Mr.President, Let's Get a Divorce
Chapter 245 - 248 It’s been three years, but the thorn in her heart is getting deeper

Chapter 245: 248 It’s been three years, but the thorn in her heart is getting deeper

"Your hair is cut so short again?"

Xilin and Tang Xiaohua stood side by side on the deck, and no amount of surprise could hide the awkwardness from not seeing each other for so long.

Tang Xiaohua chuckled,

"It’s more convenient this way. On the battlefield, long hair might accidentally get burned, and then I’d have to cut it anyway. Isn’t it a bit ugly?"

"How could it be? Chief of Staff Lu said you were the most beautiful female special forces soldier in the Navy Corps they’ve had for a long time."

"The Navy Corps doesn’t mind..."

"Today when I came, I heard you were on a mission, and that you completed it very well."

"There were parts that didn’t go well, but the commanders didn’t mention it to you."

Tang Xiaohua said lightly.

"Don’t be too hard on yourself. You’ve been so tense these years. Aren’t you tired?"

Tang Xiaohua shook her head. "I don’t feel tired. Instead, I feel tired when I relax."

"I can see that you’re very accustomed to it here..."

"You know I adapt well. Didn’t I also quickly get used to Xilin when I first went there?"

"Yes, I know. The leadership of the Navy Corps seems to really value you. Jumping two major ranks in one year is truly an extraordinary honor."

"Brother Lu, how is Xiaocao doing? This month, if I wasn’t in training, I was on missions, and I haven’t had much contact with him."

"Don’t worry. The teachers and students at the school like him a lot. A boarding elementary school is like that; he might also find it hard to find opportunities to contact you."

Tang Xiaohua exhaled deeply,

"I wonder if he resents me for always leaving him behind..."

Ziqing rested his hands on the deck railing, facing the sea breeze and smiled lightly, "What about that? When I was young, and when you were young, wasn’t it the same?"

"..."

"Alright." Ziqing promptly stopped this slightly sensitive and sad topic, looked at her, and said,

"I’m serious. You choose for yourself, stay here, or come back to Xilin with me."

"...Honestly, I don’t mind. I’ll leave it to the commander’s arrangements."

"Xiao Hua."

"Hmm?"

"Are you intending to become a monk and be enlightened on the spot?"

"Ah?"

"Don’t be indifferent about everything. Want something, think about something. No matter how excellent a special forces soldier is, once you take off the uniform, you are just a person."

"Brother Lu, what you said, how have I become a monk? I do want to be a commander! A commander-in-chief! And then..."

Tang Xiaohua’s mouth curved slightly, but she said no more.

What she kept in her heart, she would charge forward towards that goal.

Ziqing’s gaze drifted into the distance, but his peripheral vision was firmly locked on her...

It’s been three years. She seemed to have changed a lot, grown a lot...

But the thorn in her heart was only getting deeper.

...

"Brother Lu, don’t wait for me anymore. I have no thoughts of starting any relationship, so... our current relationship is the best one. If you come closer, I will flee."

Three years ago, he brought her back to Xilin, wounded all over. Xilin’s airport, late at night, waiting for the people coming to meet them just like they were facing the wind now, except the sea breeze was salty and carried the warmth of the sun, unlike the wind that night, cold as ice-blades, chilling to the bone... she said to him.

With just one sentence, their relationship returned to the beginning, the furthest distance.

Ziqing heard the sound of his own heart bleeding, but still, he had to accept it with a smile. What else could he do?

"If I really had to choose..."

Tang Xiaohua looked at Ziqing, "I think..."