Joe Ga particularly understands Lao Du's situation and knows exactly what a person like him would face when he retires and returns home.
Being a colonel is not a prestigious position; once you transfer to the local government, you get demoted and can't even become the chief of a police station.
Moreover, people with 'issues' like this attract a lot of attention and are then sent to a place where they can be safely put aside from everyone else.
For someone who's experienced thrills, such a life becomes unbearable day by day!
Mr. Tong saw that Joe Ga and Lao Du suddenly stopped talking, and he laughed and said, "That's why I'm dragging the old squad leader here...
Don't be fooled, he's my squad leader, but he's actually a few years younger than me.
Back in our Sharpshooter Company, the squad leader was quite a figure!
Later I got shot, became a deserter, and waited many years for him to return from the front lines, but then everyone said he'd gone mad.
