Chapter 213: Chapter 212: Joyfully Sprinkling Sweet Dog Food (7) Chapter 213: Chapter 212: Joyfully Sprinkling Sweet Dog Food (7) Tang Zelin thought for a mont and said, “There is an old saying that for one’s mother, one must be strong. There must be so truth in old sayings.”
Qu Guo’an agreed, “When pushed to the brink, won truly should not be underestimated.”
Tang Zelin shook his head helplessly and turned around, “Old Qu, let ask you sothing.”
“Shoot.”
Qu Guo’an held out his liquor bottle, and Tang Zelin reciprocated with his own in a clink.
“What’s wrong with that I always want to be near her as soon as I see her?”
Qu Guo’an almost choked on his drink and asked, “What do you an by being near? How close?”
Tang Zelin stared at his bottle, gently shook it and said indifferently, “Just that kind of close.”
“Which kind is that?” Qu Guo’an, this big oaf.
Tang Zelin’s dark eyes narrowed, “You’ve never been with a woman?”
“No, what’s up?”
“…Never mind.”
“No, you clearly have sothing on your mind.”
“Asked the wrong person.”
Qu Guo’an persisted, “Are you talking about that kind of thing?”
Tang Zelin’s face turned embarrassingly dark.
At that mont, Qu Guo’an seed to rember sothing, and his tone turned deep, completely unlike himself.
“Before I joined the army, back ho I had a girl I was fond of, who was particularly pretty, not a bit less so than Miss Su Shu. We grew up as childhood sweethearts, the kind where in a crowd of people, I could spot her from afar. Back when I was a new recruit, she made the long trip from ho to visit . We both didn’t have much money then, not like you officer’s children with your romance and wealth. So we would just simply walk along the streets.”
Tang Zelin had known Qu Guo’an for many years, but this was the first ti he heard him tell such an old story, and he was drawn in by it.
“Walking the streets, you know, occasionally holding hands, draping an arm over each other’s shoulders—stuff like that made this kid so excited. Back then, I really had the intention, but not the courage; thinking about it now makes wonder how I could have been so timid.”
“What happened?”
Qu Guo’an sighed and looked down, fiddling with the liquor in his hand, “I only found out later, she had run away from ho to co see at the base; her family didn’t approve of her marrying a soldier, and my family was not well-off, so they found her a local suitor with better conditions. By the ti she ca to see , I figured out that it was her way of clutching at straws, wanting to see what I really thought.” As he spoke, Old Qu took a deep breath, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying.
After a few seconds of silence, he looked up at Tang Zelin and said earnestly, “For people like us, it’s not easy to co across a girl we fancy. Once you miss the chance, it’s missed. Don’t be like .”
Tang Zelin extended his arm and draped it around Old Qu’s shoulder, patting it firmly, “Don’t worry, I won’t, I’ve actually taken quite a shine to this girl.”
“If you’re interested, then go after her!”
Withdrawing his arm, Tang Zelin felt a profound sense of powerlessness when it ca to her.
“You don’t understand, every ti I touch this girl, sothing feels off in .”
“Are you having a fit?”
“You’re the one having fits.”
“Not having a fit, what’s wrong then? Oh, right, you were asking earlier if always wanting to be near her ant sothing was wrong with you, weren’t you?”
Tang Zelin was speechless, “I really should dig that last sentence out of your damn skull.”
Qu Guo’an laughed out loud, “It’s not easy to pick up a joke from you, let have my fun.” After his laugh, he continued, “This business between n and won, isn’t it always that old story? There’s nothing wrong with it. Who doesn’t act like that with a girl they like? If you don’t believe , go listen outside the warriors’ barracks tonight. Those young wolves are all full of energy at night, and just ntioning won fires them up.”
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