Chapter 979 Going Home (Part Three)


    "Sure!" answered Leena obediently. Then she lowered her head and started her dishes elegantly. Lee


    felt somewhat embarrassed at the sight of her refined manner of dining. Lee thought he looked like an


    ill-mannered hungry beggarpared to her. But well, never mind. The main priority was to get some


    food in him. They still had a long day ahead.


    Half an hourter, they started their trip again after they finished their meal and got some rest. They


    had stayed in the service area for about one hour in total.


    Still the same, Leena sat silently and watched the outside fly by. A long trip was always boring when


    they were squeezed into a small space. Now Kevin was driving. He took the turns with the steering


    wheel. They switched back and forth during the whole long journey. If someone drove too long, he


    might get toocent, or tired.


    "So, Lee, where are you from?" Leena was still a young girl brimming over with curiosity. So she found


    some random topic when she was extremely bored. This was something she knew nothing about.


    Hopefully he''d have something interesting to say.


    "You probably wouldn''t know it even if I told you the name. It''s a rural area way out in the boonies." Lee


    was not happy when he talked about his hometown. Maybe if he weren''t in the army, he would be


    farming thend in the cold winter wind now! Well, well, yes, there was his old and shabby home. How


    long would it stand? Everywhere in the vige was held together with mud and love. The people were


    poor and the ce was rundown. Lee felt frustrated.


    "Sorry, Lee. Did I ask you something offensive? I didn''t mean to." Leena felt sorry when Lee''s tone


    shifted from bright to depressed. She turned to Kevin, expecting he would free her of this embarrassing


    situation. Unfortunately, Kevin was busy driving. So he did not notice her desperate expression.


    "Oh, nothing. I''m just a little homesick and your question brought about those feelings. You reminded


    me of my family," Lee replied with an honest smile on the face. He was from a poor family. So he


    valued this chance a lot and would always do his best at work. That was also the reason he rarely went


    back home these days even though sometimes he missed his family badly.


    Trying to turn things around, Leena decided to ask Lee something else, "You haven''t been home in a


    long time, have you?" Somehow Lee''s reply made Leena feel down. She felt stuffy inside and a bit


    ufortable, just like a tightly crumpled ball of cotton.


    "No! I''ve been back home exactly once since I joined up. My hometown is too far away, and I''d have to


    make special arrangements to leave. Even when I was eligible for leave, I left the chances to my fellow


    soldiers." Lee was originally in a good mood today. But now as they talked more about families, he


    could not help missing his family now. So he was quite depressed and upset.


    "You can take some time off to go home this year. You can enjoy the Spring Festival with your family!"


    Kevin was a man so he seldom cared about those minor things. However, he couldn''t help but notice


    Lee was working hard all the time. So he always took it out of his own pocket to increase Lee''s pay.


    That was the most direct way he could figure out to support the man. As for leave? He really didn''t


    think about it. But thanks to Leena''s questions, he could offer Lee some time off. Now he heard that


    Lee''s family seemed to be in a poor situation and he thought probably he should get to know more


    about him.


    "Really? Major General?" Lee was extremely delighted to hear this. This way, he would have the


    chance to go back to his hometown to spend the new year with his family. He missed his family.


    "What? Do I look like the kind who always tells jokes?" Kevin cast a nce at Lee. This guy never


    talked about his family and other private things, but why did he tell Leena everything? Was it just


    because she asked? He was the one who was with him everyday, but Leena was able to make him talk


    about his feelings. A strange guy, Kevin thought.


    "No, Major General, I didn''t mean it like that," Lee replied quickly and then turned to Leena. "Thank


    you, Leena!" He was extremely grateful. After all, if Leena hadn''t brought it up, Kevin wouldn''t have


    offered him time off to see his family. What was more, it was during the Spring Festival period. No


    wonder he was thankful.


    "Hey, don''t I deserve some thanks?" Kevin frowned. He was the one that signed off on the vacation


    time, not Leena. But why did he thank her first? Actually, Leena was puzzled as well and thinking the


    same thing. She didn''t know why she had anything to do with his vacation, much less why Lee thanked


    her.


    "But Leena mentioned it first, didn''t she? So she should be the first one I thank," Lee replied as if


    everything happened naturally. He could not help feeling thrilled at the thought of the vacation several


    months from now. He would be home soon!


    "Ha! You don''t need to thank me. I was bored and just asked some questions. That''s all. I''d like to know


    when you''re leaving, though. I wanna know how it goes." Leena smiled a bit. She sensed that Lee was


    a simple young man and had a pure soul which was quite rare in theplicated city. He would be


    content with little things such as a vacation.


    "Yes, I''ll definitely let you know." Lee thought Leena was just making sure Kevin would be able to get a


    recement while Lee was away. The major general still needed a bodyguard, after all. But she


    wanted to make sure Lee had gifts for his family, and she needed time to get them. Lee was so joyful


    now that he''d get to see his family again.


    They were talking andughing for the remainder of their trip. Most of the time, Lee was telling Leena


    some story or another while Kevin drove and listened. asionally, Kevin would tilt his head or smile


    when he heard something interesting. They were getting on with each other quite well, andughter


    made the time go by faster.


    "Oh, really? What about you? Have you ever been punished?" Leena grew more interested and kept


    asking. She was still a young woman after all and it was inevitable that she was curious about


    everything she hadn''t heard much about.


    "Of course I have! There is no exception in the military. What''s more, I was punished by Major General


    even more severely than others," answered Lee excitedly. Lee was in good spirits as Leena asked him


    about various things in the army. He answered her questions as best as he could, and sometimes even


    told stories about Kevin, forgetting that the "evil man" sat right beside him. What a brave guy!


    "Lee, are you going to tell her how many times I go to the restroom? Hm?" Kevin tried to derail the


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    conversation when he noticed he was the topic, and he didn''t want Leena to know everything. He might


    have some exining to do if Leena caught wind of this or that.


    "Hey, don''t interrupt. Please focus on driving!" Leena warned Kevin and then turned to Lee. "Lee, keep


    going. Don''t mind him." She was in high spirits now and didn''t want Kevin to interrupt Lee. She was


    curious about life in the military, or to be more specific, Kevin''s life in the army base, because Kevin


    rarely stayed at home and she did not have many chances to know more about him. Now there was


    someone doing her this favor and telling her everything she was interested in, so she would never let


    this chance slip away.