Wu Sicheng picked up a piece of braised pork with his chopsticks and ladled half a bowl of soup for An Moxue, placing it beside her. He said, "Moxue, try this. This is Old Wu's specialty. See if it suits your taste. Just make do with this meal, and I'll cook next time."

An Moxue picked up the food he had put on her plate and ate it. "Thank you, you should eat too. How have you been so busy these past few months? You haven't gained any weight at all. In fact, you look even thinner than last time. You look terrible!"

"Hmm! How could that be? I've actually gained two pounds. You're just being considerate and think I've lost weight. You're just mistaken." He wouldn't dare say he'd lost weight since the last time they parted. He couldn't say he'd lost weight, could he?

He put another piece of food on her plate. "Eat up, you haven't eaten for a meal! You must be starving. Eat more, we'll talk after you finish eating."

"Hmm." The two ate their meal slowly, while three heads stood furtively in a row at the entrance to the kitchen.

"That woman is really beautiful!"

"No wonder Commander Wu kept saying he had a girlfriend, it turns out it was true."

"Look at how attentive they are, serving food and soup to others, how carefully they treat them. Have you ever seen that before?"

"Didn't his eyes never leave the woman?"

"Looks like she's definitely my girlfriend."

Have you seen it before?

"No." The two shook their heads.

"What's their background?"

"All I know is that he just throws out a box of foreign chocolates; that's impressive."

"They came by car, so the license plate must be something special."

"You saw it?"

"It's parked right at the entrance!"

......

An Moxue winked at Wu Sicheng, "Are all your comrades this interesting?"

Wu Sicheng leaned closer to her and whispered, "Yes, you heard it all. It was all praise for you. Just listen to it. Besides, they probably don't know that you have such good hearing. You heard everything they said."

An Moxue rolled her eyes at him. "So smug! As if you didn't hear me."

Wu Sicheng smiled, "Of course! It's my girlfriend's first time visiting me. I've finally come out into the open, how can I not be proud! I've spent so much time on this! How could I miss this opportunity to assert my ownership? After dinner, I'll take you for a walk around the military base and tell them I'm taken!"

"Eat yours!" An Moxue picked up a piece of pork rib with her chopsticks and put it in his bowl, saying fiercely.

Wu Sicheng found An Moxue's wickedness not at all wicked, but rather rather endearing.

"Our Regiment Commander Wu will definitely be henpecked in the future. Look, he doesn't dare to say a word and has to carefully coax her."

"The women in the performing arts troupe are going to be heartbroken."

"Those arrogant types are no match for our Fifth Regiment. Besides, none of them are as good-looking as Comrade An!"

"Yes, Comrade An is really handsome!"

An Moxue looked at Wu Sicheng and said smugly, "Your comrade-in-arms has good eyesight; he knows I'm good-looking!"

Wu Sicheng suppressed a laugh and chimed in, "Yeah! You're the prettiest!"

An Moxue's eyes widened. "What? Are they wrong?"

"Yes, you're the prettiest! Eat up, eat more."

"Remember, I'm the prettiest, you know?" The two ate their meal, saying the most trivial things, yet it was a very warm and lovely conversation.

"Yes, your makeup looks great today, and your dress is beautiful too. You look so energetic and have such a great presence," Wu Sicheng complimented, feeling that today was the happiest day he had had in years.

"Of course, I made a special trip to see you. How about it? Pretty good, right? I also brought you some things, I'll give them to you after dinner."

"I like everything you sent. We'd better eat quickly, or someone might come and watch us."

An Moxue glanced behind her and asked, "Like those behind the door?"

Even worse.

"Okay! Let's eat quickly then."

An Moxue stopped talking and focused on eating, so she didn't see Wu Sicheng's smug expression.

After finishing their meal, An Moxue pulled Wu Sicheng along and walked confidently to the kitchen doorway, saying to the three of them, "Thank you, the food was delicious, you've worked hard!"

Before the three of them could retreat, An Moxue caught them red-handed.

The three of them were embarrassed and didn't know what to do.

An Moxue had already taken Wu Sicheng's arm and left the cafeteria.

Wu Sicheng nodded affectionately at An Moxue, "Why are you still so mean, deliberately teasing them!"

"My jokes are so funny? You're dreaming!"

Once outside the house, An Moxue released Wu Sicheng's arm.

Wu Sicheng looked at his arm, then at An Moxue, unable to suppress the disappointment in his heart.

"Sorry, it'll take a while to adjust. Hope there was no impact just now!"

"Let's go! It's just the three of them, they won't say anything. I'll take you to my dorm for a bit." Wu Sicheng said, taking the keys from An Moxue's hand and glancing at the license plate. "Good choice. Is there any gas left in the car?"

"Are you going to add some more?" An Moxue asked with a smile, knowing that adding oil these days wasn't easy.

"It's not impossible, it depends on your performance!" Wu Sicheng replied to her.

Wu Sicheng took An Moxue to his dormitory.

After getting out of the car, An Moxue instructed, "Take the things from the back seat."

Wu Sicheng opened the back seat and saw a large bag. He took it out, and the two of them walked inside. "What did you bring me? It's so heavy!"

"You'll see when you see it."

Upon entering the room, you find a simple suite with a bed, a table, a wardrobe, and a separate bathroom.

"So rudimentary?"

"It's not as good as it is abroad, but it's already very good," Wu Sicheng said softly.

He walked up to her, stopped, looked into her eyes, and asked, "Can you adapt to being back? Actually, it's been quite nice being abroad all this time. Won't you regret coming back? There's no way to compare being in China and abroad in a short period of time."

An Moxue chuckled: "If you want to go back, then go back. What's there to regret? It's not like I can't go out anymore."

Wu Sicheng looked at her and said, word by word, "Now that you're back, I'll have a lot of delusions."

An Moxue smiled faintly: "Yes, I know."

"You've got me cornered. There's nothing I can do about you," Wu Sicheng said, wrapping his arms around An Moxue and resting his chin on her shoulder.

An Moxue's hands wandered over his back, stroking it repeatedly, and she said with concern, "You're so thin!"

"Mo Xue, you're starting a fire, you know that? I'm a man, and a man full of vigor at that, don't move."

He hugged her tighter, but made no further move.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and a lively chatter came from outside.

"Are you inside?"

"Yes, I saw it."

Why aren't you opening the door?

"Can't two people even whisper to each other?"

Wu Sicheng reluctantly released An Moxue, and said helplessly, "Look, here I come!"