Hearing this, Qin Haotian braced himself with his hands on the ground, leaned back slightly, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and asked with a smile:
"Today is your father's birthday. Why aren't you at home celebrating with him? What brings you here so late at night?"
Xiao Changge looked at him and said, "Everyone says you are very impressive and the most powerful general in our army. I just wanted to see if that's true."
Qin Haotian laughed heartily: "Then did you figure it out? Am I a hero?"
"Yes! Of course!" Xiao Changge nodded repeatedly.
"Where did you see that?" Qin Haotian turned to look at Xiao Changge and asked in return.
Xiao Changge was taken aback, but quickly smiled and said, "You have won many battles. When those enemy bandits see you, they all flee in panic. Wherever you lead your troops, the people there will live in peace and tranquility."
"Perhaps in a few years, we will be able to bring peace to the entire territory."
As soon as he finished speaking, with a "thud," Qin Haotian put his hands behind his head and collapsed to the ground.
"Is that so?" he said with his eyes closed.
“Of course it is.” Xiao Changge hugged her knees and looked at Qin Haotian lying on the ground.
“But I don’t think it’s enough. Even if the war ends, it will still be a very long time before we achieve true peace.”
"How could that be? With you here..." Before Xiao Changge could finish speaking, Qin Haotian interrupted her, "Human strength has its limits, and I am no exception."
“You’re different from others. You are… blessed by the immortals, a person born extraordinary,” Xiao Changge said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Qin Haotian laughed and opened his eyes, turning to look at Xiao Changge.
Xiao Changge stared unblinkingly at Qin Haotian's pair of fiery eyes, which seemed to be emitting a faint red light.
Seeing her staring intently at him, Qin Haotian pulled out a finger and pointed to his eyes: "When you said the immortals bestow blessings, did you mean this?"
Xiao Changge immediately nodded, "Yes! Everyone says this is a gift from the immortals, a person born extraordinary, destined to do great things."
Qin Haotian beckoned, "Come closer and look into my eyes."
So Xiao Changge moved her body and leaned forward.
At such close range, Xiao Changge was finally able to see those eyes clearly.
Inside those large, bell-shaped eyes, the whites of the eyes were covered with dense, red blood vessels, and the pupils were even a dark red. This sight filled Xiao Changge with a sense of dread.
Those dense, red blood vessels were truly bizarre.
"Look closely now, this isn't some divine gift of eyes."
"This is an illness." Qin Haotian rubbed his eyes, which made them even redder.
Xiao Changge frowned: "Illness? Won't that hurt my eyes a lot?"
"It doesn't hurt, it's just a sore feeling, and I can't cry. My son made up a name for this illness before, but I've never heard of it, the doctor hasn't heard of it either, and besides, it can't be cured."
"Perhaps in a few years, I won't be able to see clearly anymore," he said with a smile.
Xiao Changge's face stiffened. These sudden words struck her like a heavy blow. She never expected that the great hero she admired would say that he would go blind in a few years.
She couldn't accept it at all, so she said anxiously:
"How could this be! It can't be like this!"
Qin Haotian remained relaxed and said casually, "Perhaps."
"It might be a few years later, or it might be ten or twenty years, but as long as it doesn't get better, it will go blind sooner or later."
"It can definitely be cured! The imperial physicians in the palace are highly skilled and can cure any difficult or complicated illness. They can definitely cure your eyes too. I'll go and ask Father to invite the imperial physician to treat you!" Xiao Changge said excitedly.
"No need, it can't be cured. If it could be cured, it would have been cured long ago." Qin Haotian closed his eyes again and said slowly.
"How do you know it can't be cured without even trying? We have to ask the imperial physician to take a look." Xiao Changge's face turned red with anxiety.
"It's neither curable nor do we have the time."
"What do you mean you don't have time? These are your eyes!"
"I'm always away on campaigns, how can I have time to slowly recuperate and treat my eyes? I'm returning to the capital to report for duty, and I'll be leaving in a few days."
Xiao Changge was speechless for a moment, and after a few breaths of silence, she finally spoke:
"Then... let's explain the reason to His Majesty and ask him to rest for a year or two."
Qin Haotian picked at his ear and grinned, saying, "My son often says that too."
"That's right! You don't seem to care at all! These are your eyes, how can you not take them seriously!" Xiao Changge suddenly felt a little annoyed when she saw his indifferent expression.
"Of course I care. Who wants to go blind? There's still a war going on. Once the war is over, I'll naturally calm down and find a good doctor to try to cure me."
"When was that?" Xiao Changge frowned.
"I'm not going to talk about it anymore, as long as the war is over," Qin Haotian said with a smile.
Upon seeing that smile, Xiao Changge suddenly felt dejected and even sad, because she knew that as long as there was still a battle to be fought, this great hero would not retreat from the battlefield.
How long will this take? Xiao Changge's face fell, and she wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.
"What's wrong?" Qin Haotian asked.
Xiao Changge suddenly looked up at him and said angrily, "Hmph, it's not like I can't do without you."
"Do you think we can't defeat the enemy without you leading the army?"
Qin Haotian was taken aback, then scratched his head and laughed, "I never said that."
"In the army, there are also several great generals like Huang Long and Xiong Qian, as well as some juniors like Zhang Ran and Jin Mang, who are quite good."
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