Chapter 3: A Familiar Scene (Part 1)

  When Lin Hongfei regained consciousness again, it was because his stomach was growling with hunger.

  Maybe it was the wine last night, his head was a bit dizzy, Lin Hongfei groaned and stretched out his hand to rub his face hard to wake himself up, although today is the last day, but at this time he had a good meal, it's not excessive, right?

  But after rubbing his face and slightly improving his spirits, Lin Hongfei lay in bed without getting up, staring blankly at the ceiling: a large poster of Fei Xiang on the ceiling, with a handsome and elegant posture that made Lin Hongfei envy him to death.

  This is... Lin Hongfei turned his head with difficulty, no mistake, this is his own room, except for the painting of Feixiang that he had stuck on the ceiling with great effort, on the desk by the window was a handmade craft made by himself: a model of a Changjiang 750 military motorcycle, which was carefully painted in military green.

  Next to the 750-type Changjiang model, a bamboo pen holder was placed, with several steel pens, pencils and ballpoint pens scattered inside. The longest one was even a brush that Lin Hongfei bought for 5 yuan when he was in elementary school learning calligraphy. On the window hung a wind chime made of a thousand paper cranes, which was given by a girl who had a crush on him in high school...

  This is my own room, no doubt about it, but this room is so familiar yet so strange.

  Lin Hongfei's head was dizzy, and he couldn't figure out what had happened. This was his own room, without a doubt, but this room was the one in his old home, not the large bedroom in his villa...

  "Lao Lin, this is an opportunity. Among us brothers, I'm the one who has no hope, but you're different. Your tactical and commanding skills are far superior to ours. Seize this chance, and who knows, maybe one of our brothers will become a general. It'll be something to brag about for all of us..." The voice was very familiar, it sounded like someone he should know, but at that moment, Lin Hongfei couldn't recall who this person was no matter how hard he tried.

  The bedroom door seemed to be ajar, and the voices of people talking in the living room came clearly into Lin Hongfei's ears, along with the scent of White Lotus cigarettes.

  "Lao Pei, I understand what you mean, but don't you still not know the temperament of Lao Shou Zhang? If I do this, Lao Shou Zhang will..." After a while, a voice sounded again. Although the speaker was trying to suppress his own volume, he could still be heard clearly. The person speaking had a full and robust tone, with a very healthy body.

  This time the voice was even more familiar, it was the old man's voice from his own home. This made Lin Hongfei, who was lying in bed, even more puzzled: When did the old man come? Did he hear about my situation and came to comfort me? But why did it seem like the old man didn't come alone? Who is that old Pei?

  However, this remark left Lin Hongfei with a deep impression, as if he had heard it somewhere before. Wasn't it because of his hangover from last night that he couldn't remember where he had heard these words? No matter how hard he tried to think about it, he just couldn't recall where he had heard this phrase before.

  However, the hunger pangs from his stomach made Lin Hongfei really unable to bear it, and he shook his head hard to make himself sober. Lin Hongfei stood up, deciding to deal with something to eat first, and as for other things, they could be slowly thought about after filling his stomach.

  He opened the bedroom door with a somewhat floating footstep, and the room was filled with smoke. The ashtray was full of cigarette butts, and it was unknown how long the people in the room had been smoking. However, when Lin Hongfei saw the two smokers, he suddenly froze there.

  In the living room, two people were sitting. One of them was wearing a military uniform with four pockets and had the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders, with two bars and three stars. He wasn't wearing a military cap, and looked like a high-ranking officer in his 40s, with a face that showed he was very capable. Even when sitting there smoking, he sat upright on the sofa, like a pine tree.

  Another person wore a pair of round glasses, wearing the same military uniform, but unlike that colonel, this one was a lieutenant colonel with two bars and one star, a proper mid-level military officer, with a face like Maitreya Buddha, always wearing a kind smile when meeting people.

  Is this school officer his own father? Lin Hongfei had a sense of time and space disorder: His father is already retired now, what's going on? But this is not the most shocking thing for Lin Hongfei. What really shocked him was that major military officer wearing a pair of round glasses with a Maitreya Buddha smile.

  This is Pei Guangrong!

  It's this son of a bitch who ruined his own future that has been messing around for the second half of his life! It's his son, who lured himself back from abroad where he had unlimited development opportunities, and then attempted to take away several technologies he mastered and the company he worked hard to build for many years under the name of "espionage"!

