Chapter 24: Rival's Jealousy Drives Her Crazy, Su Yue Triumphs on the Train

Liang Manyun's smile froze for a moment, but she quickly recovered and her tone became even more urgent.

"Commander Gu! If there's a dangerous mission, please take me with you! I'm an expert in battlefield first aid, I'll definitely be of help!"

Undeterred, she continued to pester him.

"My father is the director of the city hospital. I've been exposed to this kind of work since I was a child, and I have a lot of practical experience! During the last exercise, Battalion Commander Zhang was injured by an explosion, and it was I who pulled him back from the brink of death!"

She tilted her head back, trying to make her eyes look sincere and brave.

But her heart was consumed by a surge of jealousy and panic.

Everyone in the military region knew that she admired Gu Beichen.

Gu Beichen, however, has a childhood betrothed, Su Yue, whom he has never met.

In an attempt to sabotage their engagement, she even secretly wrote a letter to a woman named Su Yue under the guise of being Gu Beichen's comrade-in-arms, falsely claiming that Gu Beichen had been seriously injured in a mission, resulting in paralysis of both legs and that he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

She thought that a pampered capitalist's daughter would immediately call off the engagement upon hearing this news.

But to her utter surprise, just a few days ago, she heard that Su Yue not only did not annul the engagement, but was going to come to Hainan Island to join the army!

This news was like a thorn, piercing deeply into Liang Manyun's heart.

She absolutely cannot sit idly by and wait to die!

She must seize this opportunity to show Gu Beichen her excellence and courage, and let them develop feelings for each other in the face of life-or-death trials!

Only in this way will she have a chance to completely defeat Su Yue, who hasn't even arrived on the island yet!

Gu Beichen's brows furrowed even more. He looked at the woman in front of him who was talking to herself, and his impatience was almost overflowing.

"Dr. Liang, your duty is in the rear hospital, not on the battlefield. Now, return to your post immediately."

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unquestionable tone of command.

"Commander Gu! I..."

Before Liang Manyun could say anything more, a gentle voice came from the side.

"Comrade Xiao Liang, obeying orders is a soldier's duty. Commander Gu is only thinking of your safety. You should go back first."

Political Commissar Zhao Mofeng walked over, patted Liang Manyun on the shoulder, and smiled gently, but his eyes left no room for refusal.

Looking at Gu Beichen's cold and hard profile, Liang Manyun knew that saying anything more would be pointless and would only make him more disgusted.

She could only bite her lip and reluctantly give a salute.

"Yes, Political Commissar, Regiment Commander."

After saying that, she turned around and quickly left the conference room, her back view filled with grievance and resentment.

Gu Beichen didn't even look at her departing figure. He put on his training cap and nodded to Zhao Mofeng.

"Old Zhao, I'm leaving things at home to you."

"Go without worry." Zhao Mofeng punched his shoulder hard. "Come back safely."

Dusk was falling.

Gu Beichen led the fully armed "Snow Wolf" special forces team, like a pack of silent wolves, silently blending into the vast night and heading towards that unknown and dangerous canyon.

Meanwhile, Su Yue, through her uncle Chen Kai's connections, managed to get a precious sleeper ticket. She navigated through the packed hard-seat carriage and finally found her berth.

But on her bunk, a woman was lying sprawled out.

The woman, dressed in a fashionable floral print Dacron dress, with her hair styled in elegant curls and light makeup, looked out of place in the drab carriage.

She was sitting with her legs crossed, cracking sunflower seeds while chatting and laughing loudly with the person in the opposite bunk, spitting sunflower seed shells all over the floor.

Su Yue walked over and politely knocked on the iron railing of the bed.

"Comrade, excuse me, this is my bunk."

The woman didn't even bother to lift her eyelids; she just snorted through her nose and waved her hand impatiently.

"Go away, go somewhere cool and stay there, don't keep me from resting."

This attitude practically screams "arrogant."

Su Yue saw her face clearly and a playful smile appeared on her lips.

Hey, isn't this an old acquaintance?

Wang Li is the beloved daughter of Wang Qianjin, the head of the publicity department.

When Su Yue applied for a job in the propaganda department of the textile factory, this Miss Wang also applied. It is said that Section Chief Wang had already paved the way for her, and that position was practically guaranteed for her.

