"A month?" Gu Qian's expression remained unchanged. A month? Was he not going to stay longer? "Leave immediately!"

"I won't leave! General Gu, please, please let me stay for a couple more days, okay?"

"This is a military camp. Women who enter the camp without permission will be dealt with according to military law!"

"This..." Qin Susu was about to cry.

She looked at Captain Qin. "Father, please say something."

Qin Xiaowei glanced cautiously at Gu Qian and said, "General Gu, it's getting late. Perhaps we should let Su Su leave tomorrow."

"I don't want to leave." Qin Susu looked aggrieved. She had just arrived and had hoped to give her father a surprise. "General Gu, if you agree to let me stay, I'm willing to do anything for you."

Seeing that Gu Qian remained unmoved, she pleaded again, "I didn't go to stay there."

Gu Qian: "That's your problem." He repeated, "If you don't leave tonight, you'll be court-martialed."

"I am a weak woman. If I stay at an inn, I will inevitably be targeted by bad people." To put it bluntly, she still did not want to leave.

"Weak woman?"

Gu Qian was not fooled by Qin Susu's appearance; she was only superficially weak.

"I'm scared," Qin Susu said, shivering slightly. "My husband doesn't want me anymore, my mother doesn't want me anymore, I only have my father left, and I really don't want to be separated from him."

General Gu, as long as you are willing to take me in, I am willing to follow your lead.

If you agree, from today onwards, I am yours.

"I can fight too."

Qin Susu's last words were resounding and powerful.

The sound sent chills down Captain Qin's spine. "Susu, shut up!"

As she finished speaking, a whooshing sound of wind rose from below the city wall.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qian raised the corner of his lips slightly: "My people? Is that really true?"

"Mmm-hmm-hmm." Qin Susu nodded vigorously.

"A gentleman... Miss Qin's word is a promise..."

"What's done is done!"

...

It was still the same night.

Just as Qiu Yan and the others finished dinner, in the pitch-black night, a knocking sound came from the courtyard gate.

In the courtyard, everyone held their breath.

After what just happened, everyone in the hospital is on edge.

Lu Geng and Lu Gui reluctantly went to open the door.

The door had barely opened a crack when it was pushed open from the outside.

A woman, dressed in a dark dress, slowly entered.

Upon seeing Qiu Yan, she felt somewhat... nervous.

"Master, it's me."

Her admission to the hospital was abrupt, and her words were incomprehensible.

"You, how could it be you?" Qiu Yan asked in disbelief. "What are you doing in such a panic?"

Bai Lu's face was serene, her figure solitary.

"I heard that war is about to break out." Bai Lu said, causing Qiu Yan's hands to tighten slightly and her steps to become unsteady for a moment.

Qiu Xu, who was reviewing his lessons by candlelight, felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this news.

Nobody wants to see war.

He knew that his master's heart was always with his senior brother.

"What?" Qiu Ling'er's expression turned serious. "Why are we suddenly going to war?"

No wonder the imperial court recently launched a large-scale conscription drive.

No wonder my uncle is gone.

Inside the courtyard, all the servants had pale faces, but Gu Xiaoran remained carefree.

"Did you do this?" Qiu Yan stepped forward and looked at Bai Lu intently.

She also thought that Bai Lu was being controlled by Ling Qi.

She asked herself, "I would never show mercy to my enemies, yet I just can't bring myself to kill Bai Lu."

Was she her enemy? Qiu Yan looked at Bai Lu, unable to find the answer.

Bai Lu shook her head; she didn't have that kind of ability.