Chapter 343 - A True Story (1/2)

Chapter 343 A True StoryFollowing the voice, Fang Qiu saw the old commander who was just getting off the car in front of the hotel.

He was staring at Fang Qiu.

“What’s the matter?” Fang Qiu asked.

“I want to talk to you privately,” the old commander said.

Fang Qiu fixed his eyes on him for a while before he stepped forward.

“All right, leave us alone,” the old commander said to the security staff.

“Commander!” The head of security frowned and instantly persuaded. “We have to keep you safe at any time. Now we’re just getting out of the woods. No one knows what will happen next. You should…”

“What else should I do?” The old commander became angry and turned to stare at the head of security. “Would I be in danger if I stay with him? Do you suspect him or worry that the criminals are not dead yet? This man risked his life to save me. And now you worry that he might hurt me? He helped you catch all the criminals here. Even if any other criminals should come, he would also protect me. But what you guys can do except covering me as a human shield?”

The head of security was embarrassed as he heard that.

In fact, he also knew that the old commander was perfectly safe with the mysterious man, and he had asked to stay in order to have more time to observe the mysterious man and have more contact with him.

But what he hadn’t expected was that the old commander actually got angry.

“Expand the security area to 100 meters.”

The head of security could do nothing but use his own way to guarantee the commander’s safety. Then he walked to the other side.

Everyone left as the commander requested.

Only then did the old commander turn around and look at Fang Qiu.

“I want to tell you a story, a true story,” the old commander finally spoke with a wistful look.

“It was during the Korean War when I was still a soldier, an ordinary soldier who was ready to go to the front of the battlefield to die for my country.

“In that war, our regiment was ambushed by the enemy in a dangerous spot. It was a critical moment. We were surrounded by enemies, so we could only take a high land nearby.

“At that time, the flames of war raged across the land. I couldn’t hear the gunshots, but the rumble of bombs. I couldn’t see any living men, but the blood, corpses, and explosion smoke mixed with the smell of blood everywhere.

“But the strange thing was, with the rumble of the gunfire, I found that everything around me suddenly changed. The huge sound of explosion disappeared, replaced by my comrades’ moans of anguish and roars of fighting for their lives.”

Speaking of which, the old commander suddenly sighed and looked up at the sky.

“In those days, it seemed that the Death was coming.”

The old commander seemed to try to comfort himself. “The Death just wouldn’t let go. No matter how hard they growled or fought, my comrades died in front of me one by one. In the end, even the regimental commander died.

“As he lay dying, I knelt down in front of him, holding him with my shaking hands. He was still reluctant to fall. He said he would hold his head up high even in death.

“He also told me that although this war was not at home, it was a war of founding a country. We couldn’t afford to be defeated in this war.

“It didn’t matter if we died for the war. But we should not allow another humiliation of a country being invaded for a hundred years to exist.

“He said, if we won this war, our Chinese people could really stand up. So we should not be afraid to sacrifice! If we fought for our country, then we died with honor.”

The old commander then turned around and smiled at Fang Qiu with his eyes red.

“Eventually, we won the war, the Chinese people won.”

What a relief. The old commander said with a smile, “Eventually, there were only three people left in our regiment. I had been shot seven places in my body, and I couldn’t feel my legs. I almost died in the war. But we still won.

“Even today, I still remember what the regimental commander told me. When we won the war, we saved our country. All the nations of the world must take us seriously because we have fought against the great power of the world and won the war. Our country had been in a weak position among the countries for a hundred years. This time, we defeated a powerful country. But we were just able to save our place. We still needed to develop our country.

“60 years have passed. After the efforts of two generations, our country is finally getting wealthy and strong.

“There are always people of each generation who need to strive for the prosperity of our country.

“What do they fight for? And what do we fight for?

“For our nation!

“The era which my generation needed to fight for our nation had passed. Sometimes, I would dislike myself, do you know why?”

The question suddenly pulled Fang Qiu back from the story.

“I don’t know,” Fang Qiu replied.

“Because I’m useless now.” The old commander sighed wistfully, then turned his head to look at the security staff in the distance. “They are the pillars of the country, and they are struggling for the rise of our country, but I, I’m just an old man, an old man who can only let these pillars of the country worry about. But do you know why I have to come out here and become their burden since I can just stay at home and enjoy my life as a retired old man?”

Fang Qiu shook his head again.

“Because there’s something I have to do.”

The old commander looked at Fang Qiu, “I didn’t come out here to be seen as a big shot, but I want to do my best to find talents who are willing to struggle for the rise of the country. I hope they can keep on fighting for the development of the country.”

With that, he stared straight at Fang Qiu.

“Would you do it, young man? Would you be one of those who serve our country?”

Fang Qiu was stunned as he heard that. He was silent, pondering.

The old commander’s words really touched him.

Now, the well-being and prosperity of life hadn’t come easily. It was earned by the talents of the old generations. The present age of technology and this powerful country were built through their sacrifices.

However, time keeps going on.

And the country’s development would go far beyond that.