Chapter 48: Reunion with Lu Xue

  These days, Xie Xiaoshuai would call Lu Xue whenever he had some free time, and the topics of their conversations became more and more numerous. Xie Xiaoshuai really wanted to go see Lu Xue, but since the selection was underway, as the main officer in charge, he couldn't leave.

  Xie Xiaoshuai took good care of the female soldiers, letting Caohua Snake train them separately and requiring slightly lower standards than for male soldiers. Duan Ge disagreed with this approach, believing in gender equality and no special treatment. However, since Xie Xiaoshuai was in charge, he could only assist from the side and make suggestions without overstepping his authority to stop it. Therefore, he reported to Xie Pingyang, fulfilling his duty as an instructor.

  Xie Pingyang had reservations about Xie Xiaoshuai's approach, but Xie Xiaoshuai insisted on his own way, believing that since he was in charge of this selection, then it should be done according to his plan. Upon hearing his son say so, Xie Pingyang decided to let Xie Xiaoshuai take the reins, indicating that he could withstand the pressure from above, but Xie Xiaoshuai must produce results, otherwise he would be the first to be punished.

  After a month of selection, thanks to Xiao Shuai's encouragement during this period, the pass rate of these people was much higher than before. Most of the excellent talents personally selected by Xiao Shuai and Duan Ge barely passed.

  These new assault teams were brought out by Xie Xiaoshuai based on his experience in selecting new anti-terrorism assault teams, and are composed of top talents from various industries with high education and expertise.

  Although Xie Pingyang was dissatisfied with Xie Xiaoshuai's approach, he still gave his utmost support to his successor.

  After joining the team, Xie Xiaoshuai spent a lot of effort cultivating their military quality, special combat skills and other aspects. The combat effectiveness of several assault teams grew rapidly, becoming qualified special soldiers.

  The exercise, codenamed "Thunderbolt", organized by the military region, has begun. The exercise scenario: The Blue Army's superior forces launch a preemptive strike, destroying all of the Red Army's important facilities such as airports, fuel depots, and communication stations. Having lost most of its effective combat strength, the Red Army is unable to organize a counterattack and can only dispatch special forces to infiltrate strategic locations occupied by the Blue Army to carry out sabotage.

  Xiao Shuai's desert fox team did not participate in this exercise, but instead sent out three newly joined assault teams to fight. The three assault teams cooperated with each other, constantly breaking through various important facilities behind the Blue Army, causing significant losses to the Blue Army and making them anxious. In the end, several female soldiers disguised themselves as nurses at a military hospital, infiltrating the Blue Army's headquarters and beheading the Blue Army commander, helping the Red side achieve ultimate victory.

  The military region's top leaders attached great importance to this new type of small team and summoned Xie Pingyang to the headquarters for questioning. Xie Pingyang reported in detail how Xie Xiaoshuai led the team out and his concept of commanding troops. The military region's leadership thought that Xie Xiaoshuai's approach was very good and could be used as a pilot project in Eagle, while also listing Xie Xiaoshuai's personal file in the military region's excellent young officer database as a key target for training.

  These things, Xie Pingyang didn't tell Xie Xiaoshuai. After the exercise ended, Xie Xiaoshuai had a week's holiday. Xie Xiaoshuai first went home to accompany his mother Sun Houxun for two days, and then called Lu Xue, and the two agreed on the time and place to meet.

  Wearing loose casual clothes, Xie Xiaoshuai still felt a bit unaccustomed to it, but this was something his mother had bought for him, and in any case, he was in a good mood.

  Lu Xue had been transferred to work at the provincial hall on Xiao Shuai's side a month ago, not far from Xiao Shuai's unit. Xiao Shuai arrived in less than half an hour by taxi. At the entrance of the Provincial Hall, Xiao Shuai was stopped by the armed police on duty. When the armed police saw the rank of lieutenant colonel on Xiao Shuai's military ID, they compared it with the photo for a long time. However, the steel seal on the military ID that could not be forged indeed proved that this young man in his early twenties was a lieutenant colonel.

  Xie Xiaoshuai registered and then asked the guard where Lu Xue's office was, and rushed over hastily.

  When Xie Xiaoshuai walked to the door of Lu Xue's office, Lu Xue was busy writing a manuscript in her hand. Xie Xiaoshuai stood outside the door and watched Lu Xue busily without going in to disturb her.

