Tangling with the Western Commander

Chapter 85: Chapter 82: One Person, A Lifetime!

In the empty hallway, her sharp echoes reverberated.

The footsteps in the stairwell paused for a moment, but then swiftly moved away.

Wen Xian felt as though her heart, choked by uncontrollable emotions, was about to explode, and she rushed downstairs without a second thought.

Lu Xiao, Lu Xiao, it must be him, right, it has to be him!!

He hadn’t not come last night; on the contrary, he had come, but he hadn’t come in. Instead, he had spent the whole night smoking in the hallway, standing by the door!!

Only because she was leaving today.

Wen Xian’s nose suddenly felt sour, her heart tightened, aching, trembling.

This fool, this fool!

Wen Xian hurried down the stairs after him, tears almost forced out by him. Was he sick, wasn’t he the cold and heartless Captain, wasn’t he the most logical and wise man in the world!!

But after he came, he didn’t even enter; he just silently stood outside, guarding her for the whole night.

Wen Xian’s eyes blurred, and as she reached the last floor, she even twisted her ankle. Enduring the pain in her ankle, she chased outside, but his figure was no longer in the hotel lobby.

By the time Wen Xian exited the hotel, across the street not far away, a man wearing a hoodie was ducking into a taxi.

And that figure, she recognized him at a glance, more clearly than ever!n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Lu Xiao—!”

Wen Xian shouted again, her voice hoarse with exertion.

But the man, as if he hadn’t heard, got straight into the passenger seat.

Wen Xian wanted to chase after him, but with her twisted ankle, it was no longer possible.

Meanwhile, inside that taxi.

The man’s lips moved slightly, his voice hoarse as he reported a place name, then he fell silent.

Leaning back in the seat, his gaze, through the rearview mirror outside the car window, faintly saw a figure limping in his direction trying to follow him.

Lu Xiao: “…”

His jaw slightly lifted, tensed, his throat moved with difficulty; he closed his eyes, concealing all his restraint and struggle.

A night of passion, a night of romance, he couldn’t and wouldn’t do that.

Maybe for someone from her world, this was as common as household chores, mundane, but for him it was different.

Bound to the nation, he devoted his whole self to the service of his country, loyal for a lifetime.

Bound to a person, he gave his body to someone else, loyal likewise for a lifetime.

Not a night of romance, but a lifetime of loyalty.

Say he was stubborn or traditional, he was born into a strict military family, grew up in the compounds of Beijing, and the warnings of his parents and the demands of his country were still vivid in his mind.

His mother had told him that if one day he found someone, he should make her his wife for a lifetime.

And she, she would not think so.

Perhaps, they were ultimately people from two different worlds.

When Lu Xiao opened his eyes again, the restraint in his eyes had dispersed, leaving only clarity.

“…”

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Bayan Har Mountain, is also the boundary between Qinghai and Tibet.

Here, high mountains with perennial snow stretch vast and magnificent, glaciers hanging everywhere, and herds of wild yaks and Tibetan sheep populate the valleys.

The one-day chartered car expedition continued to delve deeper, and the scenery became even more spectacular.

But the road became increasingly difficult.

The vehicle shook violently on the Black Gobi terrain, and Wen Xian, sitting inside the jeep command vehicle, felt dizzy and nauseous.

Even with shock absorbers, it was still difficult to travel in such places.

The scenery was indeed beautiful, like Heaven, but this place truly wasn’t fit for human habitation. However, it was almost over, she would return in the afternoon and leave on a plane at night, marking the last day of her itinerary here.

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Evening, western administrative region.

A sudden ring of a phone broke the silence, answered promptly by a team member.

After a moment, that team member rushed into the dining hall, urgently informing all the team members who were eating, “It’s bad, there’s been an accident, a ten-person tourist group has gone missing in the Bayan Har Mountain area today!”

Hearing this, everyone abruptly stood up, abandoning their meals to rush outside, Lu Xiao immediately ordered, “Confirm the last known GPS location of the vehicle and the list of all missing persons—!”

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