??Chapter 70: Chapter 69: Confession
Chapter 70: Chapter 69: Confession
Lu Jingqiu had participated in many such social gatherings in her previous life, after she left the convalescent ho, by which ti she was already in her thirties.
Many girls from different units had co today.
Because the weather was nice, the event was held on the drill ground, which was spacious and open.
Upon arrival, several sisters from her unit had already found their own places to sit.
Wang ilian chose a spot at the very front. Lu Jingqiu didn’t want to be spotted by her dad, so she found a corner to settle down in.
At such social gatherings, it was all about various gas and talent performances, and she just wanted to sit in the corner munching on sunflower seeds, being a re spectator.
She secretly hoped not to be seen by anyone she knew.
“Old Yang, we have quite a few outstanding people here today. We have to host this social event well. There’s a task today, we must make twenty pairs,” soone said.
Political Commissar Yang did not have such high expectations and smiled, “Don’t talk about twenty pairs, even ten would be quite an accomplishnt.”
Old Zheng pointed at the packed crowd below and laughed, “Look, quite a number of people have co. Has everyone arrived yet? Where is Old Lu, the program has already been going on for quite a while and I haven’t seen him.”
Old Yang said, “Old Lu and Old Gao went to check the venue.”
Old Zheng said, “Right, why at this ti?”
Old Yang joked, “This social gathering doesn’t have much to do with him anyway.”
Old Zheng nodded, “True, … but why do I see Jingqiu that girl there?”
Old Yang looked down and said, “Where?”
Old Zheng said, “In the corner on the right, how old is that girl now?”
Old Yang said, “She’s one year younger than my youngest, twenty-one. She ca with her unit, does Old Lu know about it?”
Old Zheng smiled, “It doesn’t matter whether he knows or not, the girl is here. Our troop has quite a few outstanding young n. Perfect, we can help Old Lu pick a son-in-law today.”
“Without his consent, would he agree?”
“Let him choose, and he will surely find fault with this and that, none to his liking. You believe it or not.”
“I believe it, believe it.”
“Hey, Nanzhou, you ca back just in ti. Go change your clothes; there’s a social event today, and you must pick soone for .”
“Reporting to the Political Commissar, I ca back to get sothing and I need to go back. I won’t participate in the social gathering.”
“At your age, if you don’t hurry up, in a few more years, if you are still unmarried, the girl’s family will definitely suspect that there is a problem with you. Hurry up and get ready.”
“Chief of Staff, I still have a task at hand. Let’s talk when I get back,” Jiang Nanzhou said with a salute and ran off imdiately, not giving the leader any chance.
For this social event, single officers above the rank of company commander took part, including Company Commander Wang. Er Dan was still young, but Yang Guodong and Li Zhu were not so young anymore; of course, they weren’t qualified and could only envy.
“You three aren’t doing military duties, what are you mixing in here for?”
Passing by after having picked up his items, Jiang Nanzhou found these three soldier lads huddling and scolded them.
Seeing Captain Jiang, Yang Guodong laughed and said, “Captain Jiang, our company commander has already gone over. Look, he is chatting so lively with the girls, you should hurry over too.”
“I still have a task, I’m not going. You guys hurry back.”
Er Dan said, “Captain Jiang, such an opportunity is rare, we only get this once a year, and today’s female comrades are so beautiful. I just saw Comrade Jingqiu too.”
Jiang Nanzhou, about to retort, swallowed his words and asked, “Who did you say?”
“Comrade Lu, look, she’s still over there,” Er Dan said, pointing in a direction to Jiang Nanzhou.
Jiang Nanzhou spotted her at a glance, laughing heartily at sothing with a male officer nearby.
Li Zhu reminded him from the side, “Captain, the guy next to Comrade Lu, he’s from the second battalion, third company. That guy always has a lot to say, he’s the best at sweet-talking female comrades.”
Without a word, Jiang Nanzhou tossed the item in his hand to them and ordered, “Send this to Commander Lu right away.”
Yang Guodong and the others instantly understood and hurriedly replied, “We will complete the mission.”
As they were leaving, Li Zhu even encouraged, “Captain, go for it, try to be a bit sweeter.”
This earned Jiang Nanzhou a cold look.
Jiang Nanzhou didn’t understand why Lu Jingqiu suddenly decided to participate in the social gathering. He genuinely didn’t know how to confront her about the conversation they had that day, and these past days he had been pondering what his true feelings for her were.
But today, seeing her smile at soone else, it felt painfully glaring, and the bitterness in his heart grew intense. He found the third company’s guy extrely unlikable.
Perhaps this was what Huakun referred to as ‘liking’ soone.
“Jingqiu.”
Lu Jingqiu was chatting with the officer next to her, intending to just go through the motions, but this guy turned out to be rather humorous. She was enjoying so of his everyday amusing stories when suddenly Jiang Nanzhou’s voice ca from nearby.
“Comrade Nanzhou.”
“Can you co out for a mont? I have sothing to talk to you about.”
