Forget it, let's eat first!
The Qiao family: "..."
The whole family frantically winked at Qiao Gaoyang, urging him to seize this opportunity and make a name for himself!
"Look at you, training every day, you've gotten so thin." As he spoke, Qiao Gaoyang piled another small mountain of food into the bowl.
The meal was made even more enjoyable by Leng Yingying's presence.
In fact, there was no need to use loudspeakers to publicize it in the army. The news that Meng Yingxin had won the first-class merit had already spread throughout the army. The first-class merit is very rare, and it is even rarer for a female soldier, especially one who does not go to the front line, to win the first-class merit.
However, during this period, Meng Yingxin has continuously designed and developed powerful firearms, more than one, which has fully demonstrated her strength.
Therefore, the vast majority of voices in the military were supportive, praising, and admiring; there were almost no voices openly opposing it.
Aside from Meng Yingxin's former roommates, however dissatisfied they were, they could only complain privately and dared not bring it to the public eye.
Naturally, Liu Dekai also heard about this.
"It's amazing that a female soldier can win a first-class merit!"
"Could there be something fishy going on here?"
"I also thought it was kind of... something. Maybe the military pulled some strings. After all, that Designer Meng is really good-looking. I heard that a lot of people were asking about her when she was in recruit training camp. Later, she even married Commander Qiao and became the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qiao family! But you know, you all know about our new sniper rifle, right? You've all tried it, right? It's incredibly powerful. It was designed by Designer Meng!"
"Really? Our new guns are definitely much better. My aim has improved a lot lately! Was this really designed by Designer Meng?"
"Of course it's true! And it's not just this one gun, there are many! So it's no wonder he deserves the first-class merit. This has greatly enhanced our armed forces, what a tremendous achievement!"
"That's truly admirable!"
Liu Dekai has been hearing his soldiers discussing this matter a lot lately. He himself has tried the new gun and knows that it is indeed much more powerful than the old guns.
The more Liu Dekai had to admit how capable Meng Yingxin was, the more uneasy he felt.
A first-class merit, what a great honor!
Even if it doesn't happen to you personally, having a relative who understands firearms design is still a source of pride and a powerful connection in the military.
What people fear most is not not having something, but being just a little bit away from having it.
Liu Dekai is in this situation.
He clearly met Su Yueya first, and even held a banquet with her!
If he hadn't been so blind as to abandon Su Yueya and make enemies with her, he would be Su Yueya's husband now, and the eldest son-in-law of the Qiao family!
The Qiao family is far more powerful than the Mo family, and Su Yueya is many times stronger than Mo Youyou in both appearance and strength.
Liu Dekai dared not imagine that if he had stayed with Su Yueya all this time, all these arrogant relatives would be his connections and support in the army. Would he still be in his current position then?
Will he just be a battalion commander?
Perhaps he would have already risen to the rank of regimental commander, or even just a deputy regimental commander, just like Qiao Shouyan. That would be a hundred or a thousand times better than what he is now.
Most importantly, Su Yueya's mother was a division commander, her father was the dean of Wenxiu Medical College, her eldest brother was a regimental commander, her second brother was also in the military, the two sisters were military doctors, and the family also had Qiao Rentang...
Nowadays, even Qiao Shouyan's wife is so capable; she's become a pillar of the weapons research group and even received a first-class merit award...
Hearing everyone talking about it, Liu Dekai was so jealous that his face twisted in anger.
What a missed opportunity!
"If only..." Liu Dekai couldn't finish his sentence.
Because there are no "what ifs." Even if he regrets it to the core, what can he do? There are no "what ifs." He can't choose again. He's already married to Mo Youyou and they have a son named Chaoxiong.
A painful smile appeared on Liu Dekai's face. It turns out that when people are filled with remorse to a certain extent, they really can laugh out loud.
How ironic!
This gloomy mood persisted until he got home from get off work, and even after dinner, before going to bed, Liu Dekai still looked sullen.
Mo Youyou had already noticed something was wrong.
She didn't ask at first, thinking that Liu Dekai might tell her himself, but he didn't say anything until he went to bed.
Mo Youyou was worried that something serious had really happened. After all, if it were a minor matter, she should have recovered by now and wouldn't have been looking so downcast for so long.
"What's wrong?" Mo Youyou finished her skincare routine, lay down on the bed, and pulled the covers up.
"Hmm?" Liu Dekai glanced at Mo Youyou, his first reaction was to brush it off, "It's nothing, it's fine, go to sleep."
They've been married for three or four years, and their child is almost three years old, so Mo Youyou knows Liu Dekai very well.
Nothing happened? Nothing happened. She took Liu Dekai's head off and kicked it like a ball.
"Hurry up, what exactly happened? Tell me quickly," Mo Youyou urged, not letting Liu Dekai lie down, implying that no one could sleep until the truth was revealed tonight.
Liu Dekai: "..."
He hesitated, unsure whether he should say it or not. After all, Mo Youyou had probably heard about the female soldier who won a first-class merit, but she might not know that it was Su Yueya's sister-in-law. Moreover, if he said it, who knew if Mo Youyou would overthink it?
He was already in a bad mood and didn't want to argue with Mo Youyou about this anymore, because he wasn't entirely at peace with himself either; he just regretted it.
"Hurry up! You've had a long face ever since you got home from get off work. You had a long face while eating, and you had a long face just now before going to bed. Are you going to tell me or not?" Mo Youyou pressed.
Perhaps because he was also feeling pent up inside, Liu Dekai finally spoke up and told the truth.
"Did you know that a female soldier recently received a first-class merit award in the army?"
“Yes,” Mo Youyou nodded, of course she had heard about it, “It’s the weapons research group, and they say she’s really pretty, and very capable, having designed a lot of firearms…”
As she spoke, Mo Youyou slowed down and looked at Liu Dekai with a suspicious gaze.
"Liu Dekai, you wouldn't be thinking of her because she's pretty, would you—"
Liu Dekai: "..."
What does this have to do with whether Meng Yingxin is pretty or not?
Earning a first-class merit is no longer a matter of how pretty it is!
"You're really making this up! Do you even know who Meng Yingxin is?" Liu Dekai asked.
Mo Youyou was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding, before saying, "Who is it? Could it be that she has some kind of background, and that this first-class merit is questionable?"
But it's unlikely, because Meng Yingxin's design of many firearms has already spread throughout the military, so it can't be fake.
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