Chapter 490 The Balance Tilts
"Captain, tell me about what happened back then."
Su Jin used a great deal of effort to make her voice sound normal.
But the hands hidden to the side were already clenched into fists.
Zheng Changqing said lazily, "In the army, it's just training every day and obeying orders and commands. It's not much different from what we're doing now."
"I want to know what kind of person Commander Xiao was ten years ago, what kind of battles he experienced, and whether he had any comrades-in-arms who fought alongside him on the battlefield!"
Su Jin's tone was serious; it was no longer just casual conversation.
Zheng Changqing finally realized that something was wrong with her and turned to look at her.
Su Jin met his gaze, her expression extremely serious.
A few seconds later, Zheng Changqing fell into self-righteousness again, "It seems you really care about the brigade commander. But now it's just the two of us, so don't keep calling him Brigade Commander Xiao, it sounds kind of awkward."
This term of endearment feels far too unfamiliar for a romantic relationship.
She always looked serious when they talked about these things, but she actually cared about the brigade commander.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to such lengths to find out about the brigade commander's past.
Su Jin remained silent instead of answering.
It's good that he misunderstood; it saved her a lot of explanation.
"Since you're so curious, I'll tell you."
Anything that could showcase Xiao Yunfeng's brilliance and greatness was something Zheng Changqing desperately wanted to talk about.
"Ten years ago, the brigade commander was the company commander of the 7th Company. The time I remember most vividly was when the 7th Company received orders from the regimental headquarters to go to the border to carry out combat missions."
He had only just begun when Su Jin tensed up instantly, her heart even momentarily stopping.
Ten years ago, on the border, a combat mission!
It was the mission that cost her father his life!
She never imagined that she would find the person who participated in that mission with Xiao Yunfeng so quickly!
Her fingernails dug deep into her palms, the sharp pain keeping her barely clinging to her last shred of reason and clarity.
"That battle was completely beyond our expectations. We thought it would just be the annihilation of a small enemy force, but when we arrived, we found out that the enemy had a division of troops."
"Due to a major intelligence failure, all the companies that went on the mission were put on the defensive, and the battle was extremely fierce."
Even now, Zheng Changqing still feels suffocated and grief-stricken when he recalls that battle.
That was the time when all his closest comrades died in battle, and he was the only one who survived.
"Under the leadership of the company commander, everyone in the 7th Company risked their lives and annihilated an enemy force that outnumbered us by three times."
As he spoke of these things, his voice trembled slightly, almost uncontrollably.
"You can imagine, in every charge, the company commander was always the one at the very front. So much so that in the end, when we faced the enemy, they would flee at the mere sight of the company commander!"
As he recounted the story, images of Xiao Yunfeng bravely fighting the enemy flashed through Su Jin's mind.
She never questioned Xiao Yunfeng's fearless spirit on the battlefield.
How could someone like that possibly collude with the enemy and cause her father's tragic death?
At this moment, the scales in her heart began to tip in favor of Xiao Yunfeng. She wanted to find out the hidden secrets of those years ago immediately!
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