Chapter 123: The Impatient Chen Xun

"I am Yun Fei." Just a single voice, and there was an overwhelming sense of upright integrity; if this were said out loud, who would believe it?

"I am An Yinan." An Yinan didn't know which nerve had misfired, but she used the same sentence structure...

As soon as her words came out, both sides fell into silence.

"What's wrong? Has something happened? Do you need me to provide any help?" In the end, it was Yun Fei who spoke first, his voice containing a deliberately lowered calmness, devoid of the directness from just a moment ago.

An Yinan thought for a moment, "It's nothing, I just wanted to tell you: for the people assigned to me, can they only listen to my orders, and only listen to yours when you transfer them away?"

"If the people given to me don't listen to me, then I don't want them."

An Yinan didn't even realize that she lacked rationality in saying this, and that it differed somewhat from her original intention in making the call.

Yun Fei went quiet; among all the children of the Yun Family, no one dared to say a word of dissent in front of him. Even Yun Dan, who had been in poor health since childhood, would only cry when wronged and never dared to speak like this.

She was the first!

"Let Yun Shu take the phone." Yun Fei was silent for a moment before speaking calmly.

An Yinan handed the receiver to Yun Shu, "Here, your Leader."

These few words left Yun Fei between laughter and tears. Whose exactly was she? Did she have no sense of it in her heart? What a heartless little thing.

Yun Shu took the phone, "I am Yun Shu."

"Everything is to be based on An Yinan's orders." Yun Fei issued the command.

"Then... does that include when the Leader goes out alone?" Yun Shu felt it was better to be clear; after all, her protection target was truly a bit worrying.

"Everything!" Yun Fei said with resounding force.

"Yes!" Yun Shu immediately stood at attention and shouted loudly.

An Yinan was so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into the ground. Girl, let's keep a low profile.

"She's had a loud voice since she was little, please excuse her, please excuse her." An Yinan covered her face, explaining against her conscience.

"Here." Yun Shu handed the phone back to An Yinan.

An Yinan was somewhat surprised; he hadn't hung up? This Chief Yun didn't seem like an indecisive person.

"Hello." Her voice had the playfulness of a young girl; she didn't deliberately stiffen it, but instead relaxed.

Yun Fei thought for a moment and said, "Chen Xun's marriage application has been held up by me. You are still young; you shouldn't be too hasty."

An Yinan was speechless, "May I ask, Leader, do other comrades' marriage applications receive this same treatment?"

"No, but you are An Yinan, my, Yun Fei's..." Yun Fei began, but he didn't finish the sentence.

An Yinan smiled, "Leader, I am An Yinan, and I am only An Yinan. Comrade Chen Xun submitted the marriage application with my consent; I hope the Leader will reply soon."

Yun Fei rubbed his forehead; regarding this niece, he could neither be too light nor too heavy.

She had just turned eighteen and had already become a confidential translator.

He had flipped through her file again and again, looked at that photo over and over; he had even simulated their first conversation and the posture he should use to greet her, wondering to what degree he should hold himself so that the two of them could be calm and composed.

"I can be not Yun Fei, but as an ordinary elder, Nan Nan, have you thought it through?" Yun Fei sighed; in the end, he was the one who compromised first.

It wasn't because of guilt toward Yun Liu, but simply because the child on the other end was An Yinan.

The Yun Family House Rules: if they don't listen, just give them a beating.

But as for An Yinan, she didn't even acknowledge being a member of the Yun Family. Beat her? On what grounds? On the grounds of over ten years of neglect? He didn't have that qualification.

Thinking of this, Yun Fei thought that even if he had the qualification, he didn't seem to have the heart to do it.

An Yinan heard the softening in Yun Fei's tone and didn't press too hard, "Is Chen Xun not outstanding?"

"No, he is very outstanding; he is our most excellent soldier." Yun Fei immediately denied it; regarding the extent of Chen Xun's excellence, no one dared to say otherwise.

After all, all the missions he had completed were there. With his record, he could have been promoted to a Regimental Level Cadre, but because he was too young, it had been held back.

"Is he not responsible?" An Yinan asked a second question.

"He protects the country at all times; he is earnest and responsible, there is no need to question it." Yun Fei did not dodge the question.

"He is outstanding, he is earnest and responsible, and he has feelings for me. Such a man, I shouldn't marry? Am I stupid?" An Yinan's last few sentences were very soft, but the line was too clear at this moment; Yun Fei even heard her breathing.

Yun Fei thought for a moment, "But he is a soldier."

A soldier—a status he was proud of, yet he did not want An Yinan to marry a soldier. The life of a military wife was too bitter, and one never knew when the man in the house might never return.

Anyone else would be fine, but he specifically did not want An Yinan to marry one.

An Yinan did not refute him, only saying softly, "I am proud of him. Goodbye."

A few words had already made her attitude clear.

And at this moment, Yun Fei at the Beijing Military Region did not hang up the phone for a long time, holding the receiver and thinking for a long while.

Finally, he sighed, "Worthy of being of the Yun Family stock."

After putting down the phone, he smiled silently.

Among this group of Yun Family children, he really did like An Yinan. She was rebellious, but it was not a mindless rebellion; her so-called rebellion was simply because she disagreed with his opinions.

Yet she dared to speak, and was not afraid to say it out loud.

Those children in the family grew up under pressure from a young age and instead developed reservations—reservations about the Yun Family's reputation, and reservations about him, the head of the family.

These children were in an environment that was too safe, which led to the wearing away of the edges that belonged to the Yun Family.

Rebellion—wasn't that the family style of the Yun Family?

And at this moment, another helpless person knocked on the Secretary's door.

"Why are you here again? Are the new recruits not training? Are the mission preparations done?" The Secretary got angry just looking at Chen Xun's resentful expression. He had come for the seventh time this month, every other day; it had to be said that not coming every single day was already giving him face.

Chen Xun was expressionless, "Has it not been approved yet?"

The Secretary nodded, "It's still stuck at the Beijing Military Region!"

"That shouldn't be; isn't it supposed to be approved in a month? It's been over three months now." Chen Xun didn't know where the problem lay. A marriage application approved for three months—even a political background check shouldn't take that long.

The Secretary slapped the table in annoyance, "How would I know? I called to ask yesterday; it's still on the Chief's desk! Why don't you go urge them yourself?"

Chen Xun nodded, "Then I'll head back first."

The Secretary had just let out a sigh of relief when he heard this brat add another sentence, "I'll come again the day after tomorrow."

"Get out, get out, get out." Even with the best upbringing, the Secretary could no longer hold back, and he kicked out.

It was just that he used a bit too much force, and he twisted his waist a little...

"You little brat, who has bewitched you to make you so anxious about a marriage application?" The Secretary rubbed his waist helplessly, then looked at his wobbly, increasingly unstable door, "Sooner or later, this door is going to be ruined!"