Chapter 41: Retirement

That night, both Lone Wolf B and the Red Cells were celebrating in high spirits.

"Platoon Leader Guo, Platoon Leader Zhang, we're the Rapid Reaction Force. Today I'll use tea in place of wine to toast you."

The paratrooper raised the wine glass filled with tea and toasted Guo Jing. Although they couldn't drink real wine, the sense of ceremony had to be done properly.

After three rounds of tea, the crowd quickly pressed Guo Jing and Zhang Chu'an for the story of them beating "Dog-Head Old Gao," watching the crowd's fiery eyes.

Guo Jing and Zhang Chu'an felt it was still necessary to explain, otherwise many different versions of the story about Dog-Head Old Gao being thrashed by the two of them would spread through the Wolf Fang Brigade.

Guo Jing coughed and hurriedly explained:

"How should I put it, at the time Gao Shu wasn't prepared, which let us ambush him. It wasn't that exaggerated—Gao Shu's strength is still greater than the two of us combined."

"He was just too careless at the time, which is why he lost. That's how it was."

After hearing Guo Jing's account, not a single person from Lone Wolf B believed him. After their brief interaction just now, they had also figured out what kind of person Guo Jing was.

In short, he was a nice guy who never offended anyone, always giving others a little face.

So they unanimously agreed that Guo Jing's explanation was just giving Dog-Head Old Gao face.

Guo Jing and Zhang Chu'an tried to explain further, but it only made things worse—the more they explained, the blacker it got.

On the Red Cells' side, He Chenguang and the others laid out dish after dish to celebrate Nie Huaishang becoming their commanding officer.

After everyone's congratulations, Nie Huaishang and the others returned to their single-occupancy dorms.

After lying in bed for a short rest, Nie Huaishang was the first to send a message in the group chat.

Nie Huaishang: "Everyone here?"

Guo Jing: "Yeah, Zhang Chu'an and I just finished celebrating and got back to the dorm. What's up?"

Nie Huaishang: "Yeah, I was thinking about the three big villains in the special forces story. We've already taken out two of them. Once we take out the last drug lord, Ma Yunfei, we'll be able to perfectly complete the mission the Main God gave us, right?"

Guo Jing: "True, but we can't be careless. We absolutely cannot give him any chance to turn things around."

Nie Huaishang: "I don't mean to let my guard down. It's just that I'm reluctant to leave this place. I was wondering, after we leave, will we ever come back?"

They had arrived here through soul transmigration, and over a decade of being raised and bonds of kinship were truly hard to let go of.

Guo Jing: "This world really does have too many people I find hard to part with."

Zhang Chu'an: "Hearing you say that, I'm reluctant too. After surviving as an orphan for years, it's very hard for me to part with them."

Zhang Xiaofan: "I think as long as our permissions with the Main God are raised, we'll eventually be able to come back here."

Nie Huaishang: "Alright, then we absolutely can't slack off at all. After all, Ma Yunfei isn't a soft persimmon to be squeezed, and the border drug trafficker Ma Shichang in the southwest is even harder to deal with."

Nie Huaishang: "The key point is these two rarely act alone in the early stages. Black Cat and Scorpion both had great confidence in their personal combat ability, which is why they dared to come into the country."

Zhang Chu'an: "And they weren't the real top bosses either. The Ma father and son are different—both of them are the real top bosses of the Golden Triangle drug traffickers. They wouldn't risk going in person, so the strategy of luring the enemy deep we used before won't work."

Without a doubt, the Ma father and son are the hardest to deal with. In the original plot, Dog-Head Old Gao's Lone Wolf A and Lei Keming's Cobra had to go out together.

They were also followed by large-scale military forces, and with Xiaozhuang as an undercover agent continuously feeding back intelligence, they managed it.

Even so, after being captured, Ma Yunfei still managed to create an opportunity to take hostages, and even later successfully broke out of prison.

Scorpion and Black Cat were formidable in their combat ability and operational experience, while Ma Yunfei was formidable in his power and cunning.

Nie Huaishang: "Ma Qitong is our major breakthrough. By the way, Guo Jing, after Company Commander Miao transfers out he's going to be head of the narcotics unit, right? You should keep in touch with him and learn more about the intel."

Guo Jing: "Speaking of which, which of the four of us is going to play the hero saving the beauty? Whoever does it has to make her pledge herself to him in this life, not promise to be a horse or ox in the next."

Guo Jing: "Let me explain, I'm pretty average-looking and rather wooden, so I'd probably end up being the horse or ox in the next life."

Zhang Xiaofan: "Same here. After I heroically save Ma Qitong, she'd probably make me a horse or ox."

Zhang Chu'an: "I think I can make Ma Qitong pledge herself to me."

Guo Jing: "You can't. Your looks are passable, but your vibe is too sleazy."

Nie Huaishang: "From what you're saying, you're not planning to make me do this hero-saves-beauty job, are you?"

Guo Jing: "I think you're the best-looking among us, and your acting is solid. You can definitely fool Ma Yunfei and the others."

As for whether to let Xiaozhuang complete his mission from the original plot, the four of them didn't even consider it. They were all extraordinary people with exceptional skills; even if exposed, they could fight their way out with their extraordinary strength.

If an ordinary person like Xiaozhuang were exposed, it would be a certain-death situation.

Nie Huaishang: "I'll do my best to give it a try."

Although Nie Huaishang had never been in a relationship, his acting was excellent—he could still manage to fool Ma Qitong.

In short, Guo Jing and the others were very confident in Nie Huaishang. After all, he had the best IQ and acting among the four. Zhang Chu'an's IQ wasn't bad either.

But his "good-looking for no more than three seconds" trait was really frustrating.

After their discussion, Guo Jing thought of Company Commander Miao and felt a twinge of sadness. The old company commander had been very good to him.

Having been a soldier for over a decade, he was about to leave the unit he loved—it definitely wouldn't feel good. By every rule of reason and sentiment, he ought to go see him off.

The next day during training, he found time to go see Brigade Commander He Zhijun.

Hearing Guo Jing's purpose, He Zhijun laughed: "Your old company commander is transferring out of the army and you want to see him off? I'll approve that leave."

"Thank you, Brigade Commander."

Guo Jing thanked him overjoyed.

Guo Jing walked out of the office looking relaxed. Being able to see off his old company commander meant neither he nor Xiaozhuang and the others would have any regrets.

At the Night Tiger Reconnaissance Company's headquarters, Company Commander Miao finished packing his things and walked out of the office, glancing back at the place where he had spent several years.

To be honest, he truly couldn't bear to leave. He would never forget every soldier, every person here.

He had once seen off batch after batch of veterans being discharged or transferred. Now it was his turn.

After sighing, Company Commander Miao nimbly picked up his luggage and went downstairs.

Just as he came downstairs, he saw the eyes of the entire company looking at him, red-rimmed.

"Company Commander, I won't let you go."

No one knew who started it, but that shout instantly ignited the emotions of the whole company. For a moment, voices of pleading him to stay rose one after another.

Listening to the whole company's voices urging him to stay, Company Commander Miao recalled his days of old, recalled every soldier of Night Tiger.

He truly wanted to shout loudly, "I don't want to leave."

But he could not.