"Nothing." Fang Jianxi found a place diagonally opposite Ning Keke and sat down.

"Auntie called last night and said that you should try to go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday." Fang Jianxi said: "Our class is in a hurry, and Colonel Megan is likely to cancel the vacation in order to let us complete all the courses of the Black Iron Mecha before we leave the job." ”

"Yes!" Rather, it is a good way.

"I'll try to finish those classes well in advance, though, and then apply for leave from Colonel Meghan and send you home." Fang Jianxi said.

"Let's see when the time comes, maybe I won't go back." Rather, it is a good way.

"I've promised my aunt." Fang Jianxi's tone was very gentle, but his words were relatively strong and proactive, as if he had directly helped Ning Keke make a decision.

For Tang Xiaoyan sitting opposite Ning Keke, Fang Jianxi was neither angry nor hostile, he didn't care at all, and he talked to Ning Keke as usual, neither deliberately showing affection with Ning Keke, nor being gentle, as if Tang Xiaoyan didn't exist.

"Are you instructors really going to resign?" Ning Keke suddenly asked.

"Yes!" Fang Jianxi said.

"Does that make a big difference?" Ning Keke asked.

"Great, the commanders of the Ministry of Defense and the Allied Forces Command have already called Admiral Ridgway to question the whole thing." Fang Jianxi said.

"Will that have an adverse impact on Tang Xiaoyan?" Ning Keke asked.

Fang Jianxi didn't want to answer at first, then shook his head and said: "The commanders of the Ministry of Defense and the Coalition Forces Command don't even know who Tang Xiaoyan is, they only question General Li Qiwei, and they can only be General Li Qiwei. ”

"You know what?" Ning Keke said: "I feel a little strange now, I suddenly feel that the two of you are a little similar." ”

When Fang Jianxi, who had always been unfazed and indifferently proud, heard this, his eyebrows twitched suddenly, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his eyes showed a trace of anger. Obviously, he felt that Ning Keke's words were an insult to him, and Ning Keke actually compared Tang Xiaoyan to him.

"When Jian Xi was talking about Tang Xiaoyan, it was as if he was just saying a name. Tang Xiaoyan was sitting beside him at this time, but from Jian Xi's words, he couldn't hear at all that the person he was talking about was sitting next to him. Ning Keke said: "And the whole process of Tang Xiaoyan listening, it seems that the person Jian Xi said is not himself, and he has nothing to do with him. ”

Fang Jianxi ignored Ning Keke's words, sped up the speed of eating, and then said to Ning Keke: "I'm done, let's go first." I still have something to do tonight, so I'm going to go to the library a little later. ”

With that, Fang Jianxi left directly.

"Haven't you tried to be friends?" Ning Keke suddenly said to Tang Xiaoyan: "You are all ghost mecha warriors, you will fight side by side in the future, and you will all become the pillars of the alliance." ”

"Unlikely, I hate him." Tang Xiaoyan said.

After eating, Tang Xiaoyan had already left the restaurant, but he turned around and came back, bought a sumptuous meal, packed it and sent it to Michi's dormitory.

*************

Twelve o'clock in the evening.

"Tang Xiaoyan, today we have completed the fourth cycle of mobile attack training and the fifth small cycle of movement + dodge + attack training of the mecha fighting course. At this point, the mecha fighting course is completely over. Zhang Shaoqi said: "You spent a total of three nights to complete two big cycle courses, God, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there was such a crazy thing in the world." ”

"Okay, in the entire Black Iron Mecha course, we only have the last actual combat training left." Zhang Shaoqi said: "As soon as the actual combat training is over, our short teacher-student relationship will come to an end. It really makes me feel a little emotional, and I can now understand that old saying. There are only students who have been admitted to the top ranks, and there are no gentlemen who have been admitted to Jinshi. ”

"Xiao Tang, remember, in the future, you will become a general and a marshal. You have to transfer me to the front-line troops, teaching in a military school is really boring. Zhang Shaoqi said.

"Yes, by then." Tang Xiaoyan also laughed and said unashamedly.

