Chapter 214: Get In The Car
“Hey, how long are you going to keep holding on!”
Ma Qitong didn’t mind, but the gentle man being supported by Lao Pao had his nose almost crooked from anger.
He hadn’t even touched Tongtong’s hand, so why did that country bumpkin get to touch it right away?
“Sorry!”
Chang Ning, as if waking from a dream, immediately let go of her hand upon hearing this.
“It’s fine.”
Ma Qitong withdrew her jade hand, tucked a strand of hair from her temple behind her ear, and said softly.
Her cheeks at this moment were as pink and tender as a ripe peach, making one unable to resist wanting to taste its flavor.
Lao Pao seemed to see a layer of pink mist swirling around the two of them, thinking that at this rhythm, who knows when they’d get to business.
They still had a mission on their hands!
Dating could happen anytime, but they couldn’t delay the mission!
“Cough~ cough~”
Lao Pao pretended his throat was uncomfortable and coughed repeatedly.
Compared to Lao Pao, Xiao Zhuang lacked this awareness.
By now, he had long forgotten about the mission beyond the ninth heaven; he was happily eating dog food.
Look left, look right.
Xiao Zhuang always felt that Chang Ning and Ma Qitong were quite a match.
“No way! There’s still Tong Junyi!”
Thinking of the military doctor in the military unit who was always exchanging glances with Chang Ning, Xiao Zhuang suddenly found the dog food not so tasty anymore.
If things went wrong, it could lead to a mistake; this was a style issue!
“I need to find an opportunity to talk to Chang Ning. Dating is fine, but we can’t make mistakes!”
Xiao Zhuang was pondering how to bring it up later when he heard Lao Pao’s coughing beside him.
“Squad Leader, are you catching a cold too?”
Seeing that Lao Pao’s complexion was indeed off, Xiao Zhuang reached out to lightly pat the Squad Leader’s back, his expression worried.
He saw that Lao Pao’s condition seemed even more serious than Chang Ning’s; Chang Ning showed no symptoms of coughing.
“I…”
Xiao Zhuang’s behavior almost made Lao Pao swear.
“This kid is usually pretty smart; how come he’s acting dumb now? He didn’t pick up on my signals.”
Lao Pao felt quite depressed inside.
Fortunately, at this moment Chang Ning reacted, and after hearing Lao Pao’s cough, he calmly asked Ma Qitong: “Can we hitch a ride?”
“No problem, where are you going?”
Without waiting for the gentle man to object, Ma Qitong readily agreed to Chang Ning’s request.
She was just worrying about how to spend more time with Chang Ning; here came the excuse.
“We’re going…”
Chang Ning casually named a place.
“Okay, that’s on our way; we’re going there too.
Tell your friends to get in the car.” After Ma Qitong said this, she walked toward the cockpit.
“Let’s go, get in the car.”
Chang Ning jerked his head toward Xiao Zhuang and Lao Pao, signaling them to get in.
The gentle man standing behind the car’s buttocks felt so wronged, with tears welling up in his eyes.
“It was clearly me first…
It was clearly me who met Tongtong first…”
“What do you mean you first, me first?
Hurry up and get in the car!”
Seeing the gentle man standing still, Lao Pao kindly said.
From the brief contact, Lao Pao could tell this person wasn’t bad at heart; he was just spoiled by being pampered.
“Let me tell you, in these mountains…”
At this point, Lao Pao deliberately paused, and seeing that he had the gentle man’s attention, continued in a low voice: “There really are wolves!”
As he spoke, Lao Pao imitated a wolf howl.
It scared the gentle man into a shiver; he quickly opened the car door and tried to dive in headfirst.
But looking up, he saw the person who had kicked him, and didn’t want to sit with him.
“Why’d you get out? Do you really want to feed the wolves?” Lao Pao asked.
The gentle man didn’t speak, just grinned sheepishly at Lao Pao.
Glancing at Xiao Zhuang in the car, Lao Pao knew what was going on.
He smiled without saying anything, just got in the car and sat between the man and Xiao Zhuang, separating the two.
The ride was silent; by the time they reached the destination, night had fallen.
There were more Blue Team here than in the county town they had first attacked.
Patrol teams of Blue Team were everywhere, and Chang Ning even saw several waves of patrol teams leading military dogs from the car.
Armored vehicles roared by on the road from time to time.
The three in the car exchanged glances; this supply transfer center they had chosen might be more important to the Blue Team than they had imagined.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to deploy so many troops here.
Chang Ning silently observed the routes of the Blue Team patrols they encountered on the road; they might come in handy during retreat.
They chose an inconspicuous inn as a temporary base.
Seeing Ma Qitong check in too, Chang Ning said nothing; where she stayed was her freedom.
Now wasn’t the time to interact with Ma Qitong; the timing wasn’t right, and being too enthusiastic might make him seem suspicious.
Born into that kind of family, although Ma Qitong hadn’t been involved, what she had seen and heard growing up was probably far more exciting than an ordinary person’s.
It was normal to pick up a few more thoughts through constant exposure, so don’t let her current innocent appearance fool you; no one knew the real situation.
After Ma Qitong and the gentle man each returned to their rooms, only Chang Ning and the other two remained in the corridor.
Xiao Zhuang looked at Chang Ning and casually asked: “What are you thinking? You couldn’t have fallen for that girl, right?”
“Don’t talk nonsense; I just feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before, she looks familiar, but I can’t recall right now,” Chang Ning said.
“That’s the most clichéd excuse.”
Xiao Zhuang didn’t believe Chang Ning’s words, thinking he was just being stubborn.
If he hadn’t fallen for her, why had he kept holding her hand earlier?
“Believe it or not!”
Seeing Xiao Zhuang’s expression, Chang Ning knew this guy definitely didn’t believe him.
This gave Chang Ning a feeling of having fine clothes go unseen at night.
He had racked his brains to prevent Xiao Zhuang’s tragedy, yet this guy was eating his melon and didn’t even believe him.
It was simply outrageous!
But letting the tragedy happen without intervening was absolutely impossible for Chang Ning.
Even for two strangers, if they encountered an accident, he would definitely not stand by if he could lend a hand.
What’s more, he and Xiao Zhuang got along well; how could he stand by and do nothing.
Besides, that girl Xiao Ying was pretty good; it would be a pity for her to die young.
“Squad Leader, when do we make our move?”
Chang Ning ignored Xiao Zhuang and turned to Lao Pao.
“Tonight, to avoid more delays.
We wasted a lot of time on the road; staying longer might make us miss the rendezvous time with the others and worry them,” Lao Pao thought and said.
“Still at two in the morning?” Chang Ning asked, leaning against the wall.
Lao Pao didn’t speak, just nodded.
“Hey, why don’t you ask for my opinion?” Xiao Zhuang said.
Chang Ning and Lao Pao both looked at Xiao Zhuang, and after two or three seconds, turned back to their rooms in perfect tacit understanding, leaving Xiao Zhuang alone in the corridor.
