Insufficient balance

  Bao Yulin didn't know why Wu Hongying occasionally gave him meat to eat, and he wasn't interested in knowing either. After all, as a prisoner of war, the management regulations of the POW camp stipulated that he must obey orders, otherwise he would be punished. However, no matter what, having meat to eat was always a good thing, and those few days hiding on the mountain had scared him half to death with hunger. In fact, the most important thing was that Wu Hongying no longer provoked Bao Yulin's relationship with his comrades like she used to in this POW camp. Instead, she would slam a bowl of meat in front of him, glare at him as he ate it piece by piece, and then let him go back without saying anything to him. This was what Bao Yulin was most satisfied with - he enjoyed this kind of treatment. In his opinion, being able to displease Wu Hongying was his own victory in the struggle against the enemy!

  All along, Bao Yulin never thought that the behavior on the battlefield at that time was wrong. War is like this, and it's ruthless to treat the enemy mercilessly.

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  "Hmm, today is quite rich, it seems my mouth is not bad. " Bao Yulin had already gotten used to taking advantage of such opportunities to get revenge on Wu Hongtian, and the grudges that Wu Hongtian had accumulated against him were too many. Every time Bao Yulin thought about how he was beaten by his own comrades in the prisoner-of-war camp with a bag over his head, he felt angry, all thanks to Wu Hongtian.

  As soon as he entered Wu Hongyan's room, Bao Yulin saw a table of wine and dishes. Thinking of Wu Hongyan's distorted face when she was angry, he sat down with great satisfaction. Unexpectedly, Wu Hongyan also sat down on the bed opposite him. It wasn't until then that Bao Yulin noticed that the small table, which usually only had one pair of chopsticks, today not only had two sets of bowls and chopsticks but also two wine cups.

  "We haven't known each other for long, but basically we've spent most of the time in hatred, and nobody has ever had a good conversation. Tomorrow you'll be returning to your country, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to meet again, so there are some things that we should talk about." Wu Hongyan poured herself another glass of wine, and also poured one for Bao Yulin.

  "What else do you want to know?" Bao Yulin looked around cautiously, he had been very quiet since entering the prisoner-of-war camp. At first, no one in the camp paid attention to him, and he was also frightened by the synthesizer incident.

  "Don't worry, this isn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it's just you and me, and there are no recording devices, so don't worry!" Wu Hongxian knew what Bao Yulin was worried about and directly pointed it out. At this point, Wu Hongxian raised his wine cup: "Come on, let's have a drink and chat."

  Seeing Wu Hongyan's attitude, Bao Yulin didn't say another word and picked up his wine cup. A big man like him couldn't be intimidated by a Vietnamese woman when it came to drinking. Although he hated Wu Hongyan, he believed that she was someone who spoke her mind.

  The two cups touched and both people downed them in one gulp.

  "Actually, sometimes I recall the time when my sister and I were studying in China. We were in a primary school for international students, mostly from Asia and Africa. At that time, our classmates had very good relationships with us, we often played basketball and participated in activities with Chinese students, they treated us very well. Although we were young, there was never any bullying." Wu Hongyan poured herself another cup of wine, while saying this, she pushed the wine jug to Bao Yulin.

  Bao Yulin also poured himself a cup: "You are international students, who dares to bully you? If something happens, it's a diplomatic incident."

  What Bao Yulin said was true. At that time, many universities in various parts of China had set up primary classes for foreign students, mainly targeting some Asian and African countries with relatively good diplomatic relations with our country, similar to the Communist International School of the Soviet Union at that time. Many of the students here were children of leaders from various countries. Of course, they were treated very well.

  "Yes! If it weren't for the changes in our two countries' relations, my sister and I might have continued to stay in China until we graduated from university. Who would have thought that after returning home for only two years, my sister and I would be separated by the heavens? Ah, how good it would be if there were no war!" Wu Hongxuan's eyes welled up with tears as she poured the liquor into her mouth.

  Just now in the cafeteria, Bao Yulin didn't even dare to touch the food on the table. His comrades hadn't had a full meal or seen meat for several months. Looking at everyone's appearance, he really didn't have the nerve to pick up his chopsticks and only drank a few cups of wine. Now he drank a few more cups and was a bit dizzy, so he couldn't help but talk a lot.

