Chapter 404: An Old Cow Eating Young Grass

When lying in bed at night, she found herself unable to sleep.

She hadn’t even had the chance to mention Yang Yunhai, and yet her family had already issued an edict: No dating before the age of twenty.

The key point was, she had agreed to it.

Gu Lingling tapped her head once more, wondering why she had consented to such terms.

"Lingling, what’s wrong? Do you have a headache?" Zhao Jingmiao, who was also awake, asked with concern upon hearing Gu Lingling’s sighs and head-scratching.

"Don’t worry. Before you returned, I heard Grandpa and Aunt say they’ll talk to the factory manager, so you won’t be bothered again," Zhao Jingmiao comforted.

"Oh." Gu Lingling wasn’t relieved by her words. Her current dilemma was how to tell Yang Yunhai about all this.

In the meantime, Yang Yunhai, upon returning to the camp, was unaware of this. He got off the vehicle in high spirits, planning to promptly file his dating report.

"Report to the captain, the political commissar is looking for you." Just as he entered the camp, a soldier came to inform Yang Yunhai, who then tossed the car keys to him, "Got it."

He then hurriedly walked towards the office of the political commissar, Liu Jianping.

"Report." Yang Yunhai knocked on the door and entered, "Political commissar, you were looking for me."

"You’re back?" Liu Jianping pointed to the seat across from him, "Take a seat and let’s talk."

Yang Yunhai pulled out a chair and sat down, "Is there a mission?"

Whenever Liu Jianping acts this way, Yang Yunhai could guess that there must be some major task at hand.

"Yes." Liu Jianping picked up a cigarette from the table, "Do you want one?"

Yang Yunhai shook his head.

Taking a puff, Liu Jianping began, "There’s a top-secret mission."

Yang Yunhai’s face, which had been wearing a faint smile, suddenly turned serious.

Top-secret; this was a high-level mission.

"Yes, I will ensure the completion of the task." Yang Yunhai stood up and saluted.

But Liu Jianping just waved him to sit down, "This time, go to Sea City first, and someone will assist you there."

Beyond that, he knew nothing more.

He was merely conveying orders as they were given to him.

"Make your preparations." Liu Jianping took a heavy drag on the cigarette, "This mission... you must be careful."

Given the way his old colleague spoke, the mission sounded dangerous, but he couldn’t share more details with Yang Yunhai.

Not only was Yang Yunhai his favorite subordinate, he was also his nephew. Honestly, if he could choose, he wouldn’t want Yang Yunhai to participate in this operation.

But the higher-ups had specifically named him.

"When is the departure?" Yang Yunhai asked calmly.

Seeing Liu Jianping like this was rare, but it allowed Yang Yunhai to gauge the difficulty and danger of the mission.

But as a soldier, it is his duty to follow orders and listen to command.

"You depart tomorrow." Liu Jianping stood and patted Yang Yunhai on the shoulder, "If there’s anything you need my assistance with, just let me know."

"Well." Yang Yunhai grinned, "I’d like to file a report... a dating report."

Cough, cough...

Liu Jianping, after taking his last puff, was left coughing from the shock of Yang Yunhai’s seemingly foolish remarks, and with much coughing, managed to regain his composure, "What... what did you say? Dating report?"

"Why not?"

"You have someone?"

"Of course." Thinking of the little girl’s happy, squinting eyes, Yang Yunhai visibly softened.

"Alright, I got it." Liu Jianping could tell he was serious, "Which girl?"

Why hadn’t he heard of this before?

"You know her; it’s Lingling."

Lingling? Liu Jianping was momentarily taken aback. Could it be the Gu Lingling who often visited their home to teach his wife to cook?

The same girl who was classmates with his daughter Liu Yating? The Lingling Sister that Liu Yaxin spoke of?

This kid; his tastes are exceptional.

But then again, could it be that he’s a cougar with a young lamb?