Return Home for 22 Times (Third Update)

  "Let him cry, as a professional soldier he has to face these things!" Wang Hu stepped forward and pulled Zhou Wu's cold voice said.

  In war games, some people are good at fighting and can fight well, such as Wang Hu and most members of the first team. Tang Ao faced war games with determination and fearlessness, he could also fight, but his personality was destined to not be suitable for it!

  Wang Hu left on the second day of the funeral, and the entire First Squadron saw him off. Only Tang Ao didn't go, but afterwards he heard that Wang Hu had cried.

  Zhu Zong said that Wang Hu was brought up by him, and he witnessed the process of Wang Hu becoming a professional military officer from a volunteer soldier. However, he had never seen Wang Hu cry, let alone wail in grief. Although Wang Hu repeatedly told Tang Ao that "iron camps and flowing water" were inevitable for soldiers, he himself could not bear it either!

  After serving for three years, General Zhu gave Tang Ao a leave of absence to visit his family!

  Tang Ao spent another half month in the hospital nursing his injuries before he was more or less recovered. Tang Ao, now dressed in casual clothes, was packing up his meager luggage in the dormitory. Everyone else had gone for training, so the dormitory seemed empty and desolate. As he looked at the rows of beds, a faint sense of melancholy arose in his heart for no reason.

  "Someone is looking for you!"

  Thunder walked into the dormitory with a tired face.

  Behind him, a man with a cold demeanor and a similar air to Wang Hu, also with only one arm, entered. Tang Ao's eyes narrowed slightly as he instantly recognized the newcomer - it was the one-armed Mr., who had been safely escorted back from Tank Country by their squad, for whose safety Xu Ziqin, the captain, had sacrificed himself.

  "Hello, Lieutenant!" said Mr. One-Armed, waving at Tang Ao.

  Tang Ao didn't hate this one-armed man, but he felt very uncomfortable and said coldly, "What do you want from me?"

  Mr. One-Armed looked at Lei Feng beside him and hinted that someone was being a bit too garrulous.

  Lei Tong's shrugging shoulders, and Tang Ao gave him a big hug, using his stinky tone to say: "Go back home and rest for a few days, we'll wait for you to come back. If you don't come back, I'll take a helicopter to bomb your house!"

  Lei Ting left, and only Tang Ao and Mr. Du Bi were left in the dormitory. Mr. Du Bi, who was uneasy, locked the door tightly again. Tang Ao looked at him with a mysterious expression and frowned, saying coldly: "I'll leave the time to say goodbye to my brothers to you, if you don't explain one two three..."

  "I know you've just lost a comrade and your emotions are unstable!" Mr. Duì broke off Tang Ao's warning and went straight to the point, saying: "The following conversation is authorized, please keep it confidential!"

  "I will!"

  Tang Ao nodded with a frown.

  Everything in the First Squadron is bound by confidentiality agreements, except for special cases like Xu Ziqin's parents. Others who can come here must be authorized or high-ranking, so Tang Ao was mentally prepared when Mr. One-Armed spoke of C-level, B-level, A-level!

  "Do you know about 'General Staff'?"

  "General Staff, General Political Department, General Logistics Department, one of the three generals. These are all understood by soldiers. However, our First Brigade is directly under the 'First Office', and its relationship with the General Staff can only be considered as uncle-nephew!"

  "Deeper than that?"

  "I'm just a soldier, even if there's something deeper for me to understand, what's the point of understanding it? Can I eat it?" Tang Ao retorted coldly.

  Mr. One-Armed looked at Tang Ao, who was extremely violent, and knew that if he asked further, he would explode. He straightened his clothes and said directly: "I belong to the Second Department of the General Staff, which is what you call intelligence..."

  Half an hour later, the dormitory door opened and Mr. One Arm walked out first, patted Tang Ao's shoulder solemnly and said: "The high-level hopes you join us, I personally also hope you join us, don't need to give me a reply so quickly, think it over and contact me again, the way to contact is what I just said!"

