Ling Xingjian immediately looked down on him in her heart.
Liar!
What man wouldn't be interested in young girls?
From their teens to their fifties and sixties, men had always liked girls in their twenties. Chen Jin was proof enough!
If you liked them, you liked them. Yet you insisted you weren't interested—saying one thing and meaning another. Pah, how hypocritical. I'm getting more and more disappointed.
Wait, what am I disappointed about? I've seen plenty of people like this. Seeing through them was what mattered.
As Ling Xingjian thought this, she heard Liu Zhihao say exactly what she had wanted to say. "No way. Who wouldn't like young girls? It's just the two of us here. Comrade Iron Pillar, you need to come clean to the organization."
"Heh, I still have some shame." Shi Tie Zhu spoke seriously. "Besides, I want to find a partner, not fool around blindly. If I only wanted to play around, of course I'd go for someone young and beautiful. But if I'm seriously looking for a partner, then we need to share the same ideals and be kindred spirits. More importantly, we need to understand and support each other."
"Those young girls look at me like I'm some idol. They're only fantasizing about me."
"But fantasy is the feeling farthest from understanding."
After saying something that sounded profound yet unbearably pretentious, Shi Tie Zhu abruptly changed the subject. "You know, just a few days ago, the political commissar told me to retire and demobilize."
Liu Zhihao was startled. "What? You're leaving the military?"
"Yeah. He wants me to take my pension home, find a job, find a wife, and live peacefully." Shi Tie Zhu sighed faintly. "But I don't want to leave the military."
Liu Zhihao looked at Shi Tie Zhu, hesitating as