Li Chengxi raised his eyebrows and glanced at Shen Guobin.

He had known for a long time that Shen Guobin was dissatisfied with him. Shen Guobin believed that since he graduated from a military academy, he had not fought in as many battles as he had, and the reason he was able to be promoted to regiment commander was all because he read a lot of books. He was nothing more than an "embroidered pillow".

"Okay, let's compete." Li Chengxi said.

Wang Yuanliang watched from the side, thought for a moment and said nothing.

Many people in the regiment knew that Shen Guobin thought Li Chengxi was an "embroidered pillow" and was not as good as him. Li Chengxi had been too lazy to care about this matter, but he did not expect Shen Guobin to take the initiative to challenge Li Chengxi in front of so many soldiers today.

But Wang Yuanliang knew in his heart that Shen Guobin was in trouble.

Normally, Li Chengxi didn't shoot in front of so many people, so only a few people in the group knew about Li Chengxi's strength. Shen Guobin didn't even know that when Li Chengxi was in the military academy, he had a record of hitting the ten rings with ten consecutive shots, which is still a legend in the military academy.

The soldiers saw that there was something exciting to watch and came to join in the fun.

Some people even made private bets on who would win. Most people guessed Li Chengxi, but a small number of people believed that Shen Guobin joined the army early and fought in many battles, so his marksmanship must be better than the regiment commander.

When we arrived at the shooting range, everyone was given a gun and loaded with bullets.

“Bang, bang, bang—”

Three gunshots were heard, and someone immediately went to see.

He came back to report: "Deputy Battalion Commander Shen, eight rings, eight point five rings, ten rings."

"Wow, he hit the tenth ring. Deputy Battalion Commander Shen's shooting skills are pretty good. None of his three shots hit the eighth ring. No wonder some people in his battalion say that his shooting skills are very accurate."

"That's right. Before our Deputy Battalion Commander Shen joined the army, he often went hunting in the mountains. He practiced shooting since he was a child."

"Stop arguing, look at how many rings our leader has scored."

The soldier who was counting the rings had an excited look on his face, and his voice was trembling as he counted: "Ten rings, ten rings, ten rings!"

When the soldiers present heard this, they subconsciously held their breath and looked at each other.

Then there was enthusiastic cheers.

"Captain, this is too amazing. All three shots were ten rings. I can't even imagine it!"

Some people also remembered what Shen Guobin's soldiers had said before, and deliberately mocked them: "What is good shooting? This is good shooting!"

Wang Yuanliang was very calm about this result and said, "This is just the normal performance of the regiment commander. You may not know this, but when he was in the military academy, the regiment commander was known as the 'sharpshooter'. It's just that the regiment commander is relatively low-key and never talks about these things. Do you think that the regiment commander's shooting skills are not good? If you can become a regiment commander after studying for a few years, wouldn't all the college students become regiment commanders? Look at me, I graduated from the same military academy as the regiment commander, but I am also a battalion commander. Sometimes, people really shouldn't be too arrogant. It's not difficult to admit that others are better than you."

The latter part of the sentence was said to Shen Guobin.

Li Chengxi glanced at Shen Guobin calmly and said, "Being down-to-earth is more important than anything else."

Some people are conceited and think that no one is better than them. They really need to change their temper.

The training was over, and they could go home early to rest today. The soldiers who had come to watch the excitement also dispersed. Shen Guobin's face turned pale, and he looked at the gun in his hand in disbelief. Is Li Chengxi's shooting so good?

Old comrade Lao Jin came over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I know you are not convinced, but our commander's shooting skills are real. He is also knowledgeable. Even if he has been in the army for a shorter time than us and is younger than us, it is normal for him to be the commander. Don't always think about these things. If you work hard, you will have a chance to move up. You are only 30 years old, maybe you will be promoted in two years. I am different. I estimate that this is the end. Okay, don't think about these, come to my house for a drink later!"

Lao Jin is 38 years old this year. Battalion-level officers retire at the age of 40. If the teacher fails to get promoted in two years, he will have to retire.

If it were in the past, maybe Shen Guobin would have listened to what Lao Jin said, but Shen Guobin had a dream all night last night, and Lin Tao was all in his dream.

