It was late winter, with white snow covering the entire island, and a few orange lights at intersections, adding a quiet and peaceful atmosphere to this small town with a population of only 20,000.
The soldiers on duty at the 16th branch military port were looking at the white warship coming from afar in surprise and slowly sailing into the civilian fishing port.
"Where did the warship come from?"
Someone wondered, "Aren't all the warships in our branch being repaired and reorganized at the port? I haven't heard of any of them going out on missions in the past two days?"
"I don't know. Could it be another branch? Hey, look at the spray paint on the side. Is that the logo of the headquarters?"
"It seems like it's really, what's the situation? Why did the headquarters send a warship over?"
"Maybe it's a temporary mission... Do you want to inform Colonel Satsuma?"
…
There were still chattering discussions over there, but on this side, Nuo Xia had already disembarked the ship with his subordinates and set foot on the dock of his hometown.
Snowflakes are flying in the sky, the cold wind is howling, and everything that comes into view is silvery white.
The group of people stepped on the thick snow, trying to avoid streets with a large flow of people, and quietly entered the town.
"With all due respect, Major General."
A subordinate who was following behind couldn't help but say, "Aren't you going back to your hometown to visit relatives? How did you do it... It's like, it's like..."
He hesitated to speak. Nuo Xia glanced at him and chuckled, "Like a thief?"
"Almost." The subordinate scratched his head in embarrassment.
"It's okay if you don't keep a low profile..."
Nuo Xia rubbed the head of Dingchun next to him and sighed helplessly, "I just want to go home early and have a good dinner with my family. If it causes a commotion and is blocked outside the house and misses the hot meal, that's
It’s a very troubling thing…”
Cause a riot? Get blocked outside your home?
It seems so.
All the subordinates looked at him and nodded subconsciously in agreement.
No way, Major General Nuo Xia is just too handsome...
Probably because there was no place to trim her hair along the way, Nuo Xia's hair was much longer than when she was at the headquarters. After being simply combed, it was left hanging casually. She wore light brown sunglasses on her handsome face, giving her a free and uninhibited temperament.
Wearing a crisp, ironed white suit, white gloves, and white high-heeled snow boots... His strong muscles are hidden behind this white outfit, which looks decent and elegant.
If he hadn't been wearing the cloak of justice behind him, anyone looking over would have thought that he was an aristocratic son with a distinguished family background, not a navy man.
"Let's go, it's almost dark."
Nuo Xia looked up at the sky and said leisurely, "I haven't been home for nearly two years. I really miss my mother's cooking. I really want to eat the potato and beef stew she made by herself. It's called
A dish that is full of color and taste, tender and attractive..."
At this point, he suddenly became vigilant, "Hey, you have to restrain yourself when the time comes and don't take away all my share!"
"Eh??? Do you still have our share?"
All the subordinates were immediately moved to tears, "You are so considerate of your subordinates, Major General! We originally thought that after sending you back home, we could just find a restaurant, but we didn't expect you to include us..."
"Haha, it turns out you all have a plan. Well, okay, I won't force you. You can go to the restaurant."
"????"
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In a simple and elegant two-story building.
The hot water stove in the kitchen was gurgling and boiling slightly.
The old Captain Romanov, who had just returned home from get off work at the branch base, was lying tiredly on the sofa, holding a tea cup in one hand and flipping through today's newspaper with the other.
Old Romanov was in his early fifties, and his temples had turned white. Although the years had left wrinkles between his eyebrows, his facial features were still clear-cut. It is not difficult to see that he was a handsome black-haired man with extraordinary appearance when he was young.
The lady, who has long flaxen hair tied around her ears and has a gentle temperament, has just taken out tonight's ingredients from the refrigerator. She looks at her husband who is focusing on reading the newspaper, with a smile on her face, unable to see her eyes:
"Ah, hubby, didn't you read this newspaper when you had breakfast today? Why did you read it again as soon as you got home?"
“I read it in a hurry this morning, and I didn’t even look at many corners of the page.”
Old Romanov did not raise his head and muttered, "What if we happen to miss some important reports?"
"Important reports won't be hidden in the corners, right?"
The lady with long flaxen hair took out her kitchen knife and skillfully cut the celery into thin pieces.
"Obviously I was just taking a chance and looking for news about my son in today's newspapers..."
"What do you know, Tulip!"
Old Romanov snorted coldly, showing disdain.
"Mature men should naturally develop the habit of reading newspapers carefully every day! As for that boy, what reputation he gets is his own business, who cares..."
"Ah, but your habit of reading newspapers every day started after that incident a few months ago, right?"
The wife named Tulip must have been a beauty when she was young. She smiled slightly and said softly:
"Speaking of which, when I was sorting out old newspapers today, I found that the front page of that day's newspaper had been cut out. I don't know who secretly put it into a wallet or something, and secretly kept it..."
"..."
The captain blushed, turned his head, and whispered angrily, "You even secretly went through my wallet. An elderly woman is really not cute at all..."
"Um?"
The sound of the knife cutting the chopping board suddenly stopped.
"sorry."
The old man gave in decisively and stood up to bow.
Click click, the kitchen knife continued to cut celery.
"Speaking of which, that boy Nuo Xia has been gone for almost two years. I don't know when we will wait until he graduates and comes back to visit us."
Old Romanov sat back on the chair, crossed his legs, and sighed, "It seems that the elite camp of our headquarters will stay for three years. If you calculate this, there will be at least one more year left..."
"Mom, Dad, I'm back~!"
A familiar voice suddenly reached my ears.
Tulip and the old captain glanced in the direction of the entrance at the same time, and then turned back. One continued to chop vegetables, and the other continued to read the newspaper.
