The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 417 - 416: Someone Doesn’t Understand Romance

Chapter 417: Chapter 416: Someone Doesn’t Understand Romance

(A minor adjustment from the previous Chapter, those who have seen it may want to review the last 150 characters or so (๑*◡*๑))

Si Yuting stood helplessly in front of the closed door.

He could strategize on the battlefield but couldn’t control an Ali who had a place in his heart.

The corridor quieted down, and Si Yuting no longer disturbed Qu Tong’s rest, settling down by the door.

One leg bent, his back against the cold door panel, the night intensified the dark circles under his eyes.

The long night stretched on, yet he had no desire to sleep.

He raised his hand to rub his brow, taking out an Energy Liquid to consume.

Turning on the Light Brain, there were many unread messages.

He usually preferred to handle work matters in advance, but due to the recent hustle, there had been an accumulation of tasks.

Si Yuting opened an update report on this mission submitted by his subordinates.

Yet, he found it impossible to enter work mode, staring at the report but thinking about Ali teasing him, "Grand Marshal, you manage countless affairs every day~"

When he worked overtime, Ali would always quietly stay by his side, sometimes navigating the Light Brain in his arms, sometimes sitting beside him on a chair, peeling grapes with her pale fingers to feed him...

In his memories, it was always Ali accompanying him; the time he accompanied Ali was minimal.

This thought made Si Yuting’s heart even more disarrayed, leaving him no mood to deal with official duties.

Every second without an answer was torture for him.

Si Yuting glanced at the official duties that wouldn’t be finished even if he spent a whole day on them, sorted out the important ones to forward to Cheng Feng, and left the rest for later.

Right now, Ali was his priority.

Work would never end, but there was only one Ali, and if not appeased, she would truly be gone.

Feeling increasingly uneasy, Si Yuting placed his hand on his knee, turned off the Light Brain, leaned back, and in the darkness, silently guarded his treasure.

In a residential area on the Capital Star, the Light Brain started incessantly beeping in the middle of the night, disturbing anyone’s peaceful slumber.

"Thump!" Cheng Feng, deeply asleep, was kicked to the floor, the Light Brain hitting him in the face as it continued to beep intermittently.

Cheng Feng gritted his teeth as he sat up and snatched up the Light Brain.

Damn!

He was going to see which bastard was full and had nothing better to do in the middle of the night.

It’s morning already...

No, damn it! Boss, be a human for once!

Cheng Feng was falling apart inside.

He was already exhausted from running back and forth to the Army Affiliated Residence every day, and now he was tasked with so many complicated assignments.

Did they think he had too much hair and wanted to kill him?

Wuu wuu wuu~

When the sister-in-law comes back, he definitely needed to complain to her.

The boss was really not being human, wuu wuu~~

"What kind of crazy thing are you doing in the middle of the night? If you want to howl, go outside!" Another pillow came flying.

"..."

Tonight, the Canaan Empire had one more heartbroken person.

*

The next day, Qu Tong woke up from the familiar bed, outside the window was a naturally green scenery, and she lazily stretched.

Then, she leisurely washed up and changed clothes.

While dressing, Qu Tong always felt that she had forgotten something.

It wasn’t until he opened the door and saw the large figure at the entrance that his surprise was overtaken by the slow return of last night’s memories.

"Honey, why did you sleep here?"

It wasn’t that she hadn’t arranged a room for him; in the whole villa, she shared all her access rights with Si Yuting. Could he not sleep wherever he wanted?

He couldn’t possibly be like a big dog that had been abandoned, squatting at her doorstep.

If Si Yuting’s soldiers saw this, they’d be shocked to see their Admiral locked out and willingly sleeping at the door all night long, their jaws might drop.

When Si Yuting heard the familiar appellation and saw the person he hadn’t seen in a long time right in front of his eyes, his eyes finally reddened.

"Ali, I’m sorry, don’t be mad at me, it won’t happen again."

Si Yuting hung his head, his long eyelashes hiding the sharpness in his eyes, making him look less fierce and more docile than usual.

Qu Tong rarely saw Si Yuting look like this.

But it seemed like he had misunderstood that she was angry at him, which wickedly made her want to tease him.

She struggled to keep a straight face, her voice even without fluctuations, "Then tell me, what did you do wrong?"

Si Yuting tentatively reached out to hold Qu Tong’s hand.

She dodged it.

Meeting Qu Tong’s cold gaze, Si Yuting felt his heart sink even deeper.

"I shouldn’t have let you take risks alone, shouldn’t have made you stay in a place you were afraid of for so long, I’m sorry." Si Yuting sounded a bit unsure of himself.

Qu Tong finally understood what Si Yuting was saying, her eyebrows raised, "What else?"

"Cheng Feng is getting promoted to lieutenant colonel soon. I can delegate many work tasks to him, and we can spend more time together. I’ll also try not to work overtime in the evenings."

Qu Tong frowned in dissatisfaction, "That’s not right."

"What else then, Ali, tell me." Si Yuting’s attitude in admitting his mistake was excellent.

Qu Tong pulled Si Yuting and pushed him down onto the couch, looming over him, "You shouldn’t have gone half a month without replying to my messages. Sending a message doesn’t take much time, I was in another country alone, weren’t you worried?"

"Worried." Si Yuting could no longer contain his longing and suddenly flipped Qu Tong over onto the couch, snuggling into her neck, "Worried, worried that Ali wouldn’t come back."

"But you blocked me, I couldn’t contact you, I was almost going mad."

"Huh?" Qu Tong was startled, "When did I block you?"

Si Yuting stiffened, lifting his head from Qu Tong’s body, his gaze deepening as he looked at her.

Qu Tong felt a chill on her back, wondering if she really had...

Qu Tong opened her Light Brain, and sure enough, she saw Si Yuting’s account in the blacklist.

She wondered why the usually communicative Si Yuting suddenly stopped reaching out to her.

"Ha... haha, it must have been an accident." Qu Tong awkwardly removed Si Yuting’s account from the list.

"So, Ali, you weren’t mad at me?"

So his days of worry and fear were just a needless scare; he hadn’t dared to sleep well last night, afraid he’d wake up and Ali would be gone, when it was all unnecessary.

He wasn’t sure how to feel at the moment, relieved, yet somewhat furious enough to hurt.

Qu Tong turned her head, extending a teasing hand towards Si Yuting’s handsome face, "This wasn’t your fault, and besides, Du Biao was targeting me, not you. I would have gone to save Niannian anyway, why would I be angry with you?"

"Wait, how did you know I’m afraid of confined spaces?"

Si Yuting covered Qu Tong’s hand with his, his eyes full of sympathy, "Jiang Zhou told me the last time you saved me when I was unconscious."

Oh, that’s settled then.

"It must have been tough, and you might still have nightmares. I’m sorry I couldn’t be there with you," Si Yuting’s voice was low, his eyes brimming with a tangible sorrow.

A gentle kiss landed on the tip of her eyebrow, her nose, her lips, carrying the deep longing of days not met.

However, someone didn’t appreciate the moment.

"Ow! That hurt me!"

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