In June, the imperial city became hot. Walking on the cement streets felt like walking in a scorching desert.
The “Our Flag” program team has successfully completed the production of the program and is just waiting for it to be broadcast online during the summer vacation.
After work that day, she had dinner together.
The director praised Song Lisa very much at the table. Although there were several reporters interviewing and filming the military figures at the same time, Song Lisa was always able to start from the details and discover the moving stories behind the characters, getting rid of the stereotypes and adding a lot of interesting or touching plots.
Xiao A praised: “Song Lisa looks introverted and gentle, but he is patient and sharp when doing things. It’s so comfortable to work with you. Why don’t you come to work here?”
Song Lisa laughed: “I’ve been resigned for too long, I’ve become lazy, I’m afraid I won’t be able to adjust to the new state.”
More importantly, she is going to start writing “Floating Century”.
She declined politely, and no one kept her there. After all, she was well-known, and it would be better for her to be a freelance journalist.
Everyone sat around the table, eating and chatting.
During the dinner, someone mentioned the reality show “I am a Military Training Student” on Liangcheng TV. That show has been very popular recently. Stars receive military training in the army, and the instructors strictly discipline the spoiled stars.
Little B complained: “In recent years, the entertainment industry has been full of grandstanding shows, clichéd!”
Song Lisa had seen that program at home. Among the instructors, there was Li Jungkook ’s teammates, and Shen Jennie ’s name was at the end of the credits.
She was inexplicably alert and sent a message to ask Li Jungkook if he was participating in the show. Li Jungkook replied that he had not.
“Why not?”
“Not interested in.”
Song Lisa was struggling with this when Li Jungkook sent him a message: “Do you want to ask Shen Jennie ?”
He was so frank, so she simply said, “I’m afraid she will pursue you again.”
Li Jungkook replied with three words: “It has a master.”
He rarely said such things. She blushed, but pressed on: “It’s not okay even if a star chases you.”
Li Jungkook said: “Do you think you are catching a thief? A bunch of people are chasing me.”
Song Lisa burst out laughing, and the matter was over.
Thinking of this, Song Lisa couldn’t help but smile.
Next to her, the director was watching the news on his phone and smacked his lips. He said that the extremist organization went on a killing spree in the city of Surui in the central part of the East Country, beheading hundreds of government prisoners and civilians. They also dragged three Kuk soldiers behind a car and drove them through thorny fields for hundreds of kilometres, torturing them to death.
Song Lisa listened and felt as if her whole body was being pricked by thorns, and he shuddered.
Little C said angrily: “Are these terrorists raised by animals?”
Li Jungkook had just finished taking a shower when he saw the news.
He stood at the window and looked out at the mountains and forests. It was early June and the rainy mountains were lush and green.
The phone suddenly rang. It was from America.
Jimin didn’t beat around the bush and got straight to the point: “Lee, do you want to join the Cook Armed Forces?”
Li Jungkook has always been paying attention.
At the end of last year, a non-governmental armed group emerged in the East, codenamed Cook, which specializes in targeting terrorists. Many former special forces soldiers of the government and anti-government forces, as well as international mercenary volunteers have joined.
Li Jungkook pursed his lips and said, “I am a regular officer and it is impossible for me to join other armed forces. Besides, I cannot go abroad freely, except to the United States for treatment of my injuries.”
Jimin said regretfully, “I wish I could fight alongside you. There are many sniper commandos in the Cook Armed Forces right now, but excellent demolition soldiers like you are scarce.”
On the side battlefield, Li Jungkook ’s commonly used bomb disposal techniques can save lives, but on the front battlefield his blasting techniques are the most lethal weapons.
After hanging up the phone that night, Li Jungkook found Chen Feng and talked about this matter.
Chen Feng frowned when he heard this: “Are you crazy? You are a Chinese soldier, how could you possibly go to another country to fight? Don’t even think about it!”
Li Jungkook said nothing, but lowered his eyes and thought about something.
