In Chapter 7, Changfeng received a major demerit.
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The room was deathly silent. Jiang Mingxue's fair face flushed red, and she wished she could dig a hole and bury herself in it right then and there.
He actually overheard her conversation with Xu Yan and calmly repeated it to her... Jiang Mingxue considered herself to have a strong mental fortitude, but now she had met an even more formidable opponent.
If she had known he could even read lips, she wouldn't have said anything inappropriate.
Rong Chengzhou noticed her embarrassment and didn't press her further. He calmly looked away, turned around, opened the door, and walked out.
He wasn't deliberately making fun of her; he was just being objective. But she seemed to have misunderstood.
Jiang Mingxue breathed a sigh of relief, patted her burning face, and calmly followed.
She has an exceptional ability to adjust, and by the time she arrived at the simulation training room, she had already returned to normal.
Pushing open the airtight door, a rush of cold air, carrying the mechanical smell of precision components, hits you. A huge curved screen surrounds the entire room, projecting a real-time three-dimensional airspace map, with radar dots flashing, simulating the dynamic trajectories of enemy and friendly aircraft.
Jiang Mingxue looked around, her eyes sparkling with curiosity and a thirst for new things.
She put on the oversized flight suit and followed Rong Chengzhou into the cockpit. Military flight simulators are the most advanced and sophisticated equipment, capable of simulating the real environment of pilots flying in high and low altitudes to the greatest extent possible.
Looking at the rows of control panels filled with a dense array of gauges and indicator lights, Jiang Mingxue suddenly felt intimidated and asked in a low voice:
"Is this simulator very expensive?"
Rong Chengzhou stood outside the cabin and casually replied, "It's alright, less than a hundred million."
"..." Jiang Mingxue immediately grabbed the handrail, preparing to get up and leave. "...I think I'd better forget it. If I accidentally break the equipment, I'll have to sell my brother to pay for it."
Rong Chengzhou was amused by her words, and placed his palm on her shoulder, pressing her back into her seat.
His tone was calm and confident: "With me here, nothing will go wrong."
With his words, Jiang Mingxue felt much more at ease.
After observing her for several days, she discovered that her cheap husband was truly capable of anything.
Rong Chengzhou helped her fasten her seatbelt and put on her helmet, then tapped a few times on the controller to initialize the simulator.
After everything was ready, he said, "I set it to low-altitude mode, which may make you feel a little dizzy. If you feel uncomfortable, please let me know."
Jiang Mingxue nodded, her whole body enveloped in the oversized flight suit, the sleeves rolled up high, a faint scent of cedar lingering around her nose. The suit she was wearing belonged to Rong Chengzhou.
Rong Chengzhou pressed the red switch button, and the flight simulation began. The aircraft gradually accelerated and ascended, and the field of vision gradually widened. Jiang Mingxue felt as if she were flying hundreds of meters in the air, with a vast blue sea below. The boundless ocean in reality suddenly seemed extremely small.
The plane was flying forward at a constant speed. She used her driving experience to control the stick, but found that the airplane's control stick was much more sensitive than a car's. Even the slightest movement would cause the fuselage to tilt rapidly.
She quickly adjusted it back, but accidentally adjusted it too much, causing her body to fall to the other side.
In her panic, a warm, dry hand covered the back of her hand, long fingers completely grasping her hand and moving her wrist.
At the same time, a deep, magnetic voice sounded in her ear:
"Pull it back, then make a slight correction in a 45-degree southeast direction."
The calluses gently rubbed against the back of her hand, and Jiang Mingxue's heart skipped a beat. A strange feeling rose in her heart, and she couldn't help but lower her eyes to look at the two people's hands clasped together on the control stick.
Rong Chengzhou wouldn't let her lose focus: "Focus, look at the screen."
Jiang Mingxue suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and focused on controlling the device according to his instructions, gradually getting better and better.
"Yes, keep this angle unchanged."
Once she had adjusted, Rong Chengzhou released her hand: "Good, continue."
