Mu Taotao"s words weren"t able to make Lin Nuan smile. On the contrary, Lin Nuan frowned even harder.
"Mu Taotao!" Lin Nuan couldn"t conceal the anxiety in her eyes.
"They went! Sister Nuan, they all went! Don"t worry, other than my team, the other teams all went!" Mu Taotao hurriedly said upon seeing Lin Nuan"s anxious expression. "I"m actually not supposed to tell you this!"
Having confirmed Mu Taotao wasn"t lying to her, Lin Nuan nodded. However, before Fu Huai"an safely returned, her raised heart couldn"t lower back down.
You Nainai got out of the car holding Tuan Tuan"s hand in hers. The little one blinked his large eyes as he watched Lin Nuan tug a young lady"s hand and walk to one side, frowning as she spoke.
"Wait here for a little while! After your mama finishes talking with that sister, we can settle down!" You Nainai looked at the quiet Tuan Tuan, feeling that he was so many times more adorable than that little monkey in her house, so she couldn"t help liking him. "We"ll be staying in the army over this period. When Little Candy carried her school bag to kindergarten this morning, she said that she was very envious of Tuan Tuan! How does Tuan Tuan feel about it? Happy?"
You Nainai helped Tuan Tuan pull up the zipper of his down jacket while the little one raised his jaw. After You Nainai was done pulling the zipper, he nodded. "Mama around, happy!"
Regardless of where he was, so long as Lin Nuan was around, Tuan Tuan was happy!
Especially when he heard Lin Nuan say that he would be able to sleep with her at night from then on, the little one was overjoyed!
"Good boy!" You Nainai glanced at the gauze on Tuan Tuan"s palms, then helped him put on the hood of his down jacket. She then turned around and looked in the direction of the loud roars made by the soldiers training in the distance.
It had been many years since she had been to the army. You Nainai missed this feeling a lot…
Back then, if she hadn"t been pregnant with Little Candy, she probably wouldn"t have left the military!
If she hadn"t left back then, You Nainai truly didn"t know what she would be like today. Would she already have sacrificed like those comrades she used to fight alongside, or would she lay down her life for her country someday in the future?
Gazing at the national flag flying high up in the air, You Nainai felt her throat choke up a little. She had a lot of memories of that place, and being back caused all sorts of emotions to well up in You Nainai"s heart.
The female army officer who came to take Lin Nuan to her room kept talking about Lin Nuan"s "After Heroes" show while they were on the road, saying that it made her well up with tears.
Lin Nuan smiled and nodded, but she didn"t say much else.
Once they got to the army, Lin Nuan received decent treatment. She, You Nainai, Yun Liuli, Mu Taotao, Miss Xia, and Tuan Tuan were arranged to be in the same room and had a private bathroom. The place was very clean.
Everyone was busy tidying up. Lin Nuan placed Tuan Tuan on the lower bunk, retrieved some items from the luggage, and laid them out on the lower bunk. She also told the others that they could place the luggage on her and Tuan Tuan"s upper bunk.
They were there to film a show, so the army wouldn"t have the same requirements of Lin Nuan that they did of the soldiers. Hence, they could naturally be more casual in the bedroom.
The little one was in kindergarten already, so he knew that a distinction should be made between males and females. There naturally wouldn"t be a problem for him to stay with his own mama, but when he heard that he was going to be staying with so many aunties and older sisters, his little face flushed very red!
Seeing Lin Nuan open his luggage to tidy up things, Tuan Tuan, who had been sitting on the lower bunk swinging his two short legs, couldn"t sit still anymore!
His little hand held the bed frame as he twisted his body and slid down off the bed. He then bounced to Lin Nuan"s side, yanking at her trouser leg with his little hand.
Lin Nuan lowered her head and saw Tuan Tuan, who was standing by her legs. She saw the little fellow still wearing his down jacket with the zipper opened. His little face and ears were furiously red, and he was clumsily heavy like a little bear.
She had thought that the little one was feeling hot, so Lin Nuan squatted down and pinched Tuan Tuan"s face apologetically. "Sorry! Mama got busy and forgot to help you remove your jacket! Come… Mama will help you remove your jacket!"
Tuan Tuan"s little face felt itchy when Lin Nuan"s soft fingers pinched him, but he didn"t feel happy. He pulled Lin Nuan outside the bedroom by her index finger, doing so gently because his hands were wounded.
Lin Nuan half bent over at the entrance, squatting down as she helped Tuan Tuan unzip his jacket. She smiled and asked him, "What is it, Tuan Tuan?"
"Teacher said… a distinction should be made between males and females!" Tuan Tuan said those words with difficulty, but it came out with perfect articulation.
Lin Nuan suddenly realized that Tuan Tuan was a little boy…
Lin Nuan didn"t want to stall Tuan Tuan by saying that he was still young, so it was fine. Hence, after giving it some thought, Lin Nuan nodded. "Mama didn"t consider this well. Then… Mama will go and look for that army officer auntie and ask her to help find us another bedroom, one where Mama and Tuan Tuan can stay together, okay? But if that army officer auntie can"t help us, then Mama will put up a curtain around the lower bunk, okay?"
Not wanting to put Lin Nuan in a difficult position, Tuan Tuan nodded.
The request went rather pleasantly. The military people had thought that Tuan Tuan was young and didn"t think too much about it, but since the child raised the matter, the army couldn"t very well do nothing about it.
Two hours later, someone came to take Lin Nuan and Tuan Tuan to the first story of the building. The room was cleaned up, and there were traces of water on the floor, indicating that the floor had just been mopped.
The room wasn"t too big, just two beds. The window was huge and very low, and the sunlight was adequate…
"This is our captain"s room. We added a bed temporarily because we knew you"d be staying with your son, making the place look a little small. Sorry about that…"
Lin Nuan hurriedly thanked her. "This is very good already! Thank you!"
After settling down with Tuan Tuan, the military people sent over camouflage training suits. Even Tuan Tuan had one. When the little one donned the camouflage training suit, he looked super adorable.
After Lin Nuan and the rest settled down, Lin Nuan and Miss Xia went over to the army"s publicity office with the army officer who came to call them, saying they needed to plan how to go about doing the show.
Lin Nuan carried Tuan Tuan and went to the publicity office. Because the little one was so adorable, the publicity department fellow got some snacks for the little one. The little one hugged the snacks to his chest and obediently sat down on the sofa, not at all disrupting Lin Nuan and the rest from discussing the show.
When it came to work, Lin Nuan didn"t want to be a drag on the rest, so she forced herself to get her spirits up and quickly get into the right state.
Before coming, Miss Xia had her plans. She happily talked about her ideas, even laying out the plan she rushed out overnight to show everyone, appearing confident. However, the army"s publicity department had their own ideas as well…
Miss Xia"s purpose in doing a show was ratings and the viewers" feelings, whereas the army wanted to s.h.i.+ft the main point of the show to publicizing the army, creating effects that astounded and touched people. With the two parties holding different opinions, it would be a joke to think about starting the recording the next day.
They were unable to come to an agreement after much discussion. Seeing as the sky had already turned dark, Miss Xia stood outside the door to smoke in frustration.