Chen Feng saw through his thoughts and said angrily, “Even if you find an excuse to go to the United States to treat your injuries, I will go with you.”
Li Jungkook raised his eyes and looked at him.
“A-Jungkook , don’t do anything stupid. If you go to other countries under the pretext of going to the United States, you will be court-martialed! Unless you never come back to China in your life. Don’t you want your father anymore? Don’t you want your girlfriend anymore?”
Li Jungkook had a blank expression and said nothing.
Chen Feng poked his forehead with his finger: “I say, you are usually very kind and easy to talk to, how come you dare to think of such a mess?”
Li Jungkook leaned back in his chair and said, “Then approve my application and let me go to the peacekeeping mission.”
Chen Feng knocked on the table: “How can we let you out if you can’t even pass the psychological assessment?!”
“Don’t lie to me. I know it.” Li Jungkook said, “I have no problem simulating actual combat now. I can handle all tasks. Even in actual combat, my main job is not bomb disposal, but blasting.”
“you……”
Li Jungkook looked stubborn but calm. Chen Feng stared at him for a long time and sighed, “I knew this was your problem. You can go if you insist. Three months, you will go to the border for three months of actual combat. If you perform well, I will let you go.”
Li Jungkook said, “Okay.”
Chen Feng was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: “It’s too early to answer, what if reporter Song disagrees?”
Li Jungkook said: “She knows. I told her.”
Chen Feng had no choice but to say, “Your military service is too special. The organization has investigated your girlfriend’s background.”
Li Jungkook was not surprised by this.
“Her family background and relatives are all fine. By the way, her mother is Director Ran of xxx.”
Li Jungkook was slightly stunned, but didn’t care.
“Your girlfriend has gone to Imperial City now, right?” Chen Feng said, “A Jungkook , although I want to keep you here, Liangcheng is small and you have more room for advancement. The Falcon Commando in Imperial City gathers the top elites in the country, and it is the place you should go. You are smart and well educated. You should study hard with Colonel Lin and try to transfer there in two years. You can have both career and love, isn’t that good?”
“My captain is considered powerful in Liangcheng. But if I were thrown into Dicheng, I would be caught in a handful.”
“But you are still young.”
“I made the decision now because I thought it through clearly.” Li Jungkook said, “If I can’t get over this hurdle, I won’t be able to make any progress on a more competitive platform and will only be eliminated. I pretended that there was no problem and went to the Imperial City with the glory of Colonel Lin and me. Then what? When facing more difficult and dangerous actual combat tasks at the national level, I still have psychological problems and my performance is inferior to that of the elite comrades around me. I may even make serious mistakes. Instructor, can you still help me at that time? What future do I have at that time?”
Chen Feng was stunned, and suddenly understood what the military doctor said.
He has a clearer and longer-term vision for his future than anyone else.
…
Chen Feng quickly arranged a three-month border mission for Li Jungkook .
Before leaving, Li Jungkook applied for two days of sick leave and went to the imperial city to have his ears checked by a military medical expert.
Taking the bus to Imperial City, as soon as he got out of the station, he saw Song Lisa waiting in the crowd. She saw him at a glance, tiptoed and waved at him, her eyes shining like water.
Li Jungkook walked towards her quickly, and she trotted over and threw herself into his arms, hugging his waist.
He hugged her extra tightly and rubbed his chin against her temple.
After not seeing each other for half a month, they naturally had a lot of fun again when they returned to the hotel. They didn’t go out for a midnight snack until midnight.
In mid-June, the Imperial City was very hot. The hotel was near an office building area, and there were many white-collar workers having late-night snacks, so it was very lively.
The two of them were sitting in the kebab shop, looking like college students visiting the imperial city.
They ordered various grilled skewers and two cans of iced drinks.
Song Lisa sat opposite him, in a good mood, her feet dangling under the table, rubbing his legs from time to time.
Li Jungkook looked at her without blinking.
