On the day Tamura returned to the team, he didn't think about walking with Shi Lan, he saw her at the ticket gate of the station. Shi Lan had already passed through the ticket gate and was looking into the crowd, waving at him enthusiastically when he saw Tamura.

Tamura squeezed through the crowd and asked, "Are you really back to the Thirteenth Division?"

She smiled and said: Where are you going if you don't go to the Thirteenth Division?

The tickets of the two were not in the same carriage, but Shi Lan turned around and changed her ticket to the seat next to him. As far as Tamura is concerned, he is not opposed to walking with Shi Lan.

Shi Lan brought a lot of food and set up a table with flowers and greenery. The two chatted while eating, and the topics ranged from the division hospital to the police communication, but they didn't mention the blind date. Along the way, both of them were happy and excited, as if it was a pleasant trip.

After Tamura came back, he had more things on his mind, to be honest, he liked the two girls very much, but when he put them together, he felt that they were so different - Su Xiao was simple and pure, while Shi Lan was warm and charming, like two flowers of different qualities, alternately reflected in the depths of his heart.

Two days after returning to the company, Yang Peipei's phone called, she first depicted Shi Lan's cuteness on the phone, and then asked sharply: Have you dated Shi Lan?

Listening to his mother's aggressive questioning, Tamura couldn't answer for a while, and he was stuck on the phone. The mother ordered: After all, people are girls, how can girls take the initiative in this matter? You are all cadres now, and love is also allowed, so go and see Shi Lan more when you have time.

He vaguely agreed on the phone, he knew that if he didn't promise his mother, he wouldn't be able to put down the phone for a while. Tamura, who put down the phone, fell into deep contradiction and confusion. He thought of Su Xiaoxiao for a while, and Shi Lan for a while. At this time, Shi Lan was very close to him, but Su Xiaoxiao was very far away.

After completing his studies in the teaching team, Liu Dong was appointed as the information officer of the Propaganda Section. He can often be seen hurrying around with a camera around his neck and a notebook under his arm.

That time, Tamura saw Liu Dong downstairs in the division office, and Liu Dong also stood on his feet when he saw Tamura.

Tamura looked Liu Dong up and down, and said lukewarmly: You kid, you can become a cadre in the government as soon as you become a cadre.

Liu Dong looked very conceited, he felt that he could be an equal to Tamura now, so he didn't answer and looked at Tamura with a smile.

Tamura waved his hand: Director Liu, you are busy, I can't afford to delay your time.

Liu Dong also waved his hand and said: Tamura, you can come to the office and sit when you have time, we haven't seen each other for a long time. After speaking, he turned around and walked into the office building of the division office in a calm manner with the steps of an officer.

Tamura looked at Liu Dong's back as he walked into the building, and felt very uncomfortable. When Liu Dong didn't mention it, he even felt unhappy that a soldier like Liu Dong couldn't do it, but now that Liu Dong has done it and entered the agency, this makes him feel a little empty in his heart.

On the second day after Liu Dong returned to the army, he received a set of cadre uniforms from the quartermaster section. At that time, there was not much difference between the cadre uniform and the soldier's uniform, except that the jacket had two more pockets. The biggest difference between cadres and soldiers is those two pockets. The pockets of the clothes clearly drew the distinction between a soldier and an officer. In addition, officers can wear leather shoes, the kind of leather shoes with three ends, which people call "kicking dead cows". This name means that the shoes are sturdy and can kick a cow to death with a single kick.

After Liu Dong received the new shoes, he followed the example of other officers, ran to the shoe repair stall outside the courtyard, and nailed iron palms to the forefoot and hind palm. At noon that day, he put on his cadre uniform and his shoes with iron palms, and when he stood up, he found that he was much taller than before. He stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself carefully, and said in his heart: I am now a young officer.

Then, he walked out of the dormitory with his feet raised and walked lightly, and only when he came outside did he lay his feet flat. New shoes, new palms, sonorous and powerful on the ground, the sound of his feet surprised him, he tried to take two more steps, the sound was clear and rhythmic, and his waist naturally straightened. He followed the impression of other officers, walked with his head held high, and the iron palm made a crisp sound against the concrete pavement, and soon, he found a sense in the sound. At noon that day, people saw a confident young officer, walking excitedly in the empty compound of the agency. From that moment on, Liu Dong's heart took a qualitative leap. He said to himself over and over again in his heart: Liu Dong, Liu Dong, you are an officer. Thinking so, he raised his head again. When he walked into the dormitory building of the single cadre again, he was no longer holding his feet high and falling lightly, but walked back to the dormitory with sonorous strength like others.

