Lien Ying-tung asked the question knowingly, and a rare wicked smile appeared on his usually handsome and upright face.

Xu Meng picked up a peanut from the plate and threw it at his face: "You're such a sly one!"

Lian Yingtong dodged the peanut and smiled as she poured Xu Meng another full glass of wine: "Senior, please don't be angry."

"Senior?" Xu Meng squinted at Lian Yingtong. "You little brat, are you trying to cause trouble again?"

"No way, you joined the army earlier than me, so aren't you my senior?" Lian Yingtong laughed.

Xu Meng nodded, quite pleased: "That's true. Although your rank is higher than mine now, in terms of military seniority, you are definitely not as good as me."

The two brothers laughed together.

"Sigh, back to what we were talking about earlier..."

Because of the new military regulations, such incidents never happened again in Xu Meng's unit, so Xu Meng never approached any women because of it.

Later, due to his military achievements, Xu Meng was promoted several times and was taken under Gu Jingheng's command.

Gu Jingheng's military management was even better than that of the Seventh Prince. After being promoted, Xu Meng's military duties increased. Gu Jingheng also required all generals to study cultural knowledge. On days when there was no training or military affairs, Xu Meng spent his time practicing calligraphy and memorizing books.

"I'm so tired when I get back to my little tent every day that I feel like throwing up. Where would I find the time to think about women?" Xu Meng chuckled self-deprecatingly, then tilted his head back and drank another glass of wine, his face already flushed.

"So, the woman you're talking about is the only one who has ever made your heart flutter over the years?" Lian Yingtong asked.

"yes."

On his second visit to Yongning City, that fleeting glimpse at the dock felt as if something had struck Xu Meng's heart, both fiercely and gently.

Later, Xu Meng took on the task of cooking for the three of them. He often went to Su Ji's restaurant at the dock to buy food. At first, he didn't know why, he just used the excuse that "their food was delicious".

As time went by, when I occasionally went to the shop and couldn't see her, I felt inexplicably lost.

“Originally, I didn’t have any thoughts. She had her hair styled like a married woman and dressed like one, but one time, I heard someone talking to her, asking her if she wanted to find another man…” Xu Meng finished his drink, swirling the glass around, his gaze unfocused on the empty glass. “At that moment, a thought suddenly popped into my head: I, I wondered, could I be her man? That’s when I realized that I had fallen in love with a woman.”

Lian Yingtong poured him another glass of wine, and the two remained silent for a while.

After a long pause, Lian Yingtong broke the silence: "So what are your thoughts after that?"

Hearing this question, Xu Meng shook his head helplessly: "I don't know. Actually, I shouldn't have gotten angry with you today. I haven't even thought about what to do next. Even if I find her to be my cook, what's the use of seeing her every day? Brother, I was wrong today. This drink is my apology!"

After saying that, before Lian Ying could speak, Xu Meng gulped down another glass of wine.

Lian Yingtong didn't know what to say to comfort him, so he could only drink with him.

Neither Xu Meng nor I are from Yongning. After the matters in Yongning are settled, we will leave with the general and return to Yongzhou.

I wonder if that woman and her family are willing to leave with them?

Poor Xu Meng, his relationship had just begun to blossom when its future became uncertain.

After drinking all night, the next morning, both Lian Yingtong and Xu Meng had headaches and felt nauseous.

Even when Su Yun'er arrived, their hangovers were still not relieved.

The two subordinates got drunk together, and Gu Jingheng was having a headache. Unfortunately, he didn't have the hangover medicine given to him by the army doctor with him. When Su Yun'er arrived, he was just about to go out to the pharmacy to get some hangover medicine for the two of them.

“It’s not necessarily true that you need hangover cures,” Su Yun’er said.