Maybe it was because of the night outside the window, her face was especially soft and white. She had just taken a shower before going out, so she looked even more hydrated. Her cheeks were also rosy and pink. Every time they made love, her face would stay red for a long time, and her eyes would be as clear as if they had been washed with water.
She gradually noticed his frank look and asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?”
Li Jungkook said, “It’s been a while since we last met. Let’s make up for it.”
Song Lisa laughed and kicked him under the table.
She held her chin with both hands and looked at him frankly.
Delicate eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and thin lips. She liked his eyes the most, which were always gentle, clear, and clean, just like his heart. And she knew that those eyes could also be sharp and fierce, just like his fierceness and decisiveness on the battlefield.
When they first met, she only saw his eyes, which were crescent-shaped when he smiled at her and serious when he looked at her.
“slowly.”
“Um?”
“I’m going to the border for a three-month mission this time.”
She put her hands together and folded them on the table: “Did the instructor agree to let you go to the peacekeeping mission?”
“It depends on the results.”
She grinned, “Then I think you’re fine.”
Li Jungkook looked at her, then suddenly reached out and pinched her face hard.
Song Lisa : “…”
The waiter brought the skewers. Song Lisa tasted the meat first and said, “It’s not as good as the ones in Dongguo.”
“Is it?”
Song Lisa handed it to his mouth, he took a bite and chewed it for a few times: “Hmm.”
“Let’s eat it when we go to the East Country later.”
Li Jungkook : “You want to go too?”
Song Lisa had just bitten into the toasted steamed bread slice, then let it go and said, “My book.”
Li Jungkook nodded and said, “If you go again, there won’t be a TV station to help you.”
“It’s okay. I’ve contacted the East Country Ministry of Foreign Affairs and they can support me.”
He raised his eyes: “So powerful?”
She raised her chin: “Don’t you even look at who is sitting in front of you.”
Li Jungkook couldn’t help laughing.
The two chatted and finished eating the skewers at 2 a.m. They went back to the hotel, washed up briefly, and fell asleep in each other’s arms.
I had a dreamless night and slept soundly until ten o’clock the next morning.
Song Lisa was awakened by her cell phone. When she saw the words “Ran’s Mom” on the screen, she was startled and jumped out of Li Jungkook ’s arms.
Li Jungkook squinted his eyes, looking sleepy.
Song Lisa made a silent gesture and ran to the window: “Hello, Mom?”
Ran Yuwei asked: “Are you still sleeping?”
Song Lisa ’s mind went numb, and he said, “No. I got up.”
“where is it?”
“In… Ping County, didn’t I tell you about the survey?”
Ran Yuwei: “How long have you been doing this secret operation? Are you planning not to bring your friend to see me in the future?”
Song Lisa : “…”
She turned her head to look at Li Jungkook on the bed. He vaguely heard the content of the phone call and sat up from the quilt. He was shirtless and had messy hair. He was not very awake and lowered his head to scratch the back of his neck with his hand.
…
The lunch address given by Ran Yuwei is on the 33rd floor of Yue Xin Hotel.
Entering the elevator, Song Lisa was filled with sorrow. She briefly introduced Ran Yuwei’s position and personality to Li Jungkook , saying, “She has a strong desire for control and a very stubborn personality.”
Li Jungkook asked calmly: “How did your mother go to work at xxx?”
“She used to work at the Liangcheng City Government. She and my dad were getting divorced in 1998, and it just so happened that xxx had an internal transfer assessment. While she was talking about the divorce with my dad, she actually reviewed and passed the exam.”
Li Jungkook calculated in his mind: “98?”
Song Lisa said: “My sister is only two years younger than me. My aunt brought the child and my mother got divorced.”
Li Jungkook didn’t say anything, not knowing how to comment. Finally, he said, “Your mother has had a hard time.”
“Yeah. My mom has a strong personality and is great at her job.”
Li Jungkook said, “You should be very similar to her.”
Song Lisa frowned: “No, she has a very stubborn temper.”
Li Jungkook : “I’m talking about your bones.”
