Xiang Jintian’s expression remained unchanged. He closed his eyes slightly and said,
“I’ve forgotten everything about my childhood. The abbot told me they found me on the mountain.
Besides attending morning classes, I was no different from the other children. We studied on the mountain roads every day, and after growing up, I joined the army. More than ten years have passed since then…”
It was only then that Xu Qian realized she had never truly known about his past.
The system's data had only briefly described him as an exceptionally accomplished army commander.
As for *how* he became such an outstanding commander…
That was something she still needed to uncover.
Xu Qian quietly held his large hand and comforted him, “My parents died when I was young, and I grew up in an orphanage. It seems you had it a little better than me.”
Xiang Jintian was taken aback, not expecting Xu Qian to have such a past.
He smiled, “Then we are quite a match.”
Xu Qian raised an eyebrow, her voice tinged with a playful tone, “I don’t want to end up with a monk.”
Xiang Jintian wasn't angry. He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it.
“Don’t worry, all my functions are intact.”
Xu Qian blushed at his bold move.
Indeed, older men had their ways.
Especially when they were powerful and gentle older men.
Staring at his handsome profile, Xu Qian suddenly blurted out something unexpected.
“Jintian, I’ve discovered you’d make a very suitable husband.”
【Ding, Xiang Jintian’s favorability +5, total favorability is 50.】
Xiang Jintian looked up and gazed at her, his voice deep, “If, I mean, if there were no apocalypse, would you have been with me?”
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes, sensing this was a potentially fatal question.
Without the apocalypse, there would be no system.
Without the system, she would have no reason to approach them.
If such a possibility existed, she might have found someone as diligent and hardworking as herself, had a child, and lived out her life peacefully.
Xu Qian smiled, “If I had met you before the apocalypse, perhaps.”
Xiang Jintian frowned. “Perhaps?”
“I was in G City, and you were in B City, hundreds of thousands of miles apart. Are you sure we could have met?”
“Besides, even if we had met, would Commander Xiang have taken a liking to a nobody like me?”
B City was the heart of Z Country, and he was the top figure in B City’s military.
Would he be interested in an ordinary person like her?
Xiang Jintian’s frown eased, and the corners of his lips curved upwards.
“No matter how many times it repeats, I will fall in love with you.”
Xu Qian’s heart softened, and she relaxed, leaning her body against his shoulder.
She believed him.
Because he had liked her even when she was eighteen.
The quiet, warm atmosphere made both of them feel at ease.
It was rare for them to sit together in quiet solitude.
Between missions and more missions.
“Oh, right, where are we now?”
He remembered he was driving, and when he woke up, he…
Xu Qian sighed, the army commander’s sense of responsibility was instantly reignited.
“We were almost blown up by artillery a moment ago. I brought all of you into my space. Since outsiders would fall unconscious upon entering, you wouldn’t know.”
Xiang Jintian was stunned, not expecting that the space could hold people.
He looked around and asked, “This isn’t your space, is it?”
Xu Qian shook her head. “We’ve already left. They are still in the space.”
Xiang Jintian breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they were fine.
“Qianqian, let them out, and I can report back to the base.”
Xu Qian crossed her arms. Going back was out of the question. She suspected Ah Bai had already set up a trap to catch her.
“Jintian, I have no intention of returning. I plan to continue destroying other laboratories.”