Xia Chuyi held a steel pen and wrote on the letter paper:
Huo Shiqian,
I hope this letter finds you well.
Today, everything is normal.
I have returned to school, and my roommates are still amiable, the atmosphere harmonious.
However, I suddenly received news: Mrs. Huo intends to find you another match, and a suitable candidate has already been found.
Brother Shiqian, what is your view on this matter?
Year X, Month X, Day X.
Xia Chuyi.
By the ti the letter reached the Southwest a few days later, Huo Shiqian was caressing Xia Chuyi’s letter, calmly facing Xiao Wang, and said, "Ask around to see if there’s anything out of the ordinary in the Capital City."
Xiao Wang imdiately saluted and replied, "Yes, sir!"
Why did Huo Shiqian ask this question?
Because in addition to receiving Xia Chuyi’s letter, he had also received another piece of information.
Huo Zhongcheng was not feeling well, and there were hopes for Huo Shiqian to return to see his father.
When Huo Shiqian received this ssage, he furrowed his brow slightly.
This letter, no matter how you read it, seed to bear Su Susu’s tone.
It was impossible to conceal.
Huo Shiqian tapped his fingers on the desktop, waiting for the subordinate’s news.
After a while, Xiao Wang ca back.
"Report to the commander, the continual news coming from the Capital City states that Commander Huo Zhongcheng is in very good health," Xiao Wang saluted and said earnestly.
Hearing this, Huo Shiqian’s brow furrowed even more severely.
Huo Shiqian caressed the letter written by Xia Chuyi, his expression inscrutable, and stated, "Understood."
After sending Xiao Wang away, Huo Shiqian tucked the letter away and placed it into a special box for correspondence.
Then he stood up, wrapped himself in a military coat, and braved the wind and snow to find the old commanding officer.
"I have received a ssage from the Capital City saying that my father is unwell and has summoned to visit," he said calmly to the old commanding officer upon arrival.
"What did you say?" The old commanding officer, upon hearing Huo Shiqian’s words, imdiately flared up, snorting and glaring as he bellowed, "Huo family boy, don’t you push your luck with !"
"You just took leave for a family visit half a year ago, and now you want to take another?"
"It would be fine if you wanted to take leave, but could you at least co up with a more convincing excuse?"
The old commanding officer stood akimbo, spitting as he spoke, "Your father, I heard not too long ago that he got so extraordinary tea leaves that after drinking, his spirits lifted enormously, he’s like a dragon and tiger revitalized!"
"And now you co to tell he’s not well? Are you cursing him?" The old commanding officer appeared righteously indignant as he caught Huo Shiqian in a lesson, "How can you be so unfilial? Do you want to beco an orphan?"
While lecturing, he stole glances at Huo Shiqian’s expression.
Clearly, the old commanding officer was doing this on purpose, waiting for Huo Shiqian to argue back, to negotiate.
Unexpectedly, Huo Shiqian casually arched an eyebrow and said, "This matter did not co through my channels of information."
Huo Shiqian was utterly calm.
"This ssage was directly transferred to by Su Susu’s people from the Capital City."
This ant that the person cursing was not him, but soone linked to Su Susu in the Capital City.
So, according to the old commanding officer’s logic, since he wasn’t the one wanting to be an "orphan," then it would be Su Susu cursing herself to beco a "widow."
The old commanding officer was not dull, and naturally understood the implication in Huo Shiqian’s words.
"Cough cough!" The old commanding officer coughed twice deliberately, then spoke, "This, this, might just be your father missing you, and had Su Susu write it."
Huo Shiqian calmly lifted his gaze to the old commanding officer: Who would believe that?
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