Hearing the still gentle voice in his ear, Xu Shengtian stared in surprise.
He licked his dry lips: "Are you kidding me?"
"Is this question difficult to answer?" Bai Yan looked at him innocently. "If you choose me, Commander, then I am yours."
Xu Shengtian's eyes lit up instantly, but he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy: "Are you really letting me choose?"
What merit or ability does he possess?
She's such a capable person; she can make anti-inflammatory medicine worth hundreds of gold bars and even manufacture weapons!
Bai Yan said, "It's fake."
Before Xu Shengtian could even feel disappointed, she had already smiled and raised his hand, looking at him tenderly: "I was just joking with you earlier. You don't need to choose anything, we all belong to you."
An immense sense of happiness truly settled in his heart, and Xu Shengtian experienced the feeling of going from hell to heaven.
But the happiness overwhelmed him and he became somewhat panicked: "Do you really like me?"
Bai Yan looked at him with a pair of smiling eyes. "If I didn't like you, why would I come to seek refuge with you with my mother? To tell you the truth, I liked you long before I met you."
"General, I wonder if you felt the same way when you saw me?" Bai Yan said, "After I saw you in the newspaper clippings my father made, I felt that I should have fallen in love with you long ago. Perhaps we are lovers for all eternity."
"have!"
Xu Shengtian nodded immediately. He couldn't explain the feeling of his soul trembling when he saw her—but the lover from lifetimes past inexplicably made his heart beat faster.
Bai Yan smiled and said, "The country is still unsettled. We both have Chinese blood flowing in our veins, so we naturally cannot abandon our compatriots."
"Once we drive the enemy out this time, you can come to my house to propose marriage. Once the land of China is at peace, we'll get married, okay?"
Xu Shengtian grasped her hand in return, his gaze burning: "Then it's settled."
...
Xu Shengtian was already a strong fighter, had ample medicine, and with the addition of new weapons, he not only completely stabilized the situation in Fengyi in less than half a year, but also took back the three northern provinces and brought the regime under his control.
They became the most powerful force among the northern warlords.
Bai Yan returned to Fengyi a day earlier than Xu Shengtian, and she went back to the family compound where she lived with Yuan Shi.
On the battlefield, one is always exposed to the elements, and after returning home, she slept until late the next day before recovering. She then got out of bed to prepare for washing and dressing.
"Yan'er, you don't need to get up so early," Madam Yuan said. "You just came from the battlefield. Didn't your dean say he would give you a break? You should rest well. Look how much weight you've lost."
Madam Yuan was angry when her daughter ran off to the battlefield without a word, but now that the war was won and life was peaceful, her anger subsided.
"You can rest anytime, but not today. We'll have guests arriving soon," Bai Yan said with a smile.
"Guests?" Madam Yuan was stunned.
She pinned her hair up with a jade-green hairpin and carefully chose a lotus-root-colored cheongsam. In the sweltering summer, the beauty wearing such an outfit was refreshing and invigorating.
"Sister-in-law Yuan!"
You have guests!
"The general has come to propose marriage!"
Shouts rang out one after another, followed by the crackling of firecrackers. Yuan peeked out from downstairs and saw cars coming and going. Then a tall man got out of the car at the front.
Yuan looked downstairs curiously: "Did they make a mistake? Did they go to the wrong place?"
Bai Yan said, "That's right."
He then explained to Madam Yuan, "Mom, the commander saved my life on the battlefield. Over time, we both realized our feelings for each other, and I promised him that I would have him come to propose marriage after we returned to the city."
Yuan was taken aback by this sudden news.
After realizing what she meant, she quickly shook her head: "How can this be? Yan'er, you're engaged!"
Bai Yan frowned: "I have no marriage agreement with the Zhong family. My father saved him at the cost of his life. The Zhong family did this to win people over and put on a show for outsiders."
"But..." Before Yuan could finish her sentence, a knock sounded at the door.
Bai Yan was naturally eager to open the door for him. The two of them had been busy with their own things for the past six months, and now that they finally had some free time, they could smile just by looking at each other.
Yuan Shi, having been through similar experiences, could see the affection between the two children.
Xu Shengtian's looks and current wealth are both top-notch, so it should be the perfect marriage.
However, when the top general presented the betrothal gifts, Lady Yuan still refused.
She then helplessly pulled out a newspaper: "Mom knows you and the Marshal are in love, and Mom doesn't want to ruin your marriage. But look at what this newspaper says, you and the young master of the Zhong family have already publicly announced your marriage!"
Bai Yan picked up the newspaper, which was probably three or four months old. It had two photos on it, one of her and one of Zhong Yunsheng.
In today's world, where computer systems are not yet fully developed, many upper-class individuals publish their marriage and divorce announcements in newspapers, which is more effective than marriage certificates and divorce certificates.
"How can a woman marry twice?" Madam Yuan said helplessly. "It's best to let the commander-in-chief know about this, since you and the Zhong family haven't broken things off yet."
Yuan had only seen the newspaper recently. She had intended to ask her daughter how to handle it yesterday, but she didn't because her daughter was too tired. Now that she had brought it out, she wanted to see Xu Shengtian's attitude.
Xu Shengtian simply took Bai Yan's hand and said, "That engagement doesn't count. The newspapers say it's all about repaying a debt of gratitude, but is that really repaying a debt of gratitude?"
"In my opinion, this is clearly repaying kindness with enmity!"
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