Chapter 4

  The perspective has switched back.

  Well, I don't know how long I slept, all I knew was that when I woke up, I heard someone say they were going to smash my gun. The voice was very familiar, it was the same loud shouting voice I had heard before I passed out. I didn't want him to destroy the only thing I had left, so I tried to speak out and stop him, but found that my own voice had become extremely hoarse and weak.

  "You're awake, don't move, we'll go get a doctor for you." This time, it was that pleasant voice, the one that always spoke to me when I was unconscious. With great effort, I turned my head and saw her face already streaked with tears, but her eyes shone with joy and excitement.

  "Thank..." My voice hadn't even finished speaking, her hand was already covering my mouth. "Don't talk, you still need to rest." I could only resign myself to closing my mouth, and it was only then that I noticed the pain in my lips. It turned out that at the time, I had almost bitten through my own lip. I could also smell a special scent on her hand, mixed with a faint sweat smell, mostly medicinal smell.

  "Sorry....." She seemed to have noticed that her hand had touched my injured lips, and she quickly removed the hand covering my mouth. I gently shook my head, indicating that I was fine, and she seemed to understand me. Her eyes sparkled with delight again. "Hey, you all saw it, he's awake! The doctor will be here soon, so go back now. When he wakes up tomorrow, you'll see a lively him." She had already started shooing people away, watching as the crowd around my bed left with reluctant glances. I was also grateful to her for giving me some time to compose myself.

  Then the doctor rushed over, a female doctor. "Because all the men of age have gone to join the army, this is the rear, we are enough." The female doctor seemed to see the doubt in my eyes and smiled to explain to me.

  "Alright, now you don't have any problems with your body, the wounds are basically starting to heal, but the wound on your neck was really dangerous, almost cut through an artery." The doctor seemed to be scolding me, yet also celebrating that I could survive, only hearing her whispering something to the nurse, when the nurse came over, I saw the syringe in her hand, I knew, she was going to give me a sedative.

  "Wait" was forced out of her mouth with great effort, stopping her from giving me an injection.

  "What? You're not afraid of injections? Be good, it'll just hurt for a moment, and then you can sleep." I'm being treated like a kid, I'm not afraid of injections.

  "Gun..." I managed to say one word, and from her puzzled expression, I knew she had no idea what I was talking about.

  "Handgun... give me a handgun." After saying these few words, I was almost out of breath. What are you hesitating about? Are you afraid I'll take the gun and run away?

  "What are you going to do with that gun?" She asked, her eyes drifting towards the corner of my bed, where I couldn't see.

  "Pillow..." Why can't you just let me say two fewer words, I'm so tired.

  "Ah", she thought for half a day with her head down, finally figured it out, walked quickly to the corner of my bed, then bent down, I could hear the sound of the pistol being pulled out of the holster. Next, my head was gently lifted up, and when it was put back down, I could feel something hard under the pillow. I knew, the gun had been stuffed under the pillow.

  "Why did you put the gun under the pillow?" She looked into my eyes with her inquiry, apparently her curiosity was so great that she had forgotten her current task of giving me an injection and then putting me to sleep.

  "Habit... safety..." After saying these four words, I no longer had the strength to speak, and without even needing an injection, I once again fell into a deep darkness. Before losing consciousness, I could feel something dripping onto my face, cool...

  "Haha, you're awake! I've been waiting here for several hours. You finally woke up. They have training today and asked me to come check on you instead." The loud voice echoed in my ears again. With a much clearer mind now, I struggled to turn my head towards the direction of the sound, and it was a familiar face - that guy I saw last time.

  "At that time, thank you, I haven't asked your name yet" I softly expressed my gratitude and also wanted to know his name, after all, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be lying here now.

  "I'm Li Xue Liang, but everyone calls me Shān Xióng (Mountain Bear), you can call me that too." Hearing him loudly say his name, oh, so it's Mountain Bear, huh? Your build does resemble a bear.

