After Christmas, there is a 3-day holiday. The district commander of our island has served here for 5 years. After the holiday, he will be moving to his next consular district.
I knew I would meet him again. But I didn't expect to meet him again in such a situation.
"So I will hand over to the new military district commander. I wish all of you safe and sound." Our old commander said.
We usually don't care about the district commanders, because computer science students seldom need to contact them directly. But this time, it's different. I knew it from the eager eyes of the girls. It's been 5 years, he still stands out so easily in the crowd. Strangely, I feel he was facing the direction that I'm sited. I feel amused by this idea. It's impossible. There are so many people here. How could he spot me?
The meeting ended quickly and the crowd soon dispersed. I saw he was talking about something with the old commander. So I stood around 50m away from them, hoping to catch up on him when they finish.
"Still so busy?" He asked in a relaxed tone. I did not notice him walking towards me and I suddenly looked up from my phone. Yes, I still use this old device because the smart glasses still feel a bit too heavy for me.
"What?" Yes, I am busy, but is that so obvious?
"You were looking at your computer, just now, I saw it"
Damn it, I knew.
"How can you see so well now?"
"All the soldiers have had vision surgery"
"Oh ya, I forgot. You wanna go have lunch?"
"Next time. I still need to take care of some official handover procedures."
I try to hold a smile and said, "Go to work then and stay safe!" But my heart is as cold as falling into an ice cellar.
He smiled back, "you too."