CHAPTER 342: CHAPTER 197: TENDERNESS AROUND THE FINGERTIPS

Luo Ye relayed to Ye Xuan everything about Feng Hua and their entire conversation. After a long silence, Ye Xuan finally lifted his head, meeting Luo Ye’s intensely staring dark eyes, and suddenly, his cheeks uncontrollably flushed.

"Brother Ye, when did you become a bashful young wife? Is it really that embarrassing just because I stared at you a few times?" Luo Ye said as he reached out to touch Ye Xuan’s cheek: "It’s so hot? Tell me, are you feverish or just shy?" Knowing that Luo Feng was fine, someone’s prankster spirit revived.

"I am angry!" Ye Xuan’s eyes flickered, inwardly chastising himself for feeling embarrassed, thinking about Qing Zhu’s words whenever he tried to be nice to her.

"Angry?" Luo Ye was utterly confused: "How did I make you angry?"

"It’s not you, it’s thinking about Hang Menglin’s cruelty toward Feng Hua that really infuriates people!" Mou Xuan’s explanation was a bit incoherent.

Luo Ye drawled: "No, that doesn’t sound right, with your personality, you wouldn’t say such things. This must be Xing Nong’s tone. No, wait..." Luo Ye studied Ye Xuan and suddenly realized, "Could it be that you like Feng Hua?"

"Cough! Cough! Cough..." Just as Ye Xuan picked up his glass to drink water, he choked and coughed for a long while—his face reddening further!

"Is it really?" Luo Ye playfully tilted her little head, wearing a bitter expression: "It seems I should trouble Brother Ye less from now on, huh! Is there anything more depressing than this?"

Ye Xuan, frustrated, slapped Luo Ye’s hand: "Depressing your head! Hurry up and call your uncle!"

Luo Ye made a frightened expression: "So barbaric, even if you found out a secret, should you be this cruel? Could you kill someone to silence them?"

"Miss, make the call!" The less said, the better, he decided to keep it brief.

Pouting, Luo Ye dialed Luo Feng’s phone.

"Ye’er, dad and I have been waiting for you for quite a while now!" Luo Feng’s anxious voice came through.

"Wasn’t I just worried you and dad hadn’t finished discussing?" Luo Ye guiltily stuck out her tongue.

"Ye’er, is military training very tough? Are you adapting well?" Luo Zhenggang’s voice came through.

Luo Ye giggled: "Dad, trust your daughter, huh? I’m like a tough seed, able to sprout wherever I land."

"Absolutely, Ye’er is the best, no one can stop my Ye’er’s growth." Luo Zhenggang’s voice was full of indulgence, warming Luo Ye’s heart, though she retorted: "Yo, is this really my dad? Praising me like this?"

"You lass, you can’t stay serious for a moment," Luo Zhenggang’s voice became stern: "Ye’er, your brother has already told me everything. If it were an open and fair fight, win or lose, we’d accept it.

But using such despicable means, then don’t blame me for not being polite. Thank Ye Xuan for me, tell him not to get involved, I want to handle this myself, anyone who dares to bully my children, hmph!"

Luo Ye hesitated: "Dad, we don’t share the same region as the Yang Family, it seems inconvenient for you to take action, doesn’t it?"

"Ye’er, Dad isn’t trying to show off, I’m thinking for you, we can’t always rely on Ye Xuan, no matter what your future with him is, it’s not good for you.

If dad can’t do it, isn’t your Grandpa still there? Do you think the Wen Family is made of clay? Also, this matter must be known by your Grandpa!"

"Okay, I’ll listen to dad. As for Wang Peirong, dad, you must not be soft-hearted. She wants to climb the social ladder, she wants to be a phoenix—fine!

But harming others for her own vain purposes, I absolutely cannot tolerate it. Since she’s taken this step, she must be prepared to face the consequences!"

Luo Zhenggang sighed: "We’ll decide on her matter according to the actual situation when the time comes; it’s not about me being soft-hearted, but about not wanting to destroy a person lightly!"

"If she was ready to destroy our brother, then she must be ready to destroy herself too. I stand by my view; she must bear her own guilt. If you won’t do it, I will!"

"You lass, why the rush? I just said we’ll decide based on the situation, I didn’t say we’d let her off? Dad’s hatred for her is no less than yours, but what if she ends up as a scapegoat—wouldn’t that just satisfy some people’s wishes?"

"Dad..." Luo Ye suddenly smacked her head: "I have an idea, fight fire with fire, let brother pick up the phone, I’ll talk to him..."

After hanging up the phone, Luo Ye apologetically looked at Ye Xuan: "Brother Ye, my dad wants to handle this himself, he told you not to get involved."

Ye Xuan nodded: "Understood, I will assist covertly without letting him know."

"That..." Luo Ye giggled: "You got it wrong, my dad’s not hurt in his pride, he is... heh... he just feels bad about troubling you too much, afraid that the Ye Family would look down on us, thinking our family is always a burden to you, it’s not good for you!"

