Chapter 1045: Heart Toward the Light (8)

Li Ruanyu stared at Zhao Chi.

Waiting for him to state his third request.

Zhao Chi felt a little embarrassed.

"Besides me, could you transfer one more person over, Instructor?"

Li Ruanyu was quite surprised: "Transfer someone? It's not that I can't, but I don't usually just transfer people into my team at random… but… who did you want to transfer?"

"There's a town-level lord in my clan, named Su Qin. Could you transfer her over too?"

"Su Qin? Why does that name sound so familiar to me? Is she the female trainee from Class 7?"

Zhao Chi nodded: "Yes, one grade above me."

Li Ruanyu laughed: "I remember now — that cold little beauty, the one who won't give anyone the time of day, right?"

Huh?

Zhao Chi was a little confused.

Su Qin being a little beauty wasn't wrong, but when was she ever cold?

And unwilling to give anyone the time of day?

That's completely not the case, is it?

Zhao Chi felt Su Qin was very enthusiastic.

Every time he went to find her, she would talk on and on endlessly — even more talkative than Tang Ruan.

Maybe she was only like that with him?

Li Ruanyu shook her head: "No good. Su Qin is Captain Pang's trainee. Captain Pang will probably want to transfer her away."

"Captain Pang?"

"Right, Instructor Pang — one of the instructors who taught you archery."

"He's going to transfer Su Qin away?"

"Yes. Right now everyone's actually fighting over people. After all, reserve strength is very important, and having personally taught you, we all understand each other pretty well. If you recruit a complete newcomer, not only do you have to teach them all kinds of knowledge from scratch, you also have to build the relationship anew — it takes more investment. With someone ready-made available, of course everyone's fighting for them."

Zhao Chi nodded: "If Su Qin doesn't agree to join Instructor Pang's side, can she be transferred over to me?"

Li Ruanyu said, puzzled: "Why? Su Qin probably wouldn't refuse, right? If she could come to me, I'd certainly be willing — after all, I've taught her sewing too, and she has the foundation. I'm just afraid Instructor Pang will complain about me."

Zhao Chi said: "She's already my person. She'll agree to come with me."

"What do you mean? You've subordinated her?"

"Yes, she's also my vassal lord, and moreover my concubine."

"What!?"

Li Ruanyu shrieked at the top of her voice.

"Wh… what's wrong?"

Li Ruanyu wore an expression of utter disbelief: "You kid… you kid didn't force her, did you?"

Zhao Chi said, speechless: "Of course it was completely consensual! Instructor Li, why do you always think like this? Just now you thought I was going to flee to escape punishment, and now you suspect I forced Su Qin…"

Li Ruanyu still frowned, staring at Zhao Chi.

"You're only twenty this year, right?"

"Yes, I'm twenty, she's twenty-one. We're already old enough to start a family."

"Mm…" Li Ruanyu crossed her arms over her chest.

She propped up one leg over the other.

And tilted her head to look at Zhao Chi.

"You kid, you're quite something, aren't you…"

Zhao Chi had no idea what she meant and didn't dare chime in.

Li Ruanyu looked Zhao Chi up and down several more times.

Then she said: "If Su Qin is already your concubine, and also your vassal, then of course there's no problem. And I don't even need to transfer her — she can simply follow you to my side. After all, her affiliation is with you, so you get to decide."

"That's great…"

Li Ruanyu looked at him with an amused expression: "No wonder you didn't want a teammate — turns out you already had a town-level lord as a teammate. Got it… And this way Instructor Pang can't say anything either. All three of your requests can be fulfilled. Any other requests?"

Zhao Chi shook his head: "Nothing else."

"Good then, I'll transfer you over."

"Good."

The matter was settled.

Both of them stood up.

But Zhao Chi suddenly asked: "Instructor Li, how's our current situation? We've wiped out an entire alien squad — they won't come for revenge, will they?"

Li Ruanyu smiled slightly and sat back down: "Then let me give you a brief rundown."

Judging by her manner, it wasn't something that could be explained in just a word or two.

Zhao Chi sat down as well: "Thank you, Instructor Li."