"What? You agreed?"

"Are you out of your mind? Have you lost your memory? Don't you remember how he tricked you last time?"

"I'm telling you, I disagree!"

When Song Jingzhou heard Su Qingci say that he should agree to Wang Zhongren's orders and cooperate with them on the mission, he jumped up like a rocket.

Seeing Song Jingzhou's harsh and stern expression, Su Qingci guiltily tried to appease him.

"Let me finish speaking!"

"Do you think I'm still in the Gaotang Brigade? We're in the army now. A soldier's first duty is to obey orders and to bravely and resolutely complete missions!"

"I don't need to explain this to you, do I?"

Su Qingci laid out the rules for soldiers one by one for him, basically conveying the same message: I don't want to go, but I have no choice, I have to go.

Song Jingzhou lowered his head and remained silent with a dark expression. He had tricked Su Qingci into joining the army because he was worried about being separated from her, and that's why he wanted to keep her under his watchful eye.

I thought I'd just be doing clerical work in the army and could come over and chat with her whenever I wanted. But now, Wang Zhongren, that daredevil, dragged me on a mission.

Song Jingzhou paused for a moment, then said, "Do you know what kind of mission it is? Is it dangerous? If you don't want to go, I'll ask Old Zhang to help you get it canceled. If that doesn't work, we can always pretend to be sick."

Su Qingci's lips twitched. She had once suspected that Song Jingzhou's ancestors had political problems. As a member of the People's Liberation Army, his mentality seemed a bit off!

"Don't worry, there's no danger. We're just cooperating with the police to crack down on an antiquities smuggling ring. Besides, it's not like I'm acting alone; there are other people with me."

"Don't you know me? I'm the most afraid of death. If anything goes wrong, I'll run faster than a rabbit."

Song Jingzhou was still worried and looked at Su Qingci with concern, "Are you really going?"

Su Qingci looked reluctant. "It's a task assigned by the organization; I have no choice."

Su Qingci's words: I don't want to go, but I have no choice.

Su Qingci's inner thoughts: Damn it, I have to go! How can I not go? I have to go, I absolutely have to go. Nobody can stop me. That's an antique smuggling ring, and a huge organization that colludes with Western countries overseas.

It's been two years, and my farm only refreshes for seven hours a day, so I haven't been able to get any rewards since.

In the past two years, Su Qingci has also confirmed one thing: once an antique enters the farm, the farm will refresh the time of the new addition after midnight that night.

Antiques and artifacts can be taken out again after they are put in, and the time added in the farm will not be reduced or reversed.

If Su Qingci really didn't want to go, she had a hundred reasons not to.

But she wanted to go.

Upgrading the farm is becoming increasingly difficult, and this mission is my chance.

The underground transnational antiquities smuggling organization likely possesses more than just one or two stolen items; this presents a huge opportunity for upgrading his farm's space.

Therefore, she must seize this opportunity.

Otherwise, where would she find so many cultural relics and antiques to upgrade her farm?

Seeing his displeasure, Su Qingci grabbed his arm and acted coquettishly, "Alright, it's all good, don't worry. Maybe I'll even get a third or second-class merit award when I come back from this trip."

"Besides, although that guy surnamed Wang is unreliable, he wouldn't joke around with the lives of the People's Liberation Army soldiers. I don't think he would ask me to do anything too dangerous. He probably just wants me to act or something. I'm good at that, so I'll definitely be fine with it."

Seeing Su Qingci's soft and cute way of acting cute, Song Jingzhou's tense expression relaxed a lot.

He reached out and flicked her forehead. "Then you must be careful. I don't care about any missions or anything like that. Your safety is the most important thing."

"If you sense something's wrong, get out of there quickly. Don't be a fool!"

"Okay~"

"By the way, to bring honor to our ancestors, I don't know how long I'll be away this time, so could you keep an eye on Su Jindong for me?"

"If you find anything wrong, point it out to him. Don't let that empty-headed guy fall for someone else's schemes again."

"Su Chang'an hasn't returned to the team yet. If we bring him back, he won't let things go easily. He'll definitely target my brother first!"

Su Qingci was a little worried, "My brother is a good person in every way, except he's a bit oblivious. Actually, keeping him with Su Chang'an is really dangerous. If we could get him out of there and switch him to another camp..."

Song Jingzhou paused for a moment, "Generally, soldiers cannot be transferred at will during their service. Each company is an independent entity, and even different companies belonging to the same battalion will have significant differences."

"For this to be accomplished, it requires the approval of at least one level of government and the unified coordination of three departments: military affairs, finance, and logistics."

"Of course, there are exceptions to this. As long as you have the right connections, there are ways to get things done. Don't worry about this, I'm keeping an eye on it."

The two chatted for a while, and when it was lunchtime, they went to the cafeteria together for a meal.

Two female soldiers walked towards them, and when they were still several meters away from Song Jingzhou and Su Qingci, they turned around with a look of fear on their faces.

Song Jingzhou remained calm, while Su Qingci quipped, "You've upheld male virtues quite well."

Song Jingzhou turned his head in confusion, while Su Qingci gestured with her lip toward the two female soldiers in front of him who were avoiding him like the plague.

"Oh, is that so? Didn't you say that flies don't land on eggs without cracks? Well, I am an egg without cracks right now."

Song Jingzhou stroked his buzz cut, grinning with a roguish look, his eyes sparkling.

"I've remembered all the Confucian classics about male virtues you mentioned!"

Su Qingci raised an eyebrow, "Recite it and let me hear it!"

Song Jingzhou cleared his throat. "A man who doesn't respect himself is like rotten cabbage; a man who lacks self-control is like stinking excrement; a man without purity has lived in vain; a man who doesn't uphold morality will be executed in a second. All other things are inferior, only the wife is right. Outside are all ghosts, only the wife is the most beautiful..."

Su Qingci suppressed a smile. "Do you understand the core ideas of the 'Man's Virtue Classic'?"

Song Jingzhou said in a serious tone, "A man's virtue lies in his devotion to his lover!"

......

The two of them sat in a corner and ate their meal. Song Jingzhou then escorted Su Qingci to her dormitory building, lingered there for a while, and then headed back.

Shang Yuping stood with her arms crossed on the corridor outside the dormitory on the second floor, looking at the beautiful couple below with a gloomy expression, her eyes full of jealousy.

She knew Comrade Song earlier than that woman surnamed Su. She was better than her in every way. She was taller, prettier, and more outstanding than Su Qingci. She was the most sought-after magnolia flower in the camp.

What does Su Qingci have to offer? It's a short, 1.58-meter-tall person, a withered green bean with the same shape from front to back. What can it compare to itself?

Is Comrade Song blind?

After seeing Song Jingzhou off, Su Qingci went upstairs and saw Shang Yuping standing in the corridor, staring at Song Jingzhou's departing figure.

I instantly felt like my territory had been invaded, which was very uncomfortable.