Chapter 23: Turmoil
"Beautiful Miss Zhang Lan, you can't say that" Adam, who had worked hard to learn Chinese, came out, he really couldn't stand it, the concern and struggle in Tang Lei's eyes were all seen in his eyes, there was no relationship between these two people, he Adam dared to screw his head off. "Miss Zhang, Tang is the officer that our husband values the most, young and capable, in the words of your Eighth Route Army, he is still a good hand at killing little devils, it has been more than a year since I knew him, I have never seen him alone with that woman for more than ten seconds, you will definitely regret it for life if you miss him"
Mixed with his two female translators every day, Adam's Chinese level is very good, and his words are very effective for women who love vanity or admire heroes, but it's a pity that he is facing Zhang Lan today, Adam's head is hot and he forgets that Zhang Lan herself is a political worker, and this woman is still a *** member. "Adam, please shut up, what does what you say have to do with me" Zhang Lan glanced at Adam very facelessly.
"Zhang Lan, I'll say something inappropriate to you, in fact, Tang Lei likes you a lot, I've been with him for so many years, and I've never seen him so interested in any woman" Zhang Dongkui grabbed Tang Lei's arm that was about to have a seizure, squeezed his eyes very covertly, and asked Adam to stop Tang Lei first, "All the things in the room where you live in the backyard are all picked out by Tang Lei one by one, and those new bedding were also bought from the street by him" Zhang Dongkui didn't take a draft when he lied, and said a long list, Even Tang Lei himself was surprised that he had done so many things when he was so free.
Of course, Zhang Lan didn't know that Zhang Dongkui's words were all made up, saying that she was not moved when she heard it, it was false, Zhang Lan is 23 years old this year, it is the age of the girl Huaichun, Tang Lei himself is not ugly, and he can fight and kill devils, these days after contact, Zhang Lan's impression of Tang Lei has changed from contempt at the beginning to harmony, and there is already a tacit understanding between the two. But now she is talking about marriage, although Zhang Lan's parents are no longer alive, but she is still a member of the ** after all, plus her status as a guerrilla instructor, this makes it impossible for her to have anything to do with men in different camps.
Zhang Lan shook her head, throwing out all the bad ideas that had just popped up in her mind, and inadvertently Zhang Lan noticed that Ma Cheng standing on her right hand was a little strange, his kind of eyes Zhang Lan was very familiar, when she followed her classmates all the way to Yan'an to ask to participate in ***, the cadre who examined them was such a look. "Could it be that my superiors don't trust me anymore because of this matter, otherwise how could Ma Cheng look at himself and Tang Lei with such eyes?" Zhang Lan clearly remembered that she had met Ma Cheng at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and this person did the same job as herself, and he was a political cadre.
"Tang Lei, I want you to tell me in person, do you really like me and want to marry me?" Zhang Lan looked at Tang Lei deadly. Tang Lei, who stood in place without saying a word, did not move, and after a while, he nodded slowly, Zhang Lan could see his determination and sincerity in Tang Lei's eyes.
"But I don't like you, and I never thought of marrying you, although you are not a national army, you are also controlled by the national government, I am the *** Eighth Route Army, so it is impossible between us, I will not marry you, from today on, you take your Yangguan Road, I will cross my single-plank bridge, we will never get along with each other" Zhang Lan said a lot of things in her throat, and she didn't notice that Tang Lei's originally smiling face had changed color.
Let's look at Zhang Lan and then look at Tang Lei, who is iron-faced, no one spoke, the atmosphere on the scene is solidified as if it is substantial, Zhang Dongkui wants to play haha to ease the weird atmosphere, but he was pulled by Adam, at this time, outsiders can't interject, Zhang Dongkui will only help more and more chaos when he opens his mouth, and now it depends on what Tang Lei will react.
"The whole thing, I just found out, I didn't lie to you" Tang Lei made way for Zhang Lan with a calm face, refused to say a word, and looked away. Tang Lei knew about this, but after Zhang Lan and Ma Cheng left, he heard what Zhang Dongkui said, and he knew that his husband had already told the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army about the proposal. To be honest, Tang Lei has a good impression of Zhang Lan, but just like Zhang Lan said, she is the Eighth Route Army and she is a mercenary under the control of the national government, and the two sides are not the same kind of people at all.
"Let go" Zhang Dongkui couldn't help it, and after breaking free from Adam's pull, he ordered the mercenaries who gathered around to surround Zhang Lan and them. "Battalion Commander Ma, Captain Sun, Instructor Zhang, this matter is what my husband and wife mean, this brother of mine doesn't know at all, if you have any grievances, in three days at most, my husband and wife will go to Zhangwu County, and everything will be clear at that time."
