Super Soldier in the City

"Just drive over it!" Li Yifei immediately decided, "Let them both get out first, I’ll drive, you guide."

"I’ll drive," Zheng Mingrui quickly said.

"What’s the rush? We can afford to lose the car, but we can’t let anything happen to the people!" Li Yifei finished speaking and walked back. Zheng Mingrui stomped his foot in frustration, knowing he couldn’t win against Li Yifei. Just like back in the Flying Hawk Squad, Li Yifei was always the first to take on dangerous tasks. This time was no different, and he couldn’t be stopped. Zheng Mingrui looked around and found that there was only this one road. He pulled out his phone and checked the navigation, realizing that reaching their destination would require a significant detour.

The gap wasn’t completely empty; there were a few logs lying across it. Stepping on the logs would make them wobble, which was already unsafe. Let alone driving across it, but with a one and a half meter distance, it wasn’t a problem for a Mercedes SUV’s performance.

Zheng Mingrui found the optimal position and made a hand gesture to Li Yifei. Li Yifei flashed the headlights twice, stepped on the gas twice, and charged forward.

The car roared as it approached the broken road, speeding across. The front wheels hit the opposite side, the car body bounced slightly, and just as imagined, it flew over. Li Yifei stopped the car and opened the door to see Na Yi cheering in the distance, running over.

"Be careful," Li Yifei said.

"Mm-hmm!" Na Yi nodded repeatedly, looking at the one and a half meter gap, without hesitation, she leaped over. Zheng Mingrui and Lin Wanqing also jumped over one after another.

Getting back into the car, Zheng Mingrui complained, "Even though this place is a bit remote, it’s still a road. How come no one’s come to repair it? What’s the local government up to?"

"Northwest Inland Area," Li Yifei sighed.

"It can’t be this bad," Zheng Mingrui said.

Who knows, Li Yifei shook his head. After driving for a while, the sky turned dark, and soon it fell into night. Yet dark clouds drifted from the horizon, and before long, a strong wind began to blow, quickly followed by heavy rain. Such a storm was not suitable for driving on mountain roads. If a landslide or mudslide occurred, Li Yifei could ensure he’d be fine, but the other three in the car...

Can’t think recklessly, Li Yifei shook his head and kept his eyes on the side close to the mountain.

Along the way, they did see some farmhouses in the mountains, but there was little light. Zheng Mingrui stopped the car, glanced at the navigation, and found that they weren’t far from the location given by Zhang Tianxing, estimating it to be about ten kilometers away.

However, the road became even more challenging here. Although the rain had passed, the road conditions worsened. It was already a semi-dirt road, full of potholes. With the rain soaking the ground, the wheels were at risk of getting stuck, so the speed couldn’t be too slow, or the lack of power might cause them to get trapped.

Zheng Mingrui drove very carefully, but it was tough on the two women in the backseat. They had already started to feel carsick, so Li Yifei had no choice but to press their sleep acupoints, putting them to sleep.

"Boss, Tianxing lives in a place like this. It’s not any easier than our training back in the day."

"That’s the typical life of farmers," Li Yifei looked up at the sky. The rain had stopped, but the clouds remained.

"Thankfully we’re almost there, or we might run out of fuel."

"If we see a town, let’s head there first, refuel, and find a place to sleep. Inform Tianxing of our whereabouts."

"Got it." Zheng Mingrui nodded. The two of them didn’t mind— they had been through worse, but the two delicate women in the backseat couldn’t handle it as easily.

The location given by Zhang Tianxing wasn’t very accurate, causing the car to finally break free from the mud and reach the entrance of a small village. Zheng Mingrui scratched his head, comparing it, and said, "Could this be the township?"

The township, how to put it, was very small. Although it had electricity and internet, it looked like it only had a few dozen households. It was more like a small mountain village. As the car drove over, with the headlights on, a figure approached from a distance. Zheng Mingrui said, "Someone’s coming."

"Mm!"

The person walking seemed to stumble slightly, teetering with each step. Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui watched closely, both holding their breaths. In the car headlights, the figure wore a straw raincoat and seemed to have trouble with his legs, making it difficult to walk on the muddy road, up and down. Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui exchanged a glance and simultaneously opened the car door and jumped out.

It was quite cold outside at this time, and due to the rain, the air was damp and chilly. The person was about thirty to forty meters away. Li Yifei and Zheng Mingrui walked towards him.

"Is that you, Mingrui?" a somewhat hoarse voice called out as the person stopped and asked.

"Tianxing?" Zheng Mingrui’s body trembled, and he hurriedly ran over to ask, "Zhang Tianxing? What are you doing here?"

"It’s really you, brother!" The other person tore off the straw raincoat, revealing his face. Zheng Mingrui, excited, grabbed him by the hand, "Didn’t I tell you not to meet us? Why did you come out here, this..."

Zheng Mingrui couldn’t finish his words because Zhang Tianxing’s clothes were already soaked. The straw raincoat hadn’t provided any real protection from the rain. Judging by the ground conditions around them, it was clear how heavy it had rained earlier. A straw raincoat couldn’t possibly shield against a downpour, meaning Zhang Tianxing had been waiting here for at least one or two hours.

