Chapter 1032: Unstoppable Rumors 16
"I’m sorry, Commander, please send someone else to the capital to take on this mission. I voluntarily withdraw from the parade," He Teng said in a muffled voice.
"You little scoundrel! Do you realize how great and rare an opportunity this is for others? You say you won’t do it and you just won’t do it? You think you own the army? Have you lost all sense of being a soldier? He Teng, don’t forget, you are a soldier! Not a hooligan who does whatever he pleases, and not whatever he doesn’t wish to do!" The Commander was so angry that he slammed the table.
"Commander..." He Teng fell silent, his gaze fixed on He Zhilan, who stood some ten meters away, looking at him. In the crowd, she looked so delicate and pitiable. In her eyes, which were full of trust and reliance on him, how could he possibly leave her alone and return to his post when the whole world seemed to be against her?
"Commander..." Unlike his earlier tone, this time He Teng’s address was very solemn, "He Teng apologizes to the Commander for the years of cultivation and promotion. I request to be discharged from the military, and from now on, I will no longer be a soldier."
Without waiting for any response from the Commander, He Teng hung up the phone. This decision indeed cost him everything—his future, years of hard work, and even, he was sorry to his green military uniform. From then on, he was no longer a soldier, no longer the respected Deputy Regimental Commander He. He became a penniless man, with only his wife, He Zhilan, who could not leave his side.
He Teng thought that after he had become sensible, he had dedicated a dozen years to the army, but with the rest of his life ahead of him, if it’s not possible to have it both ways, then he should choose He Zhilan, his wife. She needed him more than the army, more than the people of the country.