzzled.Their company commander, what's the matter?

He Xiao rushed back to his hometown years ago.

The condition of the joint pain has improved, but Ms. Tian is still worried, so she went to the General Hospital of the Military Region the next day.The hospital was only two stops away from home, she didn't let Lao He see her off, and walked there by herself.

The hospital was still crowded as usual, so He Xiao registered and went directly to the orthopedics department to find Tu Xiao.Unfortunately, Tu Xiaoren was not there, and the young doctor in the same department told her that Dr. Tu had asked for leave for the past two days, and went back to Shenyang with her husband to see her in-laws.

He Xiao was inevitably a little surprised: "Doctor Tu is getting married?"

"Yeah——" the young doctor smiled, his expression full of envy, "Army officer, I heard that he came from a childhood sweetheart, looking really enviable."

Recalling the scene when I saw Tu Xiao and Shen Mengchuan in the dry rest that day, the two had already received their certificates at that time, and it was a matter of course to get married.Just didn't expect it to be this fast.

"Is there anything wrong with her?"

He Xiao shook his head, turned around and was about to leave.It's just that she moved a step slower, and before her hand touched the handle, the door was pushed open from the outside.The person came in a hurry, and He Xiao was almost bumped by her. Fortunately, the person saw her and reached out to hold her.

"Oh, I'm sorry, didn't you bump into it?"

He speaks the dialect of City B fluently, crisp and melodious, and resonant.

He Xiao waved his hand, but before he could speak, the other party grabbed her arm tightly, and raised his voice: "He Xiao?"

He Xiao raised his head in surprise, stared at the woman in front of him for a long time, and then asked uncertainly: "Are you—Zhuoran?"

Zhuo Ran immediately let go of her, his delicate face was expressionless: "Have I changed so much that you can't recognize me?"

He Xiao was speechless for a moment, staring at her unresponsively, until Zhuo Ran's mouth curled into a mocking smile, then she suddenly came back to her senses and looked away: "I didn't expect to meet you."

Zhuo Ran put his hands into the pockets of his white coat, looking quite leisurely and calm: "I just got assigned last week, how are you doing, what disease do you have to come to our orthopedics department?"

He Xiao didn't really want to talk to her, but the young doctor interjected a few words enthusiastically.

Zhuo Ran raised his eyebrows: "Doctor Tu is not here for a few days, how about I take you for an examination, take a film, and see the situation?"

"Do not bother."

He Xiao refused politely. She has her own medicine, so it really doesn't need to be so troublesome.

However, Zhuo Ran didn't think so. She tilted her head slightly, looked back, then turned around and asked He Xiao: "Why do I feel that you are avoiding me? Why, are you afraid?"

He Xiao's footsteps were slightly stagnant, she looked directly at Zhuo Ran for more than ten seconds, and suddenly smiled: "Zhuo Ran, I haven't seen you for seven years, why haven't you changed your high-pitched voice?"

Zhuo Ran's expression changed slightly, she straightened her body, and raised her chin: "Well, kindness is like a donkey's liver and lungs, you can do whatever you want."

But He Xiao suddenly changed her mind. She looked at Zhuo Ran and smiled softly: "Then I will trouble you, Dr. Zhuo."

Zhuo Ran took He Xiao along for a blood test first, and then went to the radiology department for a CT scan.She had a cold face the whole time, and some male doctors who were courting her had to stay away.Naturally, criticism is also inevitable, but Zhuo Ran doesn't care, because she is a topical figure in the General Hospital of this military region.

He graduated from the Military Medical University and was airborne to the General Hospital of the Military Region two months ago.Excellent business, good-looking, not to mention a father who is in position.It can be said that Zhuo Ran is more attractive than she knows.

However, she seldom smiles to outsiders. She is a proper iceberg beauty, but He Xiao who is beside her looks much more kind and gentle.

He Xiao looked at Zhuo Ran who was walking fast in front of her, and couldn't help calling out to her: "Hey, can you walk slower?"

Zhuo Ran turned his head and glanced at her. Although his expression was a little impatient, he still slowed down his pace: "It took an hour to come out. Why don't you go to my office and wait?"

"No." He Xiao smiled slightly, "I'll go home."

Zhuo Ran was startled, and slightly annoyed: "Are you deliberately playing tricks on me?"