Song Lisa : “Not at all.”
Li Jungkook laughed and said, “Well, not really.”
Song Lisa was a little discouraged, so she gave him a shot of prevention: “My mother might dislike you in various ways in a while. Don’t take it personally, she doesn’t like me either.”
Li Jungkook smiled and quickly found a theoretical basis: “Don’t we have an old saying in our place? The more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes him.”
Song Lisa : “All the rules of the world do not apply to my mother.”
“Well, if your mother doesn’t agree, I’ll elope with you,” he said. “Will you elope with me?”
“…”Song Lisa pinched him.
There were not many people in the restaurant.
Ran Yuwei sat by the French window, with a glass of water in front of her, and turned her head to look out the window. She was wearing a black and white suit, her hair was tied up, and she had green pearl earrings on her ears.
Li Jungkook saw her from a distance, leaned down slightly, and asked, “Is that your mother?”
“How did you know that?”
“Your nose is very similar to hers.”
Song Lisa touched his nose unconsciously.
Li Jungkook smiled at her: “It looks good.”
Song Lisa rolled her eyes at him, but couldn’t help but smile. Turning her head, she saw Ran Yuwei looking at them, and their flirting was all caught in her eyes.
Song Lisa ’s smile faded slightly, but her hand involuntarily held Li Jungkook ’s tightly.
Ran Yuwei took a quick look at Li Jungkook . Even though she had seen many outstanding young people in the department, she had to admit that Li Jungkook had a good appearance. No wonder the little girl was so fascinated by him.
“Mom, this is Li Jungkook . Ah Jungkook , my mom.”
Li Jungkook smiled and nodded: “Hello, Auntie.”
Ran Yu raised the corner of her mouth slightly and said, “Sit down.”
She had already ordered the food, and as soon as they sat down, the waiter came to serve the food.
Ran Yuwei said, “I didn’t know what you liked to eat, so I ordered the special dishes.”
Li Jungkook smiled and said, “I am not picky about food.”
Ran Yuwei has been working for too long, and he can see a lot of people and is accurate. But it is rare to see a boy like this, with clear and bright eyes, like water, and he will not give people a shrewd sense of tension.
This child looks very good when he smiles, with curved eyebrows and bright black eyes. He looks very good, but he is delicate and not aggressive. He gives people a gentle and comfortable feeling for some reason. She is afraid he has a good face as the saying goes.
Ran Yuwei had watched the documentary filmed by Song Lisa before. When Li Jungkook was wearing a military uniform, the uniform gave him a more fierce and heroic temperament. But when he took off the uniform, he looked peaceful and restrained.
Ran Yuwei said: “I didn’t know you were coming to the Imperial City, otherwise I would have invited you to dinner earlier.”
Li Jungkook nodded and said, “I was inconsiderate. I should have visited you first.”
Song Lisa chimed in: “Mom, it’s not easy for A-Jungkook to come out from the army, so this time he also asked for leave.”
Ran Yuwei glanced at her indifferently and ignored her. Then he looked at Li Jungkook and asked, “I heard from Lisa’s father that you are from Jiangcheng Military Region?”
“yes.”
“Are you working as a teaching assistant?”
Song Lisa secretly said that it must be Song Rosé ’s big mouth. Dad must have said something bad about him in front of Mom. She answered for Li Jungkook : “Jungkook was injured at that time, so he was the assistant coach. But he has been back to the team for several months.”
Ran Yuwei picked up an okra and asked calmly, “Does returning to the team mean being ready to go to the battlefield at any time?”
“…” Song Lisa didn’t expect that she had just jumped out of one pit and stepped into another one. She turned her head to look at Li Jungkook , afraid that he would say something wrong.
Li Jungkook was about to answer his true thoughts, but seeing Song Lisa ’s nervous look, he hesitated for a few seconds and said something ambiguous: “Soldiers are naturally ready to fight at any time.”
Song Lisa smiled and agreed: “To defend the country.”
