Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

Chapter 1790: Chapter 1789: Use Your Head

”Why does a wound on the mouth automatically mean it was bitten?” Tian Niu groused, ”Can’t it just have been bumped?”

”What exactly are you trying to say?” Qin Jian was starting to feel dizzy from Tian Niu’s scattered explanations.

”Let me tell you, my mouth was injured because someone bumped into me! But my mother-in-law saw it and started interrogating me, asking whether I’d been in contact with some woman.”

”And then?”

”I told her no. She didn’t believe me, insisting that I must have been! Otherwise, how could I have gotten hurt on my mouth? A woman must’ve bitten me, huh?” Tian Niu was truly impressed with his mother-in-law. Among all the people he’d met, she was the only one he would admit could best him.

”How did Shuangshuang react?” Qin Jian asked.

”She was fine. But it’s my mother-in-law’s constant suspicion that I can’t take anymore!” Tian Niu complained, ”I’m telling you, my injury really was caused by being bumped into—by some clueless female soldier!”

”You’re hopeless!” Looking at the towering hulk of a man reduced to this pitiful state, Qin Jian really wanted to laugh but managed to restrain himself, tossing him a suggestion instead, ”Use your brain a little. If you can’t get rid of your mother-in-law, why not invite your father-in-law over?”

As they say, one thing conquers another—precisely this principle in action.

Tian Niu thought it over and gave Qin Jian a big thumbs-up: ”Captain, my respect! Seriously, you’re a genius! And you know what? My mother-in-law actually does listen to my father-in-law! Your insight is sharp—you picked up on this after just a few encounters?”

”Not everyone is as dumb as you—a bullheaded fool!”

”Captain, that’s out of line!”

When they got to the regiment headquarters, Qin Jian got out of the car and headed straight to the office building.

Tian Niu returned to the battalion camp. After lunch, there was a two-hour break.

He had only just laid down in his temporary quarters when he heard a commotion downstairs. There seemed to be women’s voices mingling in, so he opened a window and looked down. At the building entrance, the sentinel was blocking two female soldiers.

”Comrade, please, let us through? We just want to have a quick word with your battalion commander.”

”No way! It’s break time now! Our battalion commander is resting! Besides, it’s not appropriate for you two female soldiers to enter the male soldiers’ quarters!” The sentinel refused to let them pass.

”Fine, then why don’t you call your battalion commander to come down? We really need to speak to him!” One of the female soldiers asked persistently.

”What’s your rank? What’s your position? And you’re demanding our battalion commander come down? Have you got some nerve or what?”

”Hey, what’s with you?! Why are you being so difficult?” The female soldier grew impatient.

At that moment, the other female soldier, who hadn’t said anything before, stepped forward to intervene: ”Miaomiao, let it go, okay? Let’s just leave. I told you it wouldn’t work.”

”No way! How come? Just meeting their battalion commander is this much trouble?” Lin Miao snapped angrily.

After observing for a while, Tian Niu finally figured out that these were the two female soldiers he’d bumped into at the regiment headquarters a few days ago.

”Alright, enough with the racket!” he called down from the window, ”Tell them to wait! I’ll be down in a minute!”

”Yes, sir!”

Five minutes later, Tian Niu came downstairs, fully dressed. The moment he appeared, Gan Tian’s eyes lit up.

Her gaze was as clear as a mountain stream, and her mere presence betrayed her simple, innocent feelings, all plainly written on her face. Tian Niu had a hunch that this female soldier’s look held something special for him.

Although his emotional instincts weren’t particularly sharp, he wasn’t oblivious.

So, when interacting with this young female soldier, a line had already quietly been drawn in his heart, along with a mental wall to guard it.

”Battalion Commander Tian!” Gan Tian called out sweetly, her eyes curving like crescents, just like new moons hanging in the sky.