"Captain, Eighteen, are you alright?"

Mu Xi Chi leapt out from the forest trail, blood dripping from his face. Under the illumination of the firelight, his face was suffused with a strange, cold light.

"What about the others?"

Shen Chengfeng looked at Mu Xiji, who was alone. He put away the gun and carried it on his shoulder.

"They were all resting in a burned-out camp in the southwest. We met the Zheng Hu team and General Xiao Zheng was injured."

Mu Xi Chi couldn"t help but glance at Xiao Jing as he spoke.

Xiao Jing"s expression turned cold as she hurriedly asked, "What happened to my third brother?"

"Perhaps it was due to the enemy"s fierce resistance, but General Xiao Zheng did not expect that he would be hit by a bullet."

"Let"s go take a look."

Shen Chengfeng headed straight for the direction Mu Xichi pointed at.

The forest was somewhat secluded. After the rain, the ground was somewhat slippery.

Half of the houses had been burned to ashes, but the place was still as quiet as a deserted building.

Xiao Jing pushed open the rickety iron door, and the smell of oil and smoke mixed with traces of blood instantly rushed into her nose.

"Xiao Jing, you guys are back."

Lin Qi hurriedly jumped down from behind the wall. He looked at the unharmed Xiao Jing, and his tense heart slowly relaxed.

A violent explosion came from a small town in the southwest. The monstrous flames engulfed the entire town like a python swallowing the mountains and rivers. Everyone was worried; this battle was not as simple as they had imagined.

Xiao Jing"s gaze swept past Lin Qi and landed on Xiao Zheng who walked out from behind him.

Xiao Zheng"s brows were knitted tightly together, it was obvious that he was not injured. He looked at Shen Chengfeng with a grave expression that he had never seen before.

Shen Chengfeng did not shy away from his fierce look. He raised his eyes and met his gaze as he said, "General Xiao Zheng seems to have something to say to me."

"May I have a word with you?"

Xiao Zheng asked back.

Shen Chengfeng nodded noncommittally, "Send a few people to keep an eye on the surroundings. If there"s any movement, shoot immediately."

With that, the two of them walked to the backyard.

Moonlight shone through the gaps between the trees onto the ground. A nice house was split into two, with half of the house not in its original shape and half of the house was in a mess as usual. Obviously, the owner had been in a hurry to escape.

"What does General Xiao Zheng want to say to me?"

Shen Chengfeng raised his head and looked at the fruit tree with a low voice.

Xiao Zheng leaned against the tree trunk, his left hand trembling as he took out a cigarette. He silently lit it and blew out another cloud of smoke before saying, "Why did you bring Xiao Jing here?"

"Why not bring him?"

Shen Chengfeng asked instead of answering.

Xiao Zheng tightened his grip on the cigarette in his hand and stared expressionlessly at Shen Chengfeng, who did not think that the situation was serious. Gritting his teeth, he said, "You should know what kind of battlefield this is. She is only a recruit."

"Ever since the day he joined the Special Forces, he wasn"t a recruit. What he needed was to keep going forward bravely, risking his life every time, and not refuse on the pretext of being afraid of death."

"But she doesn"t have any experience. This is a SS-rank mission. If you bring her out, do you know if she will be buried in this wasteland due to some mistake?"

"Soldiers are never afraid of any difficulties. In front of a mission, he has no right to refuse."

"But you do."

You have the right not to need her. You have the right to order her to stay in the camp. "

"Yes, I do."

Shen Chengfeng replied.

Xiao Zheng stomped on the cigarette, "You intentionally brought her out, right?"

"Could it be that General Xiao Zheng feels that he is not qualified to partic.i.p.ate in this mission?"

Xiao Zheng was silent. It was not that he did not want her to partic.i.p.ate but —

I suddenly understand why he stayed in the 525th group, the Xiao family is indeed very impressive, all the descendants of the Xiao family are either generals or marshals, only this Xiao Jing is a little special, after joining the army for three years she is still a second lieutenant. I was thinking whether it is because he didn"t work hard enough, or because she wasn"t qualified, but it seems like the Xiao family deliberately made him only a second lieutenant.

