Chapter 1655: 1665: Being Scolded
Chapter 1655: Chapter 1665: Being Scolded
The result was him being stopped inside the door by the sentinel: “Comrade, please go back!”
Lin Sheng turned around in disappointment, slowly trudging back.
This trip was a waste; he didn’t get the opportunity to ask the questions he wanted. But he couldn’t just ask directly, that was the most frustrating part for him.
……
As soon as Qin Jian arrived at the division headquarters, Zhang Jianguo dragged him directly into the division commander’s office.
The moment he entered, he was met with a fierce scolding: “What have you done now? Not only have your ranks grown, but so has your audacity? Military discipline seems to be nothing but a mere formality to you, isn’t it? Qin Jian, oh, Qin Jian! What am I supposed to do with you?”
Qin Jian immediately knew the reason and purpose of Zhang Jianguo’s search for him, but since the division commander didn’t state it outright, he pretended not to know.
“Division commander, calm down! It’s dry and windy in the spring! Come on, have some water to soothe your throat!”
Zhang Jianguo glared at him: “Why should I drink water? So I can scold you again after?”
“Division commander, please!” Qin Jian, ignoring the commander’s words, offered the water cup with both hands.
“Comrade Qin Jian! Behave seriously for me!” Zhang Jianguo’s low bark was as grave as a thunderstorm in June, “I’m telling you this earnestly! Stop messing around with me!”
“Yes, division commander!” Qin Jian put down the cup, immediately stood at attention, “Please instruct, division commander!”
Zhang Jianguo was almost driven insane by him: “What exactly should I instruct, Qin Jian? Are you telling me you didn’t actually listen to anything I just said?”
“I listened.”
“If you listened, then answer me!”
“Division commander, I don’t understand what you mean…”
“Playing dumb!” Zhang Jianguo didn’t want to waste words with him anymore, “In the past, when Jian Ying was here, the two of you would just mess around with me, right? Now Jian Ying is gone, and it seems you’ve completely learned all his tricks. Tell me, where were you last night?”
“Division commander, since you already know, why ask me?” Qin Jian responded with equal seriousness.
“Can’t I ask you? As the leader of a regiment, you are too willful! Acting privately without the approval of your superiors! It would be fine if nothing went wrong, but how would you explain if something did? And you even secretly took a gun. It wasn’t enough to act on your own, but you also brought an accomplice!” Zhang Jianguo’s reprimands hit each mark.
Qin Jian instantly knew that nothing had been kept secret.
Indeed, Zhang Jianguo’s words directly confirmed his guess.
“You even told others to lie! Do you think others are fools?” Zhang Jianguo glared at him, raising a few fingers and forcefully tapping on the desk, “Tell me, how should this be dealt with?”
“Division commander, discipline is rigid. But people are flexible, you can consider this as us being courageous in the face of justice!”
“Is that so? Should I hold a commendation assembly for you and award you a military honor then?”
“No. That’s not necessary.”
“Qin Jian, it’s not the early days of Jianguo anymore, when a division or regiment leader could casually bring guns home. In principle, firearms should not be taken home casually. Don’t you know that in this age?”
“Division commander! It won’t happen again!” Qin Jian answered, standing at attention.
“Go on! I’ll let you off this time. But if there’s a next time, I absolutely will not let you off so easily!” Zhang Jianguo said.
“Yes!”
……
Returning from division headquarters, Qin Jian sat down heavily in the chair of his office, poured himself a glass of water, and gulped it down.
Then he called over the signaler: “Go, find me Zhao Dong, the reconnaissance company commander!”