Chapter 26 Chen Qi: General Su, are you going to the award ceremony today too? Who is it? Such a big commotion!
Finally, Chen Yuan Xiang was helpless.
He didn't hint anymore.
How many times has he hinted in such a short time?
He couldn’t even count, but Su Yuan acted as if he didn’t see or hear anything. It made him a little depressed.
This script was completely different from what he had in mind.
While Chen Yuan Xiang was depressed, on the other side, a few people in the group pulled out a small group.
“Envy, at this moment, old dog Chen must be receiving Su Yuan’s envious, jealous, and hateful gaze, right?”
“I wish I could show off in front of that guy Su Yuan!”
“Forget it, you’re just a Second Lieutenant, if you say it out loud, you’ll probably be looked down upon by old dog Chen.”
“Frustrated! I can’t, I have to be promoted to First Lieutenant this year no matter what, otherwise, I’ll be left far behind by you guys. My old man will probably beat me to death.”
“Pitiful! Old Wang, although we are a little worse than old dog Chen, we are only one step behind after all. That guy wants to be promoted to the Colonel level, it’s almost impossible without two or three years, we still have a chance to catch up.”
“You’re different, you are only a Second Lieutenant. When you get promoted again, you’ll be a First Lieutenant, and you still have a long way to go before you reach Captain. I doubt that if you go home for the New Year, your old man will definitely hang you up and beat you!”
“Do you need to doubt that?”
“I’ve decided not to go back. I’ll be on duty for the New Year!”
“Old Wang, don’t be discouraged. You’re not the worst, Su Yuan is the one who is the most miserable, okay? He’s been a rookie for two years, even if he stays in the army, he may not even be able to get a Lieutenant’s position.”
Wang Jing Chu was quite pleased to hear this.
He was a little worse than others, much worse than Chen Yuan Xiang, but he was definitely much better than Su Yuan.
He was miserable, but Su Yuan seemed even more miserable.
A high-achieving student who studied abroad for four years, in the end, he still couldn’t escape being sent to the army. Could anything be more miserable than that?
People are like this, it doesn’t matter if they are miserable themselves, as long as there are those who are even more miserable, they can find joy in their misery.
…
When Wang Jing Chu and the others created a new small group, Su Yuan and the others didn’t know.
A restaurant with some unique features.
The two of them sat face to face.
During the time they sat down to eat, Chen Yuan Xiang stopped worrying about Su Yuan’s lack of reaction to his promotion and sighed with emotion:
“We haven’t eaten at the same table for four years. How was it in Russia for four years?”
“It was okay!”
Su Yuan smiled slightly.
He also felt a sense of emotion in his heart. In the blink of an eye, four years had passed. Everyone was no longer students, they had their own jobs and had become more mature.
“Why haven’t you been back once in four years?”
Chen Yuan Xiang asked: “The few of us can’t go to Russia because of our identities, we can’t go out. You were a student, you didn’t have this restriction, you could come back whenever you wanted, right?”
When it came to this, Chen Yuan Xiang was a little curious.
Based on his understanding of Su Yuan, there was no reason for him to not come back once in four years of studying abroad.
Afraid of being scolded by General Su?
That might not be impossible.
Or was he worried about being conscripted by General Su, that he would never be able to go back after he came back?
Chen Yuan Xiang thought of many things.
But he still looked at Su Yuan seriously.
It was difficult for Su Yuan to explain this.
Even for him, his four years in Russia felt a little unreal.
He even couldn't believe that in four years, he had gone from being a student to his current position.
Of course, these were not the most crucial points.
The most crucial point was that his identity couldn’t be made public for now.
Su Yuan could only smile awkwardly: “It’s because of some things.”
Su Yuan didn’t say much, he could only vaguely avoid the topic.
Chen Yuan Xiang also saw that Su Yuan seemed reluctant to talk about it, so he didn’t ask any further.
He could see that Su Yuan had difficulties.
