After being separated from my family, I became a darling of the military region thanks to my medical

Seeing this situation, Gu Zheng knew that if he didn't run away today, he wouldn't be able to escape this domestic violence.

"Xiao Wang! Drive! Drive now!"

Gu Zheng took a long stride and jumped directly onto the jeep, his movements as agile as a startled leopard. He braced himself against the door frame with one hand, leaning halfway out, and shouted back to Ye Zhen, "Wife! Domestic violence is illegal! It was just a normal mission, I'll be back in a few days! Put that weapon of mass destruction down!"

"Gu Zheng! You stop right there!"

Ye Zhen swung the broom in her hand, and although she was several meters away, her momentum was not diminished in the slightest.

Xiao Wang, sitting in the front row, was so startled that his hand trembled, and he almost broke the key. He had been following the leader for so long, and this was the first time he had ever seen the leader being chased like a grandson.

"What are you standing there for? Step on the gas!" Gu Zheng slapped Xiao Wang on the back of the head.

"Buzz!"

The Jeep's engine roared with a deep rumble, its tires screeching against the concrete, and it bolted off like a startled bull.

"Wife, I was wrong! I'll bring you donkey meat sandwiches when I come back! I'll definitely eat all the sausages; I won't let your good intentions go to waste!"

Gu Zheng's voice drifted back on the wind, carrying a smug, almost irritating tone.

Ye Zhen stood there, broom in hand, watching the jeep speed away, her chest heaving violently.

"asshole……"

She cursed, loosened her grip, and the broom fell to the ground with a "thud".

The murderous aura that had been about to drag someone back and beat them up had completely dissipated, leaving only a sense of powerlessness after being enraged.

Ye Zhen touched her burning face and recalled how stupid she had been last night, crying and begging "Don't die" under Gu Zheng. She wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

This is so incredibly embarrassing!

Just then, Nurse Liu, who was passing by, came over with a shopping basket and a teasing look on her face: "Dr. Ye, these two are really in love. Playing the 'spare the rod and spoil the child' game so early in the morning? Captain Gu is about to leave, and you've already made him all red in the face."

Nurse Liu's voice carried a hint of teasing, but it wasn't annoying; instead, it exuded the unique warmth and liveliness of the compound.

Ye Zhen subconsciously pulled her scarf up to cover the obvious hickeys on her neck, and replied curtly, "Sister Liu, they're from the cold."

After saying that, she didn't dare to look at Nurse Liu's meaningful gaze, turned around and walked into the corridor, her steps so fast it was as if a wolf was chasing her.

Back in the empty house.

The bed in the bedroom was still a mess, and the strong scent of the man's hormones seemed to linger in the air.

On the bedside table, the crumpled "suicide note" still lay there quietly.

Ye Zhen walked over, picked up the envelope, and was about to tear it open when she stopped halfway through her hand.

The handwriting on the letter was so strong it seemed to penetrate the paper. Even though she knew it was a deception, the resolute and reluctant look in his eyes when he looked at her last night didn't seem fake.

"That bastard..."

Ye Zhen bit her lip and cursed, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.

She flattened the letter and carefully tucked it into a thick medical tome.

We'll settle this score when you get back.

……

By this time, the speeding jeep had already left the city, and the surrounding scenery gradually became desolate. The withered yellow grass trembled in the wind, and the white poplar trees on both sides of the road were bare, like rows of silent sentinels.

The atmosphere in the carriage was somewhat oppressive.

While holding the steering wheel, Xiao Wang would occasionally steal a glance at his superior in the rearview mirror.

The Captain Gu who was just joking and laughing in front of his sister-in-law is gone.

Gu Zheng sat in the passenger seat, his long legs stretched out somewhat awkwardly. An unlit cigarette dangled from his mouth, his expression as hard as an iron plate. His eyes, which always carried a hint of roguishness, were now slightly narrowed, the light emanating from them frighteningly sharp.

He reached into his inner pocket and pulled out a document. The document was marked with the word "Top Secret" in bright red.

"Sir, did I... say something wrong?" Xiao Wang asked cautiously, shrinking his neck. The way his sister-in-law chased the car with a broom just now was really frightening; anyone who didn't know better would think that Captain Gu had committed some heinous crime.

Gu Zheng didn't respond immediately.

He bent down and struck a match.

With a soft "sizzle," the orange-red flame flickered in the dimly lit carriage, illuminating his sharply defined profile.

He leaned over, lit a cigarette, and took a deep drag. The pungent smoke rolled into his lungs, swirled in his chest, and was exhaled, allowing his nerves, which had been stretched to the limit after a sleepless night, to relax slightly.

"You're right."

Gu Zheng's voice was low and hoarse, carrying a hint of coldness.

He held a corner of the top-secret document to the match flame. The flame quickly engulfed the paper, turning it into a curled ball of black ash in the tin ashtray.

As the last spark died out, Gu Zheng finally raised his head, his gaze fixed on the rapidly receding wilderness outside the window.

The exercise was real.

But under the cover of that large-scale exercise, their small team was doing something else entirely.

It's true that they lured and captured those foreign mercenaries who had infiltrated the country intending to sabotage the radar station. Those guys were heavily armed, desperate criminals, and had already clashed with friendly forces on the border; they had people on their hands.

This plan is top secret; even Xiao Wang doesn't know about it yet.

That suicide note was also genuine.

The higher-ups specifically asked him to lead the team because, apart from him, no one else dared to say they were confident they could bring someone down completely unharmed.

Gu Zheng raised his hand and touched his neck.

His fingertips touched several stinging scratches, left by Ye Zhen when she lost control of her emotions last night. The pain was a kind of agonizing pain that brought him back to his senses.

He recalled Ye Zhen's tearful eyes from last night, and her tearful plea, "You mustn't die."

It's better for her to think I'm a liar, that it's just a joke, than for her to be alone at home, living in fear and anxiety. Women who are military dependents need hearts harder than iron, but he couldn't bear to see Ye Zhen suffer like that.

That's a hand that uses a scalpel to save lives; it shouldn't tremble over such a trivial matter.

"Xiao Wang." Gu Zheng suddenly spoke, stubbing out the half-burnt cigarette butt in the ashtray.

"Here!" Xiao Wang straightened his back reflexively.

"Drive faster."

Gu Zheng dusted the cigarette ash off his collar, and his eyes changed completely in that instant. He was like a hunter about to step into the hunting grounds—cold, precise, and devoid of any superfluous emotion.

"Finish the work early so you can go home early."

He still had to go back to eat Ye Zhen's cooking and make up for the "donkey meat sandwich" he owed her.

"yes!"

Xiao Wang responded and slammed his foot on the gas pedal.

The jeep let out a deep roar, like a steel beast, kicking up a trail of dust as it plunged deep into the vast wilderness.