Chapter 86: Chapter 86: In War, There Is No Such Thing as Too Much Deception
Aunt Xia, standing by, hadn’t noticed anything unusual about Xia Chuyi and the other two. She laughed heartily and warmly said to Huo Shiqian, “That’s more like it, the military and civilians are one family, what’s there to be polite about? Besides, you’re our family’s saviors!”
Incredibly, she seamlessly redirected Huo Shiqian’s words back at him.
Huo Shiqian chuckled but said nothing more.
Xiao Wang had already taken the local produce from the enthusiastic Aunt Xia and placed it in the car, continuously repeating, “Thank you, fellow villager! Thank you, fellow villager!”
Seeing this, Xia Chuyi also breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness Aunt Xia didn’t think too much… This Huo Shiqian is really unreliable!
She couldn’t help complaining inwardly, but dared not show it on her face.
She smiled sweetly and said, “Alright, Aunt Xia, everything’s in the car now, and the liberation army comrades still have a mission, you shouldn’t send us off any further.”
Aunt Xia nodded, understanding the importance, but couldn’t help repeatedly saying, “Remember to visit us often!”
Xia Chuyi thought, “If Uncle Liberation Army keeps coming, he’ll definitely give her a heart attack.”
Finally, with Aunt Xia’s reluctant gaze, the three of them got into the car.
Naturally, Huo Shiqian didn’t sit in the passenger seat but joined her in the back.
The car moved along silently as both occupants remained quiet.
On the way, as expected, there were no surprises, and they drove out of the village smoothly.
Of course, they didn’t go in the wrong direction.
At the village entrance, not far from exiting, Xiao Wang turned off the engine, looked at the rearview mirror, saluted, and earnestly reported, “Report to the battalion commander, the road ahead is too bumpy, requesting the commander to disembark and walk a section. I will drive alone to the front and wait for the officer!”
Huo Shiqian didn’t look at her, just the corners of his mouth curving into a faint smile as he said, “Permission granted.”
After speaking, he twisted open the door handle with his large hand, stretched out his long legs, and got out of the car first.
As Xia Chuyi was about to get out from the other side, Huo Shiqian’s voice came from across.
“Come here.” He reached out his hand toward her.
Against the light, she saw his calm demeanor and really wanted to refuse, but how to do so?
Uh, that’s childish again.
Shaking her head to dispel her unreliable thoughts, she placed her hand in his, feeling the strength from his large palm. With his other hand guarding her, she smoothly got out of the car.
Once they were both standing, Xia Chuyi withdrew her hand, but Huo Shiqian didn’t insist. He simply stroked the palm of her hand lightly with his fingertip before letting go.
She always felt that after she unintentionally flirted with Uncle Liberation Army back in Provincial City, she had switched on something within him, unleashing certain attributes.
With a “vroom,” the engine started, Xiao Wang ignited the car, and began driving at an ants’ pace forward, very steadily.
The alleged bumpy road conditions were non-existent.
Xia Chuyi blinked at the snail-paced car, then blinked at Huo Shiqian’s unfazed expression, and couldn’t help but curl her lips, saying, “Uncle Liberation Army, are all your subordinates so good at lying with their eyes open?”
Upon hearing this, Huo Shiqian didn’t deny it, instead, he nodded very seriously and said, “Military matters are special, deception is par for the course.”
Xia Chuyi was momentarily speechless.
Great, she now understood where Uncle Liberation Army’s previous behavior had come from.
Without delving further into the matter, she started to walk slowly along the road with him.
“By the way, how did you come to be here?” After taking a few steps, she tilted her head and asked him, “Didn’t you say you’d come two months later?”
Huo Shiqian replied nonchalantly, “On a business trip.”
But the last part, he didn’t say out loud.