Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng discussed it and felt that the matter of Pear Blossom Village should be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, who knows how many more people would suffer.

Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng have become important targets of surveillance by the militia, so it is impossible for them to contact the troops here.

So in the end, it was decided to send the few soldiers in the space to make that trip, since their status should make it more efficient.

However, since the injuries of these individuals were all in different places, Xu Xinning decided to speed up the treatment process. As long as they could successfully get out, their plan would succeed.

Xu Xinning stayed in the space most of the time, and Mu Jingheng did everything he could to attract those people's attention.

He went up the mountain to chop firewood, helped Miao Yiya tidy up her private plot, and even helped Xiaobao cut pig feed.

People in the village inevitably asked about Xu Xinning, but no matter who asked, Mu Jingheng and Miao Yiya all said that Xu Xinning had caught a cold and was resting at home.

The militiamen didn't dare to slack off either. They left a few people to guard Miao Yiya's house and also sent a few people to watch over Mu Jingheng.

For the sake of convenience in treatment, Xu Xinning placed the half-dead man she rescued in the same room as several soldiers.

As soon as Xu Xinning entered the space, she woke up the soldiers.

The group was very happy to see Xu Xinning, and felt that their injuries seemed to have healed a lot. They were very grateful to Xu Xinning.

"Comrade Xu, how's it going outside?"

Actually, these people had been wondering what this place was. They were quite familiar with the area around Pear Blossom Village, and they were certain that there was no such high-class place near Pear Blossom Village.

But they trusted Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng, thinking that perhaps they were no longer near Pear Blossom Village, but were just too secretive to tell them.

Xu Xinning: "We visited the underground laboratory you mentioned. It was used by them to study bacteria, just like the bacteria research in the north before. They captured people to do live experiments, and we rescued a few of them."

Xu Xinning pointed to the person on the bed in the far corner and continued, "This person was also rescued from there. When we arrived, he was on the verge of death. I heard he had been imprisoned for several years. He must have had something they needed, but fortunately, they didn't experiment on him."

Everyone turned to look at the person on the bed in the far corner. If Xu Xinning hadn't pointed it out, they wouldn't have noticed there was another person in the room.

Perhaps they felt it was too safe here, so they lowered their guard.

Xu Xinning: "The others are all women, and although they are not bacterial cultures, their conditions are not very good."

"Those beasts."

It was easy to imagine what would happen without being told, and the group clenched their fists in hatred.

As a soldier, the most painful thing is knowing there's a problem but being powerless to fix it.

All they want now is to recover quickly so they can personally participate in the operation to destroy Pear Blossom Village.

The soldier whose legs were not injured was able to stand up after being treated by Xu Xinning. Curious about what this person who had been imprisoned for several years looked like, he slowly walked over.

When he saw the man's face, his eyes widened in surprise. He pointed at the person on the bed, then turned to his other comrades, "Old, old..."

He choked up for a long time, unable to speak, his eyes red-rimmed, and his finger trembling as he pointed.

"Little Russian, what are you doing?"

Who is this person? Do you know him?

Xu Xinning also stared curiously at the soldier called Xiao Maozi.

Xiao Maozi was the youngest among them and received a lot of care from everyone. Because he was young, he often cried during training, and Li Xiangyang, who was the squad leader at the time, took special care of him.

Later on, this little Russian often followed Li Xiangyang around, and the other comrades called him the squad leader's little tail.

After Li Xiangyang went to carry out the mission, Xiao Maozi shed many tears. In order to give Li Xiangyang a surprise when he returned after completing the mission, he gritted his teeth and trained day and night.

He was always the most proactive when going on missions. Unexpectedly, he waited year after year, made one merit after another, and was promoted to deputy regimental commander in the fastest possible time, but he still didn't see his squad leader return.

After learning that Li Xiangyang had gone missing during the mission, he insisted on coming to search for him.

As several years have passed and everyone's status has changed, they haven't used that nickname for many years.

After arriving at Pear Blossom Village, everyone seemed to have returned to the days when they were soldiers under Li Xiangyang, and they started calling each other by their nicknames again.

A tough, strong man was now in tears.

Little Maozi: "Old, old squad leader!"

Little Maozi finally called out.

The room suddenly fell silent; no one dared to breathe loudly, as if afraid of disturbing something and scaring away this beautiful dream.

Xu Xinning walked over and said excitedly, "You mean this is your old squad leader?"

Little Maozi nodded vigorously.

Xu Xinning asked incredulously, "Is he Li Xiangyang?"

Little Mao bit his lip and nodded hard again.

No wonder!

No wonder it felt familiar!

Xiao Bao has a photo of Li Xiangyang, which she keeps by her pillow every night before sleeping.

Perhaps Miao Yiya was afraid that she would damage the photo, so she wrapped it in several layers of handkerchiefs.

One time, Xiao Bao insisted on sleeping with Xu Xin Ning, so she brought this photo over. Before going to sleep, she showed the photo to Xu Xin Ning and told her a lot about her father.

In fact, Xu Xinning knew that Miao Yiya had told her all of this.

Xiao Bao was still very young when Li Xiangyang disappeared. How much can such a young child remember?

Xu Xinning had only seen him once, while Mu Jingheng had never seen Li Xiangyang's photo before, so when she asked him about it that day because he seemed familiar, he said he had no recollection of him.

Xu Xinning suddenly remembered what happened that morning: the militia captain had brought so many people to Miao Yiya's house before dawn.

That makes sense. The militia captain immediately suspected that they were the ones who rescued Li Xiangyang, which is why he came to block the door early in the morning.

Xu Xinning was overjoyed; she hadn't expected them to have such a reward.

She thought of the strong Miao Yiya and her daughter Xiaobao, and how the family could finally be reunited.

When the comrades finally realized what was happening, they were as happy as children.

"Comrade Xu, thank you! Thank you all! If it weren't for you, we might never have had the chance to see our old squad leader again in this lifetime."

"I never expected that the old squad leader would be locked up in the underground laboratory. I knew he wouldn't get into trouble so easily."

"The old squad leader must have found something amazing, and he must have some deadly evidence on him, otherwise they wouldn't have kept him around."