  "I can give you an answer right now: I won't join!" Tang Ao's words were very resolute.

  "Tang Ao, I thought you had left already!"

  Zou Wu quickly walked over with a delighted face from the distance in the corridor, seemingly just coming down from the training field to find Tang Ao. She had promised to send him off!

  Mr. One-Armed looked up and saw someone coming, so he didn't want to talk anymore. He just took a deep look at Tang Ao and turned around to leave. Zou Wu looked at Mr. One-Armed's cold back and curiously asked: "Who is this person? Why haven't I seen him before?"

  "A lunatic who came to dig at the corner of the first team's wall!"

  Tang Ao responded casually and then went back to his dormitory to fetch his backpack, saying: "Let's go, or I'll miss the train!"

  The number one car of Director Zhu's political commissar has been waiting downstairs. As for the additional female soldier getting on the car, Director Zhu's political commissar obviously didn't react, furrowing his brow to look at Tang Ao, as if inquiring what this female soldier was doing there?

  "She's from my hometown, a little kid!"

  "Little? You guys really have a deep fate! To be reunited in an army of millions!"

  Zhu Zongzheng obviously didn't believe Tang Ao's words, but he also didn't pursue the matter. He just gave a meaningful glance at Zou Wu, who was red-faced and silent, wondering what she was thinking. Finally, his expression turned serious as he asked: "Was that guy from the General Staff Department's Second Division here to poach you?"

  "Yes, but I didn't agree!"

  Tang Ao replied straightforwardly, the inexplicable conversation left Zou Wu bewildered, while Zhu, the political commissar, nodded slightly in satisfaction and remained silent.

  The car started, and after four or five hours of bumpy ride, it finally arrived at the bustling train station. Just in time to catch the departing train, Zhu Zongzheng instructed, "Go home and rest for a few days, the first team will be waiting for your return." Then he returned to the car, leaving Zou Wu's face inexplicably red again!

  Tang Ao pulled out a golden bullet from his pocket and handed it to Zou Wu, saying: "You keep this for me first, if I come back, I'll go find you to get it!"

  The bullet was the one Wang Hu used his arm to block for him, and he had kept it specially!

  "What if you don't come back?" Zou Wu asked, taking over the golden bullet.

  "I'm just back home on a family visit leave approved by the political commissar, even if I were to retire from the army, I would still come back to process my retirement formalities. If I do retire, I'll give it to you!"

  "I'll wait for your return!"

  Like a young daughter-in-law seeing off her husband, Zou Wu's face turned red as she whispered something, then closed her eyes with an infinitely coy expression, pouting her small mouth as if about to peck Tang Ao's face.

  But Tang Ao took one look at her and retreated several steps as if bitten by a venomous snake, covering Zhou Wu's face with his hand, his face pale and coldly saying: "What do you want to do?"

  "Waaah!"

  Zou Wu was covered by Tang Ao and couldn't breathe, finally she could only push away Tang Ao's hand with a mix of anger and urgency, her face red as if blood was about to drip out, scolding: "You big idiot, big fool..."

  Zou Wu rushed out of the train station with a red face, and when she returned to the car, Zhu Zong Zhengwei, who had seen everything at the train station, spoke up: "I heard that your female soldier team leader Tian Meizi has been entangled with Tang Ao all day, and can't get rid of him! How? Have you also fallen?"

  Zou Wu Zheng, who was already being teased by Tang Ao, was now being mocked by Zhu Zong, and he couldn't help but retort angrily: "What nonsense are you spouting, Commissioner? Hmph!"

  "Ah! Alright, alright, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense!"

  Only women and petty men are troublesome. Unexpectedly, the Director General Zhou, who had a grudge against him, had to take the initiative to make peace and calm things down!

  The county train station was crowded with people, and Tang Ao stood in the hall, dazed, carrying a camouflage bag, feeling quite uncomfortable with all the noise.

  "Xiao Ao, Xiao Ao, over here, over here!"