"That"s right. Our Xiao family has never lacked generals, elites, or talents. What we lack is happiness and freedom. What I can give her is freedom."

Xiao Zheng stood up straight and raised his head to look at the sky, "That"s why I used all my strength to bring her out of the Iron Eagle Squad."

Shen Chengfeng did not say anything else but stared intently at the back of the figure in front of him. He suddenly felt that he might have missed something.

After so many years, the Xiao family"s fourth young master had never been mentioned by anyone. It was as if he only existed on the family list.

"Eat something."

Lin Qi opened the biscuit and handed one to Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing took the biscuit, but she didn"t take a bite.

Lin Qi whispered, "What"s wrong?"

Xiao Jing put the biscuit on the ground, stood up and ran towards the backyard. Just as she stepped into the yard, she heard her third brother say that he wanted to take her away.

She couldn"t help but clench her fists.

"Captain, may I have a word with my third brother?"

She stepped forward and spoke to break the sudden silence.

Shen Chengfeng nodded, turned around and walked towards the hall.

A gentle breeze blew, and the dark clouds slowly blocked out the moonlight, making the entire yard much darker.

Xiao Zheng looked at the small body a meter away from him without saying a word. For a moment, he felt as if something was stuck in his throat as he did not know how to open his mouth to break this strange silence.

Xiao Jing crouched down and rummaged through her belongings. She remembered that before she left, she specially brought the medicine that her big brother brought with her.

After a while, Xiao Zheng intended to use his rough laughter to dispel the stifling atmosphere but before his own voice could escape his throat, a hand reached towards him.

Xiao Jing said, "This is Big Bro"s medicine, the hemostatic effect is pretty good."

Xiao Zheng was stunned, "How did you know I was injured?"

Xiao Jing silently walked forward and saw that his dark clothes were slightly moist, but the bright red color was nowhere to be seen. She said, "As long as your sense of smell is fine, you will be able to detect the smell of blood."

Xiao Zheng smiled and did not continue to act pretentiously as he took off his jacket to reveal the wound on his shoulder. The blood seemed to smell the air as it scrambled to come out to meet the light.

Without a word, Xiao Jing opened the bottle and carefully poured some powder for him.

The medicinal powder merged into his blood, and in an instant, he felt as though a beast tamer had tamed a stubborn prey.

Xiao Zheng gave a loud laugh, "As expected of Big Brother"s medicine, it stopped bleeding in an instant."

"This is for you."

Xiao Jing put away the bottle and handed it to him.

Xiao Zheng shook his head, "You can keep it."

"I still have more."

Xiao Jing stubbornly stuffed it into his hands.

Big brother should also be thinking of giving this third brother a bottle of medicine.

Xiao Jing lowered her head and looked at the two figures on the ground. She hesitantly asked, "Third brother doesn"t want to see me stay in the Iron Eagle?"

"Yes."

An unthinking reply.

"Is it because Tie Ying and Zheng Hu are opposing each other?"

Xiao Jing raised her head, her eyes clear and bright.

Xiao Zheng frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I don"t understand why you don"t like me staying here, or you don"t like Shen Chengfeng, right?

"Because the Shen family and our Xiao family are two different factions, enemies. If I stay here, I will be betraying my family, right?"

"No."

Xiao Zheng let out a long sigh, this little girl"s brain was extremely rich and he was unable to find an excuse to refute her.

Xiao Jing had a serious expression on her face. "Then why are you guys so opposed to me staying in the Iron Eagle?"

"Because he, Shen Chengfeng, is blind."

Xiao Zheng grumbled.

"Little Four, we know that you are used to the Special Forces. If you like the Special Forces, Third Brother Zheng Hu, Fifth Brother Xiao Wu"s Whale Wolf, or even our Xiao Family"s Snow Peak, you can go, but why must you stubbornly stay by Tie Ying"s side and stay by this living King of h.e.l.l?"

