Wu Qiao recalled what happened last night.
At that time, Lu Rong walked in confidently and asked, "How do you think about the supply?"
Wu Qiao saw him, sighed softly, and said, "This matter has to be discussed in the long term."
Lu Rong saw that Wu Qiao was still unwilling to compromise, but his attitude was obviously subdued, and he smiled complacently.
Wu Qiao continued to let Lu Rong relax his guard: "Sit down, I'll go get some fruit."
"Haha." Lu Rong sat down immediately without thinking, and laughed loudly, "You take it." In his opinion, Wu Qiao put himself in a low position.
What he didn't expect was that Wu Qiao didn't take any fruit at all, but called Ji Yao, and the two rushed in and pushed Lu Rong down.
Lu Rong was unresponsive and immediately fell to the ground. Wu Qiao's stature looks weak, but his actual strength is not small. Lu Rong was pinned down by him, and he struggled for a long time to no avail.
"What are you two doing!" Lu Rong shouted, "Are you planning to torture yourself?"
"It's so noisy," Ji Yao said, "Shut your mouth."
"Yeah." Wu Qiao took out the rope prepared in advance to tie up the guns, tied Lu Rong's mouth a few times, then turned Lu Rong over like a fish, and tied his hands tightly. .
After finishing all this, Wu Qiao whispered to Ji Yao, "Send it to the basement."
"Ok."
Ji Yao sent everyone on the road away first, then came back, escorted Lu Rong with Wu Qiao.
Lu Rong beat him in the basement, and the two tied him into a rice dumpling and tied it to an alloy pipe.
"Feed once a few days?" Ji Yao raised his head and asked Wu Qiao.
Wu Qiao hesitated for a moment: "Let's feed it once a day now. It depends on the situation when the war starts. You can't die once every three days."
"Ugh!!!" Lu Rong was extremely angry when he heard that. Wu Qiao not only used lynching, but also planned to abuse him!
"Okay." Wu Qiao stood up without looking at Lu Rong, "Let's go back and discuss the draft for tomorrow morning."
"Ok."
Then, they ignored the tied man and went back to the bridge to discuss the manuscript until midnight.
As for Lu Rong, he will have to wait for the military court trial.
How the court-martial will deal with it is actually quite impossible for Wu Qiao to guess.
When his thoughts returned, Wu Qiao looked at his watch—it was only half past eight, and there was still an hour and a half before ten.
Go... contact Tan Yan.
Last night, I didn't have a good talk.
At that time, he kept thinking about Lu Rong's affairs, so he really didn't have the heart to chat with Tan Yan.
Moreover, he also needs to relax. He has been preparing the manuscript last night and studying the tactics to be used all night.
His tense nerves really needed a rest.
At such a time, the best way to relax is to "meet" the general.
Every time, seeing that person's figure in the communication device, all the exhaustion will be swept away, because he will remember his determination to be together, and then re-enter the battle hard.
The best stimulant is hope.
"Huh?" Tan Yan quickly connected to the communication, "Looking for me?"
"… yes."
Tan Yan was silent for a while, and then asked again: "May I know what's wrong?"
"..."
Tan Yan said: "What do you have... that even I can't know?"
"No." Wu Qiao shook his head, "It's just, a little embarrassing."
"Shame?" Tan Yan immediately guessed the point, "The subordinates refuse to accept you?"
"Yes." Wu Qiao replied.
"Why do you disobey the law?"
"If you don't obey my orders, contradict what I say, or make your own claims, let me leave it alone."
"..." Tan Yan said, "Let me figure out a way." In his opinion, he should help Wu Qiao.
"No need." Wu Qiao shook his head, "It's all settled."
"Oh?" Tan Yan asked, "How did you solve it?"
Wu Qiao said briefly: "Ji Yao told me to kill people to show my prestige, to make an example to the monkeys, so that my subordinates will not dare to make mistakes again."
"and then?"
"Then... I thought it violated the regulations, so I didn't agree to do so." According to the regulations, he should report to the relevant agencies, and the soldier should be tried by a court-martial. Wu Qiao guessed that this was because he was afraid that someone would publicize his personal revenge or kill him by mistake.
"And then what?"
"And then..." Wu Qiao said in a low voice, "I locked the most troublesome person in the basement and announced to the whole army this morning that he was accidentally shot to death by Ji Yao last night because he forced me to sign with a gun."
"..."
"I think everyone will think that this is just a reason, but the reality is that I secretly killed him to eliminate dissidents."
"Ok."
Originally, Wu Qiao didn't want to adopt this method.
Detained without following formal procedures, and then lied, making people think that he was the murderer secretly... After all, there were only three people present at the time.
It is not easy for Wu Qiao to get out of this step.
His demands on "integrity" and so on have always been terrible.