There’s no need to pry into each other’s lives between brothers.
“Come on, let’s have a toast for your return from your studies.”
Chen Yuan Xiang raised his glass and drank it down in one go.
Su Yuan also drank it down in one go.
Chen Yuan Xiang looked surprised: “Did you learn how to drink in Russia?”
Su Yuan didn't drink before, Chen Yuan Xiang couldn’t be mistaken about this.
A few times, he had choked on one or two mouthfuls of Baijiu, his face turned red, and he never touched Baijiu again.
But now, Su Yuan’s powerful move of drinking it down in one go, and his calm demeanor, made him wonder if he had recognized the wrong person.
Su Yuan laughed.
He had not only learned, those guys in Russia were all alcoholics!
He couldn’t avoid drinking, he had developed his drinking capacity over the past four years.
Although Chen Yuan Xiang had also developed his drinking capacity in the army, he felt that he could outdrink Chen Yuan Xiang in Baijiu.
Of course, Su Yuan didn’t say that, he just smiled and said: “I learned a little bit, you know, many people in Russia drink alcohol like water. After a while, you’ll learn how to do it too.”
“That’s right!”
Chen Yuan Xiang understood.
He almost forgot, Su Yuan was studying abroad in Russia!
Their drinking culture is not comparable to Daxia’s.
“No wonder you can drink a cup of Baijiu without blushing or getting flustered.”
Chen Yuan Xiang laughed.
“General Su is going to send you to the army for training this time. Have you thought about which branch you want to go to?” Chen Yuan Xiang asked.
Su Yuan thought for a moment and said: “Air Force.”
“Air Force?”
“Be a logistics officer?”
Chen Yuan Xiang was stunned.
Su Yuan shook his head: “Air Force pilot!”
These few words made Chen Yuan Xiang speechless.
“Pilot?”
Chen Yuan Xiang raised his head and touched Su Yuan’s forehead: “No fever, right?”
“No fever.” Su Yuan was a little helpless.
Chen Yuan Xiang said: “You said you want to be a pilot? Don’t you know what the Air Force is like, Su Yuan? Most Air Force pilots are trained from the age of thirteen or fourteen, otherwise, they wouldn’t recruit pilots in high school. How old are you now? Are you going to take the pilot recruitment exam?”
“Not to mention if you can pass, even if you pass and enter the Aviation Academy, what then? Can anyone be an Air Force pilot?”
Chen Yuan Xiang was a little excited.
Air Force pilots require not only a great physique, but their academic performance can’t be bad either, otherwise, he would have definitely gone to the pilot recruitment exam.
Being a pilot and flying Daxia’s most advanced JX-20 fighter jet, that was a man’s romance.
But in the end, he gave up because of various reasons.
Of course, he couldn’t compare to Su Yuan’s academic performance, now he graduated successfully from a national university in Russia, he wasn’t worried about his knowledge.
But Su Yuan was not young now!
It takes at least four years for the Aviation Academy to train an Air Force pilot. Even if someone is talented in the field of aviation and can complete the graduation assessment one year earlier, it still takes three years.
Three years later, Su Yuan would be twenty-five years old.
Moreover, this was the best-case scenario.
The graduation assessment for pilots is the hardest of all, if you fail, you have to repeat the year, if you repeat too many times, you are not allowed to take the graduation assessment again, either you go to be a ground crew, or you take on a position like a clerk.
There’s no choice, and no one gives you the chance to choose.
Thinking about becoming a pilot at the age of twenty-two, to be honest, it was a bit late.
Thinking about this, Chen Yuan Xiang persuaded: “If you want to be a pilot, I think you should think about it carefully. You don’t have four years to waste.”
“Besides, Aunt Wen Qin wants you to inherit her company, right?”
“If you go to an ordinary army, it’s fine if you retire after two years. But if you go to be an Air Force pilot, if you really pass the graduation assessment, will you be willing to give up the opportunity to soar in the sky?”
