Chapter 128: Powerful Assistant

  When I arrived at Director Chen's office, I saw Wen Wu, whom I had met before. I stood at attention and saluted: "Director, Jin Cang reporting for duty."

  Chen Lao chuckled and took a step forward, saying to me: "You've met General Wen before, you're old acquaintances."

  I didn't have a good impression of Wen Wu, but since Old Chen had spoken up, I still saluted and said: "I've seen General Wen, please give me instructions."

  Wen Wu smiled and said: "General Jin is being too polite. From now on, we are all at the same level, no need to be so polite."

  I was stunned, and couldn't help but think of what Sun Xiao Yi had told me before. Could it be that I'm really on the same level as several high-ranking officials in the military department? This... is too unbelievable, right? I didn't dare to believe it's true, feeling a bit strange.

  Chen Lao said, "Jin Cang is after all a junior, and it's only right that we show some respect. Old Wen, you and I have been colleagues for many years, and we can also be considered old friends. Don't take to heart the things that juniors do. In the future, we'll still need to guide them often."

  "Wen Wu smiled and said: 'No no, it's not about guidance, let's just learn together.'"

  "General Wen has come to take you to meet our supreme leader. Get ready, change your clothes, and then go with General Wen to see the leader. Remember, don't be nervous, and make our Dragon Protection Squad proud."

  I nodded, feeling anxious in my heart, but said: "I know what to do, please rest assured."

  Mr. Chen smiled and said, "You are the first civilian to receive the title of 'National Guardian', it's also a pioneering work. I believe that after you meet with the leader, all your affairs will be resolved satisfactorily."

  I was taken aback: "A perfect solution? What do you mean?"

  "Wait until you get back and you will naturally know."

  I looked at Old Chen in confusion, not knowing what he meant by his words. Wen Wu said from the side, "Don't say any more, the leader is still waiting for you, let's hurry up and get ready to see the leader."

  I nodded and quickly changed clothes, following Wen Wu onto the carriage, heading towards the most important place in the capital...

  After the top leader met with me and two others who also received the "National Guardian" award, he hurriedly left. The three of us were sent back to our respective posts, and when I returned to the Hu Long Brigade, I saw Chen Lao Zheng walking out of Sun Xiao Yi's office.

  Mr. Chen looked at me with great surprise when he saw me: "How did you come back so soon? Have you seen the leader?"

  I smiled and said: "We've seen each other, Chief is busy, we'll just wait for a while."

  "Anyway, as long as you've seen her, that's good. Now that you're back, I'll introduce someone to you. She's your assistant, or rather, your deputy."

  I hesitated slightly: "Assistant? Who is that?"

  Chen Lao smiled and said: "Sun Tuanzhang's office, you go see for yourself."

  I almost immediately said: "It can't be Chen Jing, can it?"

  Chen Lao chuckled: "It seems you two still have a spiritual connection, Chen Jing."

  I smiled and said: "Except for Chen Jing, I couldn't think of anyone else you'd arrange as an assistant for me."

  Chen nodded: "You go and busy yourself, I heard you have a lot of things to attend to, also need to help Director Sun select cadres, right?"

  I nodded: "I've already handed this matter over to those brothers in the Dragon Guard, and I believe it's almost yielding results now."

  "Then you go ahead and busy yourself, I'll head back. When you have time, bring Chen Jing back to visit her parents, as well as this old man."

  I knew what Old Chen meant, so I said very seriously: "I remember, as soon as we have time, we will go to see Uncle and Auntie, and you."

  Old Chen left happily, and before leaving, he didn't forget to remind me to go back early. I know he sincerely hopes that I can be with Qing, and while feeling grateful, I also find it a bit strange: Qing is his granddaughter, why is he in such a hurry to marry her off? Of course, I don't need to think too much about these things, as long as I grasp Qing's heart, everything will be easy to say.

  As soon as he saw Chen Jing, Chen Jing said directly: "Jin Cang, now you are my superior and I am your assistant, deputy officer. What do you have to order me to do?"

