After Marking Commander O, I was Forced to a Flash Marriage

Watching Bai Yuxi, Ren Qingqiu hesitated for a moment.

“Commander?”

She casually handed the lighter from her hand to Kong Youxi, and Bai Yuxi narrowed her eyes at the gesture.

“Colonel Kong, you should have finished talking by now, right?” Bai Yuxi inquired.

“… Almost.”

Kong Youxi, holding the lighter she had just received, instinctively attempted to light a cigarette that was on her mouth.

However, seeing this, Ren Qingqiu quickly reached out and took the cigarette from Kong Youxi’s lips.

Bai Yuxi observed silently as Ren Qingqiu held the cigarette.

“Cut back on smoking,” Ren Qingqiu advised Kong Youxi.

She didn’t need to guess, the habitual gesture of lighting a cigarette made it clear that Kong Youxi had become quite the chain smoker.

Ren Qingqiu could probably surmise why Kong Youxi smoked, but the intensity of her addiction was alarming. At a rate of ten cigarettes in less than an hour, it seemed Kong Youxi must be consuming at least five packs a day. If she still maintained her previous aversion to food, she was heading toward an early demise.

After the cigarette was taken away, Kong Youxi stared at Ren Qingqiu for a moment, then rested her chin on her hand and smiled calmly.

“I forgot you have a child. Quite unbelievable.”

She sighed as she spoke, then shifted the subject.

“I’ll go check on the people at the detention center first.”

Kong Youxi toyed with the lighter in her hand, opening and closing it, producing a sound reminiscent of sharpening a blade.

Ren Qingqiu remained silent for a long while, crossing her arms.

“Are the people from that time still around?”

“Let’s check first, then we’ll talk,” Kong Youxi replied, closing the lighter.

Just as Ren Qingqiu was about to say more, Kong Youxi’s terminal beeped. She glanced at it but ignored it, then looked at Ren Qingqiu calmly.

“Are you still going to participate in the league?”

Bai Yuxi raised her head, her eyes peeking out from under the brim of her hat toward Ren Qingqiu.

“We’re aiming for the championship,” Ren Qingqiu replied with a smile.

Kong Youxi turned to Bai Yuxi. “Is that so? Be careful.”

She then glanced at Ren Qingqiu. “If there are any updates, I’ll contact you.”