The last time I lied to Aquash, I was already uncomfortable, and this time it will be even worse. In the future... Wu Qiao has a feeling that he will go farther and farther, and bid farewell to the past.
He has a responsibility on his shoulders. The heavier the responsibility, the more you need to give yourself up.
There's nothing like that, it's just...
Wu Qiao said, "Admiral..."
"Ok?"
Wu Qiao lowered his head and said, "I'm afraid I will change."
"Change?"
"Yes," Wu Qiao said, "I have become... no longer the me you like."
"..."
"That would be even more... unworthy of you."
"What stupid things are you talking about?" Tan Yan smiled very gently.
"Ok?"
"Wu Qiao, how should I put it, the last time I lied to your enemy, and this time I pretended to kill disobedient subordinates, I heard these two incidents. Although I feel a little regretful, it is more gratifying."
"Ok?"
"Compared to losing you forever, I don't care about that kind of thing, I want you to be well."
"..."
"Don't pay too much attention to it." Tan Yan said, "Some things are definitely not 'right', and some things are hard to say right or wrong, but, because you have to be responsible to some people, you have no other s Choice."
"..."
"Even if it's not 'right', you can only do that. However, even if you do something, you must keep your heart."
"Admiral..."
"You have to understand this sooner or later. Now that you have figured it out, it is probably a good thing."
Wu Qiao didn't speak.
Tan Yan said again: "This is often the case. Fortunately, you can choose the person you like."
"... Mmm." Wu Qiao blushed.
After a while, Wu Qiao said again: "General."
"Ok?"
"I, I read in the book that..."
"What does the book say?"
"The book said, said..." Wu Qiao began to stammer.
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
"The book says that two people who are in love should date."
"..."
"..." Wu Qiao felt that something was wrong with the general's face.
A few seconds later, Tan Yan recovered from his dazed state, and asked, "...a date?"
"...um." Wu Qiao called up a document while talking, "It says in the guide, at least once a week, otherwise it will affect the relationship and make the relationship between the two people colder."
"But..." Tan Yan couldn't understand, "You are fighting."
Tan Yan thought, Wu Qiao has been fighting all the time, but his side is fine. Thanks to the military department, in order to protect him, they made a fake talk, so that he didn't have so many miscellaneous things. Seeing Xiao En giving speeches here every day, and attending events there, Tan Yan felt tired for him. At such an old age, I still have to jump up and down all day long...
Wu Qiao replied, "Yes."
"You want me to see you once a week?"
"No." Wu Qiao said.
"So?"
"I figured out a way to feel like I was on a date."
"Ok?"
"It's just... the two of us do one thing at the same time, which is what we often do when dating... For example, watching the same movie at the same time, listening to the same concert at the same time, reading the same book at the same time, eating the same dish at the same time, drinking the same drink at the same time. Grow coffee...and talk about how you feel, so...it's kind of like being together."
Wu Qiao didn't know what it was like to "date". He looked at the book and felt that it seemed to be a very sweet thing. Every time he and Tan Yan met, they were at the military headquarters, or at the base. They had never done anything romantic together, and they had never been to the movie theaters, concerts, libraries, western restaurants, and coffee recommended in the book. Museum... He has never been, and he can't go. After much deliberation and thinking for a long time, I feel that this is the only method that can be a little bit similar.
Tan Yan: "..."
"If you think it's too naive, forget it..."
"Wu Qiao," Tan Yan said suddenly, "When no one else is around, just call me Tan Yan."
"How can this...?" Calling the general by his first name is absolutely impossible for him.
"Then what do you want to call me?" Tan Yan said, "Husband? Master?"
"..."
"The child's father? The child's father?"
"What are you talking about?" Wu Qiao was a very serious person, and he was extremely shocked when he heard this.
"Stupid? Dead ghost?"
"What is the 'dead ghost'..."
"I'm not joking." Tan Yan smiled again, "Just call me Tan Yan."
"Ah... um." Wu Qiao lowered his head, and after a long time, he finally said, "Tan Yan..."
"Ok."
"I miss you so much..."
"me too."
Wu Qiao repeated over and over again: "I really want to..."
"me too."
"Okay." After a while, Tan Yan coaxed Wu Qiao, "Don't you want a date?"
"Huh? Oh, yes."
That's what the books say, have to date or something.
And, it looks... interesting. In fact, Wu Qiao has almost never been to those places in his life. He feels that spending time on recreational activities means reducing the time for learning. However, after reading the guide, he felt a little longing and anticipation, and wondered if he would really feel the happy feeling in the description.
"So you choose a place?"
"Oh..." Wu Qiao licked his lips and said what he had thought in advance, "Today... let's go to the Military Museum."
"what?"
"military Museum."
"..." In the end, is it still related to the military...
