He secretly shot Mu Chen a look, as if to say, See? I told you I was right, didn't I?
Seeing Tokikake still looking so smug, Mu Chen could only shake his head helplessly. Taking over, he said blandly, "Don't listen to his nonsense. I'm not as impressive as he makes me out to be."
After a pause, he looked at Ali, his tone turning more serious. "That guy Jiaji may love bragging, but what he says is true. We really have been good brothers for many years."
At that moment, Mu Chen wanted to make it clear to Ali that he was not interested. Whether his guess was right or not, he had to stop that sort of thing from happening. Otherwise, he would feel as though he had let Tokikake down.
When Ali suddenly noticed that Mu Chen had become a little colder toward her, an almost imperceptible flicker crossed her expression.
Meanwhile, hearing Mu Chen say that, Tokikake immediately perked up again.
Tokikake promptly leaned closer to Ali, grinning like a child who had just received candy. "Hear that? Hear that? I told you I wasn't lying!"
"Back when we were running training camps in the Marines, before Mu Chen became an admiral, the two of us often sneaked out to drink together. He couldn't hold his liquor as well as I could. Every time, I'd drink him under the table, and I'd have to help him back to the dorms!"
Seeing Jiaji acting like such a shameless suck-up, a vein bulged on Mu Chen's forehead. This guy had actually made up such an embarrassing story just to look good in front of a girl!
Yet what Jiaji said was actually true. There had indeed been several times when Jiaji carried him back, but did he really