Jiqi stood in the doorway of the Lexington sisters' room, the wooden door open, and the conversation inside could be clearly heard from the outside. He put the shorts behind him, poked his head out and winked at Lexington inside, his mouth wide open and squirming silently, signaling that she had something to find out to her.

Lexington turned his head and looked at the commander with a puzzled expression, his blue pupils flickering with a faint light, as if he didn't quite understand what Jiqi was looking for her to go out for. But she slipped out of the room while her sister wasn't looking, her slender feet on the floor without making a sound.

"Is there anything wrong with the Commander?" Lexington whispered as he leaned against the door, turning his head to look at Saratoga rummaging through the closet. The two seem to be secretly linking, exchanging information with each other while evading the investigation of the patrol police.

"Here's for you." After hesitating for a long time, Jiqi still took out the commemorative shorts behind him, and the white fabric was full of blood-colored flowers, bit by bit, like a plum in the cold winter. "Wales says this thing should be given to you as a special memento." He blushed and whispered, his expression as shy as a boy's confession.

But Lexington didn't laugh, just held out his hand as if he had taken something worthy of serious treatment. "Did the Commander come and give this to me?" She asked softly.

"Well, this one was meant to be kept for herself, but Wales said it would be perverted to do so, and she told me to give this to you as a gift." Jiqi explained in a whisper. In fact, to be honest, this is the first time he has given a gift to a girl, and he has never had a similar experience before, although this gift does not have any packaging.

"Really?" Lexington looked closely at the clean, washed white shorts, the red marks like paint sprinkled on rice paper, messy as fire, like the heat of that night. "I wanted to ask the Commander for these shorts, but I didn't expect the Commander to give them to me as a souvenir." Her voice was small, and her slender fingers were whitened with exertion.

"Is this important to you?" Jiqi couldn't understand the girl's thoughts. If he had received such a strange gift himself, he might have thrown it away without thinking about it, and where would he be like Lexington now, with a solemn expression as if he had received the most important gift in his life.

"Of course it's something very important." Lexington nodded without hesitation, "The most important thing for the ship's mother is the Admiral, and if you like your Admiral in the future, the most important thing is something that can be remembered forever." In fact, there is still the second half of the sentence that the girl did not say, this thing that can be remembered forever is not the white shorts in her hand, but a ring of vows worn on the ring finger, which is what the wedding ship really desires. And Lexington also knows the current situation of the town guard, for a town guard house whose resources are maintained on the food and clothing line, such an illusory thing as the Ring of Oath is still too illusory and unrealistic. You must know that a ring made by an elf with a combat power bonus is almost priceless, and among the many towns visited by Lexington, except for the most beloved ship lady of the Admiral, who has such a ring on her hand, the rest of her hands are slick and have nothing. So although I hoped that the Admiral would put a ring on her as a symbol of love, the reality kept the idea in my mind. She is no longer the kind of little girl who only cares about romance, but has grown into a virtuous housekeeper.

"Is that so?" Ji Qi scratched his head and chuckled a few times, and now he knew that sometimes girls don't want expensive gifts, as long as they are given by their beloved, even if it is just a straw, it will be kept forever. "I used to think that girls liked gorgeous jewelry and sparkling diamonds, because when I was in the academy, the rich boys in the class would give these things to beautiful girls, and then they would be together with countless flowers and blessings."

"But that kind of love doesn't last long, does it?" "Girls like that just love jewelry and diamonds, not the person who likes to give them jewelry and diamonds, and if that person can't give such an expensive gift, I think their relationship will end here," Lexington said. ”

"That's true," Jiqi nodded in agreement, in his impression, those couples who make more trouble will only end up separately in the end, and those who are quietly together will really go to the end. "It didn't take long for them to be separated."

"Because that's just a material emotional vent." Lexington hit the nail on the head, "The two are together solely because of the material basis of their connection, not the so-called love." ”

"But my economics tutor often told us that the economic foundation determines the superstructure, and if you can't even eat and wear, how can you find love?"

