Hearing Xia Chuyi's words, Ou Jun immediately shook his head and purposefully straightened his face, "That won't do, this sister is someone I intend to take under my wing!"
"But in the end... it's me, your brother, who received your gift, yet I don't give you anything in return. How does that work out?"
"This..." Xia Chuyi was about to say that she didn't mind.
Seeing a look of refusal about to form, Ou Jun immediately said, "Alright, let's just decide on that."
Having made the decision, Ou Jun continued, "Xiao Cong and the others are still waiting for me outside. Chuyi, I have to leave now."
"If you ever need anything, come straight to my house to find me." Ou Jun instructed warmly.
After giving his instructions, he settled the bill at the restaurant and then took his leave.
Xia Chuyi watched as Ou Jun's steps visibly lightened upon departure and couldn't help shaking her head.
Hey, Xia Chuyi herself didn't understand how she had so confusedly and suddenly gained a brother.
However, having Ou Jun as a brother seemed like quite a good thing, right?
After all, her impression of Ou Jun was genuinely very positive.
Xia Chuyi couldn't help but think to herself: It goes to show that kinship isn't all about blood relations.
Finally, after seeing off Ou Jun, Xia Chuyi went back to the kitchen to help out.
In the evening, after returning to the school from "Delicious Residence," she had just arrived at the dorm when an instructor came to inform her that there was a phone call for her in the office.
"A phone call?" Xia Chuyi said in surprise.
Who would call this late?
She had a fixed schedule for weekly calls with Uncle Xia and Aunt Xia from Ling County—and typically, she was the one who called them.
So, who could be on the line?
Xia Chuyi tilted her head, her curiosity swelling inside her.
"Hello, this is Xia Chuyi." After arriving in the office, she picked up the receiver and introduced herself. Then she asked the person on the other end of the line, "May I ask who's speaking?"
"It's me," came a familiar deep and resonant male voice.
"Uncle Liberation Army?" Xia Chuyi blurted out.
The person on the other end of the phone: "..."
Xia Chuyi quickly coughed and corrected herself, "Brother Shi Qian, is that you?"
From the other end of the line.
"Yes." The man's voice came through.
Xia Chuyi immediately broke into a smile, excitedly saying, "Brother Shi Qian, it really is you?!"
"Has your training mission over there finished? Was it tough?"
Because the two had been in correspondence, Xia Chuyi knew that Huo Shiqian should have been leading troops in training these past couple of days—of course, if Huo Shiqian hadn't been keeping anything from her in his heart.
After all, certain information belonged to military secrets, which Huo Shiqian wouldn't tell her.
Regardless, receiving a call from Huo Shiqian all of a sudden was a pleasant surprise for Xia Chuyi.
And her surprise, without any concealment, transmitted clearly and completely through the waves to the other end of the line.
In a place in the Southwest which Xia Chuyi could not see, a certain officer, who had previously been keeping a stern face, couldn't help but let his lips curl up ever so slightly, his eyes filled with tenderness.
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His reaction made Xia Chuyi shake her head and pout.
Uncle Liberation Army sure knew how to have a conversation!
Nevermind, she couldn't be bothered to nitpick with him... After all, when her Uncle Liberation Army did speak, he could make her blush and get her heart racing, but when he was straightforward, he was also extremely endearing in his blunt way.
"Brother Shi Qian, what made you think to call me today?" Xia Chuyi curiously asked Huo Shiqian.