  "What about my brothers? How are they?" Although I already knew that I had been guarding alone for 3 days before fainting, but in my heart, I still couldn't help but want to know if anyone else was alive, what if there were some buried in the ground that I hadn't found?

  His eyes dimmed in an instant, and his head hung down, as if self-reproachful. "Sorry, we're late. On the entire battlefield, we only found you." Although I had already prepared myself and had the answer, I still couldn't accept the fact that my comrades were gone again. Unconsciously, tears slid down from the corners of my eyes once more.

  "Has the position been lost?" My brothers cannot die in vain.

  "Don't worry, it's still firmly in our grasp." Upon hearing these words, I looked up at the ceiling. "Brothers, did you hear what he said? We haven't lost, we haven't lost," I said to myself, and tears flowed even more.

  A pair of hands suddenly appeared in my line of sight, gently wiping away the tears at the corner of my eyes. "Don't cry, every time I see you crying, I feel inexplicably heartbroken. You look very good-looking, and smiling makes you look even better." Hearing the familiar words, I knew it was her who had always been by my side taking care of me, unable to bear seeing me sad, forcing a smile at the corner of her mouth. But even I knew that my current appearance was uglier than crying.

  "I still don't know your name, and thank you for taking care of me"

  "My name is Ouyang Shuang, don't thank me, those are things I should do. You guys chat first, I still have something to do." The considerate her had already left the room, leaving me with the mountain bear sitting beside me.

  "Brother, your marksmanship is really something, we found the enemy's records and took a look, you've never left anyone alive. By the way, next time don't let that little girl take your gun for you, it'll scare people off. And this place is safe, you can put your mind at ease, no need to be afraid of enemies sneaking up on us suddenly." The sound of Shan Xiong's voice was like thunder every time I heard it.

  "No way, I won't be able to sleep without a gun" He said, as he pulled out the gun she had helped me hide under my pillow, while futilely explaining, trying to get him not to take away my gun.

  "Alright, alright, I won't take it back, but you have to promise me that when your injury heals, come to my place. He couldn't take away my gun, so he hurriedly came up with a condition to exchange with me, which should be considered coercion."

  "Hey, visiting hours are over, please come back tomorrow." Before I could even respond, Ouyang had already come over to shoo us away. I don't know if it was really the end of visiting hours or because of the group of female nurses behind her.

  "Alright, alright... I'm leaving, don't push me, hey, you remember what I told you, right?" The mountain bear was shouting while being pushed out by the group of female nurses who had been waiting and were already impatient. Next thing he knew, a flurry of chatter erupted around him, "I only now understand what they mean by 'three women make a drama'", he thought to himself, but his mouth still had to answer their questions.

  "How old are you?"

  “２４”

  What color do you like?

  Deep Blue

  "What is your favorite thing?"

  "My Gun"

  "What?"

  "My anti-material sniper rifle" I thought that by saying this, they would stop bothering me in my ear, but I heard an answer that left me speechless.

  "How cool is that? So why do you like using that kind of gun?" The helpless me could only sigh in my heart, "Why are girls these days all like this."

  "Alright, alright, can't you see he's very tired now? Let him rest for a while and we'll continue tomorrow."

  Watching Ouyang help me drive away that group of sparrows, I really appreciate her letting me have temporary peace. "Alright, they're all gone, can you tell me why you need to put a gun under your pillow in order to fall asleep? Yesterday when you didn't get an injection, you fell asleep..." Another question...

  I'm afraid

  "What are you afraid of?" Her eyes were wide with disbelief at my answer. In your mind, you must think that we are all cold-blooded monsters.

  "I'm afraid of the enemy suddenly appearing by my side, so I've developed this habit. To kill or be killed, I still have a choice - to commit suicide." I casually dropped the sentence and looked at her who was stunned by my words.

  "Don't worry, this is the rear, and it's a military hospital, there won't be any enemies, don't worry......" She muttered words that I didn't know were comforting me or herself. I don't know if this habit will follow me for the rest of my life, with this question, I slowly fell asleep.......