Ran Yuwei didn’t pursue the matter. She pointed at the table and said, “Eat some food.”
The waiter served the black chicken soup with wolfberry.
Li Jungkook scooped up the chicken soup with a spoon, and after clearing away the oily layer on the surface of the soup, the chicken soup scooped into the bowl was not greasy at all. He then scooped the chicken gizzards, chicken liver, chicken wings and chicken feet into the bowl and handed it to Song Lisa .
Li Jungkook picked up his chopsticks and was about to eat. He paused for a moment and then realized something. Just as he was about to put down his chopsticks, Ran Yuwei said, “I don’t want to drink soup.”
Li Jungkook : “Oh.”
Ran Yuwei picked up a piece of fish and put it in the bowl, and asked, “Is Li Jungkook from Jiangcheng?”
“Um.”
“Have Mom and Dad retired?”
Li Jungkook knew exactly what she wanted to ask, and answered, “My father retired early and was a quality inspector for Jiangcheng Construction. My mother died of illness when I was four or five years old. She used to be an elementary school teacher.”
Ran Yuwei asked: “Was there any new…”
Song Lisa , who was chewing chicken feet, looked up: “Mom!”
Ran Yuwei looked at her: “What’s wrong?”
Song Lisa : “…”
Li Jungkook smiled and said, “No. My dad has always been alone.”
Song Lisa said: “Jungkook’s father is so infatuated that he only loves Jungkook’s mother in his life. He is very handsome and many girls pursue him, but Jungkook ’s father only has Jungkook ’s mother in his heart.”
Li Jungkook smiled sheepishly: “I told him many times to find a companion, but he was unwilling. He said my mother is very stingy and will not want to see him even after a hundred years.”
Ran Yuwei listened, and didn’t say anything for a while, and finally said lightly: “It’s rare.”
After the meal, although Ran Yuwei was not very enthusiastic, she was not too embarrassed.
After dinner, she went to the bathroom to touch up her makeup. Song Lisa slipped over and asked, “Mom, how do you feel?”
Ran Yuwei said: “I don’t quite agree.”
Song Lisa ’s smile faded, and he was silent for a moment, but his brows relaxed: “Not ‘very’ agree, but generally agree?”
Ran Yuwei glanced at her in the mirror: “You are still young, observe for a few more years.”
Song Lisa knew that she didn’t object, and breathed a sigh of relief: “I thought Dad said something bad about him.”
“Yes.”
“…What did you say?”
“Your father thinks you can find someone stronger, preferably a second-generation one.”
“…Jungkook was not in good condition at that time, and they had misunderstandings. Jungkook was going to study for a postgraduate degree in the future.”
“oh.”
“…” Song Lisa asked, “Do you also want me to find someone who is the son of an official or a rich man?”
Ran Yuwei put on her lipstick and looked at her: “I hope you can find someone who truly loves you and won’t betray you.” She said, “You can be hurt in many ways, but don’t be hurt by love.”
Song Lisa was stunned.
Ran Yuwei went out carrying her bag.
Song Lisa followed behind her. Somehow, she suddenly remembered the lonely and even self-deprecating expression on Ran Yuwei’s face when she heard the story of A-Jungkook ’s father at the dinner table just now.
Her heart suddenly ached.
…
Arriving at the underground parking lot, Ran Yuwei said to Li Jungkook : “When you come to the Imperial City in the future, stay at home and don’t live outside.”
Li Jungkook said, “Thank you, Auntie.”
Song Lisa ’s eyes lit up at Li Jungkook , and he trotted forward to hold Ran Yuwei’s arm, whispering, “Does he live in my room?”
Ran Yu rolled her eyes at her: “You wish.”
Song Lisa shook off her hand and thought: It would be better to stay in a hotel.
Li Jungkook stayed in the guest room that night.
Late at night, Song Lisa tossed and turned and couldn’t sleep, so she sent him a text message: “Did you lock your door?”
“No.”
