The correct attacking posture of Shirai Kuroko

But facing Xu Mengmeng's gaze, Chen Zixuan's face seemed a little hesitant.

"Speaking of which, Miss Xu, we haven't known each other for long, but we are all good friends of Lao Wu. And after spending a few days together, we have become familiar with each other... So, can you tell me how you and Lao Wu first met?"

Chen Zixuan asked this question, which he had already known all about from Lao Wu. His purpose of trying to get Xu Mengmeng's true feelings was naturally self-evident.

Xu Mengmeng, who didn't know Chen Zixuan's intention, had a puzzled expression on her face after hearing Chen Zixuan's question.

"Why do you suddenly ask me this? Didn't Lao Wu tell you?"

"I asked him, but he never told me how you two knew each other."

Faced with Xu Mengmeng's doubts, Chen Zixuan continued to lie to the beautiful woman in front of him against his conscience.

However, perhaps because of his experience in pursuing Miss Heizi a while ago, Xu Mengmeng did not see that his pretense was fake.

"Really? I didn't expect that Lao Wu has such a shy side. He doesn't even dare to tell you such an ordinary thing..."

Therefore, Xu Mengmeng, who was not on guard against Chen Zixuan, Lao Wu's friend of many years, told Chen Zixuan again how Lao Wu and she met, which Lao Wu had already explained to Chen Zixuan and Miss Heizi before.

As for Chen Zixuan, his acting skills were very good during Xu Mengmeng's brief narration. He pretended not to know and listened carefully to the story of how Lao Wu met the instructor Xu Mengmeng because he stood up for his friend.

After listening...

"Miss Xu, can I ask you a question?"

"what is the problem?"

"What is your overall opinion of this guy Lao Wu?"

"this..."

Hearing Chen Zixuan's question, Xu Mengmeng looked thoughtful. Finally, after a brief silence, she gave Chen Zixuan this answer with a smile.

"...He's a pretty good brat~"

"Since you think he's a good guy, why do you still reject his confession to you?"

"Forehead...?"

Chapter 216 Why not?

After deliberately taking such a big detour on the topic with Xu Mengmeng, Chen Zixuan finally revealed his real purpose.

And after seeing Chen Zixuan asked him this question with such a serious look.

Xu Mengmeng was stunned for a moment! Then, when she came to her senses, she immediately understood the real purpose of Chen Zixuan's previous conversation with her about his opinion of Lao Wu!

A bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Xiao Chen, in some aspects, or at the most critical moment, you are much more alert than Lao Wu~"

Xu Mengmeng did not immediately answer the question that Chen Zixuan asked her after going in circles.

Faced with Xu Mengmeng's statement, who seemed to want to get away with this issue, Chen Zixuan did not make any response. He just continued to stare at Xu Mengmeng with that serious look.

Because at this moment, whether it was Xu Mengmeng or Chen Zixuan himself, they all knew that if Xu Mengmeng still refused to tell the reason for rejecting Lao Wu after today, then what kind of situation would Lao Wu, who failed in his confession, face.

And this is why Xu Mengmeng said that Chen Zixuan was much more alert than Lao Wu at critical moments.

Because today is the most critical moment in the future lives of both of them!

"Well, you want to know?"

"Will you tell me?"

"Me? I..." [Of course I don't want to say~]

Xu Mengmeng originally wanted to give this answer to Chen Zixuan who was staring at her, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them.

An inexplicable emotion surged from her heart, blocking the ruthless remarks she wanted to make in the second half, making it difficult for her to say the rejection that she might have said casually before this National Day.

Perhaps, this kind of emotion is called "hesitation". It is not the kind of hesitation that is ambiguous about gain and loss, but the kind of hesitation that you really want to get, but you don't dare to get it for some reasons. But you want to choose to refuse, but your true thoughts stop you.

"...Well, if you want to know."

Xu Mengmeng finally chose this compromise. It seemed that she could not overcome her own heart. Maybe humans are just like this? A kind of creature that cannot tolerate. Even as a soldier who had been trained in military confidentiality regulations, he could not tolerate the uncomfortable feeling of having a secret in his heart.

Preferably, this person is a stranger who is not close to you in your life.

And it just so happened that, in a sense, Chen Zixuan, who was originally unqualified as a person to talk to, met this condition.

