Chapter 28: Jiang Yurou's Worries (2)

  Jiang Yurou turned her head to look at Lu Tao sitting beside her, wiping away the tears on her cheek with her hand, and smiled bitterly, nodding in response: "Hmm!"

  Looking at Jiang Yurou's pitiful appearance, Lu Tao couldn't help but take a deep breath, pursing his lips to force a smile, and gently stroking Jiang Yurou's head said: "If you're tired, don't force yourself."

  "Good!" Responding to Lu Tao's words, Jiang Yuru forced herself to smile again.

  Although he knew in his heart that Jiang Yurou was just barely holding on, Lu Tao chose to believe his cousin's words and stopped asking about Yuan Tuo.

  Two people quietly gazed at the No. 16 ship, and after a long time, Lu Tao suddenly remembered that at noon on the military port dock, Jiang Yurou had slapped Sun Qifan in the face, and then asked: "By the way, why did you hit Sun Qifan at noon?"

  Upon hearing the name Sun Qifan, Jiang Yurou couldn't help but think of the scene where her first kiss was stolen. The first kiss that should have belonged to Yuan Tao was taken away by Sun Qifan without any reason, and in this moment when she missed Yuan Tao, Jiang Yurou's hatred towards Sun Qifan naturally became much stronger than usual.

  "Don't mention him to me!"

  Jiang Yuruo stood up and slapped the railing with a palm, causing the railing to tremble.

  This was the first time Lu Tao had seen his cousin so angry since he could remember, and he couldn't help but ask cautiously: "Did... did he do something to you?"

  Lu Tao was still speaking when Jiang Yuru suddenly turned her head, giving him a cold stare that made Lu Tao take a step back.

  Jiang Yuruo really didn't want to mention Sun Qifan at all, so she took a deep breath and turned to ask Lu Tao: "Speak! This afternoon when we gathered, others not listening was one thing, but you, as my elder brother, didn't even move, why is that!"

  As soon as he heard this, Lu Tao hurriedly explained: "First of all, I apologize to you. Then, what I want to say is that if I come out and openly support you, others will think that there's something going on between us."

  "Hum, anyway I've remembered today's matter, when I get home, I'll make a public announcement!"

  Lu Tao hastily ran to Jiang Yurou's front and begged for mercy, saying: "If you tell Grandpa, I'll be in big trouble. Can't you just spare me?"

  "Let you off?"

  "Right!"

  "What's in it for me?"

  Lu Tao thought for a moment before saying, "Alright, as long as you don't report me, whatever you say I'll do. If you tell me to go east, I won't go west!" As he spoke, Lu Tao also raised his right hand and pointed his fingers together towards the sky in an oath.

  After listening to Lu Tao's words, Jiang Yurou couldn't help but mock Lu Tao: "Wow, I didn't expect Comrade Lu Tao, who always wants to be first in everything, to actually give up the position of captain and willingly become a deputy captain!" After finishing speaking, Jiang Yurou couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Seeing Jiang Yurou's smile this time was a heartfelt one, and Lu Tao also let out a sigh of relief, saying: "Actually, you becoming the captain is quite unexpected for me." Lu Tao smiled coldly again, saying: "However... it's better than letting Sun Qifan become the captain!" As he spoke, Lu Tao thought that if Jiang Yurou hadn't suddenly burst in at noon, he really wouldn't have been a match for Sun Qifan, and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

  Unfortunately, Sun Qifan, who had just come down from Haiyue No. 1, happened to hear Lu Tao's words and couldn't help but give him a cold smile.

  Qiu Lin, standing behind Sun Qifan, didn't expect that Lu Tao and Jiang Yurou seemed to have a very unusual relationship. She thought that Jiang Yurou and Lu Tao might be a couple.

  Bao Shi Ping, however, simply pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, looked up and saw the Liaoning, and suddenly became excited, running towards the port side of the 157 warship. He leaned over the railing and shouted at the people on the Liaoning: "Liaoning, hello!" As he shouted, he was so excited that he took off his camouflage cap and waved it around.

  Qiu Lin also saw the Liaoning ship and followed Bao Shiping to the left side of the 157th ship, looking towards the Liaoning ship.

  Sun Qifan, however, just stood still and quietly looked at Jiang Yurou, while Jiang Yurou was also silently looking at Sun Qifan. The two people were staring at each other like this, even the takeoff of Haiyue No. 1 couldn't make Sun Qifan move his gaze away from Jiang Yurou.

  Looking at Jiang Yurou, Sun Qifan's mind also thought of the fact that he had kissed Jiang Yurou in the afternoon, and he felt it was necessary to give her an explanation, otherwise his heart would always be uncomfortable. Thinking so, Sun Qifan walked towards Jiang Yurou with a stride.

  But he only took two steps forward, and Jiang Yuruo turned around indifferently and walked into the warship, leaving Sun Qifan with a cold back.

  His cousin's silent departure, and Sun Qifan's gaze at Jiang Yurou, made Lu Tao feel that Sun Qifan must have done something to Jiang Yurou. But he knew that since his cousin hadn't said anything, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to take action now, so he just gave Sun Qifan a cold glance before turning and leaving the deck.