He Xiao can't stand her casually throwing face at her, but it's really not intentional: "My parents both work, so I have to go back to cook for them at noon. Anyway, I'm taking medicine now, two days later , it doesn't matter."

"You know better than the doctor." Zhuo Ran snorted coldly, "Well then, walk slowly."

He Xiao also knew that Zhuo Ran didn't like him for a day or two, seven or eight years, or even longer.Although the grievances between the two of them are naive to say, it is not so easy to unravel.

So He Xiao smiled, turned and left.

Only Lao He came back at noon.

He Xiao accompanied him for dinner while talking about what happened in the morning.Old He also remembered her, and the first sentence he came up with was: "Is it the little girl who always told other little girls not to play with you after moving to the new compound?"

He Xiao was a little speechless, but he had to admit that Lao He's description was quite appropriate.Like Cheng Mian, Zhuo Ran met in the new compound, and they had been living there before she moved there.After she moved there, the first person she met was Cheng Mian, and the first girl to make friends with was Zhuo Ran.

For a while, the two were very close.How good is it?Zhuo Ran was willing to show He Xiao the string of pearl necklaces her mother bought for her on her birthday.Although it was meant to show off a bit, He Xiao was still very supportive, because she wanted to cherish this hard-won friendship.

However, things backfired, Zhuo Ran's mother took her to He Xiao's home the next day, and angrily asked He Xiao to hand over the necklace.He Xiao looked at Zhuo Ran in bewilderment, and Ms. Tian hurriedly asked what happened.

Zhuo Ran's mother explained angrily that since Zhuo Ran showed He Xiao the necklace yesterday, she couldn't find it anymore.I searched all over the house, but nothing.

Ms. Tian suddenly realized: "You mean, our family stole the necklace with a smile?"

Zhuo Ran's mother poked her neck and asked: "Who else is there besides her? But if she said she asked your family to Xiaoxiao to visit my house!"

He Xiao panicked, she looked at Zhuo Ran, hoping she could say something, but Zhuo Ran kept crying, not denying it, let alone defending her.

He Xiao didn't take the necklace, so naturally he couldn't hand it over. Zhuo Ran's mother always made trouble.At that time, Lao He didn't mention the section chief, and Ms. Tian was in a bad mood. In order not to be looked down upon, she pulled out all the places in the house that could put things, searched for it, and then cleaned it up after confirming that there were none. Clean to show innocence.

He Xiao offended Zhuo Ran because of this, and she led all the little girls in the courtyard to isolate her.

At that time, Zhuo Ran was as eye-catching as he is now. In one person's words, even the two ferocious dogs raised by the sanitation team in the courtyard were willing to play with her, squatting in front of her and wagging their tails at her.

The person who said this was Ye Hongqi.Because he was always being chased and bitten by those two dogs who listened to Zhuoran's words, and he ran all over the courtyard, which was extremely lively.Thinking of that scene, He Xiao couldn't help but smile.

Lao He raised his head and glanced at her: "Did seeing her remind you of what happened in the compound before?" After asking, without waiting for He Xiao's answer, he said, "It seems that City B is a good place. An old acquaintance in the army before, today is Zhuo Ran, who was here last time—that kid from the old Cheng family, Cheng Mian?"

He Xiao was inexplicably guilty when asked.Although Lao He didn't know anything about the relationship between her and Cheng Mian at all, she was still shocked when he asked him by name.

She said "hmm" and didn't say much.

"I haven't seen him for several years. It's fate to meet him at that time, but I have to thank him very much. In this way, I will invite him to my house for a meal tomorrow, and I will be in charge."

He Xiao was taken aback by his father's sudden interest: "Don't listen to the wind and the rain, he should still be training in the Northeast. Besides, my mother is at home, you can directly invite a soldier to come home, she Can you please?"

Lao He also came to his senses, smiled, and said with emotion: "I'm so confused." After a pause, he asked, "Cheng Mian's father, is he still in the army?"

Not only is it, but it seems that the official is not young.

He Xiao was reluctant to say this in front of his father, so he said vaguely, "I didn't ask carefully."

No matter whether you ask him or not, Lao He will know it well, after all, he has been in the army for more than ten years.

"Old Cheng, he is a capable person. But no matter how he gets promoted, he used to be defeated by me."

And this one?He Xiao looked at his father puzzled.

