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should have had wives, but they were busy and were
not able to find girls for themselves. So they would
depend on their leaders to solve their marriage
problems. Their leaders solved the problems easily.
They just chose a good looking young girl from the
army and then put them together in a room to talk for
about thirty minutes. Then they would happily get
married. Nearly all of our senior officers married in
this way. The regimental commander is a good
young man. He is worthy of love. He is also a senior
officer and commands a very good salary… You will
be envied…”
While he was speaking, he was poker-faced. Xi
Si knew he was pretending to be serious. She was
disgusted with him. He was a lecher. Every time he
saw a good-looking girl student or a woman teacher,
he would grin and leer at them. All the military
representatives were notorious. They were sent to
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