Chapter 388

Seeing the note "Qin Qin," Han Feng was slightly surprised.

He had few friends on his phone.

He ran through nearly every contact in his mind, yet never imagined Qin would be the first to reach out to him.

Curious, Han Feng opened the message to check.

"So this is how you greet someone…"

Seeing "Are you there?", Han Feng's lip twitched.

This was one of the most baffling ways to initiate contact.

In his past life,

under such circumstances, the next line would usually be: "I'm short on cash right now—can you lend me some?"

Ahem, straying off topic.

Yet Han Feng never expected Qin would use this method too.

"That's totally her style!"

Han Feng smiled faintly.

Then, with a thought, he quickly replied two words: "Not here."

After sending the message, Qin's heart tightened with anxiety.

Even when facing the Fool's Gang and the Anemo Dragon, she had never felt this nervous.

"Will Han Laoban think I'm disturbing him?"

Qin pondered, troubled.

At that moment, her phone vibrated.

Qin immediately opened it to check.

"Not here?"

Qin blinked, puzzled.

If Han Laoban wasn't here, where had he gone?

But she quickly realized—he was teasing her.

If he truly wasn't there, how could he have sent a reply?

Now that the conversation had started, Qin's anxiety eased.

She began chatting with Han Laoban.

"How's business today, Han Laoban?"

"Not bad."

"Your place has so many strange items—it's incredible."

"Then welcome Qin to visit often!"

"Sure, I'll come often."

…

Han Feng's replies came quickly.

They didn't talk much—just ordinary, everyday things.

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But for Qin, it meant something entirely different.

This was the first time she'd ever chatted privately with someone via phone,

especially with Han Laoban,

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It made Qin extremely happy, and a smile appeared unconsciously on her face.

After chatting for a while, Qin remembered the note.

She had been too embarrassed to ask when facing Han Laoban directly.

Now was the perfect chance to ask.

So she typed:

"Han Laoban, what does my note mean?"

After tapping send, Qin's cheeks remained flushed.

Fortunately, no one else was around, so she didn't have to worry.

"I actually asked it after all…"

Looking at the message on her phone, Han Feng's expression turned peculiar.

It seemed having a phone had thickened Qin's skin a bit.

After thinking for a moment, he replied directly:

"It just fits Qin perfectly!"

"Fits me?"

Qin stood up, looked down at a certain part of herself, then imagined how others looked.

It really did match what Han Laoban said.

He'd been paying such close attention to me all along.

Qin felt her face growing warm.

At that moment,

Behind the crack in the regimental commander's office door, two curious pairs of eyes peered through.

It was Barbara and little Keli.

"Sister Barbara, what's wrong with Captain Qin?"

Keli watched Captain Qin—one moment smiling, the next blushing, then frowning—

and was utterly baffled.

She had never seen Captain Qin act like this before.

"Probably… she's in love!"

Barbara tapped her chin as she speculated.

Because that's exactly how it's described in those romance books.

When a girl is in love,

she shows signs like this: smiling one moment, blushing the next, then looking troubled.

"What is love? Can you eat it? Or can you use it to make bombs? Can Keli use it?"

Curious, Keli fired off a barrage of questions.

Barbara: "…"

"Love is something for adults like Captain Qin. You're still too young—you'll understand when you grow up."

Barbara gently tapped Keli's head and continued, "I'll take you back to solitary confinement first, then later I'll take you to read comics."

Earlier, Keli had been caught blowing up fish.

Now Barbara was escorting Keli to solitary confinement, never expecting to accidentally witness Captain Qin's condition.

"Yay!"

Keli let out a soft cheer.

For her, as long as she could read comics, solitary confinement didn't matter.