"Knowing I couldn't persuade you, I didn't mention it."

He patted Zhao Jun on the shoulder, "He's a good buddy of mine, he understands my personality."

Zhao Jun rolled his eyes speechlessly: "..."

If I don't do as you say, am I supposed to just wait to get beaten up?

When Zhao Jun's "persuasion" failed, Regiment Commander Jiang and the regiment's political commissar sent other comrades-in-arms who had shared life and death with Xue Yanchen to act as intermediaries. Unsurprisingly, none of them succeeded.

Regiment Commander Jiang and the political commissar had no choice but to go to Division Commander Li again.

Commander Li is still using the tactic of stalling.

Regiment Commander Jiang: "I have already promised him that I will give him an answer in seven days. If he does not pass the political review for marriage, I will let him go home. Division Commander, it is up to you from now on."

"Well, just because you agreed doesn't mean your superiors will agree. I won't let him leave."

He raised his hand to touch his chin, narrowing his eyes like an old fox. This was the son-in-law he had his eye on from the beginning. Once he had his eye on him, how could he escape his grasp?

The regimental political commissar said, "But dragging it out isn't a solution either. We can only delay it for a while, not forever. Whether he does it or not is his own business. He's already given up his future, so how long can we interfere? We can't just tie him to this place."

"This?" Commander Li feigned reluctance: "But Xiao Xue is truly a rare talent. It would be such a waste to send such a talent back to his hometown to farm or work as a factory laborer. Most importantly, his departure would be a great loss to our troops."

"So what? Does he not know all this? I think the chances of him staying are very small. If we insist on not releasing him and he appeals to higher authorities, we will still have to release him. If this gets out, people will say that we are acting like an authoritarian regime and do not respect human rights."

Commander Li thought for a moment, then suddenly seemed to realize something and said, "In the end, it all comes down to his girlfriend. If she had a clean background, none of this would have happened."

"But the fact is, his partner's family background is not clean enough."

"What if he changes his partner?" Commander Li said casually, then quickly explained, "I was just being anxious, that's all. Don't take it to heart or overthink it. How can I have the right to interfere in other people's relationships? I won't interfere."

Commander Jiang frowned and asked, "Change to another target?"

The regimental political commissar was also surprised: "Is it so easy to change partners? It would be easier for others, but who is he? No matter how pretty the girls in the cultural troupe are, he doesn't even give them a second glance."

Commander Li was a little unwilling, as his daughter was much prettier than the other female members of the group.

The three people couldn't reach a conclusion before the meeting adjourned.