Chapter 300 This step-up was too dignified! Just as the mountain of meat was about to be divided up, with only a few pieces left, Su An's chopsticks stopped.
She turned her head and looked at Jiang Yan, who had been silent since the beginning.
Jiang Yan also raised her head and met her gaze.
Su An used his serving chopsticks to pick up the last and best-looking piece of pork belly from the mountain of meat—a piece with a bit of cartilage and distinct layers of fat and lean meat.
Then, under everyone's incredulous gaze, she gently placed the piece of meat into Jiang Yan's bowl.
Jiang Yan's pupils contracted slightly.
“Comrade Jiang Yan,” Su An’s tone remained calm, but with a hint of solemnity, “you were the commander-in-chief in this exercise. Your feint attack plan tied down the enemy’s main force, creating the prerequisites for our successful surprise attack. Without your presence on the front lines, there would have been no victory for our surprise attack team. You deserve this reward.”
These words resonated deeply.
She didn't mention peeling the eggs, nor did she bring up any personal embarrassment.
She was simply offering the most public and formal affirmation of the commander-in-chief's correct decision from the perspective of a squad leader.
This is not just a piece of meat; it is a step, a step paved with the fruits of victory of the entire Third Battalion, an incomparably dignified step.
Jiang Yan looked at the piece of meat in the bowl, then at Su An's clear and honest eyes, and felt a mix of emotions.
He was silent for a few seconds, then picked up his chopsticks, took the piece of meat, and nodded solemnly.
"Thank you. Victory belongs to everyone in Battalion Three," he said in a deep voice, not loud, but with a sincere sense of relief.
Seeing that Jiang Yan had also accepted Su An's "commendation," Gao Kai's last bit of awkwardness disappeared.
He even found Jiang Yan a little more agreeable now. Teacher Su was right; without Jiang Yan standing up for them, they wouldn't have succeeded.
At this moment, the atmosphere in Battalion No. 3 was more harmonious than ever before.
To the west of the canteen lies the "frozen zone" belonging to Battalion No. 2.
Bai Wei and Qiao Lin sat together, taking in the whole farce unfolding at Battalion No. 3.
After making a huge blunder during the exercise due to her own selfish desires, Qiao Lin became completely isolated, and those who used to follow her avoided her like the plague.
She had no choice but to cling to Bai Wei, the only one who was still willing to talk to her, like a piece of chewing gum.
Bai Wei was actually quite annoyed with Qiao Lin.
This brainless woman is good for nothing except flaunting her father's position as a senior officer.
But thinking that Jiang Yan would be eliminated immediately if she told Lei Kuan about Qiao Lin's stupid behavior, and that her father still had some connections in the military region that might be useful to their family's future, and that her own situation in the camp was not much better than Qiao Lin's, Bai Wei patiently maintained the facade of "sisterly affection".
Qiao Lin looked at Su An, who was surrounded by everyone and became the absolute focus of attention, and her eyes turned red with jealousy.
She poked at the steamed bun in her bowl with her chopsticks, curled her lip in disdain, and spoke with a sour tone.
"Pretending to be virtuous! Isn't that just trying to win people over?! Look at her, all high and mighty in the cafeteria, pretending to be innocent after getting the benefit. What 'having hands' and 'not eating egg yolks'? What's with the pretense of being high and mighty! Isn't it just that 'playing hard to get' tactic?"
She paused, then lowered her voice, filled with incomprehension and resentment: "Sister Wei, I really don't understand. She's not even as good-looking as the two of us, her skin is dark, she looks like a country bumpkin who farms. Is Gao Kai blind? Is Jiang Yan blind too? Is everyone in the camp blind? Not only were they completely seduced, but they were also bought off by a few pieces of her flesh?"
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