He is known as a tyrant in the army. If you follow him, you will only suffer, and even face death. "

"Is death scary?"

The Xiao family asked again.

"It"s not scary, but what I"m afraid of is …" Xiao Zheng rubbed his forehead, "We all hope you stay in the 525th group, why don"t we listen?"

"When I want to go home, I can proudly hold my head high."

"The Xiao family doesn"t need that much glory."

Xiao Zheng clenched his teeth and clenched his fist, "Little Four, the Xiao Clan has never lacked glory. You do not need to ask for hard work and fight for your own reputation."

"But I need the glory."

Xiao Jing"s eyes reddened, "Young Matriarch doesn"t allow me to call her grandma. I understand that she doesn"t like my mother and doesn"t like the cowardly me. One day, if I can go back with my big brother and second brother, I think the Grand Matriarch will be satisfied and take back my mother, instead of leaving us in Cangshan for more than twenty years without asking."

"Idiot, if she doesn"t admit it, then she won"t."

Xiao Zheng looked at the flickering liquid in her eyes and wanted to say something but stopped himself. He then took out a handkerchief and wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes before saying in a small voice, "Little Four, aside from the Grand Matron, we also have our father and us. So what if we lost her? We are still a family, right?"

"Third Brother, can it be the same?"

"Why is it different?"

Xiao Jing lowered her gaze. Her cautious appearance made her afraid that the treasure in her hand would be s.n.a.t.c.hed away by someone else.

Xiao Zheng moved closer and lifted her head, seriously saying: "Third brother has never wanted to ask anything from you, but this Iron Eagle is not suitable for you."

Xiao Jing didn"t reply.

"You also know that Shen Chengfeng"s body is special. He"s not a normal person."

"How am I a normal person?"

Xiao Jing countered, "He"s not normal in your mouth, but it"s normal for me to face him. In that case, it"s only me and him who are of the same kind, isn"t it?"

He actually had nothing to say about this logic.

"Third brother, the captain is very good. He"s also very good to me and takes good care of me. I like the atmosphere of the special forces, I like the high intensity rhythm of sweating profusely every day, I like to fight side by side with him, I really like the Iron Hawks."

You like it so much, do we still dare to keep you here?

"Third brother, I am an adult, I can make my own decisions. Captain sincerely wants to help me and train me, only he let me know that he is not a cowardly trash."

Xiao Zheng raised his head high up in the air, he needed to remain calm, he really needed to remain calm.

"Although the captain is very special, his body, his skin, there"s nothing special to me. I can come in contact with him, but he"s just an ordinary person to me. Perhaps it"s because his body is a little mentally unbalanced, but I need to stay here and save him."

"Enough."

Xiao Zheng clenched his fists tightly and the black clouds dispersed. One could clearly see the veins on his fist protruding out.

Xiao Jing blinked her eyes. She didn"t know why her third brother was so angry.

Xiao Zheng"s gaze was sharp as a torch as he considered his words before asking: "It is precisely because you can freely come into contact with him that I am afraid that he —"

"What are you afraid of?"

Xiao Jing didn"t understand.

"I"m afraid he suddenly has a terrible crush on you."

Xiao Zheng blurted out.

The night wind rose once more, blowing past the dead leaves on the ground. The surroundings were desolate, and the entire courtyard instantly became deathly silent.

"Do you want me to explain?"

Xiao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, he must have held it in for a long time.

Xiao Jing stood there in fear, speechless.

I don"t want to pierce through this layer of paper, but now it seems that I have to do so. Little Four, although you are a boy, but since you are so good-looking and are immune to it, it is inevitable that this fellow"s thoughts will go awry. In any case, you will never be able to get married or have children.

"Anyway, it"s over, so what if we find someone of the same kind?"

Xiao Zheng placed both hands heavily on Xiao Jing"s shoulders, his eyes serious, "It"s not that third brother does not like you staying in the Iron Eagle, but he"s worried that this person will lose his sanity. Since when did he treat his soldiers so well?"

