Xiao Jing"s heart skipped a beat. "Captain, didn"t you say —"

"It"s time."

Shen Chengfeng turned on his computer and opened up the email he received half an hour ago.

Xiao Jing originally did not mind as she glanced at him, but after a single glance, she asked in astonishment, "What does this mean?"

"First-cla.s.s, Colonel Shaw."

Shen Chengfeng turned off his computer.

Xiao Jing"s heart was unable to calm down for a long time. She stood there blankly like a soulless creature. First rank, Colonel Xiao?

It was like a dream. She couldn"t feel her heart beating, couldn"t feel her breath still alive. She didn"t dare to try pinching her thigh to wake herself up. She was afraid that if she woke up from the dream, everything would shatter.

Shen Chengfeng held her hand, "Scared?"

Xiao Jing came back to her senses and subconsciously shook her head. "Captain, I … I don"t think I have that much credit."

"Other than Ji Lin and Fei Shang, everyone else on the mission is of the first grade. I don"t favor anyone, and I don"t intentionally erase any of the credit. You deserve this, and you deserve it."

Shen Chengfeng explained.

"But I don"t think the mission this time-"

"That"s because you"re already very strong. If you were in a special squad, even if your third brother took care of it, you would have less than half the chance of escaping unscathed."

Xiao Jing was overjoyed. "Am I really that amazing?"

"Yes, my family"s Xiao Jing is very powerful."

Xiao Jing held her face with both hands, feeling the heat. "Captain, you"re really not partial to me?"

"Do I look like the kind of person who would pretend to show favouritism?"

Xiao Jing shook her head, seriously shaking it. "You"re not that kind of person."

"So you have to know that today"s glory is earned by your own hard work. In any battlefield, it is considered a first-rate achievement."

Shen Chengfeng brushed past her face, "Your military exploits are almost done. It"s time for you to tell the world your true ident.i.ty."

Xiao Jing stared blankly, but she was a little hesitant. "Captain, should I leave Tie Ying once the news is made public?"

Shen Chengfeng was silent as he did not think about this question. All of his spiritual energy was focused on how to take this muddleheaded fella home.

Xiao Jing frowned, "But I don"t want to leave Tie Ying."

"There will be a way. We"ll do it step by step."

"Yes, I believe in the captain."

The moon hung high in the sky, and the night wind rustled in the tranquil courtyard.

Xiao Jing walked down the steps, walking along a twenty meter long corridor, and then jumped down the steps. She raised her head to look at the full moon in the night sky, the corner of her mouth uncontrollably rising upwards.

"Little Four."

A strong baritone sounded from behind the tree.

Xiao Jing didn"t expect that a head would pop out from behind the tree. She was caught off guard and jumped back a step. As the moonlight fell on her, she was finally able to see who it was.

Xiao Yao obviously did not expect his appearance to frighten her like that. After gathering his emotions, he cleared his throat and asked, "Where did you go just now?"

"Father, father?"

Xiao Jing blinked her eyes. She was certain that the person in front of her was her father. She touched her own pocket with some guilt. Could it be that her father had come in the middle of the night to find out about her and Xiao Man"s marriage?

"I"ll take a look. You don"t have to be nervous."

Xiao Yao didn"t get any closer. What he needed now was to proceed step by step, not to suddenly put all of his pressure on the child.

Xiao Jing lowered her eyes but did not say anything. The entire s.p.a.ce returned to silence.

The cold wind slowly blew, causing people to feel cold. Xiao Jing uneasily tucked her military coat. She couldn"t figure out her father"s intentions for coming at night, so she could only quietly wait for his orders.

"Let"s go home for the new year."

After a while, Xiao Yao said.

Xiao Jing suddenly raised her head. She thought for a moment and then refused. "Father, I won"t be going back this year."

"Why?"

Xiao Yao almost blurted out, "All these years, I"ve heard from your mother that you haven"t been home for the new year. Why don"t you return this year?"

