Old Lin Arrived, and His Identity Was Revealed!

Gao Zisheng stood there with one cheek swollen, looking utterly wretched. Yet he still shouted at the thugs beyond the cordon.

"You useless bastards! Can't you see I've been hit?"

"Get in there! Break Yue Xiaofei's arms and legs and feed him to the dogs!"

"Anyone who doesn't move, I'll have my dad skin you alive!"

Beyond the cordon.

The thugs huddled together, afraid to make a move.

"Young Master Gao, we can't!"

"Going in there is suicide!"

"Division Commander Xiao is protecting him. We can't get through! Why not wait until he comes out? He can't hide forever!"

"Protecting him? Some lousy soldier dares protect my enemy?"

Gao Zisheng glared at Xiao Zhan, spittle flying.

"My dad is Gao Tianxiong. He runs Jiangcheng!"

"Every business in Jiangcheng answers to the Gao Family!"

"Protect that brat, and you'll never work in Jiangcheng again!"

Gao Zisheng was used to throwing his weight around and made no effort to restrain himself.

Xiao Zhan's voice rang out, firm and unwavering. "I answer to National Law, not the Gao Family!"

"You insulted a hero!"

"You trampled his medals!"

"Each offense is enough to put you away for life!"

"Men, arrest him!"

Xiao Zhan gave the order.

The Elite Guards behind him, eyes red with anger, charged toward Gao Zisheng.

"Stay back!"

Gao Zisheng lost his nerve. His legs trembled.

"Protect the young master!"

In the distance, the thugs panicked and forced themselves to rush forward.

The two sides faced off!

The tension was ready to explode!

Ring, ring, ring!

Xiao Zhan's phone suddenly rang.

Three characters appeared on the screen: "Provincial XX."

"Xiao Zhan speaking."

Frowning, he answered the call.

A cold voice came from the other end:

"Comrade Xiao Zhan, we've checked the records. There is no record of Yue Qinhu or Yue Changlong."

"Don't be deceived by someone with ulterior motives. End the investigation immediately!"

"This matter ends here. Do not interfere again!"

What?!

Xiao Zhan felt as though lightning had struck him. He nearly dropped his phone!

No records?

How was that possible?

The Pillar of the Country Plaque had weathered decades of storms. It had been made using techniques unique to that era!

Those dozen or so medals gleamed gold, each with a special number on the back!

They were genuine. He could not have mistaken them!

"Hahaha!"

Gao Zisheng heard the call and burst into wild laughter.

"I told you... Yue Xiaofei, your grandfather was a thief!"

"All this junk was stolen, and that gun is stolen property too!"

"Arrest him and send him to the police! Let him rot in prison for life!"

Gao Zisheng was vicious!

He had branded Yue Xiaofei a thief of military property, turning the matter into a criminal case!

Once Yue Xiaofei was in police custody, wouldn't the Gao Family be free to do whatever they wanted with him?

"Damn it!"

Xiao Zhan gripped his phone, his knuckles white.

The Gao Family was clearly pulling strings behind that call!

But he could not defy an order from the provincial authorities!

Yet the sight of Yue Xiaofei and the bloodstained Plaque on the ground cut him to the heart.

"Uncle Xiao!"

Yue Xiaofei stepped forward, his eyes red and his voice trembling with tears.

"They're real!"

"The scars on my grandfather's body don't lie!"

"My dad's medals don't lie!"

"Can the Gao Family erase a hero's blood just by buying off the right people?"

Meanwhile, opinion in Lin Xiaolu's Live Stream suddenly turned!

[Were those medals fake?]

[I said he was a fraud. Now he's been exposed!]

[Even the provincial authorities have spoken. He's finished!]

[Young Master Gao is awesome!]

"Heh."

Gao Zisheng rose smugly and looked down at Yue Xiaofei.

"See? You came here to complain, but they don't believe you! You slapped me just now? I'll make sure you spend the rest of your life in prison!"

He shouted toward the thugs beyond the cordon again.

"Get in here, all of you! Drag this fraud away. I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

Seeing Xiao Zhan hesitate, the thugs found the courage to edge a couple of steps forward.

Damn it!

Yue Xiaofei clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms.

Could the Gao Family really control everything?

The Plaque he had risked his life to carry here, the medals he had bled to defend—

Would they lose to the darkness after all?

At that critical moment!

Rumble!

A Hongqi with provincial plates hurtled toward them like a cannonball!

The car door flew open with a bang!

Leaning on a cane, Lin Tiejun strode toward them!

His white hair bristled, and he looked like an enraged lion!

"Stop!"

"Touch one hair on his head, and I'll shoot you dead!"

His roar cracked through the air like thunder.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Every eye turned toward Lin Tiejun.

The Gold Star Shoulder Insignia on his shoulder stunned everyone into silence.

Every soldier instinctively snapped to attention and saluted. The air seemed to freeze, leaving only the pounding of hearts!

"It's Old Lin!"

Xiao Zhan recognized him at once, his pupils contracting in shock.

Why him?

Had the provincial authorities been so furious that they had sent this heavyweight to arrest Yue Xiaofei?

All because the boy had impersonated a hero's descendant?

"Sir, thank you for making the trip!"

Gao Zisheng smiled instead. Mistaking Lin Tiejun for the powerful ally his father had summoned, he scrambled up to curry favor and pointed at Yue Xiaofei.

