Chapter 262: 2062 you are the cutest

Xia Chuyi perked up and uncovered the pot of meat she had marinated earlier.

The aroma immediately hit her nose.

“Brother Shi Qian, this marinated meat,” she said, “I made it overnight for you to take back to Xiao Wang and the others.”

“For them to eat?” Huo Shiqian raised an eyebrow as he asked Xia Chuyi.

Clearly, he was not fully satisfied with the answer.

Xia Chuyi smiled lightly and said, “They call me ‘little sister-in-law’; I can’t just accept the title without offering something in return, can I? Making some delicious food to reward them for you is only right, isn’t it?”

Hearing this, the man nodded and said, “You have a point.”

His expression remained faint,

“But mainly, I wanted to make it for you to eat, others are just an afterthought.” Xia Chuyi smiled sweetly, saying obediently.

Huo Shiqian calmly responded, “Mhmm.”

Only then was his expression completely brightened.

She chuckled to herself: Uncle Liberation Army is really not easy to please.

Picking up the chopsticks, she grabbed a slice of the cut meat and brought it to his mouth.

“Brother Shi Qian, how does it taste?” she asked with anticipation, watching him.

Huo Shiqian, looking at the bright-eyed young girl, took the meat into his mouth.

“How is it, tasty?” Xia Chuyi lifted her head, eagerly awaiting his response.

Chewing on the delicious meat, Huo Shiqian gazed at the girl before him and, in a sudden move, tossed her chopsticks aside and pulled her into his embrace.

He lowered his head and kissed her.

A stormy invasion.

It was different this time, though—ah, it was a kiss full of marinated flavor.

Because not only was the yard filled with the scent of marinade, but he had just eaten a piece of marinated meat, and she seemed totally steeped in the marinade.

Marinated flavor… the scent of life.

Xia Chuyi was not averse to it.

After kissing her, Huo Shiqian looked down, resting his forehead against hers, and said, “Delicious.”

Xia Chuyi: …

Uncle Liberation Army was getting more and more irreverent.

After her complaint, she couldn’t help feeling a bittersweet sensation inside.

“Brother Shi Qian, now that you’re going back, does it mean we’ll have to wait a long time to see each other again?” she asked sadly.

“But once I start college, you’ll have to wait for me, too.”

She buried herself deeper into his embrace.

“It’s like paying each other back in kind.”

She knew she was acting out of character today, but she couldn’t help herself.

Experiencing love for the first time in two lifetimes, she did not quite understand the sorrow of parting with a lover.

Thinking back to how she met Uncle Jun and the time they spent together.

Everything felt like a dream.

In her life’s most desperate moment, she encountered Huo Shiqian, as if he descended from the heavens.

Then the two of them pledged to each other, confirming their relationship.

He stayed with her, protected her, and dealt with all sorts of messy issues until they were resolved.

And then, the time came for his return.

“Brother Shi Qian, I can’t bear to let you go!” she lifted her head, no longer hiding her reluctance, and spoke candidly to him.

“When you return to the military, you mustn’t talk too much to other pretty women, don’t even glance at them, you must often think of me, you must write me letters regularly, long ones.”

Xia Chuyi instructed him, word by word.

Huo Shiqian: …

How to write long letters was the biggest obstacle he had encountered in life.

Still, a jealous young girl was very cute.

He smoothed a stray lock of hair by her temple and said, “The military is full of brats; where would there be pretty women?”

He did not mention the matter of writing letters.

“None? Not even a pretty military nurse, or cute sisters from the cultural troupe?” she squinted her eyes, pressing him for an answer.

Huo Shiqian tapped her nose and replied, “In my eyes, no one is as beautiful as you, and no one is as cute.”