I enlisted four times! My former unit blacklisted me.

Zhao Yihang and Qian Kun, each carrying seven or eight shopping bags, waited for Ma Teng while exchanging bewildered glances.

Before they could figure out whether to take a taxi back to the barracks or find a public phone to report to the company, a person strolled over from across the street.

It was Ma Teng who was rushing back right on time.

This guy had just parted ways with his girlfriend at the hotel entrance. He had a knitted bracelet she had knitted for him in his pocket, and he was walking unsteadily, his mind still preoccupied with the messy things that happened in bed that afternoon.

Completely immersed in the sweetness, he didn't pull himself out until he saw his two comrades in the distance, and he even cheerfully raised his hand to greet them:

"Yihang! Kun'er! What are you two doing here? Where are Feng-ge and Dong-ge? Aren't they with you?"

He got closer and noticed that the two of them looked strange.

One of them had a furrowed brow and the other had their head drooping, looking as if they had just been scolded, which contrasted sharply with his beaming face.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Qian Kun recounted with a wry smile the whole story of how he picked up the child that afternoon, called the police to complain about the incident, attracted all the special police and armed police in the city, and even got into a conflict with the armed police special forces.

The more Ma Teng listened, the wider his mouth opened became.

"...Just because of my heavy accent, the operator misheard 'picking up a child' as 'kidnapping a child,' and when they heard me say 'get a gun,' they immediately called in a SWAT sniper."

"Originally, the misunderstanding would have been cleared up and that would have been the end of it, but their deputy captain had a foul mouth and scolded our company for being lax in management, and even said that the company commander and regimental commander were incompetent at leading troops and had lost their minds."

"Brother Feng's face darkened immediately. He kicked us out of the car, took Brother Dong, turned around, and went back, saying he was going to the Armed Police Detachment to 'reason with them'."

Ma Teng's smile froze completely.

He was just talking to his girlfriend about where to go on their next vacation when he suddenly heard that his squad leader had gone to the Armed Police Detachment all by himself.

"What?! Just the two of them? Going to the Armed Police detachment?" Ma Teng exclaimed anxiously, "Are you crazy, Brother Feng! That's the Armed Police detachment! They even have special forces soldiers there!"

"They're all tough guys who've trained in combat; do you think the two of them would get away with it?"

"Who says otherwise!" Zhao Yihang sighed. "Don't you know Feng's temper?"

"He can joke around with us all the time, but if an outsider dares to say anything bad about the company or the company or regimental commander, he'll explode on the spot."

"That guy surnamed Zheng just said such nasty things, no wonder Brother Feng couldn't stand it."

"What should we do then?" Qian Kun felt even more guilty. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't made a slip of the tongue and caused this blunder, we wouldn't have run into those armed police officers, and none of this would have happened."

"If Brother Feng was really bullied over there, I... I would be guilty of a terrible crime."

"There's no use talking about this now," Zhao Yihang quickly said. "There's no point in the three of us just worrying here. There are only two of us, and we're outnumbered. If things really escalate, we'll definitely be at a disadvantage. We need to get back to the company and tell the company commander!"

"Tell the company commander?" Ma Teng was taken aback. "If the company commander finds out, won't he scold us first? We've caused such a commotion just by coming out."

"Let them curse, it's better than something happening to Brother Feng!"

Qian Kun said, "What's a few scoldings? As long as Brother Feng is alright, I'll even run twenty kilometers as punishment!"

"Besides, Brother Feng went there to protect the company commander and the regimental commander, so the company commander definitely can't just ignore it."

"right!"

"Let's quickly take a taxi back and report to the company commander first. If all else fails, have the company commander bring some men to back us up!"

"No matter how arrogant the Armed Police detachment is, they can't bully our army personnel!"

The three of them agreed, grabbed their bags and rushed to the roadside to flag down a taxi, urging the driver to head to the camp.

The atmosphere in the car was heavy. Qian Kun kept rubbing his hands, Ma Teng kept glancing out the window, and Zhao Yihang's brows were furrowed, his mind filled with Wu Hanfeng's cold face.

They know Wu Hanfeng too well. He may seem carefree and irresponsible at times, but he's actually fiercely protective of his own.

If you insult him personally, he can laugh it off; but if you insult his brothers, his company, or his former company commander, you've stepped on his sore spot.

Even if it were the King of Heaven himself, he would still have to explain things clearly.

But that was the Armed Police detachment, not our own regimental headquarters.

If things really escalate, they'll both be the ones who suffer.

…………

The taxi drove all the way to the main gate of the camp, and the three of them jumped out and rushed towards the Third Company's barracks.

As soon as I reached the edge of the training field, I heard a loud assembly whistle.

It was dinnertime, and the entire company was lining up to go to the canteen. Chen Zhiyuan stood at the front of the line.

Zhao Yihang and the other two ran over, panting heavily, and were leaning on their knees.

"Reporting, Company Commander!"

"We...we have something to report!"

Chen Zhiyuan glanced at them and saw that the three of them were covered in sweat and Wu Hanfeng was nowhere to be seen. His heart sank and he had a bad feeling.

Wu Hanfeng has never come back safely since he left home; he's either causing trouble or on his way to causing trouble.

"Why are you in such a panic? What happened? What trouble has Wu Hanfeng gotten into this time?"

He tried his best to keep his tone calm and prepared himself mentally.

But what Zhao Yihang said next silenced the entire team.

"Company Commander, this afternoon we hitched a ride with Brother Feng to the city. On the way, Qian Kun picked up a lost child. When he called 110 to report it, his accent was too heavy, and the operator thought it was a kidnapping..."

Zhao Yihang braced himself and recounted the entire farcical incident from the afternoon, from the special police blocking the road and the sniper lying in wait on the rooftop, to the final resolution of the misunderstanding, explaining everything in detail.

The team erupted in uproar upon hearing this.

"Holy crap? Really? Calling 110 will summon the entire city's SWAT team?"

"Qian Kun, you're something else! Your mouth is enough to talk a whole terrorist gang!"

"Snipers on the rooftop? My god, did you three just brush with death this afternoon? You're lucky you weren't shot on the spot!"

"This is hilarious! Trying to snipe a real sniper with a toy gun? Only you guys would do something like that!"

Everyone was talking at once, some were shocked, some were complaining, and some were laughing so hard they couldn't stand up straight.

Chen Zhiyuan's lips twitched violently, and he stared at Qian Kun for a long time without saying a word.

He knew this kid was from a wealthy family and usually spent money extravagantly, but he didn't expect him to cause such a big mess, alarming the entire city's police force with just one move.

"You brat..." Chen Zhiyuan pointed at Qian Kun, both angry and amused, "I bet your mouth is going to cause a huge mess sooner or later! Picking up a child and calling it kidnapping? Why don't you just say you're going to bomb the police station!"

Qian Kun hung his head, obediently accepting the scolding, not daring to utter a single word in rebuttal.

After everyone's laughter subsided a bit, Zhao Yihang continued, "Company Commander, the misunderstanding had been cleared up, but then one of the deputy captains of their armed police said some really nasty things."

He said our company was poorly managed, that the company commander didn't know how to lead troops, and that the regimental commander had lost his mind and was letting us drive the special vehicle around recklessly.

"Brother Feng got angry at the time, kicked Qian Kun and me out of the car, and took Brother Dong back, saying that he was going to the Armed Police Detachment to take revenge."

The moment those words were spoken, the previously noisy crowd fell completely silent.

The laughter stopped abruptly, and everyone's expressions froze.

Zhou Haibo's expression changed instantly: "What did you say? Wu Hanfeng went to the Armed Police detachment by himself? And only took He Dong with him?"