freenovelworld Chapter 547 Reunion
Chapter 547 Reunion
The group left the airport in a lively manner, having said almost everything they needed to say. At this point, everyone finally understood the main purpose of Bai Ou's visit - to transfer Qin Lingzheng back to Beijing.
To be honest, I'm reluctant.
Good soldiers are in short supply everywhere, let alone an officer who is brave, courageous, resourceful, and willing to risk his life to carry out orders and complete tasks on the battlefield.
But they also knew that with Qin Lingzheng's status, it was impossible for him to stay at the border for long, and sooner or later he would have to go back to take up a higher position.
The original plan was to come here for a year of training, and when I had earned enough military merit, I would go back and be promoted smoothly, and the road ahead would be smooth and straight.
As a result, because Qin Lingzheng refused to cooperate with the transfer, he was forced to stay here for another year. This extra year was considered a free gain for them.
At this time, Bai Ou proposed the transfer. The person in charge hesitated again and again, and said:
"It's not that we don't want to release him. It's mainly because Qin Lingzheng won't cooperate. In the past two years, the higher-ups have sent people to do ideological work on him, but in the end they all sent him back. He didn't answer Mr. Qin's phone calls, and last month Director Qin came to pick him up in person, but he also drove him away."
Actually I feel like laughing when I say this. It is not fun to see a dog biting itself. What is fun is to watch a dog chasing and biting others.
But you can't laugh, you have to hold it in and not act too proud.
Thinking of this, the person in charge suppressed the corners of his mouth that were curled up wildly, and sighed with embarrassment, "...This kid is very stubborn. He doesn't cooperate with the transfer. We can't force him. We still have to respect his personal wishes. You have to go there in person to do ideological work. It would be best if you can persuade him..."
If you can't persuade me, hehe, then I can just continue to get it for free!
Bai Ou didn't take it seriously and said cheerfully:
"Okay, I'll go talk to him. We'll go through the formalities after we've settled the matter. Where is he? Shall we go now?"
There was a joke:
"No hurry. You are exhausted from the journey. Let's take a rest first. I will send some people to organize the troops. We will review them row by row."
The group first stopped at a guesthouse to rest and replenish water and food.
Because I was expected to stay in the military area for two to three days, I needed to stay overnight in the guesthouse.
Bai Yuan also helped Bai Ou, who was full of energy and didn't feel tired at all even after flying for a whole day, to do a thorough cleaning of the house.
She didn't trust Bai Ou, so she swept the floor herself, while Bai Ou mainly helped with moving things and large items.
The brother and sister worked in perfect harmony with each other and had a clear division of labor, and they finished cleaning in a short time.
Just at this time, someone from the military district came and said that everyone had lined up and was ready to be inspected at any time. The two of them left the guesthouse and came to the large playground.
The border defense military district is widely distributed and has a large number of personnel, but they are scattered among various outposts. They are usually stationed outside and are responsible for patrolling the security of the border and arresting and capturing lawbreakers who have illegally entered or left the country.
Only occasionally return to the headquarters for supplies.
Currently, there are not many soldiers left in the headquarters, about two thousand in total. Most of them are new recruits who have just arrived and are learning from the veterans. They will be sent to various outposts for rotation after a while.
More than 2,000 people are almost the same number of people as a high school, and they can fill up a playground that is 400 meters in circumference.
Bai Yuan followed Bai Ou and others and watched all the way from the entrance. He stayed at the end of the team and observed the soldiers on the playground with sidelong glances.
What catches the eye is the uniform army green camouflage uniforms, the neat and uniform formations, the soldiers in high spirits, and their slogans are loud and powerful. At first glance, they are well-trained, brave and good soldiers.
Everyone was wearing the same clothes, and their heights and body shapes were not much different. Only their faces were visible between the camouflage uniforms and hats. It was dazzling to look at from a distance, and I experienced the confusion and helplessness that Bai Xun felt when he looked at people.
Bai Yuan took only two glances and gave up looking for Qin Lingzheng in the crowd, instead concentrating on appreciating the momentum and military ceremony of the soldiers.
They walked in rows and lines, and were about to reach the end. Bai Ou, who had been surrounded by the crowd in the front, walked to Bai Yuan and whispered:
"did you find it?"
Without waiting for Bai Yuan to answer, he pointed it out to Bai Yuan: "Look, the first row of the independent square formation."
Bai Yuan looked up as he prompted, and the next second, as expected, she was met with a pair of scorching, fiery gazes.