  I smiled and said: "What's with the 'chief' this and that? Can't we just drop the formalities between us? Let's just go back to how it used to be, everyone can relax a bit."

  Sun Xiao Yi looked at me and Chen Jing with a strange expression, wanting to say something but stopping herself. Chen Jing then smiled and said: "He is my fiancé, so we don't need to be too serious between us."

  "Is he your fiancé? Are you sure?" Sun Xiaoyi frowned and asked.

  Chen Jing smiled wryly and said, "Is there anything else?"

  Sun Xiao-yi glared at me and lowered her voice to say to Chen Jing, "His fiancée is in the office next to mine, how can you also be his fiancée?"

  Chen Jing smiled bitterly again: "You have to ask Jin Cang about this, I don't know how to tell you."

  Sun Xiao Yi suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. I never said that. Chen Jing, you say you like a flirt..."

  "This time it's my turn to smile wryly: 'Captain, I'll go take a look at the selection of cadres, you guys chat first.'"

  Sun Xiaoyi nodded slightly, and I quickly left her office.

  When I found Ding Hui, he was with the brothers of Hu Long Lian talking about something. Seeing me coming over, he said to me: "Instructor, no, teacher, we have already figured out a preliminary list of personnel, take a look."

  I took the list he handed over to me, and after taking a look, I found that they had almost selected all the cadres above the regimental level. So I asked: "Is it elected through democratic election?"

  Ding Hui hesitated for a moment: "Several company commanders were originally on the list, and the rest were nominated by us and the company commanders together, and then voted in by the soldiers of each company. Of course, several old comrades from our Hu Long Company unanimously agreed that they could not participate in this selection, so we did not participate."

  I slightly furrowed my brow: "That's fine too. As for your position, I'll discuss it with the captain and give you some consideration. As long as it's suitable, we won't let you suffer losses again."

  Ding Hui smiled: "We all know that our instructor will not treat us unfairly, so we are not in a hurry."

  I smiled and said, "Don't call me instructor anymore, it's not suitable. Everyone has made efforts for the country, and the country will not treat everyone unfairly. Now I'll go talk to the captain and see if we can arrange a suitable position for you."

  Ding Hui and others said in unison: "Yes."

  I turned around and came to Sun Xiao Yi's office, handing over the list: "This is the list of newly selected cadres."

  Sun Xiao Yi said: "Let me take a look, I'll talk to you about this later." After she finished speaking, she started looking at it and worked very seriously.

  I stood still on the spot, waiting for Sun Xiao Yi to slowly look at this list.

  Ten minutes later, Sun Xiao raised his head: "There's no big problem with this list, it's roughly the same as I expected. But how come there isn't a single person from the original Hu Long Lian on this list? Are you not letting them participate in the selection because of your estimation of their influence?"

  I shook my head: "It's like this, they are all staff members of the selection work this time. To avoid suspicion, they didn't participate. I think it's good too, to avoid misunderstandings. As for their positions, I was thinking of discussing with the team leader to see if we can arrange some suitable positions for them."

  Sun Xiao thought for a moment: "I actually have an idea, but I don't know what you think about it."

  "Hurry up and tell me, Captain," I said hastily.

  Sun Xiao said: "Our team is building a spearhead regiment, and all the warriors in this regiment will be regimental officers. The original dragon guard warriors are national heroes, according to the instructions of their superiors, they should also enjoy the treatment of regimental officers. So I thought, can we transfer them all to this spearhead regiment?"

  "I didn't even think about it and said: 'That's not okay.'"

  "Really? What's your take on it?"

  I hesitated for a moment: "It's like this, you see, now the people of the Dragon Guard are only left with just a few, it can be said that they are barely surviving. If we were to transfer them to the front line combat troops again, wouldn't that be too inhumane?"

  "They are not going to a front-line unit, but rather a demonstration unit. We are just like a school unit and will not be sent to the front line."