"Then you may be able to take a vacation for a long time, you can go to the class of a beautiful professor during the day, and you can date a beautiful girl at night." Zhang Shaoqi said: "I can also be liberated, and I can also go on a date." I've been with you three nights in a row and can't date a girlfriend-to-be. Fortunately, you are a pervert who is very good, and it only took three nights to finish all of it, if it drags on for a month and a half, my dream lover will have to be dug into the corner, and if I can marry her in the future, you will definitely play a great role. ”

"Isn't there still actual combat training?" Tang Xiaoyan said: "Let's just come together tomorrow, end early and rest assured." ”

"No, at least in a little more than a month." Zhang Shaoqi said: "The cost of actual combat training is very high, and you can't mobilize the people for the sake of one person. Therefore, it is necessary to wait until the fourth grade of the Black Iron Mecha class conducts actual combat training, and inserts it with the fourth-year students. As long as they pass the actual combat training, then they can successfully graduate and go from cadets to real mecha samurai to soldiers. ”

"Okay, little guy, it took four years of study to be able to conduct actual combat training, and you can't even wait for less than a month." Zhang Shaoqi said with a smile.

Then, Zhang Shaoqi said: "But it's okay if you want to conduct actual combat training in advance, Admiral Li Qiwei is so good to you, as long as you say hello to him, you can definitely do it." But that will have to wait for a while, because he has not been in the military academy for the past two days, and it seems that he has gone to the coalition headquarters to do errands. ”

Tang Xiaoyan felt a sense of guilt and gratitude in his heart, and General Li Qiwei did not go to do business, but went to the coalition headquarters to be questioned.

"No, I'll just wait to train with the fourth-grade seniors." Tang Xiaoyan said: "It's too waste of resources and materials to carry out actual combat training for me alone. ”

"Well, you have a good rest during this time, next week is the Mid-Autumn Festival, if you have relatives in Yajing City, you can go to the festival, if you don't have relatives, you are welcome to come to my house." Zhang Shaoqi said.

"Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel." Tang Xiaoyan said goodbye to Zhang Shaoqi with a smile.

***********

In the next few days, Tang Xiaoyan was completely idle, casually going into a classroom during the day to attend classes, staying in the dormitory most of the time at night to play games, and then delivering meals to Michi.

However, three days later, Tang Xiaoyan found that Meizhi had gained some weight, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

"I've gained 5 pounds." Michi glanced at Tang Xiaoyan and said, "You little fool, the food you bought me is too high in calories!" I'm one of those people who gets fat when I eat it. ”

Tang Xiaoyan was suddenly embarrassed and said, "I, I don't understand these either." I just thought it was nice and delicious, so I bought it. ”

Then Michi said casually: "Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, don't you ask your Ning Keke to spend it together?" ”

"She, she seems to be going home, I don't know much about the specifics." Tang Xiaoyan said.

"If you have nowhere to go, you can come to me, my cooking skills are okay." Michiru said casually.

Tang Xiaoyan didn't know how to answer for a while, Michi saw that Tang Xiaoyan didn't answer, her expression suddenly became a little unnatural, a little sad, and said with a smile: "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't come, even if I treat myself." ”

"If nothing happens that day, I'll come." Tang Xiaoyan said.

"Yes!" Misiton smiled at Tang Xiao and then closed the door.

After Tang Xiaoyan left Michi's dormitory, he did not leave the dormitory area, but walked towards the senior officers' residential area of the Alliance Military Academy to visit Lieutenant General Coolidge.

Lieutenant General Coolidge, like Jian Yong, lives in a high-end residential area of the Alliance Military Academy, with an area of 200 square meters, and looks dignified and dignified from the outside. But after walking in, I saw that Lieutenant General Coolidge's home was really simple, and there was basically no valuable furniture to be found. And the way of life at home is preserved at least a few decades ago, and not a very modern thing is not seen. The old sofas, the old dining tables, and even the electric lights are very old, and there are rare paper prints such as newspapers and internal magazines on the table.

There is no nanny at home, and it is his wife who is busy inside and out. According to his treatment, there can be four or five nannies, specialized doctors, guards and drivers.

