Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

Chapter 1493: Chapter 1493: Is This Your Attitude?

Yan Ye impatiently opened the door and glared at Yan Huan, ”Please, look at the clock. What time is it already? Are you still here causing a scene? I’m exhausted and still have a pile of clothes to sort through. If you have something to say, save it and speak slowly tomorrow.”

After he finished speaking, he was about to close the door.

Yan Huan propped the door open with one hand, her gaze fixed on Yan Ye, and provocatively lifted her chin, ”Is this how you treat your own sister? Weren’t you just on the phone with An Hao? I saw that you were quite enthusiastic in your conversation with her. Now that it’s your own sister, this is your attitude?”

”If you keep being unreasonable, I’ll not be polite to you,” Yan Ye pretended to raise his hand as if to hit her, ”Let me tell you, next time I’m on the phone, mind your own business and stop eavesdropping.”

”Fine. If you’ve got the guts, take apart the other landline in the living room tomorrow,” Yan Huan retorted unceremoniously.

”Okay, okay, okay. I’m scared of you. Just say what you need to and let me sleep.”

”Did Qin Jian really... fall honorably?” When Yan Huan heard the news, she felt as though she had been struck by lightning. Her first love, the impressive and firm regimental commander, had suddenly disappeared, and she couldn’t accept it.

”Yes. His body hasn’t been found yet. Actually, I feel like there’s little hope,” Yan Ye sighed deeply as if trying to expel all the gloom from his chest.

”I also heard that Hen Zhiyuan is going to be promoted to the position of commander?” Yan Huan asked.

”Yeah. Do you receive less information than I do in the military?” Yan Ye frowned and asked back.

”I heard about it. The senior leadership has already given me orders. As soon as work resumes on the fifth, I’m to go to the disaster area to interview this Hen Zhiyuan. They want to feature it in the military newspaper. The moment I heard about this, I sensed something fishy. This vice commander is about to thrive.” Yan Huan was filled with disgust when she mentioned Hen Zhiyuan.

”What? You don’t like him either?” Yan Ye sharply sensed Yan Huan’s attitude.

”I don’t like him.” Last time, when there was a collective diarrheal outbreak in the unit, it happened exactly when the Qin Family was about to be promoted to regimental commander. The timing of that incident was too suspicious, making it doubtful.

At that time, there was a saying circulating within the regiment: if Qin Jian hadn’t been parachuted in, the position of regimental commander would have surely been Hen Zhiyuan’s.

Because almost everyone knew, Hen Zhiyuan was the one favored by the Commander, he was originally brought over by the Commander himself.

The Commander liked him a lot. With the Commander’s support and protection, it would be difficult not to be promoted.

Everyone thought it was a done deal, but unexpectedly, Qin Jian arrived. He was the son of the Commander of the Northern Military Region. Qin Jian was a legendary figure there, decorated with many personal honors—second-class merits, third-class merits, regional military competition all-around champions, etc.

That’s how it works in the military, speaking through strength, whoever has the greater abilities earns the respect of others.

Although Qin Jian was parachuted in, with his military achievements, all the warriors in the regiment admired him immensely.

This ruined Hen Zhiyuan’s chances of becoming the regimental commander.

It was what it was, but what nobody expected was that Qin Jian’s promotion was nearly destroyed by a few baskets of rotten vegetables.

Rumors were rampant in the regiment for a while.

Major Zhang ordered a thorough investigation, and the source of the rumors was eventually traced back to a soldier that used to be under the vice commander. Upon further investigation, it was found that the vegetables had been injected with laxatives.

The investigation could not continue from there. However, the warriors in the regiment speculated that this incident was definitely related to Vice Commander Hen Zhiyuan.