"Father, I have something to do, so I won"t be going back."

"What"s the matter?"

Xiao Yao"s tone became heavier as he hurriedly coughed, "I"m not asking you anything. I just feel that this year your mother is at home too. We"ll only be spending a reunion year, and no one else would be reunited without her."

Xiao Jing lowered her head and said shyly, "I promised that I would go with the captain to the Shen family first."

"Why!"

Xiao Yao"s forceful and loud questions echoed in the courtyard for a long time.

"Father …"

"Girl, are you still angry with your father?"

Xiao Yao softened his tone, his voice trembling. He wanted to say, "My daughter, father is already so humble, you should at least give your father some face. I am your father."

When Xiao Jing heard the name of her daughter, a crack suddenly appeared on the defenses of the city in her heart. The memories of the past instantly flooded into her mind.

She really wanted to get close to him, but every time, she would only be able to avert her gaze. The glory of the Xiao Clan was nothing more than a cold prison to her, and she had no hope of being able to live in it.

Seeing her not move at all, Xiao Yao panicked. He took a few steps forward and purposely got closer to her. He asked again, "Are you really angry?"

Xiao Jing came back to her senses and shook her head, "No, Yu Li, you are my father, and Yu Li, you are my superior. How could I dare to be angry with you?"

"You"re still angry just because you said that. I know that my indifference in the past few years has caused you and your mother to suffer so many grievances."

"Father, I know that you are in a difficult situation. I am not angry. It"s just that I have really promised the captain that I will go with him to the Shen family."

Hearing that, Xiao Yao tightened her hands, "What are you doing at the Shen household at this time?"

He asked carefully. It was obvious that his daughter had been taken away by the big tail wolf.

Xiao Jing"s cheeks were slightly red. It was obvious that she was embarra.s.sed.

Xiao Yao naturally saw that she was shy and held it in. Even if he did not like Shen Chengfeng, he was still one of the ladies of his family, perhaps he was really outstanding.

Pfft, what"s so special about that?

Xiao Yao let out a long breath as he lowered his voice. "What about after that year?"

Xiao Jing raised her head and glanced at her father. Within his dark eyes, there seemed to be a very strong desire. After thinking for a moment, she nodded. "I will go home."

Xiao Yao pursed her lips into a smile. "Alright, father understands."

"Can I take the captain with me?"

Xiao Jing asked again.

The smile on Xiao Yao"s face slowly stiffened.

Worried that the atmosphere would suddenly become quiet, Xiao Jing coughed embarra.s.sedly. "If you don"t want to see the captain, then —"

"Bring him back as well. Since things have already come to this point, what else can I say? It"s just that, don"t scare your mother."

"Yes, father."

Xiao Jing stood straight and saluted.

Xiao Yao rummaged in his pocket and took out his wallet.

"This is my subsidiary card. Take it. After all, this is the first time I"ve been to the Shen family. No matter what, I have to send something to them."

Xiao Jing looked at the black card in front of her. She hurriedly shook her head, "I don"t need it. I have my salary."

"Keep your salary for yourself. Although the Shen family doesn"t pay much attention to these things, after all, in such a big world, when you come here for the first time, you should at least leave a good impression. Take it."

Xiao Yao stuffed it into her hand, "The pa.s.sword is 1-6."

Xiao Jing"s fingertips gently traced across the protruding numbers. She solemnly nodded. "Thank you, father."

"It"s getting late, let"s go back and rest."

Xiao Yao waved his hand, using the street light to head towards the parking lot.

Xiao Jing stared at his lonely and lonely back. For some reason, the back that she had once left her life unreachable now looked a little old.

"Father."

she cried.

"Hmm, is there something else?"

Xiao Yao turned around.

Xiao Jing shook her head. "Take care."

Xiao Yao smiled amiably. "Quickly go in. It"s getting cold."

Xiao Jing walked back to her dorm. The corridor was dimly lit. She leaned against the wall to think for a moment before going upstairs.

