He Yuzhu stared in astonishment. Although he had long suspected that, given his class background and the fact that he was stably employed, getting selected for military service shouldn't be too difficult, he genuinely hadn't expected it to happen so soon.
He had just started living this blissful, intoxicating little life with Qin Huairu, and his heart was filled with reluctance.
After seeing the two servicemen off, He Yuzhu looked rather dejected. Qin Huairu had known about He Yuzhu signing up for the army beforehand, so she didn't seem particularly surprised. Watching He Yuzhu's soul-loss expression, she knew he couldn't bear to leave her, which gave her a small thrill of excitement. But the moment she thought about how her and He Yuzhu's future children might become military dependents—and how even Bang Geng could bask in that reflected glory—she felt even better.
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