Young General Brother, Don't Love Me 03 Brother's Gift

  Brother's Gift

  It had been raining for several days, but it finally stopped on Friday.

  Ning Xi got up early, wearing a deep blue military uniform that fit perfectly on his tall and straight body, exuding masculinity. His long legs strode out of the dormitory building, and Wang Muqing, who was running on the training ground, immediately stood still and saluted: "General, good morning!"

  Ning Xiwei returned a military salute, his bright and spirited eyes meeting Wang Muqing's gaze. Wang Muqing couldn't help but feel a little surprised - the general's face was always stern with a hint of coldness, but today, his usually icy eyes seemed to hold a hint of a smile, and his normally tightly pursed sensual lips were curved into a gentle and handsome arc. His already extraordinary good looks shone like a star in the golden morning light.

  Wang Muqing was a bit dazed, Ning Xi only saw him staring at himself in a daze, raising an eyebrow and asking: "Little Wang, is there something?" Realizing his own loss of composure, Wang Muqing hastily waved his hand and shook his head: "Nothing, nothing!"

  "Go ahead and continue your morning exercise!" Ning Xiwei threw out a sentence, walking straight out of the training ground. Taking a deep breath of fresh air, he looked up at the sky above the military district, which was clear and cloudless, with the previous overcast completely gone. Usually, he would be indifferent to award ceremonies, but today, his heart was jumping with excitement. The sky was still the same as usual, yet it seemed especially blue, the wind was still blowing with its usual force, but on his face, it only felt refreshing and invigorating. The reason for this was simply that after the award ceremony, he could finally return to L Province and see the person he had been trying to forget but couldn't stop thinking about.

  Wang Muqing stood there, staring blankly at his gradually disappearing back, when another guard ran over and patted him on the shoulder, nodding towards Ning Xiyu's retreating figure.

  "Xiao Mu Zi, your superior's mood is quite good today. It seems that it's because he was the big winner of this year's bonus again!"

  Wang Muqing had been Ning Xiyu's personal bodyguard for two years, but he had never seen the young general look like this before. The uncontainable joy was evident in his eyebrows and lips.

  "Not like that! Even when he was promoted to Major General, his face was still cold and serious. In my opinion, my superior's good mood is probably because of the trip back home tomorrow. I reckon there's a beautiful girlfriend waiting for him at home!"

  Two little soldiers ran and discussed the abnormality of the lieutenant general, while Ning Wei Xi circled twice on the grass outside the training ground, barely calming down his excited mood. He raised his wrist to look at his watch, it was almost nine o'clock. Then he turned around and walked towards the military district building.

  On both sides of the road, there were many welcoming banners hanging. The strong wind blew over the white birch trees on both sides of the road leading to the military district building, and the loud "whooshing" sound seemed to represent the soldiers of the military district welcoming the high-ranking leaders who arrived one after another in green military vehicles.

  The air force base where Ning Xiyu is located is the largest air force base in the country. Today, apart from the head of the military region, there are also several high-ranking heads of the National Military Commission. The base has a wealth of talent, but among the many brilliant talents, Ning Xiyu is undoubtedly the most dazzling one.

  Generally, military school graduates are like newborn calves, with grand ideals and strong fighting spirit, but these newborn calves often need to grow and be tempered. Ning Xiyu, however, seems to others that he doesn't need this kind of tempering, just like a piece of natural jade that doesn't need any carving to emit a unique light.

  Since he entered the military academy, a halo has been surrounding him. It's not because he has a retired grandfather who was the former commander of L Province Military Region, nor is it because he has a provincial governor as his father or the president of the Zhaojing Group as his mother. On the contrary, until he graduated from the military academy, no one knew that he had such a strong background.

  Many people say that he must have been an excellent air force in his previous life. In the four years of military school, other classmates were tortured to death by a pile of special training, but he easily completed the physical special training and excelled in mastering weapons equipment and technical device operation skills tasks.

  As the national science champion, he has a brain that is wiser than others. So after easily completing the deadly tasks assigned by his instructor, he devoted all his spare time to studying the technology of air defense systems. By the time he graduated, he had published many papers on authoritative publications, and some technologies were even directly applied to the actual combat of national air defense.

  Everyone thought he had grand ambitions, but in fact, he just wanted to fill his life to the brim so that he wouldn't have time to think about things related to his sister.

  At the age of twenty-five, Ning Xiwei was awarded the rank of Major General by the Supreme Commander himself at last year's commendation ceremony for his outstanding contributions to national security, becoming the youngest Air Force Major General in history.

  At just twenty-six years old, Ning Xiyu was undoubtedly the most promising officer in the air force base.

  Now this most promising young general officer is standing on the rostrum, receiving a first-class medal of merit awarded by the leader in person. He thought, should he send all the medals he had received over the years to his dear little sister?

  Finally, when packing his luggage, he only took the first-class medal he had just received and put it in his suitcase. He carefully put the other medals back in the drawer, closed the drawer, stretched out his hand to touch the small white vase on the desk with a purple forget-me-not inserted.

  This branch of forget-me-not has been with him for eight years, naturally air-dried long ago, but after so many years have passed, it still shines with the same bright purple color as when it was fresh. In his heart, it is like a treasured little sister silently accompanying him.

  On Saturday, Ning Xiyu took the earliest flight back to T City and stepped out of the international airport. He hailed a taxi and got in: "Trouble L!"

  He recalled the scene of an eighteen-year-old boy rushing into a taxi like an escaped prisoner on that day with drizzle.

  Gazing out of the car window at the rapidly passing scenery, eight years had passed, and he couldn't tell whether he had already forgotten the appearance of T City or if L City had long since changed its face. Row upon row of unknown high-rise buildings stood on both sides of Airport Road.

  The driver had a lot of words and thought he was a tourist when he saw him staring out the window, so he kept asking some questions.

  "Sir, is this your first time in T City?"

  Ning Xi stared at the scenery outside and didn't deny it. "Mm!" Eight years could change a lot of things.

  The driver introduced many famous scenic spots in T City, the provincial capital of L Province. Ning Xi responded briefly to each one. The car entered the city, and the scenery around was vaguely familiar with an eight-year shadow, but only the general outline remained.

  He tried to match the unrecognizable scenery outside the window with its appearance eight years ago. In an instant, he suddenly realized his own cruelty and also suddenly understood the emotions of his beloved little sister who couldn't hold back her sobs on the phone a few days ago.

  "Driver, would you mind taking me to the jewelry store first? I'd like to pick out a gift!"

  The car stopped in front of a certain famous jewelry store. He walked in and the dazzling array of jewels made his eyes spin, also feeling very confused.

  He knew that even if he spent a fortune buying diamonds and jewelry here, it couldn't make up for Yun'er's loss of her brother over the past eight years.

  Digression

  This chapter is a bit tedious because it needs to explain some character backgrounds. Starting tomorrow, the plot will become more compact, so please bear with me for one day.

  Note: This is a fictional story, and the various plots and settings involving the military and entertainment industry are unavoidable. Please do not compare it with reality.