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"Shen, do you want to train today?" After finishing breakfast, Liu Chaoyan smiled slightly as she helped clear the dishes and chopsticks.

"Captain, you decide," Shen Mochen sat on the sofa in the living room, nodding with a smile.

"Actually, I think you've been doing very well these past few days. I don't really have anything left to teach you; what remains is actual combat..."

"I also think you don't need to train anymore. I went to see yesterday; you did very well. You're completely ready to graduate!"

Xia Qingrou leaned into Shen Mochen's embrace, gave him a kiss on the lips, then giggled as she playfully breathed against his chest.

In the past few days, Xia Qingrou had grown increasingly affectionate toward him, and both Han Muxue and Liu Chaoyan had become used to it.

"It's so peaceful, we've been lucky these last few days, not a single monster has shown up."

Liu Chaoyan stretched languidly, her curves just as beautiful.

"My stuff has arrived too, hubby. Let's go get it later!"

Xia Qingrou straddled Shen Mochen's legs, held his face in her hands and spoke, her breath sweet as she talked.

"Did you order online?" Shen Mochen asked.

"Pretty much. After ordering online, they drop everything off in town. If we don't go out, we can ask the sentries on the outskirts to help us get it. I just called the main gate, and they said they've got the stuff!"

"What did you spend money on this time?" Han Muxue huffed.

Xia Qingrou responded with mock indignation, "Xuexue, I can't believe you're criticizing me for spending money... What an insult!"

After spending these days together, Shen Mochen had also noticed that Han Muxue had a particular fondness for international brands, from clothes and jewelry to even bags...

Shen Mochen always watched as Han Muxue wore different designer clothes... casually priced with four digits.

Even though Buque earners didn't make little, Shen Mochen sometimes wondered if their income could really sustain these luxuries.

Of course, other people's business wasn't his concern, and over the past few days he had come to find that although Han Muxue had a bit of a sharp tongue, she was actually quite nice.

Despite her complaints, she still followed Liu Chaoyan every time to help Shen Mochen train, never shirking her responsibilities.

Xia Qingrou took Shen Mochen to pick up the package, riding the motorcycle swiftly as the wind.

After they left, Liu Chaoyan sat on the sofa, playing a game with Han Muxue and laughed, "They've been moving so fast these past few days."

Han Muxue said coolly, "Isn't that normal? Regardless of her appearance, at least she looks decent."

"Yeah, Sister Xia is so pretty and lively and cute; any guy would like her," Liu Chaoyan whispered. "Shen seems to have taken a liking to her, right?"

Her statement wasn't abrupt; Shen Mochen had made it clear from the beginning that he had someone else in his heart. Although no one had brought it up these days, it hung over them like a knot, stuck in their throats.

If Liu Chaoyan, an outsider, felt this way, then what about Xia Qingrou? Even if she didn't speak of it, surely it mattered a great deal to her in her heart.

"...Regardless of whether he likes her or not, if he dares do anything to wrong Xia Qingrou, I will never let him off!"

After a long silence, Han Muxue's words fell with gravity.

In that instant, the character Liu Chaoyan was controlling died. While waiting to respawn, she shifted her gaze from the phone to Han Muxue, "The first time I saw him was at their school's anniversary celebration. He was very polite, his smile was modest, and his eyes were clear... But I always felt like he was hiding something, like a wild wolf dressed as a puppy, blending into the flock of sheep all day."

"I feel... he might not be that bad."

Han Muxue's eyelids dropped, and she licked her lips, murmuring softly.

Liu Chaoyan withdrew her gaze and smiled, "Yeah, maybe I'm just overthinking it. I don't believe he's a bad guy, it's just... he and Sister Cai are close, and that did worry me too much at the time."

Han Muxue stayed silent, her fingertips constantly rubbing and pressing on her phone, with only the huffing and laughter from the game filling the air for a while.

"Xuexue, are you, alright?" Liu Chaoyan asked next.

Han Muxue jerked, finally lifting her head to look at Liu Chaoyan. Her eyes were stubbornly fierce, but her voice carried a trace of panic, "What did you say?"

Liu Chaoyan pursed her lips and smiled warmly, "You've been working hard these days, how about taking a few days off?"

Finally, Han Muxue's head drooped again, her fingers dancing across the screen, "I'm fine, let's wait until Xiao Xingshuang returns; he might not even be considered a qualified combat force yet."

...

Xia Qingrou rode on the motorcycle, with Shen Mochen sitting behind her, wearing a helmet.

It wasn't like him to be so particular, wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle. It was just that riding with Xia Qingrou was too dangerous, especially without Han Muxue around. Find adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

As she said, she loved to drive fast. Shen Mochen even suspected that she kept the throttle fully open at all times.

For her, it seemed this speed could shake everything off, not even light and shadow could catch up to her.

Because of such speed, they quickly arrived at the Sentinel.

To prevent intruders, the nodes were fenced off, and there were sentry posts to the east, west, south, and north. Each sentry post was permanently staffed by four people who worked in shifts, but always ensuring four were present.

These people couldn't enter the node itself, and their responsibility was to stop outsiders from barging in. More importantly, they catered to the living needs of the Buque, like running to town to pick up a delivery, as they were doing now.

Sometimes, they would also go to the city supermarkets to buy some food or snacks per the Buque's requests, of course, this service was not free. They didn't ask the Buque for money but recorded it on an account; the charges were then directly deducted from the Buque's monthly salary.

As Buque, they could also come to get free fruits every ten days, but according to Xia Qingrou's complaints, these fruits were very average, sometimes even rotten.

The two arrived at the sentry post, and four sentries quickly walked out to salute Shen Mochen and Xia Qingrou.

"You guys are working hard, where's my stuff?" Xia Qingrou beamed.

One of the sentries, holding a large cardboard box, laughed, "Right here, this one's a new Buque, right? It's rare to see a male Buque!"

"Yeah, I've only been here a week," Shen Mochen took the box and said casually.

Suddenly feeling a strange gaze, Shen Mochen looked up, but saw all four looking at him with envy and a different kind of emotion.

Shen Mochen immediately thought of the reason: the odds of a male developing a superpower were already slim to none, not to mention that Shen Mochen's roommates were each super beautiful girls. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to gather the most beautiful girls of the entire Buque here; any man would feel envious, jealous, and resentful.

After getting the stuff, the two didn't linger and left on the motorcycle.

"They all salute us because they're ordinary soldiers, and I'm a Lieutenant, you know!" Xia Qingrou laughed heartily, proud, "We usually get promoted once a year. Are you a Lieutenant now?"

"I'm a Lieutenant."

"Eh— they start males at Lieutenant! But that's fine, still lower than me!"

Shen Mochen, holding the delivery, asked, "What did you buy in there?"

Xia Qingrou grinned, "Heehee, you'll know very soon!"

As they were talking, the walkie-talkie on their arms suddenly beeped. Xia Qingrou's face changed slightly, she stopped the motorcycle immediately and checked the direction.

"Honey, your first real battle is about to begin!" Xia Qingrou's expression became stern, the motorcycle roared, and she drove toward the location indicated by the walkie-talkie, simultaneously activating the walkie-talkie's communication function, "Yanyan, we're heading out first!"