Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 2206 - 2270: Wu Youu
There’s a small garden in the hospital, and today the haze has cleared up quite a bit compared to the past few days; you can even see a sun hanging dimly in the sky.
In the garden, Li Yifei was planning to have a smoke, but after patting down several pockets, he realized not only was he out of cigarettes, he didn’t even have a lighter. Of course, if it were just the lighter, Li Yifei could easily conjure one, but without cigarettes, he was out of luck. Oh well, he decided to skip it.
Wu Youu noticed Li Yifei’s awkwardness, gave a slight smile, looked at him with her pretty eyes, and asked, "Can I ask you a question, uncle?"
"I’m only two years older than your brother, how am I an uncle?" Li Yifei looked at her with a mixed expression of amusement and disbelief. The last few times Wu Youu called him "uncle," he wanted to bring this up.
"No, it’s just that you seemed like an uncle. Hmm, that was my impression before, but just now I realized you’re actually okay, you don’t look old and you have a fairly young mindset," Wu Youu said earnestly, nodding her chin slightly as she spoke.
Li Yifei could only laugh heartily and said, "Alright, call me whatever you want!"
"So, can I ask you a question?" Wu Youu stared at Li Yifei with big, unblinking eyes, and Li Yifei saw himself reflected in them. Her eyes were truly large and without heavy makeup, they looked very pleasing.
"Sure!" Li Yifei nodded generously.
"Alright, let me think about what to ask." Wu Youu nodded vigorously, half-turning her body, slightly furrowing her brows, seeming to be really contemplating. Meanwhile, Li Yifei felt like laughing but couldn’t; it turned out she hadn’t even thought of a question yet but wanted to ask something already, and he had seriously agreed...
After more than a minute, Li Yifei only heard the little girl mumbling but couldn’t make out what she was saying. Then she turned around, as if she had thought of some tricky question, looked at Li Yifei with slight excitement, and asked, "Uncle, you can’t get mad at this question!"
"Go ahead."
"How many wives do you have?" Wu Youu asked and then looked at Li Yifei expectantly, waiting for his answer.
Li Yifei opened his mouth, looking at the other with a slightly surprised expression, thinking, how did she come up with that kind of question?
Seeing Li Yifei’s strange expression, Wu Youu explained, "I saw online that it’s rumored you have several wives, so I just wanted to ask."
"Uh... are you sure you want to know?" Li Yifei asked.
Wu Youu nodded and said, "Why wouldn’t I be sure?"
"Alright then... I do have quite a few wives!" Li Yifei responded.
Raising an eyebrow, Wu Youu leaned in and asked in a hushed voice, "How many is ’quite a few’? Uncle, go on, tell me." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
"About ten or so." Li Yifei replied.
"You can’t even remember the exact number?" Wu Youu pressed.
"Of course, I can, but there’s no need to give a specific number, right?" Li Yifei said.
Only then did Wu Youu seem to understand, nodding and saying, "True, alright, I’ll take it as you answered my question."
Li Yifei chuckled and said, "Did my image suddenly suffer a huge hit?"
"Not really, it’s okay, I guess? I can’t really say, you’re the first person like this I’ve met, so it’s hard for me to judge!" Wu Youu said while pouting her little face.
Feeling as if he had become a subject of study, Li Yifei asked Wu Youu what she studied at university. Wu Youu gave a mysterious smile, shook her head, and said, "That’s a secret, I won’t tell you."
"Alright then, what’s your height?"
"I should be about 175, maybe 176. I haven’t measured my height in recent years, so I’m not sure," Wu Youu said.
"And your weight?"
"Should be about 110 pounds. I’ve been eating more recently, and I’ve finally gained a bit of weight." When it came to weight, Wu Youu didn’t frown like many girls would; instead, she seemed quite happy.
"Height and weight aren’t secrets, but what you study is?" Li Yifei couldn’t help but ask.
Wu Youu answered as if it were the most obvious thing, "Of course, that’s definitely a secret!"
"Alright then, I won’t ask anymore," Li Yifei had to nod.
After a moment of silence, Wu Youu asked, "Why didn’t you keep asking?"
"Ask what?"
"Like your measurements or something, isn’t that what men are interested in?" Wu Youu said.
Upon hearing about measurements, Li Yifei instinctively glanced at Wu Youu’s body, slightly bent over but still looking tall. Li Yifei shook his head after listening and said, "Not planning to ask."
"Even if you asked, I wouldn’t tell you!" Wu Youu rolled her eyes at Li Yifei, straightened up, stretched lazily, and with Li Yifei right in front of her, the stretch accentuated her good figure.
Li Yifei instinctively avoided his gaze. After stretching, Wu Youu donned a bright smile and said, "Uncle, you’re really different from what I imagined."
"Very disappointed?" Li Yifei asked.