  "This is ridiculous, you dare to say it out loud. In the past, we helped you drive away the French and then helped you defeat the Americans. How much of the food you ate and the weapons you used were provided by us Chinese? What right do you have to go and attack Cambodia just because others are easy to bully? This is laughable! But what's even more ridiculous is that you still want to bully us China! Haha, this is simply too funny!" As he spoke, Bao Yulin poured himself a full cup of wine and downed it in one gulp: "You didn't even think about it, after all the fuss, what did you get? In just a few days, we almost took Hanoi. This is the fate of ungrateful wolves!"

  Wu Honglian didn't respond, she quietly drank her wine and listened to Bao Yulian venting. She also helped Bao Yulian pour more wine.

  "Fight? Who wants to fight? I joined the army so that one day I could make a name for myself and not have to stay in our small village! But is it worth it? I watched Liu Yonghua die, I watched Zhang Bin die, I watched Li Pai Zhang also die, an entire squad, only I'm left! Did they all want to die? No! They all wanted to live!" By this point, Bao Yulin's tears were flowing, drop by drop into his wine cup. Bao Yulin didn't even notice, he downed the wine in one gulp, then grabbed the wine jug and tried to pour more into his cup, but twice he failed to get any wine in. So he simply poured it directly into a bowl instead.

  Wu Hongyan was after all a woman, normally not drinking alcohol, but after several cups her face turned bright red. Seeing Bao Yulin give up his wine cup and drink directly from the bowl, she also switched to a large bowl.

  "Do you know? I don't even know what Li Pailang's name is, that guy was assigned to our squad as the squad leader just before the war, he looks weak and pale but when it comes to fighting he's not a coward! We've only known each other for a few days and then he got killed by you guys!" As he said this, Bao Yulin choked up: "And Li Bing, he had been waiting for you guys for many years, finally got promoted, but at the riverbank, I saw his half-head blown off! They all wanted to live!" Bao Yulin poured wine from the bowl into his mouth while crying.

  Wu Hong's face was streaming with tears as he smiled and said, "Yes, they're all dead, but my sister is also dead! They all deserved to die! But the one who should have died most is you, however I won't let you die! I know it was you who killed my sister! Uncle Wu was right, the best punishment is to make someone live in pain forever!"

  "I'm suffering? I'm not suffering." Bao Yulin shook his head: "I avenged them, and I'm still alive!" Bao Yulin poured himself a bowl of wine: "The small tricks you play will eventually be exposed, even if they can't, it's no big deal, I don't care!" Unconsciously, Bao Yulin's tears flowed again.

  Looking at the tears on Bao Yulin's face, Wu Hongying was pleased: "You don't care? Why are you crying if you don't care? In the river inner war camp, your comrades beat you and you didn't cry. Now you're crying? I'll tell you, I just want to make you never lift your head up for the rest of your life!

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  Two people chatted, quarreled and drank. Unconsciously, a bucket of wine was gone more than half. Both of them got drunk.

  Dazed, Bao Yulin raised his head: "I remembered, do you want me to never lift my head again? And where did you get it yourself? I don't know how many people saw you tied up with Ruan Yuanjia together! Hahaha! Are you comfortable?" The wine in Bao Yulin's bowl was gone, and the wine jug was beside Wu Hongying: "Hey, help me pick up the wine."

  Wu Hongyan was also drunk and couldn't take it anymore: "Help you carry the wine? Don't even think about it! You don't know, at that time I swore, if I caught you, I would definitely kill you! And now you still want me to help you carry the wine... Dream on!"

  Wu Honglian didn't move, so Bao Yulian stood up: "Fine... you won't help me carry it... I'll do it myself." With that, Bao Yulian walked around the table and reached out to grab the wine jug.

  Wu Hongyan was exhausted, and they both fell onto the bed after a gentle push and pull.

  Two people were initially fighting for the wine barrel, but at some point, they started tearing each other apart. After the storm subsided, Bao Yulin and Wu Hongying both fell asleep.

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  The sound of the lights-out whistle simultaneously awakened Bao Yulin and Wu Hongying. The two people didn't have time to think carefully, and Wu Hongying hurriedly urged Bao Yulin to put on his clothes quickly. Since the incident at the Hanoi prisoner-of-war camp, the Vietnamese side had strengthened its management of the prison camps, one of which stipulated that if a prisoner was found outside the barbed wire fence after the lights-out whistle sounded, they would be dealt with as an escapee.

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  That night, many people in the prisoner-of-war camp couldn't sleep, everyone was excited and waiting for tomorrow. Bao Yulin didn't sleep either, no one knew what he was thinking, his heart was extremely confused. This night was the longest night Bao Yulin had ever spent.

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