Chapter 102 - People Must Have Dreams! (2/2)

“That’s right.” Phoenix nodded. “Participating in the Military Recruit Tournament is his own desire. Before the event occurs, we just want to give him a bit of training. Therefore, we don’t want too many people to know of these matters pertaining to him.”

“Understood.” Iron Hand nodded his head. The other special forces soldiers also nodded their heads.

Sometimes a formal pledge wasn’t needed in the military. A mere glance or a nod of the head was the most powerful pledge.

The elevator.

Qin Fen had no reason to object when it came to Iron Hand’s answer. If Song Jia were to find out that he came to the State of Korea for a mission but didn’t but any presents at all, then her cute eyebrows would probably furrow as her catchphrase, ‘I’m very displeased,’ ring endlessly in his ears.

A faint smile emerged on Qin Fen’s mouth when he thought of Song Jia.

“Bro, are you thinking of a girl?” Xue Tian jabbed him with an elbow.

Qin Fen gave an awkward laugh . Wasn’t this fellow playing a video game? How was he able to multi-task and have such careful observation skills?

“Looks like I’m right.” Xue Tian temporarily stopped playing his video game. He studied Qin Fen with great interest. “I really want to know, with you and your calm personality, what your girlfriend is like. How did that Lin Jiaxuan captivate you?”

“Lin Jiaxuan?” Qin Fen shook his head. “They misunderstood. I don’t have any relationship with Lin Jiaxuan.”

“Hehe….” Xue Tian rubbed his chin with a hand. He had a naughty smile on his face, his eyes clearly saying that he didn’t believe Qin Fen at all!

With the silent atmosphere broken, Qin Fen shifted the topic to something of his own interest. “About the net you used the other day.”

“Oh, that one!” Xue Tian shook his head in frustration. “It’s a failed piece of work. The capture duck was actually able to fly away. This matter needs to be kept secret. If my master finds out, not only will he skin me alive, he’ll probably make me do some special training.”

Master? Skin alive? Special training? Qin Fen had a sudden realization. Anyone with talent had to have guidance from predecessors. Xue Tian’s master was clearly ought to be a capable person, but it seemed like his master has some complaints about Xue Tian’s laziness.

“Speaking of which, that gun you assembled is not bad!” Xue Tian patted the blade at his waist. “Before I met you, I always believed that there aren’t any bullets under the heavens that my blade can’t cleave through. But now it looks like I have been a bit arrogant.”

Bullets that he couldn’t cleave? The aftermath of the fierce battle of that day reappeared within Qin Fen’s mind. The sight of the chunks of meat had been too shocking. Now that he thought about it again, it seemed like there were two cut bullets as well!

“Hey, so what do you plan on doing after you leave the military?” Xue Tian’s question was very unexpected to Qin Fen. They hadn’t spent much time together, why did Xue Tian just casually ask such a deep question? Plus, everyone was still a recruit. There was quite some time before retirement. Recruits normally would never think about such things.

“Never thought about it?” Xue Tian’s eyes, though surprised, spoke that he somewhat expected this. “After you retire from the military, become a mercenary with me!”

“A mercenary?” Qin Fen was even more surprised. This Xue Tian already wanted to become a mercenary having just entered the military?

“That’s right!” Xue Tian’s eyes radiated with an unprecedented yearning and spirit. He was very serious about this. It didn’t look like he was joking at all. “A mercenary! My dream is to become the strongest mercenary!”

“I’ll think about it.”

Qin Fen nodded very seriously. He would give ample respect for anyone’s dream. It didn’t matter what the dream was. It could be anything from becoming a president, a marshal, or even a street cleaner.

Xue Tian stared at and scrutinized Qin Fen’s face for a long while, and a smile, one that came from his heart, appeared on his serious expression. “Thank you for being able to respect my dream.”

Qin Fen’s mind went blank as he saw the typical smile on Xue Tian’s face disappear. Xue Tian’s gaze seemed to be immersed in something. Xue Tian said, “Everyone should have a dream. No! Everyone must have a dream! No matter how preposterous, laughable, or unrealistic the dream sounds to other people, one must not be afraid! Miracles will appear when one believes in their dream, walks firmly on the road ahead, and invests everything in one’s self.”

A shock ran through Qin Fen’s body. He had heard these words before. Qin Zhan had said similar words when he was very little. He didn’t know why his brother had spoken like that back then, but now that he thought about it, he began to realize that he knew nothing about his brother’s dream.

Could it be? Had his brother disappeared without a trace for the sake of realizing his own dream? Then what was his brother’s dream? Qin Fen had sunken into deep thought. Was his brother’s dream very dangerous? Otherwise, why didn’t he bring along Qin Fen, his little brother? Or…

Speculations of all kinds flooded Qin Fen’s mind for a time. Qin Fen’s reasoning ability had greatly improved these days from leaning psychology from Squad Leader Hao.

It was because of this that Qin Fen was able to think in far more directions than before. However, he was incapable of discerning the correct direction from the current information he had.

“Haha!” Xue Tian recovered from his deep thought and chuckled. He said, “What do you think? The words I said just now, weren’t they flashy? Unfortunately, I’m not the first person to come up with them.”