681: He apologized to Xiao Niannian in public.

Chief Qiao's face was full of smiles, wondering what Chief Gu and Xiao Niannian would say. He didn't expect Xiao Niannian to be so fierce, directly exposing the matter in front of so many people and demanding an apology.

Lu Jing, Military Doctor Shen, and others nearby listened, their smiles growing wider.

Shen Yan stood behind Xiao Niannian, shouting in his heart, "Beautiful!"

As expected of Sister Xiao, she's so domineering and powerful.

This Chief Qiao is truly shameless, saying such things in public. He's implying that Sister Xiao climbed up through connections, not by her own strength.

That's utter nonsense! In the Special Forces Brigade, if you don't have strength, who would respect you?

If this rumor spreads, everyone will know. How much will it affect the reputations of Sister Xiao and Uncle Gu? Doesn't Chief Qiao know? He's doing it on purpose!

Unable to compete with Uncle Gu in other aspects, he resorts to such insidious methods. The Qiao Family members are all like this.

Qiao Yan has always been the same. In the past, when he couldn't beat Brother Lu, he used insidious methods, but still lost to Brother Lu.

Indeed, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked!

Shen Yan cursed wildly in his heart. He didn't dare to confront Chief Qiao directly like Sister Xiao, but he could curse in his heart! Shameless, shameless, utterly shameless!

Chief Qiao's face instantly darkened. He had said it on purpose, to let all the Commanders attending the assessment training know that Xiao Niannian was Chief Gu's biological daughter. He even planned to spread the word that the Eldest Miss of the Hong Kong Wang Family was Old Gu's wife.

Now, everyone's gaze was on him.

He had expected Old Gu to accuse him, to reprimand him, but he never thought that Xiao Niannian's personality would be so unyielding, directly clarifying the matter and demanding an apology.

Now he was truly in a difficult position!

A leader heard this, saw Chief Qiao's somewhat unpleasant expression, and immediately tried to smooth things over.

"Chief Qiao didn't mean that, Comrade Xiao, please don't be angry... Hehe... Let's go sit down first."

The other Commanders looked at the speaker, some with a hint of disdain on their faces.

"Comrade Xiao Niannian is indeed the most outstanding comrade in the Special Forces Brigade. In recent years, dozens of missions have been completed exceptionally well. Not only that, her physical fitness is even better than that of elite Team Members, and the Womens Team was even founded by Comrade Xiao Niannian herself..."

Captain Chen entered protective mode.

After Captain Chen finished speaking, Political Commissar Li also joined in the protection.

"Captain Chen is absolutely right. Captain Chen and I have been partners for years, always looking for outstanding talents. When Comrade Xiao Niannian was still a recruit, her scores were number one. We decided then to specially recruit her into the Special Forces Brigade. After she went to the Military Academy, she would also return to the Special Forces Brigade for training during winter and summer vacations. Her abilities have surpassed all the Instructors of the Special Forces Brigade..."

Political Commissar Li paused, then continued.

"We've submitted reports on Comrade Xiao Niannian's performance. If the Commanders don't believe it, you can check the quarterly assessment scores... And the preparation plan for the Special Forces Brigade's Womens Team was also written by Comrade Xiao Niannian. There were a total of six versions, each recorded, and later sent to the Capital City..."

Chief Qiao didn't expect Captain Chen and Political Commissar Li to protect Xiao Niannian with such clear-cut attitudes.

Chief Gu stood beside them, his face full of pride.

His daughter was extremely, extremely, extremely outstanding. She didn't become the Female Team Captain of the Special Forces Brigade because of his connections; it was a path his daughter forged herself. In these past few years, his daughter had endured countless hardships. How could it be that insidious Qiao's turn to criticize his daughter?

"Old Qiao, if you can't speak properly, then shut up. What you're doing is slander. Apologize to my daughter immediately..."

Chief Qiao's eyes widened when he heard Chief Gu's words.

Old Gu actually reprimanded him in front of so many people and told him to apologize.

How could he apologize to a mere company commander?

"Chief Qiao, have you said something wrong, and now you don't even know how to apologize?"

Xiao Niannian continued to retort.

Chief Qiao's face grew even uglier.

The leader who had tried to smooth things over earlier was also embarrassed now. He moved his mouth, wanting to speak again, but seeing so many people helping Xiao Niannian, if he spoke again, he would provoke public anger.

"It was Uncle Qiao who said something wrong. Xiao Xiao, don't be angry with Uncle."

Chief Qiao suppressed the anger in his heart. This was his first meeting with Xiao Niannian, and he had already been slapped in the face by her.

Today was truly humiliating.

"Since Old Qiao has apologized, let's go sit down. The weather is too hot," Chief Gu said with a chuckle.

He nodded to his daughter, his eyes full of approval.

Under such circumstances, getting Old Qiao to lose face and apologize was already very good. The matter couldn't be dragged out any further.

Chief Qiao's face was cold as he followed Chief Gu and the others forward.

Captain Chen and Political Commissar Li looked at Xiao Niannian with smiles in their eyes.

Lu Jing spoke.

"Wife, you're amazing."

Xiao Niannian laughed.

"Sister Xiao, you're truly incredible." In all these years, Shen Yan had never seen anyone dare to speak to Chief Qiao so boldly. Sister Xiao was truly the first.

This was truly satisfying!

Xiao Niannian patted Shen Yan's arm and walked forward.

Xiao Niannian stood at the front of the line, seeing Chief Qiao's gaze, sharp as a knife, piercing towards her. She stood calmly, as if nothing had just happened.

But Chief Qiao was furious inside!

He had come this time for several matters, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face by a junior like Xiao Niannian before he even started.

Captain Chen was speaking on the rostrum.

Soon, the assessment began.

Xiao Niannian stood by, watching the Womens Team members begin their assessment.

One subject after another, the assessments began.

Not only the Womens Team members, but also the regular Team Members of the First Team, Second Team, and Third Team began their assessments.

All the Commanders went to the training ground to observe the regular Team Members' assessments.

Chief Qiao watched the assessment before him. The Team Members from the four teams had excellent scores in several consecutive subjects. In regular Military Units, these scores would be extremely outstanding, but here, they were only considered 'excellent,' not yet 'exceptionally excellent.'

He didn't believe that every single one of these Special Forces Members could achieve 'excellent'!

How could they all reach 'excellent' in less than a year?

Many of them must not be able to!

These people might be faking it just to save face!

He had been to other Special Forces Brigades before, and even in those brigades, a small portion of people barely met the passing grade. How strong could a bunch of new recruits be?

If they were elite Team Members, he would believe that every one of them could achieve 'exceptionally excellent'.

But throughout the entire morning, not a single Team Member had poor scores. Even after he visited more than a dozen places and watched more than a dozen subjects of competition, the scores of these Team Members were all very good.

All were 'excellent'!!!

How was this possible? How exactly did their Special Forces Brigade train?