After Breaking the Persona, I Reach the Peak of My Life
Chapter 71: Wanting to Hide Away

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Wanting to Hide Away

With a few awkward chuckles, under the seemingly alluring gaze of Qin Zhan, Bi Xia lowered his head and honestly confessed.

School uniform...

Qin Zhan paused, as if he didn’t even remember what he looked like in a school uniform...

"Fourth Brother?"

He turned his eyes to the boy beside him and gently shook his head. "I really don’t know what you’re always thinking about. I probably haven’t worn a school uniform for more than a decade."

"More than a decade?" Bi Xia blinked his eyes. "Not even once?"

Qin Zhan raised an eyebrow. "I have worn one before, just not a domestic school uniform."

"Huh?"

Helplessly, he flicked the boy’s nose. "Why are you so smart usually, yet your brain seems to short-circuit around me."

Bi Xia’s small face turned red instantly. It seemed to be true... Before he could finish his thought, he heard the young man beside him say slowly, "My mother is from Country A, so I’m mixed heritage from Countries C and A."

"So, I went to school in Country A when I was young. But my nationality is from Country C. Around high school, I came back because I had completed my studies and was ’captured’ by my family to join the military."

Even though it was a simple recount, and the content was quite plain, for some reason, Bi Xia still felt an air of scholarly arrogance emerging before him.

"So, I rarely wear school uniforms but wear military uniforms often."

The deep voice slowly echoed in his ears, the magnetic tone carrying a hint of seduction. "Little Nine, do you want to see Fourth Brother in a military uniform?"

Startled, Bi Xia uncontrollably nodded. "I do..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhan’s lips curved into a smile and he continued to entice him step by step. "Then, come join the military with me."

"Join the military?" Bi Xia muttered.

"Yes, join the military," Qin Zhan said with a smile, continuing slowly, "If you join, you can see Fourth Brother every day. At that point, no matter where, Fourth Brother can always protect Little Nine."

Bi Xia snapped back to reality, staring confusedly at Qin Zhan’s now golden eyes. "Why do I have to join the military to see Fourth Brother every day?"

"And, can’t Fourth Brother protect me outside the military?"

Qin Zhan hesitated for a moment before responding as if nothing had happened, "Of course I can, but joining the military would make it more convenient. Besides, Fourth Brother thinks Little Nine is well-suited to be in the military."

"Fourth Brother is kidnapping a minor," Bi Xia’s stern face broke into a smile. "I’ve figured it out."

Normally not one to smile often, his face lit up with a smile, making others feel astonishing. If it were a delicate and stunning face, it would indeed be captivating.

Qin Zhan gazed deeply at that laughing face, wishing that smile could always remain on the boy’s face...

This thought suddenly appeared in his mind, and for a moment, Qin Zhan, who always knew clearly what he wanted, felt puzzled.

In his heart, his affection for the boy was partly because the boy suited his tastes perfectly, even finding kisses with him extremely comfortable, which made him regard the boy as Little Nine. And partly because...

The boy’s skills and temperament were very fitting for the military.

But now there was a problem.

The more time Qin Zhan spent with the boy, the more he found himself unconsciously considering the boy’s well-being, putting the boy first without even realizing it.

He discovered that the boy was not the same as he’d initially imagined.

Initially, he thought the boy was a calm yet arrogant kid with decent skills. Upon meeting him again, he found the boy incredibly smart, with a mind like a library, possessing an impressive memory and capacity.

Almost immediately, he thought of bringing the boy into the military.

It seemed every time they met, the boy would surprise him anew.

But slowly, he realized that although the boy was calm, it was because he didn’t care about the people around him.

Although the boy was arrogant, it was because he couldn’t tolerate others’ disrespect towards him or his brothers.

Although the boy was extremely intelligent, in interpersonal relationships, he was like a newborn, understanding basic manners but clueless about going further.

When he bent his starry eyes and called him ’Fourth Brother’ with a smile, Qin Zhan just wanted this child to stay by his side, at all times.

Qin Zhan became curious about how many more surprises this kid named Bi Xia might bring him.

Thinking about how, after joining the military, the slender boy would face a group of rowdy soldiers, and also bend his eyes and call them ’Fourth Brother,’ he inexplicably became annoyed.

In his mind, he recalled each ’unexpected’ kiss from the boy and the way the boy’s starry eyes looked at him...

He wanted to hide him away.