Naturally, Ye Jian was going to handle her personal matters in the morning, but it was still okay; she only has three days; after three days, the four days would be in little amounts, and basically wouldnât be so troublesome.
After entering the forest, Ye Jian availed herself when Xia Jinyuan was brushing up, and immediately settled her own matters, and also cleaned up any traces while she was at it.
The forest was very quiet, as well as a thin mist enveloping it.
The early-rising birds were already chirping happily on the branches, performing an âode to joyâ for this pair of couples who could go on a walk for now.
Xia Jinyuan didnât bring up personal matters. Instead, he pressed his voice: âToday and tomorrow would be the most toilsome days, remember what I told you about âOperation Prisonerâ? It begins in the afternoon; youâll have to be careful, Blue Bird, and watch out in case we capture you.â
âOperation Prisonerâ could be described as the highlight; it was also the event that best tested the combat capabilities of each individual soldier, especially after every comrade knew that this was a tryout, and the individual combat would only be much more rigorous and ferocious.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Xia Jinyuanâs reminder made Ye Jianâs heart go cold. He wasnât wrong; she indeed needed to be careful; the moment she got captured, it was very possible that sheâd miss out on going on the expedition for their country.
And that was absolutely not in line with her wishes.
âThereâs no need to stress about it; youâre a soldier brought up by Uncle Chen himself, and Uncle Chen is the best Soldier King of that time. Blue Bird, do you know that youâre lucky to learn from the Soldier King of a generation?â
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Ye Jianâs gaze flickered for a moment; once upon a time, Uncle Chen told her that he had carried out a large mission in the â70s, and among a total of ten soldier kings, only four returned alive.
But listening from Captain Xiaâs tone, it was as if Uncle Chen was someone brilliant in that generation and wasnât a normal Soldier King at all.
Besides, Uncle Chen rarely mentions his military past to her, except for the time when they started her âHellâs trainingâ where Uncle Chen mentioned he was on an operation in the â70s; he didnât bring it up after that.
The main reason was Uncle Chen was clearly hiding something from her.
Uncle Chen retired in â87, but he said after he completed his mission in the â70s, his identity was revealed because he received the title of a âWorld-class Sniper.â To ensure his safety, the military spent three months planning, wiping away Uncle Chenâs identity, making him into a Soldier King who was âdeceasedâ internationally but was still alive in reality.
However, Uncle Chen truly retired in 1987!
There was quite a long time between 1987 and the â70s, but Uncle Chen didnât mention his military past after that, nor did he mention the glorious days of his past.
With questions in her heart, she had tried asking afterward. Still, Uncle Chen only smiled and told her in a casual tone, âLet the past remain there; some memories are only suitable to be reminisced by one self, and also memories that only belonged to one person.â
At the time, she felt Uncle Chen had unfinished words; the thick sorrow in his eyes was so infectious that it made even her feel like tearing up at the time, making it impossible for her to keep asking. Until now, Uncle Chen was still the most mysterious family member in her heart.
Xia Jinyuan noticed a sense of oddity; he couldnât help but ask: âYou donât know about Uncle Chen?â
âI know a bit, but not much. Uncle Chen only mentioned things about him once.â Ye Jian spoke quietly, although it wasnât brought up much, she knew Uncle Chen in the past was definitely very impressive.
Sniping feats such as shooting a small target a hundred paces away, hitting the same target thrice⦠etcetera were all things Uncle Chen could do.
Then should she try to inquire about him from Captain Xia? Since Uncle Chen wasnât inclined to tell her, then there must be some reason that he couldnât tell her about; if she insisted on inquiring about that, would she be disrespecting Uncle Chen?