"Huoyan, didn't you always say that you wanted to see Big Brother Xu Le?"
At the dining table, Mrs. Zhong looked at her daughter gently and said softly. She was very puzzled by her daughter's silence today. Although in these two years, she had rarely heard the words "Big Brother Xu Le" from her daughter's mouth, even if it was just normal etiquette for entertaining guests, she shouldn't be so impolite.
"Yes." Zhong Huoyan held the long chopsticks in her small hands and worked hard to scoop up the fragrant rice in the bowl. Her cute and straight little nose made a sound, but she still didn't pay attention to the somewhat awkward Xu Le across the table.
Mrs. Zhong looked helplessly at Xu Le and smiled apologetically. She had no choice but to let her daughter do as she pleased. After all, they were adults and wouldn't take this matter seriously, so she naturally changed the topic.
When Fatty Tian ate, he had a delicate feeling that was completely opposite to his body shape. He chewed slowly, took gently, and put gently. His fingers gently brushed the tableware on the table as if he was brushing orchids. He drank a mouthful of red wine and put down the wine glass. He smiled and patted Xu Le on the shoulder and said, "I heard that you taught Du Shaoqing a lesson."
"Uh … military exercise." Xu Le wasn't used to the other party's direct enthusiasm, so he answered hesitantly.
"I mean on the field. When that kid was about to go crazy, you stopped him." Fatty Tian smiled and said loudly, "Very good, I admire you very much!"
Xu Le was speechless. He thought that he had used his outburst to suppress Du Shaoqing. Speaking of which, he had learned from the tiger in the West Woods.
"But it's a pity that you weren't direct enough. You should learn from me. More than ten years ago, I directly beat this ice demon into an ice demon pig …" Fatty Tian thought of the past and sighed with pride.
When Xu Le heard the terms' ice demon 'and' pig demon ', and thought of Du Shaoqing's solemn image as a role model military officer, he finally forgot about Little Watermelon's cold disregard that made him sad, and almost laughed out loud. From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the round hand on his shoulder, which was like a fat steamed bun, and the cute fat fingers like mutated orchids. His smile turned into a faint fear — if this Fatty Tian went crazy, that Teacher Du would really suffer a lot.
"And the result? You were locked up in a small dark room for three months, and your military rank was suspended. When you retired, you could only be a colonel. "
Mrs. Zhong thought of the past and couldn't help but shake her head with a bitter smile. her cheeks were stained with unnatural complex emotions.
Listening to these heroic people's fierce deeds, Xu Le suddenly thought of the tiger in the West Woods that suppressed Du Shaoqing and his Iron Seventh Division for many years. Fatty Tian's actions back then might have had something to do with it. Everyone knew that the relationship between the Zhong family and Du Shaoqing was extremely bad. He made Du Shaoqing suffer in the maneuver. Could it be because of this that Commander Zhong in the West Woods had an inexplicable appreciation for him?
Just as he was thinking about this, the middle-aged housekeeper who led Xu Le into the villa came over. At this time, the dishes had been served, so of course there was another reason for her appearance. Mrs. Zhong quietly listened to a few words, took off the napkin, stood up, and greeted Xu Le. Then she walked into the attached office on the first floor.
"Today is the New Year's Day, so it's probably a call from the boss." Fatty Tian explained with a smile, but there was a flash of doubt between his eyebrows. If it was a family call, logically speaking, his sister-in-law should have brought Huo Yan along with her.
Xu Le couldn't think of this. In his opinion, Commander Zhong was guarding the front line for the Federation. Because of the continuous conflicts with the Empire, he couldn't reunite with his family. It was normal for him to call his family on this festive day. He just remembered that today was the New Year's Day, and it was very rare for Mrs. Zhong to invite him to be a guest.
Who knew that not long after, the door of the side office opened, and Fatty Tian also left the dining room. It seemed that Commander Zhong had something to say to him.
At this time, only Xu Le and Zhong Huo Yan were left in the dining room.
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If it had been before he entered the villa, Xu Le would have resisted being alone with the little girl. He didn't hate or fear children. Besides, he was most familiar with the Zhong family in the West Woods, and the one he missed the most was Little Watermelon. The main reason for coming to the New Year's Day banquet today … was to see her and ask her if she was doing well in the past few years, how her studies were going, and if she still didn't like to eat like before.
However, the silent resistance during the meal and the undisguised indifference and pride on the face of the little daughter of the Zhong family made Xu Le feel a little uncomfortable and sad. Although he could comfort himself that she was just a child after all, this huge gap between his self-perception and reality still made him feel awkward and lost.
There was silence at the dining table. Xu Le didn't know what to say to the little girl across the table. He felt a little funny and sad. In the absolute silence, it was as if he was sulking with an eight-year-old girl.
So he had to lower his head and concentrate on the delicious food on his plate. He used a silver knife to cut the medium-rare wild beef, but he thought of three years ago on the Ancient Bell spaceship. He had once boasted shamelessly to Little Watermelon that he would take her to eat real meat in the future …
Suddenly, Xu Le felt as if someone was looking at him. The mysterious power in his body had already made him sensitive to the aura around him. He slowly stopped moving the silver knife in his hand and raised his head vigilantly.