"Do you want to increase the height?" he asked.
Jiang Mingxue felt she was adapting quite well, so she nodded: "Okay."
Seeing that she was in good condition, Rong Chengzhou changed the mode and switched to high-altitude flight.
Inside the fully dynamic simulator, as the seat tilted and accelerated, Jiang Mingxue felt as if her body was being injected with tens of kilograms of lead.
The high-altitude maneuvers are much more complex than the low-altitude ones, involving acceleration, rotation, tumbling, and diving... Thanks to Rong Chengzhou, Jiang Mingxue experienced all the thrilling maneuvers.
She started to regret it when the cabin was doing a 180-degree rotation, but she was afraid that she would lose face if she called a halt at the beginning, so she insisted on continuing until the end.
Half an hour later, when she got out of the simulator, she was already seeing stars.
Her fingers instinctively gripped Rong Chengzhou's arm, and she dragged her "broken body" outside. She felt nauseous; thankfully, she hadn't eaten much at noon, or she would have thrown it all up.
Fortunately, with Rong Chengzhou watching over her, she didn't break the machine and didn't have to sell her brother to pay off the debt.
Jiang Mingxue thought with relief.
It was already past five o'clock when they came out of the simulation training room. Xing Kaiyu, Xu Yan, and several other pilots were already waiting for them at the door for dinner.
Rong Chengzhou glanced at the cigarettes in the men's hands, raised his hand slightly, and gestured for them to put them out.
"Oh, sorry." Xing Kaiyu realized there was a girl next to him and immediately turned off the power.
Military life is monotonous and tiring, so everyone usually relaxes with a cigarette after training without having to worry about each other, which leads to a neglect of this aspect.
Seeing Jiang Mingxue rubbing her temples with a pale face, Xu Yan quickly went to help her up: "Sister Ming, what's wrong?"
Jiang Mingxue released Rong Chengzhou's arm, patted her chest, and leaned against Xu Yan: "It's okay, I was just a little dizzy from spinning around, I'll be fine after resting for a while."
"No, Brother Rong, how many levels did you put on your wife? How come she was fine when she went in, but came out like this?" Xing Kaiyu couldn't help but question.
Rong Chengzhou said without any emotion, "It's two levels lower than when I first joined the army."
Xing Kaiyu and his teammates: "..."
Most air force soldiers would first switch to low-altitude mode I, but Rong Chengzhou went straight to high-altitude mode III. But he was a vigorous eighteen-year-old, and his sister-in-law's thin body couldn't compare to their captain!
Xing Kaiyu was speechless for a long time, unable to even describe the extent of his brutality. Finally, he gave him a thumbs up: "Trying to train your wife like a soldier, you've got some serious skills."
"Come on, sister-in-law, we'll take you to eat ribs. Eating more meat will make you feel less dizzy."
"So the captain is this ruthless even to his own wife. I suddenly feel better now," Zhou Qi chimed in, adding fuel to the fire.
"Hahaha, the idiom 'cherishing women' doesn't even exist in Captain Rong's dictionary. His wife has such a good temper, she didn't even get angry."
Rong Chengzhou wasn't angry at being mocked. He turned to look at Jiang Mingxue, who was leaning against someone with a pale face, and for the first time ever, he frowned and began to reflect.
He thought he had already held back; when he led his troops, he always went straight to high altitudes. He only increased the difficulty because he saw she had a good foundation, wanting her to have a good experience, but it seems he accidentally went a bit too far.
Jiang Mingxue's mind was blank, and she could no longer hear what they were whispering. She mechanically followed them to the cafeteria.
Of the six branches of the armed forces, the Air Force has the best food, especially for top-tier pilots. At a glance, dishes like steamed grouper, boiled prawns, and stir-fried beef are considered only average.
Xing Kaiyu held Rong Chengzhou's card in his hand, pointed to the dishes in the window and asked, "Sister-in-law, would you like some abalone, crab, and roasted lamb chops? We also have hamburgers, steak, and pasta. And Dr. Xu is here too. Order whatever you want. It's Rong's treat today, so don't be shy."
