togophonebook Chapter 235 Meeting Gift
Chapter 235 Meeting Gift
Han Duo immediately began to adjust the flight path.
Song Chen turned to look at the night sky outside the porthole.
Lin Qingxue is in Nanjiang Base City.
The last time they met was at Nanjiang University. She kissed him, and he said he wouldn't forget her.
Then he went to the Northern Plains and killed for a month, and then went to the Arctic and killed for even longer.
We spoke a few times, each time very briefly, and she always seemed hesitant to speak on the other end of the phone.
He didn't know what to say. The battles were so intense that he had no time to think about anything other than fighting.
After clearing out the level 2 nests this time, I might be able to stay for a couple more days.
Then he remembered something else.
Last time we went to Kitahara, we only talked about taking the initiative after we arrived, which caused a problem with morale.
This trip to Nanjiang involved a province-wide mobilization, with martial arts students, hunting teams, and freelance martial artists all being recruited, making it a time when morale was most likely to fluctuate.
You can't go empty-handed; you have to bring a small gift.
"Han Duo".
"Here." Han Duo's head popped out of the cockpit again.
"Does the spaceship have psionic chains? The S-class kind, the kind that can bind a fifth-tier beast king."
Han Duo hesitated for a moment, but immediately replied, "Yes, I took it from the Northern Expeditionary Command. It's still unopened. But, Councilor, what do you need it for?"
Song Chen stood up, walked to the cockpit door, and swiped his finger on Han Duo's terminal screen to bring up a map of the distribution of secondary nests on the outskirts of Nanjiang Province.
The red squares were densely scattered around the Nanjiang base city. He glanced at them briefly and saw that there were at least dozens of them.
He picked a few that were closest to the flight path and poked a few dots on them with his fingertips.
"Change the flight path and hover for ten minutes when passing these nests."
Han Duo stared at him wide-eyed: "Councilor, you mean...?"
"I'm going to bring some gifts for the martial artists of Nanjiang."
……
The following day, Nanjiang Base City.
On the first day after the general mobilization order was issued, the entire city was like a pot of boiling water.
There was a long queue at the conscription registration office at the city gate, stretching from the base of the city wall all the way to the vegetable market three streets away.
Martial arts students, carrying their luggage, flocked to the conscription square in front of the garrison commander's mansion. Free warriors from the Wilderness Hunting Team wiped their weapons on the spot, and the city defense battalion's psionic cannons were dragged out for maintenance. Loudspeakers in the streets and alleys played the mobilization horn on a loop.
Then a breaking news message popped up simultaneously on the terminals of all the recruitment stations.
"Honorary Councilor Song Chen of Great Xia will arrive in Nanjiang Base City today to personally lead a team to wipe out all fifth-tier beast king-level lairs throughout the province. The Garrison Command is requested to make preparations for his reception."
The recruitment station was blown up.
In the garrison commander's office, Lu Zhengbei stood in his office, looking at the message and pondering for a long time.
He then slammed the terminal on the table and yelled at his adjutant, "Double the size of the honor guard, and bring in the military band from Nanjiang University as well."
"The intelligence department should retrieve all the data on secondary nests in the province, bind the paper copies, and I need to see them within half an hour."
The girls' dormitory at Nanjiang University.
Lin Qingxue sat on the edge of the bed, scrolling through news about Song Chen.
After the general mobilization order was issued, Nanjiang University suspended classes, and all martial arts students were incorporated into the conscription reserve team.
She had just been assigned to the supplies inventory team and had spent the morning moving boxes in the warehouse. She had just returned to her dormitory and hadn't even had a chance to drink some water.
At that moment, my roommate Zhou Xiaoman rushed in from outside the door, holding her phone in her hand.
"Qingxue, your Song Chen is coming to Nanjiang. The news says he's going to wipe out all the Tier 5 Beast Kings in the province."
Lin Qingxue's hand trembled slightly: "He came to fight, not to find me."
"Does fighting a war conflict with finding you?" Zhou Xiaoman took out a blue dress and held it up to Lin Qingxue, measuring from her shoulders to her waist.
"Put it on, then go to the garrison commander's residence and wait for him."
"Think about it, last time he came to Nanjiang, didn't he specifically go to the school to see you? This time, if you take the initiative to pick him up, he'll definitely be happy."
