"If I have to choose..."
Tang Xiaohua looked at Lu Ziqing, "I'd like to stay in the Navy Corps."
"..."
Lu Ziqing pursed his lips. He was silent for two seconds, not as surprised as one might have thought, but rather... he had anticipated this.
"But as I said before, I'm also willing to return to Xilin,"
Tang Xiaohua hurried to add.
Lu Ziqing smiled, "It seems that Brother Luo and Chief of Staff Lu indeed treat you very well."
Tang Xiaohua took a deep breath, his hands crossed resting on the railing of the deck, the churning seawater just beneath, wave after wave crashing against the warship.
"They indeed hold me in high esteem. I didn't expect to be transferred to the Navy Corps and receive such attention from the superior officers... it must also be because of Brother Lu's relationship."
"I don't deny that they indeed take into account their friendship with me, and so they hold you in high regard, but Xiao Hua, you are capable of bearing this esteem."