Because if it weren't for Lao Wu acting as a matchmaker, they would just be two strangers who might never interact with each other in their lives. But now, even with Lao Wu acting as a matchmaker, they have only spoken a few words to each other since they met, so they are just strangers who know each other.

And it is this kind of relationship between people who know each other but are not very familiar with each other.

Xu Mengmeng, who had a secret in her heart, spoke up...

"Why did you reject Lao Wu? This is not a shameful reason. I have said before that I was a female soldier and was stationed on the Sino-Vietnamese border..."

Having said that, Xu Mengmeng's gaze once again turned to Chen Zixuan who was looking directly at her, and the latter, who was carrying a loli on his back, looked at him and nodded.

"I heard about it from Shirai a few days ago. And then, Miss Xu?"

"Then? You should have heard what Lao Wu said, right? Many places in the country like to find time every year to organize a military-police joint operation, which is a military-police joint operation in which local garrison troops assist local police in solving cases."

Chen Zixuan nodded again, indicating to Xu Mengmeng that he knew about it.

Just after Chen Zixuan nodded, Xu Mengmeng, who was standing in front of him, suddenly stretched out her hand, raised her index finger, which had calluses from years of physical exercise, and pointed it to the right side of her lower abdomen in front of Chen Zixuan.

"During a drug bust in the Mekong region, a bullet hit me here. Later, the doctor said that I might never be able to get pregnant in my lifetime."

As soon as this fact was spoken, Chen Zixuan, who was carrying Miss Heizi on his back, was stunned, then frowned and thought for a moment.

"Ms. Xu, Lao Wu and I have known each other for so many years. I know him. He is definitely not the kind of guy who would dislike you in his heart for this reason."

"But he doesn't dislike his family?!"

Xu Mengmeng's tone suddenly became a little excited, perhaps because she understood Lao Wu's feelings in her heart, and also understood that Lao Wu that Chen Zixuan mentioned was like that.

But it was precisely because of this that she became somewhat out of control.

"I know! I know that Lao Wu is not the kind of guy who would dislike me for this reason! But wouldn't his family dislike me too?! A woman who can't give birth! In the traditional thinking of the older generation, if a son marries a woman who can't give birth, isn't it the same as cutting off his family line!!!"

"This... I really can't give an opinion. You can only ask him about this kind of question... But I think the answer he gives himself..."

Because of her out-of-control emotions, Xu Mengmeng's voice became louder and louder, more and more excited, and finally turned into a roar from the heart.

Faced with such roars, Chen Zixuan, who was not the person involved and had no right to answer, could only give an answer that could not even be called an answer.

However, while answering Xu Mengmeng, Chen Zixuan's gaze began to withdraw from Xu Mengmeng, and looked behind the woman who had kept this secret in her heart for many years...

“It will definitely be satisfying!”

This sentence did not come from Chen Zixuan's mouth, but came from behind Xu Mengmeng.

It was just these firm words that made Xu Mengmeng, who was originally so excited that she couldn't help but roar, stunned in the street.

Her body began to tremble, and a desire to escape grew in her heart.

But before she could put her inner impulse into action, a warm embrace embraced her from behind.

"Hey~ Sister Xu, if you just rejected me for such a boring reason, then, in this life, even if I become a skilled stalker, I will succeed in getting you!"

"Boring...reason? You actually said this was a boring reason?!"

Hearing the guy hugging her from behind say that "inability to get pregnant" is a boring reason that can make a woman feel inferior for the rest of her life, Xu Mengmeng couldn't help but feel like something was blocking her chest again!

Her body, which had temporarily stopped shaking because she was being embraced by someone, began to tremble violently again!

But compared to the last time, this time the trembling was entirely due to anger!

"What do you know, bastard! Do you know how much of a blow it is for a woman to not be able to get pregnant in her whole life?! Do you know the uncontrollable inferiority complex I feel every time I see other mothers walking past me with their children, talking and laughing?! Do you know the fear I feel inside when I think about how his parents and your parents will look at me when they find out that I am a woman who can't have children?! I am not the kind of woman who will follow those rich men into their cars when I see them driving luxury cars! I also have my dignity, my emotions, things that make me feel inferior and things that I don't want others to know! I don't want..."

"You just don't want to hurt anyone."

Lao Wu directly interrupted Xu Mengmeng's roar from the bottom of her heart, who was out of control of her emotions. His voice seemed so calm, forming a sharp contrast with the other party's crazy roar.