“But that way, you won’t be able to pass your mom’s test.”
“Of course, if you really reach that point, Aunt Wen Qin probably won’t stop you, but... I feel like this choice of yours isn’t so good.”
Su Yuan didn’t say anything.
To be honest, was Chen Yuan Xiang wrong in what he said?
No!
If he didn’t have his four years of experience in Russia, and he went to be a pilot after returning from studying abroad, to be honest, it would be a waste of time, it would be better to inherit his mother’s billions of fortune.
However, there were some things that Su Yuan couldn’t say to Chen Yuan Xiang, he could only laugh it off.
Seeing that Su Yuan didn’t seem to be persuaded, Chen Yuan Xiang shook his head helplessly.
“A Yuan, if you want to be a pilot, your brother won’t say anything, a few words to help you fulfill your dream of flying.”
“Come on, let’s have a toast.”
“I’ll drink to that.”
Chen Yuan Xiang drank it down in one go again.
Su Yuan didn't hesitate, it was all in the cup of alcohol.
That day, the two of them drank quite a lot.
However, they didn’t get drunk.
Both Su Yuan and Chen Yuan Xiang could drink quite a bit, the two of them drank a whole bottle of Baijiu, they couldn’t drink more even if they wanted to.
At night, the two of them parted ways.
On the bus.
Chen Yuan Xiang found Wang Jing Chu, “I didn’t see you guys chatting in the group, you created a small group, right? Add me in!”
“Damn it!”
After a curse, Chen Yuan Xiang received the invitation prompt.
After joining the small group, Chen Yuan Xiang sent a message: “A Yuan, he seems to be planning to become an Air Force pilot.”
Wang Jing Chu was stunned.
The others were also a little confused.
Becoming an Air Force pilot at this age?
To be honest, it wasn’t a good choice.
If you fail the assessment, you will have wasted four years in vain.
If you pass, you’re not young anymore.
Don’t think that twenty-six years old is not that old, but for Air Force pilots, that age is really not young anymore.
All they could say was that Su Yuan’s choice was a bit unexpected to Chen Yuan Xiang.
They had considered many things, but they never thought that Su Yuan would choose this path.
It was something no one expected.
“Why are you thinking so much?”
“If A Yuan wants to take this path, we, as brothers, will just silently support him.”
“Yes, whether he passes or not, if he doesn’t pass, he’ll go home and inherit billions of fortune, being a rich man is not bad either, anyway, his brother is there, the Su family doesn’t need him to join the army to bring glory to the family.”
“Haha! If I don’t pass, I’ll go home and inherit billions of fortune, if it were me, I would be willing too!”
Chen Yuan Xiang and the others all laughed.
They were saying this with their mouths, but in their hearts, they still hoped that Su Yuan would be able to fulfill his Air Force dream and soar through the sky.
At the same time, they felt a little envious.
Air Force pilots!
That was the dream of every man.
Flying the JX-20 and soaring through the sky, who could resist that temptation?
Which man doesn’t have a dream of flying?
…
The Chen family.
Chen Yuan Xiang just got home.
Chen Qi, the old man, hadn’t gone to sleep yet. He looked at Chen Yuan Xiang: “You went to Su Yuan’s place?”
“Yeah.”
“Is General Su alright?”
“He’s fine.”
“Right, what about Su Yuan? Is General Su really going to send him to the army for training?” Chen Qi asked again.
“It’s probably so.”
Chen Yuan Xiang thought for a while and said: “But A Yuan seems to have his own ideas, he wants to take the pilot recruitment exam, he wants to be an Air Force pilot.”
Air Force pilot?
Chen Qi was slightly stunned, this was an unexpected choice.
“It’s not very good to take the pilot recruitment exam at this age.” Chen Qi expressed his thoughts.
“I told him that too, but A Yuan seems to be determined. I didn’t persuade him further in the end.”
Chen Yuan Xiang nodded.
