Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

"Didn't I tell you to go find the pillars? Why don't you understand..."

Lin Qiang thought it was one of Hu Zi and the others who had returned. He muttered to himself, then looked up and saw it was Zhao Yuling. He immediately changed his tone and said, "Oh, why is it you? Sorry, I didn't know it was you. I thought it was those bastards!"

"Pooh!"

After saying that, Lin Qiang slapped himself on the mouth and said, "Look at my mouth, it's so loose. How can I say bad words in front of a female comrade!"

His action made Zhao Yuling laugh.

Young ladies from wealthy families are different. Even if they are holding things in both hands, they will raise their hands to cover their smiles when they laugh.

This is not a show. People's minds were not open at that time. Ladies of noble families had many things to pay attention to, and not showing teeth when smiling was one of them.

So lovely……

wrong.

Lin Qiang quickly stood up, took the two kettles from the other party, and asked, "Miss Zhao, was it you who just came in?"

The other party didn't say anything. When Lin Qiang saw her blushing cheeks, he remembered that he had accidentally touched her hand when he took the kettle just now.

Wait a moment.

Why do I use the word again...

Now was not the time to think about this matter, Lin Qiang said awkwardly: "Well, Miss Zhao, I didn't mean it, please don't mind it!"

"No...it's okay!"

This time, Zhao Yuling did not lower her head. Instead, she mustered up the courage to look at Lin Qiang, and then quickly dodged away as if she had been electrocuted.

He took out two packs of cigarettes from his pocket and placed them on the table. He then said, "Platoon Leader Lin, Squad Leader Zhao asked me to tell you something. He said... he said..."

Seeing Zhao Yuling hesitating for a long time, Lin Qiang knew that she must be saying something bad, so he interrupted, "I know, I'll settle the score with that brat later!"

"By the way, Miss Zhao, what's the matter with you coming to see me?"

Only then did Lin Qiang remember that someone was looking for him, but as soon as he entered the door, he was asked to get water and cigarettes.

I guess Zhao Yuling was waiting outside the door while they were discussing things in the house.

Thinking of this, Lin Qiang quickly brought a stool, wiped it back and forth with his sleeves and placed it in front of Zhao Yuling. He then took out a cup, poured water into it and rinsed it briefly, and poured her a glass of water.

The stool was previously used to hang maps, and there were footprints on it. When I was cleaning the house, dust inevitably fell into the cups.

Zhao Yuling took the water cup with both hands and placed it on the table, then slowly sat down opposite Lin Qiang.

"Miss Zhao, you..."

Zhao Yuling interrupted directly: "Platoon Leader Lin, you can call me Ling'er."

"This...is not appropriate!"

"Then call me... call me..."

After thinking for a while and still unable to come up with a suitable title, Zhao Yuling pouted and said, "Anyway, as long as you don't call me Miss Zhao, it's fine!"

"Good good!"

Lin Qiang was also afraid. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then I'll call you Comrade Yuling!"

"what!"

Zhao Yuling was obviously disappointed, but she still felt it was better than calling her Miss Zhao: "Okay then."

At least Comrade Yuling sounds much closer than Miss Zhao.

"Platoon Leader Lin, I came here to ask you, um, how old are you this year?"

After saying this, it was as if all the strength in Zhao Yuling was drained away.

Lin Qiang was stunned when he heard this. He came to him just for this matter?

"As for me, I'm 27 this year if I remember correctly."

No matter which world he is in, Lin Qiang is only 27 years old.

Even though he's dressed old, he looks old too!

Once you have experienced a battle, a touch of maturity will appear on your young face.

Lin Qiang looks old because he has experienced too many battles and gone through too many baptisms of war.

The youngest member of the team was 17 years old. Despite his young age, he had already participated in several wars and had long since become a qualified Eighth Route Army soldier.

After getting the answer she wanted, Zhao Yuling couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

He lowered his head and said softly, "I'm 22 years old this year!"

Zhao Yulin’s voice was really soft. Lin Qiang tried very hard to listen, but he still couldn’t hear it clearly. He only heard me...!

Then it was gone!

If she didn't hear clearly, even if Zhao Yulin said it again, the result would be the same, and it would cause misunderstanding on the other side, especially since she was a woman.

But he couldn't not answer, so Lin Qiang just had to bite the bullet and answer: "Is that so? That's not bad!"

After saying that, he carefully observed Zhao Yuling's subtle movements. From the corners of her slightly narrowed eyes, Lin Qiang dared to conclude that his bet was right, she must be smiling.

The next second, Zhao Yulin raised his head and indeed was smiling: "Platoon Leader Lin, do you really think it's great?"

"Of course!"

No matter what it is, just answer it accordingly!

But then Zhao Yulin lowered his head again and said softly, "So, Platoon Leader Lin, what do you think of me?"

At this moment, the monk's voice was heard outside the door: "Platoon leader, platoon leader, I'm here to bring you some water!"

"Put it at the door!"

"Good Le!"

The monk put down the kettle and left, which resulted in Lin Qiang still not hearing clearly what Zhao Yulin said.

I only heard the general idea, something about platoon leader, you, and so on.

Lin Qiang guessed that Zhao Yulin probably wanted to say, Platoon Leader Lin, how is your life here?

Maybe it was because he had given up the house, and Zhao Yuling was unwilling to move out that day, so he felt guilty and came to ask Lin Qiang if he was comfortable living there. If not, he would return the house to him.

Actually, Lin Qiang didn't care where he lived. Besides, moving around was quite troublesome. So, Lin Qiang replied, "It's fine. I like it very much and am very satisfied."

"Ah!~"

Zhao Yuling was surprised and delighted, and lowered her head even lower: "Is it true?"

"Of course it's true!"

Lin Qiang thought Zhao Yuling was worried that he was lying to her, so he said very confidently, "I never lie. Everything I say is true. I'm really satisfied and I like it very much. I just don't know what Comrade Zhao... Yuling thinks of it."

After asking this question, Zhao Yuling suddenly stood up from the stool and turned her back to Lin Qiang in the blink of an eye.

From the rapid rise and fall of her back, Lin Qiang knew that she was taking deep breaths quickly.

What's going on?

While Lin Qiang was still wondering what was going on, Zhao Yuling had already walked to the door and said with her back to him, "Platoon Leader Lin, I'm just like you. I like it too!"

After saying that, Zhao Yuling trotted towards her residence.

When Lin Qiang chased out out of curiosity, he saw that the other party had already entered the house and closed the door.

"What's going on with this guy?"

Lin Qiang returned to the house in confusion, put away the two packs of cigarettes on the table, then took the half pack given by Hu Zi and went out of the house and headed straight for the stable.

A few minutes later.

Before Lin Qiang even entered the stable, a smell hit him in the face.

It’s hard to describe in one word!

Then came Hu Zi's complaints: "If I had known we had to set this example, I should have let the platoon leader take the lead!"

Zhang Yuntian followed up, "Hurry up and work, stop complaining. The platoon leader will hear about this later, so don't say I didn't warn you!"

Qiangzi didn't care and said, "It would be strange if the platoon leader could come!"

Xu Lang and Wang Qiang expressed their agreement.

The only one who didn't speak was Wu Zhe. The reason he didn't speak was that when he came out carrying horse manure, he happened to run into Lin Qiang with a gloomy face.

"Platoon Leader, I didn't say anything!"

Lin Qiang's face darkened as he said, "I know, let's go!"

"Well, you have to move aside, or I can't get through!"