Jiang Yan Hai did not notice anything unusual. Mainly because Li Ruo Bai had sounded rather emotional from the very beginning, though Jiang Yan Hai could guess it—or rather, he himself was somewhat emotional too.
"Mm, I'll head straight back," Jiang Yan Hai agreed without hesitation.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you at home," Li Ruo Bai said earnestly.
There were no earth-shattering sweet nothings, no deeply moving confessions. Just an ordinary conversation, yet neither of them was calm.
After hanging up, Jiang Yan Hai's grip on his phone tightened slightly. This was not their longest separation, but he felt something he had never felt before... the ache of being apart from home.
Because waiting for him on the other end of the call was the woman who would spend the rest of her life with him.
The driver quietly increased the car's speed. Hound, seated in the front passenger seat, said nothing and merely sat there in silence.
A few seconds later, Jiang Yan Hai, who had been looking at the scenery outside, suddenly said, "Drive properly. As soldiers, we uphold the law, not break it. During combat missions, we may have no choice, but right now, we're ordinary people. You're speeding."
Jiang Yan Hai's tone was calm, but the soldier driving was startled. He glanced at the dashboard. The highway speed limit was 120 kilometers per hour, and he had just reached 130.
The problem was that Jiang Yan Hai was seated behind the front passenger seat, and his gaze had been directed at the scenery outside that window.
He wanted to ask how Jiang Yan Hai had known, but after hesitating, he did not dare to.
"Want to know?" Hound, seated in the front passenger seat, could not help laughing.
"Mm." The driver obediently brought the speed