Huh?
D-Dear?
In the fighter cockpit, Ling Tong, who had already finished simply bandaging her wound, slumped in the pilot's seat.
Had she just heard something?
In Ling Tong's impression, Wang Jixuan had always been rather reserved. When calling her, he would either say "Mm" or "Hey." At most, during those moments, he would call her "Officer" once or twice, which counted as giving her some emotional validation.
He seemed never to have directly called her... dear or anything like that.
Holding her wound, Ling Tong switched the fighter to autopilot mode. Peony was already remotely escorting her.
Greetings rang out over the communications channel, along with Zheng Shiduo and the others' confused and bewildered remarks.
"Big Sister Ling Tong, how are you?"
"Ling Tong, how did you get hurt?"
"Was that Brother Wang talking just now? Brother Wang is awake already?"
"Oh wow, calling someone dear on a public channel? You two really aren't hiding it anymore!"
"What era is this? Why be so conservative? What's wrong with calling someone dear? It's not like you're calling some grown man dear."
"If it's our Storm Boss, I wouldn't mind."
"Get lost!" Zheng Shiduo laughed and cursed. "Brother Wang belongs to Big Sister Ling Tong! Even if Brother Wang were going to cheat, there'd be a whole line of beauties waiting. It'd have absolutely nothing to do with you lot."
"Are you implying something?"
"I think Old Zheng is implying something."
Wu Man's somewhat weak voice came through. "Stop chatting. The danger hasn't been cleared yet. Squad, return and regroup. Restore your spiritual energy as quickly as possible, then follow from behind."
Zheng Shiduo and the others immediately acknowledged.
Still shaken, Ji Xiao said, "Let's hope today was just a false alarm."
"If it was a false alarm for us, the