Lu Changqing gave a bitter smile and continued:
"A lot of people despise what I've done, but I don't regret it! I don't care what impression I leave on my comrades.
After I went to Capital City, I studied like mad and qualified for promotion to an officer. I also deliberately cultivated good relationships with my superiors. That was how I learned ahead of time about the deployment to the Border and secured another opportunity.
On the battlefield, I risked my life trying to earn merit, but I was also afraid that if I really died, this mission would go to the grave with me! Doctor Song was already gone! I couldn't accept it! I couldn't let this mission be abandoned halfway!
Luckily, I came back alive and was even promoted to company commander! For an ordinary soldier, a promotion that fast was an unprecedented honor! But that was already the result of giving it everything I had! It was as far as my abilities could take me!
Unfortunately, it was still nowhere near enough!
Song Ning! That was when you appeared! You weren't at all like someone who'd come out of a remote mountain village. You were brave and capable! You could treat Elder Zhou and Regimental Commander Gu, and you could even negotiate with foreigners..."
Song Ning watched him quietly, waiting for him to finish.
By this point, Lu Changqing was growing agitated. He gritted his teeth, raised his head, and looked Song Ning straight in the eye.
"Song Ning! As you said, getting another promotion anytime soon will be very difficult for me! So now I need your influence to gain more opportunities! Please help me!"
Before Song Ning could speak, he hurried on:
"I know you don't agree to marry me! But since there's no one