Lan Xinyue stood at the gate of Xiyuan, and when she saw the chubby figure at the back of the team, she couldn't help but cry with joy. Raising her hand to wipe away her tears, she hurried over.

"Captain!"

Li Xiaowan nodded and smiled at her. Then, Lan Xinyue came to Zhu Xiaoqi's side.

"I'm fine. Zhu Xiaoqi smiled. Lan Xinyue's concerned gaze made him feel like a spring breeze.

"It's good to be back. You now know how much trouble you have caused, don't mess around in the future!" Lan Xinyue complained.

"Hmm. Zhu Xiaoqi nodded obediently.

"Clean up the firewood room and let him live for the time being. After entering the West Garden, Li Xiaowan gave an order to the female soldiers beside her, and went back to the room.

Even though it was just a firewood room, Zhu Xiaoqi was very satisfied. The necessities of life arranged by the female soldiers were quite luxurious in his opinion. What's more, he had just rolled on the edge of hell, and it was already a great blessing to have a place to live at this time.

"This, you put it away. Lan Xinyue quickly found him and returned the money bag to him, "The captain asked you to go see her after you settle down." ”

"Hmm. Zhu Xiaoqi put away the money bag and walked out with her.

Lan Xinyue took him to Li Xiaowan's dormitory.

"Xiao Qi, talk to the captain and use your brains more. It's best if you can stay, but it's really not good, and ask her to help you think of a way to let you leave Haiyue City safely. She admonished.

Zhu Xiaoqi nodded, and under the leadership of a female soldier, he walked into Li Xiaowan's dormitory.

The room was neat and simple. It can be seen that Li Xiaowan is a pure soldier, and her life is simple and orderly, and even a little hard. Discipline and self-discipline are the most basic requirements for an excellent commander in the army.

Li Xiaowan put her hands behind her back and looked intently at a map on the wall. After joining the army, this has become a habit when she thinks about problems. Hanging on the wall is a map of the Western Continent, which is different from the ordinary map of the Western Continent in that there are two blood-colored big X's drawn on the map. One is on the Yin Mountain Blood Ridge in Tianfeng County, and the other is in Feilong City, a border town in the northwest of the Heavenly Dragon Empire.

At this time, she was facing a huge problem: how to place Zhu Xiaoqi. Leaving him behind will bring endless trouble. Twilight Snow is the princess's guard, all female soldiers. A male soldier mixed in the middle, just like a pheasant in the middle of the phoenix group, not to mention all kinds of inconveniences, the pheasant may be crushed to death by the phoenixes. And she will also face tremendous pressure from the military and public opinion, after all, there is no precedent for Twilight Xuewei to recruit male soldiers. If he is allowed to go, this homeless boy will definitely die under the pressure of the Wu family, which is also an unacceptable result for her. Although Zhu Xiaoqi insulted Wu Chen, his purpose was to save the female soldiers of Dusk Xuewei, not to mention that he was also kind to her.

"Zhu Xiaoqi, give me a reason to stay with you!" Li Xiaowan suddenly turned around, her bright eyes shining with light, and said majestically.

Zhu Xiaoqi had already prepared, and he came as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I can be a chef! I cook good food and know a lot of beauty secrets, so I can definitely raise the female soldiers of Twilight Snow Guard to shine!"

Li Xiaowan shook her head.

"I have rough skin and thick meat, I can withstand beatings, I can bear the cut, and I can use it as a meat shield for female soldiers on the battlefield!"

Li Xiaowan still shook her head.

"I can do chores! I'm pretty good at cleaning toilets, washing clothes, polishing boots, tidying up rooms, etc. ”

Li Xiaowan smiled bitterly and shook her head again.

Zhu Xiaoqi racked his brains and thought.

Suddenly, his gaze fell on the map, and the Wyvern City with a big crimson cross made his head flash with inspiration, and he suddenly had an idea in his heart.

"Captain, do you have to tell the truth?" his expression became solemn, and a long sigh came out of his mouth.

Li Xiaowan looked at him with some surprise and nodded.

At this time, Zhu Xiaoqi no longer looked like a hippie smile, his expression was very strict, and the momentum of the whole person was completely different from usual. His eyes were like a raging flame, filled with surging battle intent. He looked like a soldier about to charge, resolute and confident.

"Eighteen years ago, in the twilight of winter, outside the city of Wyvern, the empire went on an expedition. An army of 100,000 was ambushed, and it was wiped out overnight, and how many people in the spring boudoir dream turned into the desert ownerless soul. The military flag of the Western Expeditionary Army was seized, leaving a national shame that was difficult to snow, so that tens of millions of heroes could not find their way back!"

A low and hoarse voice pierced Li Xiaowan's heart and broke her heart.

"In that war, the empire lost a heroic prince, the Li family lost a bright star, and my adoptive father, a veteran who returned from the Western Expeditionary Army, also died with hatred. Before he died, he said to me: If you want me to be blind in Jiuquan, then go and become a soldier, work hard to be a general, regain the military flag of the Western Expeditionary Army, and take my comrades-in-arms home! Therefore, I want to stay, I want to be a soldier, I want to be a general! This reason, is it okay?" Zhu Xiaoqi said this, and there were tears faintly shining in his eyes.

