Chapter 305: Return Journey, Laughter And Fun, Gao Zhong Dui Searches
“The operation is almost done, it’s over. Notify B Group to prepare to return to Wolf Den.”
In the forest, Gao Zhong Dui left Geng Jihui with a thin and upright back.
The battle that broke out in Langde Village between B Group and more than two hundred criminals was very big, after all, armed helicopters were deployed.
This had a considerable impact on the follow-up of Jungle Wolf Operation, causing B Group to withdraw from the operation early.
Finally, after study by superiors, it was decided to terminate Jungle Wolf Operation, because intelligence in the leaders’ hands showed that after the Langde Village incident, the national crime rate dropped sharply, and criminal activities of making and selling powder even stagnated.
The purpose of this operation to warn the enemy by attacking one was achieved ahead of schedule, so after study by superiors, it was decided to end Jungle Wolf Operation early. B Group’s withdrawal was just the beginning, the Armed Police would also withdraw one after another, and the remaining cleanup work would be done by the local public security.
“It’s finally over.”
Before boarding, Chang Ning took one last look at Langde Village, where he had changed the plot once again.
He wondered if Ostrich would still end up with Xia Lan after his interference this time?
Emotionally speaking, Chang Ning definitely did not want Xia Lan and Ostrich to get together; this woman’s self-righteous personality would cause trouble.
But then again, who can predict matters of the heart?
What if they ended up together later?
If they succeed, so be it, whatever.
Chang Ning did not believe that with him as a variable, the plot would remain completely unchanged.
Next time if Xia Lan still affects him, he will still ruthlessly call her out without mercy.
It would just be tough on Ostrich, if they could get together.
But as long as those bad plot points can be changed, making Ostrich suffer a bit is nothing; he believes Ostrich will understand.
“Chang Ning, board the plane quickly! What are you spacing out for?”
Seeing Chang Ning staring in the opposite direction of Langde Village and not moving, Geng Jihui thought this guy was reluctant to leave.
So he thought since they probably wouldn’t come back after leaving, letting Chang Ning look a bit more was fine.
But seeing that five or six minutes had almost passed, and the pilot was getting impatient, Chang Ning still hadn’t boarded, which wouldn’t do.
No matter how reluctant, they still had to leave eventually, they couldn’t stay in Langde Village forever.
Finally, Geng Jihui couldn’t stand it anymore, he patted Chang Ning’s shoulder to signal him to board quickly, no time to dawdle.
“Got it.”
Coming back to his senses, Chang Ning entered the cabin, retracted the boarding ladder, closed the cabin door, the helicopter slowly lifted off, and in the eyes of Langde Village villagers, it gradually turned into a small black dot until it disappeared.
How difficult the Jungle Wolf Operation had been all the way, now riding the helicopter back to Wolf Fang Barracks felt that relaxed.
After being busy all night and still having to outsmart Xia Lan that woman, Chang Ning had long leaned against the cabin wall and fallen into deep sleep. When he woke up, the pilot had already steadily landed the helicopter on the hangar.
The pilot’s technique was extremely skilled; Chang Ning didn’t even feel a thing. When he woke up, he was already at Wolf Fang.
“Eyes right… Eyes front… At ease…”
Chang Ning subconsciously followed Geng Jihui’s commands and did the formation movements.
“See what this is?”
He Zhijun raised a stack of red-headed documents in his hand and smiled at Lone Wolf B Group.
The text on the paper was dense and small, plus He Zhijun’s hand holding the document kept moving, causing the position to shift left and right, so naturally Chang Ning and others couldn’t see the content.
In a great mood and even a bit happy, He Zhijun teased Chang Ning and others with a little suspense before no longer keeping them in suspense.
“The documents in my hand total two: one from the Provincial Department, one from our Military Region.
I think you smart people, carefully selected and cultivated, can definitely guess what they say.”
He Zhijun paused and observed Chang Ning and others’ expressions, but unfortunately what he saw were young faces without expression.
As for this, it was expected; he was very pleased in his heart and continued: “That’s right, the content inside is all praising you, full of your merits and praise.”
Hearing this, seeing He Da Dui still smiling, Chang Ning felt something was off.
