Was Your Camouflage Uniform Coordinated?

Following the direction of the crying, Lü Qinglong deduced it was coming from the lower bunk near the door.

That New Recruit, just like himself, had only turned eighteen.

But it was obvious he had never been this far from home before, and coupled with the training these past two days, he was struggling to cope, both mentally and physically.

Lü Qinglong looked around. It seemed most of the New Recruits in the squad were already asleep, even Squad Leader Chen Ting.

He decided to quietly get out of bed and tiptoed over to the crying New Recruit.

On the bunk, the New Recruit was curled up in his blanket. Lü Qinglong couldn't quite see what he was doing.

However, he was certain that it was indeed him crying. He could hear it clearly now that he was closer.

The intermittent sobs were coming from this direction.

Lü Qinglong leaned in a bit closer, and the crying clearly intensified.

Unable to listen any longer, he couldn't help but poke the New Recruit in the blanket.

The crying immediately stopped. After a few seconds, a New Recruit's head emerged from the blanket.

Even though the lights were out, Lü Qinglong could still clearly see the tear streaks on the New Recruit's face.

"Ah, Brother Long!"

In the darkness, the New Recruit saw Lü Qinglong's terrifying, strange face and couldn't help but exclaim.

Fortunately, Lü Qinglong, quick on his feet, quickly stepped forward and covered the New Recruit's mouth with his large hand, while gesturing for him to come outside to talk.

The New Recruit nodded, obediently put on his clothes, and followed Lü Qinglong out of the squad room.

"What's going on? Why are you crying in the middle of the night?"

Once they were outside in the corridor, Lü Qinglong lowered his voice and asked.

"I-I'm sorry, Brother Long, I didn't mean to."

Hearing the questioning tone in Lü Qinglong's voice, the New Recruit shook his head repeatedly, promising he wouldn't do it again.

"No, you misunderstood me."

Lü Qinglong frowned. He wanted to know why the New Recruit was crying, not to tell him not to cry anymore.

Otherwise, wouldn't he just be bullying someone?

They were all New Recruits. Lü Qinglong felt that if he could help someone, he should. It was good to make connections!

"Huh? Brother Long, what do you mean?"

The New Recruit clearly hadn't caught on yet and stood there stunned.

"I mean, why are you crying?"

"What are you crying about?"

"We're all men here. I hate seeing people cry the most. Did someone bully you or something?"

Lü Qinglong's large pectoral muscles moved. If someone had bullied him, he would definitely stand up for him.

Who dared to bully a New Recruit from their squad!

"No, Brother Long, sob sob sob~"

"The main reason I'm crying is... sob sob sob... my clothes were stolen from the drying rack. I only have two sets of camouflage uniforms, and they stole one. I don't have another set to change into!"

"Sob sob sob!"

Hearing Lü Qinglong wanting to stand up for him, the tears that had just stopped began to flow uncontrollably again.

Normally, the training was exhausting enough. After daily formation drills, his back felt like it was breaking.

After the physical training and running, his legs were shot.

He finally managed to take a shower and wash his spare camouflage uniform, hanging it out on the drying rack. But when he went to check today...

Guess what?

Gone!

A flood of complex emotions surged through him. Moreover, the night made people prone to overthinking, and he just couldn't hold it in anymore, hiding in his blanket and sobbing uncontrollably.

He hadn't expected Lü Qinglong to hear him and want to get justice for him. He was so touched he could barely contain himself.

This Eldest Brother is truly...

A fierce tiger in his heart, gently sniffing a rose!!!

"Your camouflage uniform was taken from the drying rack?"

Lü Qinglong was taken aback for a moment, and a saying immediately came to mind:

"On the battlefield, you can trust your comrade with your back, but not at the drying rack!"

"You're crying over this?"

"What's there to worry about? Leave it to me, I'll help you get it back!"

Lü Qinglong patted his broad chest, assuring the New Recruit that he had it covered.

"By the way, what size is your camouflage uniform? I'll help you find it properly later."

"Brother Long, my size is 175 (92-96)."

The New Recruit answered truthfully.

"Alright, then you wait here. I'll go find it for you now!"

Lü Qinglong said and strode out of the Barracks, but was anxiously stopped by the New Recruit:

"That won't work, Brother Long. They have a Veteran on Duty Soldier duty in the Barracks right now, and they won't let us New Recruits leave this door. They're probably afraid we'll run away at night."

The New Recruit shook his head, his eyes full of dejection. It seemed he also wanted to go out and search at night, but it was clearly not a realistic idea.

"It's fine, you just stay here."

Lü Qinglong waved his big hand, signaling him to step back, and then strode towards the Barracks entrance.

A Veteran was dozing off in front of the Barracks door.

Originally, this kind of guard duty at the Barracks entrance would soon be their turn as New Recruits, so they didn't assign it to the Veterans.

Therefore, the Veterans were very reluctant to stand guard, and sometimes dozing off was common.

After all, even if the Company Commander or Political Instructor saw it, they would only say a few symbolic words.

"Hmm? Who turned off the light by the door?"

Muddle-headedly, the first-term NCO Veteran stood up, intending to turn on the light, but bumped into an extremely thick wall, which instantly woke him up.

"Who?! Who put a wall here?"

But when he looked up, he saw clearly that it wasn't a wall, it was a person!

"You're that... Lü Qinglong, right?"

"Why are you here so late?"

The first-term NCO rubbed his sore forehead and asked doubtfully.

Don't tell him this New Recruit, who was even stronger than a bear, was planning to run away? He wouldn't be able to stop him.

In fact, he also understood why they, the Veterans, were assigned guard duty in the early stages of the New Recruit company – it was to prevent these New Recruits from not adapting after being in the unit for a few days, feeling that the unit was unbearable, and then wanting to run away in the middle of the night.

"I'm getting clothes from the drying yard for my Squad Leader. I'm afraid someone might steal them, so I'm going to check."

"Oh, oh, oh, you're going to get clothes for your Squad Leader? Then go ahead."

As soon as the Veteran heard that Lü Qinglong was going to the drying yard to get Chen Ting's clothes, he happily let him pass.

Because the drying yard was in the open space directly in front of the Company, he could see it from inside the Company.

If Lü Qinglong wanted to run, he could immediately blow his whistle and have all the Veterans in the Company get up to catch him, so he was very relieved.

"Thanks, Sergeant."

Lü Qinglong responded and strode towards the drying yard opposite the Company.

Many washed camouflage uniforms were hanging in the drying yard. Lü Qinglong went up one by one to check the sizes of the camouflage uniforms.

"Hiss~"

"I think I forgot to ask him if he wrote his name on the camouflage uniform."

"How am I supposed to find it among so many camouflage uniforms?"

Lü Qinglong scratched his head. The current situation made him a bit troubled.

"How about I just pick one at random?"

His eyes lit up, and he had a very bold idea!