Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 609

Chapter 609: 609

"Comrade, maybe you should just go back for now. It’s still early, and it’s safe to walk back. If it gets late and the sun goes down, it won’t be safe for you to be out here alone. I know Captain He quite well. If he doesn’t say anything, he certainly won’t come out to fetch you, and despite knowing you’re his sister, I can’t just let you in, can I? It’s distressing to see you waiting here like this." The guard encouraged He Zhilan to leave.

"If he’s really that heartless, then let me wait here!" He Zhilan bit her lip and shook her head, "You get on with your business. I won’t disturb you, and have no intention of causing any trouble. As a family member of a soldier, I won’t insist on entering. I will be just fine waiting here."

"Then as you please." The guard felt helpless and stopped engaging He Zhilan further.

Inside the army base, He Teng sighed slightly when he heard the busy signal on the phone. Lan Li, who was nearby, put his ledger down and asked, "Since she’s already at the gate of the base, why don’t you just let her in?"

"If we let her in this time, she’ll keep using this tactic," He Teng shook his head, "Let’s not worry about her. She’s not a child and continues to disobey. Let’s get back to our discussion."

"I can tell that even though you two are divorced now, He Zhilan’s heart is still with you. She wants to reconcile with you. That’s a good thing, why deprive her full rejection?"

Lan Li asked further, but He Teng, who was immersed in his job, clearly didn’t intend to answer him. He started talking only about work matters.

Seeing that Lan Li couldn’t persuade him, he opened his ledger and continued discussing work matters with He Teng. The two continued their earlier discussion, discussing the special training they were preparing for the near future.

In the office, time probably flew by for those immersed in a work discussion. But for He Zhilan, who was waiting outside, it felt very long.

People went in and out of the base occasionally, but she had been standing at the gate the entire time. After standing for a long while, she felt tired and sat on a small stone nearby. She kept her eyes on the base, hoping that He Teng would come out to greet her before she gives up.

But as she waited, the sun set and there was still no sign of He Teng.

With the sunset, the mountainous night arrived especially quickly. The temperature dropped significantly. The wind in the mountains was cold, and He Zhilan, sitting on a small rock, kept biting her lip.

The lights in the base were already on. By this time, everyone might have already had dinner. Even the guards changed shift, but only she was still there, hungry and waiting.

He Zhilan really did not know what words to use to describe the bitter feeling in her heart.

She had firmly believed that at most before sunset, He Teng would have begrudgingly come to fetch her, lecturing her, and then let her stay at the base for the rest of the weekend.

But, in reality, as the sun set and the moon rose, He Teng was nowhere to be seen at the gates of the base. The person she looked forward to, did not appear after all.

It wasn’t until this moment that He Zhilan suddenly understood how Ding Jinshi must have felt waiting alone at the gates of the base for Lan Li late into the night, how miserable and painful that experience must have been.