Chapter 704: 704 What are you shy about?

Chapter 704: Chapter 704 What are you shy about?

Zelin Tang looked puzzled, “What happened with Xiao’ai again?”

“Maybe I’m overthinking it.”

Su Shu scratched her head, thinking that a child’s playful words were not even taken seriously by her, let alone by Ji Dong.

It shouldn’t be for this reason.

Zelin Tang saw her affirming one moment and then denying it the next, and couldn’t help but smile helplessly.

“Whether it is or it isn’t, you should at least talk about it. How can I know if you don’t tell me? And how can I help you figure it out if I don’t know?”

His words indeed made sense, so Su Shu told him what she had been thinking about.

And that joking remark Xiao’ai had made back then.

Sure enough, after hearing it, Zelin Tang couldn’t help but burst out laughing, and with a mix of helplessness and amusement, he ruffled his wife’s hair.

“You see, how can you take a child’s words seriously? Besides, have you not seen how much older Ji Dong is than Xiao’ai? If we were to wait for that little girl to grow up, Ji Dong would be well over forty. It’s impossible. You’re thinking too much.”

Zelin Tang felt that Ji Dong’s odd behavior might have something to do with the fact that he woke up in his house back when he was first rescued.

And at that time, he wasn’t home.

Zelin Tang guessed that Ji Dong, a man of few words, might have taken that to heart and said he’d find a time to talk it over with Ji Dong.

Su Shu had already told him how she had rescued Ji Dong.

He thought that Ji Dong’s abnormal behavior was mostly related to that.

But Su Shu frowned and said, “Then why do I feel something off about the company commander Ji whenever we talk about Xiao’ai?”

Zelin Tang held her hand and said, “It might not be because of the talk about Xiao’ai, but because he feels a bit awkward talking to you.”

“With me?”

The man gave a faint smile, “In the future, try not to scare him when you’re around. Let me talk to him first and see.”

Su Shu tilted her head, wondering if the reason for the company commander Ji’s awkwardness was really because he woke up in her house.

“Then I’ll just visit your place less often in the future. But recently, Xiao’ai keeps talking about him. Maybe you could take Xiao’ai with you next time you visit, and you can check on him while you’re at it.”

“That could work.”

“Yeah, you’ve always been so caring towards Xiao’ai. Now suddenly, the little girl isn’t the center of attention anymore; she seems a bit down. You wouldn’t know, but the last time I carried her past your military area, we just happened to see the company commander Ji. Xiao’ai even waved at him, but he didn’t react at all and just walked away. That night, she was all quiet during dinner.”

Zelin Tang thought for a moment and said, “Then I’ll bring her over tomorrow. I happen to have inspections scheduled for the various companies.”

“Okay.”

Before they knew it, they had arrived at their house.

*

Under the same starry sky, everyone harbors different concerns.

After delivering the medicines, the group captain of the 209th regiment asked Ji Dong to stay overnight before leaving, as the nights had been growing longer and it indeed wasn’t safe to drive at night.

Ji Dong didn’t delay and stayed in the 209th regiment.

The Political Commissar Sun Fujun of the 209th regiment also made a special trip to check on his living conditions and in the process, tried to inquire about the current situation of the 208th regiment.

Ever since the shift from aboveground to underground living had begun, all the leaders in the safe zones had been troubled.

Not to mention the 208th and their 209th regiments, which managed the highest number of people in the three areas.

The transfer task was of utmost importance.

There wasn’t much Ji Dong could say about this matter, his position wasn’t appropriate to discuss such issues with the leaders.

Therefore, in response to the Political Commissar Sun Fujun’s questions, he answered what he could, and remained clueless about what he couldn’t.