Quick-wear flirting system: being spoiled by gods in the plane

Chapter 172 Even Professors Confess (18)

It was a rainy night twenty years ago when the AS forces were ordered to carry out a final encirclement and annihilation operation against Naw Kham.

Outside the window, heavy rain poured down and a cool breeze blew. Inside, a group of people, some standing and some sitting, were making their final preparations.

The man in the lead had a cold expression, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and calmly gave instructions for what to do next.

"Boss, now that this operation is over, how about we go back to China and have a good drink?" someone in the crowd said with a smile.

The others chimed in, "Yeah, boss! It's been so long since we've had a break!"

"That's right, that's right, I'm going to drink for three days and three nights!"

The men laughed and joked heartily, their enthusiasm amplified by the sound of rain.

Yu Zi glanced at the group of brats, his face cold and a faint smile playing on his lips.

A hand handed him a magazine, and a gentle-looking, handsome man smiled at him: "Here you go."

Yu Zi chuckled lightly, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and deftly took the cigarette: "You're more steady, kid."

The man smiled, and Yu Zi glanced at him a few times before taking the initiative to ask, "How old is your child?"

When he asked about the child, the man's expression softened even more: "Seven years old, he'll be eight in a few days."

Yu Zi raised an eyebrow: "You're so old now. You're not like you, unable to get a tan no matter how much sun you get, are you?"

The man chuckled: "Yes. It's innate."

Yu Zi: "Ha, that would ruin so many young girls."

The man, who was tidying up his guns, smiled more broadly upon hearing this and praised, "Your daughter is one year old now. My wife and I saw her photos last time. She's very cute. You can tell she takes after her sister-in-law at a glance. I wonder how much she'll love her in the future."

Yu Zi snorted: "Of course."

The man smiled and continued to praise, "Look, you only have one precious daughter, and my family also happens to have a son."

After a pause, he tentatively suggested, "How about we become childhood sweethearts or even get married?"

Yu Zi: "..."

After all that praising, this is what I really wanted to say, isn't it?

Yu Zi gave a cold laugh with an ambiguous meaning, and raised her hand to flick the man on the head: "Trying to trick me here."

He said calmly, "Who can predict what will happen in the future? What matters most is whether my daughter likes it or not."

That's what I said, but looking at the handsome and gentle man in front of me, I remembered that his wife was also a scholar from a family of scholars.

If the adults are good-looking, well-educated, and of good character, the children are unlikely to be any worse.

Yu Zi's inner scales were unconsciously tipped, and he remained silent for a long time before saying, "When I get back this time, bring it out for me to see."

The man raised an eyebrow, knowing he had tacitly agreed, and then laughed out loud in response, "Okay."

The brothers around him had been listening for a while, and they were unhappy to hear this.

"(Roaring) Ugh! I'm not even married yet! And they're already arranging a marriage between our children!!"

"Damn it, my family has a boy too! Who has a daughter?!"

"Damn it! What are you looking at me for! No, no, no, no, you can't have it!!"

(Continuing to roar) Hey, hey, hey, I said I don't have a wife yet, can't you hear me!?

"Hahaha, his brat is skinny as a ghost! Look at mine!"

"(Interrupting) Damn, your kid is so fat..."

(Trying to get attention, roaring off-key) I haven't—

Yu Zi grabbed his mouth and said, "Alright, alright, I'll find you a wife when we get back this time!"

As he spoke, he looked at the men still arguing over the arranged marriage, unable to hide the amusement in his eyes, and roared, "Everyone!"

Everyone looked at him, and Yu Zi waved his hand: "After we get back this time! We'll have a family dinner!!"

The room was filled with the cheerful shouts of men, so enthusiastic and exhilarating that they even drowned out the pattering rain.

The superior's instructions came through the headset at the right time. Everyone made the final preparations and began to board the vehicle. The men wearing night combat uniforms suppressed their smiles and boarded the vehicle in an orderly manner with solemn expressions and guns.

