On a train bound for Jiangcheng.
A young man in military uniform, his skin slightly dark and a red flower pinned to his chest, stood at the junction between train cars with his suitcase in hand.
He lowered his head to look at his phone, apparently chatting with someone.
The trip from the military base to Jiangcheng took more than thirty hours. He had bought a seat ticket, and the only reason he was standing here now was because the internet connection was better.
Before long, he returned to his seat and struck up a conversation with the elderly woman beside him.
"Young man, are you heading out on a mission?"
Wang Dachui replied helplessly, "Ma'am, you've already asked me three times. I'm leaving the army and going home."
"Oh, my memory's not so good. I forgot, hahaha. Leaving the army is good. Being a soldier must've been tough, huh?"
"It was tough, but you regret joining the army for two years, while you regret not joining for a lifetime. Looking back on those two years now, they were all part of growing up."
"Well said, young man. By the way, are you going out on a mission?"
Wang Dachui: ...
The elderly woman was a little forgetful, but she was traveling with her son, who had gone to the restroom.
Her son was already in his thirties. When he came out of the restroom, he offered Wang Dachui a piece of betel nut.
Wang Dachui waved it off and said, "I don't eat that stuff."
"Brother, back then, I had a classmate who joined the army too. After he came back, he really made something of himself. I regret it, man. I regret not joining up back then. Seeing you now, I'm really jealous."
"Heh." Wang Dachui smiled without