“Don't judge Captain Gu by how he looks: soft, white and clean like those celebrities you see on TV. In actual fact, let me tell you, among our squad, Captain Gu was the manliest of them all!”
“The first time we were sent out on a mission, the enemy were gun smugglers. We had practiced guns every day, but when we actually had to aim it at a real living being, no one dared to shoot. Can you guess what happened in the end? Captain Gu fired the first shot, without batting an eye, five consecutive shots, right in their heads, even thinking back now, I still feel that Captain Gu is unrivalled!”
“Captain Gu always says things in an especially nasty way, but we all didn't hate him, we all liked him. His outer appearance may be cold, but deep down, he's extremely hot-blooded. He is the embodiment of a natural soldier. There was this time we were providing disaster relief in an earthquake. He got crushed saving a little boy, and was hospitalised for three months, surviving by a hair's breadth…”
"Captain Gu is particularly cool-headed. He's the person with the most self-restraint and calm I've ever seen in my life. Our military instruction said that Captain Gu is a rarely seen Qilin talent[1], a natural cold weapon!"
The things Qin Yang said were all things Qin Zhiai hadn't known.
She didn't utter a word and listened extremely earnestly.
So in those several years which they had nothing to do with each other, he had passed those years in this way, so richly and brilliantly, and so admirably aggressively.
“If Captain Gu had stayed in the army, he would definitely be a really good rank right now. Two years ago, when he retired from service, he was already a junior officer… Such a waste…”
“Have you ever thought that Captain Gu is especially cold-hearted? Let me tell you, in fact, Captain Gu is an especially loving and affectionate man. If not, he wouldn't have quit the army…”
“…He went back home because of his Grandfather. Before he left, he said that his grandfather is the last family he can hold onto in this world…”
After he spoke those words, Qin Yang became a bit sentimental. He shook his head, and lit another cigarette. He then seemed to have thought of something, and crooked his head to ask Qin Zhiai, “Have you ever seen Captain Gu cry?”
Cry? Gu Yusheng cry? When they were younger, she had personally witnessed Gu Yusheng being beaten up by his father to that state and he still didn't cry. Later on, there was actually a time he cried?
Shock flashed through Qin Zhiai's eyes which were looking at Qin Yang.
“I've seen Captain Gu cry three times…”
“The first time was not long after we entered the troops. In the middle of the night, I was going to the toilet, and saw Captain Gu hiding inside there alone, crying. He was also whispering ‘sorry', but I don't know who he was apologising to.”
“The second time was when he quit the army. He stood in front of us, laughing and saying that he's finally free. Turn around and he's squatting by himself on the army drill-ground crying like an idiot.”
“The last time was when his parents passed away…”
Qin Zhiai didn't say a word from beginning to end, but the back of her eyes had already heated up.
Qin Yang also seemed to feel that the topic was too emotional, and violently took a few drags of his cigarette. He fell silent after that.
They arrived at the parking lot very quickly. Qin Yang didn't go in.
Qin Zhiai returned to the car and digested what Qin Yang had said for a long time before starting the engine and driving out of the parking lot.
The sky had already turned black. The street lights on the two sides of the road were already lit.
At the rate of the traffic, Qin Zhiai slowly headed in the direction for home. As she was passing along a street of pubs, when she looking at the road through the rear-view mirror, she saw Gu Yusheng leaning against a tree, head bowed, in the middle of opening a cigarette box.
The rubbish bin next to him was heaped with cigarette butts of all shapes and sizes.
[1] 麒麟之才 Talent of a Qilin - A Qilin is a Chinese mythical animal - is one of the dragon's nine kids - is intelligent, wise and farsighted, with outstanding insight and courage, so a Qilin's talent describes someone who is an outstanding talent and is intelligent and wise.
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