On the eve of the graduation of the teaching team, he finally obtained Shi Lan's understanding. After that, he appeared downstairs from the escort team every now and then, calling Shi Lan's name quietly but eagerly. Shi Lan sometimes came out to walk around the yard with him, chatting about the new books they had seen, and more often, Shi Lan would poke her head out and say to him: Liu Dong, I am not free today. After speaking, without waiting for Liu Dong to react, he retracted his head again. Liu Dong was a little lost, looked at Shi Lan's window for a while, and then left with his head bowed. He found that since he met Shi Lan, he had been in a passive situation. When he was in the police company, it was Shi Lan who came to him, and when he heard her call his name, he ran out in a hurry; Now he goes to find Shi Lan, and whether Shi Lan goes downstairs depends on her mood. For this reason, he always had a feeling of desolation in his heart, but he did not know what it all meant.

Now that he is the rightful information officer of the Propaganda Section of the 13th Division, he has to go to Shi Lan with confidence. The task of the Public Information Officer is to conduct interviews, and in the course of interviews, he discovers news and is very flexible in his time.

That afternoon, Liu Dong fully armed himself, and the camera around his neck was indispensable, which was the weapon of a press officer, and the pen and notebook were also indispensable. So, with a camera and a notebook, he appeared in the corridor of the division hospital. In the nurse's duty room, he easily saw Shi Lan on duty, Shi Lan was also dressed as a worker, wearing a white coat and a snow-white mask on her chest.

Shi Lan looked up and saw him, and asked in surprise: Why are you here?

He shook the camera around his neck and said, "I'll see if there is any news in your hospital, and I'll come to see you by the way."

Shi Lan smiled at him: there were no patients in the duty room. Liu Dong walked in and leaned on the table in the duty room.

Liu Dong asked in a low voice: What are you doing after work?

Shi Lan looked at him and said puzzledly: It's nothing, what's wrong?

Liu Dong took out two movie tickets that he had bought a long time ago, shook them in front of her eyes and said: I want to invite you to the movies.

Shi Lan was even more surprised: You invited me to watch a movie, aren't you afraid of people's irresponsible opinions?

Liu Dong said very sophisticatedly: What are you afraid of, we are all cadres now, and it is normal to come and go.

Shi Lan stopped smiling, she said seriously: You can give the ticket to someone else, I am not available.

Liu Dong's eyes widened in surprise.

Shi Lan soon went to work on other things, and Liu Dong stood there for a while before turning around and walking out. Out of the teacher's hospital, he felt a little empty and a little lost, he thought that it would be easy for him to come out to watch a movie, but he didn't expect to touch his nose. He stopped and glanced back at the division's hospital, at this time, his heart was gray, and the feeling of depression that he couldn't see or touch made him feel uncomfortable again. He shook his head, sighed softly, and left the divisional hospital.

The change in identity has greatly increased Liu Dong's self-confidence. On the issue of love, he is ready to move forward, he does not believe that he will not pursue his own happiness. After thinking about it, Liu Dong straightened his waist again and walked forward sonorously.

Shi Lan's opinion of Liu Dong has changed significantly at this time, at the beginning, she and Liu Dong corresponded completely out of interest and curiosity, a new soldier published an article in the newspaper of the military region before the recruit company ended, which deeply attracted her. With the passage of time and her own changes, this curiosity gradually disappeared, and the aura that shrouded Liu Dong faded away, and the scene that happened when Liu Dong ran in the escort team was completely a farce when she was on a whim.

Later, through further understanding of Liu Dong, she found that she and Liu Dong were not the same kind of people at all, and she couldn't tell what was different. She and he can only find common ground when exchanging literary works, and more often than not, he can even make her feel a little heavy and depressed. Liu Dong kept a straight face all day long, neither humorous nor sunny, as if all the misfortunes and responsibilities fell on his shoulders, and being with him made people feel suffocated. On the contrary, she didn't have this feeling when she was dating Tamura, she was relaxed and happy, and there was always a kind of excitement and vitality surging in her heart.