Then he saw Zhong Huo Yan's pair of clear eyes that were extremely serious.
On that cute and delicate face, there was no longer the indifference that she deliberately put on just now. There was only the curiosity of a little girl, and that pair of eyes that were getting bigger and bigger.
Xu Le's small eyes couldn't help but widen. He didn't know why Little Watermelon was looking at him like that.
The two of them didn't speak. They just stared at each other inexplicably on both sides of the quiet dining table.
It seemed that they would continue to stare like that. Suddenly, a trace of a child's cute and crafty look flashed in Zhong Huo Yan's extremely clear eyes.
It seemed that it took a very long time for the little girl to connect the young military officer across the table with the somewhat blurred but exceptionally friendly face from three years ago. Or perhaps she had already confirmed who the person across the table was and was just pretending.
But in short, she was indifferent until now. Only then did the little girl smile sweetly and call out softly, "Brother Xu Le."
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Her voice was very clear and crisp, like the dew on a little white flower that had just bloomed in the field moistening the tender throat. This was a form of address that he hadn't heard for a long time. Accompanied by the clear and moving voice of a child, it touched Xu Le's eardrums and also touched his heart.
He looked at the little girl across the table in astonishment. He looked at her straight black hair that swayed gently mischievously. It was as if he had returned to three years ago. In the simple cabin of the spaceship, he was still using a towel to wash this little girl's hair. His expression was dazed, and he didn't react for a moment.
"Brother Xu Le." Zhong Huo Yan cutely wrinkled her brows and called out again very seriously.
Xu Le finally reacted. Although he didn't understand why Little Watermelon was pretending to be a stranger to him, when he heard her call him "Brother" twice, his prematurely aged heart immediately softened. He chuckled and narrowed his eyes into crescent moons, just like the two eyebrows in the night sky of S1.
"Take me out of here." Zhong Huo Yan looked at him seriously across the dining table. She pursed her lips hard, acting cute and determined.
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When the two of them met under the starlight, the little girl blurted out, "Protect me."
Xu Le stared blankly at the little girl across the table. He roughly understood why Little Watermelon was so indifferent to him in front of Mrs. Zhong and Uncle Tian. She didn't have a trace of enthusiasm at all, as if she had completely forgotten what had happened in the past … Almighty Creator, three years had passed, and this child was already eight years old. Could it be that she still hadn't gotten rid of the bad habit of leaving home?
No matter how thick the nerves in Xu Le's body were, it was difficult for him to resist this sudden impact. He was able to communicate with The Glory Of The Charter. His brain, which had put down countless structural blueprints, buzzed and was about to explode. With a crisp bang, he simply fell under the table.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Zhong and Fatty Tian ended the call with West Woods and walked out of the office with solemn expressions, just in time to see this scene.
The elders came to the scene. Little Zhong Huo Yan returned to her indifferent and proud expression. She gently scooped up the thick soup in front of her like a rude daughter of a rich family.
"Nothing." Xu Le couldn't bear to expose Little Watermelon's plan of leaving home and let her be scolded. But in fact, at this time, his mood was much better than before. At least he knew that Little Watermelon hadn't forgotten about him, and … she still trusted him as much as before. She even trusted him to handle such a big matter.
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Of course, Xu Le wouldn't leave home with Little Watermelon. He just quietly shook his head helplessly at the little girl when Mrs. Zhong wasn't paying attention. Then he left his private contact information on the Internet.
Zhong Huo Yan sat on the sofa with a cold and listless face. After saying a few words to her mother, she went upstairs. But before she entered the house, she turned around and glared at Xu Le. But the anger of a little girl was extremely cute no matter how one looked at it.
When Mrs. Zhong sent Xu Le out of the door, she said a few words apologetically. After a moment of silence, she said, "I just received news that the Joint Chiefs of Staff have decided that Du Shaoqing's Iron Seventh Division will enter the West Woods."
Xu Le was shocked. Only now did he know the real content of the previous call.
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The taxi was parked on the side of the villa. Xu Le declined Mrs. Zhong's offer in advance to send him to the villa. After saying goodbye, he sat in the passenger's seat.
Thinking of Little Watermelon's cute appearance at the dining table, Xu Le couldn't help but smile bitterly. He couldn't understand why Little Watermelon always wanted to leave her family at such a young age. Although Commander Zhong was rarely with his daughter, it was obvious that Mrs. Zhong was a very good mother.
Maybe it was because she was lonely? Xu Le looked at the mottled autumn leaves outside the window. He thought of Tai Zhiyuan in H1 District and Zou Yu. The children of aristocratic families didn't have good lives. He thought that if he could come back alive from the front line in the future, he would spend more time with this child.
At this moment, he heard some noise in the back seat. He looked back warily and saw that the chair in the back row had been pushed over. A little girl wearing a blue student uniform was crawling out with a face full of dust.
Zhong Huo Yan struggled to climb into the seat and sat down. She looked at Xu Le in front of her and giggled. She said, "Brother Xu Le, I'm here."
Xu Le's expression froze. This clear childish voice sounded like thunder in his ears.
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