Does he love her or does she love him? The man who usually has a sly and charming smile on his face suddenly becomes serious, Ning Zhiyun feels a bit unaccustomed to it.

  What Qu Chu said, she had mentioned to her several months ago. She was still hesitant at that time, but last night's quarrel with her parents had actually strengthened her determination. Taking a strong sip of juice, she met Qu Chu's expectant gaze and replied succinctly.

  "Alright, it's settled! I'll do as you said!"

  Ning Zhiyun had originally wanted to tell her brother about this, she thought he should be the first to know, but her brother left in such a hurry that they didn't get to talk about it, which made her feel really frustrated.

  After Ning Xi received the call, a military jeep took him out of T City to L Province Military Region. On the helipad in front of the military region building, a green military plane was already waiting.

  At 4 am, Ning Xiwei was sitting in the most confidential electronic defense system room of the air force base. He stared solemnly at the piles of data displayed on the screen, and his ears were filled with the shrill danger alarm emitted by the system after being subjected to strong interference.

  "Vice-Commander, have a sip of coffee and calm down first!"

  The air force base where Ning Xiyu is located has three divisions, and the division he belongs to is the third division. At the end of last year, he was just appointed as the deputy commander of the third division. In addition to assisting the commander in managing the affairs of the division, Ning Xiyu is also the person in charge of operating and maintaining this confidential defense system, because he is the developer of this defense system. The woman next to him is called Shu Peiwen, who is Ning Xiyu's assistant in this secret room. She is tall and beautiful, and even wearing a military uniform cannot conceal her extraordinary figure and appearance.

  Ning Xi didn't turn around, her deep eyes fixed on the screen. She silently took over the cup and drank almost half of the coffee in one gulp before handing it back to Shu Peiwen, who also didn't say anything and put the cup aside. This process only took about a minute, but the two were tacitly unobstructed, showing that this was just an infinite repetition of their usual habit.

  "What's the specific situation?"

  "At 11:50 tonight, the alarm of the defense system started ringing. It was obviously interfered with, but the system couldn't display a specific location, and we couldn't find the cause or location either. The instructor had already deployed soldiers at each post in the first time to prevent unknown personnel from invading, and he is now guarding the southwest post."

  The defense system designed by Ning Xiwei has been extremely sensitive and accurate in capturing intruder data since its deployment, effectively defending against numerous aerial interference invasions and achieving great success. In theory, the chances of this system malfunctioning are slim, but with the alarm sounding at Ling Shi, the entire military district immediately entered a state of high alert, as the region where the military district is located borders three countries, and even the slightest movement could be a precursor to enemy invasion.

  "Hmm, three years ago, the US Air Force also experienced similar interference. Xiao Shu, go and find me some detailed information, I'll confirm the source of the interference again."

  Ning Xiyu typed out a string of characters and data, his dark eyes quickly scanning the constantly changing data on the screen. These extraterrestrial languages that made ordinary people dizzy were just mischievous tadpoles to him. As if he had discovered something, Ning Xiyu didn't even turn his head, calling out to the people sitting at several other machines.

  "Come over here, all of you!"

  Four soldiers quickly gathered around, Ning Xi pointing at different directions of each garrison.

  "You four, each of you will be in charge of a post, closely monitoring the movements above that post. As soon as you discover anything unusual, notify me immediately."

  Time passed minute by minute, the alarm still ringing nonstop. In the computer room, several other men, even under the strong air conditioning, had beads of sweat on their foreheads, but only Ning Xi's expression remained calm and composed, his eyes as usual, although his face was solemn, he was still typing away with his slender fingers on the keyboard, occasionally exchanging information with the commander stationed in the southwest.

  Feedback from each outpost has been calm and quiet so far, with no unusual movements. However, it is clear that until the defense system can pinpoint an accurate source of interference, troops must remain stationed at their posts, on high alert.

  The server room was in a sealed space, without windows and no connection to the outside world. There was only one secret and bulletproof door. Shu Peiwen handed over the materials that Ning Xiyu wanted to him, and he quietly exited from that door. After a while, he came back with a big bag of food.

  It was already 8 o'clock in the morning. Ning Xi probably only grasped some clues at this time and only replied with one sentence.

  "You eat first!"

  Everyone didn't dare to disturb him, and they quickly solved the bread in their hands and quickly returned to their workstations. Shu Peiwen picked up the bread, looked at Ning Xiyu who was focused and oblivious, hesitated for a moment, bit her red lips, and still walked to his side, tore open the outer packaging, tore off a piece of bread and handed it to Ning Xiyu's mouth.

  "Vice-Dean, have some!"

  Ning Xi only lowered his eyes to glance at the small piece of bread by his mouth, and didn't open his mouth to eat it. This behavior, no matter how you looked at it, was overly ambiguous. He was a person who never gave others extra illusions, so he raised his hand to take the small piece of bread and put it in his mouth.

  The database retrieval speed was a bit slow, so Ning Xi took advantage of the waiting time to turn around and say "thank you!" as she reached out to take the bread from Shu Peiwen's hand and started eating it in big bites.

  Shu Peiwen's clear and bright eyes dimmed, the man in front of her, who was eating bread with a big mouth but didn't look rough, remained calm and composed without any signs of dishevelment. She picked up a box of milk and handed it to him, her voice husky from lack of sleep but very gentle: "Deputy Commander, you need to take care of your body."

  Ning Xi quickly finished the bread in her hand, took the milk, and raised her eyes to meet Shu Peiwen's beautiful gaze filled with naked emotions staring at her. He didn't avoid it, but instead met her gaze with a calm expression.

  "Uh-huh, I will. Xiaoshu, there are just a few of us here, you can go back and rest!"

  Shu Peiwen was taken aback for a moment, as long as she could accompany him, she didn't feel tired at all.

  "Deputy Director, let me stay with you! Everyone is sticking to their posts! I shouldn't receive special treatment just because I'm a female comrade."

  Due to the presence of others, Shu Peiwen was quite subtle in her words. Ning Xiwei knew that now might not be the right time, but he had never been one to drag things out. Glancing at the screen and seeing that the data was still being retrieved, he turned around again, his deep eyes falling on Shu Peiwen's bashful face.

  "Xiao Shu, I'd like to ask you something, it's a private matter, hope you don't mind."

  This was the first time Ning Xiwei had ever initiated a conversation with her about something other than work, and it made Shu Peiwen's heart excitedly anticipate.

  "Not at all."

  Ning Xi only knew that once she said this, it would inevitably extinguish all her expectations in his eyes.

  "Xiao Shu, this time when I went home, I gave a necklace to the girl I've liked for a long time. What do you think, is it suitable?"