Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 1033: Going Home

Chapter 1033: Chapter 1033: Going Home

However, compared to He Zhilan and He Teng who were leisurely enjoying themselves on the train, the unit had already turned into a madhouse.

"That damn He Teng! He actually hung up the phone!" The regimental commander, despite his advanced age, was as furious as a hotheaded youth, banging the table and stomping his feet, "This little brat, just drops everything and quits, even has the audacity to request his own discharge! Discharge, discharge, discharge! What does he think the military is, a train station? As if you can just buy tickets and ask for refunds whenever you want!"

"He said he wants to be discharged?" Commissioner Chen Zheng got startled, "He didn’t give any reasons? He Teng isn’t such an impetuous person, it’s impossible for him to act foolishly all of a sudden."

"He refuses to say anything when asked! I haven’t even had the chance to inquire about his wife’s situation before he hung up the phone! He wouldn’t even say where he is now! In the capital, everyone has been looking for him but can’t find or contact him. They even went to the hotel where he previously stayed with his wife, and were told that the young couple has already checked out and left!" The commander was fuming, his eyebrows hitched up, a face as black as the king of hell.

"Where did those rumors in the capital come from anyway? How could they say that He Teng’s wife might be the daughter of Chief Gu?" Commissioner Chen Zheng found it strange, "Out of nowhere, who would be so ignorant and bored to spread such gossip?"

"How the hell would I know?" blurted the commander, blowing his top, and sat back down in his chair, "What exactly is the situation with the daughter of the Gu Family, and how many people know about it?"

At this point, the commander pondered for a moment and said, "The reaction of He Teng and his wife is indeed strange. But that being said, I have met Gu Family’s daughter Gu Zhilan a few times when she was very young, while visiting old Xing, seeing her playing with Xing Ye. Later on, when I met Gu En again, it was many years later. I had thought that the girl had changed her name. Having not seen her for several years, she seemed to have become a completely different person. Back then, it seemed like a little girl had transformed entirely in just a few years, but now it turns out it really was a different person."

"Commander, you’ve met Gu Zhilan, the daughter of the Gu Family?" Commissioner Chen Zheng was silent for a moment before asking, "Then, commander, do you think He Teng’s wife He Zhilan resembles that Gu Zhilan?"

"Not in the slightest!" The commander’s response came without hesitation, "When I saw Miss Zhilan, she was not even three years old, a chubby little thing, always with a piece of candy in her mouth. But He Teng’s wife is lean and slim, how could she possibly be Gu Zhilan? Besides, if He Zhilan really were Gu Zhilan, would the Gu Family ever allow their own daughter to marry He Teng, who at the time was just a small squad leader, an old soldier? Are the Gu Family stupid or insane?"

"That’s true, He Teng’s wife is a child bride raised in the He Family; having the same name doesn’t mean they are the same person. After all, the daughter of the Gu Family wouldn’t come down to the status of a child bride in the He Family." Commissioner Chen Zheng nodded in agreement but then grew frustrated, "So why is He Teng running off so hastily?"

In Commissioner Chen Zheng’s eyes, He Teng has simply taken He Zhilan and gone into hiding.

"His wife has been in a bit of a situation recently, probably afraid that such rumors might affect his wife’s life and agitate her. But if that’s the case, why not just come straight back to the unit? This is a military stronghold; who would dare to come in and bully our soldier’s wife? Unless they have a death wish!" So, that’s why the commander is angry. If there was an issue, why didn’t He Teng simply return to the unit? Isn’t the military his strongest backing?