"...?"
"Okay." Tan Yan asked, "How?"
Wu Qiao sent a document to Tan Yan, and explained in detail: "This is the museum's sightseeing guide video. The guide walks in the museum, explaining each exhibit, and finally returns to the main entrance of the museum. It’s in 3D, the two of us watched this video, as if we were really watching along his route, and the instruction manual says that the effect is very realistic, and you will definitely feel like you are on the scene.”
Wu Qiao bought this thing a long time ago, but he resisted opening it all the time, waiting for Tan Yan to watch it together.
Tan Yan smiled and accepted the document.
"The video is an hour long, and we can just finish watching it."
"Ok."
"Then, then..." Wu Qiao said, "Let's turn it on first, and then press the pause button to start synchronously."
"OK."
After Wu Qiao finished speaking, he opened the video and put it there: "Are you ready? Let's go in now?"
"OK."
Wu Qiao added: "Now, I call one, two, three, start, and when it's 'start', you click to play."
"Ok."
"You put your hand on the play button first." Wu Qiao was not very happy again, "This needs to be completely synchronized. If it's a second or half a second away, it's not watching together."
As long as the cooperation is not perfect, Wu Qiao will not like them all.
Tan Yan knew Wu Qiao's personality, so he didn't say anything, and put his hand on the play button: "Okay."
"So... one, two, three, let's go."
When the word "start" was mentioned, Wu Qiao clicked the key with a "shua".
"Tan Yan," Wu Qiao asked, "how many seconds are you there?"
"The third second."
"Well, so do I."
After a while, Wu Qiao asked again: "How many seconds is it?"
"Six seconds."
"Ok."
Then, without waiting for Wu Qiao to ask again, Tan Yan actively read the seconds: "Seven, eight, nine, ten..."
"...Okay, it's okay." Every second is exactly the same, and the two videos are exactly the same.
This is the effect he wanted.
Wu Qiao began to listen to the explanation and talk about it.
"This pistol..." the instructor explained in a pleasant voice, "the total length is 220 mm, the gun weighs 0.6 kg, the magazine can hold 15 bullets, the muzzle velocity is 600 m/s, and the effective range is about 100 meters..."
"This seems to be very powerful..." Wu Qiao said with emotion.
"I tried this pistol," Tan Yan said suddenly.
"Oh?"
"Probably when I was a major general. It was selected as a military pistol, but after two years, a more suitable model appeared, and it was eliminated."
"I see… "
The two of them were just "walking" in the museum while chatting, talking about their experiences and what they knew.
Most of the time, it was Tan Yan who was talking, and Wu Qiao just listened and found it interesting.
"Tan Yan," Wu Qiao said to Tan Yan after walking around for half a circle, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, this kind of date is pretty good."
Now, when he said these two words, he still felt very awkward, and even his voice trembled a little, becoming unnatural at all.
Obviously, in private, he has read it countless times.
I have read it countless times during the day and night.
"why?"
"Because, the museum needs to be quiet." Wu Qiao said, "When you really go to the museum, you must keep quiet, and you can't chat like this."
Tan Yan smiled: "That's right."
"When I come out, I may not remember what I wanted to say."
"Ok."
The two continued to "walk" for a while, and Tan Yan suddenly called out: "Wu Qiao."
"how?"
Wu Qiao turned his head and shifted his gaze from the video to the communication device: "Is there something wrong?"
He turned on the video and communication equipment at the same time, and did not let the video occupy the entire interface. He felt that in this way, he could see both the exhibits in the museum and Tan Yan's face, which was the same as a real date.
Over there, Tan Yan also turned his head to look at Wu Qiao, and then, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he raised his hand and pressed it on the camera.
His hands cover most of the camera, leaving only a little gap where he can see the other person.
"Ok?"
Wu Qiao froze for a moment, then immediately understood.
He also smiled, very happily, and raised his hand to press the camera on his side.
In this way, it's like... holding hands.
Even across such a long distance, it seems to be able to feel the temperature of the other party.
first date...
Wu Qiao thought in his heart: Is this how it feels
Not being there alone, but having someone with you, seeing the sights you see, hearing the sounds you hear, feeling what you feel, experiencing the events you experience, and then , leaving a common memory that belongs to each other.
Years from now, it may be possible to take it out and say: "Remember? In the military museum, there is such a gun..." instead of being described by one person to another in dry language.
This form of dating is actually not bad.
It's really romantic.
Wu Qiao thought, he really is a creative person.
Read a guide and then be able to adapt it to your own situation.
But why, at the same time, a little sad
When will the two of them... really hold hands without any worries, walk through the streets of the empire, don't think about any responsibility, just like that, squandering youth and wasting time, at that time, In that place, all thoughts are occupied by each other.