"Dad, I'm just making up a touching story, but I'm not cursing you!

There was silence in the room. Zhu Xiaoqi's words not only shocked Li Xiaowan's heart, but also tore the scars in her heart and immersed her in the sad past.

"It's just you?" After a long time, Li Xiaowan took a deep breath, looked at him fixedly, and asked in a deep voice.

"There were times when I felt as if I was born a soldier, and I craved the passion to fight and the pleasure of killing! And the so-called famous generals are just soldiers who struggle to crawl out of the sea of corpses and blood again and again and return to the battlefield. If you give me a chance, I can at least prove that I can be a good soldier!" Zhu Xiaoqi replied calmly.

His words made Li Xiaowan look at the young man in front of her carefully. Today's appearance is completely different from usual, and in this chubby body, it seems that another soul is hidden.

"In that case, why didn't you want to enlist when I called you into the army?" asked Li Xiaowan.

"I would be very willing to be a soldier. But then my instincts told me that it would be a dangerous trip. Zhu Xiaoqi whispered, "Actually, it's true, thank you for saving me!"

Li Xiaowan felt that it was really necessary for her to re-examine this temporary recruit. There are only two creatures in the world that are instinctively alert to danger, one is a beast and the other is a battle-hardened veteran.

"Why did you choose Twilight now?" she smiled.

"First, I don't want to die, only Twilight Snow can protect me right now. Zhu Xiaoqi smiled calmly, "Second, for a soldier who wants to be a general, the emperor's army Du Xuewei is undoubtedly a shortcut. ”

"You're smart and cunning at the same time. Li Xiaowan sighed.

"The homeless man also has great wisdom, and life is forced. Zhu Xiaoqi smiled bitterly.

Li Xiaowan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, I accept your reason." From today onwards, you are an official soldier of the Twilight Snow Guard!"

When Zhu Xiaoqi came out of Li Xiaowan's dormitory, Lan Xinyue was chatting with a female soldier not far away.

"How's the situation?" Seeing him, Lan Xinyue hurriedly ran over and asked anxiously.

"Report sir, from today onwards, I will be an official member of Dusk Xuewei!" Zhu Xiaoqi stood up and said happily.

"Oh?" Lan Xinyue looked at him suspiciously, "The captain promised to keep you?"

"Yes. The captain was moved by my great ideals and left me exceptionally. Zhu Xiaoqi replied.

"What ideal?" Lan Xinyue asked curiously.

"I aspire to join the army and become a general!"

Zhu Xiaoqi's words were loud, but they attracted a roll of Lan Xinyue's eyes.

"Cut! If you have a general's belly and you can become a general, the fat people in this world will be happy!" she said disdainfully.

"Let's talk about it after passing this level first!" Zhu Xiaoqi smiled awkwardly, "It took me a lot of effort to make up a sensational sentence, and I was moved to cry before I moved her." ”

"If you say it, splash the water, since you aspire to be a general, then work hard! Otherwise, with the temper of the captain, I may sweep you out of the house one day!" Lan Xinyue sighed. Instead of striking him, she used it to spur him on. With Zhu Xiaoqi's ability, if he wants to be a general, it is no different from daydreaming. But for a low-level teenager like him, having dreams is not a bad thing.

"Youth represents infinite possibilities. If I become a general, I can marry a girl as kind and beautiful as you, and I will die hard!" Zhu Xiaoqi said in high spirits.

"Then by the time you marry her, she will be gray-haired. Lan Xinyue glanced at him.

The news that Twilight Xuewei had recruited a male soldier quickly spread throughout the West Garden, and from the West Garden, he took wings and flew to every corner of Haiyue City.

This extremely explosive news made the entire imperial capital boil overnight, attracting surprised eyes from all sides. Zhu Xiaoqi, an ordinary homeless teenager, suddenly became the focus of people's attention, a name that was so ordinary that it couldn't be more ordinary, and quickly occupied the pages of major media in the imperial capital.

This night, in the firewood room of Du Xuewei, Zhu Xiaoqi slept very soundly and sweetly. He only knew that his wandering career was over, and he was completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

This night, Li Xiaowan was full of sadness, because she gave a young man who chased her dreams a chance, which would bring her endless trouble: the princess, the royal family, and the military department, she had to explain it in person, and even the officers and soldiers of Dusk Xuewei, she had to give a reasonable explanation.

However, what Zhu Xiaoqi said, whether it was the story he made up or his true thoughts, made her feel the excitement of the long-lost heart.

The dusty past, with a slight shake, the thick dust blinded her eyes. Over the years, no one had mentioned the fiasco of Wyvern City in front of her, and people were careful to protect her from getting hurt. They all forgot, how could that tragic past be forgotten as a child of the Li family? She could only taste and feel sad alone in loneliness.

In that moment of trance, she actually regarded Zhu Xiaoqi, who was generous and talkative, as a confidant.