Mom, I Want to Join the Army

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three short, forceful knocks echoed, shaking white dust from the ceiling inside the house.

"Coming, coming."

The woman cooking put down the ingredients she was working with, wiped her hands on her apron, and walked out of the kitchen to open the door.

A towering figure stooped to enter from outside.

He was three or four heads taller than an average person, with shoulders as broad as boulders, giving off an intense sense of pressure.

In comparison, the doorframe looked unusually small beneath his physique, as if it could be easily broken.

"Little Treasure is back! How was your exam today? Driving shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

"Come, Mom made your favorites today: braised pork, lion's head meatballs, sweet and sour pork, stewed goose in a pot, chicken stew with mushrooms…"

"Mom! You made so many dishes today, I'll have to eat a lot then!"

Lü Qinglong smiled, first crouching down to change into extra-large slippers before entering the room.

"You child, Mom was asking how your driving school exam went."

Mom Lü said with some dissatisfaction.

But even so, she still went to the kitchen, filled a large iron basin with rice, and brought it in front of Lü Qinglong.

"It was okay, Mom. I'm a total experienced driver. The examiner in the passenger seat during my third subject test kept offering me cigarettes."

Lü Qinglong replied while chewing heartily on his food.

"Oh right, Mom, there's something I want to discuss with you."

Mom Lü paused, then smiled and said:

"What is it? Something you want to discuss with me? Did someone bully you? I heard the public security in Yangcheng isn't great these days."

"Mom, I just saw a post about people using box cutters to injure others! Little Treasure, were you bullied? Tell your Mom, and I promise I'll stand up for you!"

As Mom Lü spoke, she stomped into the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and brandished it.

Even though her son was now over two meters tall and weighed just over three hundred kilograms.

His frame was still quite fragile!

Plus, the child had just turned eighteen, was rather introverted, and wouldn't speak up if bullied.

She heard those street punks liked to pick on good students like him!

"Mom! No, no one bullied your son."

The flesh on Lü Qinglong's face twitched as he looked at his mother with a simple, honest expression.

"So you weren't bullied. It looks like the decision to have you go to the iron gym every day after class was the right one."

"Then you're in love? Tell Mom the truth, which girl caught your eye? Is it that little lass Qinghan?"

"That girl is a bit too thin, not even two pounds of meat on her, not good for bearing children. I'll invite her over more often to eat and gain some weight."

Mom Lü's face was full of gossip.

"Mom, what are you even thinking? Didn't I just have my eighteenth birthday yesterday?"

"And I'm about to go to university soon, but I feel like I'm too naive right now, and university life will be too comfortable, so I want to…"

"Mom, I want to join the army."

Mom Lü's hand, which was serving food, froze in mid-air. The smile on her face vanished at a visible speed.

"Join the army?!"

"What are you joining the army for! Have you forgotten your dad is away half the year and barely comes back?"

"What's wrong with going to university? When you graduate, I'll have your dad find you a job in a state-owned enterprise. Isn't it good to stay by Mom's side?"

Mom Lü was no longer the doting mother from before; she seemed like her tail had been stepped on, almost jumping up.

"Mom~ Seriously, just let me join the army. Joining the army is the only path for me in the future."

Lü Qinglong patiently explained, holding Mom Lü's hand.

"I disagree! Absolutely disagree!"

"After you join the army, will I be left all alone at home waiting for you? Can you bear to do that?"

"Or why don't you go ask your Brother! Ask your Brother if he agrees!"

Mom Lü screamed hysterically and slammed the door shut.

"Bang!"

With a loud sound.

Lü Qinglong was left alone at the table.

"Sigh~"

Lü Qinglong sighed, set aside one portion of the dishes on the table, poured the rest into his large iron basin, and buried his head in his meal.

He was different from others from birth. Most babies weighed a little over six catties at birth, with the heavier ones reaching seven or eight.

But he was different. He weighed a full ten kilograms right after birth.

His mother had fainted during childbirth, but fortunately, she managed to pull through safely in the end.

Because he came from a military family, his mother had required him to train his body and mind from a young age.

By the age of eight, he was already 1.8 meters tall and had just broken 100 kilograms.

The price for this, however, was that he matured physically a bit faster than his peers.

After a simple dinner, he left a note on the table and went out, heading straight to McDonald's to buy some Egg Tarts.

It was strange, Lü Qinglong felt that society was becoming more and more harmonious. It wasn't like what he saw in short videos online, where people said everyone was too impatient. Instead, it was full of deference and politeness.

Seeing that he was queuing, the old man in front of him asked if he was in a hurry and insisted that he go first.

The queue that should have taken twenty minutes only took less than a minute to get to him.

"It's been a while since I bought Egg Tarts for Brother. He used to love sweet snacks like these."

"Forget it, I'm buying him sweets anyway. It's a small bribe, hoping he'll agree to let me join the army."

With that thought, Lü Qinglong quickened his pace and ran towards the outskirts.

"Grandpa Gao, having dinner?"

He knocked on the glass of the guardhouse. The security guard, Grandpa Gao, who was eating noodles inside, was startled by the sudden sound.

"Oh!"

"Erlong is here. Why haven't you gone to college yet?"

Grandpa Gao touched his chest and looked at the face that could be described as fierce and menacing. He let out a long sigh of relief.

Good heavens, Lü Qinglong always gave him a scare whenever he visited.

The first time he came, Lü Qinglong was only fifteen and had a buzz cut.

He had thought it was some dangerous criminal who had escaped from prison, and he had been so scared that he almost went to join his late wife in the afterlife right then and there.

"Heh heh, it's not time yet."

"Grandpa Gao, please continue your meal. I'm going to see my brother. We'll chat later."

Lü Qinglong waved his hand and turned to walk inside.

"This Lü family's Erlong is truly intimidating. It's a shame he's not in the military with that physique. If he could fight on the battlefield, he'd definitely be a fierce general!"

"It's just a pity, though. The Lü family cannot end without an heir."

Grandpa Gao muttered to himself, watching Lü Qinglong's retreating back.

Climbing up the steps, Lü Qinglong familiarized himself with the path and arrived before his brother.

"Brother, I've come to see you. Here are the Egg Tarts you love."

The Egg Tarts, still in their packaging, were placed before the tombstone.

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