When Tang Xiaoyan arrived at his house, Lieutenant General Coolidge's wife was serving food to the table, this was an elderly woman who was a little simple and a little restrained, without the temperament of a high-ranking official's wife, and even looked several years older than Lieutenant General Coolidge.

"Have you eaten it?" Lieutenant General Coolidge asked.

"Just eaten." Tang Xiaoyan said.

"Come back next time, don't eat later." Lieutenant General Coolidge said.

"Yes!" Tang Xiaoyan said.

"Sit down! Wife, make tea! Lieutenant General Coolidge said, then put the newspaper aside and got up from the couch to come over to the table to eat.

"Auntie, I'll come by myself, I'll come by myself." Tang Xiaoyan immediately stood up and wanted to make tea.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Mrs. Ke said again and again.

"Yes!" Suddenly, Lieutenant General Coolidge snorted, his face twitched violently, and he staggered under his feet.

"General." Tang Xiaoyan immediately stood up and ran forward, but he didn't expect Mrs. Ke to move faster, directly threw away the teacup in his hand, and rushed over quickly.

"General, what's wrong with you? Bad back pain again? In a hurry, Mrs. Coolidge's words had a strong dialect flavor, Tang Xiaoyan couldn't understand it very well, and she even called her husband General, which sounded like she was full of estrangement, but looking at her expression, she was very fond of Lieutenant General Coolidge.

"It's fine." Lieutenant General Coolidge broke free from the support of Tang Xiaoyan and his wife, gritted his teeth and walked to the dinner table and sat down straight.

"Country woman, you haven't seen the world, don't laugh." Lieutenant General Coolidge said to Tang Xiaoyan, and then picked up his rice bowl to eat.

During the meal, Lieutenant General Coolidge always made his work straight, and although cold sweat broke out on his forehead in pain, he still ate meticulously. His wife did not dare to persuade him, but sat under him carelessly picking up the meal, keeping her husband's every move out of the corner of her eye. As soon as Lieutenant General Coolidge set her eyes on the fish, she immediately picked up a piece of fish and quickly cleaned all the spines, and then placed it in General Coolidge's bowl. Seeing Lieutenant General Coolidge licking his lips, she knew that her husband's mouth was dry, and immediately scooped up half a bowl of soup, and Lieutenant General Coolidge took it and drank it, everything was incomparably natural and smooth, as if it had been done for decades.

Not a word was said at the dinner table, because Lieutenant General Coolidge adhered to the rule of silence. But without saying a word, his wife could understand the meaning of his every move.

Tang Xiaoyan saw that the corners of his eyes were astringent, and he couldn't tell whether he was moved or sour. General Coolidge was unsatisfactory, but he was very happy, and had a wife who took good care of him and loved him. And his wife, despite all her hard work, is also happy.

In this short period of time, Tang Xiaoyan found that General Coolidge's wife did not dare to speak loudly in front of him, not because of fear, but because of respect, or absolute worship of her husband.

Lieutenant General Coolidge ate quickly, and just as he was about to finish eating, his wife ate faster, and finally finished before Lieutenant General Coolidge, and then immediately served tea and towels, and finally she cleaned up the table neatly.

"What's wrong with your waist?" Tang Xiaoyan asked.

"There's a piece of shrapnel in it, and you can't take it out, and if you take it out, you'll be paralyzed." Lieutenant General Coolidge said, his expression indifferent, as if he was not talking about his illness.

"Modern technology is so advanced, can't there be any way?" Tang Xiaoyan asked.

"Xiao Tang, don't keep saying that modern technology is so advanced." Lieutenant General Coolidge said solemnly: "No matter how advanced science and technology are, it is still people who go to the battlefield, just as people are still people who drive mechas." The same is true for surgery, the key to the success of the operation lies in the doctor's medical skills. ”

"Yes." Tang Xiaoyan said.

"No doctor would dare to do it, because they couldn't be sure that they would be able to get the shrapnel out without hurting the vital part of the spine." Lieutenant General Coolidge said: "In particular, now the shrapnel has completely grown in it, as if it has become a part of my body. ”

"Don't talk about it, it doesn't matter if it hurts, it's good to hurt some, it can alert me all the time, people can't live too comfortably, if it's too comfortable, you will forget a lot of things, and there will be danger." Lieutenant General Coolidge said.

