Sorry Party

  "This is none of your business, I've made up my mind about this soldier!"

  Liu Guofu, who had finally spat out the cigarette butt from his mouth, covered his constantly bleeding nose, opened his black and swollen mouth which was scalded by the cigarette butt, and unclearly shouted: "Come on, let's go together, kill him!"

  Their momentum had weakened, and their courage was gone, but the three of them could only force themselves to charge towards Tang Ao, who was excitedly shouting: "Come on all at once, it's less trouble that way, haha!"

  The three men rushed forward with great momentum, advancing in unison without distinguishing between front and back, either punching or kicking in unison towards Tang Ao's body. However, Tang Ao, who seemed to have been fueled by rage, did not retreat. He went berserk, swinging his fists wildly, and with just one punch, he sent the guy facing him flying, causing two of his teeth to fall out, and landing on his butt, flat on the ground!

  "Go die, bang!"

  Another person furiously punched his fist on Tang Ao's face, the force of the punch was not light, and Tang Ao stumbled backward two steps in pain.

  Tang Ao, barely standing upright, had an even more frenzied and excited look in his eyes, like a male lion that had been provoked. His mouth moved as he spat a mouthful of blood foam onto the person's face, his large foot following closely behind: "Hmph, you think you can kill me? Go to your ancestors' graves for eighteen generations, boom!"

  Tang Ao kicked the man with one foot, sending him tumbling to the ground. In an instant, three people had been knocked down by Tang Ao. Just then, a long-awaited voice suddenly rang out from outside the school gate: "Xiao Ao, we're here!"

  Looking around, I saw three little rascals climbing over the iron school gate. They were none other than the three of the four big rascals who were inseparable from Tang Ao: Da Hui, Xiao Hui, and Fei Zi. Those three guys who used to steal buns with Tang Ao had now grown into big and small rascals. The twin brothers Da Hui and Xiao Hui were as tall and strong as Tang Ao, able to fight and make trouble, while Fei Zi was so fat that even a county horse couldn't carry his weight!

  "Haha, you've come just in time!"

  "Xiao Ao, is your face okay?" Da Hui asked, unable to help but ask as he looked at the scars on Tang Ao's face.

  "This little injury is nothing for you guys!"

  Tang Ao wiped away the blood foam from his mouth, and with a fierce glint in his eyes, he looked at Liu Guofu and the others: "Beat them all into pig heads!"

  "Grass, dare you gang up on me in front of everyone?"

  "Cheers!!!"

  "Cheers!!!"

  The two brothers, Da Hui and Xiao Hui, let out a loud roar in unison, took off their sweat-soaked shirts, wrapped them around their fists, and charged at Liu Guofu's group of four like wolves into a flock of sheep. The sound of punching, the grunting from using too much force, and the ear-piercing screams rose and fell in waves.

  Among the crowd who came to visit Liu Guofu's family, no one stepped forward to stop Tang Ao and his three friends from beating him up. Even Zhang, the head of the recruitment office, was shocked by their ferocity. It's said that Tang Ao had done many cruel things before, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he realized just how terrifying this young man could be!

  "Don't hide anymore, if we don't come out now, we'll be beaten to death, hurry up and help!"

  As Liu Guofu's miserable cry sounded, a group of young men suddenly rushed out from the crowd, and Tang Ao swept his eyes to see that there were more than twenty or thirty of them.

  Tang Lao saw his son beat the county magistrate's son, and he was already scared to death, standing still with a pale face, not knowing what to do. Now seeing the other side come with so many helpers, he quickly begged Director Zhang: "Director Zhang, Director Zhang, please say something!"

  Director Zhang did not move, and the young soldier Li Lin beside him opened his holster and gave Tang Ao and others a fierce beating.

  Li Lin's eyes bulged, and he pounded his chest with a loud thud: "Everyone, stand at attention! Who still wants to fight? Follow me!" He used the same tactics as in the army to discipline new recruits!

  Now nobody dares to move.

  Li Lin stood tall and shouted down at Liu Guofu, spitting out stars as he bellowed: "Repeat that last sentence to me again!"

  "Is it... is it 'to take the blame and wear the green hat'?"

  "Bang! I let you take the blame, bang! I let you wear a green hat!"

  Liu Guofu had not finished speaking when Li Lin's armed belt was already pulled up.

  "How dare you hit me? Do...do you know who I am?"

  "Who are you? You're now like my grandson, I don't want you, get out!"

  Li Lin, still seething with resentment, launched another fierce attack, only stopping when Liu Guofu was rolling around on the ground begging for mercy!

  He glared around with his big round eyes and roared, "If I hear anyone else insult Er Cannon again, they'll end up like him!"

  "Alright, alright!" A middle-aged man with a protruding belly walked out of the crowd, his face sternly saying: "Li, the squad leader beat up an ordinary person in public, aren't you afraid of being punished?"

  "Director Liu...!"

  "What's this living Yama coming here for?"

  "Baby was beaten like this, how can he not come!"

  Liu Xian's arrival as the new county magistrate caused a stir.

  Liu Guofu saw his father come and immediately hugged his father's legs, crying bitterly. Liu Xian was shocked and heartbroken!

