Chapter 38: My Dad Wants to Meet You
Ji Xiaoyue was locked in a detention center, but her final sentence had not been decided yet.
As for Wang Xiaoxiang, because there was no evidence against her, she could only be held for 24 hours.
What annoyed Wang Xiaoxiang the most was that the police really made her stay for the full 24 hours before letting her go.
They were obviously doing it just to make her suffer. She had always been someone who never forgot a grudge.
Naturally, she blamed everything on Tian Siyi.
That day, many people came to the medical office.
A lot of female students came specially to apologize to Tian Siyi.
After talking with her, some of them even became her friends.
Chen Chen, however, did not show up that day. He was catching up on sleep.
Qin Siyu had made the decision herself to give him a day off from his volunteer work.
No one questioned her decision. Just as she had said before, she had the highest military rank in the entire training base. Every instructor had to follow her orders.
After another group of students left, Tian Siyi rested her head on the desk.
"What a shame. Chen Chen didn't get to see the results of all his hard work."
Qin Siyu smiled.
"You stayed with him until so late last night. That should be enough to make him happy."
"What does that have to do with anything? He was sleeping there all by himself. Someone had to stay and watch over him."
"Yes, yes."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Do I really need to explain?"
Tian Siyi rolled her eyes.
Girls were girls.
Even women in the military couldn't escape their love of gossip.
Seeing that Tian Siyi didn't answer, Qin Siyu continued, "Seriously. What exactly do you think about Chen Chen? After your incident happened, it was obvious how worried he was. And he really did a lot to help with the investigation."
Tian Siyi remembered how Chen Chen had held her in his arms the night before.
To be honest...
It had felt nice.
Having a warm embrace to lean on was comforting. No matter how she looked at it, Chen Chen was an excellent person.
If she ever decided to find a boyfriend someday...
He really would be a good choice. But Chen Chen probably wouldn't agree.
After all...
"Artists and their managers aren't supposed to date. I'm not thinking about getting a boyfriend right now. As for our relationship... Let's just let things happen naturally."
Qin Siyu could tell that Tian Siyi's answer was vague.
But she also noticed that Tian Siyi wasn't rejecting the idea.
"So... You'd be willing to date him? If he asked you out?"
Tian Siyi smiled helplessly.
"I'll know when he actually asks."
She couldn't give a definite answer. In her eyes, there was no way Chen Chen would ever confess his feelings to her.
Because of that, she couldn't even imagine such a scene. She didn't know how she would feel if that day ever came.
Qin Siyu smiled and nodded. To her, that answer was basically an admission. Tian Siyi was simply too shy to say it directly.
That afternoon, the students of Third Squad were once again waiting for Tian Siyi's cold drinks.
But after waiting for a long time, nothing came.
Their instructor saw exactly what they were thinking and laughed.
"Stop waiting. The little shop sold out of cold drinks yesterday. They won't get a new shipment for another couple of days. So there won't be any cold drinks for these next few days."
After hearing the answer, the students all looked disappointed.
Still...
At least it wasn't because Tian Siyi had become angry over what had happened the past two days and decided to stop bringing them.
That was good news.
"I went to see Tian Siyi today. She's really kind. She didn't complain at all about the rumors from yesterday."
"I talked with her too. She doesn't act proud at all. And she's so gentle when she talks."
"And she's beautiful, and her singing is amazing. She's basically a goddess!"
"I think this year's campus beauty ranking needs to be redone."
Hearing that Tian Siyi's reputation had completely turned around, her friends were all very happy for her.
Soon, military training came to an end.
Thanks to Tian Siyi's constant encouragement, Third Squad trained much harder than the other squads.
In the final formation drill and military boxing competition, Third Squad easily won first place.
The other squads could only watch with envy.
After all, they weren't lucky enough to be placed in the same squad as the campus goddess.
Even though everyone had complained many times during training, when it was finally time to say goodbye, both the students and the instructors found it hard to part.
Tian Siyi was different from the other students.
She wasn't very close to the instructors.
The only person she really didn't want to say goodbye to was Qin Siyu from the medical office.
"So, you're leaving." Qin Siyu smiled at her.
Tian Siyi nodded.
"Yeah. Thanks for everything these past few days."
"No need to thank me. After I leave the army, I'll still need you to help me find a job."
Tian Siyi laughed.
Qin Siyu had once said she wanted to become her bodyguard, and Tian Siyi had joked that she could also work part-time as her personal doctor.
"That depends on whether I can afford to hire you."
"I still have about half a year before I leave the army. I believe that by then, you'll already be a rising star."
"I'll gladly take your good wishes. I'll come find you then."
"Okay."
With everyone saying their goodbyes, military training officially came to an end.
Before starting their new college life, the students had one day off.
After returning to her room, Tian Siyi threw herself onto her bed.
"Whew... I'm finally back. I'm exhausted."
Chen Chen couldn't help complaining.
"You barely did anything. Why are you tired?"
"Just riding in the car is tiring too."
"You're getting way too lazy."
As he spoke, he walked over and helped take off her shoes and socks.
"Your foot should be almost healed now, right?"
Tian Siyi turned around and sat up on the bed, supporting herself with both hands behind her.
She looked at the boy carefully examining her injured foot.
"It doesn't hurt much anymore. As long as you don't make me run a marathon, it won't be a problem."
"You still need to be careful. Don't go jogging in the morning for the next few days. But don't skip your voice training."
"I know."
"I'll massage your foot again."
"Okay."
Watching him, a smile slowly appeared on Tian Siyi's face.
During these past few days, sometimes Qin Siyu and sometimes Chen Chen had massaged her injured foot every day.
They both said it would help her recover faster.
Being taken care of like this really felt nice.
She couldn't help imagining...
If she had a boyfriend someday...
Would he take care of her like this too?
Chen Chen looked up at her, then lowered his head again.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "My dad wants to meet you. Will you come?"
"Huh?"
Tian Siyi snapped out of her thoughts and stared at him blankly.
Chen Chen repeated himself. "My dad wants to meet you. Will you come?"
"Your dad wants to meet me? Why?"
Chen Chen shook his head. "I don't know either. A while ago, I asked my stepmother to help investigate those online trolls. I'm guessing she mentioned your name to my dad."
"I see..."
She still had no idea why Chen Chen's father wanted to meet her.
But he was the father of both Chen Chen and Chen Hui.
Chen Chen was her close friend, and Chen Hui was someone she owed a great deal to.
No matter what the reason was, as long as it wasn't an unreasonable request, she didn't feel she should refuse.
"Alright. We're off tomorrow anyway. Should we go tomorrow?"
"No. The 11th. They don't live in Mujiang. We'll have to fly there. You just finished military training, and classes are about to start. Let's not make you travel around too much right now."
"Okay."