When he thought about how it was because of his momentary lapse of judgment that he did not marry Lin Tao, and that Li Chengxi took advantage of her, he couldn't help but burst out with jealousy.

He was jealous that Li Chengxi was younger than him but had become the regiment commander while he was still a deputy battalion commander. He was jealous that Li Chengxi was so lucky to have a capable father and to marry a good cousin like Lin Tao.

I was born in a poor family.

By this time many soldiers had left, and only a few of them were left.

Li Chengxi and Wang Yuanliang were getting ready to leave. Wang Yuanliang patted Li Chengxi's shoulder and put his hand on his shoulder, but Li Chengxi ruthlessly shook his hand off.

Wang Yuanliang didn't care. He smiled and gave Li Chengxi a thumbs up: "Well done, your shooting skills are still as good as they were in the past. You are worthy of being a sharpshooter from our school."

Suddenly Shen Guobin called Li Chengxi and said, "Captain, I didn't expect you to be such a good shooter. I just don't know how you are in other areas."

Lao Jin didn't expect that Shen Guobin would actually compete with Li Chengxi. He sighed and said nothing.

Li Chengxi paused and looked at Shen Guobin: "Why don't you give it a try?"

The situation was tense, and Wang Yuanliang thought that something interesting was going to happen. He glanced at Shen Guobin and thought that this guy really didn't understand what he was saying. He had told him many times, openly or secretly, but he still felt that Li Chengxi was not as good as him and was not worthy of being the head of the group.

Tsk, do you really think that those who graduate from military academies are just there to eat and do nothing?

Before, Li Chengxi didn't bother to pay attention to this man, but today Shen Guobin was so shameless that he was in for a good show.

Li Chengxi and Shen Guobin competed in what they usually trained, crawling forward, walking on the horizontal bar, arm strength...

In this respect, Shen Guobin thought he was very good, but in real comparison, he was still one section slower than Li Chengxi! At the end, Li Chengxi should have won, but Shen Guobin, who arrived later, suddenly rushed towards Li Chengxi——

Wang Yuanliang's eyes widened and he called out, "Captain!"

Li Chengxi seemed to have eyes behind him, he stood firm, stretched out his hands to grab Shen Guobin's arms, and threw him over his shoulder. However, Shen Guobin was not a complete pushover, he was 1.8 meters tall and strong, so it was not so easy to be knocked down.

The two entangled for several minutes, and finally with a click, Shen Guobin was knocked to the ground by Li Chengxi.

His dark face flushed red, and his left hand was stiff, and the slightest movement caused him excruciating pain. From the snapping sound just now, it was not difficult to guess that his hand was broken.

Li Chengxi stood there, looking at Shen Guobin lying on the ground, without saying a word.

Wang Yuanliang and Lao Jin came over. Lao Jin helped Shen Guobin up. Afraid that Shen Guobin would say something bad again, he quickly laughed and said, "Guobin, you always said in front of me that you wanted to see how great the talents in the military academy are. Now you have seen it, right? The regiment commander is worthy of being the regiment commander. He really deserves it!"

"Then Captain, Guobin and I will leave first." Lao Jin said while supporting Shen Guobin.

After walking a few steps forward, Shen Guobin took a breath and said, "My hand is broken."

The pain was piercing his heart, but he forced himself not to show it in front of Li Chengxi. Now, his face immediately turned green with pain and his expression was grim.

Lao Jin was shocked. He didn't expect that Shen Guobin's hand was broken. It seemed that Shen Guobin was not careful enough. Although the team leader didn't say anything, he was unhappy in his heart, so he took this opportunity to teach Shen Guobin a lesson.

"Hey, let's go. I'll take you to the infirmary." Old Jin sighed. "You are such a fool. Why do you always go against the commander? You are under his command. Wouldn't it be boring to go against him? You always looked down on him because he graduated from a military academy and thought his skills were not as good as yours. Now you have seen how powerful he is and are you convinced?"

Shen Guobin didn't say anything. Yes, he lost to Li Chengxi, but he didn't accept it as he imagined. He was just angry and ashamed. Why, why did he lose to Li Chengxi!