  This father-son duo is the mortal enemy of two generations of the Lin family!

  And yet, this scene in front of me is so familiar.

  It was like a scene from a movie flashing before his eyes, and Lin Hongfei finally remembered why he felt so familiar with the scene in front of him: On May 26th, 1991, during that early summer, he had just graduated from university and was about to start his internship at a company. He was dissatisfied with the arrogant boss who always thought he was right, so he quit the job on the spot. When he got home, he saw this same scene.

  At that time, his own father was the deputy chief of staff of the Northern Garrison Military Division in Guizhou Province. Just a few days ago, the Republic made an unprecedented decision: to establish an experimental high-tech special operations force in Shunyi Military Region, one of the seven major military regions of the Republic, to explore the direction of military reform under new conditions.

  The reason for the establishment of this experimental force is that the Gulf War has brought a huge shock to the high-level leaders of the Republic. The high-level leaders and military leaders who have always advocated for large-scale warfare are facing the precise strikes, special operations, decapitation tactics, anti-missile tactics, stealth aircraft, laser-guided weapons and other new tactics and equipment that have revolutionized the way armies fight in the future, feeling a chill run down their spine: The Republic's army has fallen behind!

  A severe situation prompted the Republic to conduct a painful reflection on the current state of its military, and subsequently made a historically significant decision: to establish an experimental force capable of conducting special operations to help the Republic explore new forms of warfare in the future.

  This experimental unit established this time is the first special forces of the most famous Shun Kong Military Region in the Republic, and also the first truly special forces of the Republic: Hawk Special Battalion!

  At this time, Lin Weiguo, who was noticed by his superiors for his outstanding military technology and command skills, entered the sight of senior leaders.

  There is no doubt that if Lin Weiguo can join this experimental special forces team, it will be a great opportunity for him. Although building a special forces team from scratch with the help of the battalion commander is a huge challenge, it is more of a great opportunity!

  Pei Guangrong was trying to persuade Lin Weiguo to take the upper-level canal, simply put, to encourage Lin Weiguo to go through the back door of their former old regimental commander and current provincial military region deputy commander Xu. It was also because of this back-door visit that Xu, who was naturally chivalrous and hated evil, suddenly changed his impression of Lin Weiguo from appreciation to extreme dislike. On the other hand, Pei Guangrong, who had been encouraging Lin Weiguo to go through the old regimental commander's back door, gained favor with the old regimental commander.

  As a result, Lin Weiguo, who was originally likely to become the deputy commander of this experimental special forces brigade, not only failed to enter the country's first special forces brigade but also suffered from the low evaluation of Xu, the vice commander of the provincial military region, and struggled throughout his later life. Lin Weiguo's entire life, along with that of the entire Lin family, can be described as starting high but ending low...

  In an instant, Lin Hongfei's mind flashed with all this information.

  "Hongfei, are you okay?" Seeing Lin Hongfei, Pei Guangrong's face was full of concern as he quickly walked up to him and asked, "Is your cold getting any better?"

  Just before that, Lin Weiguo told Pei Guangrong that Lin Hongfei had caught a cold and gone home to rest.

  Still this sentence! Lin Hongfei's heart violently shook!

  Although he didn't understand what was happening, Lin Hongfei had a faint feeling of absurdity: could it be that after getting drunk last night, he had somehow returned to 21 years ago?

  "Thank you, Uncle Pei," Lin Hongfei forced a smile on his face, trying to suppress the shock in his heart. His pale complexion made him look like he was indeed suffering from a severe cold. "It's nothing serious, just took a cool shower, no big deal."

  "How can you take a cold shower on a day like today? Are you kidding your own body?" Pei Guangrong's voice was urgent, and he looked at Lin Hongfei with dissatisfaction, as if looking at a disobedient child. He turned his head and shouted towards the kitchen, "Sister-in-law, hurry up and make a bowl of ginger sugar water for Hongfei, look at him, he's burning with fever and looks so terrible!"

  That's right, it seems to be like that! Reality and memory merged again. Lin Hongfei clearly remembered that 21 years ago today, his mother was busy in the kitchen, knowing he had a cold, and his mother specially made his favorite braised pork... So is everything in front of him not his own illusion?

  Lin Hongfei turned his gaze towards the kitchen, was Old Mother really inside?