Chapter 64: The New Steward

  Dolan Xiang hastily stood up from beside the bed.

  "Come in!" Dong Li Mao put away the letter that Tai Nai Nai had written to Tai Ye, and the door creaked open.

  Two people came in, one was Zhu Yongsheng and the other was Pan Guangzu.

  "Donggua......" Dong Li Mao saw Pan Guangzu, very excited, stood up and went forward to hug Pan Guangzu: "How did you find this place?"

  Pan Guangzu didn't speak, but Zhu Yongsheng was the first to break the silence: "Heh heh... Commander Lian, I hope we're not disturbing your rest?" He said this to Dong Li Mao, but his eyes were fixed on Diao Lanxiang.

  Dolan Xiang lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Brother Dong, you have important things to discuss, so I'll leave first."

  "Oh, okay." Dong Li Mao casually replied with a sentence, seemingly feeling that he was too cold to Dao Lan Xiang, so he shouted loudly: "Hu San!"

  "Arrived!" Hu San stood at the door immediately.

  "See Lan Xiang back personally." Dong Li Mao instructed.

  "Yes!" Hu Sanli answered straightforwardly, then followed Dao Lanxiang and left.

  "Did you know, Lianzhang? The knife nurse came to the company and saw you sleeping, shed a lot of tears. Seeing that you were covered in blood, she thought you were injured again." Zhu Yongsheng looked Dong Limao up and down and said: "This new set of clothes you're wearing was washed clean by the knife nurse after cleaning off the blood on your body, hehe... Hu San told me that the knife nurse talks to you all day, but hasn't heard your voice."

  "You mean, Lan Xiang... she saw me..." Dong Li Mao only then noticed that he was wearing a clean military uniform, not the one he wore when he came back. He thought to himself: Lan Xiang has seen my naked body again, if she really is like frost, how great would that be.

  Dong Li Mao did not know that his body lying on the hospital bed was also washed and dressed by Bai Ru Xue.

  "Alas... it's a pity that Lian Chang already has siblings, otherwise, Knife Guard would be quite a good girl." Zhu Yongsheng said with underlying meaning.

  "Old brother, let's not talk about women now. We have a distinguished guest at the moment. Let the cook prepare some small dishes and I'll drink a few cups with the military supply officer." Dong Li Mao said to Zhu Yong Sheng.

  "Commander Lian, you must be hungry? I'll go make something for you to eat right away." Pan Guangzu spoke up, and his words sounded as if he were a chef.

  "How can we let you, a military officer, do this? We have professional cooks, let them do it." Dong Li Mao said with a hearty laugh.

  "Company Commander, I'm now just a cook for the Special Operations Company." Pan Guangzu replied with his head lowered.

  "What's going on?" Dong Li Mao looked at Zhu Yong Sheng, then at Pan Guang Zu. He saw that he was no longer wearing the lieutenant uniform, but a high-ranking soldier uniform: "What's going on? Why are you wearing this uniform?"

  "Company Commander, you chat, I'll go check the post." Zhu Yongsheng gave Pan Guangzu a glance before going out.

  "Sit down and talk, Donggua." Dong Li Mao placed both hands on Pan Guangzu's shoulders, letting him sit in the chair at the edge of the bed.

  Pan Guangzu let out a deep sigh and began to recount how he ended up in the special forces unit:

  Originally, after Dong Li Mao and others left the military supply station, Director Wang vented his anger at Pan Guang Zu, reporting to his superiors that Pan had been drunk at the supply station. This was no small matter, as during wartime, a supply station chief getting drunk was punishable by death according to military law. However, considering Pan's past diligence and dedication, he was only demoted and reassigned to work in the supply station as a quartermaster, managing food supplies. He then volunteered to go to the special operations company as a quartermaster, and so he was transferred there. On the day Dong Li Mao led his team out on a special mission, Pan Guang Zu officially reported for duty to Zhu Yong Sheng.