Not only did he lose to him in career, but even the concubines he chose were not as good as Li Chengxi's!

He feels so depressed!

Lao Jin didn't know what Shen Guobin was thinking. He just thought that he was not satisfied with the fact that Li Chengxi was younger than him and was the team leader. So he didn't say anything and took Shen Guobin to the clinic. He also reminded him to be careful about what he said when he got there.

After all, it was not a glorious thing for the regiment commander to fight with his deputy battalion commander and break the man's hand.

Shen Guobin snorted and said he knew.

If he were asked to say that he was beaten by Li Chengxi, he would be too embarrassed.

On the other side, Wang Yuanliang saw Lao Jin and Shen Guobin walking away, patted Li Chengxi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You are great, you are still as powerful as you were in the past, but you were a bit too harsh just now. Is Shen Guobin's arm broken? Aren't you afraid that the higher-ups will come to you for ideological education?"

That's right. Even though Shen Guobin is usually self-righteous and says those annoying things, it would be enough for Li Chengxi to show him a little color and knock him down.

Breaking a person's arm seems a little unreasonable.

Li Chengxi didn't care. He glanced at Wang Yuanliang's hand on his shoulder and asked, "Why, do you want to try it too?"

"No, no, I don't want to do it. It's not like I haven't tried before!" Wang Yuanliang touched his nose angrily. He could not forget how badly he was beaten when he was picked to play against Li Chengxi when they were both training in the military academy.

It was enough for him to experience this kind of tragedy once, he didn't want to experience it a second time.

Shen Guobin went to the clinic to get his bones fixed. He tied a bandage around his neck, walked out of the clinic, and said to Lao Jin, "Let's go to your house and have a drink."

Lao Jin looked at him and said, "You are still drinking even though you are in this state?"

Shen Guobin smiled bitterly: "Drink, why not? I feel depressed if I don't drink."

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As soon as Li Chengqi returned home, he smelled a fragrant aroma: "What did Aunt Fang cook today? It smells so good."

Aunt Fang was still cooking in the kitchen, and Lin Manman helped out, which finally freed Lin Tao.

Lin Tao had nothing to do, so she took out her bowl and chopsticks. Seeing Li Chengxi coming back, she smiled and said, "Aunt Fang is cooking a Sichuan dish called Maoxuewang this time. I'm sure you'll like it."

As she was speaking, Aunt Fang brought out a bowl as big as a washbasin and placed it on the table.

It’s Maoxuewang.

As the name suggests, Maoxuewang contains tripe and pig blood. Aunt Fang also put bean sprouts and kelp in it and cooked a big bowl of it. The soup base looks red, which is fried with dried chilies and Sichuan peppercorns. After all, Sichuan cuisine is all about the word "numbing".

In addition to the maoxuewang, Aunt Fang also cooked a spicy chicken today. The chicken was killed before Li Chengxi went out in the morning. Aunt Fang boiled water to pluck the chicken in the morning, cleaned the chicken thoroughly, and cooked it in the evening.

In addition to these two main dishes, there are two vegetables, spicy and sour potato shreds and fried beans.

Aunt Fang took a seat and looked at the dishes on the table and sighed: "Today is just like Chinese New Year."

Lin Tao said, "Yesterday I wasn't sure whether you would come or not, so I didn't prepare anything well. I should have prepared a richer meal today."

"Aunt Fang, Manman, both of you eat more." Lin Tao called out, and gave Li Chengxi another piece of food with her chopsticks. "Aunt Fang's spicy chicken is delicious. Come and try it."

Li Chengxi took a bite and said, "It's really delicious. Aunt Fang's cooking skills are really good."

He took another bite of the tripe in the maoxuewang: "I didn't expect Aunt Fang to know how to make maoxuewang. I ate this maoxuewang when I was studying in Sichuan a few years ago. People there like to eat spicy food. The first time I ate it, I couldn't stand it. I didn't eat it for a few years, but I missed it."

Aunt Fang smiled and said, "I learned a little bit from my uncle, who is a chef and happens to be able to cook a few Sichuan dishes. I originally wanted to make a Shanghai dish, but I'm not very good at it. I heard Tao say that you studied in Sichuan University, so I thought I'd just make a Sichuan dish. I hope you like it, eat more."

