In a simple and simple room, there was an old man with gray hair, and a military hat was placed in the corner of the table.

After a knock on the door, a young man with a straight waist came in: "Chief, she's here!" ”

"Well, tell her in!" The old man nodded, and put down the list of recruit kings that had just been handed over in his hand.

Soon, Qin Xiaoyu walked in from outside, hugged the old man's neck and said coquettishly: "Grandpa, I have good news for you!" ”

"yes, I see!" The old man nodded calmly, without the slightest hint of joy.

Qin Xiaoyu was a little angry: "I'm the king of female soldiers, grandpa!" Even you were ...... back then"

"Ahem~ahem!" The old man cleared his throat. "Nonsense! Grandpa was ...... Other! Beat! Diverge! The old man suddenly became serious, and shouted loudly: "Qin Xiaoyu! ”

"Here!" Qin Xiaoyu immediately stood up straight, although her ankles were still a little swollen, they were fine.

The old man nodded, proud of his granddaughter's excellence, but in an instant, his expression darkened: "You have decided?" ”

"It's decided!" Qin Xiaoyu replied.

The old man stared at Qin Xiaoyu's face, as if he wanted to discover something: "But I heard that in the cross-country event, you have to be carried back, otherwise your results will ......."

"No matter how it goes! Here's how the rules work! Qin Xiaoyu raised his chin proudly. Then, she whispered, "I love a challenge, Grandpa!" You promised me that as long as I became the king of recruits, I could go anywhere. ”

"But that place...... Alas! The old man stopped talking.

"Even if I never come back, I'm going to go." Qin Xiaoyu did not hesitate at all.

"It's not like you can't come back!" The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head.

After a while, the old man let out a long breath, and a doting smile appeared on his overly serious face: "Then tell me, was your decision influenced by that little guy?" That male soldier named Li Ling, you two ......"

"Grandpa!" Qin Xiaoyu interrupted the old man's words dissatisfiedly.

"Don't get excited, grandpa doesn't mean anything else!"

"That self-righteous guy!" Qin Xiaoyu pinched his fingers and made a snapping sound. "If he hadn't been injured, he would have learned how good I am."

Thinking of the situation that day, Qin Xiaoyu gritted his teeth with hatred. At the last moment, she seemed to be calm, but in fact she was excitedly lying on Li Ling's back, and crossed the finish line with him, when she was thinking about how to thank her...... "Poof!" She fell to the ground, and then watched Li Ling disappear into the crowd. Until now, her pelvis still aching.

Fortunately, because of the heavy fall, Qin Xiaoyu saved a lot of tongues. When she lifted the coat tied around her ankles, and before she could explain, everyone looked suddenly aware and only concerned about her injuries. However, she still vaguely heard some muttering: "It turns out that she is injured!" "If you don't like it, you can't throw them away, your butt will be broken into eight petals." "We were overthinking just now." "When the opportunity comes, you have to perform well." ……

"Shameless!" The more Qin Xiaoyu thought about it, the more angry he became, and he slammed his palm on the table, startling the old man.

However, just like those recruits, the old man also understood that he had misunderstood, so he said, "Okay." My granddaughter has grown up, and it's time to choose her own life, but when you train in the future, I hope that you and Li Ling can work closely regardless of past suspicions! That Li Ling ......"

"Know-way-la!" Qin Xiaoyu stomped his feet impatiently. I thought to myself that she was not a child, and knew what to do and what not to do.

The old man had no choice but to wave his hand and said, "Okay, okay, you go!" ”

"I'm leaving, Grandpa!" Qin Xiaoyu walked up and shook the old man's generous palm. "I'll be back to see you often."

"Well, I'll wait!" The old man nodded and watched Qin Xiaoyu go out.

Then, the old man's straight waist seemed to have lost its support, and his whole body curled up in a wide chair, and he whispered: "That Li Ling, like you, is the son and daughter of a hero, I hope you can live and die together in that world!" ”

He took out a photo frame from the drawer, which was a photo of Qin Xiaoyu's parents, the two of them were wearing military uniforms, and the background was the large camp of the Middle East peacekeepers—several simple board houses.

The old man reached out and touched the photo, wiped his eyes, and thought to himself that he was getting old and becoming sentimental.

……

After dinner, Li Ling sneaked to the grass next to the training ground, pouting on a blade of grass in his mouth, enjoying a rare tranquility.

Recalling the scene of the game that day, in a state of exhaustion, he could also accurately control his posture to let Qin Xiaoyu's butt land on the ground and avoid hurting his right foot, he was painstaking and ruthless enough, but everyone still surrounded him in the past two days and asked questions, like what the two said, what they did, whether their names were occasionally mentioned, and even whether Qin Xiaoyu was sinking, how many catties and so on......

"Hey, I wonder if there's a clean enough place in this world?" Li Ling muttered softly.

"Found it! He's here! There was a loud shout in the distance, followed by the sound of kick-and-tap footsteps. Li Ling's face changed, and sure enough, he saw a large group of young men running towards him, some of them still holding pens and small notebooks in their hands.

Li Ling was about to escape, but the company commander happened to run over in a hurry: "Li Ling, I found you, come with me." ”

Li Ling exhaled with relief, and ran away.

At first, Li Ling thought that the company commander was going to give him a certificate of honor or something. But looking at his unsmiling appearance, he felt that he was going to give himself some top-secret task. Finally, when the two came to a hut with iron fences, Li Ling couldn't help but mutter: Why do you feel like you're going to be imprisoned?

