Qi Taiguo returned to the dormitory, and Gao Linbing followed him in, asking quietly, "What happened? Did you just get shot at?"
"Yeah." Qi Taiguo pointed to the hole in his clothes on his arm to show him. "It’s nothing, I dodged quickly."
Gao Linbing’s face changed dramatically and he said, "Wasn’t this exercise supposed to be with blank bullets? How could..."
Qi Taiguo sneered coldly and said, "That depends on the results of the investigation from above!"
Gao Linbing saw his calm demeanor, as if used to such occurrences, and then saw the scars on his hands, asking, "Was it him?"
Qi Taiguo followed his gaze, noticing Yao Qingjun seemed to have felt something and was looking over with a mocking smile.
Qi Taiguo withdrew his gaze, took off his camouflage jacket, and said, "Hard to say, you better not meddle in this!"
"But anyone with eyes can see you’re being messed with by Instructor Wang. Even that time with Boge, I’ve truly not seen Boge use a knife." Gao Linbing said, incensed.
"Be cautious with your words!" Qi Taiguo reprimanded lightly, saying, "This is the officer elite reserve class. Just because you haven’t seen it before doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist."
Gao Linbing pursed his lips.
Seeing this, Qi Taiguo patted his shoulder and said, "Don’t worry, the more someone wants me dead, the less I can let them have their way."
Gao Linbing nodded, saying, "Then be careful yourself."
Qi Taiguo nodded slightly, catching Wan Zhisen approaching quickly out of the corner of his eye, so he ceased speaking.
"What’s the matter?" Qi Taiguo asked calmly.
"This shot, was it taken after I left?" Wan Zhisen asked with a serious expression.
Qi Taiguo deliberately said, "Could it be you didn’t leave? Was it actually you who fired?"
"Nonsense, we were all issued the same bullets, they’re all blanks, how could I have a live round?" Wan Zhisen said angrily.
Qi Taiguo remembered what Ning Ge said, that this person was a bit arrogant and might not follow Jiang Conghe’s orders, his eyes flickered, and he said, "You should ask the one with the live rounds. But considering how close the timing is, if it wasn’t you, who was it?"
"I told you it wasn’t me!" Wan Zhisen grabbed Qi Taiguo by the collar: "Someone’s trying to frame me!"
Earlier, he was called for talks by two instructors separately, and their probing words clearly showed they suspected him of shooting Qi Taiguo, which was utterly insulting.
"Framing you but trying to kill me, then who have we so deeply offended?" Qi Taiguo brushed his hand aside, straightened his collar, and said coolly.
Regardless of whether Wan Zhisen was Jiang Conghe’s person, it’s best to sow some discord first, at least to solve one problem.
Wan Zhisen’s eyes were unreadable; he snorted, looked him up and down, and switched the topic, saying, "You’re quite something, managing to stay hidden for so long and evade my sniping."
"Just luck, can’t compare to you, a sniper with a special forces background," Qi Taiguo lowered his eyes.
Hearing this, Wan Zhisen’s eyes flickered again and he said, "Take care of yourself." Before striding away.
Gao Linbing saw his arrogant demeanor, getting irritated, and said, "This kid, I remember he’s just a deputy platoon leader, look at him strutting around, tsk."
Qi Taiguo, however, knew that after this conversation, Wan Zhisen wouldn’t trip him up again, which was good, saving him from constant vigilance.
"When you joined the training, you forgot, everyone’s status is the same, you’re all rookies. Besides, it’s normal for young people to be a bit arrogant, and he has the capability to be arrogant," Qi Taiguo said.
Meanwhile, Instructor Wang hung up the phone, slammed the table hard, his face livid with anger.
He had just probed Commander Chiang about this matter, but Commander Chiang said not to worry, just do his job. Doesn’t he know that Fu Heng is still watching like a hawk?