Beijing, military region.

Jiang Jingxing woke up from his dream with a start, sitting on the bed panting heavily, his mind a complete blank.

His thoughts returned only when he heard the sounds of soldiers drilling outside. He held his throbbing brain, which felt like it was about to explode, and exhaled a breath of stale air, feeling somewhat puzzled.

He had a very strange dream last night.

He dreamt of a girl who clung to his waist, crying and begging him not to leave. Instead of pushing her away, he patiently comforted her.

He also dreamed that he was being interviewed on television, telling reporters about his feelings for the crying girl, which was completely unlike his personality and didn't sound like something he would say.

But he felt that everything in the dream was very real, as if it had really happened.

Jiang Jingxing thought about it carefully and found that he could no longer remember what the girl looked like; he only had a vague image in his mind.

But his intuition told him that he had met the girl before.

Although he couldn't remember what she looked like, he vaguely recognized her.

Jiang Jingxing took a deep breath.

Regardless of who that girl is, he only knows that he loves only one person right now.

No one can replace Su Yan in his heart.

He threw off the covers, and there was a knock on the door.

"Commander, you overslept today! The morning meeting is about to start." Wang Xiaoxin's voice was a mix of anxiety and curiosity.

He had been following the regimental commander for almost two years and knew his daily routine like the back of his hand. He had never seen the commander oversleep, even when he was extremely tired from training. The commander's wake-up time was more punctual than an alarm clock. Today was the first time this had ever happened.

Two minutes later.

Jiang Jingxing, dressed neatly, opened the door, glanced at Wang Xiaoxin whose face was full of curiosity, and said coldly, "You only come to wake me when the meeting is about to start. You're something else."

Wang Xiaoxin cried out that he was wronged and explained with a long face, "This is not my fault, Commander. You are usually the first one to arrive at the meeting room. Today I thought you were busy with something, so I didn't call you. But the meeting was about to start and you still hadn't come out, so I called you."

A pang of guilt crossed Jiang Jingxing's mind.

He didn't say a word, and strode forward with his long legs and expressionless face.

Wang Xiaoxin scratched his head and muttered, "Is the regimental commander in a good mood or a bad mood today?"

Meeting room.

Except for Su Yu and Jiang Jingxing, who were on vacation, everyone else was present.

At 8:00 AM sharp, Jiang Jingxing walked into the conference room with a blank expression.

Everyone looked on in surprise, their eyes all fixed on him.

After sitting down, Jiang Jingxing glanced at the time on the wall and said, "I'm not late."

The head of the 61st Regiment, who was sitting at the head of the table, joked, "Regiment Commander Jiang, you're usually the first one to arrive."

Jiang Jingxing sat upright and replied confidently, "Reporting to the leader, is it not allowed to sleep in for about twenty minutes today?"

The leader of the 61st Regiment choked, then snorted coldly, "I didn't say it was impossible. Alright, let's start the meeting."

After reporting on the daily training situation as usual, the leader of the 61st Regiment brought up another matter, "There's something else today. The Southern Military Region wants me to send a platoon to participate in a skills competition with their soldiers. Their leaders specifically requested that Regiment Commander Jiang and Political Commissar Su lead the team. Political Commissar Su has no problem with that. Regiment Commander Jiang, do you have any questions?"

Su Yu is also a troublemaker.

But he's a smooth-talking troublemaker, much easier to deal with than Jiang Jingxing.

Jiang Jingxing and Su Yu are the two strongest tigers in their Northern Military Region.

Both of them were known for their recklessness during missions, sometimes even scaring the enemy away when they went crazy. Moreover, they had never failed a mission, which made them famous.

The leaders of the Southern Military Region would call him almost every time there was a competition to request personnel. He had declined the previous times because Su Yu was not present. However, Su Yu made a glorious return this year, but considering his health, the leaders of the 61st Regiment still refused. As a result, he was provoked by the leaders of the Southern Military Region, which made him so angry that he agreed in a fit of rage. He couldn't let the Southern side think that they were cowards!

Jiang Jingxing raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you afraid that Su Yu will lose to the South before he's fully recovered? Who will be the one to lose face then?"

The leader of the 61st Regiment scoffed dismissively, "That's fine too. With you, the Northern Tiger, around, that's enough. Everyone in the South is just a little brother in front of you. So, are you going or not?"

The others were also aroused and chimed in, saying, "Jiang Tuan, why don't you go? You just came back from a mission and there won't be any missions assigned to you in the short term. Instead of training in the team every day, why not let the people in the south see our strength?"

"Exactly! I don't want to run into my comrades from the South and have them laugh at me about this!"

"Which place in the south?" Jiang Jingxing asked lazily.

"Yangcheng!" After saying that, the leader of the 61st Regiment suddenly remembered something. His eyes lit up as he looked at Jiang Jingxing and said meaningfully, "I heard that the university your girlfriend got into is in Yangcheng. School will start soon. Don't you want to take this opportunity to meet her?"

Pinching a tiger's seven-inch mark is the same principle as pinching a snake's seven-inch mark.

Jiang Jingxing: "..."

His lips twitched. "Fine, I'll go! When do we leave?"

He was so quick to agree; he practically had "I only agreed to go because I wanted to see my girlfriend" written all over his face.

"We'll set off on the 30th. I'll have Su Yu go directly from his house." The leaders of the 61st Regiment were overjoyed.

Who cares why he agreed? As long as I go, that's fine.

The matter was decided amicably.

After the meeting, Jiang Jingxing returned to his office and couldn't wait to call Su Yan, wanting to tell her the good news.

He paused halfway through dialing the number.

After thinking for a moment, he hung up the phone.

I plan to surprise her when we arrive in Guangzhou.

...

at the same time.

Su Yan woke up from her dream and couldn't fall back asleep, so she got up to make breakfast.

When she went downstairs, her maternal grandparents and Li Juan were not home; they had probably gone back to the village. Su Lei had also gone to school.

So she made breakfast for herself and her older brother.

About fifteen minutes later, Su Yu came downstairs and saw the busy figure in the kitchen. He exclaimed, "Little sister, the smell of your cooking is so strong, it woke me up!"

Without even turning her head, Su Yan said, "Aren't you happy to have food ready for you? Go brush your teeth, dinner will be served in two minutes."

Su Yu didn't linger any longer and immediately went to brush his teeth.

Back at the dining table, Su Yan had already set out the breakfast she had prepared.

Hand-pulled pancakes, beef brisket noodles, and steamed shrimp crystal dumplings.

Su Yu took a bite of the beef brisket noodles and immediately gave a thumbs up, "Yours is still the best."

Su Yan said calmly, "After we eat, we'll go to prison."

Su Yu fell silent, and his emotions were no longer so high.