That night, Yang Peipei took Tamura to her house, and she knew about it. When her father asked her for her opinion, she neither agreed nor disagreed, but just said to her parents with a grin: What age is it now, and she still protects the media.

From the bottom of her heart, she longed to see Tamura, and she hoped that in this way, the window paper between the two would be pierced. For the sake of Tamura's choice, she gave up her job in the outpatient department of the military region and resolutely chose to be with Tamura.

The window paper between her and Tamura was pierced, but Tamura didn't take the initiative to come to her, which made her a little puzzled and a little lost.

On Sunday, Shi Lan came to the division compound. She walked around the courtyard and easily came across Tamura. Tamura was talking to a fighter, they were sitting on the basketball court, at this time, Tamura also saw Shi Lan, he stood up, and rushed over Shi Lan Dao: Why are you here?

Shi Lan deliberately asked him: Have you seen Liu Dong?

Tamura shook his head, he didn't expect that Shi Lan was not looking for himself, but for Liu Dong, his expression was a little unnatural, he scratched his head and said: Director Liu may have gone out for an interview, he is a busy person, and he can't be idle.

Shi Lan looked very disappointed, and said regretfully: I wanted to ask him to go to the movie, and the movie tickets have been bought. After speaking, he took out two pink movie tickets and shook them.

Seeing the movie ticket in Shi Lan's hand, Tamura's heart was jealous. Shi Lan saw it in her eyes and smiled in her heart, she said casually: Anyway, the ticket has already been bought, why don't you accompany me to see it?

Tamura pretended to refuse: Isn't this okay? You bought the ticket for Liu Dong.

Shi Lan made an angry look and said: Don't pull it down, I'll go by myself.

With that, he walked forward. Tamura hesitated, but chased after him. Shi Lan deliberately ignored him and walked forward quickly, he followed behind and explained: Are you really angry? I'm going to amuse you.

When Shi Lan heard this, she slowed down her steps and walked forward side by side with Tamura.

Coincidentally, Liu Dong happened to come over head-on, with a camera hanging like a signboard around his neck, and he had just come back from developing photos. To Tamura's surprise, Shi Lan saw Liu Dong as if she hadn't seen it, and still walked forward with her own laughter.

Liu Dong walked over, and Tamura whispered: Isn't that Liu Dong?

Shi Lan tugged at his sleeve: Don't look back, go forward.

The two walked all the way through very intimately.

Liu Dong stood there, staring blankly at their distant backs.

Before he arrived at the cinema, Tamura saw through Shi Lan's trick, and he didn't say anything, but his mood suddenly improved. He and Shi Lan walked together, and their movements were much more natural.

At the beginning of the movie, they stopped talking, their eyes glued to the screen, and they looked very attentive. Tamura's thoughts were very chaotic, and at this time, he somehow remembered Su Xiaoxiao again, and it seemed that Su Xiaoxiao was sitting in the back row, looking at him. His face was a little hot, and he closed his eyes vigorously, and Su Xiaoxiao in his heart disappeared. He peeked at Shi Lan and found that Shi Lan was also peeking at him. The blood in his body suddenly accelerated, and Shi Lan suddenly entered his heart. For a moment, her figure and smell covered him heavily.

Somehow their hands under the chairs touched each other, and he froze there, not moving. For a moment, he moved, and the soft hand seemed to be waiting there, and he grabbed it at once. The movie ended, and the interlocked hands were never separated, and during this period, the two did not say a word. It wasn't until the lights came on that their hands parted reluctantly, and their expressions were a little unnatural under the light.

When she got outside, Shi Lan smiled and said, "Tamura, you really know how to pretend."

What, what did I load? Tamura also deliberately hid haha.

The two did not go straight back, but turned into a park. Shortly after entering the park, in the shadows behind a tree, he hugged her. She seemed to have been waiting for his hug for a long time, and she gently closed her eyes and threw herself into his arms with happiness.

Yang Peipei still keeps calling, and she is concerned about the progress of Tamura and Shi Lan's relationship. The first thing she said to her son every time was: Have you seen Shi Lan recently?

Tamura saw that his mother was very anxious, so he deliberately told the truth: Mom, why do you keep letting me see her. She's busy with hers, I'm busy with mine, what's so good to see.

Yang Peipei lost her temper on the phone, and then Okita Village said: Tell your son, I just like Shi Lan, if you don't marry Shi Lan, I won't be done with you.

