Li Xue was speechless: "So, you don't care about your reputation at all, and you'd rather make me someone else's mistress than not achieve your own goals."

"Xue'er, Dad didn't expect that blockhead wouldn't even like you. Let me tell you everything. I knew he had a girlfriend a long time ago. As soon as he came back from visiting his family for the New Year, he submitted a marriage application. But his girlfriend has a problematic family background. He's stubborn and said he wouldn't join the army if his marriage application wasn't approved."

There were organizational rules that prohibited him from marrying the children of "five black categories" (a term referring to groups with shady backgrounds or criminal elements), so I sent him away according to those rules. But he was still unwilling to give up and insisted on leaving the army. I, too, valued his talent and wanted to keep him here.

I thought my daughter was so outstanding, he would definitely like her. We could just replace his girlfriend. Our family has impeccable revolutionary credentials. After you two get married, he can not only stay in the military, but I can also pave the way for his future. I'll say it again: since we don't have any sons, I'll treat him like my own son. He's so capable; he'll be a pillar of our family in the future.”

Li Xue still couldn't accept it: "But even if you want to find a good son-in-law, you can't make me a mistress. You're making me a mistress, and you won't even tell me the truth."

"I thought you were sure to succeed. But once you're with him, who would know he already had a girlfriend?" The most important thing is, if I told you, would you still do it?

“But the key is that I didn’t succeed at all.” Li Xue slumped down. She suddenly thought of something: “Dad, now the whole military region probably knows that I’m pursuing him. He has another person he wants to marry. Dad, where am I supposed to put my face? People will think that I’m a shameless person who doesn’t know how to respect myself and is eager to be someone’s mistress. Dad, I won’t be able to face anyone anymore.”

As she spoke, she began to sob.

Commander Li was also very troubled at this moment. "Xue'er, let me ask you, who spread the news that you were pursuing Xue Yanchen? If others didn't know about it, it would be fine, but now that so many people know, how are we, father and daughter, going to handle this?"

After Xue Yanchen and Luo Jingyan get married, and Luo Jingyan comes to the army to accompany him, everyone will know that Xue Yanchen already has a girlfriend, and his daughter still wants to interfere. Not only will Li Xue be embarrassed, but he will also be laughed at.

"Dad, does it matter now who leaked it? If you had told me earlier that he already had a girlfriend, I wouldn't have pursued him, and I certainly wouldn't have spread this."

She suddenly remembered something else: "Dad, you said that his girlfriend's family background is problematic, so he shouldn't marry Battalion Commander Xue."

"That's why Xue Yanchen wants to retire from the military."

“Dad, let him retire. As long as he’s no longer in this military camp, no one will bring this up again. We can save face for both of us, father and daughter, and we won’t be gossiped about behind our backs.”

Commander Li sighed: "If we had let him go before, it would have been fine, but things have changed. It's probably going to be difficult to get him to leave now. Not only will he not leave on his own, but even if we try to force him, he probably won't go."

"What's wrong? Didn't he want to leave? Why isn't he leaving now?"

Commander Li took out the certificates, medals, and thank-you letters from the drawer and slapped them on the table.

"Xue'er, look, all of this was obtained by her boyfriend. It can completely clear the name of a child from a 'black five categories' family. Once the organization sees it, they will definitely approve their marriage application. Xue Yanchen is only interested in making it in the army. Unless it's absolutely necessary, would he be willing to leave the military?"

Now that his girlfriend has a chance to clear his name, and they can get married smoothly, do you think he will still leave?

"This?" Li Xue suddenly felt a sense of crisis again: "Dad, if you say that, they will definitely be able to get married smoothly. If they get married and his partner comes to the military camp, what do you think we should do? We, father and daughter, will become the laughing stock and gossip of others. We will become clowns who are judged by the entire military region. I don't want that, I don't want that. I'd rather be killed."

Li Xue couldn't imagine that she would be pointed at and gossiped about every time she went out in the future.

No, she was the most beautiful, proudest, and most eye-catching princess in the performing arts troupe, like a noble phoenix soaring in the heavens. She couldn't let herself become a dull and defeated ugly duckling.

That would be worse than letting her die.

Commander Li's face was gloomy: "Dad didn't want it to be like this either. I got to where I am today by flattering a few leaders above me. Everyone below me is bowing and scraping to me. I don't want to lose face in front of them and then have to endure their gossip behind my back."

The higher a person's position, the more they care about their reputation. Losing face is like being stripped naked, a great disgrace.

“Dad, if that’s the case, how can our family stay in the military region? Dad, I don’t want to leave here, I want to continue dancing. Dad, your position is much higher than his, if anyone should leave, it should be him, not us.”

With his father's abilities, taking down a battalion commander shouldn't be difficult.

His daughter's words seemed to have struck a chord with Commander Li.

This is where he has worked for more than ten years. Compared to Xue Yanchen, he is the host, and that young upstart Xue Yanchen is just a guest.

How can a guest drive away the host?

"Xue'er, what do you think we should do about this?"

Li Xue's gaze was fixed intently on the certificates, medals, and thank-you letters placed on the table.

"Dad, has anyone seen these things? Do the higher-ups know about this?"

“When Xiao Xue came to deliver these things, Regiment Commander Jiang and Political Commissar Liu came with him. In order to buy you some time, I didn’t tell you that it was the Political Commissar, and the other superiors didn’t know either.”

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