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Chapter 335 Family Guy

Chapter 335 Family Guy
As the ceremony drew to a close, the church returned to its rare solemnity.

The pastor closed the Bible beside him, nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Brothers and sisters, we are here today not just to bid farewell to a young life."

"Moreover, it is to remember the path he walked in this world."

“Remember the laughter, words, and moments he shared with us.”

"The Bible reminds us that there is no greater love than this: if someone lays down his life for his friends."

He let out a soft breath, his whole body relaxed, and his expression softened:
"Among those present today are blood relatives, distant relatives, and old friends whom we haven't seen for many years."

"Everyone's memories are different, but they all belong to Colin."

"Some people remember what he looked like as a child, and some remember his youthful and impetuous demeanor."

"And in the days after he left his hometown, many more things happened in places we couldn't see."

The pastor's gaze shifted to the front row, then lingered on Zhou Yi.

"Next, I would like to invite a special brother to come up and say a few words."

"He witnessed Colin's military career, and everything he did on the battlefield and in distant places."

"That's a place most of us have never been."

“Brother John, please come up.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yi stood up, straightened the hem of his suit jacket slightly, and walked to the podium.

He first looked up at the roof waiting to be repaired, then looked around at the crowd of people below with different expressions.

There was silence for a while.

Zhou Yi took a deep breath before slowly speaking.

"I first met Colin in 1996."

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"MEPS, Military Entrance Processing Station."

"The place where new recruits undergo physical examinations, sign documents, and receive psychological assessments before enlistment."

“He hasn’t read many books and is a complete racist white trash, just like you guys.”

"And me? I was young, impulsive, angry, and made a lot of mistakes back then."

"Colin sat to my left while we were in line."

"He doesn't like me, and so do I."

"He said some rubbish, so I punched him before I was dragged away."

"After that, we joined the recruit camp at Benningburg."

"OSUT, One Station Unit Training, is a curriculum that integrates basic training and infantry specialty training."

"Training requires everyone to have a partner, check each other's equipment, supervise each other, and even go to the toilet together."

"Colin and I were put in the same group."

"He doesn't like me, and I don't like him, but that's the rule."

"Fortunately, this is only a temporary arrangement."

DS said that once we're out there, we can do whatever we want.

"But here, you are brothers, your life is his life, remember that."

"God knows how much I wanted to graduate back then and find a chance to stab him in the back."

"Unfortunately, I still couldn't get rid of him because we were both in the Ranger selection process."

"After a few weeks, besides figuring out how much pain I can endure, I haven't actually learned much."

"It's over. We've been assigned to the Second Battalion."

"Of course, the situation hasn't changed, we're still together."

"When we go on a mission, the number of people in the platoon is fixed, and the partners are not changed casually."

"The team needed to get to know each other's habits, so we started going out together after get off work."

"It was a very strange change, but a miracle happened."

"The first deployment was in the late 1990s, to be precise, in 1999."

"There were no earth-shattering scenes, just a long wait."

"Colin would complain to me, swear, talk nonsense, and dream about the future."

"He's very good at talking, especially with women. He can make witty remarks, even when he has nothing in his pocket."

"Then Bush and Cheney sent us to the desert hell." "I pride myself on being silent because my heart was full of resentment and bitterness, and I was thinking about things all the time."

"The turning point came near Kandahar in October 2001 with Operation Rhino."

"Our goal is to breach the airport, clear the runway, and establish a temporary forward operating base."

"The moment the first mortar shot landed, I stopped thinking."

"I don't want to think about anything, I just let my instincts take over everything."

“I gazed at the disaster for a long time and gained a long-lost peace.”

"You have no right to know what happened after that."

"The only thing I can share is that Colin is still Colin, he has never changed."

"He doesn't talk about death, he doesn't talk about purpose, he just keeps moving forward and never looks back."

"He was an eccentric person who never considered what the end would be like."

“Naturally, I never thought about how to bury my good friend until more than three months ago.”

"In the car, he recited a prayer for a woman, which was quite unusual for him, even though I knew he was just fooling around."

So I think...

"I think."

Zhou Yi suddenly felt speechless, his thoughts wandered, and he subconsciously shut his mouth.

It took him a good ten seconds to snap out of his daze and continue speaking:
"So I think that perhaps returning to tradition might be a good thing for him."

"Let you, let his blood relatives, mourn his passing. Let his tombstone not be buried in dust. Let the pastor pray for his soul."

“If heaven truly exists, I wish him to rest in peace. I wish my brother to rest in peace, to lie down in peace, to rise in the morning, to walk with them when they are resurrected, to see the grass and the water in the promised land, without fear or pain, and to enjoy eternal peace.”

As Zhou Yi finished speaking, he lowered his head slightly and looked down at the crowd below again.

Someone stared nervously at the pistol.

Some people had greedy eyes, their eyes fixed on their own pockets.

Some even secretly moved closer to Jim, trying to find a chance to slip away.

From beginning to end, no one really cared about what he said.

The church was deathly silent.

Time passed by, second by second.

Gradually, the unrest resurfaced.

The two fighting women glared at each other, their lips moving as they silently cursed.

Their men, meanwhile, listlessly held empty beer cans, their expressions completely indifferent.

The air was extremely polluted, and chaos reigned all around.

After a long while, Zhou Yi finally spoke.