According to Wolf Fang’s usual practice, there should be a twist next, like…
“But don’t think your merits are such a big deal, you’re still far from it!
I’ll have someone deliver the commendations later. Now go back to 026 and write mission summary reports.
Remember, they must be profound!”
Hearing He Da Dui say “but”, Chang Ning knew this was coming.
Carrot and stick theory, essential management skill.
The purpose is to keep everyone from being proud, to be modest and prudent.
The problem was Chang Ning didn’t see any proud changes in his comrades’ emotions; everyone had reached the realm where completing missions was like eating and drinking.
Maybe only major merits or comrade sacrifices would stir their emotions.
Though he didn’t know how others felt, Ostrich must be feeling bad.
Who told him to mess up in this operation? For a woman totally unrelated, he lost his usual calmness and made wrong decisions.
If he got off easy, Gao Zhong Dui would make Geng Jihui suffer.
“Paratrooper, remember to be profound when writing the mission summary later.”
Geng Jihui looked at Ostrich’s expressionless face; Ostrich’s performance in this Langde Village operation was really disappointing.
Seeing Ostrich suffer, the others not only didn’t sympathize but held back laughs one by one, purely taking pleasure in his misfortune.
“Okay.”
Ostrich also knew he was really off this time, knowing he was in the wrong, he didn’t dare refute Geng Jihui’s decision or try to weasel out of the review by playing dumb.
Mainly he lacked the confidence; if not for Chang Ning pointing out the problem and reminding Geng Jihui, who knows what mess could have happened later.
Speaking of Chang Ning, his performance this time was commendable, especially reminding Geng Jihui to change the plan during the Langde Village operation, which was outstanding.
So he would probably get a commendation from the Military Region this time, and internal rewards from Wolf Fang Special Forces Detachment were a sure thing.
Plus merits from previous operations, maybe his military rank would even go up.
Of course, before things are finalized, anything is possible; Chang Ning himself wasn’t too concerned.
Since enlisting, Chang Ning thought his performance was decent; from military merit medals to commendation orders, he hadn’t lacked them, enough to back him staying in the military unit long-term.
Plus his current age was on the young side in the whole unit, so he had plenty of time; getting a higher rank wasn’t hard.
Therefore, Chang Ning himself wasn’t very clear on his career planning.
His attention now was all on watching Ostrich’s misfortune, especially since Ostrich would soon give the operation summary to He Da Dui in person, inevitably mentioning his mistakes.
Chang Ning was very interested in how He Da Dui would discipline Ostrich and what kind.
Anyway, no matter what discipline He Da Dui gave, it wouldn’t make Ostrich leave B Group, so Chang Ning wasn’t worried about Ostrich at all, but rather looked forward to his bad luck.
Soon after, everyone finished their summaries, only Ostrich was left till last.
He had many mistakes, so much to summarize, thus placed last.
Under his comrades’ teasing gazes, Ostrich held his written script and began summarizing his errors.
Though he made mistakes this mission, because Chang Ning was there and no loss to whole B Group, He Da Dui let him off easy seeing his sincere attitude.
But mistakes require punishment; Ostrich was punished by He Da Dui to write a 10,000-word review plus a week in solitary confinement room, fairly severe.
After the meeting, everyone held back laughs pretending helplessness as they looked at Ostrich.
This couldn’t be blamed on Chang Ning and others; Ostrich deserved it.
Who told him he couldn’t control himself, and now he looked all dejected and funny.
“Laugh if you want, holding it in is uncomfortable.”
Ostrich saw his comrades struggling to hold back laughs and said kindly.
But when he saw everyone really laugh at him mercilessly to his face, he felt upset inside.
“Wait, you’re really laughing?!
If you’re gonna laugh, at least turn around, this is killing and soul-destroying, are you still good brothers?”
Ostrich flushed red, angrily scolding his brothers for being inhumane.
“You told us to laugh.”
Xiao Zhuang finally controlled his smile and replied, but this hurt Ostrich even more.
And Ostrich had no way to retort; who told him to run his mouth earlier.
Pure regret now!
Seeing Ostrich’s frustrated look, everyone burst into laughter.
