At the beginning, she thought that her daughter was hurt emotionally, so it was understandable for her to be abnormal for a while. But when she saw that he was paying more and more attention to his appearance and hadn't run in circles for a week, she gradually became more and more worried.
However, when she told her father about it, he didn't pay much attention to her. Instead, he advised her to let her relax first. He believed that his daughter had a sense of propriety.
His parents thought that what his father said made sense, so they forcefully suppressed the uneasiness in their hearts and continued to observe him. They were afraid that he had said something wrong that would irritate his senses.
In the depths of her heart, she had always believed that the calmness on the day of the engagement and the indifference of the following days were just too much of a shock to react to. The abnormality that followed instead meant that she was seriously injured, and as long as this wound healed, she would naturally recover.
If he was here, he would be able to immediately realize that the way things were developing was very strange. However, it just so happened that when Qi Qi was secretly planning to leave the army, there was only a careless father and a loving mother at home.
Therefore, when Old Master Zheng heard from the reports of his underlings that 77 had submitted his report on leaving the army without discussing it with anyone in the family, one could imagine how shocked he was.
"Zheng Qi, explain everything to me clearly. What happened?" Old Man Zheng flung the report in his hands away. He leaned back on the sofa and looked at his newly created hand-painted fingernails seriously. This was the first time in so many years that he called his beloved granddaughter by name.
"Didn't grandpa already see it? Can't I do something else?"
With that, he didn't look at the old man's darkening face. Instead, he leaned over and extended his hands to his mother. "Mom, tell me, are these nails beautiful?"
Before his mother could reply, he withdrew his hands and smiled brightly at her shocked expression. "Mom, I think what you said before was right. Girls should look like girls. You know, I was not stupid before, but I was good at my life and I didn't dress up, and I actually rolled around in the mud. Other than training my useless muscles, what other uses do I have?"
She could not believe that her daughter, who was so proud of being a soldier, would become like this. A few days ago, she was just fond of shopping in a shopping mall or buying clothes. How could her thoughts change so much in such a short amount of time, and she even said such words to her?
His mother only felt that right now, her mind was filled with questions, and she had no idea how to respond to what Qi Qi had said.
Qi Qi saw the dumbstruck look on her mother's face and couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart. However, there wasn't the slightest change in her expression.
Zheng's father was a very straightforward person. He had originally been suppressing a ball of fire in his heart with all his might, so he did not burst out. Now that he saw Qi Hua's reaction, the anger he forcefully suppressed resurfaced.
"Qi Qi, what's with your attitude? Grandfather asked you a question about why you didn't answer properly, and why did you hand over your application form?"
After hearing his father's reprimand, Qi Qi Qi only pursed her lips, not showing any signs of reflecting on her words at all.
Father Zheng still wanted to reprimand him a few more times, but he was cut off by a gesture from Old Master Zheng.
He felt that this matter was a little strange. Even though he hadn't spent much time with Qi Seventh because of his work, he was confident that he knew this granddaughter of his. It was impossible for her to change so quickly all of a sudden.
"Seventh Brother, what difficulties do you have that you can tell us? Just like you said, we are a family, so what can a family not tell us? After all, Grandpa and your parents are so much older than you. Even if they can't help out, they can at least give us some advice. "
Qi Qi Qi was almost moved by the old gramps's intentionally lowered voice and his persuasive words. She had just opened her mouth when she met everyone's gazes of concern.
She realized at once that she could not say that it was because they were her own family and would give her selfless love and care that she had decided to go undercover. They would never agree that she had to hide it from them, and that they would only react in the truest way, without knowing it, in order to confuse the people they were trying to confuse.
"Dad, mom, grandpa, I really don't have any difficulties. I …"
Before he could finish his complaints, his mother slapped him in the back. When he looked up, his mother had an expression of disappointment.
"Seventh Brother, what happened to you? In just a few short days, it's as if he's a completely different person. "
Qi Qi Qi touched the burning spot on her back, pouted her lips, and whispered, "There is no rule that says you can't change your dreams!"
Although Qi Qi Hua lowered her head, she could clearly feel the disappointment in the eyes of Zheng's parents as they cast their gazes on her. She didn't dare to raise her head to look, afraid that she would be exposed.