Who knew that Su Yue would suddenly appear out of nowhere, ranking first in both the written and oral exams, and snatching away the "pre-selected" spot.

For this reason, Wang Like often tried to trip her up behind her back.

Unexpectedly, it really was a case of enemies meeting on a narrow road.

Su Yue wasn't annoyed. She simply handed her train ticket to Su Yue, her voice not loud, but clear enough.

"Comrade, look carefully, this is my ticket, lower berth, number 12."

Wang Li then lazily sat up, glanced at Su Yue's ticket with a sidelong look, and then took out a ticket from her small purse and waved it in front of Su Yue.

"Look closely, I'm also in lower bunk number 12! Your ticket is fake, isn't it?"

Her voice rose eight octaves, instantly drawing the attention of everyone in the carriage.

"Oh my, people these days will do anything to get a sleeper berth, they'll even forge tickets!"

People around immediately pointed and whispered about Su Yue.

"She looks like a pretty young girl, how could she do something like this?"

"Exactly, if you don't have a ticket, just sit in a hard seat. What kind of behavior is it to take up someone else's seat?"

Wang Li raised her chin triumphantly, determined to make Su Yue lose face in front of everyone and teach her the consequences of offending her.

However, Su Yue showed no panic whatsoever; instead, she looked at her as if she were a fool.

"Is my ticket fake?"

Su Yue took the ticket from Wang Li's hand and glanced at it only once.

“Your ticket is whiter than the paper used by the railway bureau, and the ink smell is too strong; it's obviously newly printed. Also, the stamp on this one, the character ‘局’ in ‘沪市铁路局’ is missing a dot in the lower right corner; it's an old stamp. Yours, on the other hand, is printed perfectly.”

She was articulate and her words were always to the point.

Wang Li's expression changed instantly.

She hadn't expected Su Yue to know this!

"You...you're talking nonsense! My ticket is real!" she retorted stubbornly.

"Whether it's nonsense or not, we'll know if we call the train attendant to come and see," Su Yue said calmly, even kindly reminding her, "Forging train tickets and disrupting public order are serious crimes. If you get caught, you'll lose your job, right?"

Wang Li's face turned pale and then flushed.

Just then, the flight attendant arrived after hearing the news, followed by two young soldiers in military uniforms, standing ramrod straight.

"What's going on? Who's making such a racket here?"

Upon seeing the flight attendant, Wang Li immediately accused her of using a fake ticket to take my seat!

The flight attendant took the two tickets, glanced at them, and his expression darkened. He looked at Wang Li, his tone serious.

"Comrade, please come with me."

The two soldiers were specially arranged by her uncle Chen Kai to escort her. Upon seeing this, they immediately stepped forward and stared intently at Wang Li.

"Comrade, we need to verify your identity."

The powerful aura made it hard for Wang Li to breathe. She panicked completely, and her voice even started to tremble with tears.

"No... my... my dad is Wang Qianjin!"

"No matter who your father is, if you make a mistake, you have to be investigated," one of the soldiers said coldly, giving her no chance to argue.

As Wang Li was "invited" away by the train attendants and soldiers, the entire carriage fell silent instantly.

Those who had been pointing and whispering about Su Yue just moments before now awkwardly turned their heads away, not daring to look at her.

Su Yue calmly put away her luggage and made her bed, as if the farce just now had nothing to do with her.

Just as she was about to lie down, a violent coughing fit suddenly broke out in the carriage!

"Cough cough... cough cough cough!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw an old man sitting on a small stool in the aisle, suddenly clutching his chest and coughing violently.

His face turned purplish-red, and his body trembled violently, as if he was about to run out of breath.

"Old Zhou! Old Zhou, what's wrong with you!" His companion beside him rushed to support him in a panic.

But the old man could no longer speak, and a strange "hoarse" sound came from his throat. Then, white foam gushed from the corner of his mouth, and he suddenly leaned back, his whole body beginning to convulse violently!

"Oh no! Someone's having a seizure!"

"Help! Someone come quick!"

Chaos erupted inside the carriage!

The flight attendant had just returned from seeing Wang Li off when she saw this scene. She turned pale with fright and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Is there a doctor? Is there a doctor on the train?!"