“Alright.” Not to ntion the awkwardness of the past, just talking about today, she needed an excuse to leave. She had to go ho to paint; ti was tight, and the task was important.
Lu Jingqiu excused herself from the person she was with and followed Jiang Nanzhou away.
Once they were out of the crowd, Lu Jingqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing no one around, she quickly said to Jiang Nanzhou, “Comrade Nanzhou, thanks for just now, I have to go.”
She didn’t wait for Jiang Nanzhou to respond and turned away, because she didn’t know how to face this person.
“I have sothing to say to you.”
“…” Lu Jingqiu turned her head and glanced at him.
At that mont, Jiang Nanzhou’s hands and feet were tied; although he was older, confessing his feelings was a first for him. His ears unnaturally reddened and felt hot, his forehead slick with nervous sweat.
Thinking back to what Li Huakun had said to him before he left, he weighed his words carefully before finally saying, “Actually, I have been pursuing you the whole ti, only you didn’t notice.”
“Since when?” She had been unaware. And this revelation was so sudden.
“I’m not good at being romantic, and I don’t have much free ti. Even if we were married, there wouldn’t be ti for family support at ho, and you’d have to rely on yourself for everything. Am I really the kind of man you’d be willing to date?”
“I’m asking you, when did you start pursuing ?”
“…I was the one who offered to help you move the desks for Uncle Lu, I sent you the Book Coupon, explained questions to you, went to pick you up from school. When I saw you at the cinema entrance that night, I got out of the car unconsciously wanting to greet you, and even today, seeing you chatting and laughing with another man made
uncomfortable. I have never felt this way about another female comrade; you are the first.”
He might not have experienced romance, but he wasn’t a naive teenager either. After giving it so thought, he understood his own feelings.
It had started from that day, perhaps the first ti he saw her.
It wasn’t obvious before, but since being transferred here and seeing her more frequently, whenever he quieted down, his mind would involuntarily bring up her image.
He had been pursuing her all this ti, yet she hadn’t noticed a bit. “So?”
“So, I want to be in a relationship with you, Comrade Jingqiu, would you be willing?”
Lu Jingqiu looked at him, his face red with nervousness, and she burst into laughter, “Aren’t you afraid my dad will find out and beat you up?”
“I can handle it,” Jiang Nanzhou said, looking at
with eyes filled with nervousness and hope.
In fact, Lu Jingqiu herself was also nervous, but she rely feigned calm.
So this was what being confessed to felt like, truly wonderful.
“Should we go report to Uncle Zheng and Uncle Yang, to tell them that we have successfully held hands on the spot?”
Jiang Nanzhou was about to blurt out an agreent but then he thought of sothing and said tensely, “No, not yet… let’s not.”
“Why?” Was it because he didn’t want others to know about them?
In truth, she had also been impulsive today; to be accurate, she had been impulsive these past days.
Gao Qing was right, matters like dating and marriage needed a bit of impulsivity to succeed.
Just like in her previous life where she was foolish and Gao Shu lacked the heart. She could have waited a lifeti, but Gao Shu wouldn’t have made a move.
Having been given a second chance, she discovered a good man who was out of her control.
She felt hesitant and unsure, yet she mustered the courage to try.
This life, to find soone she liked again, she wanted to give it a shot.
“I think…”
Seeing his indecision, Lu Jingqiu’s heart grew uneasy; fearing rejection again, she turned her back in a huff of feigned indifference, “Hmph, I don’t have ti to date these days, forget it if you don’t want to.”
“When do you have ti then?”
Jiang Nanzhou’s words took Lu Jingqiu by surprise. She thought, are there still such innocent n around? n who need to schedule a ti to start dating?
After a mont, she said, “End of next month.”
“I won’t have ti either.”
“What?”
“I an, I have so maneuvers coming up.”
“Oh.”
“And, about our matter, I would like to speak with Uncle Lu about it personally.”
Lu Jingqiu suddenly smiled with a twinkle in her eye, “Afraid of my dad?”
“Not really.”
Lu Jingqiu didn’t press him further, and said, “Do you want to go watch? They have good food over there.”
Jiang Nanzhou looked down at his camouflage uniform and said, “I should change my clothes first.”
Lu Jingqiu shook her head, “No need, you look good just like that.”
Upon her comnt, Jiang Nanzhou felt a flutter in his heart, and followed her to a corner.
As everyone else mingled and conversed, the two of them ca walking over, noticeably standing out.
The leadership upstairs noticed them imdiately.
Old Zheng said, “Didn’t Nanzhou say he wouldn’t attend? How co he’s now together with Jingqiu?”
Political Commissar Yang, experienced in ideological work, saw through the situation at a glance and said with a smile, “The young man has a sharp eye. Old Lu is quite fortunate.”
Upon realization, Zheng Ye exclaid in amazent, “That kid isn’t bad, not here long and already set his sights on Old Lu’s precious girl.”
The two of them exchanged knowing smiles.
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