Zhang Tianxing grinned and said, "I’m fine, my body is strong. Besides, I haven’t waited long, seeing you brothers makes me happy, haha!"

"I’m happy too, so happy. We haven’t seen each other for so many years, Tianxing!" Zheng Mingrui said as he observed his brother, noticing Zhang Tianxing’s clothes were the type of camouflage sold for a few dozen RMB at the market, and they were quite worn. He felt a bit uncomfortable inside.

"Now that we’ve met, I’ll go buy more liquor tomorrow, us brothers have to have a good drink!" Zhang Tianxing said loudly.

"Drink, drink the hell out of it!" Zheng Mingrui cursed suddenly, and then, as if remembering something, he slapped his forehead and hurriedly said, "Tianxing, look at me so happy that I forgot the important thing. Look behind me, who’s here!"

"Huh?" Zhang Tianxing wiped his face, widened his eyes to look, but the headlights were too bright, he couldn’t see clearly, so he instinctively asked, "Who... is it?"

Li Yifei walked over and said, "Tianxing, it’s me."

"Gold... Golden Eagle Captain? God. It’s really the captain!" Zhang Tianxing’s body shook suddenly, unable to believe looking at Li Yifei. After confirming it really was the Flying Hawk Squad’s captain Li Yifei back then, he didn’t know what to do in his excitement. He wanted to hug Li Yifei, but his body was too dirty.

Li Yifei extended his hand and gave Zhang Tianxing a full hug. Zhang Tianxing was so excited that he choked up a bit, vigorously patting Li Yifei’s back, saying, "Old Captain, why did you come, I’m... I’m so happy. I didn’t even dare dream of this!"

"What’s there not to dare think? You’re my brother, getting married is such a big event, how could I not come? But I have to criticize you, for not notifying me of such things. If Mingrui hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have known!"

"Yes, yes, I... I was wrong, Captain. I’m really so happy, didn’t expect you would come, I’m sorry for not being a good host!" Zhang Tianxing rubbed his face with his sleeve, not knowing whether it was rain, tears, or sweat.

Li Yifei smiled and shook his head, saying, "As long as there’s enough liquor, there’s nothing to pick on, we eat meat if there’s meat, eat vegetables if there are vegetables!"

"There is, there is! Whew, Mingrui said he’d give me a surprise, I was guessing what it could be, but didn’t expect old Captain you would come, this is too big a surprise for me, I’m quite overwhelmed."

"And other brothers, if they don’t arrive today, they’ll be here tomorrow!" Zheng Mingrui interjected.

"Good, good, I, Zhang Tianxing, have too much respect, the captain of Huaxia’s first combat squad came to my wedding, haha, and a bunch of good buddies!"

Li Yifei noticed one of Zhang Tianxing’s arms was constantly bent, and when the other leg moved, it was not very nimble. Looking closely, one could see that the direction of that foot was somewhat wrong, it was almost turning sideways.

Seeing this, Li Yifei felt a pang in his heart. Although Zhang Tianxing was injured back then, it wasn’t so serious, especially that foot. After treatment, it still had some disability, but it wasn’t almost sideways.

Zheng Mingrui obviously noticed this too, gritting his teeth, seeing their old battle companion, past brother become like this, both feeling uncomfortable inside.

Zhang Tianxing naturally also felt these gazes, he smiled and patted his thigh, saying, "Old Captain, Mingrui, you two must be laughing at me. I really do look a bit disgraceful now."

"Disgraceful my foot, it’s not disgraceful at all. You were injured for the country, this is an honor!" Zheng Mingrui said loudly.

"Hey!" Zhang Tianxing nodded.

"Didn’t recover well after coming back? Why has it gotten more serious?" Li Yifei asked.

"No big deal, there was a bit of an accident, and it didn’t get treated properly but it’s not a problem, still got a good leg and a good hand, can still do farm work!" Zhang Tianxing said seemingly optimistically.

What nonsense, walking is already hard, Li Yifei really wanted to reply. With words at the tip of his tongue, he patted Zhang Tianxing’s shoulder and said, "I’ll take a look later, I’ve learned some bone setting these past years."

"Alright, trouble you old Captain. Although this leg has already set, probably no chance of recovery!" Zhang Tianxing said somewhat despondently.

Zheng Mingrui said, "Old Captain has superb medical skills, he’ll surely find a way. Well, Mingrui let’s get in the car, talk at home!"

"As for home... let’s first go to the township over there. I just worried you couldn’t find the place, that’s why I waited here. Home is too simple, can’t accommodate people, let’s go to the township, I’ve found a place for you."

Zheng Mingrui hesitated for a moment, thinking to say it was fine, but remembering the two women in the car, he nodded and said, "Me and the Captain don’t matter, but we both brought our wives, they have had a busy day, need a good rest."

"Huh? Sister-in-law came too?" Zhang Tianxing froze upon hearing this, then hurriedly slapped his head, saying, "See me so excited, Sister-in-law came... Let me first go greet. Boss, don’t blame me."

"Blame my foot, take it easy, don’t rush!" Li Yifei said.