The tents in the command base were better than the ones distributed to them for their school’s military training. Wu Mu looked at the sturdy frames above her head and the thick blanket on her body, then pursed her lips and said, “The academy is really something. The things they gave us aren’t even half as good as what they gave these soldiers!”
Su Qing was sleeping on another camp bed at the side with her eyes closed. “Hurry up and sleep. You still have to rush back to the military training ground with Yuan Yang tomorrow.”
Su Qing had already decided to stay. Xing Lei considered that it would be too inhumane to send Wu Mu and Yuan Yang back at such an unearthly hour, so he asked them to stay for the night and go back to the military training grounds tomorrow instead.
Wu Mu turned around and looked at Su Qing’s face. She said softly, “Are you really going to help them train?”
Su Qing nodded slowly. “Yes.”
“Then you have to be careful. Don’t let them know about our masters! And that Huo Qi!” For some reason, Wu Mu suddenly felt a little angry. “I keep feeling that he has ulterior motives towards you. Remember to be careful of him!”
Su Qing opened her eyes and looked at the dim lights above her head. “Why do you think Xing Lei wants me to help him train his soldiers?”
Wu Mu was stunned for a moment before she immediately reacted. She said anxiously, “Do you mean that they saw something from your skills? Or do they already know about your relationship with Master Yuan Cheng?”
Su Qing shook her head and said, “They probably haven’t linked me with our masters. It’s fine, don’t worry.”
Wu Mu thought about it. It was true. The Yuan family had always protected Su Qing very well, and ordinary people wouldn’t link them together. Besides, even if they knew, so what? Su Qing had never wanted to hide it from anyone. She just found it troublesome and didn’t want to explain too much.
Su Qing woke up at five the next morning. She quickly washed up and stepped out of the tent, only to see Huo Qi outside.
The location of this command base was very good. The terrain here was high, and one could see a large portion of Mt. Qimin. Naturally, it was also a good place to catch the sunrise.
Huo Qi seemed to have eyes behind him. Without even turning around, he knew that the footsteps belonged to Su Qing. His slender hand patted the stool beside him. “Sit down quickly. The sun is about to rise.”
Su Qing stood rooted to the ground and looked at the man’s figure basking in the dim morning light. She frowned slightly. Could it be that this man had specially come to meet her? How did he know when she would wake up, and that she wanted to watch the sunrise?
Huo Qi sensed that the little girl behind him had stopped moving for a long time. He turned to look at her with a smile on his lips. “What’s wrong? Do you think I’ll eat you up? Didn’t you want to see the sunrise? Come over. I’ve already prepared a seat for you.”
Su Qing felt as though she had been bewitched. She actually walked towards Huo Qi. Perhaps the man’s smile was too sincere and passionate, or perhaps it was his unguarded attitude, but nevertheless, she was intrigued.
The spot he was sitting at was in front of a cliff.
Su Qing picked up the stool and distanced herself from Huo Qi before sitting down slowly. “How did you know that I wanted to watch the sunrise?”
When Huo Qi saw Su Qing’s actions, the corners of his lips curled up in amusement. This little girl was too cute! He turned his head to look at Su Qing’s side profile, and the fondness in his heart seemed to overflow. “I guessed it!”
Su Qing turned to look at him, her brows furrowed in confusion. “You guessed it?”
Huo Qi smiled brightly and didn’t say anything else.
He had really guessed it. He hadn’t been sleeping well recently. He often woke up at four or five in the morning, and when he woke up, he couldn’t go back to sleep anymore. When he walked out of the tent, he saw a faint light shining in Su Qing’s tent. He then looked at the clouds in the distance, which were red from the sun’s rays, and realized what Su Qing was thinking.
A gentle breeze blew between the two of them, accompanied by the tranquility and silence in the air. Huo Qi turned his head slightly to look at Su Qing and said, “Do you like things related to the military?”
“Not particularly,” Su Qing said calmly as she looked at the sun that was peeking out. She liked many things, and this was just one of them.
“Who is Yuan Cheng to you?”
When Su Qing heard Huo Qi’s words, she was a little surprised, but that was all. She wasn’t afraid of what Huo Qi knew, and there was nothing to hide. However, she simply couldn’t be bothered to tell him everything.
“It’s none of your business,” Su Qing said.