After the meal, Ruan Ruan applied medicine to him and then gave it to Huo Haocheng to take to the others. Huo Haocheng was the most skilled among them, and if he was injured like this, the others couldn't be much better off. In any case, Ruan Ruan didn't believe that Huo Haocheng would stand there and let them beat him up.

Huo Haocheng hadn't originally planned to bring them medicine. He'd already said not to hit someone in the face, but that idiot Ruan Shaolin kept hitting him in the face, which made Huo Haocheng so angry that he punched Ruan Shaolin in the eye. But he held back his strength in that punch, otherwise Ruan Shaolin would have more than just a black eye.

Upon arriving at the troupe, Huo Haocheng tossed the medicine Ruan Ruan had given him to them, then returned to his office and made a phone call to his father-in-law. It's unclear what his father-in-law said to him, but Huo Haocheng emerged half an hour later in a significantly better mood than before.

In the days that followed, as the year drew to a close, petty theft and robbery became rampant, and Huo Haocheng and his team were all dispatched to assist the police.

On the day of the Lunar New Year, for convenience, several families, after having breakfast, brought their own food rations to Ruanruan's house early in the morning.

They had discussed it before, and now that they've all settled down, they can't come over for the New Year anyway, so they decided to celebrate together.

So on this day, everyone gathered except for Huo Haocheng and a few others who were on duty and hadn't returned yet, including Commander Gu and his family.

That day, they ate from noon until evening, took a short break in the middle, played a couple of rounds of poker, and then continued.

After the New Year came 1976. Ruan Ruan remembers that many things happened that year. The most heartbreaking of them all was the devastating earthquake in Tangcheng. The earthquake struck at night, so the number of casualties was particularly high.

The earthquake occurred in July, during the summer, the time for corn harvesting, which was still six months away.

Ruan Ruan was just thinking about how to tell her superiors about this so that they could be prepared when Huo Haocheng surprised her.

"What do you mean by us going to the capital?" That day, Huo Haocheng returned from training as usual and told Ruan Ruan about their independent regiment's relocation to the Beijing Military Region.

"Just now, a document was issued from above, instructing their Independent Regiment to depart for Beijing next month. From now on, our Independent Regiment will be under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Beijing Military Region," Huo Haocheng explained to Ruan Ruan while eating.

Back when his independent regiment returned from their first mission, his father-in-law had talked to him, saying that if he wanted to go to the capital, his resume would allow him to be transferred there. However, he refused at the time, which led to his later persuasion of Ruan Shaohong to stay in the capital.

He thought that as the commander of the Independent Regiment and the captain of his brothers, who had gone through thick and thin together, he couldn't just go to the capital alone. So, for the next two years, he and Commander Ruan were planning to bring the entire Independent Regiment to the capital.

"Then, did they say when we're leaving?" This news was too sudden for Ruan Ruan. If they were to leave, they would have to deal with their family's belongings, the affairs of the two factories, the charity organization, and the school. In another year, the college entrance examination would be reinstated, and the professors would definitely have to return to the universities, which would mean a shortage of teachers. Moreover, judging from the subjects the children were currently learning, some ordinary teachers were not quite up to the task.

Therefore, she needs to think about this matter further.

"I'm leaving next week and need to choose a location for the Independent Regiment first. This relocation of the entire regiment is being carried out in secret, so our training location is not in the original military region." The documents issued from above were to be carried out in secret, and their only direct superior was Ruan Chuanji. The regiment's training location was also reserved for them in the suburbs.

Upon hearing Huo Haocheng's words, Ruan Ruan understood the reason behind it.

"So, you guys go over first, and we'll go over after everything's over, or what?"

“I thought you could bring the child with me, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to take care of you all…” He thought about how he wouldn’t be back for a while after he went to Beijing, and that after their unit was transferred, the houses they were supposed to live in would be taken back. But Ruan Ruan could stay in the factory’s family compound, so he didn’t have to worry about the house.

However, his biggest worry was that he would miss the mother and her two children terribly after not seeing them for so long. He was also concerned that if they went to the capital, those people might turn against them in desperation.

"Why are you worried about me? Do you think I'm afraid of them? If all else fails, I'll just have the system drug them once we get to the capital. I've had this idea for a long time, but I just haven't had a chance to put it into practice." Ruan Ruan knew what he was worried about, but in her opinion, if they were foolish enough to provoke her, she could simply wipe them all out, thus solving the problem once and for all.

"...Ahem, that's not good either, it won't work." As a military officer, Huo Haocheng used to think about being upright, honest, and upright in his actions.

But things started to go awry after Ruan Ruan came to join the army. They could use drugs during operations, during interrogations, and even now, his wife suggested drugging the targets. He thought it was a good idea. This way, they could not only torture those people and keep them from doing bad things, but also make them realize that there were some people they couldn't touch. After all, Ruan Ruan was Master Bai Shu's only disciple, and he had surpassed his master in skill.

"Well, it's up to you. Let me know in advance when you think it would be suitable to go to the capital, and I'll come pick you up."

After the matter was settled, Ruan Ruan began to arrange the next steps.

Huo Haocheng left a week later, with Deng Yi with him.

The transfer documents for the Independent Regiment came down a month after Huo Haocheng left. During that month, Huo Haocheng and Deng Yi selected training sites and built training grounds.

Meanwhile, Ruan Ruan also made sure to explain the affairs of the charity and the factory within this month, and left the Ruan family's phone number with them.

Over the course of this month, members of the Independent Regiment entered the capital in batches.

When the transfer documents were officially and secretly issued to Commander Gu, all the members of the Independent Regiment had already arrived at their new training location.

A week after they left, Ruan Ruan had everything in the house shipped out. As for things she couldn't move, like furniture, she gave them to her close friends who wanted them. For the things no one wanted, Ruan Ruan had Huo Haoshen and the others drive over and take them to the temporary guesthouse they had prepared beforehand, which would also make it convenient for family members to come and visit.

After packing everything, Huo Haocheng arrived. The family stayed at the guesthouse for one night, and the next day Zheng Xuyang drove them to the train station.