Chapter 1: Lin and Return

  "Old Three, I'm back!!!!!"

  "Lin Yu? Is it you?"

  "Nonsense, who am I? Lin Yu stood opposite Hanchang Station, lighting a cigarette in his hand. "I'm telling you, Lao San, come to Nanzhan within 20 minutes. I didn't even bring a piece of luggage and came to seek refuge with you. Hurry up."

  "No problem, you didn't even say a word when you came back. Wait, 20 minutes." As soon as the words were spoken, the phone on the other end hung up. Lin Yu smiled, Old Three was still his usual self, not willing to stay for even one more minute. In Lin's heart, there was still an inexplicable warmth, these friends, after all, had not forgotten him.

  "Honk~~~" Lao San was still as punctual as 6 years ago, an Audi A6 stopped in front of Lin Yu. The window rolled down, but there were three people inside the car. Inside the car, besides Lao San, there was a fat man and a beautiful woman.

  "Lin Yu, you bastard, why did you only notify Old Three and not me?" A beautiful woman kicked open the car door with one leg and jumped out sideways. The unbelievable scene made people worry that her slender waist would not be able to withstand the heart's pull.

  Beauty, indeed a beauty. As soon as she got out of the car, Lin Yu clearly felt countless gazes gathering over.

  The beauty smiled and didn't feel embarrassed at all. On the contrary, she threw a charming glance from afar... The people around her were stunned. Then...

  "Damn you, Lin! You and that little XX of yours have been playing hide-and-seek with me for years?" She kicked Lin directly under the car with a loud thud. "Damn it, I still don't believe I can't handle you..."

  Lin and Cong emerged from the other side of the car, helplessly glancing at the beauty.

  "I say Xiaomei, why are you still using such old tricks. However...". Lin Yu looked around. "The annoying flies have indeed decreased a lot."

  Four people looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing.

  "Lin Yu, I heard you've been promoted to a school official? Are you back this time to visit your relatives?" Fatso handed over a pack of cigarettes, Lin Yu took one and handed it to Xiaomei. He lit the cigarette in his hand and took a deep drag.

  "What a joke, I only served for 3 months." Lin Yu smiled wryly and shook his head, staring out the car window. "I'm now a demobilized soldier, from now on I'll just rely on this."

  "What did you do wrong in the army? How could they just kick you out? You're a school-level officer, after all." The fatty furrowed his brow. "I think it's because of my old man..."

  "Stop, absolutely stop..." Lin Yu hastily interrupted. He himself knew what he had done wrong, and it was already enough that he had gotten himself involved, but he couldn't drag his friends down with him. The old man from Fatso's family did have some influence in the military. But who had Lin Yu offended? That was the district commander!!! He didn't want to harm others. "Don't ask anymore, I could have stayed in the army originally. I just don't want to do it myself. Let it go... It's not interesting..."

  Lin Yu finished speaking, and even he felt a bit fake, so he smiled casually. However, in his bright eyes, there was an unmistakable sense of desolation. Indeed, he had been a soldier for six years now, from being a new recruit to becoming the team leader of the highest special forces unit. It was impossible not to have any attachment. Until now, every day he would wake up at exactly 5:00 AM, without a single minute's error. Every night, he couldn't sleep soundly, worrying about the assembly call. How could so many years of habit be changed? And then there were those battles. Lin Yu's footprints had traversed the country's borders. He had competed with special forces from various countries. Fighting against drug crimes and exchanging fire with smugglers was a very common thing for him. That wasn't just an exercise, after all.

  Lin Yu's left shoulder still has a thumb-sized bullet hole. It was a souvenir left by the drug trafficker for Lin Yu. Fortunately, the AK47 bullet had too much penetration power and directly shot through the scapula, so the bullet did not stay in Lin Yu's body. Otherwise, on the 10-kilometer cross-country road back to the camp, Lin Yu would have died long ago...

  Thinking and thinking, Lin Yu felt a little dazed... Those battles with gunfire and rain of bullets seemed to have happened just yesterday. But now, they can only be memories...

  "Never mind him." Suddenly, a soft and delicate small hand tightly grasped Lin Yu's hand. "Don't think that only men come out of the troops. Lin Yu will let them see, even if you're not in the troops, you're still great!"

  Looking at Xiaomei's comforting gaze, Lin felt a warmth in his heart and finally smiled.

  Laughing and laughing, his tears flowed out. At this moment, he was no longer the iron-like soldier, but like a wronged child, crying in Xiaomei's arms.

  I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled at all!!! I risked my life for the country, while that scoundrel was flirting with women in the rear. I just taught a scumbag a lesson, why should I be forced to change jobs? I'm not reconciled, really not reconciled at all!!!

  "I will definitely let them all know that even if I'm not in the troops, I can still live very well!!!! Live very well!!!!!"

  Lin's cigarette in his hand had somehow become an S shape. Xiaomei looked at Lin and his twisted face, feeling a pang of pain in her heart.

  For a moment, the entire carriage fell silent.

  "Alright, no need to be like this." The first to speak was Lin Yu, he smiled and the strong nerves of a soldier returned to his body. "I say, it's been years since I've had hometown dishes. Where are we going to eat later?"

  "You... all you know is eating!! Look at you!!" Xiaomei glared at Lin Youyi with a bad temper, but finally smiled slightly.

  Lin clenched his fist and secretly made up his mind that he must live a life of his own in Hanshan.

  At night, Lao San and others took Lin Yu to have a good dinner at the largest 36 Hotel in Hannan. Xiao Mei was not satisfied yet, and pulled everyone to run to Qian Gui KTV. They made noise until 3 o'clock in the morning.

  Lin didn't know how much wine he had drunk, all he knew was that from the moment they entered the private room, the wine in his mouth seemed to never stop. The beer was even more so, box after box, he didn't know how many times it had been opened. Anyway, Lin saw that the empty beer bottles had already surrounded the four of them.

  Lin Yu hadn't had a wild drinking spree like this in years. In the army, everything was strictly controlled. Especially in his elite special forces unit, they might not even get to drink a few times a year. It wasn't that there was no alcohol in the army, the beer in the cafeteria was plentiful. But nobody wanted to overdrink. Alcohol numbs your nerves and slows down your reactions. Who would dare to drink before carrying out those life-or-death missions? Wouldn't that be playing with their own lives?

  Only the worst soldiers would take a swig before charging into battle. It wasn't to calm their nerves, but to numb them with alcohol due to fear-induced tension.

  But now I'm no longer a soldier. Lin Yu poured another cup of wine into his mouth again. Get drunk, get drunk, let myself get drunk this time, and consider it a farewell to my past life. When I wake up, I'll be a new Lin Yu!!!! Everything can start anew!!!!!

  Also didn't know how long had passed, Lin Yu suddenly felt a blackness in front of his eyes, and actually fell asleep on the sofa in the private room.