Breakfast time at the Burj Al Arab villa.
"Where's Lina?" Zhang Fan noticed that someone was missing from the long dining table while eating breakfast.
"She's shy and hides in her room, too afraid to come out," Yuna said, then kicked Zhang Fan under the table. "I wonder who did this?"
Zhang Fan quickly lowered his head and drank his porridge, not daring to reply.
After breakfast, the female soldiers went back to their rooms to rest, which surprised Zhang Fan.
"Why does everyone seem so down today?" Usually, after breakfast, everyone's clamoring to go out and have fun.
"After what happened with Kurosawa Taki last night, how could any of us girls be in the mood to go out and have fun? The concert we saw still makes me feel disgusted when I think about it now."
"I see..."
Indeed, after last night's commotion, the female soldiers' identities have been exposed to a certain extent, and who knows how people outside will view them now, which is why they have no interest in going out.
"My sisters and I have discussed it, and we'll pack up today and leave Ruolan this afternoon to go back to Benghazi." They've been out for over a week, and the 358th Regiment's base should have been almost completely repaired by the White Tiger Regiment.
Zhang Fan paused for a moment. He had originally intended for the female soldiers to travel and relax, to change their mood, but who knew that the trip would end unpleasantly.
"Do you plan to stay in the 358th Regiment forever? You can't spend your whole life there, can you?"
“We all used to want to escape the 358th Regiment,” Yuna smiled, “but now we all feel that the 358th Regiment is our home…”
“Because you’re here, Commander, things are different there.” Yuna’s gaze softened. “If you’re willing to stay in the 358th Regiment for the rest of your life, my sisters and I will stay there with you for the rest of our lives.”
"This isn't bad, is it?"
These words were tempting, but Zhang Fan knew he couldn't stay there forever; he had more important things to do.
“Even if you could stay there for the rest of your lives,” Zhang Fan tentatively suggested, “If, and I mean if, you had your own children in the future, would you also want them to stay in the 358th Regiment for the rest of their lives?”
“If possible, who would want to be trapped in that ‘Land of Chaos’?” Yuna shook her head and said, “But the sisters are all unfortunate people, and they dare not even imagine their future life, let alone something as unrealistic as having children.”
"The sisters are all orphans. Even if they have relatives, they are only adoptive parents or uncles and aunts. Otherwise, who would be willing to put their own daughter in a place like the 358th Regiment?"
“But women are supposed to be good wives and mothers…” Zhang Fan said.
Yuna chuckled.
“You’re thinking too idealistically. For us sisters, just living a good life is enough. Why would we think about things that are far away?” Yuna thought for a moment, then said seriously, “Let me put it this way, don’t be fooled by how carefree we sisters seem. Deep down, we are all proud and ambitious people.”
“For them, apart from you, sir, if they really want to find a partner, the men they respect will look down on their past status; the men who don't look down on their past status, they feel are not good enough for them.” Yuna glanced at Zhang Fan. “It’s a dead end.”
Zhang Fan sighed: "Lyan is such a big place, isn't there a place where we can look at them with normal eyes?"
"have."
"Sigh, so there really isn't one... Huh?" Zhang Fan was taken aback. "There's such a place?"
“West Liang Star.” Yuna nodded, then said with deep emotion, “If we retire one day, I think all the sisters would want to go there!”
"Xiliang?" Zhang Fan exclaimed in surprise. "Is that the place where the 'love potion' was invented?"
"Ah... uh, more or less." Yuna wiped her sweat. "But it's no exaggeration to say that every woman in Ryan probably dreams of going to Xiliang."
"That's amazing? Are the people there very open-minded?"
“Of course not, Xiliang is the place where Ryan’s traditional culture is best preserved.” Yuna said with a hint of longing, “If possible, I really want to visit a brothel in Xiliang…”
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Zhang Fan burst out laughing. A brothel? Is it the same brothel I'm thinking of?
“But ordinary people can’t enter Xiliang.” Yuna sighed in disappointment. “Xiliang is an autonomous planet. Apart from military and diplomatic matters, even Grand Duke Ryan cannot interfere in Xiliang’s internal affairs.”
"Which star system is Xiliang in? How far is it from Ruolan?" Zhang Fan had already become very interested.
“Xiliang is in the Asiatic star system where we are now, and it’s only a day’s flight away from Ruolan.” Yuna poured cold water on Zhang Fan’s enthusiasm as she spoke. “But you can’t go there. Xiliang is not open to outsiders, especially not to men.”
"So strict?" Zhang Fan was a little confused. "Does having money mean you can't do it? You can't even go on a trip to Xiliang?"
Having received an unexpected windfall from the "Black Dragon Society," Zhang Fan now has the confidence to spend money recklessly.
“No way!” Yuna said firmly. “You know Marquis Charlie, right? He’s incredibly powerful in Ryan, isn’t he?”
"Even he was only allowed to enter and leave Xiliang once a year."
"I see." Zhang Fan was somewhat disappointed. Even Marquis Charles was restricted from entering and leaving Xiliang, which showed how difficult it was for others to enter Xiliang.
"Wait a minute." Zhang Fan suddenly remembered something. "What does Marquis Charles do there every year?"
"It's not that Marquis Charles is going, but that Mrs. Charles goes back to visit her family every year."
"A family visit? And that has something to do with Mrs. Charlie?"
“How can it not be related? Xiliang Star belongs to the Qiu family, and Mrs. Charlie is the daughter of the current head of the Qiu family, Mr. Qiu Qingquan.” Yuna asked with some surprise, “Didn’t you attend Princess Alice’s birthday party? You should know Mrs. Charlie, right?”
Zhang Fan was stunned for a long while. They were more than just acquaintances; he'd even taken a bath with them, mother and daughter!
"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Zhang Fan stood up. "I'll go ask Madam Qiu and see if we can find you a place in Xiliang!"
Zhang Fan acted immediately, sending a telegram to Madam Qiu, instructing her to speak with the Qiu family and request permission to enter Xiliang Star.
Madam Qiu's reply came very quickly, saying that she would talk to Mr. Qiu, but for the time being, Zhang Fan could only go to Xiliang alone. After entering Xiliang, he would be received by someone from the "Qiu family".
It was indeed inappropriate to take more than 30 people to someone else's home at once. Zhang Fan planned to go to Xiliangxing by himself first to scout the way, while the female soldiers would return to the 358th Regiment. They had been away from Benghazi for more than a week and should indeed return to their unit.
At the space orbital port of Ruolan Star, Zhang Fan bid farewell to the female soldiers one by one, attracting the attention of the surrounding passengers.
Ruolan was used to seeing men and women parting reluctantly, but seeing a man and 29 women parting reluctantly was still quite a sight.
One was missing because Lina was hiding in the back and didn't dare to see Zhang Fan; she still hadn't been able to adjust her emotions.
After saying goodbye, the female soldiers returned to Benghazi in the military transport ship of the 358th Regiment, while Zhang Fan traveled to Xiliang Star in another civilian spaceship.
At the same time, Madam Qiu also sent a telegram to Mr. Qiu Qingquan in Xiliang:
My future grandson-in-law will be visiting tomorrow; I hope he will treat me well.
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