"Really?" Luo Hongqi still looked utterly incredulous.
"Yes, absolutely true!" Chuxia had long since become accustomed to Luo Hongqi’s indifference and disdain towards her and wasn’t angry.
"Brother, you’ve really disappointed me. We thought of visiting you as soon as we arrived, and this is the attitude you show..."
At this moment, the other male soldiers of the third squad had already left the room, looking at Luo Hongqi being questioned with envy. How nice would it be if they also had such a sister? And she had brought such a beautiful companion with her—that was the main attraction!
The recent training had left Chuxia’s face rosy and added more flesh to her body. Although she still looked somewhat frail next to Luo Xiaoqiong, a charm unlike ordinary girls’ coyness was subtly becoming evident.
In a place where just being a girl could dazzle men, seeing such an enchantingly beautiful girl made the wolves’ mouths water outright.
No matter the time, there was always a difference in aesthetic preferences between women and men, and at this time, it was even more pronounced.
In this era, girls thought that being strong, with bushy eyebrows and big eyes, was the most beautiful.
Men, on the surface, also agreed that such girls were beautiful.
However, from a perspective of appreciation, no man would dislike a girl like Chuxia, which was a type of true, feminized beauty.
And unlike most overtly vigorous girls, they sometimes might overlook their gender...
Feeling everyone’s eyes glued on her, Chuxia did not act coy. Of course, she wouldn’t smile at everyone—that would be easily misunderstood.
Standing beside Luo Xiaoqiong with a calm expression, Chuxia’s detached and gentle charm instantly conquered the hearts of the onlookers.
However, their thoughts were just that—just thoughts.
Such a girl was not one whom they could marry just because they wanted to—they were afraid they couldn’t afford her.
Well, no matter the era, it seemed there was a consensus that a girl too beautiful was just to be looked at; marrying her? Better not.
After being scolded by his sister, Luo Hongqi finally came to his senses and sheepishly looked at Chuxia, "Lin Chuxia, I’m sorry. It’s not that I doubted you, just that I was concerned about your physical condition..."
"I know." Chuxia interrupted him, "We are medical soldiers, and we also have requirements for physical fitness, but they are not that strict."
"So that’s what it is; I thought so..."
Luo Xiaoqiong kicked Luo Hongqi’s leg out of irritation, "Brother, if you can’t speak properly, then don’t speak, does belittling Chuxia make you feel better? If it were Zhong Hongying standing here, would you think it’s normal then?"
"How is she?" Suddenly bending down, the previously upright Luo Hongqi, upon hearing Zhong Hongying’s name, looked at his sister with a hint of ingratiating expression.
Already frustrated, Luo Xiaoqiong, seeing her brother’s pathetic state, became even more annoyed, "Luo Hongqi, do you have no backbone at all?
She’s only interested in your position, not you as a person; why can’t you understand that? Let me tell you, she also participated in the selection this time but got eliminated.
She said she would participate next time too, and if she really gets selected, do you think she would marry you? Brother, can you please be realistic? Stop dreaming all the time?"
"I didn’t say I wanted her to marry me, just showing some concern." Luo Hongqi awkwardly said, glancing at his fellow soldiers behind him. He regretted deeply. Just now, in the flow of conversation, he had forgotten there were so many people around.
Once his sister left, surely he would be interrogated again, he hated whatever might come. Alas, he had realized that whenever Lin Chuxia was involved, nothing good ever happened.
Unintentionally, Luo Hongqi’s look towards Chuxia carried a hint of unhappiness.
Noting Luo Hongqi’s hostility, Chuxia was somewhat puzzled. What had she done to bother him?
She had made it clear long ago that she would neither marry him nor like him. Plus, she had already broken off their betrothal. She really couldn’t understand where his hostility was coming from.
Unable to figure it out, she didn’t bother to think further and shifted her gaze elsewhere.
Walking down a line of ten dormitories, she noticed that, except for this one, all the other doors were tightly shut—how strange!
Thinking this, she simply took two steps forward and looked at Luo Hongqi’s comrades, "I want to ask, why does everyone here keep their doors closed so tightly? Are you not allowed to come out after dinner?"