Before He Mingyue could process the metaphor in his words, she heard the female comrade burst out into a giggle.
She was already a striking beauty, and this smile made her bloom like a fresh flower, extraordinarily gorgeous. He Mingyue was momentarily dazed by that radiant smile, taking quite a while to figure out what he meant.
People who had served in the military had different aesthetics from civilians; in her eyes, Wang Dongfang was a delicate, pretty boy. But in the eyes of Jiang Yan and his older brother, a "pretty boy" who couldn't carry anything on his shoulder or lift a hand, who was lazy and ignorant of the five grains, was nothing more than a toad. Yet, to save Wang Dongfang's face, she had lied and said the man was rich—and wouldn't a rich toad just turn into a golden-legged frog?
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