"Jiang Linwan, you stop right there!" Zhang Daya shouted, startling Jiang Linwan. Turning around and seeing the old woman, Jiang Linwan asked coldly, "What is it?"

"Jiang Linwan, don't think that others don't know about the shady things you've done."

She only obtained that snake venom formula by hooking up with the dean of Big Fish Island and becoming his mistress.

"You dare to give a speech on stage?" she said, snatching the speech from Jiang Linwan's hand and tearing it to shreds in a few moments.

Looking at Jiang Linwan, she was furious: "You shameless woman, you used your looks to get in through connections, and your husband is no better, taking advantage of his family to steal my son's place."

"A whole family of wolves and tigers! I'll scratch your vixen face until it's bruised and battered!" Zhang Daya said, reaching out to scratch Jiang Linwan's face.

Song Manru, who was not far away, saw this scene and looked on with a gloating expression.

On stage, the host's voice was loud and clear, and the sound from the loudspeaker carried across the entire playground through the wind:

"Recently, one of our soldiers bravely rescued someone but was unfortunately poisoned by a deadly sea snake."

Everyone is familiar with the venom of sea snakes; it works quickly and can be fatal. How many soldiers on our island have lost their lives because of sea snakes?

"And Lu Qiyue's wife, Comrade Jiang Linwan, possessed a miraculous remedy and selflessly donated it to save lives, demonstrating her noble character!"

"Her prescription saved the lives of our soldiers, and will save many more in the future, preserving coastal defense capabilities, preventing troop losses, and demonstrating her virtue on the island! We hereby publicly commend and reward her!"

As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted throughout the hall.

Everyone was eagerly anticipating seeing the legendary wife of Commander Lu. Sister Yang was also looking anxious, saying, "Hurry up, where did this girl go?"

Lu Qiyue frowned and looked around.

Jiang Linwan heard her own voice, looked at Zhang Daya with a slightly indifferent expression, and gently turned her body to the side.

He easily dodged her lunging grab, his fingertips moving so fast they were just a blur, and the three-inch silver needle hidden in his sleeve precisely struck a soft spot on the old lady's side.

Zhang Daya let out a muffled groan, her strength suddenly vanished, her legs went weak, and she collapsed heavily to the ground with a thud. Her whole body was sore and numb, and she struggled a couple of times but couldn't get up, leaving her with a look of utter astonishment.

"You little bitch, what kind of sorcery did you use on me?"

Jiang Linwan didn't have time to pay attention to her and quickly walked onto the stage.

Song Manru was waiting for her to embarrass herself. Without a prepared speech, she wanted to see what kind of nonsense Jiang Linwan could come up with.

If nothing is said clearly, and Zhang Daya happens to go on stage and cause a scene, confirming Jiang Linwan's crime of selling herself, then today will not be Jiang Linwan's commendation ceremony, but a ceremony to completely ruin Jiang Linwan's reputation.

What Song Manru didn't know, Jiang Linwan had a photographic memory. Once on stage, she automatically shut out everyone else, gazing into the distance, while her impassioned voice rang out from the stage.

His words brought tears to the eyes of everyone present.

When Song Manru found Zhang Daya, she was slumped on the ground. As soon as she saw someone coming, she excitedly shouted, "Girl, please help me up quickly! My body is too weak to stand up."

Song Manru disdainfully helped Zhang Daya up from the ground. Hearing the thunderous applause from below the stage, she quickly pulled her towards the hall.

Before Zhang Daya could plead, Jiang Linwan saw the approaching people from afar and said, "It might take a few minutes of your time."

There's a reason I was late going on stage earlier. The mother of Deputy Head Li from our district stopped me and tore up my speech.

She also falsely accused me of having an affair with the director of our hospital, and said that my husband got the position of regimental commander through connections, and even stole her son's position.

Jiang Linwan has been here for over a month now, and he is quite familiar with some things about the family compound.

Lu Qiyue was respected by the island's fishermen and soldiers because he came from a good family, but he never relied on his family and only worked hard to reach his position.

Upon hearing Jiang Linwan's words, Li Zhiqiang's face instantly turned bright red with embarrassment. His eyes fiercely searched for his mother's figure. He shouldn't have let her come; besides causing trouble and disrupting the family, she couldn't help at all.

Hearing that Jiang Linwan still dared to refute her, Zhang Daya straightened her back and arrogantly said, "What I said is the truth."

How old are you? How could you possibly be more skilled than the veteran doctors in the military region?

This prescription must have been given to you by your hospital director, and your husband, who became a regimental commander at such a young age, I just heard the girl next to me say that.