  I recalled the things I had heard before, and realized that I was too concerned about the remaining comrades, thinking about it in a biased way: "In this case, it's worth considering, but I still think it's not the best idea to transfer all of them to the Vanguard Regiment."

  Sun Xiao Yi furrowed her brow: "Then what exactly do you mean? Just say it straight out, I'll try my best to satisfy your wishes."

  "After some thought, I finally spoke out what was on my mind: 'I think they are more suitable to follow me and be instructors. Their military quality is very solid, making them the most suitable as instructors. Besides, with them following me, I can also feel more at ease.'"

  Sun Xiao Yi let out a soft sigh: "You, still the same... never mind, just do as you say. The original Hu Long Lian people, including Ding Hui, will follow you and be our instructor."

  I was overjoyed and quickly said to Sun Xiao Yi: "Thank you, Captain, for your help."

  Sun Xiao Yi let out a "heh" and laughed: "You're my superior, don't talk like that, it's as if I'm your superior."

  I also laughed: "What leader or no leader, I'd rather be friends with you..."

  Sun Xiao Yi let out an "ah" and had a look of surprise on her face.

  I knew she had misunderstood, so I quickly said: "Friends can talk freely, no pressure... don't need to worry about anything..."

  Sun Xiao Yi's unusual expression on her face was even more obvious. I quickly shut up, then listened to her say: "What do you mean? I have a boyfriend..."

  I forced a smile and hastily said: "I still have something to do, I'll take my leave first." After saying that, I quickly slipped away...

  At 2 pm, Chen Jing came to my office and asked me, "What did you say to Captain Sun?"

  "I know it's still that thing, so I said: 'What's wrong? Didn't we just talk about work stuff? What's going on?'"

  Chen looked at me quietly for a while, then suddenly sighed and said: "Let's get married."

  I was taken aback, then overjoyed and about to agree. But Chen Jing added: "So you won't keep bothering other girls..."

  I was suddenly very shocked and felt a bit suffocated in my chest.

  Fortunately, Dongfang Yu came in at this time. She saw me and immediately came forward to support me: "Are you okay? Why is your face so bad?"

  I forced a smile and glanced at Chen Jing, unsure of how to answer Dongfang Yu's question.

  Chen Jing smiled and said to Dongfang Yu, "I let him marry me, but he's still like this. It seems that he still wants to marry you, Yuer, are you willing to marry him?"

  Dongfang Yu was also stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily: "I'm willing to. Don't you want to, sister? Didn't we agree to marry him together?"

  Chen Jing smiled and said, "How can that be? A person can only marry one wife, this is stipulated by the laws of our country. I don't dare to break the law, nor do I dare to marry him with you all together, I'm afraid others will say I'm not marriageable."

  Dongfang Yu listened to Chen Jing's words, looked at me with a puzzled expression, and then commanded me: "You made sister angry? Hurry up and apologize, otherwise, I won't marry you either, let you be single."

  I forced a smile and said: "I don't have one, this..."

  Chen Jing said with a face full of indignation: "Still saying no? I asked you to marry me, why are you hesitating? You just don't want to marry me. Before, you were sticking to me like a piece of dead skin, and now... How can I not be angry?"

  I couldn't help but get anxious: "How did I hesitate? I was just about to say yes, and you added another sentence, almost making me choke... I..."

  Chen Jing suddenly smiled: "Teasing you, you really believed it? Your face is red, do you still want to scold people? I'll tell you, I just came over to ask you, how did you offend Captain Sun? Now Captain Sun advises me to leave you as soon as he sees me."

  I had no choice but to explain the misunderstanding between me and Captain Sun again, and then repeatedly explained my intention: "What I mean is that the overly rigid etiquette in the army makes our relationship not very good. I want to change this situation a bit. I don't have any other meaning, think about it, isn't it great for everyone to be friends? Isn't that right?"

  Chen Jing said: "That Sun Tuanzhang is a girl, and she's not even married, how can you just say you want to be friends with her? She wouldn't misunderstand that."