"That's true, but material things and wealth can never prevail over love." She stared at Jiqi, her pupils burning with an eager light, as blazing as a torch on a winter night. "Just like me and the Commander, even if the Commander has nothing, I will still choose to stay with the Commander, not because of anything else, but because I love you." Her thin cherry lips slowly uttered those three burning words, without shyness and evasion, she Lexington never flinched in the face of love.

Jiqi was suddenly stunned, he stared blankly at the girl with eyes as firm as iron, and suddenly he didn't know how to respond to her fiery love. He knew exactly what he wanted to say, and he knew what the emotions were beating so violently in his heart, he was like a volcano about to erupt, and the hot magma in it was beating restlessly. He raised his hand tremblingly, and the somewhat weak palm of his hand pressed the girl's quiet side face, carefully close to her face, and responded in a deep and mountain-like tone, "Lexington, I love you too." His voice was as light as a feather, but the snow fell in the girl's heart, decorating the world with endless heaviness.

"I know, I always know." Lexington lay quietly in the gentle arms of the young man, wanting to be immersed in it forever, like feeling the sunshine in the breeze, every bit of it is refreshing and warm. "I'll keep the gift from the commander." She buried herself in Jiqi's chest and whispered.

"But it's not this that you and Wales are looking forward to, it's the Ring of Oath." Jiqi's slender fingers slid across the girl's face, looking at her with a smile on her face.

"Commander...... How do you know. Lexington was a little surprised, it was a secret hidden in her and Wales' hearts, and it had never been told to anyone else.

"When we went shopping that night, there was a jewelry store selling rings next to the supermarket, and you and Wales were standing there looking at the couple buying rings for a long, long time, and I knew it." He sighed softly, "I also wanted to go over and buy an ordinary ring for you to wear, but then I didn't, I know that kind of practice is tantamount to indiscriminate use, if you want to sell it, you have to sell the real Ring of Oath, that kind of imposter is not worthy of you." ”

"But the Ring of Oath is rarely owned by a few Admirals, and we don't need it." She retorted quietly, but in the end she didn't believe it.

"Whoever said no, I don't know when this far-fetched promise will be fulfilled, but believe me, one day I will propose to you and Wales with the Ring of Vows, and one day I will tell them aloud in front of everyone that I will pray to protect my wife forever and ever." Jiqi's voice was not loud, but it was as firm as a sonorous one. He now finally knows why the couple riding home together has a heartfelt happy smile on their faces, while the girl sitting in a luxury car is crying in an invisible corner. Although there are no brilliant fireworks and extravagant spending, there is a firm heart, a heart that is more eternal than a diamond. He hugged Lexington as if he were holding the whole world.

"I believe in the Commander, and I have always believed in the Commander." Her pious tone is like that of a fanatical believer, and she has always believed in the only god in her heart, and no matter how incredible things he says, she will choose to believe without hesitation. She raised her head slightly, looking at the confident young man, and the corners of her mouth showed a smile as pure as clear water.

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Saratoga leaned feebly against the huge closet, holding her exposed calves and burying her head in them like an escaped child. Outside the wall, the happiest comedy in the world was being staged, and she was just an indifferent spectator sitting in the dark world, as if all the light was gathered on the stage, without a trace of pity shining on her tearful face.

She knew that what she could do as Lexington's sister at the moment was to send her most sincere wishes, like a bridesmaid at a wedding, as a background to set off the bride's beauty. No one cared what the bridesmaids thought, everyone looked at the bride and groom, even if she couldn't stop crying, no one cared. But she couldn't help but wonder if there were two brides at that grand ceremony, and that she would have the opportunity to wear the ring on the plate and the warm embrace of the commander. But after all, it is a fantasy, after all, it is illusory, like an untouchable dream, as if there is no possibility of realization.

She slowly raised her head to look at the light shining through the window, and a silent mockery fell on her expressionless face. She grinned slowly, a reluctant and stiff smile, giving the greatest blessing to the comedy that was being played.