Old He leisurely filled the soup, "Cheng Mian's father likes chess as much as I do, but unfortunately his skills are not as good as others, and he lost to me several times. From now on, when I play chess with the regiment leader, he can only watch from the sidelines." .”

As he said that, Lao He smiled, as if he was very proud.

And He Xiao looked at his father's appearance, but felt a little sad.

After resting at home for two days, He Xiao went to work.

The Spring Festival is just around the corner, and a lot of work needs to be finished urgently. In addition, she took a week off beforehand, so He Xiao has been very busy for a while.After that, it was finally a holiday, and she was busy buying new year's goods for the New Year, so she completely forgot about going to the hospital to get the film.By the time she thought about it again, the year had already passed.

Thinking of Zhuoran's cold face, He Xiao thought she should go to the hospital as soon as possible.

In order to stagger with people, He Xiao picked a Friday when he thought there were few people.But the hospital was still full of people, she went directly to Zhuo Ran's office, knocked on the door twice, and heard her voice from inside: "Please come in."

Zhuo Ran was talking on the phone with someone, and he was a little surprised when he saw that it was her. He hung up after explaining a few words to the person on the other end of the phone, looked at He Xiao, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "What's wrong? Is this something wrong?" He said and handed over a large white bag, "No big problem, just take the medicine prescribed by the doctor before, and pay attention to rest. How do you feel now?"

He Xiao looked down at the film and replied casually, "It's much better."

In fact, it still hurts a little, and I can't get wet, and I can't use force, especially in this snowy weather, I really suffer.

Zhuo Ran took a sip of warm water, and said in a clear voice, "He Xiao, did you do it on purpose? You didn't come to pick up the film for so many days, but when Cheng Mian came today, you came too?"

He Xiao was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Cheng Mian—is he also in the hospital?"

Since the last phone call, Cheng Mian never contacted her again.During the Chinese New Year, I wished Teacher Zhao a new year. From her few words, I learned that they rushed to participate in an exercise after training in Northeast China.

He Xiao didn't ask any further questions, but on New Year's Eve, he sent him a happy new year text message—until today, he didn't receive a reply.

The sky was gloomy, and the cold wind blew on her body, making her shrink back from the cold.When she walked to the building Zhuo Ran mentioned, she was already completely cold.

Lifting the curtain of the door, a gust of warm air rushed in, He Xiao couldn't hold back, and immediately sneezed.Just in embarrassment, he heard someone calling him in front, and when he looked up, he saw Cheng Mian striding towards her.

As soon as he came up, he grabbed her arm, looked at her, and asked, "He was hospitalized?"

He Xiao was thrown into disarray by his sudden question. Looking at his slightly nervous expression, he suddenly understood that he was talking about her feet. She felt a little funny in her heart: "No, I just came to get a picture. You Why are you in the hospital, did you have an accident during the exercise?"

Cheng Mian breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not me, it's a soldier in the company." After speaking, he couldn't help smiling, and outlined a beautiful outline of his handsome and tough face.He is not a fool, it can be heard that He Xiao is worried about him.

Seeing him smiling, He Xiao felt a little embarrassed: "Then go and see him quickly."

"Come with me." Cheng Mian held her hand, his eyes soft and expectant, "They are all soldiers from our company."

He Xiao didn't really want to go, fearing that there would be too many people and he would be teased again.But Cheng Mian didn't let go of her hand, she didn't want to mess with him in public, so she had to let him.

The injured man was a soldier named Zhang Lijun.

When Cheng Mian and He Xiao entered the ward, the nurse was helping him change his dressing. Maybe he touched a wound, and Zhang Lijun screamed in pain.The nurse probably got used to it, and continued to give him the medicine without changing his face.

Zhang Lijun, who is 1.8 meters tall, looked a little aggrieved: "Nurse sister, I broke my leg, can you be gentle with me?"

The nurse had nothing to do with him, and she knew him well, so she opened her mouth and said, "I'm too careful. Are you a soldier? You can't bear this pain? I feel ashamed for your company commander. "As he spoke, he glanced at Cheng Mian.

Cheng Mian coughed and looked away.The little nurse took another look at He Xiao who was standing beside him, and walked away unhappy with her things.

As soon as the door was closed, Zhang Lijun looked at Cheng Mian with a mournful face, and if he could move, he would almost kneel down: "Company commander, I beg you, I beg you, please don't come to see me in the future, I'm in my twenties , It’s not easy to find a partner, it’s not like the one in my hometown just broke up with me, and now a little nurse finally caught my eye, and when you appeared, people immediately changed the target!”

