Chapter 267: Anger
Xiao Fei burst in energetically, but it didn’t affect Chang Ning at all. He wasn’t a petty person.
“Maybe there’s something urgent she needs to handle.”
She’s a nurse, so it’s normal for her to be busy in the hospital.
Chang Ning appeared unconcerned on the surface, but his heart was filled with doubt.
What could make Xiao Fei drag Xiao Ying away without even saying goodbye?
Unless someone was injured more seriously than him.
Thinking of injuries, Chang Ning always felt like he had overlooked some things.
“What exactly happened?”
Chang Ning touched his buzz cut, the hard stubble sensation evident.
He had a premonition that the matter he had cast aside in his mind was very important, but just when he was about to remember, it was always missing that final kick.
This was very frustrating.
If someone was injured, why send Xiao Ying and Xiao Fei, two nurses?
They weren’t doctors, and there weren’t many wounded in the field hospital, so there shouldn’t be a shortage of manpower.
So the person who made Xiao Ying and Xiao Fei leave in a hurry should be someone they knew.
At this thought, Chang Ning suddenly saw the light, and the matter he had overlooked came to him all at once.
“It’s Xiao Zhuang!
Oh no, how could I forget something so important!”
Xiao Zhuang had nearly been shot dead by the Blue Team Commander’s guard during the exercise. He should have reminded him earlier.
Chang Ning lay on the bed, full of regret.
But then again, even if he hadn’t forgotten, he wouldn’t have been able to remind Xiao Zhuang.
Was he supposed to tell Xiao Zhuang: Be careful during the decapitation strike, watch out for the guard by the commander’s side?
Who would believe that before it happened?
Besides, Chang Ning hadn’t had a chance to warn Xiao Zhuang. After encountering the Night Tiger Reconnaissance Company’s ambush, he had separated from his comrades to eliminate Commander Lei, until he passed out and ended up in the field hospital.
During this time, both Chang Ning and Xiao Zhuang were out of contact, so he couldn’t remind him even if he wanted to.
“According to the plot, Xiao Zhuang has no life danger this time.
I hope my appearance won’t cause any change.”
Lying inconveniently on the hospital bed, Chang Ning could only silently pray for Xiao Zhuang.
……
Amid the chaos in the Blue Team Command, the exercise ended.
The Operations Department ruled that the Red Team won, and the hero who turned the tide was carried onto a helicopter flying to the nearest hospital.
Xiao Zhuang needed emergency treatment first, and only after his vital signs stabilized would he be transferred to the Military Region General Hospital for further care.
In the helicopter, Xiao Ying held Xiao Zhuang’s rough big hand, her eyes full of worry.
Looking at the unconscious man, Xiao Ying’s tears fell like a string of pearls from her eyes, dripping onto Xiao Zhuang’s dark cheeks.
Perhaps due to the telepathy between lovers, Xiao Zhuang gradually woke up amid the roar of the airplane.
He squinted his eyes, and in his blurry vision, he only saw one person’s silhouette by his side.
“Xiao Ying…” Xiao Zhuang murmured weakly.
Although the person beside him was blurry, he could still tell it was Xiao Ying guarding him.
Seeing her man wake up, Xiao Ying broke into a smile through her tears and quickly wiped the tear stains from her cheeks: “It’s me, Black Monkey. Don’t talk first, conserve your stamina.”
Hearing Xiao Ying’s voice, Xiao Zhuang relaxed completely.
With this relaxation, darkness eroded his mind again.
Xiao Zhuang’s eyes closed, his head tilted, and he fell back into unconsciousness.
Noticing her man had gone silent again, Xiao Ying anxiously looked at the vital signs monitor beside her.
Only after seeing that the vital signs on the monitor were generally in the normal range did she breathe a sigh of relief.
“It’s all your fault, scaring me again!” Xiao Ying patted Xiao Zhuang’s arm exposed outside his clothes and grumbled.
After lightly patting once, she realized Xiao Zhuang was injured and unconscious, so Xiao Ying’s face filled with distress as she gently rubbed the spot she had just hit.
……
“Yo, let me see the soldier who did the decapitation strike on the commander’s head.” Qiang Zi walked into the field hospital tent and said to Chang Ning.
“What? Decapitation strike on the commander!
Where? Where is he?
Who’s so badass?”
The paratrooper looked around the tent playfully as if searching for something, deliberately not looking at Chang Ning, as if he didn’t exist.
“Look, Ostrich’s field of vision is so narrow. Such a big person like Chang Ning is right in front of him and he still can’t see.
I think you might as well let me take your sniper position.” The medic wore his signature smile, baring his teeth as he teased the paratrooper as usual.
“Hmm, this suggestion is worth considering.”
Geng Jihui put his hands on his hips, pretending to ponder the feasibility of the medic’s suggestion.
“Don’t you guys have any sense of humor? I was just joking because Chang Ning isn’t feeling well.” The paratrooper retorted with a smile in his eyes.
“How is it, no major problems with your body, right?” Lao Pao walked to Chang Ning’s hospital bed, sat down, and asked with concern.
“No major problems. The doctor said it’s exhaustion and I need to rest for a while.”
After answering Lao Pao, Chang Ning handed the 85 sniper rifle leaning against the bed to the paratrooper.
“I used your gun to eliminate Commander Lei.”
Taking the gun, the paratrooper grinned: “Not bad. By that calculation, rounding it off, I have a share in eliminating the commander too.”
“Give me a break! How is this guy so thick-skinned!”
The medic couldn’t stand it anymore; he was defeated by the paratrooper’s thick skin today.
The tent was suddenly filled with joy; wherever there was the medic and the paratrooper, there was never a lack of happiness.
“Everyone’s here, what’s so funny?”
Ma Da lifted the door curtain and entered the tent, seeing that everyone in B Group except Xiao Zhuang was there.
Wherever Ma Da was, Gao Zhong Dui was never far away.
Sure enough, before Geng Jihui could answer Ma Da’s question, Gao Zhong Dui came in.
“After seeing the patient, go out and prepare to return to barracks. I have a few words to say to Chang Ning.”
He came; what was bound to come still came.
Both Chang Ning and Gao Zhong Dui knew what this conversation was about.
After everyone in B Group left, Gao Zhong Dui’s originally expressionless face turned ominously dark, as if water would drip from it.
Ma Da gave Chang Ning a “you’re on your own” look before going out, completely ignoring Chang Ning’s pleading eyes.
“Captain Gao…” Chang Ning said timidly.
“Gao my foot! I’m not your captain!
How impressive you are, Chang Ning, daring to single-handedly snipe Lei Keming. That alone is enough to blow the sky open!”
Chang Ning was better off not speaking; as soon as he did, he ignited Gao Zhong Dui’s rage, who unleashed a barrage of words at him.
Facing the angry captain, Chang Ning could only lower his head and admit fault: “Captain Gao, I was wrong.”
Having been together for so long, he knew Gao Zhong Dui’s temperament well—typically yielding to softness but not hardness.
So Chang Ning resolved that no matter how Gao Zhong Dui scolded him, he would take it without retorting.
“You still know you were wrong?
Let me ask you, what was the order I gave you before we separated?”
Perhaps because Chang Ning’s meek admission of fault was very good, Gao Zhong Dui didn’t even notice his own tone had softened considerably.
“Return to the Red Army position.”