The rain pattered down. An hour later, a group of people silently crept to the edge of a village. After once again swatting the neck of the guard, Yu Zi pressed his earpiece and asked, "Any movement?"

A few seconds later, a gentle male voice came through: "No. It's very quiet."

The rain intensified, and Yu Zi's gaze, cold and indifferent, swept warily across the village. His brother beside him lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, should we stick to the plan?"

According to the plan instructed by higher command, the AS troops would enter the village first, while other supporting troops would form an encirclement not far away.

It's like a sheepfold. The sheep inside huddle together for warmth and don't easily come out. If the wolves outside want to eat, they have to send in a few alpha wolves to disrupt the flock and scatter them.

A panicked sheep that runs away alone will be devoured by wolves lurking outside the pen, leaving not even bones behind.

Yu Zi's Adam's apple bobbed, his gaze deep: "Line up, go in and find out what's going on."

However, none of them expected this.
This initial survey only included one-way tickets.

"Knock Knock-"

"husband?"

A woman's voice came from the doorway. Yu Zi's expression changed, and he abruptly withdrew his fist, shoved the cigarette butt in his hand into Zhou Zhong's hand, and then went to open the door.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Yu Zi looked at the woman in front of him with a gentle expression, and pulled the coat draped over her thin nightgown even tighter.

"..." Song Man pursed her lips and smelled the smoke.

"Oh." Understanding the woman's look, Yu Zi lied without batting an eye, "He smoked it during the week. I even told him to smoke less."

Zhou Zhong looked grim: "...Oh right, I smoked it."

Song Man didn't say anything. After looking the two of them over, she asked Zhou Zhong to stay overnight and took Yu Zi back to her room.

Back in his room, Yu Zi could clearly sense that the woman was in a bad mood. He pursed his lips and wanted to go forward, but found that the woman in front of him was crying silently with tears streaming down her face.

Even a man who has lived for decades is still helpless like a child when faced with the tears of the person in front of him, clumsily wiping them away with his hands and holding the person in his arms to comfort them.

Song Man's shoulders trembled as she sobbed, burying her face in the man's chest: "You, you've been hiding this from me..."

Married for over twenty years, Song Man had never known about her husband's time in the military.

She understood the secrets, the soldiers, and all the unspoken words and refusal to comment.

Song Man still remembers that day twenty years ago when she received the phone call she least wanted to receive as a military wife.

The man, who hadn't been home for a long time, was rushed to the operating room for emergency treatment. He was covered in blood and looked terrible. It took three days and three nights, and he almost didn't make it off the operating table.

His hand was broken, his leg was broken, and he was shot.

Several critical illness notices and repeated relapses in her condition nearly destroyed everything for Song Man.

The man changed after his recovery. During that time, he drank heavily every day, became depressed, and attempted suicide or self-harm several times. No one could persuade him, and only Xiao Ci's crying could bring him back to his senses and clarity for a moment.

However, Yu Zi's health continued to deteriorate. The once robust man became thin and weak. Later, an old military commander came to his home and talked with him all night. After the commander left, Yu Zi hugged her and cried his heart out, almost fainting.

The person I remember, who was so emotionally stable, detached, and rational, cried like a child.

After that, he gradually returned to a normal life, but he still didn't tell her anything.

During this period, the family also suffered an attack from an unknown source.

Since then, Yu Zi seemed to have heard some news and began to suffer from chronic insomnia, nightmares every night, and waking up in fright countless times.

These things were constantly reminding Song Man.

He was still caught in a pain she could not know.

Time is forever.

"..."

Yu Zi wiped away his lover's tears, his own eyes reddening with suppressed emotion. He gently comforted her, "It's alright. I'm fine, aren't I?"

"I have you and Xiao Ci, I am very happy."

Yu Zi spoke softly, but he still couldn't fully express all his pain.

Song Man hugged the man tightly, trembling and unable to speak.