"Hmm..." Ji Yueyao murmured softly as she lay on the bed. She opened her eyes and realized that instead of feeling comfortable after sleeping, she felt even more tired.

"Are you awake?" Mu Yanxuan looked at Ji Yueyao's half-open eyes and gently tucked the blanket around her.

"Hmm." Ji Yueyao nodded, sat up and looked at Mu Yanxuan, her eyes still slightly bloodshot. "What's wrong with you? You look so serious."

“The simultaneous invasion of C country’s border by A, B, and D is practically premeditated. Although the locations of the attacks are different, the timing of the attacks is exactly the same.” Mu Yanxuan handed the documents in his hand to Ji Yueyao and said in a deep voice, “A country attacked the western part of C country, which is the northwest direction of our current Xiyu base.”

"As for the northwest direction... I remember there should be people from your military region stationed there, right?"

“That’s right, Mangbang has already begun to defend itself. They have enough troops and resources. As long as Yu Zhenlong doesn’t stab us in the back… we don’t need to worry for now.” Mu Yanxuan raised his hand to his forehead, concealing the dark abyss in his eyes, and continued calmly, “B country is attacking the northern part of C country, which is also northwest of the Beihuang base. Although the relationship between the Beihuang base and our military is not harmonious, they are quite hostile to people from other countries… so as long as we send troops there, we should be able to temporarily form an alliance with the Beihuang base to jointly resist the people from B country.”

At this point, Mu Yan paused, pointed to the last paragraph of the document, and continued, "But what I'm most worried about is the place that D country will attack."

Ji Yueyao glanced at the place Mu Yanxuan had just pointed to, and her gaze sharpened. The place where D country attacked was east of C country, northeast of the Donglin base. Not to mention that it was too far away from them, even if it wasn't far away, it was still Qin Lichang's territory.

"Qin Lichang wouldn't allow people from other countries to wreak havoc on his land, would he?" Ji Yueyao asked hesitantly. She didn't know Qin Lichang well, so she couldn't make any assumptions at this moment.

“For him, the entire country of C should belong to him. How could he possibly give up his land to someone else?” Mu Yanxuan shook his head and said, “I’m not worried that Qin Lichang won’t be able to defend against foreign enemies. I’m worried that while he’s defending against the attacks from the people of D country, he’ll also find time to deal with the people at the Donglin base.”

"Attacking the people at the Donglin Base?" Ji Yueyao frowned. "When the D country attacked the C country, shouldn't they have combined their strength with the Donglin Base to resist the foreign enemy? Why would they take the opportunity to attack the Donglin Base? Is there some kind of grudge between them?"

"The base has always been at odds with the military... but for Qin Lichang, the most hateful one is the Donglin Base." Mu Yanxuan curled his lips slightly, a strange pleasure escaping from the corner of his mouth. "Back then, after Qin Lichang was seriously injured, he passed by the Donglin Base begging for food... but he was beaten up and thrown out by the guards of the Donglin Base. He has definitely held a grudge ever since. He only didn't attack the Donglin Base because of the situation. Now that he has been given a reason to send troops eastward, what reason does he have not to eliminate the Donglin Base?"

Hearing this, Ji Yueyao rolled her eyes and said speechlessly, "What if they start fighting amongst themselves first? Wouldn't the eastern border of Country C be in danger? ... What do you plan to do?"

“Although the situation on the east side is a bit precarious, given Qin Lichang’s temperament, he will definitely not allow his territory to be invaded even a little bit…” Mu Yanxuan turned around and looked at Ji Yueyao’s pale face, sighed softly, and raised his hand to cover her cheek. The cold hand touched her warm face, and the warmth of that moment made him smile gently. “Ji Yueyao, you should rest well at the Xiyu base. I have to go to the Beihuang base. I will come to find you after I send those guys back.”

"Are you going to the Beihuang Base?" Ji Yueyao raised her hand and enveloped Mu Yanxuan's hand, warming it with her meager warmth. "Why? Didn't you say that the Beihuang Base in the north could fight alongside your military against foreign enemies?"

“Yes, but we need to form an alliance with the Beihuang base first.” Mu Yan bent down and touched Ji Yueyao’s forehead, whispering, “The relationship between the four major bases and the military is very bad. To be honest, the entire country of C is actually internally divided. So even at this time of resisting foreign enemies, if we don’t negotiate and form an alliance… those highly vigilant people in Beihuang will only treat us as enemies. At that time, we may have to fight alone like Qin Lichang.”

"But Qin Lichang can hold out, right... Do you really have to go in person?" Ji Yueyao whispered, gripping Mu Yanxuan's hand tightly with worry.

“Qin Lichang only needs to be responsible for the east, but we not only have to maintain economic exchanges between the major powers and other matters that are closely related to the interests of Country C, but we also have to defend against attacks launched from the west and the north at the same time.” Mu Yanxuan sighed and patted Ji Yueyao’s head, “Now you understand, right? You’ve found a boyfriend who has a lot of problems…”

"I understand." Ji Yueyao smiled, a faint blush creeping onto her pale face. Suppressing her reluctance, she was about to make a teasing remark when Mu Yanxuan suddenly pulled her into his arms, his voice humming with a childish tone, "But you can't dislike me. You're mine, mine alone!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." Ji Yueyao patted Mu Yanxuan's back and comforted him, "Mu Yanxuan, why are you acting like a little kid?"

"You can't call me Mu Yanxuan anymore." Mu Yanxuan stood up, looked at Ji Yueyao with some hesitation, and said seriously.

Ji Yueyao was momentarily stunned. "Then what should I call you?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yanxuan's mind raced with a long list of names, but he couldn't bring himself to say any of them. His face flushed, and he forced himself to continue, "Xia Yaoxuan calls you 'Yueyue,' so what do you think you should call me?"

Ji Yueyao rolled her eyes, then chuckled as she looked at Mu Yanxuan's flushed cheeks. "Uh... Xuanxuan?"

The face in front of her suddenly magnified several times. Ji Yueyao stared wide-eyed at Mu Yanxuan, who was biting her lip, and almost slapped him.

"No, let's try another one." Mu Yanxuan opened his eyes, his eyes full of mockery, which made Ji Yueyao so angry that she wanted to kick him off the bed.

"Then... Yan Xuan?" Ji Yueyao had no choice but to change it. She didn't understand what had gotten into this guy today that made him want to change how he addressed her... But changing it was fine. Calling her by her full name all the time before was indeed not very intimate.

Mu Yanxuan frowned and thought for a moment, feeling much better than before... but still shook her head and said, "I still don't like it."

"Then what do you want me to call you!" Ji Yueyao glared angrily at Mu Yanxuan, gritting her teeth as she said, "Ah Xuan?" (To be continued.)