Tamura also giggled and said: Mom, then you can marry her.

Yang Peipei changed her tone and said seriously: Son, you are serious, you tell your mother the truth, did you go to find someone?

Tamura sold Guanzi and said: You go and ask her.

Since then, Tamura has been dating Shi Lan frequently, mostly after dinner. So, the two of them walked along the road between the division hospital and the institution, often you give me a ride, and I give you a ride, endlessly. During that time, their intimate figures became a scenery of the Thirteenth Division. Everyone knows that Tamura and Shi Lan are in love, and everyone sends them smiles and blessings.

Only Liu Dong frowned. During this time, he rarely went back to the dormitory, because another young cadre in the dormitory was also in love, and the two often talked affectionately in the dormitory. He didn't want to be a "light bulb", so he had to come to the office. He sat there, wanting to settle down to read a book or write a manuscript, but he couldn't calm down, and the intimate figures of Shi Lan and Tamura were always shaking in front of him.

After he re-contacted Shi Lan, he wanted to find an opportunity to express his thoughts, but he didn't expect to be preempted by Tamura again. For Tamura, he has an indescribable feeling, from enlistment to the present, no matter what, he is always preempted by Tamura, as if Tamura is the nemesis of his life. So, he cursed Tamura again and again in his heart. When he calmed down, he felt that Tamura had done nothing wrong, and that his progress and love did not hinder anyone. He was the only one who was hurt.

Liu Dong was sullen for a long time, and it was not until he was accustomed to seeing the figures of Tamura and Shi Lan in and out of pairs that his heart gradually calmed down a little. He can only accept his fate, more often, he will think of his origin, as well as the current situation of his family, when he thinks of this, he will inevitably feel inferior. When he calmed down, he clearly knew that Shi Lan and Tamura would be happier together than with him.

Liu Shu came suddenly, wearing the military uniform given to him by Liu Dong. Since Liu Dong was promoted, he gave his brother the military uniform when he was a soldier. My brother dreams of being a soldier, so he naturally likes military uniforms. Brother looks very energetic when he puts on a military uniform, and people who don't know think that he is a veteran. But when his brother appeared in front of Liu Dong, he was still taken aback. He looked his brother up and down, and he looked at him too.

He said, "Brother, why are you here?"

Liu Shu didn't speak, rubbed his eyes, looked at his face, looked at his clothes, and said: Brother, you really did it.

Liu Dong led Liu Shu to the guest house. After entering the room, Liu Shu stretched out his hand, touched the pocket of the officer's uniform, and said dreamily: Brother knows that you have done it, but I can't believe it's true.

Liu Dong looked at Liu Shu and didn't understand what was wrong with him. That night, he accompanied Liu Shu to stay in the guest house, Liu Shu said some inexplicable things that night, and the topic never left what he was doing.

Brother said: Brother, that's good. You're really dry, it's not a dream.

Brother said again: Brother, if you do it, you don't have to be a farmer in the future, and the most unproductive person in the world is a farmer.

Brother also said: Brother, if something happens to my brother, it won't affect your progress, right?

At that time, he didn't realize that his brother was secretly making a decision.

When he listened to his brother's words, he said, "Brother, look at what you said, what can happen to you?"

My brother got serious, walked to his bedside, stared into his eyes and said, "What if what my brother said is true?"

He still didn't realize anything, but just explained: It's not the same as before, and if something happens to one person, it won't hurt others.

Brother let out a long breath, calmed down, lay down on the bed again, looked at the ceiling and said: Mom also wants to come to see you, she always misses you, and sometimes calls your name in her dreams.

Speaking of his mother, Liu Dong's heart was a little heavier, and he said to his brother: When you are not busy, you can accompany your mother to live with me for a few days and have fun.

Brother said: Brother, you should find a partner, you must find someone in the city. When you get married, take your mother over, she has suffered all her life in the countryside, and let her enjoy two days of happiness.

He nodded at his brother, and then he subconsciously thought of Shi Lan again, and his heart felt sad.

The next day, my brother left, and he sent him all the way to the station. Before getting into the car, my brother turned around and hugged him, and tears flowed down his face. Brother said in his ear: Brother, remember that you have such a brother. He still didn't understand why his brother was saying this. My brother looked very sad when he left, and kept crying, saying some words of life and death. He thought: Brother must be in a bad mood. After he waved his brother away, his brother's words made his heart sour.