"Tang Lei, are you going to detain us?" Looking at the mercenaries who were surrounding her, Zhang Lan glared at Tang Lei who was standing outside the crowd, she knew that Tang Lei was the head of this group, and they all listened to Tang Lei. These days of recuperation in Zhangwu County are the most comfortable days Zhang Lan has ever lived, and from the initial confrontation with Tang Lei to the later harmony, Zhang Lan also has some understanding of this man who has few words. But just like she just said, one of them is a person under the control of the national government, and the other is a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, and it is completely impossible for the two of them to be together.
Tang Lei just stood there quietly motionless, Zhang Lan bit her lip and there was already moisture in her eyes, "Okay, Tang Lei, if you have the ability, you will be responsible for me for the rest of my life" Zhang Lan put all the things she was holding in her hand still on the ground, turned around to go back to the house, and stood for a long time so that Zhang Lan's thigh hurt very much, and her wound was not completely healed.
"Dongkui, let the brothers get out of the way and let them go" Tang Lei opened his mouth, and one mouth was to let Zhang Dongkui go. Zhang Lan's grievances have been fully seen by Tang Lei, and Tang Lei, who has never retreated from the Japanese army, has softened. "I said release people, you all have donkey hair in your ears" Seeing that the mercenaries were still blocking Sun Jinren and a few of them, Tang Lei couldn't help but raise his voice a little decibels, Zhang Dongkui had no choice but to wave his hand to let the mercenaries who surrounded Sun Jinren dodge.
"Captain Sun, whether this matter has anything to do with me or not, don't mention this matter again, our thunder is not going to do the thing of robbing relatives, go all the way, I won't send you" Sun Jinren also wanted to have a round with Tang Lei, but Tang Lei blocked what Sun Jinren wanted to say with a few cold words.
Zhang Lan, who looked depressed, left, Zhang Dongkui found two ox carts for the guerrillas in Luoyan Mountain according to Tang Lei's order, and those guerrillas who had been secretly under house arrest for several days were also released, and one was taken back to Yanshan by Sun Jinren. "I saw it just now, Tang Lei didn't appear, in fact, you don't have to say it so much just now, I don't think Tang Lei's kid is not bad" Seeing Zhang Lan on the ox cart several times wanted to look back, Sun Jinren, who was riding a horse, whispered a few words to Zhang Lan, Ma Cheng and the three of them were still beside him, if Zhang Lan did it too obviously, she would give it to others.
Looking up and glancing at Sun Jinren, Zhang Lan didn't speak, but tightened the blanket wrapped around her body, there was a hole in the corner of the blanket that was burned by cigarette butts, Zhang Lan knew that this blanket was Tang Lei's, and the hole was accidentally burned by Tang Lei when he was smoking. For Tang Lei, Zhang Lan can't say that she hates or likes it, Tang Lei, who rarely smiles, is very good at taking care of people, she just knows that she is very relaxed when she stays with Tang Lei.
Zhang Lan also knew that what she said in the barracks just now was a little hurtful, but then Ma Cheng stood beside her and looked at herself, if she didn't say that, when she returned to Luoyan Mountain, she would be censored. Zhang Lan was hoping in her heart at this time that Tang Lei could understand her embarrassment and not be sad about what she had just said, Zhang Lan, who had a year of work experience behind enemy lines, was no longer the simple student she used to be, she had already learned how to protect herself.
Tang Lei stayed in the barracks and didn't go, as if what happened just now had never happened at all, and he still handled things the same way he used to be, only Zhang Dongkui found a trace of sadness hidden in Tang Lei's eyes, and Zhang Lan's words just now still hurt Tang Lei after all. "This idiot, it's just a woman, so she made herself like this" Looking at Tang Lei's busy figure, Zhang Dongkui called the radio soldiers, this matter is no longer in his hands, for the sake of now, he has to tell Mr. and Mrs. first.
Zhang Lan was taken back to Yanshan to continue to recuperate, and after staying overnight, Ma Cheng and they made a decision that they would stay in Luoyan Mountain for the time being, and wait until this matter was really resolved before leaving. As Zhang Lan worried, after she returned to Luoyan Mountain, she was put under house arrest in disguise, saying that it was for her to recuperate from her injuries, but in fact, she no longer told her everything about the guerrillas, and Zhang Lan has now almost become a supernumerary member of the guerrillas.
"It's okay like this, my injury will heal faster" Zhang Lan would take advantage of the good weather to often sit in the courtyard wrapped in Tang Lei's military blanket and bask in the sun, and a few heads that appeared from time to time could be faintly seen in the distance, Zhang Lan knew that it was Ma Cheng and they were watching her over there. They can't help it in Macheng, and the gang in Zhangwu County are not good at looking at it, although the relationship between Thunder Defense and the Eighth Route Army is good, but after all, they are currently playing under the banner of the National Government, and they are running on two roads.