This must be my nemesis!
"Regarding the two instances of life-saving grace you mentioned, do you really not want to know the truth?"
What?
No matter how Li Yuchu thought about it, she never expected it to be this matter.
Could there be something fishy going on?
But how would Gu Zechen know?
"What do you mean?"
Gu Zechen looked at the large meat buns in his hand.
"I will treat you to braised pork at noon."
"No, why are you only saying half of what you mean!"
"I'll tell you on the way, get in the car!"
Li Yuchu was now as cooperative as could be, nimbly getting into the car with a speed that suggested she was afraid of being left behind.
Seeing this, the guard admired his leader even more.
To think that a troublemaker like Comrade Li could be subdued so quickly without even having to lift a finger?
He truly is young and promising, worthy of being the youngest regimental leader!
……
Before she had even sat down properly, Li Yuchu asked anxiously,
"What did you mean just now?"
Gu Zechen looked her over.
She was wearing the new skirt he had bought for her, looking peerlessly beautiful without a trace of makeup. On her wrist was a watch that could only be bought in the Capital or Shanghai, and she was wearing small white leather shoes and carrying a beautiful, exquisite bag!
She was eating the large meat buns with her mouth full of grease.
Is this what she meant by being hungry, cold, disheveled, and on the verge of starving to death?
Heh.
Little liar!
Li Yuchu felt her scalp tingle under his gaze, having the illusion that she had been seen through.
"Why are you looking at me like that?
You should have some gentlemanly manners, understand?"
No wonder he hasn't found a wife at his age. Who would marry such a blockhead? They would have to be out of their mind!
Even someone as thick-skinned as her couldn't handle it, let alone the girls of this era who are all so reserved!
"The skirt fits well!"
Li Yuchu lifted her head, looking extremely proud.
"When a person is born beautiful, everything they wear looks good! This is what I call natural beauty!"
"Cough, cough, cough..." Xiao Yu coughed softly. Comrade Li is really... hard to judge. Although she was telling the truth, it wouldn't hurt to be a little more humble!
"Are you laughing at me?" Li Yuchu leaned forward and stared at Xiao Yu's profile.
"No... no!"
"Gu Zechen, I want to complain to you. Your subordinate is laughing at me.
Also, you and the Political Commissar are not doing your jobs well.
Either you're flirting around, or you're mocking young girls. This needs to change!"
Gu Zechen saw her sitting without any decorum and picking faults everywhere.
"Sit properly! Move over to the window side!"
"Hmph, as if I want to be that close to you.
If you had dealt with that bastard Yang and that bitch Qian earlier, I wouldn't stay here for another minute."
Gu Zechen rubbed his forehead helplessly.
"Be civilized, a young lady shouldn't use foul language!"
"Why do you care? If you have time to manage me, why don't you properly educate your own people? They are always causing trouble!"
Xiao Yu looked at Gu Zechen's exhausted appearance in the rearview mirror.
He didn't dare say a word and could only shut his mouth and drive like a blockhead.
Gu Zechen finally saw it clearly: this girl simply didn't like him.
"Do you have an opinion about us?"
Li Yuchu lowered her eyelids, thinking about how miserably she had died because of the other party in her previous life.
Yang Yunkai didn't choose her, and none of the people under him said they would choose her.
How could she not be resentful?
She understood their position.
Anyone would choose the pregnant martyr's widow, but she just felt unsatisfied!
Yang Yunkai and Song Qian teamed up to get rid of her, but what about the others? She had no grudges against anyone else!
"Yes!"
"Why?"
He knew she had suffered many grievances and that holding it in for two months was already her limit, but she wasn't the type to implicate innocent people!
Li Yuchu swallowed the bitterness in her heart.
"Didn't you say you wanted to ask me about the two times Yang Yunkai saved my life?"
Seeing that she didn't want to say more, Gu Zechen didn't make things difficult for her.
Instead, he followed her lead.
"Are you sure that the person who gave you biscuits and saved you at the forest farm yesterday was Yang Yunkai?"
Li Yuchu didn't rush to answer this time.
Instead, she thought back carefully.
In '61, she was only seven years old, starving to the point of fainting, dizzy, and without the strength to move her fingers, and her soul was incomplete.
She really didn't see that person's face, only knowing it was a tall older brother!
The reason she thought it was Yang Yunkai was because the next day, Yang Yunkai was playing in the village and ate a tiny bit of biscuits in public, which were exactly the same as her half-pack!
And the direction of his home was the same as the direction the older brother who gave her the biscuits went!
He was also tall.
At that time, she thanked him and mentioned the half-pack of biscuits.
But after Yang Yunkai heard it, he told her not to mention it to anyone else, saying that if his mother found out, she would beat him to death and go to Li Yuchu's house to take them back!
At that time, grain was more important than life, so she could only ignorantly shut her mouth!
She quietly soaked that half-pack of biscuits in water, and the whole family drank it, which was why they didn't starve to death!
You have to know that at that time, people in their village were starving to death everywhere; even half a biscuit could save a life!
Later, when life got better, she finally had the courage to speak out.
She swore that the half-pack of biscuits was given by Yang Yunkai.
So the whole family was grateful for his life-saving grace!
Five years ago, during the great fire at the forest farm, she was so scared that she completely lost her mind, and later she fainted from the smoke.
She didn't see that person's face either, but before losing consciousness, she vaguely knew that the one who saved her was still that tall older brother!
Because she felt very safe in his arms and wasn't afraid at all!
More importantly, when she woke up, everyone said that Yang Yunkai, who had returned home to visit his family, had saved her.
They saw with their own eyes that he was disheveled but descended like a god, saving her from the raging fire!
From then on, she poured all her girlish thoughts and admiration onto him.
When she was eighteen, they got engaged when Yang Yunkai returned home to visit his family.
Up until now, two years have passed.
She is 20, and Yang Yunkai is 25!
But now that her soul is complete and she has the ability to judge, she suddenly sensed something was wrong.
In '61, there was a famine everywhere.
Yang Yunkai's family was basically the poorest; how could they have those precious biscuits?
In the great fire five years ago, she clearly heard the painful groans of the person who saved her before she fainted, as if he had been hit by a tree branch somewhere.
But Yang Yunkai was completely unscathed.
Because of this, the whole village praised him for having learned great skills in the military, fearless of any danger!
……
The more Li Yuchu thought about it, the colder her heart became. Did she misidentify her benefactor?
If that's the case, then Yang Yunkai truly deserves to die!
Gu Zechen watched her complexion change and asked tentatively,
"Did you discover something?"
Li Yuchu took a while to recover, her expression extremely serious.
"Gu Zechen, why are you asking this?"
Gu Zechen's expression was calm.
"When I interrogated him overnight yesterday, I found that his words were contradictory, especially regarding the matter of saving you.
Therefore, I wanted to verify it with you.
Of course, if you feel I am overstepping, I can stop asking; after all, that was all before he enlisted in the army!"
Li Yuchu grabbed his sleeve.
"No, you must ask. I will definitely answer properly to see how much discrepancy there is between what I said and what he said!"
Gu Zechen ignored her hand grabbing him.
"Hmm, thank you for your cooperation! Character is very important!
Even if there were problems before enlisting, once discovered, they will be subject to severe punishment!"
Li Yuchu's eyes turned red. She felt that Gu Zechen, at least for now, was truly a good person.
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