The next day, the sky was sunny as usual.

The horn resounded above and below the camp, as private cars slowly entered. Qi Yue stood in front of the car and saluted.

One of the limousines got off and the same person saluted.

"Sir, everyone a.s.sembled."

Qi Yue replied forcefully.

All the people behind him were lined up side by side. The sunlight was warm, and every one of them had a stern expression on their faces without a smile.

"I"m glad that my superiors sent me down to give everyone a military achievement certificate and a medal. This time, everyone has done their job well. You are the pride of us soldiers."

Behind the man, too, stood a line of heavily armed officers, each with a red brocade doc.u.ment in his hands.

"Mu Xi Chi."

Qi Yue shouted.

"Yes, instructor."

Mu Xi was the first to walk out of the queue.

"Congratulations, Lieutenant Colonel Mu."

Mu Xi Chi saluted with her head held high, "Yes, sir."

"Jiang Xin."

Qi Yue called out one by one, and everyone stepped forward in an orderly manner.

In the last position of the crowd, Lian Qing looked at the s.h.i.+ning military badge and couldn"t help but clench her fists. Her blood seemed to be boiling.

Jiang Temple"s eyes were also fixed on the awarded officer. "We can do it in the future."

Ye Chenliang nodded solemnly, "Yes, we can do it in the future too."

"Xiao Jing."

Qi Yue shouted the name of the last person.

Xiao Jing took a step forward and then walked in front of the officer.

The officer smiled. "This is my second award to Lieutenant Colonel Xiao. I am honored and congratulate you, Colonel Xiao."

Xiao Jing saluted, "Yes, sir."

The emblem representing the first rank of merit points was affixed to the epaulette. Under the rays of the sun, the whole epaulette shone with boundless radiance.

Xiao Jing stood in the middle of the group. Her expression was as resolute as ever. She stared straight ahead with a bright and spirited gaze, like a high and mighty commander looking down at the world with disdain.

"I actually felt like crying."

Lian Qing sniffled.

Xiao Jing glanced at him, "What are you crying about?"

"There is a sense of vision that a well-trained piglet can finally be pulled out to sell."

"…"

Xiao Jing pinched her own wrist without batting an eyelid.

Lian Qing smiled bitterly: "I"m joking, I"m joking. I"m just a little touched. My Second Lieutenant Xiao has walked over step by step. I"m very happy from how difficult it was to travel a thousand Li."

Xiao Jing looked at his honest smile, she raised her hand and gently patted his shoulder, "Company Captain, next time you want to praise me, can you take back your obvious intention?"

The corner of Lian Qing"s mouth twitched, "What kind of plan can I have?"

Xiao Jing pointed at her shoulder, "Your eyeb.a.l.l.s are almost coming out."

Lian Qing looked around awkwardly, "I just want to see if this thing is made of gold. I heard from someone last time that it seems to be made of pure gold."

"Are you going to sell the gold?"

Xiao Jing smacked her lips. "Let"s go. Today, the bosses said they would allow us to celebrate."

"Bosses?"

Lian Qing asked uncomprehendingly.

Xiao Jing put a hand on his shoulder, "Your right rear position."

Lian Qing subconsciously looked over. Sure enough, he was the instructor who was tasting the taste of cigarettes alone.

Qi Yue raised his head as he sensed someone was spying on him.

Lian Qing retracted his gaze and coughed lightly, "How do you celebrate?"

"How do you want to celebrate?"

Xiao Jing asked back.

"Drinking wine and eating meat?"

"You"re overthinking it. At most, you can add another dish for us."

There was a familiar smell in the air as Xiao Jing turned her head to look at another building.

Shen Chengfeng was on the phone and was in a hurry.

Xiao Jing cast aside the excess Lian Qing and pounced over while smelling the smell.

Shen Chengfeng hung up the phone and looked at the little soldier on the other side of the car who showed his teeth. He said, "You go have your meal first, I still have something to do."

