Xiaoli walked down the stairs in a daze. Fangfang looked at her with a strange expression:

"Didn't you go to the kitchen? Why did you come down from upstairs?"

Xiaoli finally came to her senses as if she had just woken up from a dream and hurriedly explained:

"I went to the kitchen to release the eel. Then I remembered I hadn't checked the rooms yet, so I went upstairs to check them. That way, I wouldn't get criticized if Manager Zhang asked about it later."

Fangfang nodded, but she saw that the two bright blushes on Xiaoli's face were particularly eye-catching, like two monkey buttocks. She was about to remind her, but when she heard that Xiaoli had just come down from the ward rounds, she couldn't help but wink and ask first:

"Then you must have run into the officer who just came upstairs? I think he's even more handsome than Captain Lu!"

Thinking of the officer's gentle and elegant appearance, Xiaoli's heart leaped with joy, but she had to maintain her affectionate image towards Captain Lu.

"What's the point of talking about good looks? I don't have the heart to look at other people right now. Besides, I like Captain Lu not just because he's good-looking, but because he's excellent in all aspects. I'm not someone who only looks at superficial things."

Fangfang pouted. How could it be superficial to only judge someone by their appearance?

She forgot that the two of them had almost commented on all the young officers in the military region before. Why didn't they admit that they were superficial at that time?

Fangfang disagreed and said:

"No matter how good he is, he's no longer in touch with you. It's useless to like him anymore. You might as well give up on him and choose someone better!"

"Besides, that officer just now was no worse than Captain Lu. Did you see how many stars and bars he had on his shoulders?"

As a waitress who had worked in the military district guesthouse for two years, Xiaoli certainly knew what the number of stars and bars meant. The first time she saw the young officer, she subconsciously looked at his epaulettes - two bars and one star, which meant he was at least a deputy battalion-level cadre!

Without waiting for Xiaoli to answer, Fangfang continued to talk to herself with a crazy look on her face:

"Two bars and one star, and a battalion-level officer in the Central Military Region! The kind who sits in an office!"

Xiaoli exclaimed in her heart again. Seeing how young he looked, she thought that being a deputy battalion-level cadre was a great achievement. Unexpectedly, he was a battalion-level cadre just like Battalion Commander Lu!

Moreover, he is a civilian cadre of the Central Military Region, he is handsome, and he will not carry out dangerous missions like Captain Lu and his men. He is simply the perfect marriage partner.

Xiaoli felt more and more excited, and her previous depressed mood due to the sacrifices in the land battle also improved a lot.

But thinking about how she had just defeated Shao Jingque in front of everyone yesterday, she felt embarrassed to immediately show her affection for another person, so she could only pretend to be indifferent and said:

"That has nothing to do with me. You go and rest. I'll be on duty in the lobby."

Fangfang felt that Xiaoli was a bit boring today. Usually, the two of them liked to get together and talk about some private things between little girls. She was also the first person to know that Xiaoli liked Captain Lu. It turned out that the two of them talked a lot about Captain Lu and other outstanding young officers in the military region.

What happened today?

To put it bluntly, Captain Lu is not her real partner. It's okay for her to be sad for a while. Is this going to last forever?

Since no one was chatting with her about gossip, she was too lazy to accompany Xiaoli on duty, so she might as well go back and take a nap:

"Okay then. I'll go back to the dorms first and come back later this afternoon to replace you."

Unexpectedly, Xiaoli said generously:

"It's okay. You don't need to replace me this afternoon. You helped me with my shift this morning, so I'll help you with the night shift tonight."

"Really? Xiaoli, you're so kind! Then I can go shopping this afternoon?"

Fangfang was a little overjoyed. She hated working the night shift the most. She was sleepy and bored, and had to waste her afternoon rest time to catch up on sleep. She was so happy to hear Xiaoli say that she would work the night shift for her!

"Go, go, we are good sisters!"

Xiaoli affectionately sent her to the gate and waved goodbye to her.

Fangfang was happily walking halfway when she remembered that she had forgotten to remind Xiaoli that her blush was too red.

When Xiaoli saw that Fangfang was no longer in sight, she immediately walked back to the front desk, took out the check-in book and looked through it intently.

Song Yangyu, a battalion-level officer in the Political Department of the Central Military Region.

Reason for check-in: business trip.

He is so young and is actually a cadre sent on official business by the Central Military Region. No wonder he has such outstanding temperament.

I originally thought that Captain Lu was outstanding enough, but I didn't expect there was someone as outstanding as Song Yangyu. Not only is he good-looking and handsome, he is also much gentler than Captain Lu and seems more approachable.

Xiaoli looked at the name in the registration book with admiration, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She felt that the words "Song Yangyu" looked as handsome as he himself.

......

When I looked up again, it was already dusk outside the window.

Song Yangyu put down the pen in his hand and moved his neck which was a little sore from being buried. The doubts in his deep eyes that had just been in deep thought had not yet dissipated.

This official mission was of great importance, and his superiors attached great importance to it. They asked him to investigate the whole incident thoroughly, so as not to wrongly accuse the people's hero, nor to let go of any enemy spies who might be lurking in the team.

Even though he had handled many complex and secret missions before, none of them had left him completely clueless like the one he was currently handling.

Before he knew it, he had spent another afternoon in the room deducing, but the result was the same as before, and he could not find any breakthrough point to start with.

He rubbed his eyebrows and decided to go to the Ning City Military District compound early tomorrow morning to find out the situation and see if he could find anything unusual.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Song Yangyu frowned. In order to investigate the mission as undisturbed as possible, he did not reveal his whereabouts to any military district he visited. Every time, they would only know the purpose of his trip after he stood in the office of the local military district chief.

This was the first time someone came to visit me right after I checked into the guesthouse.

He didn't know whether to say that the Ning City Military District was highly alert or that it was too speculative, which made him feel that it was making things more obvious.

He stood up and opened the door with some concern, but a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes——

Unlike what he expected, the person standing outside the door was not someone from the Ning City Military Region, but the waitress he had just bumped into in the corridor. The two conspicuous blushes on her face really left a deep impression on him.

Song Yangyu's expression relaxed a lot, with a gentle smile on his face:

"What's up?"

Xiaoli looked up at Song Yangyu, who was a whole head taller than her. The afterglow of the setting sun shone in from the window and enveloped him behind him, as if his entire body was coated with a layer of golden light. She was immediately fascinated and couldn't take her eyes off him.

Her eyes sparkled more and more, and her voice became more charming:

"Commander, I see you haven't come downstairs to eat yet. I'm worried you might be late and can't find a restaurant to eat, so I went to the cafeteria and bought you a stir-fry and a cold dish, sweet and sour pork tenderloin and cold-mixed pig's head. I also packed a box of rice. Please eat it while it's hot."