Si Yuting stared at the closed door, at a loss for what to do.

He could strategize on the battlefield, but he couldn't control Ah Li, whom he cared about deeply.

The corridor quieted down, and Si Yuting didn't disturb Qu Tong's rest any longer, so he sat down by the door.

One long leg was bent, his back pressed against the cold door panel, the darkness of the night making the dark circles under his eyes even more pronounced.

The night was long, but he couldn't sleep.

He raised his hand to rub his temples, then took out a vial of energy liquid and swallowed it.

I turned on my personal computer and saw a lot of unread messages.

He always made it a habit to handle work matters in advance, but because of his busy schedule over the past few days, a large amount of official business had piled up.

Si Yuting opened one of the progress reports submitted by his subordinates to view the mission.

But he found he couldn't get into work mode. Looking at the reports, all he could think about was Ah Li teasing him, "General, you're so busy!"

When he worked overtime, Ali would always quietly stay by his side. Sometimes she would sit in his lap and use her computer, and sometimes she would move a chair next to him and peel grapes with her slender, white fingers and feed them to him...

In his memory, it was always Ali who was with him, while he spent very little time with Ali.

Thinking of this, Si Yuting's mind became even more chaotic, and he had no mind to deal with official business.

Every minute he couldn't get an answer was torture for him.

Si Yuting glanced at the various reports awaiting approval that would take another day to process, sorted out the important ones and forwarded them to Chengfeng, leaving the unimportant ones aside for now.

Ali is the most important person right now.

Work is never-ending, but there's only one Ali. If you can't win her back, she'll be gone forever.

With a heart full of unease, Si Yuting placed his hand on his knee, turned off his personal terminal, tilted his head back, and silently stood guard outside the door, his phoenix eyes slightly narrowed.

In a residence on the capital planet, the personal computer suddenly started ringing incessantly in the middle of the night, disturbing the sleep of the residents.

"Thump!" Cheng Feng, who was fast asleep, was kicked to the ground. His personal computer hit his face in an arc and kept making "ding-dong" sounds.

Cheng Feng grinned and sat up from the ground, grabbing the quantum computer.

Depend on!

Let him see which bastard is bored and has nothing better to do than eat in the middle of the night.

I go to bed early...

No way! Boss, have some decency!

Cheng Feng was devastated.

He was already exhausted from running between the police superintendent's home and the military dependents' home every day, and now he's been given so many complicated tasks.

Is it because you think he has too much hair and want to kill him?

Waaaaah~

When my sister-in-law comes back, I must tell her everything.

My boss is such a jerk, sob sob~

"What's wrong with you in the middle of the night? If you want to howl, go outside and howl!" Another pillow was thrown at me.

"..."

Tonight, the Canaanite Empire has gained another heartbroken person.

*

The next day, Qu Tong woke up in her familiar bed, with a natural green view outside the window, and lazily stretched.

Then I slowly washed up and changed clothes.

When getting dressed, Qu Tong always felt like she had forgotten something.

It wasn't until I opened the door and saw the large figure in the doorway that, amidst my surprise, the memories of last night gradually returned.

"Honey, why are you sleeping here?"

It's not like she didn't arrange a room for him. In the entire villa, she has access to all the facilities that Si Yuting has. He can sleep wherever he wants.

He shouldn't be sitting at her door like a big, abandoned dog.

If this happened on Abel Star, and Si Yuting's soldiers saw their general locked outside and willingly sleeping at the door all night, they would be utterly astonished.

Upon hearing the familiar address and seeing the person he hadn't seen in so long so close to him, Si Yuting's eyes finally reddened.

"Ah Li, I'm sorry, don't be angry with me, I won't do it again."

Si Yuting lowered his head, his long eyelashes obscuring the sharpness in his eyes. He appeared less fierce than usual, and more docile.

Qu Tong rarely saw Si Yuting like this.

However, he seemed to misunderstand that she was angry with him, and a wicked thought of teasing him came to mind.

She tried to keep her lips flat and her voice monotone, "Then tell me, what did you do wrong?"

Si Yuting tentatively reached out to take Qu Tong's hand.

It was dodged.

Meeting Qu Tong's cool gaze, Si Yuting's heart sank even further to the bottom of the lake.

"I shouldn't have let you take such a risk alone, and I shouldn't have let you stay in that scary place for so long. I'm sorry." Si Yuting sounded a little unsure of himself.

Qu Tong finally understood what Si Yuting was talking about, and raised an eyebrow, "Anything else?"

"Chengfeng is about to be promoted to lieutenant colonel. You can delegate many work-related matters to him in the future, which will allow me to spend more time with you. I will also try not to work overtime at night."

Qu Tong frowned in dissatisfaction. "That's not right."

"What else is there?" Ah Li told me. Si Yuting's attitude in admitting his mistake was extremely good.

Qu Tong grabbed Si Yuting and pressed him down onto the sofa, looking down at him. "You shouldn't have gone half a month without replying to my messages. Sending a message doesn't take much time, does it? Aren't you worried about me being all alone in another country?"

"I'm worried." Si Yuting could no longer suppress his longing and suddenly turned Qu Tong around and pounced on the sofa, nuzzling against Qu Tong's neck. "I'm worried that Ali will never come back."

"But you blocked me, I can't contact you, I'm going crazy with worry."

"Huh?" Qu Tong was taken aback. "Where did I block you?"

Si Yuting stiffened, looked up from Qu Tong, and his gaze towards Qu Tong became unfathomable.

Qu Tong felt a chill run down her spine under her gaze. Could it be that she really...

Qu Tong turned on her personal computer and, sure enough, saw Si Yuting's account on the blacklist.

She wondered why Si Yuting, who used to frequently report her schedule, had suddenly stopped paying attention to her.

"Ha... haha, it might be an accident." Qu Tong laughed awkwardly as she pulled up Si Yuting's account.

"So, Ali isn't angry with me?"

So all his worries and fears over the past few days turned out to be nothing but a false alarm. He didn't dare to sleep soundly all night, afraid that Ah Li would be gone when he woke up. But there was really no need for that.

Si Yuting was at a loss for words, feeling both relieved and a bit angry that his liver ached.

Qu Tong shook her head, reaching out her claws towards Si Yuting's handsome face, and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "This matter is not your fault, and Du Biao's target was me anyway. Even if it wasn't you, I would have gone to save Niannian. Why should I be angry with you?"

Upon hearing this, Si Yuting finally felt relieved.

"Wait, how do you know I'm afraid of claustrophobic environments?"

Si Yuting placed his large hand on Qu Tong's hand, his eyes full of heartache, "Jiang Zhou deduced this when Ali saved me from unconsciousness last time."

Oh, that's alright then.

"It must be very painful, right? Do you still have nightmares? I'm sorry I couldn't be by your side." Si Yuting's voice was low, and the heartache in his eyes was almost palpable.

A light kiss landed on his brow, the bridge of his nose, and his lips, carrying the deep longing he had felt after not seeing him for several days.

However, this person was oblivious to romance.

"Ouch! That pricked me!" (End of Chapter)