Chapter 1: Can a Woman Be More Interesting Than a Tank?

Blood Wolf Special Forces.

The vast Gobi Desert stretches endlessly, the long sky is silent, vast as the wilderness.

“Captain.” A soldier covered in camouflage paint is about to carry out his last mission, his heart filled with anticipation for returning home, looking at the young, tall figure beside him.

“Captain, my great-aunt introduced me to someone. This time when I go back home, I—I’m going to get married. Hehe!”

The man known as the captain has a cold expression. Wrapped in military green, his body is tall and lean, with long legs.

His brows are sharp like peaks, his dark eyes narrow and deep, and his wheat-colored face has distinct angles like a blade’s edge.

“Oh.” His low, cold voice echoed in the night.

The soldier’s name is Lu Luosuo—his real name is Lu Suo, but due to his incessant chatter, his comrades call him Lu Luosuo.

Hearing the captain’s indifferent tone, the little bit of shy longing on his face completely vanished, and instead, a hint of disappointment flickered in his eyes as he glanced at the captain.

Who would have thought that the Blood Wolf Special Forces, each a sharp soldier that strikes fear into the enemy, are also a notorious group of bachelors?

Dozens of young and vigorous old bachelors stationed in a desolate Gobi where not even a mosquito can be found, occasionally excited for half a month over the rare visit of a female officer in her forties or fifties.

Enduring the loneliness, desolation, and danger, whether stationed at the camp or on a mission, which of these guys doesn’t have dreams of a warm family with a wife and kids?

Of course, except for their team leader Jiang.

This man is a combat machine devoid of emotions.

Even during training, the young soldiers often joke about women, each more enthusiastic than the last; after all, they are a bunch of old bachelors. Who is nobler than whom?

They just boast endlessly!

But when the captain participates in such topics, even if he listens, he only shows his usual indifferent and cold expression, raising an eyebrow slightly in contempt, as if he doesn’t understand the fun of discussing such matters.

A woman? A partner?

Can it be more interesting than the Type 81 and a tank?

Thinking about women every day, how ridiculous is that? If he were to drive a tank, now that would be interesting; he thinks about it every day.

With long strides, Captain Jiang walks quickly, his aura chilly, pursing his thin lips, thinking that once this mission is over, he probably won’t have many chances to drive a tank again, which is a terrifying thought.

Tomorrow night, the Blood Wolf Squad is about to embark on its final mission.

After so many years stationed here, they still have to go back, leaving behind his beloved tank…

Beside him, Lu Luosuo, with a gun slung over his shoulder, talks non-stop as if he has a machine gun in his mouth:

“Captain, will you come drink at my wedding?”

“Captain, I’ll just tell you, I heard my partner is beautiful, and her personality is sweet and gentle, and her family is educated, tsk tsk, I really must have accumulated a lot of good fortune over eight hundred years! Captain, are you envious of me?”

The man endured for a long time, and finally, his young and sharp face, “Shut up.”

Lu Luosuo immediately shut his mouth in grievance.

He thinks that after tomorrow night, he probably won’t have the chance to say more.

……

On the third day of executing a secret mission.

Hiding in a cliff cave, severely injured, Lu Luosuo feels that the most regrettable thing is that he hasn’t tasted the flavor of a woman yet, and damn it, he’s about to die.

A hand reaches over, wiping the blood from his face that obscures his vision.

Lu Luosuo gasps for breath, his blurry eyes slowly looking over: “…Captain.”

“When you go back, tell my partner to… let her marry someone else.”

“I haven’t even… met her yet, and I’m going to, cough, cough… sacrifice myself for the country.”

The man glanced at him with a stern expression, “Shut up.”

His face was as cold as his words, his high nose and tightly pressed lips: “You’re still talking nonsense when death is approaching. Save it. What kind of coward wants to have his woman marry someone else? If you have the guts, go back and marry her properly.”

Lu Luosuo felt very touched.

Their captain has come to his senses, even knowing to use this to provoke him.

Unfortunately, he felt he was holding on.

Weakly murmuring: “Captain… I have one request.”

“What if I really go back? You, cough, cough… you have to find a sister-in-law for our bachelor squad.”

“Especially beautiful, gentle, fair, and tender… to infuriate those bastards from the neighboring Eagle Squad.”

His voice grew lower, “…Sigh, if only I could have a dream before I die… I’d come to ask you for a drink, to celebrate…”

“If I really worry… with your temper, cold and stinky, even worse than me… I’m really worried that any girl would be scared off by you…”

The more he spoke, the more he rambled. Jiang Chengyi finished loading extra magazines, his handsome face cold as hell, his deep voice low: “I order you to shut up and conserve your strength.”

The cave fell silent immediately.

But in less than two minutes, Lu Luosuo’s breathy murmuring started again: “Well, I’m going to die, I’m being willful, just listen, I’m rambling…”

“Captain, let me tell you… this is my desperate effort to come up with eighteen ways to get a partner. Don’t say I didn’t leave you anything when I’m gone…”

“First, remember this, Captain, when you meet a girl you like in the future, you have to be persistent, be bold!”

“Second, you can’t just be strong, you need to be clever. The military is about deception, Captain, you should learn from me… take it step by step, attack the enemy’s weak points, aim for the girl’s heart, strike at the core!”

……

“Eighteenth, to sum it up in one sentence, the wife holds the most power at home. I heard this from my great-aunt; her family always has a point… basically, you have to pamper and spoil her. Otherwise, with your deadpan attitude, why would any girl… cough, why would she be with you?”

The murmuring echoed in the silent cave, enough to drive anyone crazy.

The man furrowed his brows, looking at Lu Luosuo, whose face was getting paler as he clutched his combat uniform, managing a weak smile as he said his final words.

“Captain, I really messed up this time… what a pity…”

With a rumble, rocks fell from the cave ceiling, and the man, fierce and swift like a wolf or tiger, rushed to shield his barely breathing comrade behind him.

——

Half a month later.

The Blood Wolf Squad reported that special forces leader Jiang Chengyi had gone missing during a classified mission and was presumed dead.

Lin City, in a remote mountain forest.

The man was in tatters, his head pounding, with a bloody and mangled wound on the back of his head oozing dark blood. He stumbled along, dazed, and found himself outside a quiet village.

When he opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was a soft, delicate, and stunningly beautiful woman, as fresh as dew on flower petals, her sparkling eyes filled with countless tiny stars staring at him, completely still.

With his mind suddenly clear, Captain Jiang completely forgot who he was, but a secret longing surged within him.

Fair and tender, particularly beautiful…

This must be his future wife!

Although he knew why he kept thinking about finding a wife after waking up, he realized now that he had truly found one.