Rebirth: General, Don't Mess Around!

When she first came in, Qin Ying really wasn’t sure and specially asked V8 to check if it was them. V8 said they’d come over and take a look, that it wouldn’t matter if it wasn’t them. With that reassurance, Qin Ying walked over to say hello, and to her surprise, it indeed was the couple.

Trailing half a step behind his girlfriend, V8 had already given Xia Jinyuan two hand signals. The first one, ”Why haven’t you left yet?” The second, ”He hasn’t said anything.”

Xia Jinyuan subtly nodded to acknowledge he had received the signals.

V8 was rather helpless. He had taken Qin Ying to browse three or four shops before circling back, thinking their captain would surely have left by then. But the reality slapped him hard across the face. Their captain, who was both cold and cool, pushing them relentlessly in training, was still there.

He, he, he... was accompanying Azure Bird on a shopping spree!

Sigh, he really wanted to save the captain some face, but it wasn’t that he didn’t want to – it was that the captain was making it hard, lingering in the store without leaving.

V8 personally thought that their captain probably wouldn’t want the soldiers to see him acting like a whipped boyfriend while shopping with his girlfriend.

Ye Jian was already chatting with Qin Ying, who glanced at Xia Jinyuan and said to Ye Jian with a smile, ”This time, I’m truly certain that you and Little Six are a couple. A man who’s tall, handsome, and a woman who’s beautiful as a flower. You and he are the most perfect couple I’ve seen. Standing together, you’re like a scenic view, and it makes me want to rush home and grab my camera.”

As a photographer, Qin Ying had a keen eye for all things beautiful.

Xia Jinyuan and Ye Jian indeed appeared to her as the most matched lovers, not just lip service, but her honest opinion.

Of course, none of these were the reason Qin Ying took the initiative to come over. The real reason was that she wanted to confirm if her boyfriend, Yang Xulin, had a good relationship with Xia Jinyuan.

Unfortunately, ever since she saw Xia Jinyuan, despite her covert attention, she didn’t notice any special interactions between the two. They just nodded at each other upon meeting, a nod akin to strangers crossing paths, showing no sign of anything unusual.

Had she overthought it? Perhaps the two didn’t know each other well?

Qin Ying was a forthright person, and after merely a few encounters, Ye Jian had come to like her personality. Thus, even though they weren’t familiar, they were able to chat amiably.

V8 stood honestly beside his girlfriend, not taking the initiative to chat with Xia Jinyuan, until Qin Ying resignedly reminded him to talk to Xia Jinyuan. Then V8 chuckled, ”hehe,” and honestly moved in to talk.

Seeing this, Qin Ying said to Ye Jian with a smile, ”My boyfriend is a bit dull. I don’t know if it’s from staying in the military for too long, he seems simple-minded but quite adorable to look at.”

Simple-minded but quite adorable to look at... Ye Jian almost bit her tongue.

V8, oh V8, what trick did you pull behind the scenes to make Qin Ying think you’re simple? Simple? There’s not a single simple soldier in the Snow Region Brigade!

Qin Ying, as clever as she was, turned out to be duped by V8 too!

At this moment, V8 actually had a lot he wanted to talk about with Xia Jinyuan. He had planned to call him later, but unexpectedly bumped into his own captain and Ye Jian while out shopping.

Great, he thought, let’s talk while we can.

He gestured towards the outside and said to Qin Ying, ”You chat here, I’ll wait for you outside. The shop is busy, and standing here, we’re in the way like pillars.”

After saying that, he asked Xia Jinyuan, ”Shall we go together?”

Xia Jinyuan glanced at V8 and declined indifferently, ”I’m settling the bill. It’s not convenient for me to go out.”

Qin Ying retracted the glance she had cast aside and asked Ye Jian with a smile, ”What new clothes did you buy? Did he pick them out for you? Little six from the Xia family should have good taste. As for this guy of mine, I wouldn’t dare let him choose; I don’t even want to ask.”