Soren's deep voice came over the headset.
"You're saying that Ya Xiao likes the marshal?"
"Of course, but you wouldn't understand if I told you."
Mist's tone was somewhat meaningful, "You're still too young now, it's normal that you don't understand men's things. When you encounter things in the future, your brother will teach you."
Qin Qi's action of drinking soup stopped for a moment. Next to him, Ya Xiao saw that the marshal's action was a bit strange, and he said suspiciously, "What's wrong, Marshal?"
"Nothing."
The headset emitted a crackling electronic sound, followed by the sound of someone being punched, clearly indicating that someone was being beaten up.
Qin Qi raised his hand to turn off the surveillance, removed the headset, and calmly said, "It's just some noise."
Ya Xiao suddenly realized and did not ask more questions. His eyes shined brightly as he said to the villain: "Marshal, quickly eat breakfast. The soup will not be good if it gets cold."
This bowl of tonic soup was made from ingredients specially bought from the market, and it was the demon's special edition â a bubbling black soup that was both visually appealing and fun. It was excellent for the body, especially suitable for a villain like him who stayed up late and was tired!
"Is it good?"
Ya Xiao watched as Qin Qi scooped up a spoonful and tasted it, eagerly anticipating his response. Of course, even if Qin Qi didn't say anything, Ya Xiao, who had already tasted a bowl in advance, knew it was super delicious!
"The flavor is good."
Qin Qi said and paused for a moment. He expectedly saw Ya Xiao's blue eyes curved for a moment, seemingly very happy.
Then, the young man lowered his head slightly, leaning closer to himself, his eyes revealing a hint of anticipation.
Qin Qi realized what was going on and raised his hand to gently rub the slightly curled and soft head. Ya Xiao looked like he had received the best reward, and his dazzling and pure eyes were permeated with joyful emotions.
In a flash, Qin Qi suddenly thought of what Mist had just said.
Ya Xiao liked himself.
It wasn't the kind of liking that one treated as a superior or a friend, but the kind that one wanted to be with for the rest of their life.
Qin Qi's fingers hesitated slightly, feeling an indescribable sensation in his heart. It wasn't rejection, but it made his throat itch a bit. Sensing Ya Xiao's gaze, Qin Qi's eyes remained calm as he naturally withdrew his hand.
Mist's conclusion didn't have any basis, and it might just be his own speculation.
After all, Mist was mostly reliable only in serious matters.
Qin Qi restrained the contemplation in his eyes.
Having spent a lot of time with Ya Xiao, Qin Qi could tell that Ya Xiao didn't dislike him, and there might even be some admiration. However, as Mist had mentioned, the kind of liking that wanted to be together for life, Qin Qi hadn't seen that from Ya Xiao for the time being.
It should be Mist talking nonsense.
Qin Qi no longer thought about this. There were many things he had to do, and there was no time to think about this.
However, saying that he didn't care, this matter still left a somewhat lasting impression in his mind.
Still, the adjutant was too idle.
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Qin Qi quietly made a plan. He should assign more tasks to Mist recently, rather than letting him think about so many useless things.
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Seeing Ya Xiao, Mist, who was holding his shoulder, couldn't help but put his hand down, revealing a knowing smile. Little did he know, because of his talkativeness, his workload for the next few days would double directly.
[Host, why is Mist smiling like that?]
The system held a cup of tea and was puzzled and confused when it saw Mist's expression.
It couldn't say what, it just felt a bit strange somewhere.
[I don't know.]
Ya Xiao shook his head. Mist seemed to be like this a lot since they came to the central city for the spring meeting.
Maybe it was because Soren wasn't around?
Ya Xiao guessed.
None of this mattered, and soon, Ya Xiao didn't have time to think about such random things.
Today was the day when all the marshals would go together to inspect the military academy. Normally, during the spring meeting, after two weeks of joint meetings, the marshals proceed to inspect the military academy.