Under the scorching sun, Qin Lingzheng's troops stood upright in rows in the independent formation of the officers' camp.
He wore his army green camouflage uniform very neatly, his tall and broad back was straight, and the strands of hair on his forehead were blown messily by the hot wind.
He has deep and handsome features and a bold and unruly temperament. He is extremely eye-catching wherever he is. Even though he is surrounded by well-trained, imposing, and heroic officers in military uniforms, it is difficult to conceal his charm in the slightest.
It's just that when Bai Yuan was looking for someone, his eyes were habitually focused on the center and the back of the square, skipping the near and edge positions, so he ignored his figure.
Now that I had a direction and a target, I could easily lock onto his position. My sights fell on him and I instantly separated him from the people around him. The face of the person in front of me gradually became clear and slowly overlapped with the one in my memory.
Bai Yuan: ...How come it has grown so big? ? ?
Qin Lingzheng was originally standing in military posture with ease, treating this as a normal team review. His mind was empty as it usually was when he was standing in line, and he let his body be controlled by the muscle memory generated by five years of intensive training.
Until he heard Bai Ou's familiar chattering loudspeaker, which seemed to transport him from the center of the desert to the sea port. The air was filled with the smell of freshly fried French fries, which reminded him again that he had not had lunch.
He suppressed his hunger, suppressed the rumbling in his stomach, and looked forward casually. Sure enough, he saw Bai Ou's figure.
Qin Lingzheng was not surprised that Bai Ou appeared at the border.
Two years ago, he was seriously injured while fighting bandits and almost died. It was Bai Ou who personally flew a fighter plane to drop Mu Chenye over for surgery.
After that, the two of them had intersections in many missions, and they were no longer surprised that Bai Ou would come to the border to hang out from time to time.
It can even be concluded that one of the three planes today must have been piloted by Bai Ou.
Then, he began to think out of inertia about what mission the other party had been assigned this time, and he probably thought that he would go into the woods again.
Recently, the people on the other side of the border have been acting more and more rampantly. A lot of the nets have been cut. Every month, we catch people sneaking over and coming back crying. Perhaps there will be some big moves in the near future.
Qin Lingzheng maintained his military posture and only subtly adjusted the fulcrum of his left and right feet to reduce the burden on the sutures on his abdomen.
His eyes passed over Bai Ou and fell boredly on the group of people around him.
Go ahead and fight. This minor injury is not a big deal. As long as the old man doesn’t send someone to pick him up, he will…???
A white figure came into view. Qin Lingzheng was startled for a moment, then quickly relaxed with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Every time Bai Ou came, he brought unrealistic fantasies with him.
Two years ago, when he was seriously injured and entered the operating room, he saw Bai Ou and thought that Bai Yuan knew that his life was hanging by a thread and came with him.
Therefore, even though the operation was dangerous, he still relied on his tenacious will to hold on and walk down from the operating table alive, just to be able to see Bai Yuan again. He didn't want to bring the bad news of his death to Bai Yuan before collapsing at such a close distance.
But until the stitches were removed, the wounds healed, and new wounds appeared, there was no sign of Bai Yuan, and no one even conveyed a word of comfort and concern. Qin Lingzheng slowly faced the reality amidst repeated disappointments.
Bai Yuan actually... doesn't care about him.
If you were going to come, you should have come earlier.
For three whole years, Bai Yuan never came to the military academy to see him even once.
He should also...
After that, Qin Lingzheng thought about it more than once.
If he had died on the operating table and could not be safely pushed out of the operating room, would Bai Yuan shed even a tear for him when she received the sad news of his own death?
Would she...feel sorry for herself?
Once this idea was formed, it took root in his mind and could not be shaken off. It even affected his subjective judgment in missions many times and left many unnecessary wounds.
The stitches that had been numb from pain now began to ache again, and the tingling pain made Qin Lingzheng break free from the shackles of memories and wake up from his unrealistic fantasy.
He turned his empty eyes back to Bai Ou, watching him chatting with the people around him with a bright smile, moving among them with ease. He wanted to find the shadow of Bai Yuan on Bai Ou's face, but because his smile was so bright that such an expression would never appear on Bai Yuan's face, he had to give up because of the strong sense of incongruity.
——How come these brother and sister don’t look alike at all!
He watched Bai Ou's gaze pass through the crowd and look at him, as if he was sending some signal... He couldn't understand it, or maybe his eyes were cramping because he had been laughing for too long.