  A big fat four-eyed man rushed towards Tang Ao with earth-shaking steps, "Boom!"

  The two of them slammed their chests together fiercely, and Zi's face turned purple: "My mother, what have you been eating these few years? You're so sturdy!"

  "Still talking about me? Look at you, your whole body is still as chubby as ever! And you're even wearing glasses."

  Tang Ao felt awkward looking at his son wearing glasses.

  "He got into college and is now an intellectual." A familiar yet slightly envious voice echoed from behind.

  Tang Ao suddenly turned around and hugged the two people behind him, saying: "For eighteen generations of our ancestors, I knew you two would come to pick me up. You want to kill me? Come on, let Grandpa give you a kiss!"

  "Alright, alright, you're all grown up now, not kids anymore, why are you still causing such a commotion!"

  Dahui and Xiaohui smiled as they pushed Tang Ao away. It had been a long time since they last met, and the two brothers had lost a lot of weight. The heroic spirit between their eyebrows was no longer there, but instead, they had gained a few more gentle features.

  Seeing the three people he hadn't seen for a long time, Tang Ao's mood improved instantly. He said loudly: "Let's go and have a drink... Hey, what are these two 'beautiful boys and girls' doing following you guys all the time?"

  "Come on, call uncle, this damn guy is your Tang Ao Uncle!"

  Dahui and Xiaohui pulled out two toddlers from behind them and had them call Tang Ao "uncle".

  These two snotty kids stared at Tang Ao with wide eyes, their big eyes flashing with fear!

  "Uncle? What does this mean? This...this can't be your child, can it?" Tang Ao's face was full of astonishment.

  Xiao Hui smiled and said: "This girl is mine, Xiao Zi is my brother's, they just learned to walk!"

  "When did you get married? Why didn't you tell me?"

  "We also wanted to, but Director Zhang of the Armed Forces Department didn't even know which unit you went to and couldn't get in touch with you!"

  "I don't count your marriage, let's go to the restaurant and I'll treat you to a new wedding banquet!" Tang Ao picked up his two nephews who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said: "Let's go, Uncle will take you to have a big meal!"

  As they watched Tang Ao walking out of the station with the child in his arms, Da and Xiao Hui exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing a hint of strange expression, as if wanting to say something but hesitating.

  Tang Ao found a restaurant that was still decent for decoration, and as soon as he entered the door, two beautiful girls bowed and shouted: "Welcome, sir!"

  "Wow, what a grand setup! Who would have thought that this small county town could support such a large restaurant? Whose idea was this?"

  Tang Ao's first time in such a high-end place, as soon as he came up, two girls bowed to him, and he was really surprised.

  PS: Book friends, after reading, if you like it, please click on the collection and throw a recommendation ticket. That's the greatest encouragement to the author!

  Jiao Shou said disdainfully: I never vote for book recommendations.

  "Crack!"

  Heavenly thunder comes down, striking the beast's head directly.

  The beast was unscathed, only... the two big masters in his crotch were gone, the beast looked up at the sky and let out a long howl: "Your sister's whole family is blessed, where did my ** go? Give me back my **.

  The heavens resound with the majestic voice of divine punishment: This is your punishment for not casting a recommendation vote!

  Monster collapsed: I voted, I recommended votes, and also collected, can you return it to me?

  The voice of the divine punishment sounded again, but it was no longer stern, instead turning into the sweet and gentle tone of a salesgirl: Sir, as long as you vote for us and collect this book, we will give you a 22cm golden gun that never falls, and you can use it ten times in one night. No matter if it's your wife, mistress, student... or even good brother, they will all fall deeply in love with you!

  The beast is excited: What if I add comments and rewards?

  According to the settings of this book, every time you vote a recommendation ticket, it will increase by 10 cm. If you leave a comment and reward, it will grow up to 22 cm or even longer! If you think it's too long... I suggest you cut off a section when decorating your house and use it as a beam!

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  (The above is purely for entertainment purposes, if there's any similarity it must be plagiarism, please don't imitate)