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Evening.
Hotpot gathering.
This time, it was a proper hotpot meal. Five or six people around one pot, set up right on the dining hall table. Steam wafted up, instantly transforming the large canteen into a lively Cantonese-style street food joint.
The meat for the hotpot was primarily beef. The slicing staff at the hotpot place stood in a row, going "ka-ka" as they cut. The kitchen workers piled the plates up with a "bang-bang," while the officers devoured the food with a "chomp-chomp."
"Being on Captain Jiang's team is just so comfortable." Xiao Si loosened his jaw and launched into a crazed bout of gorging. He hadn't been busy these past two days and had plenty of stored energy... just perfect for eating.
Opposite him, Cui Qishan stared at him with an intense gaze, as if tying him down, and said, "Don't relax too much. This is only halftime."
"Oh, I get Captain Jiang's halftime," Xiao Si said while laughing, pouring an entire basin of beef into the pot.
