Chapter 46 Xie Jingchen is the kind of leader a regimental commander should be.

Xie Jingchen walked up to Sister Wang and reached out for the military receipts.

Sister Wang quickly presented it to him with both hands.

Xie Jingchen only needed one glance to confirm that these military receipts were issued by his own unit, there was absolutely no mistake.

"Su Weiguo!" Xie Jingchen suddenly called out.

"Here!" Su Weiguo snapped to attention, straightened his back, and stood at attention with his whole body taut.

Xie Jingchen held them up: "Are these military receipts your share?"

"Reporting to the commander, yes!" Su Weiguo answered every question.

"Then why are they outside the military base?" Xie Jingchen's voice suddenly turned stern.

If you were to take a closer look at Su Weiguo's body at this moment, you would find that he is trembling slightly and uncontrollably.

He had been in the army for two years, and he could count the number of times he had seen Xie Jingchen up close on one hand.

This also includes the time a few days ago when Su Xiuxiu was injured, and Xie Jingchen granted him a special leave as compensation.

According to Xia Fanxing's original plan, he was not qualified to report directly to Xie Jingchen; at most, a leader at the platoon leader level would come to ask him.

As for punishment, only Xie Jingchen can impose it.

But the situation suddenly changed, and no one expected Xie Jingchen to suddenly appear at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Su Weiguo never imagined that one day he would have to lie to the regimental commander.

Su Weiguo took a deep breath and decided to go all out!

"Reporting to the commander, here's the situation. Comrade Xia Fanxing saved my sister's life, and I'm very troubled because I don't know what gift to give her to thank her. Comrade Qiao Feitian told me that she and Comrade Xia Fanxing are good friends, and that the military and the people are as close as fish and water, so military receipts are the most high-class and practical gift."

“I thought she made a good point, so I took out the military receipts that I had been saving for a long time and presented them to Comrade Xia Fanxing. But Comrade Xia Fanxing told me that military receipts cannot be circulated outside the military, so she returned the receipts to me.”

"I didn't expect that Comrade Qiao Feitian would come to me again later and ask me if Comrade Xia Fanxing had accepted the receipt. When she learned that Comrade Xia Fanxing had returned the receipt, she asked me to give it to her, saying that she had a way to transfer it to Comrade Xia Fanxing."

"You're lying!" Qiao Feitian shrieked. "I only looked for you once. When did I look for you a second time? And where?"

Qiao Feitian cried to Xie Jingchen, "Jingchen, this Su Weiguo is lying. You're so smart, you can definitely tell he's lying, right?"

Xie Jingchen still ignored Qiao Feitian.

He walked up to a little girl, patted her head, squatted down, and gently asked, "Little girl, can you tell Uncle what just happened? If you can explain it clearly, Uncle will reward you with a piece of chocolate."

Upon hearing the word "chocolate," the little girl's eyes lit up. Completely oblivious to her mother's disapproving look, she began to chatter away.

The more enthusiastically the little girl spoke, the more ashen Qiao Feitian's face turned.

"I'm done talking," the little girl said proudly.

“You’re great.” Xie Jingchen took out a chocolate and gave it to her. “This is a reward you deserve.”

"Thank you, Uncle PLA soldier!" The little girl was overjoyed.

When Xie Jingchen stood up, along with his increasing height came his terrifying aura.

Qiao Feitian felt extremely ashamed.

Her malicious act of framing Xia Fanxing was too obvious. After the little girl recounted and summarized it, everyone realized what was going on.

Anyone with eyes could see what role she played, let alone Xie Jingchen, an exceptionally clever and shrewd person.

Qiao Feitian has always wanted to maintain a good persona and image in front of Xie Jingchen.

Although he knew about what happened at the regimental hospital last time, he wasn't there in person and didn't face her directly.

This time, he saw her ugly face firsthand, and he heard the whole story from a little girl who had experienced it firsthand.

The little girl's narration was purely straightforward, without any embellishment!

Therefore, Qiao Feitian was also very scared.

But she couldn't just sit and wait to die; she had to do something.

Just as Qiao Feitian was about to steel herself and apologize to Xie Jingchen, Xie Jingchen suddenly looked at her, his dark eyes deep and cold.

Do you remember what you said at noon?

That one sentence was enough to strike Qiao Feitian like a thunderbolt.

At noon she said...

Qiao Feitian's pupils constricted, and she instinctively cried out, "No!"

According to her original plan, things shouldn't have turned out this way.

Who would have thought that Xia Fanxing would turn around and bite her? Who would have thought that the military receipts that should have been on Xia Fanxing would be taken out of her pocket?

Things happened so suddenly. Because she was so afraid of going to jail, she forgot the promise she made to Xie Jingchen at noon and used the identity of "the regimental commander's fiancée" to protect herself!

"Jingchen, things aren't as you think. Let me explain—"

"Do you think that just by using the title of 'the regimental commander's fiancée,' you can disregard discipline, manipulate things, and even slander and frame others?"

Xie Jingchen interrupted Qiao Feitian directly.

His voice wasn't loud, but it struck Qiao Feitian's heart like a whip, and also invigorated the spirits of everyone present.

Qiao Feitian's face turned pale, and she looked at Xie Jingchen with a mixture of fear and pleading, hoping that Xie Jingchen would stop talking.

But Xie Jingchen would not do as she wished.

Xie Jingchen turned to face the crowd and raised his voice, saying, "Hello everyone, I am Xie Jingchen, the active-duty regimental commander temporarily stationed at the regimental headquarters. First of all, on behalf of the unit, I would like to express my sincere apologies to everyone and to Comrade Xia Fanxing for the violation of discipline by our soldiers."

After he finished speaking, he snapped a sharp salute to everyone.

He then turned to look at Xia Fanxing and saluted her in the same manner.

This action instantly dispelled the doubts and dissatisfaction of the masses. Their eyes were no longer filled with anger but with reassurance and gratitude.

"This is what the People's Liberation Army should be like!"

"Oh, I was so suffocated! I thought the commander would side with his fiancée, but I didn't expect him to be so fair and impartial!"

"As expected of Commander Xie, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"

Xie Jingchen looked at Xia Fanxing and said, "Comrade Xia, thank you for upholding your principles and not accepting the military receipts, and for stopping the wrongdoing of our soldiers in time. You have been slandered, smeared, and wronged, and I apologize to you again."

Xia Fanxing raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

That's it?

“Comrade Su Weiguo.” Xie Jingchen shifted his gaze.

"Here!" Su Weiguo's body remained tense and he never relaxed.

Xie Jingchen said, "You violated discipline by privately using military-issued documents to give to people outside the military. You've received a major demerit. Go back and write a self-criticism of no less than 5,000 words, deeply reflecting on your mistakes! Do you accept this?"

Su Weiguo shouted, "Reporting to the regimental commander, I am convinced!"

To be honest, Su Weiguo felt relieved when he heard that this was the punishment.

He had long been mentally prepared; he could accept the severe punishment of being locked in a dark room for a month. What he was getting now was just a demerit and writing a self-criticism, which was much lighter in comparison.

It was through this level of punishment that Su Weiguo could vaguely sense that the regimental commander didn't seem very angry with him.

Hmm, that's strange. Wasn't this kind of mistake supposed to be quite serious?

Why wasn't the commander as angry as he had imagined?

Xie Jingchen's gaze finally landed on Qiao Feitian.

At this moment, Qiao Feitian's face was ashen, and she was swaying precariously.