With a "thud," Mu Qingyun lost control of her chopsticks and slammed them down onto the plate, making a crisp sound.

Although her hand still trembled uncontrollably, Su Qiluo's words were within her expectations.

She had already guessed this outcome when she fled in panic yesterday.

Once a woman appears in front of someone, no matter how realistic or similar the man's clothing is, it's completely useless.

"It's me." She didn't intend to lie and honestly nodded in admission.

Su Qiluo was stunned to find that she admitted it so readily.

"I'm a woman. I offended Mu Jingfeng. I initially came to the military academy for the salary and free room and board, but later I wanted the academy's protection." After telling the truth, Mu Qingyun started eating without a care in the world.

"I changed into women's clothing to look for a way to make money. I never expected to get involved in a vampire incident."

Is he really that honest?

Su Qiluo raised an eyebrow. He had originally thought that he would have to use coercion and inducement to get the answer he wanted, but he did not expect that Mu Qingyun would answer so honestly and completely.

"What do you think of Su?" He lowered his eyes and asked softly, "That good-for-nothing who was with you in the wilderness."

You're the one... okay, you're not useless.

Mu Qingyun instinctively wanted to refute, but she felt that it was perfectly reasonable for Su Qiluo to call anyone a piece of trash, since in his eyes, everyone should be a piece of trash.

“It’s great. I feel like he’s my younger brother, and I’m happy to protect him.”

"It's me."

As soon as Mu Qingyun finished speaking, Su Qiluo looked up at her with a serious expression.

"..."

“What I mean is, Su is Su Qiluo.” Su Qiluo looked back at Mu Qingyun’s puzzled and shocked eyes and said seriously, word by word.

“You two look different, your voices are different, and even your heights are different.” She looked at Su Qiluo’s obvious height of 1.9 meters, and then thought about Su standing next to her, who was about the same height as her, and still found it unbelievable.

She trusted Su Qiluo; she didn't believe Su Qiluo would joke with her like that for no reason.

But she just couldn't accept it.

"The doctor has all sorts of potions that can alter these things." Su Qilu tilted her head and chuckled softly.

"Don't you find it strange that I'm so familiar with Yi Beixuan? You don't really believe that Mu Xueyao did the initial restoration of the seawater, do you? Also, don't you sometimes feel a warm sensation, and then all your fatigue and exhaustion disappear?"

"..."

She had her doubts, but who would have thought that there would be a drug that could change one's height in this era?

With height being such a significant disadvantage, no one would associate a 1.7-meter-tall person with a 1.9-meter-tall person!

"So, you don't like me, do you?" Mu Qingyun came to this conclusion after combining all the clues from before.

"...Do you always speak so directly?" Su Qiluo twitched the corner of his mouth. Mu Qingyun had said everything he wanted to say, so what was he supposed to say?

"You dare not admit it?" A faint smile appeared on her lips as she stared at Su Qiluo with interest.

Strangely enough, she only treated Su as a younger brother to protect and had no romantic feelings for him, but when she was with Su Qiluo, she felt that love was beginning to blossom.

Perhaps it's because these two people are different in appearance, personality, fighting ability, and how they treat others?

“What’s there to be afraid of? I’ll admit it. I like you,” Su Qiluo looked up at her and sat up straight solemnly. “Su is an act. In a sense, it’s not me.”

"Su Qiluo is the real me. All the rumors about me are true, whether good or bad."

rumor?

All the rumors she heard were positive: he was highly skilled in combat, aloof to outsiders, and protective of his own. The training ground administrator praised him to the skies, telling her about it almost every day until she was sick of hearing it.

"So you're going to pursue me?" She finished her meal in a few bites, elegantly wiped her mouth with a tissue, and showed no other expression on her face.

"..."

Su Qiluo was stunned.

This was completely different from what he had expected.

Other people's confessions are so romantic, so beautiful, so touching. Although his confession was forced, it still felt like a revelation session.

Both of them were revealing their secrets, exposing one by one, and something just didn't seem right.

"Can... I do it?"

"Of course, whether we can catch up is another matter." Mu Qingyun thought for a moment and then said, her face completely devoid of any joking expression.

Oh my god, this is the first time he's ever confessed his feelings.

That was a complete failure.

"It's time for training. Let's go check in." Su Qiluo glanced at the watch on his wrist and decided to leave it at that for now.

This confession left him completely bewildered. He needs to showcase his charm first before finding a proper opportunity to confess.

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingyun smiled, said nothing, and stood up.

She thought it was great. In this life, she just wanted to have a proper relationship. She originally thought that the only person she was somewhat attracted to had already been taken by someone else, but she didn't expect that person to be herself.

In her time, formalities were important. Couples who fell in love on their own were required to go boating together, exchange flowers, carve heart-shaped stones, and visit temples to pray for blessings during the Spring Festival.

After praying for blessings, the man must go to the top floor of the temple, ring the bell, and loudly express his feelings in front of everyone.

Apart from that, others could only accept the arrangements made by their parents and the words of the matchmaker.

It is said that this somewhat strange tradition has been passed down for a long time because it makes it easier for parents to separate couples.

After all, there are so many things to do, and they are all things that attract attention. As soon as their parents receive the news, they will try to trick them so that they can't complete the process.

In order to make their daughters obedient, their parents would instill this idea in them from a young age, making them feel that if they couldn't complete this process, their love would not be blessed by God and would only end in a miserable way.

Of course, there are also clear-headed girls, but not many, and their clear-headed opinions will never be spread, nor will they ever be disseminated.

Her mother had told her about this too; well, in today's terms, it would be called brainwashing.

In the harem, there was a concubine who had been with her the longest, the daughter of the prime minister, a noble lady.

At first, the prime minister did not think highly of her and was unwilling to marry his daughter to her, but she went through the whole process with this young girl.

They didn't complete the entire journey; perhaps it was divine intervention that prevented her from harming them.

But later, instead of resorting to crooked means, she earned military merit through her own abilities, and the prime minister married the young girl to her.

Heaven helped this little girl, but it didn't help her to the end.