Chapter 1514: A Meeting a Thousand Miles Away

Shi Youxuan smiled and said, "I won't accompany you. You're already so grown up; if your mother still has to follow you when you go back to school to see your teacher, people will laugh at you for being a mama's boy."

"Mom, I'm willing to be a mama's boy."

"You child, you just know how to coax me. Who would be willing to be a mama's boy?"

Shi Youxuan knew full well that Litian was only saying that to make her happy, but she was still quite pleased.

Pleased as she was, she just couldn't bear it—her son had just returned, and before she had seen enough of him, he was leaving again!

"Don't go empty-handed when you visit your teacher. You're short on time, so don't go out to prepare a gift; just take something from the house. I'll go prepare the car for you..."

Litian held his mother back and told her, "I'll just carpool to school. It's so far, no need to trouble the family driver. The military advocates a style of hard work and plain living; it wouldn't be right for me to put on the airs of a young master."

What he said made sense, so the driver was not dispatched.

As for the gift for his teacher, Litian didn't stand on ceremony; he selected a bottle of old liquor from the wine cellar that was sufficiently aged, though not a very famous brand, and packed it.

"Only taking this one bottle? Isn't that a bit too little?" Shi Youxuan asked.

"It's not little. If I take too much, the teacher won't accept it. This is just right."

Litian said goodbye to everyone in the family one by one, and then left home!

He returned to the Physical Education University to see his teacher, but he only stayed for the duration of a meal before leaving. After coming out, he went to the gate of the Normal University and called his girlfriend.

"Feifei, come out. I'm at the gate of your university."

"What? How could you be at my university?" Lu Feifei was greatly astonished; there was surprise in her words, but no joy.

"The military gave me three days of home leave. I left home a day early just to see you," Litian explained the reason.

Lu Feifei's tone became a bit exasperated: "Oh, you! Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"Didn't I want to give you a surprise?"

"What surprise? I'm not even at the university at all."

Lu Feifei's voice was not without disappointment.

It was the holidays, and she had nowhere to go. It just so happened there was a plan to provide aid and construction in impoverished mountain areas, so she had signed up.

Now, her location was thousands of miles away from the university.

"Is that so."

Although Litian was a bit disappointed, he still comforted his girlfriend: "It's okay, I'll see you next time."

"How is it okay? Of course it matters. I want to see you, I want to see you right now..." Lu Feifei acted spoiled.

What she said was also the truth; she really did want to see him right now.

But that was just thinking about it; even if she could fly, she couldn't fly back.

The place where she was located was a famous impoverished region.

It took a long time just to walk to the town, and the bus from the town to the provincial capital only ran once a day; if you missed the time, it was gone.

Only the provincial capital had an airport, and one had to take a plane to get back to the university.

After such a roundabout journey, Litian's leave would have long since passed.

Although she knew it was impossible, acting spoiled was still allowed.

Litian, however, promised: "Alright, see me tomorrow."

"Mm, I'll see you tonight, in my dreams..." Lu Feifei thought he was just saying it casually to comfort her and didn't take it to heart.

She wanted to chat with her boyfriend a while longer on the phone.

Usually, when they called, there were time limits. Not only were there time limits, but Litian would have comrades-in-arms making noise nearby, so they couldn't talk however they wanted.

That was why the two of them frequently wrote letters to each other, pouring out their longing!

It was only natural that, having finally managed to hear his voice and with no one to disturb them, Lu Feifei wanted to chat with her boyfriend a little longer.

But Litian said: "Feifei, I still have things to do, let's stop for now. I'll call you again in a bit."

"No, keep me company and chat a little longer. If I can't see you in person, can't I at least talk to you for a while longer..."

"Be good, listen to me."

After Litian finished speaking, the call was hung up.

She looked at the phone and muttered to herself: "This guy, always in such a rush. Annoying."

Lu Feifei didn't expect that what she had said offhandedly, her boyfriend was preparing to turn into reality.

After hanging up, Litian immediately checked Lu Feifei's location and how to get there to save the most time.

He had once been a Special Forces Soldier; wanting to check someone's specific location was simply not difficult at all!

In fact, Litian could have completely utilized the family's private jet; it wasn't a difficult task.

But he didn't want to; he had his own methods.

Litian first checked the nearest flights; two hours later there was a flight to the provincial capital where Feifei was located, which was the place closest to her.

Litian immediately bought a ticket and hailed a taxi to rush to the airport.

The University City was not far from the airport, and he arrived in half an hour. After checking in and getting his boarding pass, he still had time, so Litian bought some peanut brittle at an airport shop.

Feifei loved peanut brittle the most; it was fragrant and sweet, and she could never get enough of it.

After buying the snacks, a silk scarf in a nearby shop caught Litian's eye!

It was a gradient blue, like distant mountains and dark eyebrows, hazy and beautiful.

"Miss, how much is this silk scarf?"

The attendant looked Litian over without revealing her thoughts.

He was in a military uniform, carrying a bag of peanut brittle in his hand.

Someone like this definitely had no money and couldn't afford it!

So she ignored him, pretending she hadn't heard.

Litian was a straightforward person; since the attendant pretended not to hear, he assumed she was truly deaf.

So he asked loudly once more: "Miss, how much is this silk scarf?"

The snobbish shop assistant still ignored him, but the assistant next to her couldn't watch anymore and pointed at the scarf: "Sir, are you referring to this scarf? It is 3,800 yuan. This one is real silk, and we have other styles..."

"Please wrap it up for me. Where do I pay? Could you please hurry? I'm in a rush."

"Certainly."

Just as the second assistant picked up the scarf, it was snatched away by the first assistant.

She was all smiles, nodding and bowing to Litian: "Sir, let me help you wrap it up. Will you be paying by card or cash?"

Even if Litian were slow-witted, he could see that this person didn't have bad hearing, but bad eyes—she was a snob who looked down on people.

He said coldly: "I don't need you. I'll pay with her."

"Sir, you asked me first..."

Litian didn't want to waste words with her; his time was indeed very tight.

If he hadn't particularly liked this silk scarf, he would have just walked away.

"I'll say this one last time: please move aside and let her serve me, otherwise I will go and file a complaint against you."

Since things had reached this point, it seemed this sale would definitely not fall into her hands.

She had no choice but to retreat to the side, looking disgruntled.

After paying, Litian booked an airport pickup car on the app, and only then did he call Feifei!

The moment the ringtone sounded, Lu Feifei answered immediately, as if she had been waiting for him to call.

"Hey! You're not busy anymore? Aren't you on vacation? You're acting like you're so busy even on vacation."

"Busy with some personal matters."

"Oh? What kind of personal matters? Tell me about it, full confession..." If it were military matters, Lu Feifei couldn't ask.

But as for personal matters, she had the right to ask!

"I'm not telling you." Litian looked at the beautifully packaged silk scarf bag and the box containing the peanut brittle in his hand, and thinking of the expression on Feifei's face when she saw these gifts, his heart felt as sweet as if he had drunk honey.