  "Hello, who are you looking for?" At this time, a male colleague in the same office as Lu Xue happened to come back from outside and saw Xie Xiaojuan standing at the door, asking out loud.

  "Oh, hello, I'm here looking for Lu Xue." Xie Xiaoshuai replied politely.

  Upon hearing Xie Xiao-shuai's response, the other party immediately became vigilant and their tone turned somewhat unfriendly: "Who are you? What is your relationship with Comrade Lu Xue?"

  Xie Xiaoshuai only then carefully took a clear look at the appearance of the person who came, with a hawk-like nose, eyes slightly triangular in shape, and very thin lips. Although he was wearing a police uniform, the feeling he gave people was very uncomfortable. Seeing the other's attitude change, Xie Xiaoshuai simultaneously retracted his own polite attitude: "What I am is not for you to know, my relationship with Lu Xue probably doesn't need your inquiry."

  "Look at your shifty appearance, you're definitely not a good person. If you don't speak clearly, I won't let you leave this gate today." The male police officer was very arrogant.

  Xie Xiaoshuai got angry, a dignified Liberation Army captain, was actually called a hooligan. He glared at the male police officer, took a step forward and walked to his front, the aura of having experienced blood and fire suddenly scared the male police officer back a step, almost falling to the ground.

  "What do you want to do? This is the Provincial Public Security Department, not a place for you to be reckless." The male police officer was slightly flustered.

  "Just now you said I was what? Say it again." Xie Xiaoshuai took another step forward, pressing against the male police officer.

  At this time, Lu Xue heard the noise outside and looked up to see Xie Xiaoshuai and her colleague standing opposite each other. Lu Xue quickly put down what she was doing and walked to the door.

  "What are you two doing? What is this place? It's so noisy in here. Come on, let's go inside and talk." Upon hearing Lu Xue's words, Xie Xiao Shuai turned his head around, ignoring the male police officer, and followed Lu Xue into the room.

  "Lu Xue, who is this man? Sneaking around and peeking at you from the doorway, he's definitely not a good person." The male cop, still feeling embarrassed after being glared at by Xie Xiao Shuai earlier, shifted his attention to Xie Xiao Shuai.

  "He's my friend," I said to Zhao Feng, "Are you sick or something? My business has nothing to do with you, no need for you to worry about it." Hearing Zhao Feng say this, Xie Xiaoshuai also got angry.

  "Lu Xue, this concerns you. I can't just watch those unscrupulous people casually running into your office to harass you." Zhao Feng still wouldn't give up.

  When Zhao Feng finished speaking, if Xie Xiaoshuai didn't erupt, he wouldn't be a man. Xie Xiaoshuai walked up to Zhao Feng, stretched out his right hand and grabbed Zhao Feng's collar, lifted him up with one move, and said viciously: "If you say another word of nonsense, I'll knock all your teeth out."

  Zhao Feng's legs kicked wildly as he was lifted up, his face turned a deep purple color, and his hands pounded against Xie Xiaoshuai's grip on his collar.

  Xie Xiaoshuai originally didn't want to have anything to do with Zhao Feng, people like him are just vicious dogs. If a dog bites you, would you bite back? But Zhao Feng's words were too much, so Xie Xiaoshuai decided to teach him a lesson.

  From the time they started arguing, there were passersby who stopped to watch. When Xie Xiaoshuai picked up Zhao Feng, no one came forward to mediate, which shows that Zhao Feng did not get along well with his colleagues in daily life.

  Zhao Feng was held up by Xie Xiaoshuai for nearly a minute, his face getting uglier and uglier. Xie Xiaoshuai thought it was about time, or else he might end up taking someone's life. So he loosened his hand, and Zhao Feng's two legs were unstable, and with a thud, he sat on the ground, panting heavily.

  Zhao Feng raised his head and saw the crowd outside pointing and whispering, feeling that he had lost face. "You little brat, wait for me, I'll deal with you later." After throwing out this harsh remark, Zhao Feng pushed through the crowd and slunk away dejectedly.

  The onlookers saw that there was nothing exciting to see, and they all dispersed in twos and threes. Suddenly, it became quiet again. Xie Xiaoshuai's good mood at seeing Lu Xue was ruined by Zhao Feng, and he lost interest, closing the door behind him and walking into the house.