Lin Qingxue looked down at the light blue dress in her arms, her fingers pinching the edge of the collar again and again.
Then she stood up and started changing her clothes.
A few minutes later.
Lin Qingxue looked at herself in the mirror. The light blue dress fit her perfectly, making her skin look even whiter. Her long hair was draped over her shoulders, with the ends slightly curled.
She glanced at it for two seconds, then her gaze involuntarily shifted to the student ID on the table: Martial Arts Level 1, Mid-Stage, Qi and Blood Value 7.
Remembering that Song Chen was an honorary councilor of the Great Xia Dynasty, who could kill a sixth-tier enemy single-handedly, everyone in the Great Xia Dynasty knew his name.
She looked down at her fingers and said softly, "Xiaoman, he's standing too high now, so high that when I see him on TV, I feel like he's a completely different person."
Zhou Xiaoman placed her hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes: "Then why did he specifically come back to see you last time?"
"Should we go or not?"
Lin Qingxue hesitated for a moment.
"go."
……
In front of the gate of the garrison commander's mansion.
The honor guard arranged by Lu Zhengbei was already in formation, with a red carpet laid from the main entrance all the way down the steps, and soldiers in formal attire standing on both sides.
The square was packed with citizens who came to watch the spectacle and martial artists waiting to be conscripted.
Lin Qingxue stood at the edge of the crowd, her light blue dress standing out among the uniform military uniforms and armor.
She tiptoed and peered into the gate of the garrison commander's mansion several times, but all she could see was a row of guards.
Zhou Xiaoman followed behind her, occasionally nudging her with her elbow.
Lin Qingxue took a deep breath, walked around the crowd, and stood in front of the guard post on the side of the gate. She gave a slight bow to the guard on duty and said, "Hello, my name is Lin Qingxue. I am a friend of Councilor Song Chen. I would like to go in and wait for him."
Zhou Xiaoman peeked out from behind her and added, "Not friends, she's his girlfriend. She's Councilor Song's girlfriend!"
Lin Qingxue's face flushed red. She turned around and glared at Zhou Xiaoman, then lowered her voice and said, "Xiaoman, don't talk nonsense."
The guard glanced down at them, but before he could speak, a voice came from the side.
A young officer, probably in his early twenties, walked out of the door. He was carrying an electronic tablet and looked like he had just come from the conscription registration area.
His name is Wang Sheng, a duty officer in the logistics department of the garrison commander's office. Today, he is responsible for coordinating reception inside the office and security outside.
Wang Sheng stopped and glanced at Lin Qingxue.
She wore a light blue dress, had long hair, and a beautiful face, but her posture was stiff; she clearly wasn't from the military.
He glanced at the visitor pre-registration list that had just been pulled up on the electronic board, and Lin Qingxue's name was not on it.
"Lin Qingxue?" Wang Sheng tucked the electronic tablet under his arm, his tone not exactly aggressive, but carrying a businesslike indifference.
"You're not on Representative Song's visitor list. Who are you?"
"I am his female...high school classmate."
Lin Qingxue hadn't uttered the words "girlfriend" yet.
Wang Sheng raised an eyebrow. High school classmate?
He couldn't control the social circle of the councilor, but today was a special day, and the entire province was mobilized, with the garrison commander's mansion bustling with activity.
The congressman himself will arrive soon, and there are still a lot of important matters to attend to. If just anyone walks in at the door and claims to be a friend of the congressman, he can't afford to be let in if something goes wrong.
"High school classmate." He repeated the title, his gaze sweeping over her. He didn't say anything harsh, but the slightly impatient expression on his face spoke volumes about his attitude.
"Classmate, Councilor Song returned to Nanjiang to wipe out the fifth-tier beast king. The intelligence data on the second-tier nests in the entire province is taller than me when stacked up. The staff in the government have been working all night and haven't slept yet."
"If you're here to register for military service, go to the square and line up. If you're looking for someone, wait over there."
"The gates of the garrison commander's mansion are not to be entered casually. Don't block the entrance and obstruct passage."
"There's a limit to idol worship. Stop causing trouble and leave."
Wang Sheng spoke in a very flat tone, without any deliberate sarcasm, but that businesslike attitude was more unpleasant than any mockery.