While Hong Ying happily interacted with the netizens, Wen Qimo shook his head and turned to head back to the kitchen.
"Clear the table. The food will be ready soon."
Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi obediently began clearing the dining table, while Hong Ying sat on the sofa as if she had heard nothing, still furiously typing away on her tablet.
A hand chop landed on her forehead.
"Ouch."
Hong Ying looked up to see Wen Qimo standing before her with a dark expression. The rest of Team 136 had already taken their seats and turned to look at her in unison, waiting for her to join them.
"You... can't you act a little more like a captain?" Wen Qimo sighed helplessly.
"I... how am I not acting like a captain?" Hong Ying put down her tablet guiltily and said in a small voice, "Captains are supposed to make their entrance last..."
Before Wen Qimo could clench his fists, Hong Ying had already darted to the table and taken a seat. She cleared her throat twice.
"Well, let's eat! Try the crispy chicken that Deputy Captain Wen just learned to make... Whoa, it smells amazing!"
"...Captain, that piece isn't crispy chicken. It's the Crazy Thursday takeout Shasha ordered," Zhen Xiaoyi quietly reminded her.
Hong Ying: ...
"Right now, the captain's mind is filled with nothing but Commander Lin. She doesn't have enough brain capacity left to think about anything else," one of Team 136's members sighed.
"Who says?" Hong Ying shot him a glare and stubbornly said, "It's only Lin Qiye... It's not like I haven't seen him before! Even if he's grown six wings, what's so remarkable about that? He still has to call me Sister Hong Ying!"
"...But it's been so long, and he still hasn't come back