Girls und War

512. Effort is easier said than done.

From the boundless expanse of sky and earth, the mournful cries of crows could be heard from time to time. As dusk approached, the old city seemed abandoned by the world, its blood-red setting sun casting a shadow over the dilapidated buildings, creating a scene of doom.

There was a sparse movement in the messy grass, as if something was stirring inside.

When I looked closer, I found that it was a nest of wild foxes, jumping around in panic in the grass.

Feng Zheng frowned as he took out a palm-sized mechanical instrument, then turned around and looked at Xia Shu.

"What? It turned out to be dragged away by an animal. I thought someone came here." Feng Zheng said with dissatisfaction.

Xia Shu looked at the recorder disguised as a small animal and sighed helplessly.

"What else do you want to do? A real-life hunting?" She tilted her head and said to Feng Zheng.

Feng Zheng curled his lips and made a "tsk" sound, then put away the instrument and took the two of them back home.

Only wild animals would be interested in such a dead old city.

Tourists won’t come to such abandoned places.

It was just a false alarm.

After the three returned to the town, their behavior remained the same.

In the following days, Xia Shu also started comprehensive special training under Feng Zheng's arrangement.

The slight unexpected situation did not affect them, but Xia Shu was inspired and assumed that there were people in the city in the subsequent training.

In this way, she can feel the urgency of the battlefield at all times.

Feng Zheng did not break his promise and arranged Xia Shu's training plan in a very tight manner, allowing her to once again feel the torture of being a real active-duty soldier.

Feng Zheng was quite surprised. The other girls who had trained under her before all complained bitterly and wanted to quit immediately when they went through such a hellish training.

But things went wrong when it came to Xia Shu.

Not only did she not say a word of objection, she even showed an expression of satisfaction and even nostalgia when undergoing the difficult training.

This made Feng Zheng start to wonder if Xia Shu was that... masochistic or something.

However, Xia Shu's willingness to train so hard also explained her initial doubts.

That is why Xia Shu was able to show such amazing battlefield talent that he passed the sergeant examination in less than a year and became the ace sniper of the Hana District.

If someone who is willing to work hard like this still can't get ahead, then doesn't the value of hard work disappear?

So Feng Zheng became more and more concerned about supervising Xia Shu's training.

It looks like he really wants to train Xia Shu to be the favorite for this year's championship.

But during this period of time, Bai Nanhua was obviously free.

At this time of year in previous years, Feng Zheng would play with her and help her with her homework, but now Feng Zheng was busy supervising her, and Bai Nan Hua became redundant.

But she wasn't a bad tempered person. She usually just followed the two of them and watched Xia Shu train obediently, which made her happy.

Half a month passed in a flash, and with Xia Shu's unremitting efforts, she finally completed the integration of the competition items before Feng Zheng's estimated time.

Feng Zheng gradually felt relieved when he saw Xia Shu's comprehensive mastery of various competition events.

There are still a few days left before the competition, and Xia Shu finally received the reporting notice from the competition organizer, so he doesn't have to work overtime for special training in the remaining time.

Feng Zheng asked Xia Shu to make adjustments before the competition, control his diet, and maintain his spirit. After the competition started, he would then put his full energy into the game.

So Bainanhua was finally taken seriously by Feng Zheng again.

While Xia Shu was adjusting in the room today, Feng Zheng took the little one to carry out some annual routine activities.

Like gardening, camping and so on.

In the evening, Feng Zheng helped Bai Nan Hua with her homework as usual, but for some reason, the little one suddenly became unhappy.

"What are you doing? Why are you so sullen? Do I owe you money?" Feng Zheng raised his head from Bai Nanhua's homework and asked the little Loli beside him.

The little girl pouted and whispered, "Old people stink."

"What?" Feng Zheng didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing, I just asked what Sister Xia Shu was doing." She quickly pretended to be stupid.

"Xia Shu, are you fiddling with that pickled mustard greens?" Feng Zheng asked curiously, "Why are you asking this?"

"Can I..." the little girl said with a slightly embarrassed expression, "Let Sister Xia Shu teach me..."

"No." Feng Zheng said with a stern face, "Xia Shu is in the process of pre-match adjustment and needs to keep a good mood. Don't disturb her."

"Stingy..." The little Loli pouted again.

"Little brat..." Feng Zheng opened his mouth to lecture him, but after hesitating for a moment, he didn't say anything harsh.

She sighed and said, "Forget it... She'll be gone tomorrow. There's no point in telling you this."

"Tomorrow?" Bai Nanhua said a little unwillingly, "Can you stay a few more days? Doesn't the competition start in a while?"

"We have to prepare for the rehearsal of the opening ceremony in advance. There is still a lot to do." Feng Zheng touched Bai Nanhua's head and said softly.

Bai Nanhua lowered her head and said nothing more.

Feng Zheng saw her sensible appearance and felt sorry for her, so he said, "Then when Xia Shu goes back tomorrow, you can take her to the station."

"Is it okay?" Bai Nanhua jumped for joy again.

"What else can we do?" Feng Zheng said, hugging her lovingly.

Bainanhua was in high spirits, as if the kite at this time was not as smelly as before.

That night, Bai Nanhua went to bed early. When she got up the next day, Feng Kite didn't call her, so she jumped out of bed obediently.