During this period, they will stay at the military academy, providing training to potential future recruits for the base, which also serves as a way to secure their own manpower. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, this process usually takes about half a month.
Of course, in the original book, there was the so-called accident. After the military academy building collapsed, the intensive training was dragged out for a hard two months.
Ya Xiao didn't know if the intensive training would be prolonged again this time, but he now needed to hurry up and pack the marshal and his bags so that he could move into the military academy without any problems.
Back in the villain's room, Ya Xiao noticed that the old clothes he had left on the chair in the morning had been taken away.
Was it taken by Mist and Soren?
Something flashed through Ya Xiao's mind, his tail swishing behind him, and without further thought, he began packing in earnest.
Ya Xiao, who had trained countless times within the system's virtual space, graduated with perfect scores whether it was folding clothes, organizing, or dividing. It could be said that he was almost at the top of the world in this field.
By the time the marshal was about to leave, Ya Xiao had already packed his luggage neatly.
Looking at the cleanly packed room, his eyes went back to the suitcases on the floor. Ya Xiao turned his head and turned on his optical brain to let his assistant, Wittin, come over.
Since Sheng Cheng's arrest, Ya Xiao only had two assistants left, one Emily and one Wittin, who had fallen to the protagonist group after the villain's downfall in the original plot.
"Ya Xiao, is this all there is?"
Wittin smiled broadly at Ya Xiao and pointed to the two large suitcases on the floor.
"Yes, thanks."
Ya Xiao nodded his head nicely.
It was just two suitcases.
At present, there was only one man left among the butler's assistants, Wittin. With no competitors left, he felt even more confident and determined to seize the opportunity. He believed that as long as he gained the appreciation of his superiors now, he could climb higher!
No matter who becomes Ya Xiao's assistant in the future, even if they were as skilled at flattery as Sheng Cheng, they won't surpass him!
"It's not a problem."
Wittin showed himself intentionally, "It's my duty."
Saying that, he clutched the handle of the suitcase hard with both hands, the veins on his arms and neck bursting out, lifting!
Hm, it didn't lift.
Wittin almost lost control of his expression. Were these two suitcases filled with boulders? How can it be so heavy!
"Is it heavy?"
Ya Xiao, who prided himself on being a good boss, said rather sweetly, "These are the marshal's things. I packed quite a lot of them, so if it's too heavy, you can just give me one."
He felt that Wittin was a little weak.
Ya Xiao was carrying his own black suitcase in his left hand, which contained his favorite clown mask not to be moved by others, so now he could only carry another suitcase.
Naturally, Wittin couldn't really hand it to Ya Xiao.
This was the time for him to perform.
At first, Ya Xiao heavily relied on Sheng Cheng. Now that Sheng Cheng had fallen from grace, Wittin would definitely not let this opportunity pass.
Wittin took a deep breath and dragged the suitcase with all his might. His face was red from the exertion, but the two suitcases were as if they were stuck to the ground, not moving at all.
Ya Xiao respected his will and quietly stood aside, watching the other party from all angles try to pull the suitcases.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
Wittin coughed as he looked at Ya Xiao standing to the side. Although Ya Xiao wouldn't taunt and belittle him just because he couldn't move the luggage, Wittin was still a bit uncomfortable being stared at like that.
"Ya Xiao, do you know what Sheng Cheng was arrested for?"
In order to ease the atmosphere, Wittin gasped and pulled out a topic. Of course, this topic was naturally one that he had carefully chosen.
When Sheng Cheng was captured, it was so sudden that almost no one in the base knew the reason, which was just convenient for him to emphasize his image.
"I don't know."
Ya Xiao maintained his simple butler persona.
Wittin was instead about to say something else when Emily, who had come in through the door, interrupted the next words, her eyes sharpening as she glanced over, her tone a little impatient.
"Wittin, can you still move? If you can't move it, give me the suitcase right now at once."
