Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 205 - 138: Return to Team Training

Chapter 205: Chapter 138: Return to Team Training

If the first time he met her, he only admired her beauty, this time he began to appreciate her intelligence.

It was not something just anyone could do, to single-handedly destroy the century-old foundation of the Gu Family.

The grudge he held against Gu Xiaoxi was etched in his heart forever; one day, he would make her regret her actions.

The next day, Quan Shaoqing personally saw Gu Xiaoxi off to the car, with Xiao Jiang taking over the task of driving her back to the unit.

Over those ten-plus days, her list of friends had grown by four.

Tang Yisheng, Yao Yumo, Xu Jingshen, and Ye Shi, four high-ranking officers.

As for Yi Chentian, he was still lying in the blacklist.

Gu Xiaoxi sat in the car and waved goodbye to Quan Shaoqing. Although their time together had been filled with friction, it did not affect their relationship.

Sometimes, she couldn’t clearly define the nature of her feelings for Quan Shaoqing.

Quan Shaoqing stood at the entrance of the military district, watching until Gu Xiaoxi had left, before reluctantly withdrawing his gaze, then he turned to Lin Mi and said, "Arrange for a plane. I’m going to A City tonight."

"Yes!" Lin Mi nodded.

Xiao Jiang drove, constantly sneaking peeks at Gu Xiaoxi in the rearview mirror.

Gu Xiaoxi looked up, catching his covert gaze, "What? Do you have a problem with me?"

Xiao Jiang gripped the steering wheel tightly, his cheeks reddening with embarrassment. He nervously replied, "Not at all! I just wanted to ask... why you knocked me out and where you went after."

Gu Xiaoxi glanced out the window, a sense of calmness in her heart, and decided not to explain.

Back at the Fourth Squad.

Her first order of business was to see Chen Zhigang and also to receive her new rank insignias.

This time, Quan Shaoqing hadn’t lied to her. She was promoted two ranks, and her arduous days of teaching had not been in vain.

"Gu Xiaoxi, headquarters have recognized your merit by promoting you two ranks. As a qualified soldier, please stand under the national flag and take your oath anew," Chen Zhigang personally replaced her rank insignias, promoting the private to the rank of an ace soldier.

Gu Xiaoxi stood under the national flag, saluted, and the fluttering flag strengthened the conviction in her heart.

She pinned the Number Seventeen badge to her chest and then took an oath to the vibrant national flag, fighting for her country with a soldier’s dreams and honor.

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Zhao Zilong stood at the doorway of the dormitory, watching Gu Xiaoxi under the national flag, his eyes narrowing slightly beneath his lashes.

The time he had spent with Gu Xiaoxi had been a humiliation for him as an expert; despite her being less skilled, he had still been utterly defeated.

Even if Zhao Zilong was reluctant to admit it in his heart, he had to acknowledge her wit and courage, and that she was an adversary worth having.

"Brother Zhao, what are you looking at?" Luo Chen walked up curiously, leaning out the window to look. Following Zhao Zilong’s gaze, he saw Gu Xiaoxi beneath the national flag.

Her proud and erect silhouette, glowing in the morning light, seemed to steal the sun’s brilliance.

There was a magic power about her that deeply attracted gaze, creating an irresistible fascination.

"Promoted?" Luo Chen was stunned for quite a while, staring at Gu Xiaoxi’s rank insignia in astonishment.

Zhao Zilong nodded, then turned away indifferently, saying as he walked, "If she was on a mission these past seven days, it’s not unusual to be promoted two ranks."

He also believed that Gu Xiaoxi had that kind of strength.

After taking her oath, Gu Xiaoxi, with her pack slung over her shoulder, strode toward her barracks.

Song Jingyi ran out from a distance to greet her, hugging Gu Xiaoxi’s arm, clearly missing her, "You’re finally back. Since you’ve been gone, there doesn’t seem to be anything new happening in the army."

"It seems I’ve become a topic of entertainment for you guys! What kind of training have you been doing lately?" Gu Xiaoxi asked as she walked, with her real interest in the latter question.

"Besides important theory classes, it’s live-fire shooting! Xiao Xi, by leaving you missed the most crucial few days. Shooting live rounds feels completely different..." Song Jingyi spoke excitedly, her cheeks even flushed with a hint of red.

Gu Xiaoxi listened and gave a slight, shallow smile.

She patted Song Jingyi on the shoulder and said, with a wry amusement, "Song Jingyi, you’re quite hopeless, it’s just live rounds! There will be plenty of chances in the future."

For her, whether she learned something sooner or later didn’t matter because, in the end, she would always become the strongest.

Before enlisting in the army, she had never touched a gun, and her marksmanship, which she learned on the fly, was still among the best of the new recruits.

As for theory classes, with her strong memory, they were definitely not a challenge.

She began live-fire training that very afternoon after rejoining the squad.

On the training field, rows of soldiers lay prone on the ground, holding rifles and shooting at targets.

Shao Changfeng was still their platoon leader.

The three top classes, with Zhao Zilong as the squad leader of the first, Luo Chen leading the second, and Li Jing leading the third, were all on the training field at that time.

Gu Xiaoxi, among a group of female soldiers in camouflage, didn’t stand out, but she was definitely the center of everyone’s attention.

Three hundred meter moving targets, six hundred meter stationary targets, eight hundred meter hostage targets... Her movements and shooting speed were incredibly fast, and she always managed to hit within ten rings.

At the very least among the women, she could be counted as top-notch, actually on par with the veteran soldier, Li Jing.

And Zhao Zilong, true to his reputation as an ace soldier who won glory for the country in the big contest, naturally shot with impeccable accuracy.

On the battlefield, his expression was stern, his actions decisive and brave, with solid military qualities and thinking capabilities, and his physical reactions were exceedingly swift.

Shao Changfeng watched and felt proud; at least in his platoon, all three classes were top-notch, they were all talents in the army, the hope for the future.

As a platoon leader, he felt happy, but he also placed his hopes on everyone.

Shao Changfeng stood in front of the team and spoke seriously, "Now we will practice shooting at moving targets while running! I believe you all understand that when we are chasing the enemy, we’re all running, and the enemy is moving very fast. To better complete our mission, we have to be able to shoot while sprinting, and hit our targets with the most precise shots."

"Report to the platoon leader, we’ve already learned all that. It’s only the new recruits that wouldn’t know, right! Do we really have to practice with them?" Luo Chen called out loudly.

Shao Changfeng narrowed his eyes and a cold smirk flashed through them as he said, "Now you are a reorganized team. Naturally, the curriculum has to cover everything from scratch as per the rules, and although you’ve learned it, you can still reinforce it. From now on, everyone is part of one team, there’s no distinction between new recruits and old soldiers."

After the last exercise, a rabble had been completely eliminated.

Including Zhang Jingyue’s admirer, Chen Xuan, Zhao Yi had already been transferred to another unit. What was left could be said to be the elite, capable of being brought onto the battlefield as vanguard soldiers.

Especially Zhao Zilong and the others who led the ten-person team and participated in the international scout competition, taking second place meant they certainly had strength.

But now, they were a little too arrogant.

A real battlefield wasn’t a problem that could be solved with just a few blank rounds.

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