It was his calmness that made Xu Mengmeng, who was still roaring like a wounded lioness, freeze in place again.

"I..."

"You are too kind, Sister Xu... I know... I know you like to act like an older sister, but as a woman, you also have your own gentle side. And your gentleness has nothing to do with dignity or inferiority. It's just a thought of not wanting to hurt others."

"..."

Xu Mengmeng was silent, completely silent this time. She no longer looked like she had before when she wanted to fight back by screaming madly after her scars were exposed, nor did she want to cover up her inner cowardice by going crazy.

She just silently raised her hands, covering her face which was hidden by her bangs so that no one could see her current expression, and then she slowly squatted down.

Lao Wu released his arms that were around her from behind and looked down at the woman who was squatting in front of him with her back to him and her face covered.

Lao Wu waited again. He was waiting for a question from the woman in front of him whom he liked, waiting for a question that the woman would ask him.

And this question...

"Little Fifth...Will you marry a woman who can't have children..."

This question finally came up, and what appeared in front of Lao Wu was a beautiful face with tears on it, but without any sobbing sound.

When he saw this pretty face with a hint of hope and hesitation, Lao Wu couldn't help but smile...

It was a smile of infinite tenderness, a smile that showed that one could accept everything from the other person...

With this smile, he spoke...

"why not?"

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I wanted to write a longer chapter, but after looking at the time, I decided to just post it like this~

This is almost the end of Lao Wu's part. Next, we will return to the daily life of Miss Heizi and Chen Zixuan~

Well... maybe it's not quite right to say "daily life"? Anyway, it's enough for everyone to know that the next part will be the scenes of Miss Heizi and Chen Zixuan~

over!

Chapter 217 You in the Setting Sun

"Hey, Sister Xu, does the agreement between us count as... does it count as me winning?"

Before Xu Mengmeng, who was stunned by the sudden confession of her former student, could recover from the extremely weighty confession.

Lao Wu, who was already feeling good about himself and thought that his confession journey, which was short but also felt like an extremely long one, was already half successful, immediately asked Xu Mengmeng, who had not yet completely awakened from her chaotic emotions, a question that should not have been asked at this time, which was not very appropriate and seemed a little impatient.

Xu Mengmeng, who was already in a daze and squatting on the ground looking back at him, was stunned again.

"Little Old Five...why do you have such an idea?"

There was a hint of crying in Xu Mengmeng's voice, but her question was like a 90-degree right-angle turn, which made Lao Wu, who had a tentative smile on his face, slightly stunned.

Is this a rejection?

Xu Mengmeng's tone at this moment sounded like a rejection, which made Lao Wu realize that he had asked the question too hastily and felt regretful!

"No! Not Sister Xu! I! That's not what I meant! I meant..."

"Pfft..."

Lao Wu looked worried that his careless words might cause all the efforts of himself, Chen Zixuan and Miss Heizi, who had been accompanying him until now, to be wasted. He danced with his hands as if trying to explain something, which made Xu Mengmeng, who still had tears on her face, couldn't help but laugh.

Her mood, which had been in chaos, began to improve quietly.

His chaotic thoughts gradually became clear. He had no idea what to do with Lao Wu's confession, which had touched him to the deepest part of his heart.

"Little Old Five..."

"Ah... yes!"

Lao Wu, who was completely flustered by Xu Mengmeng's words that seemed to be a rejection of his confession, was in a panic after hearing Xu Mengmeng's call. In the end, he could only act towards the person he loved just like he did when he was in the police academy, just like a police academy student facing his instructor.

As for Lao Wu's nervous look, as if he was a Nazi soldier who had seen the great leader, Xu Mengmeng, who had already chuckled once, couldn't help laughing again at Lao Wu's funny attitude.

At this moment, her pretty face showed seriousness again.

She was beginning to take the feelings that Lao Wu had for her seriously. "Hey... Lao Wu, since your friends Xiao Chen and Hei Zi have done this for you, and you have said this to me, how about we make another bet?"

"...bet?" Lao Wu couldn't help but show a puzzled look on his face at Xu Mengmeng's abrupt proposal. Facing Lao Wu's doubt, Xu Mengmeng, who proposed a new bet, smiled and nodded at him seriously. "The new bet is also the last bet between us. The bet is very simple. We will have a running race from here back to the hotel. Whoever can step into the door of the hotel before the other person will be the winner."

Having said this, Xu Mengmeng paused for a moment.