Emily impatiently said. She had always known that Wittin was an ambitious person. Suddenly mentioning Sheng Cheng was nothing more than wanting to step on Sheng Cheng to get to the top or wanting to have a good relationship with Ya Xiao.
None of these actually counted for anything, but the last thing he should have done was to implicate Ya Xiao in the hidden secrets of the military.
It was obvious to all how much the marshal valued Ya Xiao. During the butler meeting, she was even required to report to the marshal every day on time about the movements around Ya Xiao in case Ariel harmed Ya Xiao.
While the marshal was concerned and deliberated everything over and over again to avoid involving the fragile and innocent Ya Xiao, Wittin talked to Ya Xiao about all this with a big grin.
Granted, the other man wasn't sure what was going on with Sheng Cheng, but that was still a destabilizing factor.
Thinking about this, Emily made up her mind to mention Wittin to the marshal during today's routine debriefing.
At the time of seeing Emily's impatient expression, Wittin had realized that he had taken the wrong step. He promptly closed his mouth awkwardly and focused on lifting the luggage without saying another word.
On the other hand, the most innocent and purest and unworldly person in here, Ya Xiao, acted as if he didn't notice the confrontation between the two of them and revealed a smile to Emily, "Is the marshal's side already ready to leave?"
"Yes, it's time."
Emily's tone was slightly impatient, but it was many times softer compared to what she had just said to Wittin.
Ya Xiao nodded his head and followed Emily to the downstairs hovercar. After waiting for a few minutes, he saw the marshal coming out of the door.
[Host, Emily looks like she hates Wittin.] The system thought about what had just happened and made small talk with the host.
[Yes, it looks like it.]
Ya Xiao pondered that it might be because Wittin was too weak that Emily was like that. [Wittin should really work on his physical fitness. If he struggles with carrying two suitcases, no girl will be impressed.]
The system was confused.
Huh? Emily doesn't like Wittin because of this? It always felt that there was something strange.
Looking at the host's firm and unwavering face, the system swallowed the words that were on its lips.
Well, although the host's two suitcases were packed with a lot of things, the conclusion that Wittin was weak wasn't too wrong.
Seeing that the villain came to the front, the system no longer disturbed the host and went into standby mode to start resting.
The hovercar slowly moved forward.
Ya Xiao slightly tilted his head sideways. Seeing that Qin Qi's mental condition seemed to be good, he lowered his voice and said, "Marshal, after drinking the soup, do you feel a bit more comfortable in your body?"
Hearing Ya Xiao mention the bowl of soup, Qin Qi thought again of the nonsense Mist had said in the morning. He was silent for a moment and then said, "Hm, it's okay."
The soup made by Ya Xiao should have some body-nourishing herbs in it. After taking it, his spirit was indeed a bit more focused than usual.
Ya Xiao curled his eyes at that. Let's just say that the demonic cuisine he had specially made was definitely useful!
"I'll continue to make it for you at night."
Qin Qi's eyes fell on Ya Xiao's face. He pursed his lips when he saw blue eyes filled with concern and delight.
"No need, it's too troublesome in the military academy."
Qin Qi's tone was somewhat flat.
"It's fine."
What the demon decided to do could not be easily given up, Ya Xiao curved his blue eyes, "I can borrow the military academy's kitchen. It will be quick."
If it were a normal employee, most would choose to listen when they heard their boss tell them to take a break and not have to do certain things.
But Ya Xiao was happy to do these things for the villain. It wasn't an annoying job, it was a part of taking care of the mighty marshal! The marshal doesn't get hurt, and the demon value rate doesn't slow down!
Ya Xiao felt motivated to do anything as long as it made him powerful, let alone the fact that these things were just small things.
Qin Qi could see that the young man didn't have the slightest bit of reluctance when he said this. If it were usual, he would only think that Ya Xiao was a responsible butler, but Mist's nonsense this morning inexplicably caused a few oddities to grow in Qin Qi's heart.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Qin Qi said, deciding not to say more. Indeed, he shouldn't have listened to Mist too much.