Xiao Jing took the initiative to move her body a little.

Shen Chengfeng rolled down the window and said, "You want to tell me something?"

Xiao Jing crouched down and shook the military badge she was wearing on her shoulder. She asked, "Captain, did you see that?"

Shen Chengfeng opened the car door and observed it closely, "Congratulations, Colonel Xiao."

Xiao Jing couldn"t hide the joy in her heart, so she hugged him. "Captain, thank you."

"This is what you deserve. Don"t doubt yourself. Hurry up and go eat."

"Yes."

Xiao Jing let go of his body and obediently retreated to the other side.

Shen Chengfeng stepped on the accelerator and drove off.

The noon sun was s.h.i.+ning through the gaps between the trees. It was as if stars were lush and lush on the ground.

Shen Chengyi leaned against the tree trunk and smoked happily. Noticing the approaching footsteps, he blew out a cloud of smoke, "You came so quickly."

"Where are the things?"

Shen Chengfeng did not intend to beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

Shen Chengyi extinguished his cigarette and threw a box of exquisite packaging to the other party, "This is only the best finished product from the current experiment. You can try it out first. If anything goes wrong or the results aren"t good, I will improve on it."

Shen Chengfeng looked at the box and saw that it was a very ordinary package. He opened the bag in broad daylight and did not hide whether anyone would notice him or not and tore open one of the bags.

Shen Chengyi was stunned, "What are you trying to do, brat?"

"Inspection."

A succinct reply.

"…"

He still has the face to check the goods?

Shen Chengfeng took off his gloves and started rummaging through the contents of the box a few times. Indeed, it was not corroded by his hands.

Shen Chengyi gritted his teeth, "Enough. If you don"t feel ashamed, I won"t feel ashamed."

Shen Chengfeng was very satisfied and threw the unsealed box into the trash can, "Thank you for your trouble."

"Go, immediately!"

Shen Chengyi facepalmed, nearly having a brain infarction caused by his own brother.

However, Shen Chengfeng remained where he was and said, "One more thing."

Shen Chengyi glared at him and said, "You still have the face to say something?"

Shen Chengfeng"s expression did not change, "Why do you want to discuss the matter of giving birth to a child with Xiao Jing?"

"…"

Did I talk to him about having a baby?

Can he have it?

Shen Chengfeng bluntly said, "She will take it seriously."

"I"m just a.n.a.lysing the data from my research. I didn"t ask him to give me a birth."

Shen Chengfeng"s gaze fell on his second brother. He did not seem to know any hidden secrets from his casual talk.

Shen Chengyi did not understand why he was staring at him like that. He rubbed his face and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Didn"t second brother study her chromosomes?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I think it"s impossible for you to not study it. Are you playing dumb with me right now, or do you really not know?"

Shen Chengyi was confused, "What should I know?"

"I know some things that no one else knows."

Shen Chengfeng took two steps forward cautiously, "Second brother, we are all smart people. You don"t have to be so secretive in front of a smart person like me."

"Wait, what are you talking about?"

"You really don"t know?"

"What can I know?"

Shen Chengyi was so confused that he nearly fainted.

"You didn"t study her blood samples completely?"

"Of course I did. I just checked the rejection after the blood sample and your blood sample. I only took a few looks and all the information was stolen. What a pity."

Shen Chengfeng looked at him, his eyes burning, "Since you don"t know, then forget it."

"Are you hiding something from me?"

Shen Chengfeng raised his eyes and their gazes met.

"Yes, there are indeed important things that I have kept from you. Unfortunately, you do not have the chance to know now."

Shen Chengyi wanted to continue asking more questions, but when he saw a gust of wind coming from the other party, he frowned and quickly ran back to the research inst.i.tute.

There was still half a tube left over from Xiao Jing"s blood sample. He pinched his chin with a serious expression. Was there anything special about this thing?

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