Chapter 364: 374 Application

Chapter 364: Chapter 374 Application

“Captain, congratulations.” Chen Yingjie was genuinely happy! More than once, he’d secretly complained about this, and his grandfather had long mentioned it.

Although Xu Qigang was the captain of the War Wolf Rescue Team, the formal title of captain had not been officially conferred upon him.

“Captain, this is really a cause for celebration!” Chen Baoshan said, his eyes brimming with tears of excitement, “I’ve been looking forward to this for two years, and it’s finally happened.”

“Isn’t that so? Back in the Southern…” Wu Houhai began to speak excitedly and couldn’t finish before he too shed tears.

“Alright, what’s with everyone crying?” Xu Qigang was defeated by these people, “It’s just a promotion. Is it worth all this?” Actually, he wasn’t greatly moved inside, and if there was any stir, it was only because of that little woman.

His heart raced because of her, his emotions went out of control because of her.

“I didn’t join for the title in the first place.”

“Then Captain, what did you join for?” Li Duoxi inquired with stars in her eyes. Xu Qigang touched his nose uncomfortably and changed the subject with a poker face. Could he say it was because he had a father who dumped his son, and he couldn’t mix in with the locals back home?

The name Little Yama was known not just in ten miles and eight villages but throughout the entire county.

If any child refused to sleep at night, just mentioning Little Yama would frighten the child into silence.

Xu Qigang would never reveal such an embarrassing matter.

“Captain, you deserved this title all along.” Chen Yingjie said, twisting his neck, “If it hadn’t been for some people trying to be too clever, why would it have been delayed by two years?”

Xu Qigang’s gaze suddenly turned cold, and he glared severely at Chen Yingjie. “Shut up, don’t talk about what you shouldn’t.”

“Yes, Captain, my mistake,” Chen Yingjie apologized, head lowered.

“Captain, this is something to be happy about. Let’s celebrate tonight,” Zhou Hong also suggested, “I’ve already let everyone know. Tonight the whole team will have an extra meal.”

“Fine! Everyone go run ten kilometers,” Xu Qigang said, and a chorus of groans filled the space.

Chen Yingjie, the most stubborn of all, grabbed his hat without a word and charged into the snow.

The others, seeing this, had nothing else to say and went back to organize their people for training.

Zhou Hong stayed behind.

“Living Yama, have you submitted your marriage application?”

Mentioning this brought a smile to Xu Qigang’s eyes, “Mhm!”

“How many days of marriage leave are you planning to take?”

“I’ll make up for all the time I owe.”

“What? Are you planning to spend a year back home? You haven’t even gotten a wife yet! You’re that attached already?”

When Zhou Hong heard this, he was stunned. Xu Qigang’s owed leave was substantial! If all of it was taken, the War Wolf Rescue Team would be without a captain for a year.

“We’ll talk about it later,” Xu Qigang countered, “Is there a problem with my marriage application, or are you saying it won’t be approved?”

“In theory, for a marriage, you need to apply at least six months in advance. Yours is a bit rushed.”

“Then go take care of it, hurry it along for me!”

Zhou Hong looked at Xu Qigang with infinite resignation, “You can afford to lose face over this, but I can’t!” The whole region would laugh at him, wouldn’t they?

Even going back to the big courtyard, he’d be the butt of his childhood friends’ jokes. Those who didn’t know the situation would think it was Zhou Hong who had gone crazy wanting a wife!

“Officer Zhou Hong, is the matter of the marriage application your responsibility?” Xu Qigang asked with a stern face.

“It is!” Zhou Hong gritted his teeth in response.

“And you can’t show concern for your Captain’s major life event…”

“Alright, alright, enough said, I’ll hurry it up, I’m going right now.” He gave in. He’d always known Living Yama was treacherously sly—he could say so, but nobody would believe him.

Who could understand how tough it was for him being an officer?

After everyone had left the office, Xu Qigang went to the phone and dialed the General Union.

“Hello, this is Xu Qigang.”

Zhu Yu, who picked up the phone, displayed a slight expression of surprise and then suppressed the excitement in her heart, trying to speak in the calmest voice possible, “Hello, Captain Xu, congratulations on your promotion.”

Xu Qigang frowned, wondering how such a minor matter became known throughout the whole district. “Thank you! Please connect me to the operator room…”

The last time he had made a call, it was from Li Bin’s home and could only reach the operator room. This was a direct line, exclusively handled by personnel from various communication offices. Although the service was efficient, he preferred the old comrades in the operator room.

Zhu Yu paused for a moment, then quickly responded, “Please wait, I’ll transfer you right away.” A call of Captain Xu’s level was always of key importance to the General Union and even the whole region. They were particularly instructed not to offend or overlook such calls. Why wouldn’t he want to be transferred through the communication office but to the operator room instead?

Could it be to reach Sheng Ning?

Thinking of this possibility, Zhu Yu felt an indescribable envy.

Inside the operator room, Sheng Ning, out of breath, picked up the phone.

Xu Qigang could clearly hear and feel her pounding heart. Something crossed his mind, and his handsome face flushed slightly.

“Why are you running so fast?” he said, with a touch of concern.

“I didn’t want you to worry!” Sheng Ning tried to calm her racing heart, her tender cheeks also turning rosy.

“Right, I haven’t congratulated you yet! Congratulations, congratulations…”

Xu Qigang replied seriously, “Wait until I get married to congratulate me.”

Sheng Ning’s cheeks turned bright red. Had she just been flirted with by Living Yama?

“Living Yama, you’ve turned bad, really!” In the past, he never used to say such flirtatious things.

“Only bad in front of you.”

“You just wait!” Sheng Ning gritted her teeth, was it because she was out of reach that he dared to tease her so brazenly?

“Okay.” Xu Qigang answered earnestly, “By the way, I asked my dad to discuss wedding plans with your father for the New Year’s celebration, it should be today.”

“You’re telling me this only now?” How chauvinistic of him.

“As the bride, you have the right to know.”

“And what about the right to veto?”

“Ruthlessly rejected.”

“…” He was too domineering, but since she also wanted to marry him, she’d let it slide.

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to get promoted.”

“I have absolute confidence in you.” When Xu Qigang said this, he was especially serious. Whoever listened would be filled with boundless self-confidence and enthusiasm.