"You know the people of the Ministry of Internal and External Supervision very well?" Lieutenant General Coolidge asked.

"Yes." Tang Xiaoyan said.

The expression on Coolidge's face was a little complicated, and then he sighed slightly and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Our set is a bit outdated and out of place. Although the methods of the Skull Party are a little ruthless, even insidious, they lose their masculinity. But after all, they are also wholeheartedly defending the interests of the alliance and are pure patriots. We didn't look down on them at the time, we thought they couldn't get on the stage, but now it seems that they are alive and well and have been growing, while on the contrary we have all withered. ”

Then, Lieutenant General Coolidge swept Xiao Suo and said, "You can contact them, but you must not get involved too deeply." The route they are taking is too dangerous, and if they take full power, they are likely to lead the alliance to a dangerous point of no return. Doing things consistently with conspiracy and following evil paths will yield great results in the short term, but it will certainly not work in the long run. We still have to be upright in doing things for others, and we can't lose the way, understand? ”

"Yes!" Tang Xiaoyan said, after hesitating for a while, he said, "The people from the Ministry of Supervision also told me so. ”

"Oh?" Lieutenant General Coolidge was a little surprised and said, "What did they say?" ”

"They said I don't want to be like them, keep me away from their dark side." Tang Xiaoyan said.

"Oh!" Lieutenant General Coolidge said: "It seems that they really love you very much, so I am also relieved." ”

At that moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in." Lieutenant General Coolidge said.

His secretary, Major Chamberlain, walked in and said, "General, you should go to Doctor Nikolai." ”

Tang Xiaoyan was slightly stunned and said, "Didn't you go to treat the lumbar spine a few days ago?" ”

"The general went to the coalition headquarters a few days ago, and just came back yesterday afternoon." Major Chamberlain.

Tang Xiaoyan suddenly hesitated, not knowing whether to tell Colonel Nikolai, if he said it, it might be regarded as leaking the secrets of the Ministry of Supervision, because the arrest of Colonel Nikolai was secret. And if he didn't say it, he would feel disrespectful to Lieutenant General Coolidge in his heart, and although Lieutenant General Coolidge would not know, he would blame himself in his heart.

"Colonel Nikolai is not here at this moment." Tang Xiaoyan still said it and said, "Zhang Shaoqi and I will send you to other doctors." ”

"Gone, on a mission?" Major Chamberlain asked.

Tang Xiaoyan didn't know how to answer for a while, Lieutenant General Coolidge carefully recalled the scene when he saw Tang Xiaoyan in Colonel Nikolai a few days ago, and thought of the relationship between Tang Xiaoyan and the Ministry of Supervision, his face couldn't help but change slightly, and then said to Chamberlain: "Don't ask. ”

"Don Xiao, don't tell me." Lieutenant General Coolidge said solemnly: "You have already committed discipline just now, you know? ”

"Yes!" Tang Xiaoyan said.

"Chamberlain, immediately call the people from the Ministry of Internal and External Supervision, and ask them to send a technician over to wash away the memories of the three of us just now." Lieutenant General Coolidge said.

"There's no need for that, is it?" Tang Xiaoyan said.

"It's discipline, it's discipline, you know? You can't say what you shouldn't say, and you can't know what you shouldn't know. Lieutenant General Coolidge slapped the table and said loudly, "I know how serious this is. ”

Half an hour later, Director Sima of the Ministry of Supervision personally led a team to arrive, signed the documents, and washed away the memories of Lieutenant General Coolidge, Major Chamberlain, and Mrs. Ke for a few seconds.

Before clearing his memory, Lieutenant General Coolidge suddenly said to Director Sima: "Colonel Nikolai has been treating me for three years, and I am also suspicious. ”

"By the way, clear the memory of when I said this." Lieutenant General Coolidge said.

……

When Tang Xiaoyan left, Lieutenant General Coolidge asked Major Chamberlain to send him away.