  She found a quiet corner, Jiang Yuru's mind was still thinking about Sun Qifan taking away her first kiss, a feeling of disloyalty to Yuan Tao suddenly made her squat down and curl up into a ball, burying her head in her arms and starting to cry softly.

  Crying and crying, she felt someone push her gently, Jiang Yuru thought it was Lu Tao, so without even lifting her head, she said: "Can you let me be quiet for a while?"

  Captain Han Jie looked at this little girl in front of him and couldn't help but smile at her fiery temper.

  Zhao Hu also smiled and signaled to others not to disturb the injured Jiang Yurou, pretending to know nothing and quietly walked past Jiang Yurou's side.

  The sky gradually darkened, the moon had not yet risen from the horizon, without the city's lights, the stars in the sky were particularly dazzling. Under the afterglow, the training on the Liaoning aircraft carrier had not stopped, the staff at the four stations were running non-stop, gesturing to each other, and one by one, the Black Sharks took off and landed under their guidance, everything seemed so orderly.

  It was already eight o'clock in the evening when the last student walked down from Haiyue No. 1.

  "Jiang Yurou!" Sun Fan shouted towards the chaotic crowd of students, but after waiting for half a day, Jiang Yurou still didn't emerge from the crowd.

  "Jiang Yurou!" Zhuo Yi shouted again, still without getting any response.

  This made her think of what happened during the psychological test in the afternoon, wondering if something had happened to Jiang Yurou, and she quickly turned around and rushed to the testing room to find the teacher in charge of recording the psychological activity test.

  The teacher was nowhere to be found, but Zhuo Yi found Jiang Yuru sleeping at the bottom of the stairs leading down to the testing room.

  Looking at the tear stains on Jiang Yurou's face, Zhuo Yi couldn't help but sigh. Just then, Han Jie, who had been patrolling and returned to this place, saw Zhuo Yi and asked him, "Zhuo, your soldiers are just like you, they don't even care about where they sleep."

  Listening to Han Jie's joking words, Zhuo Yi smiled wryly and quickly apologized: "Sorry, didn't affect your normal work, did it?"

  "That's not true!" said Han Jie with a smile as he looked at Jiang Yurou again, then turned and left.

  She bent down, and Zhuo Yi gently brushed Jiang Yuru's disheveled hair with her hand, as if she were concerned about her own child. She had just received Jiang Yuru's information and hadn't carefully studied it yet, so she still didn't know what had happened to Jiang Yuru, but her heart was already starting to feel some sympathy for her.

  Also because of pity, a thought arose in Zhuo Yi's heart, that is, to let Jiang Yu Ruo leave.

  She couldn't bear to part with Jiang Yurou, she knew that Jiang Yurou would eventually become a female flyer like herself, and even surpass her. But it was also because of this that she didn't want Jiang Yurou to take the same path as herself.

  Suddenly, Jiang Yuru woke up. Seeing Jiang Yuru open her eyes, Zhuo Yi also stood up immediately, putting away the painful look from earlier, and shouted at Jiang Yuru with sleepy eyes: "Jiang Yuru, get up for me!"

  Dimly visible standing in front of her was Zhuo Yi, Jiang Yu Ruo was so frightened that she suddenly became much more awake, and even stood up abruptly, but unexpectedly bumped into the ladder, hurting her teeth and mouth.

  However, Zhuo Yi had made up his mind not to let Jiang Yu Ruo stay behind, so he pretended to be ignorant and scolded Jiang Yu Ruo: "Is it because you've become the captain that you can do whatever you want? You actually dare to sneak here alone to sleep. If you want to leave, just tell me, I'll approve it!"

  As soon as Zhuo Yi said she wanted to eliminate herself, Jiang Yu Rou hastily pleaded with Zhuo Yi, nodding and bowing her head, with a look of urgency on her face: "Instructor, it was my fault, please give me another chance, okay? I promise this kind of thing will never happen again!"

  "Guarantee?" Zhuo Yi let out a soft hum, "I don't think it's necessary, once we get back to the base, you can leave!" After saying that, Zhuo Yi didn't want to say anything more. She was afraid that if she and Jiang Yu Ruo continued talking, she would be convinced again by Jiang Yu Ruo's unyielding spirit and let her stay.

  Despite Jiang Yurou's various explanations following closely behind, Zhuo Yi still endured unwillingly, with a resolute face returning to the deck and coming before Sun Fan, saying: "It's too infuriating, as captain you actually abandoned your comrade to sleep alone!" As she spoke, Zhuo Yi couldn't help but turn her head to give Jiang Yurou a cold glance.

  Watching Zhuo Yi hastily leave, but then return in anger, Sun Fan knew that there must be something he didn't know about, so he ignored Zhuo Yi's words and shouted to Jiang Yu Rong: "Assemble the troops!"

  Upon hearing Sun Feng's instructions, Jiang Yu Rong didn't know what her outcome would be, but she knew that at least for now, she was still the team captain recognized by Sun Feng.

  Zhuo Yi glared at Sun Fan, who hadn't responded to her words, and pointed at Jiang Yu Rong, shouting at Sun Fan: "Don't you understand what I mean? I said she's been expelled!" Zhuo Yi's sudden loud voice covered the roar of the planes taking off from the Liaoning aircraft carrier, causing Jiang Yu Rong, who was about to give a command, to freeze in place.