In the dead of night, Song Lisa sneaked through the living room barefoot, went to the guest room and unlocked the door. Li Jungkook was waiting behind the door, pulled her in, and closed the door very gently.
Song Lisa stood on tiptoe, hugged his neck, and kissed him on the chin.
He smiled silently in the darkness, kissed her eyes, nose, and lips, and gently embraced her onto the bed.
Song Lisa wrapped her arms around his waist and rolled into the bed.
Kissing, caressing, hugging, going deep, everything was done in silence. There was only the sound of the sheets rustling. Taboos made people extremely sensitive, and Song Lisa came in a short while. In the squirming air-conditioned quilt, the heat was evaporating bit by bit, and the skin was warming up bit by bit. The heat overwhelmed the cold air from the air conditioner, and the air surrounded people like a blanket.
In the silent night, there are hidden powers and sounds.
Until the slight trembling breathing, the sound of skin rubbing against each other, the sound of fabric bursting… When everything returned to complete calm, he panted, slowly lowered his body, and got closer to her.
She opened her mouth, and the last bit of air in her chest was squeezed out by him.
He kissed her wet eyes and stroked the sweaty hair at her temples.
In the dark night, Li Jungkook ’s eyes were clear and bright, and he looked at her deeply.
Song Lisa ’s body was still in the emptiness after the trembling. She looked at him and suddenly asked softly, “A Jungkook .”
“Um?”
“Will you betray me one day?”
“Won’t.”
“You won’t abandon me, right?”
“No,” he said, his condescending eyes dark and calm, “If I leave you, let me be shot.”
Song Lisa was stunned for a second, but the next second he covered his mouth and laughed: “What era is this? How can we break up? We will be shot.”
Li Jungkook said: “Then let him be shot to death on the battlefield…”
Song Lisa glared at him and slapped him on the mouth.
He is a serious person, so he shouldn’t have said these things.
Li Jungkook smiled and said, “I don’t know how to do it, so why should I be afraid?”
“Anyway, you are not allowed to say anything.” Song Lisa said unhappily, “Touch wood.”
For them, if you say something bad, you can resolve it by touching wood.
Li Jungkook smiled helplessly and raised his hand to touch the wood of the bedside.
Song Lisa snuggled into his arms again, and after a long while, she said, “Ah Jungkook , even if we were to separate one day, I would never want anything to happen to you.”
Li Jungkook narrowed his eyes and gestured towards the head of the bed.
Song Lisa obediently reached out from under the quilt, touched the head of the bed, and giggled.
Li Jungkook lay down beside her, suddenly raised his head and listened for a while, then said, “Your mother seems to be coughing.”
Song Lisa was shocked: “Will we be discovered?”
Li Jungkook judged for a moment and said, “I heard her coughing before you came.”
“She had the flu in the winter and had a cough during the Spring Festival, but she was clearly fine afterwards.”
“Have her go to the hospital for a checkup. If she waits too long, she’ll develop bronchitis. Also, I feel like your mother doesn’t look very well, and she’s hiding it with makeup.”
“Then you go to the hospital tomorrow, and I’ll ask her to go with you.”
“also.”
The next morning, Ran Yuwei went to work early, and Li Jungkook and Song Lisa did not meet her.
The military doctor said that Li Jungkook ’s ears had recovered well, but he needed to be careful to protect them.
After leaving the hospital, he went straight to the airport.
Song Lisa accompanied him to the departure gate, and then they were separated for three months, and they were both reluctant to part. Li Jungkook hugged Song Lisa and talked for a long time by the French window, and he didn’t go in until there were 40 minutes left before boarding.
Song Lisa was waiting outside the line, watching him walk past the security gate and turn back to wave at her. She immediately stood on tiptoe and waved back, and then he disappeared.
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White Olive Tree
Romance"Ah Jungkook, I am Lisa." No person is an isolated island, except for you. That day, he looked outside the window and saw a white olive tree in the open field. *** Reporter Song is quite different from her appearance. Reporter Song works very dilige...