Zhang Lijun is a veteran, dare to joke with the leader.

Sure enough, Cheng Mian was not angry, but felt a little wronged: "Why do I think you have to thank me?"

"Yeah, don't be ignorant." Song Xiaowei, Zhang Lijun's squad leader who came with Cheng Mian, slapped him on the head, "Our company commander has come here twice in total. It's so easy to fall in love with others. You kid will marry him back." Can the family rest easy?"

Cheng Mian immediately agreed: "The veterans are more enlightened."

After the two had such a quarrel, Zhang Lijun could only sigh, and lay back on the bed in big characters.Song Xiaowei saw He Xiao standing at the door with sharp eyes, and quickly lifted Zhang Lijun from the bed.He Xiao was already amused by them, so she let him lie down upon seeing this.

Zhang Lijun rubbed his forehead, and said cheekily: "Hey, I actually have the treatment of my sister-in-law visiting the sick, among other things, I am the first one in our reconnaissance company, right?"

In a word, Cheng Mian and Xu Yi were hurt, who made them two reconnaissance company leaders single until now?
Cheng Lianchang couldn't hold back his face anymore, he really wanted to kick him, but he held back considering his injury.Looking at He Xiao's face with a little helplessness, it seemed that she regretted letting her come, but found that she was smiling at him, and the way she squinted her eyes was a little cute.

Cheng Mian was healed immediately, and also giggled.

It was past eleven o'clock when the two left the hospital. Cheng Mian sent He Xiao to the gate of the hospital, looked at her somewhat disabled feet and said, "Let's take a taxi to take you back."

He Xiao shook his head: "My house is only two stops away from here, which is not enough for the starting price."

"That's fine." Cheng Mian thought for a while, raised his head and said, "I can carry you back."

He Xiao was startled: "How can that work?" There were so many people watching.

"Why not?" Cheng Mian smiled, his dark eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, moist and clear, "Didn't you say to see the aftermath? If you don't give me a chance to show off, what will you use to test me?" Standing directly in front of her, he bent his legs and squatted down, "Come up."

He Xiao was not as calm as Company Commander Cheng. He looked at the row of bright five-stars on the shoulder straps of his military uniform for a long time before leaning on his back blushing.

"If it's heavy, you put me down." She gently put her arms around his neck.

Cheng Mian stabilized her, with the weight on his body, and his voice dropped when he spoke: "Don't worry, I've run with a weight of fifty kilograms, you're nothing."

As if she was afraid that she would not believe her, she ran forward for a certain distance after she finished speaking. He Xiao was completely unprepared, and was so frightened that she almost screamed.

"Slow down!" He Xiao thumped his shoulder hard, the epaulettes hurt her hand.

Cheng Mian was amused by her, hugged her tightly and ran away again, so startled that passers-by looked at the two of them as if they were crazy.

After running to a crowded place, Cheng Mian finally slowed down.His breathing was still steady, and He Xiaoke's heart was pounding from his fright.

"You did it on purpose, Cheng Mian?" He Xiao was angry and laughed at the same time.

Cheng Mian smiled, she probably didn't know how wonderful it was to feel her weight by hugging her, and he wasn't going to tell her, he planned to have fun by himself, lest there would be no next time.

"What are you happy about?" He Xiao asked again.

"Where am I having fun?" Cheng Lianchang played a rogue.

"His mouth is grinning behind his ears."

When Cheng Mian heard it, he was overjoyed.

As soon as he arrived at the door, He Xiao immediately got off his back.

Cheng Mian looked at her and smiled, and pointed to the tall building above his head: "Let's talk, which floor is it. Responsible for home delivery."

Also home delivery?He Xiao took out the elevator card and shook it in front of him: "I'll take the elevator."

Cheng Mian was a little hurt: "I didn't understand the spirit, why don't you invite me to your house?"

Is there such an uninvited one?He Xiao squinted at him.

"Next time." She thought for a while and said, "Find a more suitable opportunity."

Hearing her saying next time, Cheng Mian laughed, but he still didn't let go: "Then how about this time?"

He asked seriously, and He Xiao was really caught by him for a while.

