"If I retire from the military and farm with you, you won't look down on me, will you?"

"How could I? You're farming right now, have I ever looked down on you?"

"Would you mind marrying a soldier? After all, that profession is always dangerous."

Luo Jingyan shook her head: "I'm proud of you. However, you must be careful when you're on a mission, and you must ensure your safety, understand?"

"I know." Xue Yanchen smiled, his tension easing. "Jingyan, don't think about it too much. In short, I will definitely be yours."

Luo Jingyan tilted her head slightly, "I will grant your wish."

He thought of something: "How about I give you credit for finding the badge when I report to my superiors this time?"

"No, let's not." Luo Jingyan said with some shame, "My background is complicated. If you tell them that I found the badge, they will definitely send someone to investigate. It would be bad if they suspected that I was a spy who wanted to infiltrate the military. Besides, if I hadn't picked up the badge in advance, you and Zhao Jun would probably have found it long ago, instead of waiting until now. On the contrary, I'm the one who delayed you. I don't think I've done anything good. It would be bad if I were to be accused of delaying your mission."

"Then let's do it your way." Xue Yanchen thought for a moment. Since he couldn't involve Luo Jingyan, he couldn't give the badge to Zhao Jun now. He had to wait until Zhao Jun was discharged from the hospital and pretend that he had found the badge on the mountain in order to smooth things over.

Luo Jingyan looked at him. He had now completed his mission and should leave to return to his unit.

"When are you leaving here and going back to your unit?"

Xue Yanchen reached out and gently stroked her small, pert nose.

"I know you don't want me to leave. Don't worry, I won't leave here anytime soon, at least until my injuries heal, right?"

Luo Jingyan's cheeks flushed slightly, and her gaze drifted away. "I didn't mean anything by it, I was just asking casually. Your mission is complete, and they need you more over there. You can leave whenever you want."

"That depends on how well I recover. They can't possibly send a disabled person back to training and doing missions."

It was getting dark outside, and it was time for dinner.

"What do you want to eat? I'll go to the cafeteria to get food," Luo Jingyan asked him.

"I'll eat whatever you eat. Anyway, I like everything you like." He slightly curled the corners of his lips. At this moment, the atmosphere of estrangement and conflict between the two seemed to be completely broken down, and everything returned to the way it was before.

Luo Jingyan stood up. "Alright then, just listen to me. If you don't like the food I bring back, I won't be responsible for bringing it back again."

"How could I let my wife run errands for nothing? As long as you bring it back, I will definitely eat it all obediently."

Luo Jingyan found him rather cute. "You said you'd behave."

"Yes." He nodded emphatically.

Luo Jingyan went to the hospital cafeteria and got some food: a plate of stir-fried pork with cabbage, a plate of stir-fried winter melon, two servings of millet porridge, and three steamed buns.

She placed the food on the table and handed Xue Yanchen chopsticks and a steamed bun.

"Eat."

Xue Yanchen has always been able to eat on his own, so he hasn't bothered Luo Jingyan.

Luo Jingyan ate one steamed bun and a bowl of millet porridge and was full. The remaining two steamed buns and the bowl of millet porridge all went into Xue Yanchen's stomach.

The Qin family in the county town were unaware of Xue Yanchen's injury. Xue Yanchen didn't plan to tell them. There were two beds in the ward, and Luo Jingyan slept in the other bed that night.

In the middle of the night, Xue Yanchen woke up, while Luo Jingyan was fast asleep in her hospital bed.

He quietly got out of bed, walked to her bedside, and gazed at her peaceful and beautiful sleeping face. In a few days, he would be leaving this place and wouldn't see her for a long time. Right now, he just wanted to take a good look at her.

Luo Jingyan was fast asleep and unaware that someone was watching her. More than an hour later, she woke up and saw Xue Yanchen standing in front of her. She quickly sat up.

Why aren't you sleeping? What are you doing here?

"I can't sleep, I want to see you."

"Oh." Luo Jingyan was worried about his health: "If you want to watch, you can lie in bed and watch. You don't need to watch here. It's too cold outside. It's not as warm as being in bed."

She got out of bed, pushed him back onto the bed, and covered him with the blanket.

"I'm going to the restroom, I'll show you when I get back," she joked.

Two minutes later, she came back from the bathroom, closed the door, got back into bed, and turned her face toward Xue Yanchen.

The two gazed at each other, and slowly, Luo Jingyan closed her eyes and fell asleep. Perhaps because she had been looking at the handsome man for so long, there was still a little bit of saliva on the corner of her mouth after she fell asleep.

Xue Yanchen got out of bed again and went over to wipe the saliva from her mouth. Seeing that her blanket had slipped down a bit, he covered her up again.

He couldn't do anything reckless in the hospital. After standing there for a while, he returned to his bed and continued to quietly watch her, refusing to fall asleep.

So much so that when Luo Jingyan woke up in the morning, she saw the dark circles under his eyes.

"Look at you, you're injured, you must rest, otherwise it will be bad for your recovery." Recalling her actions last night, she threatened, "You must rest well tonight, otherwise I'll go back to the brigade and you can find someone else to take care of you."

Xue Yanchen was reluctant to part with his wife, so he obediently followed orders.

"I promise I'll get a good night's sleep tonight."

Xue Yanchen was already in good physical condition, and with the help of Luo Jingyan's spiritual spring water, he was discharged from the hospital five days later.

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