  "Too much deception! Donggua, this matter was caused by me, I will go to the military supplies department to explain it to them, they can't bully honest people like this!" Dong Li Mao said, picking up the armed belt on the table and preparing to leave.

  "Commander..." Pan Guangzu grasped Dong Li Mao's arm tightly with both hands: "I don't care, why are you sticking up for me? I'm happy to be the quartermaster of the special operations company. Really, I really want to stay in the special operations company and fight the devils with you. Just grant my wish!"

  "Is what you're saying true?" Dong Li Mao turned around and stared at Pan Guang Zu.

  "Do you still remember what you told me?" Pan Guangzu asked with a smile.

  "What did I say?" Dong Li Mao couldn't think of what he had said to Pan Guangzu before.

  "You said: Calabaza, no matter where you are, you're always my tailgater!" Pan Guangzu said with a smile.

  "Haha……" Dong Li Mao burst out laughing, patting Pan Guangzu's shoulder: "That's right, you're my shadow! Alright, follow me to kill the devils! But you're not the logistics chief, still the quartermaster, our special operations unit, my quartermaster. I'll let Colonel Kong restore your original rank of captain. Haha…… with you this glutton, our brothers in the special operations unit will have good fortune!"

  "No need to bother about the rank anymore, this military uniform I'm wearing is comfortable and suits me well... The only thing that's annoying is that Wang Ba is so hateful, but it's good this way, it allows me to kill Japanese devils. Commander, don't bother fighting for that useless rank anymore, I couldn't care less about ranks, as long as I can follow you into battle and kill Japanese devils, that's all that matters." Pan Guangzu's eyes shone with sincerity, which Dong Li Mao could see clearly.

  "Good job, Donggua! Indeed you are a good brother of mine, Dong Limao!" Dong Limao blurted out his real name in the heat of the moment.

  "Do you know courtesy? Lao Zhang, you also have a nickname?" Pan Guangzu thought Dong Li Mao was talking about his own nickname.

  "Haha... yeah, it's my nickname, polite!"

  "Report!" At this time, someone else shouted "report" at the door.

  "Come in!" Dong Li Mao turned his head to look back, it was Wang Jia Gui, behind him stood a military officer.

  "Colonel, Deputy Director of the Military Department is looking for you." Wang Jiagui said without entering the door, but instead saluted Dong Li Mao.

  "Oh, is that Vice Officer Yu? The one who handed me the letter of appointment from General Du at the hospital last time?" Dong Limao remembered and also recognized the officer standing behind Wang Jiaogui.

  "Dong Lianchang is indeed a noble person who doesn't forget things, and he can still remember me, this small role, it's rare!" Yu Fu said with a smile as he stepped into the house.

  "Isn't General Du sending you again to deliver a letter of appointment to me?" Dong Li Mao joked.

  "Deputy officer steps forward with feet together and stands at attention. He raises his head and says in a loud voice: 'Special Affairs Section Chief Dong Jiacheng, listen to the order!'"

  "Speak up, what's on your mind? You don't have to be so formal here," said Dong Li Mao, sitting down at the edge of the bed.

  With a slightly embarrassed cough from the deputy officer, he finally took out a piece of paper from his brown leather bag and handed it to Dong Limao with both hands.

  Dong Li Mao stretched out his hand to take it and took a look. He immediately stood up: "Hu San! Hu San!" He called out several times, but no one responded.

  Lian Chang, Hu San sent the knife back with the nurse and left. Pan Guangzu reminded Dong Li Mao in a low voice.

  "Oh..." Dong Li Mao only then remembered that Hu San was not there, so he told Wang Jia Gui: "Second Lieutenant, immediately assemble all the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion, we have an urgent task!"

  "Yes!" Wang Jiagui stood up straight and ran off.

  "What's going on, Commander?" Pan Guangzu asked, blinking his small eyes.

  "It says here that we must report to the Donggua temporary airport within two hours!" Dong Li Mao shook the paper in front of Pan Guang Zu and said.