Xu Yan's eyes sparkled like stars: "Really?! We can eat abalone, steak, and crab as much as we want?"
Old Lin is getting on in years and usually prefers light cooking, so when Xu Yan arrived in Haining, she saw so much meat for the first time and her mouth watered.
Xing Kaiyu raised his chin: "Captain Rong, Dr. Xu is asking you a question."
Rong Chengzhou nodded: "Okay."
Then his gaze fell on Jiang Mingxue, who was silent and reserved to the side: "What do you want to eat? Let Xing Kaiyu get it for you."
Jiang Mingxue walked for a while and felt much better: "You guys go ahead and fight. I don't have much of an appetite. I'll just have some porridge later."
Rong Chengzhou glanced at her thin frame, which weighed no more than eighty pounds, and frowned, making his already cold and hard face look even more serious.
They're so thin they're just skin and bones, and they still don't eat properly.
But he didn't have a penchant for forcing people, so he went along with her.
The six people sat at an empty dining table, eating and chatting, while Jiang Mingxue slowly sipped a bowl of sweetened white fungus and goji berry porridge.
Before he could even take two bites, Rong Chengzhou was called away by a new recruit, who said that he was ordered by his superiors to receive a general who had come from the Northern Theater Command for an inspection.
Jiang Mingxue took small sips with her spoon, trying to hold back, but couldn't help herself: "Your leader sent him to greet the general, aren't you afraid of scaring him away?"
Rong Chengzhou doesn't look like the kind of person who would greet people with a smile. He has a stern face 24 hours a day. His portrait could be pasted on the door to ward off evil spirits.
Xu Yan nodded vigorously: "I want to ask too, I want to ask too."
Xing Kaiyu chuckled and put down his chopsticks, looking proud: "Sister-in-law, you don't know this, do you? Our Captain Rong is a hot commodity in the army."
He counted on his fingers, recounting Rong Chengzhou's achievements with great familiarity: "He won three Golden Helmets before he was even thirty, making him the youngest Special-Class Pilot in decades. No one in the entire Air Force doesn't know his name. What's more, the captain is a true-blue third-generation military officer. His father is a Major General, and his grandfather is a General who received a Special Merit Award. It's truly a family of generals. As long as Captain Rong doesn't make any mistakes, surpassing his grandfather is only a matter of time. Just based on the connections his family has built up, even if Brother Rong has a sour face the whole time, our leader will definitely still specifically request him to go."
Moreover, Rong Chengzhou may not seem very approachable, but he is always polite and respectful when receiving guests.
Xu Yan listened intently, full of admiration: "Wow, brother-in-law is amazing!"
Jiang Mingxue listened attentively, but besides admiration, she had one more thing to do than Xu Yan—
Take notes.
While trying to control her expression and not show too much surprise, she frantically entered Rong Chengzhou's personal information and family details into her mind, hoping that she might be tested on it someday.
They listened attentively, which made Xing Kaiyu even more enthusiastic. With Jiang Mingxue's deliberate guidance, he soon revealed all the information he knew:
"Actually, Rong could have won his fourth Golden Helmet this year, but he was given a major demerit last year and was disqualified from the competition."
"A major demerit? For what reason?" Jiang Mingxue asked.
Xing Kaiyu asked in surprise, "Sister-in-law, don't you know? Of course, it's because..."
He was halfway through his sentence when Zhou Qi nudged him with her elbow. Realizing he had said too much, he quickly shut up.
"Hey, sister-in-law, let's eat. This fish won't taste good if it gets cold."
"Okay, sure."
Seeing that they were deliberately avoiding the question, Jiang Mingxue didn't press further, probably because it involved military secrets.
But he was always distracted in the second half.
It's unclear what exactly Rong Chengzhou did wrong, but a colonel with such outstanding honors as him was actually disciplined.
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