"That position of regimental commander should have been my son's." As she spoke, she looked at Song Manru, hoping she would say a few words for her, but when she turned her head, she found that Song Manru was gone.

Their arrogance hadn't subsided at all. They craned their necks and looked at Commander Yang on the stage: "Commander Yang, is this how you leaders bully people?"

My son is far less experienced than that young upstart, and even in terms of merit, my son is definitely better than him.

"Mom, shut up!" Li Zhiqiang quickly pulled his elderly mother away and looked apologetically at Commander Yang: "Commander Yang, I'm sorry, my mother was provoked."

"What are you afraid of, you coward? We'll fight for what's yours."

"Why should he take your place?" Zhang Daya said to herself, completely oblivious to the disgusted looks she received from everyone.

If it were just said that Jiang Linwan had an ambiguous relationship with someone, people would probably actually believe it. But when the old woman said that Commander Lu got his position through connections, none of these people believed it.

Li Zhiqiang still wanted to plead for mercy, but Lu Qiyue, who had been sitting in the chair, suddenly felt a chill run through him.

He stood up abruptly, his military boots slamming heavily on the blue brick floor with a dull thud. His upright figure carried the iron-blooded aura honed by years of guarding the coast. His brows were covered with frost as he spoke sternly, "All my promotion assessment records are on file. It's clear who is superior and who is inferior."

I don't care what others say about me, but her baseless rumors and slander against my family, her tarnishing of the reputation of military families, and her undermining of the morale between the military and civilians cannot be let off the hook.

"Please give my wife justice, leaders. She was just a kind-hearted donor who didn't want the island soldiers to get hurt while protecting our Chinese land and people."

Now, however, we are being slandered and defamed. I hope the leadership will deal with the person who spread the rumors according to regulations. Otherwise, if everyone can fabricate rumors and slander military families at will, where will our military region's prestige be?

"I agree with Regiment Lu. People who spread rumors and cause trouble should be taken away for a thorough investigation. Otherwise, it will really discourage the military spouses in our family compound from wanting to contribute to the military region," Lu Wanyun said loudly.

Firstly, it was to ease the tension with her nephew. Secondly, the Jiang family had been physicians for generations, and their medical skills were indeed remarkable. She might not be able to develop such a powerful prescription, but the Jiang family patriarch might not be.

The medical skills on Dayu Island are far inferior to those of the military region, let alone the ability to develop such a powerful prescription. This prescription must have been developed by the Jiang family.

Now that Jiang Linwan has brought it out, it can be considered as helping her nephew, so she naturally can't hold him back any longer.

"That's right. Everyone has witnessed Dr. Jiang's medical skills. I didn't even know when I had a miscarriage."

"It was only after I went to Dr. Jiang during the last few years because I couldn't conceive that I found out that I had miscarried during my previous pregnancy. I had seen several doctors before, but none of them could tell. Dr. Jiang knew it at a glance," Liu Guiying said, standing up.

Immediately, several women who wanted to curry favor with Jiang Linwan also stood up to speak in her defense.

Commander Yang's face instantly darkened, and he stared coldly at Zhang Daya before turning to Li Zhiqiang: "Promotions in the military are all based on merit and performance, and the process is fair and impartial."

The merits made by the Army Regiment over the years are evident to all. We will not tolerate you spreading rumors, slandering the garrison officers, and disrupting the relationship between the military and the people!

Li Zhiqiang, if you still can't control your mother, then go back home with her.

"This afternoon I will list out all the merits that the Lu Regiment has made over the years. Anyone who has any further questions can come to me." After saying this, Division Commander Yang said some more words of praise for Jiang Linwan, took out the award for this occasion and handed it to her, thus concluding the commendation ceremony.

Zhang Daya wanted to continue making a scene, but Li Zhiqiang glared at her angrily: "You're only happy when you make me lose my job."

"By then, forget about me giving you twenty yuan a month; you won't even have a single yuan."

"Why are you taking it out on me? You useless bastard, you're still swallowing your anger after someone stole your position."

"Enough! The Lu Regiment didn't take my position at all. Who told you that the Lu Regiment took my position?" Li Zhiqiang was almost crying. Division Commander Yang happened to be passing by and looked at the two of them with a cold face: "You two come with me for questioning."

Zhang Daya was instantly dumbfounded. What did it mean to be investigated? Was she going to be punished?

"Commander Yang, as a leader, you can't be so biased. Why should I be the one to be investigated?"

Jiang Linwan and her man also need to be investigated.

Commander Yang ignored her and simply waved his hand, and someone dragged Zhang Daya away.

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