Seeing her dazed look, Cheng Mian couldn't hold back, raised his head and patted her head: "This year's Lantern Festival, you can go to our place to celebrate."

Cheng Mian's biggest regret during the Spring Festival this year is that he failed to reply to the text message sent by He Xiao in time.Although only a few words.

At that time, not long after the training ended, another exercise was held while the iron was hot.After another two weeks of practice, I felt quite exhausted.The cell phone had long been out of battery, and the exercise stipulated that personal communication tools were not allowed. When he returned to the company and turned on the cell phone, the moment He Xiao's text message popped up, Cheng Mian felt that his whole body was different.In the words of Zhao Xiaoguo, their favorite game-playing clerk, this is called resurrection with full blood.

He Xiao has lived in the army compound for so many years, of course she knows that the soldiers are busiest during the holidays.In order to reunite with their husbands, many family members come to the army alone to celebrate the New Year in the big family of the army.The end of each year is the busiest time for the troops.To He Xiao's surprise, he let her pass.And when she heard it, her heart was moved for a moment.

She quickly calmed down and said, "Probably not, I have to spend the Lantern Festival with my family." If she couldn't find a reason to go out, old Ms. He Hetian would not agree.

Cheng Mian also thought of this, he smiled and said, "I know, then I have to find another chance."

He Xiao said "hmm": "Then you go back quickly, I'm going upstairs."

Cheng Mian made an OK gesture, straightened his military cap, turned and left.He Xiao stood at the stairs and watched his leaving back. Under the gloomy sky, he was straight and straight, and the farther he was, the taller he looked.

Back home, Ms. Tian was sitting on the sofa knitting a sweater.Seeing her come in, he opened his mouth and asked, "Why are you only here now?"

He Xiao lowered his head to change his shoes, and said casually, "I met a friend and chatted for a while."

She lies now without blinking her eyes, but Ms. Tian is not so easy to deal with, she glanced at He Xiao: "When did you have a friend who is a soldier, and I can send you back, why don't I know ?”

He Xiao's heart skipped a beat: "Did you see it?"

"What if I didn't see you and still plan to hide it from me?" Ms. Tian snorted, "Tell me, what's going on, and explain it to me clearly."

He Xiao felt a little helpless when he heard the tone of a prisoner interrogator: "I have something to explain, you know the person."

"I know?" Ms. Tian pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of her nose in surprise.

"Cheng Mian, the son of Mr. Zhao, my junior high school teacher."

He Xiao thought he had used the safest way of introduction, but what Ms. Tian suddenly remembered was: "It's that kid from the old Cheng family who keeps you running around in the army compound all day long and doesn't let you study hard at home?"

He Xiao: "..."

"Didn't that kid go to a military academy? Why, he was assigned to City B all at once?"

"They're all here."

Ms. Tian snorted: "So Lao Cheng was transferred to the base?" After thinking about it, she said, "But it's not unusual. Lao Cheng entered the military school after he came back from Vietnam. He said he made meritorious service. Who knows? It has nothing to do with leaving their old man."

He Xiao was a little surprised for a moment: "Do you still remember all these?"

"Can you forget? I have been in the army with your father for so many years, and I can't forget it even if I want to." Ms. Tian squinted at her, "How did you meet him?"

"If you ask Lao He, he knows everything."

"I'm the only one who doesn't know?"

He Xiao was a little impatient when asked: "It's not a big deal."

"Who says it's not a big deal?" Ms. Tian stood up, although she was not as tall as He Xiao, but she still had to hold her down, "Don't think I don't know, when I lived in the compound, that kid was interested in you , otherwise he can't run to our house every day. Do you really think your mother is a fool, can't even see this?"

He Xiao didn't expect her mother to be so direct, a little dumbfounded, but didn't know what to say.She gestured for a pause, then turned and went back to the room.

Ms. Tian still stood at the door worriedly and said to her: "I tell you, smile, I have no objection to you being friends with Cheng Mian, but don't go deep, do you hear me?" After a pause, she didn't hear her In response, he shouted again, "Did you hear what I said?"

"I heard!"

He Xiao's depressing, protracted and emphatically dissatisfied answer came from the room.

Ms. Tian was finally satisfied, and said a few more sentences before giving up.

He Xiao lay on the bed, listening to her mother's nagging gradually, and when her ears finally calmed down, she sighed softly and buried her whole body in the quilt.

(End of this chapter)