  Dongfang Yu also said: "Exactly, you're not married and she's not married, if you talk like that, it would be strange if she didn't misunderstand..."

  I could only smile wryly and remain silent, listening to Chen Jing and Dongfang Yu severely criticizing me. In the end, I still had no choice but to speak up: "I was wrong, I won't dare again in the future, please forgive me this one time, esteemed seniors!"

  Chen Jing and Dongfang Yu stopped criticizing me at this point and said: "Remember the lesson and don't do it again in the future..."

  They seem to have discussed it beforehand, and what they say is almost the same. Suddenly I feel depressed, whispering: "Isn't it just a slip of the tongue? Why are you treating me like an enemy? Am I still your husband?"

  "My voice is very small, but they still heard it, and so they said in unison: 'It's because you're our husband that we care about you. If it were someone else, we wouldn't even bother.'"

  Dongfang Yu took a step forward and whispered in my ear, "Next month when your cousin and Sun Heng get married, we'll also get married. You marry me, Chen Jing sister, Hui sister, Feifei, and Bai Feng."

  I was shocked and hastily said: "Marry all five of you? This..."

  Dongfang Yu glared at him, "You still want to marry your Nangong Qianlan? Let me tell you, Nangong Qianlan may not necessarily marry you, so stop dreaming."

  I smiled wryly and said: "That's not what I meant, you..."

  Dongfang Yu glared at me with increasingly wide eyes: "You mean that, do I not know? Hmph! Let me tell you, if you want to marry Nan Gong Qian Lan, I...I'll tell Dad and Mom that you always bully me, and have them come to the capital city to properly deal with this philandering radish of a person."

  I secretly sighed and looked at Chen Jing for help. Chen Jing turned her head, pretending not to see my gaze, and said lightly, "Greed!"

  I let out a quiet sigh and said helplessly: "What I mean is, me marrying the five of you alone, isn't this too unreasonable?"

  Chen Jing said calmly: "Then who do you want to marry? Me? Or Dongfang Yu? Or one of the Hui sisters?"

  I was suddenly at a loss for words, looking at Chen Jing and not knowing what to do.

  Chen Jing said calmly, "Don't be hypocritical, if you like us, just say it directly, don't try to be a good person and also want to benefit from our friendship, it's self-contradictory."

  Dongfang Yu also said: "That's right, hypocritical guy."

  Chen Jing didn't wait for me to speak, and continued: "We're all people with bitter fates. Since we're together now, we'll try our best to adapt to your... everything. You like us being by your side, so we'll do our best to fulfill that wish. Don't be hypocritical, let's just settle it like this - next month when my older sister gets married, we'll both marry you."

  I'm both delighted and worried, I never thought I'd have five wives. But now I'm thinking of Li Huanhuan, because Dongfang Yu and Chen Jing have been deliberately not mentioning Li Huanhuan, making me wonder. To be honest, the people I love are Chen Jing and Li Huanhuan. The others are just close friends, including Dongfang Yu, whom I've always treated like a little sister.

  Chen Jing seemed to have seen through my thoughts, and smiled as she said: "Are you thinking of Li Huanhuan? Let me tell you, she won't marry you because she doesn't want her husband to be a philanderer."

  My heart is aching, but I also know that Chen Jing is telling the truth. So I slowly nodded: "I will respect her choice, I... I really owe her an apology first, whatever she wants, I will follow her."

  Chen Jing almost immediately asked: "What if she doesn't allow you to marry us and wants you to leave with her? Would you follow her too?"

  I was stunned again, and speechless. Dongfang Yu said: "I knew you still liked her more in your heart, we few people are just your confidants, not much status in your heart."

  I wanted to explain, but the words changed at the mouth: "I don't want to cheat you, I really love her. And the person I truly love in my heart is currently only her and Chen Jing. As for others, I will treat you as my best friends. But if you ask me to marry you, I still can't do it."

