Huh? The Female Commander? Waiting until her eyes wore through?
Li Qing froze on the spot upon hearing this, wondering if he had misheard.
"Boss Fang, why would the Female Commander of the Maple Guard Department be waiting for me until her eyes wore through?" Li Qing looked at him with deep suspicion.
"You'd better make that clear! You're responsible for what you say!"
He did not even need to think back. In his short life of less than twenty years, he had absolutely never provoked any woman. He had not even visited a brothel once.
As for a woman capable of becoming a commander in the Maple Guard Department, there was even less to say. He could hardly find any trace of one in his memories.
Boss Fang said with a beaming smile, "The Maple Guard Department's Commander Qian Hong has been waiting for you so bitterly these days."
bang!
A single stone set off a thousand waves. That was the truest possible portrayal of Li Qing's heart upon hearing the two words Qian Hong.
Fortunately, he had long grown accustomed to keeping his joy and anger from showing on his face. Though he was shocked, his expression remained perfectly natural.
Qian Hong?!
Wasn't she a commander of a thousand men in the Wu Li Army? How had she become a commander in the Maple Guard Department?
Right. When the Maple Guard Department had first been established, some people had been transferred from the Wu Li Army. Qian Hong must have been among them.
But why was she waiting for him? Could it be that his former identity as an apprentice blacksmith traveling with the Wu Li Army had been exposed?
Impossible. There was no reason for that at all. He had never mentioned this matter to anyone.
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