After talking for a while, Chen Yuan Xiang was about to go wash up and rest, but Chen Qi said: “You’ve surpassed others now, but you still need to work harder. I’ve met Su family kids many times, don’t think he was more dissolute than you when he was younger, he’s also the smartest.”
“If he really enters the Aviation Academy and passes the graduation assessment, the possibility is very high. Nowadays, the importance of the Air Force is getting higher and higher, the promotion speed of Air Force pilots is also relatively fast. He may be behind you at first, but in terms of the real deal, within ten years, he might be able to catch up to you guys.”
Chen Yuan Xiang kept the old man’s words in mind.
Even if the old man didn’t say anything, he knew it in his heart.
The Air Force has a natural advantage.
He couldn’t underestimate Su Yuan.
That guy, if he really becomes an Air Force pilot, it’s not impossible for him to catch up to him in ten years.
“I know.”
Chen Yuan Xiang nodded solemnly.
Then he turned and walked towards the bedroom.
Although Chen Qi didn’t say anything, after Chen Yuan Xiang turned and left, a smile of relief appeared on his face.
His grandson might have been dissolute in the past, capable of making people angry, but several years of army life had made Chen Yuan Xiang more mature.
He knew what was important.
…
Time flew by.
Soon, it was the day of the award ceremony.
As Su Yuan’s grandfather, Su Bing Sheng was also invited.
He was dressed formally today, it was the army dress uniform he wore before retirement.
Two bars and two stars, gleaming.
On his chest, there were medals that he had accumulated over decades. Each medal represented his past achievements.
These were earned from blood and fire, they were exchanged with half a lifetime of sacrifice.
Wearing the cap that represents the military, shining with stars, his figure might not be as upright as Mount Tai because of his age, but his aura was still as strong as ever.
Looking at Su Yuan standing in front of him, his wise eyes were full of relief.
This grandson of his, who was only twenty-two years old, would be awarded the shoulder rank of Major General by Elder Wei in person, under the eyes of everyone.
A golden flower would shine on his shoulder, just like Su Yuan himself, emitting endless brilliance.
However, these expressions disappeared in a very short time. Looking at Su Yuan, he went straight to the point:
“Xiao Yuan, you’ve also attended the award ceremony in Russia, and you are a senior officer. I won’t say anything about the unnecessary rules, I believe you can handle it.”
“Behave yourself, behaving badly in front of Elder Wei and those people, you know what it means, I think you know.”
“I won’t waste any more words, let’s go to the conference hall.”
Su Yuan’s expression became serious, he quickly raised his hand in salute.
At this moment, they weren’t grandfather and grandson, they were both soldiers.
He put his hand down and then followed Su Bing Sheng onto the military vehicle sent by the military.
The military vehicle started, heading towards the large conference hall.
In the car, Su Yuan’s expression was filled with a hint of excitement.
Being awarded there, it was sacred.
That place, it was untouchable.
On the way.
A ringing sound rang out.
Su Bing Sheng unconsciously furrowed his brows, he took out his phone and took a look. It was Chen Qi calling.
“Old Chen.”
“General Su.”
Chen Qi said respectfully.
“Old Chen, I still have something to do later, if you have something to say, say it quickly. Once I get there, I’ll have to turn off my phone.” Su Bing Sheng said in a deep voice.
He needs to turn off his phone once he gets there?
Hearing this, Chen Qi seemed to have thought of something, he quickly said: “I heard that there seems to be an important award ceremony being held in Conference Hall No. 1 today, and Elder Wei is personally in charge, this is…”
“It’s true.” Before Chen Qi could finish speaking, Su Bing Sheng said directly.
“I’m going to Conference Hall No. 1 right now.”
“General Su, are you also going to the award ceremony?”
“Yes.”
“Who is it? Such a big commotion!”
Chen Qi’s face was solemn, someone who could make Elder Wei personally in charge, and who could alarm General Su Bing Sheng, this was a big commotion!