"Let's chat a bit, Lin Feng. If you're tired, you can go back to the tent to rest first," Tang Rou said with a smile, her eyes bright as she looked at Lin Feng, who was clearly full of mischief.

"Chat..." Lin Feng echoed, sounding a bit dispirited. "Alright, let's chat then. About what?"

"Anything will do," Tang Rou replied, straightening her posture as she sat and gazing up at the sky like an innocent child.

"However, I don't really have any exciting stories to tell. My life, from childhood to now, has always been arranged by my father. Everything was planned for me, and I didn't have to worry about anything. Though this kind of life is comfortably easy, it's not very stimulating. I feel like I've never truly lived wildly. Alas, my youth is slipping away."

Her sparkling eyes under the night sky resembled shining stars. Tang Rou let out a sigh, beginning to complain about her past life.

"Youth? I only have acne, no youth," Lin Feng said with a wry smile.

Before his reincarnation, Lin Feng joined the military at seventeen, later entering military school, the special forces, and even undertaking missions abroad. One could say that Lin Feng really had no experience of youth. Looking back on his past, it seemed he had spent it all fighting and killing.

Such a life, though filled with excitement and vigor, made Lin Feng yearn for a simple and leisurely existence. Now, after his reincarnation, Lin Feng was given the chance to relive his youth. Given this opportunity by the heavens, he would definitely seize it, aiming for nothing more than to live freely, without worries.

"Lin Feng, what was your life like before? It wasn't much different from now, was it?" Tang Rou asked, snapping back to the present.

"Well... there was..." Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, almost letting the cat out of the bag. He used to be an orphan in an orphanage, a life that ordinary people couldn't comprehend. But now, after his reincarnation, his Mom was a top bank executive and his father a strict commander, making him something akin to a privileged young master. These two lives were as different as night and day.

"When I was young, I wasn't very aware, so I often made my parents unhappy. But now, after so many years, and under the guidance of certain ideas, theories, and guiding principles, heh heh, my awareness has greatly improved. This might be what they call maturity."

Lin Feng lied without blushing. In terms of maturity, he was leagues ahead of his peers.

"Have you... ever liked someone? Have you ever been in a relationship?" Tang Rou asked carefully, hesitating for a moment.

"Liked someone? Of course, I have. Been in a relationship... nope," Lin Feng replied after a moment of thought.

"Who was it?" Tang Rou pressed, her curiosity piqued.

"Huh? Uh... a comrade-in-arms... Oh, even if I told you, you wouldn't know her. It was just a fleeting crush of adolescence, nothing serious."

Under Tang Rou's intense questioning, Lin Feng almost slipped up.

That's right, he had liked someone.

That year, in the special forces, Lin Feng had been number one in marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat, and overall performance, undisputedly the king of the special forces.

At the same time, Lin Feng had clashed with a new female instructor. This woman was cold and ruthless, always finding ways to trouble him. The two of them competed in marksmanship, combat skills, and weighted runs. They even vied in neutralizing criminals. Ultimately, they were evenly matched.

This female officer once punished Lin Feng by making him hold a half-squat all night. She had made him run a 25-kilometer cross-country course through the forest at midnight, denied him meals, and even sent him to the hospital once.

But in the end, Lin Feng realized that he had fallen hopelessly in love with her! That female instructor, Xue Qinghan!

However, his first love brought Lin Feng painful memories.

In one dangerous mission, Xue Qinghan, who always seemed to be making things difficult for Lin Feng and apparently disliked him, had actually blocked a lethal bullet for him without hesitation!

The bullet pierced her heart, and Xue Qinghan fell into Lin Feng's arms. She, who never smiled, smiled at Lin Feng for the first time. Without a chance to say anything, she passed away... a smile still on her lips. That image would forever be engraved in Lin Feng's mind!

Later, Xue Qinghan's sister came to the special forces and handed her diary to Lin Feng. Only then did Lin Feng discover that Xue Qinghan, who had appeared to hate and bully him, was actually deeply in love with him!

It was just that iron-blooded female instructor... she simply hadn't known how to express her love...

In front of Xue Qinghan's tomb, Lin Feng burned her diary, pledging that from then on, he would use his life to protect any woman who had sacrificed for him!

"Was she from your class?" While Lin Feng was reminiscing, Tang Rou suddenly interrupted his thoughts. Lin Feng was taken aback and came back to his senses.

"No... she wasn't from the school," Lin Feng said with a bitter smile.

"Is she still in Jiangzhou City? Have you ever confessed your feelings to her?"

"She... went abroad... to a happy country. As for me... haha, like I said, it was just an adolescent crush. How could I possibly confess..."

Lin Feng let out a long sigh. Feeling the conversation had become somewhat heavy, he turned the question back to Tang Rou, "What about you? Have you ever liked a boy? Been in a relationship?"

"Uh? Me?" Tang Rou stammered, caught off guard by Lin Feng's sudden question. She glanced at him, her cheeks flushing slightly, and muttered, "No... never."

"Haha, from middle school to high school, so many boys liked you, and you didn't fancy any of them?" Lin Feng asked. He assumed Tang Rou's "No... never" meant she had never liked a boy nor been in a relationship.

"I... I..." Tang Rou avoided his gaze, stammering.

"Haha, what kind of boys do you like? Come on, tell me. Maybe I can introduce you to someone," Lin Feng said cheerfully, exhaling as he pushed aside his melancholy memories.

"I... I don't know..." Tang Rou's gaze softened as she looked at Lin Feng. She appeared as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't. "My father doesn't allow me to be in a relationship before college. I also have very little contact with boys, so... I don't know how to be in one."

Lin Feng could understand Tang Rou's response. A wealthy young lady like her, accustomed to a life of luxury since childhood and raised under strict discipline, indeed wouldn't have experienced the kind of wild youth other young people had.

"It's okay. The first time is always new, but you get used to it. Everyone has a first time, right? Since your father doesn't want you dating before college, then you can start dating in college. You're beautiful and have a great personality. When you get to college, you'll definitely be the campus beauty. At that time, whether it's a Prince Charming on a white horse, a dark horse, or even a zebra, they'll all be yours for the picking," Lin Feng said.

"Really?" Tang Rou looked at Lin Feng seriously, a sweet smile on her face. So that's the image I have in Lin Feng's heart, she thought happily.

"Of course. You can ask the other students in our class... Huh, what's that?!"

Lin Feng was talking when he suddenly saw the light in the distance grow brighter. He immediately stood up in surprise.

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