"No, not that. It’s hard to say, it’s just very different. How should I put it? I imagined several versions of you in my mind, as I never thought I’d meet the real you. But upon meeting the real person, I suddenly realized that none of the people I imagined seem to be you. Or only a part of them resembles you!" Wu Youu said, then giggled to herself and added, "But of course, how could what I imagined really be you, it’s understandable that it’s different!"
"I don’t even know how to respond. I’m just a regular person who happened to become who I am now," Li Yifei thought for a moment and said.
Wu Youu smacked her lips, circled around while looking around, and said, "Wait for me, my mouth feels lonely all of a sudden. I’m going to buy something to eat, want some?"
"No, I’m not really into snacks," Li Yifei shook his head.
This girl... Li Yifei had met many people, yet found this girl unique. It’s an indescribable feeling, saying she’s lively, but that’s not quite right; saying she’s mischievous like Chu Xiaoyao, also not accurate. In just over an hour of interaction, this girl gave Li Yifei a refreshing feeling.
Humans are most afraid of curiosity. Initially, Li Yifei only planned to have a look, pay the medical fees in advance, sit for a while and leave. But now, nearly an hour had passed, and Li Yifei still had no intention of leaving. Watching Wu Youu walk away, two or three minutes later, she returned with a plastic bag, not too big. As she walked back, Wu You smiled happily, and quickly took out something red with black from her little hand, saying, "Uncle, take this quickly, it’s burning my hand."
Li Yifei hurriedly reached out to catch it; it turned out to be a roasted sweet potato. This girl went to buy roasted sweet potatoes. Li Yifei didn’t find it hot at all, and looking at the sweet potato in his hand, he actually felt like taking a bite. It seemed like he hadn’t eaten this in a long time.
Wu Youu held the plastic bag in her hands, but still found it a bit hot, so she simply put her roasted sweet potato on the seat beside her, not caring about her image, squatted in front of the chair, her hands fiddling with the sweet potato while occasionally blowing air to cool it down.
Li Yifei found it amusing to watch. There were many food enthusiasts at home, but few were as gluttonous as her. Perhaps only Meng Xiaofei had a similar persistent passion for food.
"How come it doesn’t burn your hands?" Wu Youu asked puzzled as she wiggled her head in satisfaction after eating a few bites, and glanced at Li Yifei, who seemed perfectly fine holding the sweet potato.
Li Yifei felt like teasing her and said, "Mine isn’t hot!"
"Impossible, it was burning hot when I handed it to you," Wu Youu didn’t believe it.
Li Yifei continued, "Anyhow, I don’t feel it’s hot."
"How can that be?" Wu Youu stood up, reached out her hand, and said, "Let me try."
Two seconds later, Wu Youu yelped, quickly pinching her earlobe with her fingers, and said, "You’re lying! Uncle, how can you lie?"
"Haha!" Li Yifei laughed, took a bite of the sweet potato without peeling the skin, just taking a large bite directly. It was really sweet and delicious. Wu Youu, seeing how he was eating, couldn’t help but laugh, saying, "I should definitely take a picture of you eating this way and write about how the billionaire comrade veteran eats sweet potatoes. Your fans would be so moved they’d cry, and then you’d be sent hundreds of kilos of sweet potatoes."
"Let’s not do that; people are as pampered as they want to be. Now when I eat, I just think about the taste. Back in the army, eating mass-produced food wasn’t even to be talked about. When on a mission with your brother and them, we had to eat whatever we had, no pickiness allowed. I remember a time when our mission was to remain hidden in a place full of leeches, muddy swamps. The leeches, fed full of blood, grew surprisingly large, but we couldn’t eat them; they’re full of bacteria and viruses, deadly if ingested. We had to endure hunger. If we had had a couple of sweet potatoes back then, it would have been wonderful," Li Yifei said, taking another bite. Wu Yuu swallowed hard and smacked her lips. When Li Yifei finished, she gave him a thumbs up and said, "I suddenly feel the sweet potatoes taste even better!"
"Haha!" Li Yifei was amused by her words.
"Uncle, tell me more, please. My brother... he’s all about military discipline, organizational rules; he can’t talk about this or that, it’s so dull."
"Some things are indeed not suitable to say. I guess he’s told you all he can!" Li Yifei said.
"But I still want to hear more."
"Alright then, I’ll pick something interesting!" Li Yifei thought for a moment and told Wu You a story. With one talking and the other listening, two sweet potatoes soon disappeared. These were nearly half a kilo of sweet potatoes, and even Li Yifei felt a bit full. Wu Youu took out a tissue, tore it in half, handed one to Li Yifei to wipe his mouth, and after wiping her own, she stretched out her hand. Li Yifei, feeling a bit embarrassed, placed the tissue he used to wipe his mouth and hands into her palm.
After Wu Youu threw away the trash, Li Yifei felt the time was about right, and said, "Let’s go back and see your brother. It’s not good to be an air purifying filter outside."
"Air purifying filter..." Wu Youu slapped her forehead after hearing this and quickly nodded, "My throat hasn’t been great these days, staying outside this long is practically slow suicide."