"Ah, it seems that I missed it too much and had hallucinations." Tulip shook his head slightly.
"It doesn't make sense." The old man also muttered in his heart, "But recently, it seems that he has been thinking about that brat more and more..."
Boom, boom, boom!
A quick knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.
"Hey, hey, open the door, Mom and Dad!" The shouting outside the door became extremely clear this time, "What are you doing? It's snowing heavily outside. Are you going to freeze your son to death?"
Not an illusion?!
The couple looked at each other and their expressions changed at the same time.
Bang!
The kitchen knife fell to the ground, and Tulip didn't have time to take off her apron and ran towards the door at a sprint speed of 100 meters;
Captain Romanov also hurriedly put down his legs and went to put on his slippers, but he made a mistake in the rush. He stepped on his left foot and stumbled on his right foot. With an "Ouch" sound, he fell down and ate mud.
"Smash!!!"
On the other side, Tulip twisted the door lock for a long time but couldn't open it, so she simply kicked the door open violently, ignoring the wind and snow that poured in, and looked out with surprise on her face.
As a result, he found that in addition to Nuo Xia, there were more than 20 marines standing in his courtyard, looking at him in astonishment.
"..."
Tulip's expression was slightly stiff, but in the next moment, she covered her mouth in surprise and said softly, "Ah, so there are so many people coming together, Nuo Xia, you really didn't tell me in advance..."
"
She calmly straightened the door behind her, and a smile as warm and friendly as a tulip bloomed on her face, "Why, are these all your colleagues?"
"..."
There was still deathly silence in the courtyard, and all the sailors were stunned in place, with blank expressions on their faces - No, madam, are you changing your attitude too quickly?
The fierce scene of kicking down the door just now is still vivid in my mind. No one is blind!
——You bastard, do something to ease my mother's embarrassment. Tulip glanced at Nuo Xia with a smile, and the latter instantly read the meaning from his mother's eyes.
"Ahem, Mom, let me introduce you. These are indeed colleagues and my subordinates."
Nuo Xia took off his sunglasses, coughed slightly, turned around, and said in a deep voice to everyone:
"Thank you for sending me home. It's getting late. You must be hungry too. If you want to eat, just go find a place by yourself. It can be any big meal. I'll pay for it."
He winked at the navy.
"Yes, Mr. Nosha!"
All the subordinates understood instantly and saluted in unison, "Then we won't disturb you. I wish you and your family a happy reunion!"
"Ah, are you just asking your colleagues to go to a restaurant outside for dinner? What does that sound like?"
Tulip pointed to the apron she was wearing, and said angrily, "I'm just preparing dinner here, so it would be nice to let everyone stay and have dinner together..."
"No need to trouble you, madam!"
The navy shuddered and responded in unison without hesitation.
They are not fools. If they really dare to stay and get involved in the Major General's family dinner at this time, they will probably be drowned in beef and potatoes tonight...
The group of people said goodbye to Nuoxia, turned around and left the courtyard as if running for their lives.
"What a pity." Tulip looked at their departing figures and sighed sadly, "Obviously I thought that if there were more people, the dinner would be more lively..."
"That's almost it, Mom."
Nuo Xia curled her lips and helped move the kicked-down door to the wall to stabilize it, "Now that everyone has left, stop acting. If you really want to cook dinner for twenty or thirty people, I'm afraid it will be dark. You
None of the dishes were served... Um, um?"
Before he finished speaking, both sides of his face were already grabbed by Tulip's hands, and his voice instantly became blurry, "It... it hurts. What are you doing? Let go..."
"Let go?"
Looking at her son with swollen cheeks, Tulip gritted her teeth:
"You came back suddenly without saying a word, causing me to lose my composure in front of so many people, you bastard! You didn't even know to send a letter or make a phone call in advance!"
"I don't have a phone bug at home, so I can't call the 16th branch base... As for the letter, this time I came back on the spur of the moment. How can I remember this..."
Nuo Xia looked at Tulip's light green pupils and blinked innocently, "And, to be precise, Mom, what you just did is not considered a gaffe, it should be called ape-like appearance."
"Go to hell!"
There was a loud "boom", and the old Captain Romanov in the room got up with difficulty, and finally reached the door.
I was stunned to see my son being kicked high into the air, screaming and smashing a pair of snowmen piled up in the courtyard to pieces...
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After a while.
Nosha limped along the corridor and entered the living room. Behind him was the old Captain Romanov who was also limping.
"I'm much taller and more handsome."
The tulips behind him pushed the door back to its original position and followed him around Nuo Xia, exclaiming, "What a man's transformation. I never thought that I could give birth to such an eye-catching son..."
Why didn't I expect that with my good genes, how could my son be so crooked? Old Romanov looked serious, but he was cursing in his heart.
"Mom, I was already eighteen when I left home. I was already very handsome by then, right?"
Nuo Xia shrugged helplessly, "But I have indeed grown a lot taller. Is it time to renovate the door at home? When I came in just now, I bent down and knocked my head..."
With a height of 2.2 meters, he is naturally not short. However, with the help of height-adjusting medicine, his height has jumped to 2.45 meters.
"By the way, Dad." He turned to look at the old man behind him and said curiously, "How come your legs..."
"I was chasing pirates a while ago, and I was injured a little bit in the battle. I haven't fully recovered yet."
Old Captain Romanov had a straight face and said coldly, "This is a matter within our navy, so don't mention it. Let me ask you, haven't you graduated yet? What happened to the sailors who came with you just now?"
Why did I faintly hear that you said they were your subordinates?"