  Along with Liu Xian, several soldiers also arrived. They seemed to be 2nd Artillery comrades who had come down to the countryside with Li Lin for a home visit. The soldiers didn't say another word and dragged Li Lin away into the crowd: "You're always causing trouble as soon as you come out, it's not the first time we've heard people talk about our 2nd Artillery like this, is there a need to...!"

  Liu Guofu saw Li Lin being dragged away, and his tears stopped immediately. He spat in the direction where Li Lin disappeared: "Ptoo!"

  "Old Liu, young people don't understand things, Guo Fu's nephew is not causing trouble! Let's just forget about this." Director Zhang played the role of a good person and changed the subject: "Comrades, let's continue with the home visits!"

  Old man is present, Liu Guofu has become more courageous with the mainstay, just suffered a big loss from Li Lin's long mouth, now he continues to vent his anger on Tang Ao: "Tang Ao, you are such a rubbish who only knows how to fight and brawl in the army, if you don't get shot, you will be burned to death! Can you make a name for yourself in the army? I, Liu Guofu, will call you 'Grandpa' three times in front of everyone in the county!"

  Liu Xian didn't stop his son's shouting, instead he narrowed his triangular eyes and stared at Tang Ao's father, who didn't even dare to breathe: "Tang Lao, though nothing was said, the threatening intention was clear."

  At the most tolerant Tang Lao's face, who dares to argue with County Chief Liu Xian? Hurriedly, his tears almost came out. He could only pull Tang Ao away from the crowd and say: "Ao, let's not be soldiers anymore, come home with me!"

  Afraid of Tang Ao's stubbornness causing more trouble, Tang Lao's voice was even filled with pleading.

  No matter how his father pulled him, Tang Ao stood still, his bright and narrow Danfeng eyes flashing with an unusual light as he stared fixedly at his anxious father.

  Finally, Tang Ao shook his head at his father, firmly and slowly pushing away his father's arm, and said to Liu Guofu in a cold voice behind Liu Xian: "This soldier I will take care of, Grandpa Three will wait for me to come back, you - call it settled!"

  "Huh?!"

  Liu Fuguo never expected that Tang Ao would really take over the conversation, and say it so absolutely. Tang Ao's words not only surprised Liu Fuguo, but also made Wang Hu, the military officer with a mole between his eyebrows, pause for a moment. Without mentioning whether Tang Ao was being reckless or not, just this courage alone is enough to make people admire him.

  The crowd of onlookers in the schoolyard stared at Liu Guofu with wide eyes, waiting for what he would say next. Liu Guofu's chubby face turned purple as he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Let's see who calls whom Grandpa, and when the time comes, I'll kowtow three times to make it even more exciting!"

  "Alright, everyone present today is a witness!"

  Tang Ao's angry voice had just fallen when he raised his palm and heavily slapped Liu Guofu three times!

  Bang! Bang!! Bang!!!!

  Loud applause rang out one after another, clearly transmitted into the ears of everyone present.

  Looking at the two people who were staring at each other with hostility and unusual seriousness, the silence on the scene was so quiet that a needle could be heard falling, even the silence was a bit frightening. Everyone felt as if they had a huge mountain pressed in their hearts, making it hard to breathe. The man's oath was indeed so heavy!

  Time flies, and it's already time for new recruits to join the troops.

  On the train, in the carriage, new recruits wore green uniforms with a big red flower on their chest, each face was different, some were nervous, some excited, some sad. Tang Ao held a black and white photo in his hands, his head down, distracted by the sound of the train's "chugging" movement, his thoughts drifting away to who-knows-where.

  In the black and white photo, Tang Lao's face was smiling with a chubby and white Tang Ao in his arms. Looking at the black and white photo in his hand, the reluctant eyes of his father when he waved goodbye for the last time reappeared in Tang Ao's mind, and his nose began to sour!

  "Whoosh!"

  The sound of the train car door opening brought Tang Ao's wandering soul back to his body. A squad leader with a flower on his shoulder came in and talked endlessly about the military life they would face, and the new recruits kept asking this and that, while the squad leader patiently answered.

  Tang Ao listened to the class monitor's speech and slowly fell asleep, sleeping very soundly.

  "Hey, hey, new recruit, why haven't you gotten off the bus?"

  Tang Ao, who was in a daze, felt someone pushing him and rubbed his eyes to stretch his waist on the seat, but when he saw the empty carriage, he suddenly became wide awake.

  Just wanting to get up, he felt his head hit something and it hurt so much that he let out a "ouch" and sat back down, rubbing his head.

  She looked up and was startled again, right in front of her was a woman's face twisted into a ball, with snot and tears mixed together on that face. Tang Ao's first thought was: 'This woman is really ugly enough to owe the party an apology!'

  "What's wrong?"

  At this time, another person walked into the carriage. Tang Ao took a look and found that he knew him. He was a military officer with a mole between his eyebrows, named Wang Hu.

  Wang Hu looked at the female soldier with a scrunched up face and was also stunned, his icy expression trembled slightly. It seemed that his thoughts were similar to Tang Ao's. Wang Hu apparently knew this female soldier: "Tian Meizi, what's wrong?"