"That brat pretended to be a hero's descendant! It's a serious crime. Arrest him!"

"Don't worry. I'll have my dad show you his gratitude afterward!"

"Get lost!"

Lin Tiejun roared and whipped his cane across Gao Zisheng's face with a crack!

The blow sent him spinning like a top before he crashed to the ground, his face bruised and swollen!

The crowd erupted!

The Guards stared, unable to believe it.

Hadn't this old general come to back the Gao Family?

"Old Lin, what brings you here?"

Xiao Zhan hurried over, his voice respectful.

Lin Tiejun!

Former chief of staff, an iron-willed Major General with a temper like a firecracker!

He had been retired for over a decade, but he still commanded respect!

Yue Xiaofei watched Lin Tiejun too, uncertain.

Had this imposing old general come to arrest him?

Or had he come to...

"Grandpa!"

Lin Xiaolu squeezed through the crowd and ran to Lin Tiejun, tears spilling down her cheeks.

"They said they couldn't find any records of Yue Xiaofei's grandfather or father. They're going to arrest him!"

"Yes. Grandpa knows."

Lin Tiejun's face darkened.

He had rushed here partly because he was furious that the Gao Family had been bullying the weak with impunity.

But he also suspected this boy had the nerve to impersonate the old Regimental Commander's descendant!

The old Regimental Commander's honor could not be tarnished!

He shot Yue Xiaofei a displeased glance.

Getting up to tricks like this at his age?

Once I get to the bottom of this, I'll teach him a lesson!

But the next moment, he saw Yue Xiaofei's face clearly.

Boom!

Lin Tiejun froze as if struck by lightning. His cane fell to the ground!

He looks like him!

So much like him!

Those stubborn eyes!

Those tightly pressed lips!

That straight back, even with blood all over him!

Lin Tiejun seemed to see the young Regimental Commander decades ago, standing on an enemy position just like this. Facing the charging Japanese Invaders, he had roared:

"Behind us are our people, our homes, our country!"

"Comrades, we cannot retreat, even if we die!"

"Grandpa! What's wrong?"

Lin Xiaolu picked up his cane and steadied his trembling arm.

Lin Tiejun suddenly came to his senses and rushed up to Yue Xiaofei!

"Young man, I can see justice done for you, but you must tell me the truth!"

"Where did this Plaque and these medals come from?"

"If you dare pretend to be the old Regimental Commander's descendant, I won't let you off!"

Yue Xiaofei met his gaze without flinching.

"My grandfather gave them to me! His name is Yue Qinhu. He fought the Japanese Invaders!"

"Impossible!"

Lin Tiejun roared, "The old regimental commander died years ago! He had no descendants. Don't even think about lying to me!"

Yue Xiaofei said nothing. He took out his phone.

The screen was cracked in several places, but it still lit up.

He opened his photo album and pulled up a picture of two people.

In it, a white-haired old man sat in a wheelchair, wearing an old military uniform covered in patches.

The young man standing beside him was Yue Xiaofei.

"This... this is..."

Lin Tiejun snatched the phone and enlarged the photo!

He saw it clearly!

The scar beside the old man's eye came from a Japanese invader's bayonet!

The little finger missing from his left hand had been blown off by a grenade when he saved Lin Tiejun!

"Old regimental commander!"

Lin Tiejun had fought all his life and suffered countless wounds, but he had never shed a tear!

Yet now, tears streamed down his aged face!

He had nearly wronged the old regimental commander's grandson!

What a terrible thing he had almost done!

Thud!

Before everyone's astonished eyes!

Lin Tiejun dropped to his knees before Yue Xiaofei with a heavy thump!

A general in his eighties!

His knees struck the concrete with a dull sound that seemed to hit everyone in the heart!

At the sight, Xiao Zhan and the soldiers froze.

"Someone pinch me. Am I dreaming?"

"That's Old Lin, the iron-blooded general!"

"He once dared to pound the table in front of the commander, and today he's kneeling to a young man?!"

But in truth!

Lin Tiejun was not kneeling to Yue Xiaofei!

He was kneeling to the plaque bearing the words [Pillar of the Country]!

"Old regimental commander, I thought you'd died in battle! I never came looking for you!"

Lin Tiejun bent over the ground, sobbing like a child despite his eighty-odd years!

"I was your security guard back then. You pulled me out from a pile of corpses!"

"You taught me to shoot and taught me how to be a decent man. You gave me my chance!"

"You said we'd go home and farm once we'd driven out the Japanese invaders. I was still waiting to go with you!"

"How could I have believed the news that you'd died?"

"Old regimental commander, I've let you down!"

"..."

His heart-rending cries echoed all around!

The soldiers' eyes reddened!

Xiao Zhan's mouth fell open, and for a long time he could not close it!

The Gao Family thugs trembled with fear, too scared to make a sound!

Even Gao Zisheng panicked now!

He could not understand it. Wasn't Yue Xiaofei an orphan? Wasn't he worthless?

How could someone like that have such powerful backing?!

In Lin Xiaolu's Live Stream, comments surged across the screen like a tidal wave!

[Holy shit! Old Lin knelt for his old regimental commander!]

[I'm crying! That's what it means to be comrades-in-arms!]

[Who still says Yue Xiaofei is a fraud? His grandfather was a real hero, and Old Lin can prove he's telling the truth!]

[His grandfather wasn't a general! A general was his grandfather's security guard!]