Thank you for the torment

"Not a bother? Heh heh..." Zhang Hongyang nodded with a somewhat mocking air, patted Liu Zhizhong on the shoulder, and continued, "We're about to graduate, brother-in-law. Don't you feel a sense of liberation coming on?"

"Liberation? Heh heh, Brother Hongyang, what do you mean by that?" Liu Zhizhong asked with a faint smile, feigning ignorance.

Zhang Hongyang was slightly taken aback and had a bit of trouble responding, but still managed a cold smile, "Isn't it like being liberated? This half year of training at the Party School, didn't you find it tiring and stressful?"

"This fatigue, this pressure, who do you suppose put it there?"

"Uh..."

Liu Zhizhong chuckled, returning the pat on Zhang Hongyang's shoulder, "Squad Leader Zhang, it was all thanks to you, of course! Thank you for toughening me up. We're brothers-in-law after all, we should think of each other, right?"

"Uh... you..."