“Boss! Good to see you, Sister-in-law!”
“Hello, Sister-in-law!”
………………
Lian Qiguang and Xiahou Shaoxuan entered the cafeteria. Greetings came from all around them from time to time. Since training had just ended, people were coming and going in the cafeteria, making it somewhat crowded.
“What do you want to eat?” Xiahou Shaoxuan lowered his head and asked Lian Qiguang, who was concentrating on the game in his hands, while looking at today’s menu.
“Shiitake mushrooms, gugu meat.” His fingers were rapidly tapping away on the computer. Hearing Xiahou Shaoxuan’s question, Lian Qiguang answered without even raising his head.
Xiahou Shaoxuan ordered the food. Holding the trays with one hand, he grabbed Lian Qiguang by the back of his collar with the other and walked toward an empty seat, afraid that Lian Qiguang might accidentally walk into a wall if he wasn’t paying attention.
“All right, stop playing. Eat.” Xiahou Shaoxuan put the food down, then pressed Lian Qiguang into the seat and confiscated the computer from his hands.
The sound of a landmine exploding filled the computer screen. Lian Qiguang raised his head and expressionlessly stared at Xiahou Shaoxuan, looking somewhat disgruntled.
“I died again!”
“You only have one head left. Even if you keep playing, you won’t live much longer.” Ignoring Lian Qiguang’s complaint, Xiahou Shaoxuan confiscated the computer and pushed the food toward him. “Eat!”
“Why aren’t you eating?” Lian Qiguang stuffed a piece of shiitake mushroom into his mouth, then noticed the nutritional supplement in Xiahou Shaoxuan’s hand.
“Food can’t provide enough energy for an entire day, and food is relatively expensive. One meal of food costs the same as a soldier’s nutritional supplements for an entire week. Very few people at the base eat food. Normally, if they want to eat food, they have to pay for it themselves.”
“It tastes terrible.” Remembering that bitter, fishy, sour taste, Lian Qiguang could not help frowning.
“You shouldn’t always drink it either.” Xiahou Shaoxuan reached out and rubbed Lian Qiguang’s hair, unable to conceal the amusement in his voice. “Although it tastes good, it doesn’t contain much nutrition or energy. It can’t support a day’s worth of training.”
“I don’t like drinking it. It tastes even worse than filtered purified water.” Lian Qiguang lowered his head and shoveled rice into his mouth.
Before Xiahou Shaoxuan could figure out what Lian Qiguang meant by filtered purified water, a light-red lunch box suddenly appeared before him.
“Big Brother Xiahou, this is an ancient Earth dish I recently learned how to make. You… you should try it.” Li Yu held the lunch box in both hands, his face red as he spoke softly, his eyes filled with shyness.
Looking at the lunch box in Li Yu’s hands, Xiahou Shaoxuan slightly furrowed his brows.
“Get out.”
“Big Brother Xiahou.” As if struck by Xiahou Shaoxuan’s words, Li Yu widened his eyes and looked at him in disbelief, tears welling in his eyes as he appeared pitiful and delicate.
The soldiers, who had originally been making noise all around, gradually fell silent. Some openly, some secretly, they stole glances in this direction.
Lian Qiguang lifted his face from his food and gave Xiahou Shaoxuan a wooden look. Then, without even looking at Li Yu, he reached out and took the lunch box from his hands.
“You…” Li Yu glared at Lian Qiguang, his face filled with anger. “That is for Big Brother Xiahou. What are you doing?!”
Lian Qiguang opened the lunch box and expressionlessly poked at the green food inside. Looking somewhat disgusted, he dropped the chopsticks and tossed them aside.
“You! Big Brother Xiahou…” Li Yu looked at Lian Qiguang. In his heart, he wanted nothing more than to tear him apart, yet his face still maintained that weak and aggrieved expression.
Lian Qiguang changed to another pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of shiitake mushroom, and bit it between his lips. He raised his head and calmly looked toward Xiahou Shaoxuan.
Seeing the piece of shiitake mushroom half-bitten between Lian Qiguang’s lips, Xiahou Shaoxuan knew what he intended to do after thinking about it for a moment. A trace of helplessness flashed through his eyes.
Xiahou Shaoxuan leaned forward. One hand gently supported Lian Qiguang’s soft neck as he slowly bit down. From the angle, it looked exactly like they were kissing.
“Crack!”
The sound of jaws dropping echoed throughout the surrounding area.
Li Yu stared wide-eyed at the scene in disbelief.
How could this be?!
How could his Big Brother Xiahou do something like this to this bastard?!
It had to be an illusion. It had to be an illusion!!
Xiahou Shaoxuan bit down on the other half of the shiitake mushroom and slowly moved closer to Lian Qiguang’s mouth. In the end, he teasingly bit Lian Qiguang’s lips.
“Is it good?” Lian Qiguang tilted his head and stared blankly at Xiahou Shaoxuan.
“It’s not nutritious. You’d better not eat too much.” Xiahou Shaoxuan reached out and affectionately rubbed Lian Qiguang’s nose, the corners of his lips curving upward.
“Big… Big Brother Xiahou…” Li Yu stood to the side, staring blankly at the two of them. His eyes were completely red, as though he would burst into tears the next second.
Lian Qiguang turned his head and expressionlessly looked at Li Yu. With a serious expression, he said,
“He’s mine.”
“……” Li Yu.
“His life is mine, his person is mine, his heart is mine. All of him is mine!”
“……” Li Yu.
“I won’t allow you to look at him. I won’t allow you to think about him, and even more, I won’t allow you to covet him! If you look at him again, I’ll dig out your eyes. If you think about him again, I’ll tear out your heart. If you covet him again, I’ll cut you apart!”
