noveltune Chapter 0081: He, absolutely!
Chapter 0081: He, absolutely!
Time flies, and before you know it, a long, long time has passed.
Zheng Yingqi knew that Wu Liuyi's leg was the root of the problem that had been developing over the past few days, so he took some time to go find Wu Liuyi. He finally found an excuse and said, "Your leg seems to be wrong. Let's go take a look."
But in the end, he didn't drag Wu Liuyi away—Wu Liuyi said the same thing again: he knows his own body. He wanted to repeat that his legs were the Steel Seventh Company and would never break.
"The Seventh Steel Company is gone!" Zheng Yingqi shouted angrily at Wu Liuyi, who suddenly became agitated and shouted back:
"It's here! As long as we're here, the Steel Seventh Company will remain!"
At this moment, Zheng Yingqi suddenly realized that Wu Liuyi was still the same soldier from the Steel Seventh Company. He was showing off like crazy in the Mechanized Infantry Company of the B Regiment because he wanted to tell others that the soldiers of the Steel Seventh Company were excellent no matter where they were.
He was risking his life to uphold the honor he cherished, and the glory that had been forgotten.
The two gradually calmed down.
"Your leg..." Zheng Yingqi looked at Wu Liuyi, who casually replied, "It's a minor issue."
"Tell the truth!" Zheng Yingqi stared at Wu Liuyi.
"Earlier, the doctor told me that my legs could no longer run—if I continued running, they would be ruined."
"Since you knew, why did you still run?" Zheng Yingqi couldn't help but growl. Wu Liuyi laughed, "Would Wu Liuyi still be Wu Liuyi if he couldn't run?"
"Fuck it!" Zheng Yingqi cursed. He understood what Wu Liuyi meant. Five kilometers was his honor, and he couldn't let it go. For a soldier who values honor more than life, as long as he can run, he will keep running until that day comes.
Zheng Yingqi didn't try to persuade him further, nor did he say anything like "you can leave the army."
He found it hard to understand Wu Liuyi's persistence, but he knew how to respect others' persistence.
……
Xu Sanduo and Zheng Yingqi became sergeants at the same time, which was also the first time they met after they parted ways in the Steel Seventh Company. Zheng Yingqi knew about Xu Sanduo's news and even knew that Xu Baishun had come to the unit to pick up people, but the heavy training made him unable to visit the Seventh Company again.
That was a regret that Zheng Yingqi deeply regretted, because on that occasion, many people from the Seventh Company gathered at the Seventh Company, and although he was so close, they seemed worlds apart.
He really wanted to meet Xu Baishun; he wanted to meet his father, the father who had raised a fierce tiger into a cat.
But in the end... we never got to see each other.
In the regimental auditorium, a group of soldiers who were to be transferred to non-commissioned officers were taking an oath. In the solemn atmosphere, Zheng Yingqi was unable to exchange pleasantries with Xu Sanduo. Both of them suppressed their excitement until the end.
After the meeting was dismissed, Zheng Yingqi and Xu Sanduo strolled around the auditorium.
"Come to the guard company." Zheng Yingqi looked at Xu Sanduo, who had regained his composure, and finally extended an invitation, but Xu Sanduo shook his head: "I went through a lot of trouble to win the right to continue watching the 7th Company—the hardest thing to bear before was loneliness, but now I'm used to it. This opportunity that I fought for is worth cherishing."
Zheng Yingqi was stunned. Half a year had passed since he left that time. The soldier who used to talk a lot had matured. He no longer spoke with a cautious stutter and had his own opinions.
After a long pause, Zheng Yingqi finally said, "I am no match for you."
Xu Sanduo looked at Zheng Yingqi with a puzzled expression.
Zheng Yingqi did not explain. He used to think he was just an observer, but after countless hours of sweat and blood in the Steel Seventh Company, he realized that he had become part of the company. When he left the Seventh Company, it took him four months to slowly let go of those unforgettable memories.
He thought he was loyal and righteous enough, but Wu Liuyi and Xu Sanduo showed him that some people only do things and don't talk about them. Moreover, they can fight for some silly things without hesitation, even if it costs them their whole lives.
"The 7th Company will always be here. Wherever we are, that's the 7th Company." Zheng Yingqi used these words as a farewell between the two. Xu Sanduo didn't understand, nor did he want to understand. He wanted to continue guarding his 7th Company.
After saying goodbye to Xu Sanduo, Zheng Yingqi watched Xu Sanduo's back from afar until he disappeared. Many soldiers brushed past Xu Sanduo, but no one knew that the soldier had once been among the top ten in the group army's reconnaissance skills competition. Some people regard their honor as their life, like Wu Liuyi; some people regard their honor as their golden body; while others, like Xu Sanduo, let it fade away after it's over, simply holding on to their own principles.
……
An off-road vehicle with strange markings drove into the 702nd Regiment headquarters and stopped on the parade ground. After rolling down the window, the soldiers saw the strange combination of a lieutenant colonel driver and a colonel passenger.
The driver was Yuan Lang, and the passenger was Captain Lao A of the railway.
Yuan Lang looked around the regimental headquarters with a strange expression. Tie Lu asked, "What's wrong?"
As Yuan Lang looked around, he said, "It's strange... These guards in 702 are really strange."
"Strange?" Railway chewed on the word, not understanding.
"Captain, you go see Commander Wang yourself. I'll go down and think about it. These guards give me... a feeling that makes me very uncomfortable." Yuan Lang left his superior behind. Tie Lu wasn't angry. Since his tough guy said he felt something was off, he'd let him go and take a look.
The railway staff approached the officer on duty, who looked at the railway staff's uniform with curiosity. He saluted because of his rank of colonel, but he was still full of doubts about the uniform he had never seen before.
"Where is the regimental headquarters?" Railway asked.
"Turn right, go east for 100 meters at the end—I'll take you there." The officer on duty had initially intended to walk, but after thinking about it, he decided to lead the way. He then smiled bitterly to himself, realizing that Team A had driven him crazy, making him wonder if the commander was a disguised member of Team A...
"Thank you," the railway worker said politely.
As he followed along on duty, he gradually began to feel something was off. When he was almost inside the regimental headquarters building, Tie Lu finally realized that he had been under constant surveillance—this was quite a high level of treatment.
Let's talk about Yuan Lang.
He deliberately wandered around the playground, and soon he realized why he felt so strange—it turned out that from the moment he entered until now, someone had been watching him every moment.
"interesting!"
Yuan Lang muttered to himself, feeling a sense of unease, as if it were coming from their base—no wonder it felt so strange.
He wandered around with great interest, surveying the entire regimental headquarters' defenses. The more he wandered, the more surprised he became. Later, when he switched his mindset to that of a special forces captain and scrutinized the situation with an infiltrated gaze, Yuan Lang became even more astonished.
The enormous regimental headquarters was so well-guarded that there were no blind spots. He even discovered a few deliberate oversights—Yuan Lang would swear on his nurse wife's name that these oversights were definitely traps.
"Interesting!" Yuan Lang muttered again. He was surprised by this state of alertness, by this state of leisure mixed with vigilance. As an elite member of a special trouble-finding unit, Yuan Lang knew very well the military's modus operandi in peacetime. To put it bluntly, if he wanted to, he could lead his men in and carry out a "decapitation" at any time.
But not here!
No wonder he felt strange—ah, so he was being "restricted"!