Commander Li nodded: "Don't worry, as long as it's found out you're telling the truth, even if he doesn't take responsibility for you, we'll find a way to make him compensate you." He then looked at Xue Yanchen: "Yanchen, I'm giving you another chance. Did you actually do that to her? If you can admit it and take responsibility, the organization's punishment might not be so severe. If you're stubborn, you should know the consequences."
Xue Yanchen closed his eyes briefly, offering no reply.
Commander Li snorted and said to Zhang Jinfeng, "You can go out now. There's a guesthouse outside. Stay there and wait for our investigation results."
Zhang Jinfeng nodded and thanked Commander Li profusely: "Thank you, Your Honor! Thank you for standing up for me."
He wiped away his tears, stood up, and left the interrogation room.
Then, Division Commander Li also prepared to go out. He specifically glanced at Zhang Ming and Chen Jing, saying, "You two stay here and guard Battalion Commander Xue. He is very strong. Make sure he doesn't get away."
"Yes, sir. Don't worry, sir, we will keep a close eye on the suspect."
"There's one more thing," Commander Li instructed. "Our military region has produced such a disgrace to the military. For the sake of the military region's reputation, none of you present are allowed to divulge a single word about this, understand?"
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After Commander Li left, Zhang Ming walked up to Xue Yanchen with a cold smile and said in a sarcastic tone, "Battalion Commander Xue, I have admired you for a long time. I admire your outstanding military achievements and your superb abilities, but I never expected that you would be such a shameless beast who bullies female comrades in secret."
He gritted his teeth and said this. As he approached Xue Yanchen, he deliberately bumped into Xue Yanchen hard. Because he was tied up, Xue Yanchen lost his balance and fell to the side. Because he was close to the wall, his head hit the wall first with a thud, and then he fell to the ground.
Zhang Ming and Chen Jing immediately burst into laughter.
Chen Jing spoke sarcastically: "Battalion Commander Xue, that was a pretty hard fall, your head must be swollen. Sigh, it's also your fault for having poor balance. With your legs tied up, you couldn't even stand up. Turns out you're not so capable after all. Did we admire you wrongly?"
They would never admit that they deliberately knocked Xue Yanchen down.
Zhang Ming shook his head and clicked his tongue twice: "I always thought our Battalion Commander Xue was a god, with an indestructible body. I thought he would be fine after such a bump. Oh dear, look, he didn't even flinch. He must not be in pain. I want to touch Battalion Commander Xue's head to see if he has a bump. Is he really made of steel?"
So he walked up to Xue Yanchen, squatted down, and reached his hand towards the back of Xue Yanchen's head, but instead grabbed Xue Yanchen's hair.
Even though it was only an inch long, he plucked out a lock of hair, with bright red blood still clinging to the roots.
Zhang Ming took it as a joke and said to Chen Jing, "Oh dear, look, there's blood in his hair. It turns out that Battalion Commander Xue isn't made of steel after all. He's flesh and blood too, just like us."
Chen Jing burst into laughter.
Seeing Xue Yanchen's angry face, Zhang Ming quickly apologized in a mock manner: "Battalion Commander Xue, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I just wanted to check if you had a bump on the back of your head. Who knew you would rub your scalp raw? It really has nothing to do with me."
"I think Battalion Commander Xue has done too many bad things, and even God can't stand it anymore. He's punishing him in secret. Battalion Commander Xue, I think you should just admit what you did to that female comrade so that you won't feel guilty."
Xue Yanchen was certain that the other party was deliberately messing with him, and no matter what he said, the other party would not let him go.
He endured the pain, holding his breath and focusing his mind. Faced with such a predicament, all he could do now was to protect himself as much as possible. No matter what, he could not fall down easily. Only by persevering could he have any hope of clearing his name.
Xue Yanchen lay on the ground silently. Zhang Ming had wanted to see him resist and then beg for mercy like a dog, but unfortunately, the other party did not do as he wished.
At lunchtime, someone specially delivered "prison food" to Xue Yanchen.
Zhang Ming carried the food in, and the sound of his footsteps on the floor echoed loudly in the small, enclosed room.
Zhang Ming walked up to Xue Yanchen, put the food on the ground, and spoke in a cold and sarcastic tone.
"Battalion Commander Xue, it's time for lunch."
Chen Jing, who was standing next to him, immediately burst into laughter: "Lunch, you really flatter our Battalion Commander Xue. He's not an emperor. But speaking of which, isn't Battalion Commander Xue just like an emperor among us young officers? Ah, I've always admired Battalion Commander Xue, Emperor Xue."
Xue Yanchen's lunch consisted of stewed Chinese cabbage and steamed buns made from a mixture of wheat and water, similar to his usual meals.
But he was now completely bound and unable to move. The bowl was right in front of him, and if he wanted to eat, he would have to just put it in his mouth.
He looked up at Zhang Ming and said, "Untie me."
Zhang Ming shook his head, a clear smile in his eyes: "That won't do. What if you let go, hurt us, and then run away? We dare not."
"I need to use the restroom."
Zhang Ming shook his head again, a cold smile on his lips. "No, we can't loosen the restraints under any circumstances."
Chen Jing laughed again from the side: "Battalion Commander Xue, the problem is that you're too capable. Who told you to be so amazing?! We don't dare to take any risks. Look, you eat with your mouth, we didn't gag you, so it won't affect your eating. As for going to the toilet, just treat this place as the toilet, we won't mind if you smell. Anyway, it won't kill you if you have some poop and pee in your pants."
After saying that, he burst into laughter again.
Zhang Ming was also laughing. At this moment, they saw the king of soldiers, admired by all the soldiers, and the person they had been jealous of for so long, reduced to a wretched prisoner under their abuse. The pleasure they felt was indescribable.
They all thoroughly enjoyed the feeling.
Xue Yanchen stopped talking and lay on the ground with his eyes tightly closed.
But Zhang Ming wouldn't let him off the hook: "Battalion Commander Xue, eat! What are you doing? They kindly brought you food; if you don't eat, they've made a wasted trip."
“What’s even worse is that you wasted food.” Chen Jing chimed in, his expression exaggerated. “Wasting food! Don’t you know how scarce food is across the country right now? You’re deliberately wasting food. And the leaders even said that the soldiers should learn from you and waste food like you? I think you’re a disgrace to our unit.”
No matter what they said, Xue Yanchen remained unmoved and silent.
This was clearly not the outcome Zhang Ming and Chen Jing wanted.
What they wanted to see was Xue Yanchen kneeling and begging for mercy, eating on his stomach like a dog, and being as lowly and pathetic as a stinking beggar.
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