  I decided to speak the truth and had a premonition that something would happen. So when I finished saying these words, Dongfang Yu looked at me with a strange expression on his face, but I was calm instead.

  Chen Jing hurriedly said to Dongfang Yu: "Don't listen to him, he's just saying that because we've been bothering him and he's on purpose."

  Dongfang Yu's eyes turned red and tears seemed to be falling at any moment: "He is telling the truth, sister, you don't need to comfort me, I know it all."

  Chen Jing glared at me and, unexpectedly, yelled at me: "What are you talking about? Are you looking for a fight? Hurry up and apologize to Yu!"

  I stared blankly at Chen Jing for a long time before saying: "What I meant was..."

  Chen Jing's eyes were about to kill me, so I had to change my tone and say: "I was just joking, Yu'er, why are you so serious? You and Chen Jing have been teasing me for half a day, but I'm not allowed to tease you guys back?"

  "You're really teasing me? I... how can I believe what you say is true? You... you have no conscience, I'd dare to do anything for you, but you actually said something like that! I'm so hurt."

  Chen Jing glared at me fiercely, as if I had done something to wrong her. She comforted Dongfang Yu: "He said it was just a joke, don't mind him. We pushed him too hard and he started talking nonsense, just ignore him."

  Dongfang Yu also looked at me and said to Chen Jing, "He may have really changed his mind... Sister, I don't believe him anymore, he's just a ruthless scoundrel..."

  Chen Jing hugged Dongfang Yu, who had already started crying, and glared at me again before saying to Dongfang Yu: "Don't worry, if he dares not to marry you, I won't marry him either. Let him live a lonely life, without even someone to talk to."

  Dongfang Yu was taken aback, then smiled slightly: "You said it yourself, don't deceive me." Then she cried again: "But if we force him to marry us like this, isn't that also too meaningless? Sister, tell me, what should I do?"

  Chen Jing's gaze was even more piercing, scaring me to the point where I hardly dared to breathe. She said: "Then let's both leave him and go find someone better for us to marry, and let him regret it later."

  Dongfang Yu said: "That won't work either. What if he regrets it, or is snatched away by Han Yi and the others? What can we do?"

  Chen Jing was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but burst out laughing: "At that time we were all married, what's the point of worrying about these things?"

  Dongfang Yu hesitated and glanced at Chen Jing, then gritted her teeth and said: "Sister, I still don't want to leave him. It's okay if he treats me badly, as long as I'm by his side. At least, I can still see him often, right?"

  Dongfang Yu's words made Chen Jing's gaze even more ferocious. I almost instinctively took a step back, watching as Chen Jing smiled wryly.

  Chen Jing pretended not to see my bitter smile and instead said to Dongfang Yu: "Then we'll just have to force him to marry us, what do you think?"

  Dongfang Yu shook her head, and suddenly also burst out laughing: "We forced him to marry us? If others knew about this, wouldn't they laugh their teeth off? Sister, you're not intentionally teasing me, are you? How could you even think of such an idea?"

  Chen Jing shook her head: "This is my decision, if he doesn't listen, then we'll do it this way."

  Dongfang Yuxiao smiled: "Alright, I'll listen to you, sister." Her face was still streaked with tears, yet she was smiling so happily that I stared at her in a daze.

  Chen Jing said to me at this time: "Have you heard our decision? Prepare well, next month when your sister gets married, we want to see your ring and wedding dress, and... what else was it? Ah yes, your sincerity. Do you remember?"

  I didn't dare speak anymore, staring blankly at Chen Jing, motionless.

  Chen Jing didn't care whether I would answer her or not, and said to Dongfang Yu on her own: "Let's go do something, there are still two hours until the end of work."

  Dongfang Yu obediently followed Chen Jing and left, and I slowly regained my composure. This Chen Jing and Dongfang Yu almost scared me out of my wits. It seems that it's not like what those men often say, the more women the better.

  Chen Lao previously said that he had found a capable assistant for me, but now it seems that Chen Jing is not only not my capable assistant, but also my nemesis.

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