Inside the hut sat two middle-aged men with pleasant faces, one wearing a white coat and the other wearing a military uniform.

The company commander brought Li Ling in, and without saying a word, he withdrew.

The man in military uniform held a document in his hand and began to read according to the book: "Li Ling, male, fifteen years old, registered as sixteen years old before enlistment, mother Su Qing, died of illness, father Li Dashan, sacrificed. Cultural class scores: full honors, recruit verification scores: first, character, um...... Good! With that, the officer frowned slightly dissatisfied, and glanced at Li Ling again, waiting for his reaction.

"Good?!" Li Ling's heart tightened, thinking that he had found out that he had falsely reported his age! According to the posture in front of you, you can't run away from accepting punishment, but you won't be expelled, right? It seems that it is better to be low-key and honest in the future.

After thinking about it in his heart, Li Ling nodded helplessly, acquiescing to the other party's words.

"Excellent! Next, I will ask you some questions that I hope you will answer honestly. ”

"No problem!" The only little secret was revealed by the other party, and Li Ling asked himself to do it properly, so naturally there was nothing to taboo about. Besides, the other party seems to have a clear grasp of his own situation, and there are no secrets at all.

Next, the three men fell silent.

After about a quarter of an hour, the officer looked at his watch and said to the white coat next to him: "The time is almost up, let's start!" ”

Hearing this, the white coat stood up and walked to Li Ling's side in a few steps. Then, in Li Ling's puzzled gaze, he opened a suitcase equipped with various buttons, wire tubes and monitors: "Relax, this is just a scientific instrument used to record various physiological changes in people's mood swings. ”

"Lie detector?!" Li Ling asked.

"Well, you can say that, too!" The white coat admitted it without hesitation, and then attached or wrapped those leather tubes and wires around Li Ling's fingers, waist and abdomen, and the door of his head.

Li Ling noticed that there were a few red light spots in the corner of the wall, and thought to himself that there must be other people who saw the process or video recording during the next interrogation, and his body was a little unnatural.

"Relax! It's all simple questions, just answer them truthfully! The officer saw Li Ling's embarrassment and said comfortingly.

Li Ling straightened his waist and thought of some impassioned and even righteous and awe-inspiring meaty words.

"Do you like Qin Xiaoyu?!" The officer asked in a deep voice.

Li Ling nodded. "Huh? What did you say?! Li Ling looked at the serious officer in front of him suspiciously.

"Hey, hey! Just kidding and delighting the atmosphere. The officer spread his hands out with a smile. I thought that it was no wonder that the young man in front of him was so surprised, and the old leader was too tricky to explain this personal problem.

"Alright, let's get down to business!" The officer glanced at the wall clock on the wall, straightened his waist, and pressed the remote control in his hand.

Li Ling noticed that the red light in the corner of the wall flickered a few times, maybe those cameras were only starting to work now.

The white coat took out a cowhide bag, opened the seal, took out a piece of paper and spread it on the table, and then read word by word: "Li Ling, what do you think of the relationship between human beings and other lives?" ”

Li Ling had a feeling of being caught off guard, wondering whether this question belonged to the category of philosophy or biology? Is it ethics?

He didn't understand it anyway.

The white coat thought that Li Ling didn't hear clearly, and repeated the question again.

Li Ling thought for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Other life refers to animals and plants?" Or do you include microorganisms? What about extraterrestrial life? The scope is too big, isn't it? ”

"I don't have the right to prompt, you can answer as you understand!" The white coat glanced up at Li Ling, and then looked down at the table. The officer, on the other hand, was as expressionless as if petrified.

"Human beings, as the spirits of all things, belong to the unique masterpieces of nature, and they stand at the top of the pyramid and look down on all the lower life." Li Ling said in a high-sounding voice, and then glanced at the display panel on the polygraph. Although indecipherable, some sharp peaks and waves are evident on those curves.

"Okay!" Li Ling rubbed his nose and added with some hot faces: "Maybe as Darwin said, people are apes, and there should be no essential difference." Even an ant is unique. ”

If Li Ling's gaze could penetrate the camera and see those faces hidden behind the wireless network, he would find that his last sentence almost made everyone shake their heads again and again, looking extremely dissatisfied.

"Second question." Bai Da Coat did not comment on Li Ling's answer, and spoke again: "What do you think of heroism and team spirit?" How to choose? ”

It was another question that could be big or small, and there was no standard answer, Li Ling relaxed this time and simply made an analogy: "It's all great!" Just like a lion and a wolf! But he scratched his head again and said, "There is no choice, can the sheep choose to become a wolf or a lion?" ”

"Third question." The white coat continued. "Can you write the names of a few elementary school classmates?"

"Uh...... Not much, there are two or three. Li Ling replied. The white coat handed him a pen and a whiteboard, Li Ling thought about it and wrote down the words Su Hao with a big butt.

"Fourth question, do you miss your parents?"

Li Ling's body shook, almost tearing off the hose and sensor wrapped around his body.

"Routine!" The white coat waved his hand, signaling Li Ling to relax. "You can be truthful or refuse to answer."

Li Ling smiled bitterly a few times, but his eyes were red: "If I can be reunited, I am willing to pay any price." ”

The white coat nodded and said no more. It wasn't until Li Ling's mood gradually calmed down that he began to continue asking questions......