"No matter what your purpose is, I will not agree to it. Leave the application form with me, and you can forget about handing over another copy. If you are tired, you can rest for a while. I will help you greet the army."
Old Man Zheng stood up, his originally strong and robust body actually now slightly hunched over. He pushed aside the hand that his father was about to support him, and looked deeply at Qi Hua.
"Seven, I hope there won't be a day when I personally present you with this application for discharge from the army!"
77 understood that this was the old gramps' final chance to regret giving her a warning, but she didn't want to regret it! Therefore, he was probably going to fail the old tutor's hopes.
After that, the old man didn't know what to say to Zheng's parents. From then on, it was as if the entire Zheng Family had never been disbanded before. It was as if everything was a dream.
However, Qi Qi knew that her actions had disappointed everyone. Although they would still care about her, they did not mention anything about having her return to the military camp.
Actually, she could choose not to complete the quest in this way and follow the trajectory of Zheng Qi's life. As long as she was careful and guarded, she could successfully complete the quest, but she always felt that if she let Zheng Qi pay the price of her soul, she would only do that little thing.
The deadline given by Mu Chen was quickly approaching, but Qi Qi Qi did not submit another application to the army according to her original plan. It could be said that she had tacitly accepted the old gramps' decision, and subconsciously, she did not want to end this matter, so she hoped to leave some thought to her family.
"You're not going to file another application for discharge from the army?" Mu Chen sat on the horizontal bar high up in the air, his slender legs swaying uncontrollably. Under the moonlight, his exposed, tight body was still emitting a little bit of silver light.
Qi Qi looked up at him and ignored him. She kept her head down as she stretched, casually throwing away the dress she wore at home.
"Hey, I say, since you undress in front of me every night, aren't you afraid of provoking my hot-blooded body?" Mu Chen didn't care about Qi Qi's cold attitude at all as he nimbly jumped off the horizontal bar. He bent over and used his fingers to gently hook up the snow-white long skirt that had been mercilessly tossed aside by his master, as well as his high heels …
77 straightened up, grabbed the skirt and shoes from his hands, and threw them on the other side of the platform.
In this period of time, in order to hide things from others, she had always used the excuse of going out to play around, putting on a tight sports coat, then a long skirt or something like that as a cover. As for the shoes, they were too sudden for her to bring out, so she always got Mu Chen to bring them over.
Every night, she would meet with Mu Chen here and exchange information, or perhaps after stretching, exchange moves with him again so that they wouldn't be unfamiliar with each other.
Seventh Seven's military skills were very powerful, especially when it came to martial arts. She was very confident, but every time she fought with Mu Chen, she would always feel like she was being toyed with, which could only mean one thing. Mu Chen's skills were unfathomable, so she would seize every opportunity to spar with Mu Chen.
Mu Chen naturally understood what he was doing, so every time he did this, he would purposely provoke Qi Jian into making a move. Once again, he would not leave any traces behind as he revealed his moves.
"Hey, I'm asking you a question, do you really not want to deliver the application anymore?" Mu Chen nimbly dodged to her side as he blocked one of Qi Hua's hand blades, then touched the ponytail that she had tied up.
While doing so, he replied, "Let's not talk about it anymore, I've already thought about it. As long as I have such an action of wanting to retire from the army, it'll be fine. If I really leave, it won't have any effect on our plan, and it will instead increase our credibility. After all, it's not necessary for a person from the unintentional army to withdraw, so it's normal for him to have an indifferent attitude."
Mu Chen once again used his hand to block the kick from seven or seven times. He borrowed the force of the kick to leap backwards. His body seemed to be moving with an indescribable agility.
"What you say makes sense. Alright, you can handle this matter your own way."
When the conversation came to an end, Mu Chen also focused on the fight with Qi Qi Qi. Under the moonlight, two figures were twirling around, their movements like flowing water, so beautiful that one couldn't help but look at them.
Neither of them realized that there was a figure leaning on a cane standing in the shadow of a big tree about three hundred meters away from them.
After looking at it for a long time, this person slowly turned around and left. As he turned around, he softly said, "Damned girl, I knew you wouldn't be willing to part with your military uniform."