Sure enough, as Mr. Lu Xun said, people’s joys and sorrows do not connect.
Building one’s happiness on others’ pain may be immoral, but it makes one even happier.
“You bunch of toxic friends, poor choice in friends…”
Amid wails, Ostrich was sent to the solitary confinement room.
Next, he would be locked there for a week of solitary, and complete a 10,000-word review inside.
With Ostrich’s writing skill and padding ability, Chang Ning sweated for him.
But luckily, as long as there’s the 10,000-word review, He Da Dui probably wouldn’t care about quality.
While Ostrich was in solitary, Chang Ning and others were extremely busy, endless summary meetings and going to Provincial Department for commendations.
Poor Ostrich missed the chance to show off just like that.
After various meetings, Gao Zhong Dui grabbed Chang Ning and others as coolies; every day not only complete their own training tasks but also train rookies.
So, after Ostrich’s solitary ended, hearing about this good thing, he eagerly went to Gao Zhong Dui.
“He won’t think helping train the new batch of rookies means he skips training, right?”
Chang Ning sidled up to the medic at some point, looking at the eager Ostrich and asked.
“Maybe, you know Ostrich’s naturally small brain capacity. He’s in for it.”
For Ostrich’s misfortune, the medic was all for it.
One could imagine how badly Gao Zhong Dui would chew out Ostrich without key intelligence.
Just as everyone anticipated Ostrich’s misfortune, Ostrich trotted to Gao Zhong Dui.
“Paratrooper, perfect timing, go call Chang Ning over.”
Before Ostrich could speak, Gao Zhong Dui cut him off.
Seeing Ostrich frozen in place, Gao Zhong Dui frowned: “What? You have something?”
Seeing Gao Zhong Dui’s stern face, Ostrich jolted, waved hands repeatedly: “No, no, just spaced out. Calling Chang Ning, right? I’ll get him right now.”
With that, Ostrich fled in embarrassment.
“Am I that scary? This isn’t training.”
Gao Zhong Dui watched Ostrich flee, puzzled, thinking this kid must have done something guilty. Need to check later, can’t let him err again.
Finally assembled B Group like this, Gao Zhong Dui didn’t want his efforts wasted.
“See, I told you he’d be in trouble for sure.”
The medic saw Ostrich return hastily and eagerly told everyone, like proving something.
“What happened, got chased off by the wolf?”
Chang Ning pretended ignorance, asking knowingly.
He wanted to watch Ostrich’s joke, but Ostrich’s words were about himself; the melon he ate involved him.
“Gao Zhong Dui wants you over.” Ostrich said.
“Me?”
Chang Ning pointed at himself, incredulous.
He recalled his recent performance: training hard, no trouble for Gao Zhong Dui.
Called for no reason, Chang Ning felt very uneasy.
He thought, maybe Gao Zhong Dui wants to test him.
Thinking it over, only this fit.
Gao Zhong Dui had the habit of personally checking Lone Wolf Commando Unit members.
Seeing Gao Zhong Dui wanted Chang Ning, everyone’s gazes shifted from Ostrich to Chang Ning, full of curiosity.
All B Group members, similar business capability, why single out Chang Ning?
Special training?
Everyone was very curious why Gao Zhong Dui wanted Chang Ning.
“Don’t look at me, I don’t know the reason either.
Don’t worry everyone, I’ll go find out now.
Once I have the result, I’ll come back and tell the brothers.”
Chang Ning finished, jogged to Gao Zhong Dui, saluted crisply.
Whether Gao Zhong Dui wanted to test him or had real business, attitude must be right, no flaws.
If superiors nitpick that, Chang Ning didn’t want Gao Zhong Dui not to train him.
“Come with me, have something for you.”
Gao Zhong Dui finished and turned to walk, as if not worried Chang Ning wouldn’t follow.
Chang Ning, braced for Gao Zhong Dui’s storm, now felt like punching cotton, full of helplessness.
Chang Ning could only obediently follow behind Gao Zhong Dui’s buttocks; their direction seemed toward the barracks office building.
Maybe He Da Dui has something?
Gao Zhong Dui usually talks to him after 026 in the warehouse or training ground on the spot; only He Da Dui calling B Group goes to the office building.
