??Chapter 40: Chapter 39: What Counts
Chapter 40: Chapter 39: What Counts
Gao Yuan woke up in the middle of the night, overheated and covered in three layers of blankets while still in his clothes.
Luo Xingyu was sleeping soundly, and after so thought, Gao Yuan decided to sleep by himself. He quietly got out of bed and moved to the adjacent bed to sleep alone.
The blanket was cool and needed to be ward up again, but Gao Yuan felt much more comfortable.
However, when he woke up the next morning, Luo Xingyu’s expression was very unpleasant.
It had been a long ti since he had slept so comfortably. Gao Yuan woke up later than usual and, upon opening his eyes, saw Luo Xingyu sitting on the bed, wrapped in a blanket, watching him.
“What ti is it? It’s so late,” he said.
Gao Yuan quickly sat up, then said to Luo Xingyu, “You’re awake but not saying anything. I’ll go and cook. What would you like to eat, at or pancakes?”
Luo Xingyu turned her head away and rolled her eyes. She then lay down and covered her head with the blanket, saying, “Leave
alone. I don’t want to talk to you.”
How absurd.
Luo Xingyu actually had a good temperant and was not a spoiled young lady prone to inexplicable fits of anger, but today, for so reason, she was behaving oddly.
“What’s wrong with you?” he asked.
“Mind your own business! Don’t talk to !” she replied.
Gao Yuan was sowhat annoyed and said, “What are you going crazy for?”
Luo Xingyu suddenly threw off the blanket and glared at Gao Yuan, retorting, “So what if I am going crazy, huh?”
Luo Xingyu got out of bed and walked away, leaving a bewildered Gao Yuan behind.
Xiang Weiguo had woken up even earlier. When Gao Yuan went out to wash up, Xiang Weiguo had already prepared breakfast.
“For breakfast, there are stead buns, rice porridge, and pickles,” he said.
Gao Yuan was taken aback and asked, “There are pickles, too?”
“Found them in the canteen’s kitchen. There isn’t a cooking squad that doesn’t pickle vegetables. Everything else has spoiled, but there’s still a lot of rice and flour left, enough for us to eat for quite a while,” Xiang Weiguo explained.
Gao Yuan once again felt it was such a pity, what a sha that they couldn’t move it or take it back with them.
“Where’s Xiaoyu?” he asked.
“I don’t know, she got cranky all of a sudden, acting all crazy,” Gao Yuan replied.
Xiang Weiguo looked at Gao Yuan and asked, “Are you really clueless or just pretending to be?”
“What do you an? What are you talking about?” Gao Yuan responded.
“You really don’t understand what Xiaoyu ans?” Xiang Weiguo pressed.
Gao Yuan was stunned for a mont, then, with a conflicted expression, he said, “It’s not that I totally don’t understand, but I really don’t feel it, Uncle Xiang. I can’t bring myself to do it… and talking to you about this feels really weird.”
“What’s so weird about it? What don’t I know?” Xiang Weiguo replied dismissively, and then he sighed and said, “You’re just like the other clueless rookies I’ve trained. They’re all soldiers, but while so rookies understand everything, things I don’t even get, others are dimwits like you who truly understand nothing, blockheads.”
“Oh, co on. What don’t I know?” Gao Yuan said irritably. “The thing is, I really see Xiaoyu as a sister, honestly, I really do!”
“Forget it, I’m not getting involved.”
Gao Yuan lowered his voice and said, “Do you really think I’m dumb? There are so things I’m embarrassed to say to you. Forget it, even if I did, you wouldn’t get it.”
There were indeed things that were too embarrassing to ntion, like Luo Xingyu being in her dangerous period—how could he talk about that with Xiang Weiguo?
Gao Yuan was naive but not living in ancient tis; who’s foolish in this day and age?
Xiang Weiguo decided to let it be; he stepped out of the cafeteria and called out loudly, “Xiaoyu, co and eat!”
Just a shout and Luo Xingyu ca scurrying over, not just for food, for the environnt didn’t allow for tempers; calling without response might signal danger.
Luo Xingyu never really wanted to speak to Gao Yuan, but with only three people around, it was impossible to stay silent, yet she always felt awkward.
After the al, Xiang Weiguo said, “You two clean up here, I’m going to look around nearby. Don’t fire a single shot until I’m back, understand? Just wait.”
Xiang Weiguo left, leaving only Gao Yuan and Luo Xingyu behind.
Luo Xingyu was seething, and eventually, she couldn’t hold back. While washing dishes, she slamd one down and yelled at Gao Yuan, “Are you even a man, making
say it, huh!”
Gao Yuan was taken aback, then he lowered his head and said, “Uh, that’s not what I an.”
“Then what do you an! I’ve been so obvious and you, what do you want
to do!”
Luo Xingyu ended up crying, and Gao Yuan imdiately beca flustered, then he quickly said, “You, don’t be like this, damn it, what’s this supposed to an?”
“What do I an, that’s right, what am I! Are you even a man? Can’t you be a bit more responsible!”
Luo Xingyu cried in frustration, and if Gao Yuan didn’t say sothing then, he would truly let Luo Xingyu be the one to confess.
But, note this, Gao Yuan genuinely didn’t want to do anything, because he really felt too close to Luo Xingyu, so close that he had psychological barriers, and he couldn’t make a move.
“Don’t cry, I… see you as a little sister,” he said.
Luo Xingyu looked at Gao Yuan in utter disbelief, “In your family, does a sister who’s turned eighteen still sleep with her brother? Can you stop giving
the runaround? Are you treating
like an idiot?”
Gao Yuan coughed lightly and said, “Well, uh… the timing’s off; it’s really not the right mont. Your ‘relative’ left just a few days ago, this… ugh!”
Luo Xingyu thought for a mont, then her face turned red as she said, “Oh, then…”
Both of them were at a loss for words, but after a while, Luo Xingyu broke the silence, “So, what does this an?”
“What do you an what does this an?”
“Does this count as a confession?”
“I guess it does…”
“Oh, then say you like .”
This was sothing Luo Xingyu said with all the courage she had, and Gao Yuan was truly helpless; he thought seriously for a long ti, then whispered, “I definitely like you, there’s no question. But now’s not the right ti, let’s talk about it later… after a while.”
“How long will that be?”
Gao Yuan was sowhat scratching his head, he thought about it and said, “It depends, we’ll see.”
Luo Xingyu felt embarrassed to pry further, she continued washing dishes with a flushed face, but the conversation seed to have co to a standstill.
What does this tell us?
It ans that those who are shy are dood to be single.
So, regardless of gender, if you want to flirt, you must have thick skin.
It was noon by the ti Xiang Weiguo finally ca back. He looked pleased, commandeered a couple of guns, and then happily told Gao Yuan, “Get so boxes of ammunition, both rifles and machine guns, we can freely shoot around here.”
Gao Yuan cheered and went to fetch the ammunition, while Luo Xingyu sheepishly said to Xiang Weiguo, “Uncle Xiang, actually, I…”
Xiang Weiguo smiled slightly, “You don’t need to explain; I understand everything, Uncle Xiang does. Xiaoyu, Gao Yuan is just soone who’s shy, but he really is a good guy. Don’t miss out on him. Also, if we have set a goal, we should take the initiative to strike. Don’t be embarrassed; seize the mont, strike decisively, then achieve a resounding victory!”
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