Xia Shu had already prepared the shape, and the luggage had been sent back to the squadron through the check-in.

Just like when she came, she was waiting at the door of the repair shop, carrying a gun box on her back.

Seeing Bainanhua coming down alone, Xia Shu asked, "Where is Miss Kite?"

"She said she doesn't like farewell scenes, so she won't go." Bai Nanhua replied to Xia Shu, "Although I just saw her standing on the balcony smoking."

Xia Shu nodded, indicating that he understood.

She is not a pretentious person. Since Feng Zheng is so casual, she will respond cheerfully.

"Miss Fengzheng, I'm leaving." Xia Shu looked up at the windowsill and said.

There was silence upstairs for a moment before a response was heard.

"I know, go ahead."

Then Xia Shu, accompanied by Bai Nanhua, walked to the bus stop in the town.

The request for a car had been reported to the taxi company in advance, but the car that came to pick them up was still the half-dead, shabby car.

Xia Shu and Bai Nanhua both showed disgusted expressions. But there was only one bus, and if they didn't want to take it, they had to walk to the train station.

In this case, the two of them had no other choice.

So they got into the taxi one after another and obediently.

513. Leaving and Reunion

Sitting in the taxi, Xia Shu had nothing to do, so he chatted with Bai Nanhua.

She asked some trivial questions about Bainanhua's life and learned about the relationship between Feng Zheng and her family.

It wasn't anything special, just the story of a non-blood-related family where each member grew up and formed their own family, leaving behind an older unmarried woman.

I also asked Feng Zheng about her situation over the years and had a general understanding of her mental state.

"So the blind dates your mother introduced to her, either she looked down upon them or they couldn't stand her military status?" Xia Shu asked with a hint of amusement.

Bai Nanhua nodded, showing a helpless expression and said, "I think my aunt is doing a good job. It's just my mom who likes to meddle in other people's business."

"Hmm? Do you think so?" Xia Shu looked at Bai Nanhua with a smile.

"Yes," Bai Nanhua said indignantly on behalf of the kite. "If it were me, I would also like to live alone in a secluded town. It's so wonderful to be free!"

Xia Shu didn't comment, but just asked, "What does your aunt think?"

"She..." Bai Nanhua showed a confused expression, "Well... I don't know either."

Xia Shu smiled and touched her head, saying, "Sometimes, pay more attention to her. Your aunt loves you very much. She looks very lonely when she is alone."

Bainanhua's face turned red after being touched, but she still asked curiously, "Is that so?"

Xia Shu nodded very affirmatively.

Otherwise, why would a young girl who is not even a hundred years old waste her time digging a shelter for herself and building a bunch of training facilities to make herself look like she has something to do?

Bai Nanhua nodded, not quite understanding.

As we were talking, the taxi arrived at the train station.

After Xia Shu took Bai Nanhua off the train, he took the girl directly to the platform through the special personnel entrance and exit passage.

While they were waiting for the trackless train, they chatted about some interesting daily things.

The people waiting for the train nearby couldn't help but cast their glances over here when they saw the two beautiful girls suddenly appear in front of the old-fashioned platform.

This greatly satisfied Bainanhua's vanity.

When the train arrived at the station, Xia Shu gave Bai Nanhua another big hug before getting on the train.

And invited her to visit the company when the time comes.

Bai Nanhua was overjoyed and quickly wrote down the address of the Red Dragon Squadron.

After Xia Shu got on the car, he cast a reluctant look at her.

As the two waved to each other through the window, the car started slowly and slowly left the old station.

Bai Nanhua also felt a sense of emptiness in her heart, as if she had lost something important.

She kept muttering "Sister Xia Shu" and got on the old taxi at the station and returned to the same shabby machine repair shop as before.

There was no one outside the store. Bai Nanhua walked into the kitchen and saw Feng Zheng looking worriedly at the green cauliflower tumors he had taken out of a vat.

"How do you eat this?" Feng Zheng looked at the pickled mustard greens that Xia Shu had worked so hard to make, with an expression of confusion.

When she saw Bainanhua coming back, she relaxed her brows, put on a smile and said, "You're back? Did Xia Shu leave?"

Bai Nanhua nodded with a very gloomy expression.

It seemed as if the once interesting town had suddenly lost all its color.

Feng Zheng saw Bai Nan Hua's gloomy expression and asked with a hint of amusement, "What happened? The person is still here, but the soul has gone with her?"

Bai Nanhua suddenly revealed a determined expression and said to Feng Zheng, "Auntie, I've made up my mind!"

"What decision?" Feng Kite was a little surprised.

"I want to join the army! I want to go to Sister Xia Shu!" Bai Nanhua said shockingly, "So, you can also come and supervise my training tomorrow!"

"Okay, but..." Feng Zheng said with a smile, "If I agree, your mother will definitely come over and fight me to the death."

"This is my own decision! She can't control me!" Bai Nanhua said firmly.

"No. You're too young. Let's wait a few years."

"But...but training can be advanced, right?"

"You should finish your homework first. I haven't taken care of you these past few days. Did you forget your homework again?"

"Hey—let's not talk about that… Just let me join the army…"

"No."

"Auntie... please..."

"no!"

"Eh……"

The girl's pleading voice gradually faded away in the town, and Xia Shu must have been unable to hear it.