Have you ever seen him with another soldier on a mission? "

Xiao Jing swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"His goal towards you is a mirror that you cannot see clearly, but we onlookers know very well that he is definitely not without a purpose. His goal is obvious, if you don"t believe me, you can ask your comrades and see if Shen Chengfeng treats you differently."

"Third Brother, you really know how to joke."

Xiao Jing guiltily pushed his hand away, deliberately taking two steps back to maintain a distance.

Xiao Zheng shook his head, "Third brother is only afraid that you will take his word for it. After all, in a camp like this, you won"t be able to see a single woman for a long time. No one can guarantee that you won"t sleep together."

"Third brother."

Xiao Jing emphasized, "You might have misunderstood, really misunderstood."

"If you don"t want me to continue misunderstanding you, stay away from Shen Chengfeng. The best way is to leave Tie Ying and leave him."

"We are just a pool of water. You want to muddle it up, third brother, I have finished speaking. No matter what, I will stay here."

With that, Xiao Jing turned around and ran into the house.

Xiao Zheng looked at the back of the leaving crowd and could not help but let out a long sigh, some words that he did not dare say out loud but he was still thinking about how to say it, how to explain it, you are my sister, and how to say it out loud, you are a girl.

Lin Qi looked at Xiao Jing, who was rus.h.i.+ng back, and asked anxiously, "What"s wrong?"

Xiao Jing pulled him to the corner, but her eyes were flickering as she looked at Shen Chengfeng, who was eating a biscuit. She deliberately lowered her voice and asked, "Lin Qi, I have something to ask you."

Lin Qi nodded. "Tell me, I"ll listen."

Xiao Jing repeated these words over and over again. She cautiously asked, "What do you think is the difference between the Captain"s treatment of me and yours?"

Lin Qi didn"t think much of it and directly said, "I really take care of you."

"Why are you taking care of me?"

Xiao Jing asked again.

"The team leader and I were in charge of the first group just now, but he switched us."

"What"s the difference?"

"Maybe he"s worried about you, just like I"m worried about you. He always thinks that you"ll be safer if you follow me."

Lin Qi scratched the back of his head in a straightforward manner. He didn"t know why, but he was indeed a bit embarra.s.sed.

Xiao Jing embarra.s.sedly blinked her eyes. Once again, she mustered up the courage to look at Shen Chengfeng, only to see him staring at her. In her panic, she leaned her head against the wall and pretended to be asleep.

"The s.h.i.+ft has changed."

Shen Chengfeng stood up and before he could finish his words, he had already walked out of the house with his gun in hand.

Lin Qi poked Xiao Jing"s shoulder and said, "Are you tired?"

"If you"re tired, I"ll take your place."

Xiao Jing sat up and watched as her back ran out without waiting for a reply. She rested her head on one hand and fell into deep thought.

Did the captain really have any special thoughts about her?

But I don"t have any thoughts about him?

How could he have any thoughts about himself?

"Don"t you feel like Little Eighteen is looking at our captain differently?"

Jiang Xin whispered softly into Mu Xihe"s ear.

Mu Xi Chi narrowed his eyes and nodded. "We don"t understand this world of Two Deficits."

"I feel like Little Eighteen has a plan. I bet a chicken leg that he will rush out later."

Jiang Xin said bluntly.

"I bet two chicken legs, you"re overthinking it."

Mu Xi poked him beside her head.

Jiang Xin gave a cold snort. "Just wait till you give me the chicken legs for every meal."

"Stop messing around, he"s coming over."

Mu Xi raised her head and smiled towards Xiao Jing, who was walking towards her.

Xiao Jing went straight to the point. "Major Mu, didn"t you say that you didn"t want the captain to leave because of the pain? From now on, we"ll change teams. You follow your captain."

"Why?"

Mu Xi Chi asked in surprise.

"You don"t love your captain?"

"Love."

"Then go."

Mu Xi leaned against the side of Jiang Xin"s head and muttered, "Why do I feel like something"s wrong with his head?"