“I!” Li Yu was frightened by Lian Qiguang’s ferocity and took a step backward, his body swaying as though he might collapse.
He wanted to ask Xiahou Shaoxuan for help, but he saw that Xiahou Shaoxuan had not looked at him even once from beginning to end. Those eyes that had once fascinated him beyond measure remained fixed on Lian Qiguang.
Li Yu’s tears finally spilled over. Covering his face, he turned around and ran out crying loudly.
Sister-in-law is brutal!
The soldiers secretly watching from around them all gave him a thumbs-up in their hearts.
Xiahou Shaoxuan cast a chilly glance around the room. Everyone who was caught by his gaze immediately felt a chill run down their backs.
They instantly resumed their act—putting their arms around each other’s shoulders, shouting and laughing. In an instant, the cafeteria was as noisy as a marketplace.
“He wants to marry you.” Lian Qiguang looked indifferently at Xiahou Shaoxuan.
“I’ll only marry you.” Xiahou Shaoxuan picked up a piece of gugu meat and brought it to Lian Qiguang’s mouth, looking to be in an exceptionally good mood.
“If you marry him, then I won’t marry you.”
“Don’t say nonsense.” Xiahou Shaoxuan’s face darkened.
Li Yu covered his face and ran crying out of the cafeteria. Along the way, he shoved aside groups of soldiers walking together, drawing puzzled looks from those around him.
Li Yu returned to his quarters, locked the door, turned around, threw himself onto the bed, and burst into tears.
His parents had died when he was very young. Fortunately, his older brother had entered the base and become a member of the Blood Fiend Wolves, allowing him to live a carefree life.
But ever since he had seen Xiahou Shaoxuan, he had never again been carefree.
Although they had merely brushed past each other from a distance, he had forever engraved Xiahou Shaoxuan into his heart.
In his eyes, only a man as powerful and heroic as Xiahou Shaoxuan was worthy of him.
Later, his older brother died in battle. Before dying, he asked Xiahou Shaoxuan to take care of him.
At that moment, he had been excited, and even somewhat relieved by his brother’s death.
He believed that as long as he could get close to Xiahou Shaoxuan and stay by his side, with his own beauty and gentleness, he would certainly make Xiahou Shaoxuan fall in love with him.
But who could have expected that after Xiahou Shaoxuan arranged for him to work in the medical room, he himself became difficult to see.
But Li Yu did not become discouraged. He believed that as long as he worked hard, Xiahou Shaoxuan would certainly see how good he was.
However, not long afterward, he heard that Xiahou Shaoxuan had gotten engaged—and to an ordinary civilian from District Three at that.
At the time, Li Yu had nearly gone mad with anger. He smashed everything in his room that could be smashed.
Why did he have to get engaged?!
Why had he agreed to marry a civilian?!
If the other person were a natural-born human, even someone from District One, perhaps he would not have hated him so much.
But why?!
Not long ago, he heard that the civilian was coming to Falling Star. He immediately decided that he would drive him away from Xiahou Shaoxuan.
When that civilian arrived at Falling Star, he had secretly observed him from a corner.
Dressed in rustic clothes, wearing a hat, keeping his head lowered, looking dull and stupid—how could such a person possibly be worthy of Xiahou Shaoxuan?
That day, he had deliberately calculated when that civilian would appear after his chance encounter with Xiahou Shaoxuan. He had thrown himself into Xiahou Shaoxuan’s arms.
Originally, he thought the civilian would become furious. Even if the two of them did not break up, they would certainly have a huge argument and develop a rift.
Then he could take advantage of the situation and win Xiahou Shaoxuan’s heart.
But who would have known that the civilian had practically no reaction at all, while Xiahou Shaoxuan had thrown him away and injured his arm.
He knew it.
He knew that the civilian had no genuine feelings for Xiahou Shaoxuan at all.
He was only after Xiahou Shaoxuan’s status and money.
Today, he had deliberately gone to the cafeteria to bring Xiahou Shaoxuan food. He wanted to make the civilian misunderstand and let Xiahou Shaoxuan see which of them was better.
But he had never expected…
Li Yu slowly raised his head, his face filled with venom. His originally delicate features had become frighteningly distorted.
This damn, lowly civilian. I will definitely make you die!!
After finishing their meal, Lian Qiguang followed Xiahou Shaoxuan around the base. Before they knew it, they had arrived at the training grounds.
“Boss!”
“Hello, Sister-in-law!”
……
The soldiers training nearby stopped what they were doing and saluted the two of them.
Perhaps because of what had happened that day, some of the soldiers felt somewhat embarrassed when they saw Lian Qiguang. They lowered their heads one after another, their faces flushed with embarrassment.
“What happened?” Xiahou Shaoxuan lowered his head and asked Lian Qiguang quietly.
“We had a fight a few days ago.” Lian Qiguang answered frankly without even blushing, leaving Xiahou Shaoxuan somewhat speechless.
Lian Qiguang released Xiahou Shaoxuan’s hand, took off his outer coat, leaving only a single shirt, moved his arms around, and walked into the empty space in the training grounds.
“Shaoxuan! Fight me.”
Lian Qiguang stood still, turned around, and made an inviting gesture toward Xiahou Shaoxuan.
“You really have to fight?” Xiahou Shaoxuan asked helplessly.
“You promised me.” His expression was emotionless, his tone firm.
Xiahou Shaoxuan reached up and pressed his fingers against his brow, remaining silent.
Lian Qiguang did not urge him. He simply stood there quietly looking at him.
No one knew how much time passed before Xiahou Shaoxuan finally raised his head, took off his military uniform jacket, handed it to a soldier standing nearby, and slowly walked toward Lian Qiguang.
“Fine!”