Qin Lingzheng complained about Bai Ou in his heart, and then watched him turn around and walk back in a white military uniform, from the front to the back of the team, and put his hand on——
!!!
Qin Lingzheng's pupils shrank slightly, and he looked at Bai Ou in disbelief as he placed his hand on the shoulder of the man in white at the end of the team.
It can be touched, so it is real.
Qin Lingzheng, who suddenly realized this, froze his eyes and stared at the figure under Bai Ou's command.
——Bai Yuan.
Qin Lingzheng's Adam's apple moved tightly, and his eyes were so dark that they were almost as dark as ink and about to solidify.
Although they were far away and all he could see was her silhouette, Qin Lingzheng was 100% sure that she was the person he had been thinking about day and night.
The sunlight shone on her, as if a golden line outlined a golden circle, and it was like a scene that only appeared in a dream, making his eyes hot but he still couldn't look away.
He watched as she turned her face toward Bai Ou, pretending to listen attentively. The part of her neck exposed above her collar was as white and slender as a swan, with smooth lines. Even if he couldn't see it, he could tell that her expression at this moment must be focused and serious.
Qin Lingzheng looked at the scene in front of him almost greedily. He held his breath involuntarily and suppressed the ups and downs in his heart, fearing that any large movement or violent emotional shock would wake him up from a possible dream.
At this moment, the two people opposite seemed to have ended their conversation, and the white figure finally moved, turning his head and looking sideways, revealing a face that was similar to the one in his memory, but less similar due to growth.
——Bai Yuan.
——Bai Yuan five years later.
She was wearing a white shirt, her hair was tied up high, and her expression was indifferent, calm and peaceful.
Just as elegant, intellectual, neat and tidy as I remember...but also inhuman.
But it always affects his mind, and it is easy to cut a sharp knife into his heart, making his heart ache.
She stood under the scorching sun, her brows calm, her eyes sweeping across the queue without a pause, landing on other people, and quickly passing over him, pausing slightly.
Their eyes met and Qin Lingzheng felt her gaze on him. His heart skipped a beat. His body suddenly tensed up, his back straightened even more, and hope ignited in his eyes, burning so fiercely that his chest felt tight.
"Qin Lingzheng, step out!"
Qin Lingzheng pursed his lips, keeping his lip lines straight, not letting any unnecessary expression leak out of his face. He looked no different from usual, and no one noticed that the suppressed and accumulated emotions in his heart were about to explode.
“I’m a lone wolf! I lick my wounds alone! I have no emotions! I… fuck!!!”
"Five years!!! Five whole years!!! How have I managed these five years? You——"
"Qin Lingzheng——"
I haven't seen her for five years. She has changed a lot, but it seems like nothing has changed. She still looks so cold, like a glass of strong liquor mixed with ice.
"I can't drink. Even the smell of it makes me dizzy."
Qin Lingzheng only felt his throat tighten and his palms get hot, but his eyes were fixed on her and he couldn't move away. His whole body was like a string stretched to the extreme, and the hot blood rushed to his eardrums, making them swell.
"Qin Lingzheng!!!"
“How can you be so indifferent! Even when I saw my burning gaze that almost made me lose control, you didn’t show any reaction at all and just stared at me calmly…”
"Even if you just nod at me or smile?"
"Qin, Ling, Zheng!!!"
As if he didn't hear the commander's voice, Qin Lingzheng still stood there motionless, following Bai Yuan's figure with his eyes.
It was not until his vision was blocked by the green military uniform that Qin Lingzheng suddenly came back to his senses. He refocused his eyes and looked at the commander who was standing in front of him angrily. He suppressed the complicated emotions in his eyes, took a step forward and walked out of the queue, and spoke in a hoarse voice:
"To!"
"Disregarding military orders and disrupting discipline, you will be punished by running five laps! Turn left--"
"Yes!"
Qin Lingzheng didn't say anything extra. He just took another deep look at where Bai Yuan was. Then, following the instructions, he ran to the front of the playground track in full view of everyone and tied his shoelaces tightly.
He stood up again, took the first step forward, his shoulder blades formed a beautiful arc, and he ran steadily, getting closer and closer.
The wind blew past his ears and as they passed by, his eyes still uncontrollably followed her figure. After realizing that her gaze was still on him, Qin Lingzheng clenched his teeth and increased his speed.
——The first lap.