After listening to this, Lin Tao glanced at Li Chengxi and said, "Look how much Aunt Fang loves you."

"Look, this kid is jealous again." Aunt Fang joked.

Lin Tao also laughed. How could she really be jealous?

Li Chengxi glanced at Lin Tao who was sitting next to him and saw her smiling face. He thought Lin Tao looked very pretty when she smiled, and the corners of his mouth raised accordingly.

This is his cousin, his Ah Tao.

Li Chengxi knew what Shen Guobin was thinking. A self-righteous person like Shen Guobin would definitely think that if he had not exchanged his marriage, Ah Tao would definitely marry him and be his cousin. He had never considered it at all. Ah Tao definitely had no intention of marrying him at that time.

Shen Guobin had been dissatisfied with him in the past, but he would never be as arrogant as he has been recently.

Today I plan to take Shen Guobin's hand and teach him a lesson.

Li Chengxi naturally wouldn't tell Lin Tao about these things. She just wanted to be happy.

After dinner, Li Chengxi wanted to wash the dishes as usual, but this time Aunt Fang refused to let him do it. She said that Lin Tao hadn't given birth yet, and she didn't have much to do every day except cooking a few meals. If Li Chengxi wanted to take over the job of washing the dishes, she would have nothing to do.

Besides, Li Chengxi had been tired after being in the group for a whole day, so he needed to take a rest.

Aunt Fang had said so, and Li Chengxi had nothing more to say.

After taking a shower, when Li Chengxi was changing his clothes, Lin Tao noticed a bruise on his arm and called him, "Chengxi, don't move. Let me see why you got a bruise there."

Li Chengxi followed Lin Tao's line of sight and looked at his elbow, and found that it was indeed bruised, probably from the previous competition with Shen Guobin. But compared to Shen Guobin, his was nothing.

Li Chengxi said nonchalantly, "It's nothing. I accidentally did it during training today."

Although he said so, Lin Tao felt distressed and quickly went to get the safflower oil: "Let me rub it on you."

Li Chengxi sat there and let Lin Tao rub him. At this moment, the baby in Lin Tao's belly suddenly started to move again.

Since the last two months, the baby has mostly moved during the day and not much at night. I asked Chen Shuifen and she said that it might be because the baby fell asleep in her belly at night, so it didn't move, and only moved when awake during the day.

That's fine, but Li Chengxi just came back in the evening and hasn't seen fetal movement for a long time.

At this time, the child started to move again. Li Chengxi stretched out a hand and touched the small bulge on Lin Tao's belly. After the small bulge felt the touch, it immediately shrank back, and after a while it bulged out again. Li Chengxi touched it again.

It retracts, comes out, touches, and retracts again.

Lin Tao: “…”

Seeing that the two of them could actually play with each other through their bellies, Lin Tao was both angry and amused: "Come on, stop playing. You're almost 30 years old, and you're still playing so enthusiastically with an unborn child."

It was just a joke at first, but who knew that Lin Tao's words "an old man who is almost thirty years old" would stimulate Li Chengxi. At night, he hugged her, kissed her earlobe, and teased her until her eyes were watery.

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Shen Guobin drank a lot of wine at Lao Jin's house and didn't go back until lights out.

The kerosene lamp was lit at home, and Lin Hui was still waiting for Shen Guobin. The gauze on her forehead had been removed, but if she lifted her bangs, she could still see a scar.

Since the last time Lin Hui was beaten, Shen Guobin's attitude towards her has become worse. Lin Hui knew that because of her wrong decision at that time, Shen Guobin lost the opportunity to go to the artillery school. She cursed Huang Lao Ma, the old hag, in her heart. If it weren't for Huang Lao Ma, this thing would never have happened.

She knew that Shen Guobin had even thought about divorcing her. If it weren't for the two children, Shen Jiahao and Shen Jiayi, crying and refusing to let him go, they would probably have really gotten a divorce certificate.

Lin Hui gritted her teeth and warned herself that she must not get a divorce!

Things have come to this point. If she divorces Shen Guobin, wouldn't it be a waste of time and effort? Nothing would be left.