"Xiao Tang, you will come to the general's house more often in the future, and it is best not to eat before coming." Major Chamberlain said: "It can be seen that when you go to the general's house today, the general and aunt are very happy. The general was an upright and arrogant man, not very gregarious, and a marginalized figure, so few people came to visit. ”

"I will." Tang Xiaoyan said, and then he asked, "The general's wife seems to be older than the general." ”

"yes, that's five years older. The general was born in the countryside, and his wife was picked up by the general's parents, because the family was poor and worried that the general would not be able to marry a wife in the future, so he was raised as a child daughter-in-law. Major Chamberlain said: "The general went to the army as a teenager, and then was admitted to the military academy, and then because of his outstanding military achievements, he soared to the sky. During this period, there were countless women who pursued him, including the daughters of many high-ranking generals. The general was promoted to colonel after the war, and he returned to his hometown with honor. After the aunt heard the news of the general's scenery, she felt that she was not worthy of the general, so she left alone. It was the general himself who went to the cave where they were children to hide and seek, and married her the next day, when the general was 33 years old. ”

"There are not many people like the general, there are not many people in this world." Major Chamberlain sighed.

"There aren't many people like Auntie." Tang Xiaoyan said.

"Yes, everything is not going well for the general, but the family is very happy." Major Chamberlain said: "It's a pity that when they got married, the aunt was already old and it was no longer good to have children. It was very thrilling to conceive a child, and in the end, it was not successfully born. So now there is not a single child under the knees, and there are two old people alone. So you go often in the future, and the general likes you very much. ”

"I will." Tang Xiaoyan's eyes were hot, and he tried to hold back his tears.

Afraid of his own gaffe, Tang Xiaoyan asked, "Major Zhang, the general went to the coalition headquarters a few days ago, is it because of my business?" ”

"You can say the same thing." Chamberlain said: "Because you and Megan. In Mendes's matter, General Coolidge was a little passive, so Lieutenant General Coolidge felt the need to go to the coalition headquarters to express his views, which was equivalent to helping Admiral Ridgway, but, in fact, those people in the coalition headquarters were already very unwelcome to see General Coolidge. He may have gone in vain, but he still insisted on going, which is the general's criterion. ”

"Is the general on good terms with Admiral Ridgway?" Tang Xiaoyan asked.

"It's like fire and water." Major Chamberlain smiled bitterly: "In fact, when the general was brought to the military academy at that time, Principal Li Qiwei admired the general as a human being, and still relied on the general very much. However, the two have completely different codes of conduct and behavior, and the contradictions are getting bigger and bigger. In the end, General Ridgway could not bear it anymore and sent General Coolidge to the coldest yamen of the military academy. ”

"Of course, you don't have to be embarrassed, I know that Principal Li Qiwei also loves you very much." Major Chamberlain said: "The two of them are at odds on duty, and there is no personal grudge at all. Not only do you not have to take sides, but you can also help ease the relationship between the two. ”

"Jingle bell!" Suddenly, Tang Xiaoyan's mobile phone rang.

"Tang Xiaoyan, I'm Zhang Shaoqi, you come to the heliport immediately, let's go to participate in the mecha actual combat training, ...... quickly" After answering the phone, Zhang Shaoqi said anxiously.

"Didn't you say that there would be actual combat training in more than a month? With the fourth-year seniors of the Black Iron Mecha? Tang Xiaoyan was surprised.

"Because there are big people participating, it's early." Zhang Shaoqi sneered: "You don't want to be specialized, it doesn't mean that others are not specialized, in order to take care of a certain pride of the sky, an order from above cost tens of millions of dollars to come to a special combat exercise." ”

"Didn't you say that there would be actual combat training in more than a month? With the fourth-year seniors of the Black Iron Mecha? Tang Xiaoyan was surprised.

"Because there are big people participating, it's early." Zhang Shaoqi sneered: "You don't want to be specialized, it doesn't mean that others are not specialized, in order to take care of a certain pride of the sky, an order from above cost tens of millions of dollars to come to a special combat exercise." ”