When dinner was almost ready, Commander Guan came back.
He walked to the kitchen door and saw Lin Aili chatting and laughing with a strange young girl. He knew that she must be the goddaughter adopted by his lover, and then he called out affectionately, "Xiaobei is here?"
"Hello, Chief!"
Seeing that the visitor was a middle-aged soldier, although he was smiling, he had the aura of a senior military officer. He immediately straightened up involuntarily and called him respectfully.
"Xiaobei, didn't I tell you to call me godfather? Laoguan, this is our goddaughter. Xiaobei, Xiaobei, this is your godfather."
"Yes, Xiaobei, since your teacher Lin has adopted you as her goddaughter, you can call her godmother, and naturally you have to call me godfather. You don't have to call me chief anymore. Do you understand?"
"Yes, godfather!"
"That's right! Hey, Xichuan hasn't come yet?"
"Reporting to the Chief, oh no, Godfather, he hasn't come yet."
"Well, he should be back soon, Xiaobei, why don't you go pick him up? This kid, I asked him to take my car back today, but he said it was against the rules and refused to get in. He was so stunned!"
"I'm not just stunned, I'm scared of you!"
"I'm not a tiger, why should I be so scary?"
"Hahaha, you are not a tiger, but in the eyes of these soldiers' kids, I think you are almost like a tiger!"
"You old woman, you always say bad things about me in front of Xiaobei!"
"Who are you calling an old woman? How am I old? Xiaobei, tell me, is your godmother old?"
"Godmother, of course you are not old, you are still young."
"Did you hear me? Don't call me old woman from now on. It's not like I don't have a name, and my name is so nice. Don't keep calling me old woman. You're calling me old even though I'm not old!"
"Don't you also call me Lao Guan? Old and old go together, I think it fits perfectly, hahahaha——"
"Who is suitable for you?"
In front of Shen Xiaobei, Commander Guan and Lin Aili laughed and bickered with each other without any taboos, not treating her as an outsider at all.
Shen Xiaobei really likes this way of getting along without being pretentious in front of her, so that she doesn't have to be so pretentious either.
"Godfather, Godmother, I'll go back and pick up Xichuan and ask him to come over."
"Okay, then go back and pick him up. The food is ready. We can eat once he gets here!"
"Oh, yes, godmother, I'll go over first. As soon as Xichuan comes back, we'll come right over."
"Yeah, okay!"
Shen Xiaobei immediately left Commander Guan's house and went to his room in the South District, waiting anxiously for Duan Xichuan to come back.
Fortunately, Duan Xichuan appeared within a few minutes.
She hurried to the door to greet him happily and said, "Xichuan, you're back. We've been waiting for you!"
"Girl, look how happy you are. Aren't you nervous about going to the chief's house for dinner?"
"It's not the chief's house, it's my godparents' house. Why should I be nervous? I have to get used to it!"
"You little girl, you're really good at adapting, but your husband is a little nervous right now."
"Ah, you're actually nervous too? Didn't you tell me before that no matter who you deal with in this compound, you should just keep a normal mindset? Where's your normal mindset? Hehe, it's gone?"
"You little bitch, stop teasing your husband! Okay, I'm not nervous anymore. Let's go. I know the commander is back. Let's not make him wait for us too long."
Duan Xichuan breathed a sigh of relief, easing the little tension in his heart, and then went to Commander Guan’s house with Shen Xiaobei.
As soon as he entered his house, he immediately saluted Commander Guan with a standard military salute and shouted, "Hello, Commander!"
"Xichuan, we are at home, there is no need to be so restrained, sit down."
"Yes, Chief!"
Duan Xichuan stayed in the hall to talk to Commander Guan, while Shen Xiaobei went to the kitchen and brought out the food with Lin Aili.
After exchanging some pleasantries, everyone sat down at the table and prepared to eat.
"Xichuan, Xiaobei, both of you should eat more!"
"Thank you, Mr. Lin. You and the Chief should eat more too."
"Xichuan, don't be so restrained at Teacher Lin's house from now on. Just treat it like you're at home! Come on, eat more meat!"
"Yes, thank you, Teacher Lin!"
Duan Xichuan sat very upright, his back was straight, and his movements of picking up food were particularly standard, which made Shen Xiaobei feel a little uneasy.
Fortunately, in order to ease their awkwardness, Teacher Guan and Lin Aili quickly started chatting about family matters.
He asked about Duan Xichuan's family situation, and also asked curiously how they met, and then asked how many children they planned to have in the future.
As they chatted, Duan Xichuan and Shen Xiaobei both relaxed a lot.
After dinner, Shen Xiaobei accompanied Lin Aili to the kitchen to wash the dishes, while Master Guan asked Duan Xichuan to play a few games of chess with him.
Duan Xichuan's chess skills are very good. Commander Guan praised him with admiration, saying that it can be seen from his chess skills that he is a very calm person and a good seedling. He asked him to do a good job in the army!
Shen Xiaobei was washing dishes in the kitchen when he heard Master Guan praising Duan Xichuan, and he was secretly happy in his heart.
The two stayed at Commander Guan's house for another hour before returning to their own residence together.
As soon as he returned to his residence and closed the door, Shen Xiaobei generously gave Duan Xichuan a kiss.
Then he asked him happily, "How is it, Deputy Battalion Commander Duan? Are you feeling a little proud when the commander praises you as a good talent?"
"You little bastard, were you eavesdropping on the chief's speech?"
"How could I have eavesdropped? It was just that my godfather was talking so loudly that I could have heard him without having to eavesdrop. Tell me, are you feeling a little smug?"
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