“They’ve taken care of me really well, knowing that I came here late, so they purposely squeezed some time out to help me train more so that I can catch up to my comrade’s footsteps. Captain Xia, being able to meet them, is my fortune.”   

Jumping into the ocean together to feel the calmness of the water, running along the beach together while carrying weights, swimming in full gear together, and when she was about to drown, her comrades would pull her up in time, running in the water while facing the morning sun together, then lying down on the beachside together as they step on the dusk-light, allowing the seawater to wash over them.  

Living together for fifty-plus days, leaving behind memories together that would remain for the rest of her life.

Ye Jian was used to being alone in her past life. In this life, it seems like she was making up for the regrets of her past life; no matter where she was, she would always meet many many people, and encounter many many things, and could always add another valuable scene into her memories.

Looking at her talking about the things that happened during training in detail, when she mentioned the Water Demons, her brows were flying brilliant colours, her smile was as gentle as a sunbeam that landed on a tree leaf, filled with vigorous life.

Xia Jinyuan listened silently, looking at her talking energetically, and his handsome face contained a warm smile the entire time.

His little fox had already grown up and had changed a lot.

In the past, there was only indifference between her brows that refused to let anyone near her, like an injured little beast that doesn’t trust anyone any longer. While talking with her, besides the look of caution in her jet black eyes, there were no other colors in them.

The first time they met, her body was so tiny, her courage was so huge, yet she was also covered in ‘hard spikes,’ untrusting of anyone, using those eyes that did not belong to her age to judge her surroundings. Very calmly, also very apathetically.

He was worried whether she was too apathetic, too apathetic and wouldn’t blend in with the crowd, and had also talked about that with Uncle Chen.

Until now, he utterly believed that as long as his little fox was willing, she would be able to receive goodwill wherever she goes and obtains friendships while also receiving love and care from her comrades.

His little fox had grown up; he no longer had to worry whether or not she would be accustomed to the military, whether or not she would be able to get along with the soldiers. 

The grown-up fox finally had a brilliant smile in her eyes, no longer apathetic, no longer rejecting; there were things that would make her happy, there were comrades that she would miss, and there were goals that allowed her to persist on.  

“I’m really grateful for the help they gave to me. If it weren’t for them, I would’ve been criticized often by Devil King Li. With a group of comrades like them by my side, no matter how hard, how exhausting, it was still filled with happiness.” Although Ye Jian with shining eyes had gotten tanned and gotten skinnier, when she spoke, her voice was like musical notes dancing under the sunlight, filled with vigor.   

His girlfriend understood gratitude and values her bonds, a very wonderful girl, is she not?    

The smile on the edge of his lips dug deeper and grew warmer; even his pupils contained a gentleness that resembled water.    

“You won’t be separated from them for too long. If your academy consents to the mid-October match, then you can come and participate. When the time comes, you will participate as a member of the Navy Frogmen. We will then examine your training results, then send your results to the military,… little fox, the sky that belongs to you, the life that belongs to you, had only just begun.” 

He didn’t ask whether or not Ye Jian’s sunburn skin was painful or if it hurts. How could it not hurt? He had been sunburned before; it was so painful that he couldn’t sleep on his back.

This was something that all soldiers would go through, and not just her alone.    

His little fox wasn’t that delicate, the little fox that wouldn’t get taken down so easily had her own pride, and her pride was telling him, there’s no need to be concerned about small injuries like this.