"What’s wrong with that? I’m willing to be dragged down by this, don’t worry, the Ye Family are all reasonable people, they’re not so troublesome." Ye Xuan turned around to find a small bag from the cabinet and placed it in front of Luo Ye: "Inside are two pairs of knee pads and two pairs of wrist guards, both specially made, remember to wear them during training."

"We’ve already been issued knee pads, haven’t even used them yet."

"These are different from the ones issued to you, I had a military factory specially make these for you, their protective effect is more than ten times that of regular knee pads, they were just delivered yesterday afternoon."

Luo Ye happily took out a pair to examine, and after looking it over, pouted unhappily: "Only two pairs? There are three of us including Star Manipulating Moonlight."

"Ye’er..." Ye Xuan took the knee pads from Luo Ye’s hands: "Given Hang Menglin’s nature, Yaoguang is the safest among you. You and Nongyao wear these first, I’ll get a few more pairs for you another day. Extend your leg, let me show you how."

Luo Ye reluctantly pulled back his leg: "I know how to wear it, it’s just a knee pad."

Ye Xuan crouched down, silently grabbed Luo Ye’s ankle, rolled up the pant leg to reveal his fair and slender calf, his face blushed again, and Luo Ye also felt a bit uncomfortable. Joking was one thing, but being held by a man on the calf was rather embarrassing.

Ye Xuan clumsily demonstrated as he spoke, "See? This knee pad has hidden clasps, make sure to secure them well, otherwise it’s just as protective as a regular knee pad."

"Uh-huh." Luo Ye responded softly, his leg tickled by Nong’s large hand, which made his voice unintentionally tender.

The face of Ye Xuan turned shrimp-red, regretting the slick calf in his hand; how could he be so reckless? What if Ye’er gets upset?

Only when Ye’er responded tenderly did his heart settle down, he cleared his throat: "I made these knee pads hoping you’d suffer less, turns out it was a lucky strike."

Luo Ye frowned: "Do you think, she would treat me like she treats Feng Hua?"

"Probably not, but just to be cautious." Ye Xuan sighed, "She’s not the type to be judged by normal standards, but one thing Feng Hua got right was, thankfully, she’s not an instructor.

She came to be the Instructor by her own request, originally they were going to send a Lieutenant named Wang Fengxia, in her forties and with a good temper.

But she intercepted the role midway. I’ve been trying to figure out why she insisted on becoming the Instructor, now I’m somewhat certain, her body can’t reach its peak performance, she probably wanted to train Yu Na."

"I have no issue with her training Yu Na, but now the result is she’s training me instead." Luo Ye snorted from his nose: "That number three official really, didn’t he think to find out more before issuing orders? Doesn’t he know how influential his words can be?"

Ye Xuan smiled and sat back down in his chair: "Exactly, they should have consulted our Ye’er’s opinion first."

Luo Ye playfully punched Ye Xuan: "Stop it, I’m talking about serious things!"

Ye Xuan’s eyes brim with laughter: "Alright, alright, everything Ye’er says is serious..." glancing at the time: "It’s almost lights out, I’ll walk you back."

Luo Ye leaned in secretly towards Ye Xuan’s ear: "Just asking quietly, is that number three particularly annoying to you?" Can’t blame her for being gossipy. If Ye Xuan intentionally avoids speaking about someone, there must be a reason.

The sweet scent of the girl lingered at his nose, his ears tickled by the warm breath, Ye Xuan pretended to stand up and look for something—this girl, she’s going for his life!

Luo Ye pouted: "Fine, don’t speak then, I’m leaving, don’t come with me. If someone sees, it’ll be difficult for you during training, and for me too. I’ll take the knee pads with me, remember you owe me a few more!"

Luo Ye stepped out then peeked back her head, just in time to see Ye Xuan smacking his head hard, sticking out her tongue: "Ah? Self-abuse? Great, infected by the female Yama, this place is dangerous, I’m bailing, got to hurry!"

"Ye’er..." Ye Xuan hurried to the door, but saw Luo Ye dart down like a rabbit, shaking his head helplessly, closed the door, and fiercely smacked himself twice—never in his life had he been so embarrassed! But—he kind of liked the feeling!

Running downstairs, the playful and cheerful expression on Luo Ye vanished. Having known Ye Xuan for so long, she somewhat understood his character. His performance tonight, along with her probing, indirectly told her that he might really have started to like her, and he also intended to let her know his feelings.

Her playful interruptions were actually her playing dumb. This news came so unexpectedly, she really needed to take her time to digest and sort her thoughts on this.

Regardless, he really did care about her quite a substantial bit. Luo Ye raised the knee pads in her hand, smiling beautifully—no matter what, being liked by such an outstanding man... ha... ha... felt quite fulfilling!

The lights out signal sounded loudly, Luo Ye bolted away.

Seeing Luo Ye coming in, Xing Nong breathed a sigh of relief, looking down from the bed: "Luoluo, you’re back, I was so worried."

"Shh!" Luo Ye didn’t even take off her clothes but quickly dove into bed pretending to sleep. The dormitory door was gently pushed open, Hang Menglin checked each bed and then, reassured, left.

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