On the virtual display screen, the family's appearance went from blurry to clear, appearing in front of Xia Chujian.
The background was Xia Yuanfang's bedroom, a scene Xia Chujian was very familiar with.
When Xia Chujian couldn't see them, she felt she could bear it, but now that she saw them, her longing surged like a tidal wave, almost overwhelming her.
It was Small Si Xi who "Wu Er Fu"-ed at her on the virtual display screen, rushing over to stick to her virtual avatar, that made her couldn't help but laugh, sweeping away her suppressed emotions.
Xia Yuanfang said with a smile, "Chujian, are you doing well? Everyone misses you very much."
Xia Chujian nodded, smiling, "I miss you all too! Aunt, Aunt Chen, Yingying, San Zong, Si Xi, Wu Fu, Liu Shun, and Big Black, hello! Miss me?"
Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying said together, "Chujian, you've lost weight!"
Xia Chujian touched her face, surprised, "Really? I've only been here for a week and I've lost weight? Is it that obvious?"
Liu Shun blurted out, "This virtual display screen compresses the owner's avatar to a certain extent, which allows the image to be transmitted faster, so if the owner's avatar is converted proportionally, it's actually..."
Somehow, its voice became lower and lower, because Xia Chujian was staring at it, narrowing her eyes unkindly.
Liu Shun, with a strong desire to survive, changed the subject, "...according to the converted ratio, you have indeed lost weight."
Xia Chujian smiled slightly, "Liu Shun has good eyesight. Si Xi, you seem to have gained weight again, have you been going out less lately?"
Si Xi, hearing its name, "Wu Er Fu! Wu Er Fu!"-ed several times, its bright black eyes focused on Xia Chujian's avatar, still wanting to bring its furry head closer to stick to her avatar.
Xia Chujian clicked her tongue, then looked at San Zong, suddenly feeling that San Zong seemed to have changed, she couldn't say where, but there was a feeling that it was different from before.
She said, "San Zong, is Mulan City hot lately? How is the growth of the Dang Kang Zhu Yu Rice we planted?"
San Zong scratched his head and said, "The weather in Mulan City has been pretty good lately, and in another month, we'll be harvesting another batch of Dang Kang Zhu Yu Rice. Young Lord, have you seen any rare and interesting plants on Kanli Star?"
Xia Chujian thought for a moment, "Not yet. I was locked in the base for training as soon as I arrived, and I haven't had time to go out into the wild yet. I'll look for some when I'm on vacation."
San Zong nodded happily, "Thank you, Young Lord! If Young Lord is busy, then don't bother, rest more during your vacation, no need to go looking specifically."
"I know, anyway, going out is just wandering around, I'll see how it goes!" Xia Chujian said cheerfully, then turned her gaze to Wu Fu.
Wu Fu was being held by Xia Yuanfang, and seeing that Xia Chujian wasn't talking to him, his little face had been tense.
It wasn't until Xia Chujian looked over that he showed a shy little smile, buried his head on Xia Yuanfang's shoulder, and didn't look at Xia Chujian anymore.
Xia Chujian called him, "Wu Fu? It's only been a few days, and you don't remember me anymore? Tsk tsk, Wu Fu is the youngest, and his memory is the worst!"
Wu Fu suddenly turned his head and said loudly to Xia Chujian on the virtual display screen, "Wu Fu remembers! Wu Fu remembers Sister!"
"You remember? Then why did Wu Fu act like he didn't know Sister just now? And hid his little face, not letting Sister see!" Xia Chujian stretched out her hand, making a gesture of pinching his little face, wishing she could pinch his chubby cheeks right now.
Wu Fu's tears were almost coming out, he looked at Xia Chujian on the virtual display screen, and said aggrievedly, "Sister ignored Wu Fu! Wu Fu ignores Sister too!"
Xia Chujian wondered, "Wu Fu, your speaking has improved so quickly! How did you learn?"
Aunt Chen said with a smile, "It's Liu Shun, he's been muttering and teaching Wu Fu to speak every day, Wu Fu speaks very fluently now!"
Xia Chujian quickly said, "Don't let Liu Shun pollute Wu Fu! Liu Shun absorbs too much Star Network garbage, no wonder Wu Fu isn't as innocent and cute as before, it must be Liu Shun's influence!"
She looked at Liu Shun, made a gesture of disassembling parts, and said, "Liu Shun, you must remember not to teach Wu Fu the Star Network garbage you watch, he's still a child, children should be innocent and lively, playing and making noise is what's cute!"
Xia Yuanfang was amused and annoyed, and said, "Chujian, you've only just come of age yourself, and you want to educate Wu Fu? Wait until you have your own children before you pay attention to early childhood education!"
"Aunt, who knows when I'll have children? Of course, I have to get my fill first, right, Wu Fu?" Xia Chujian smiled and beckoned to Wu Fu, "Be good at home, Sister will bring you something delicious when I come back!"
"What delicious things?" Wu Fu's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously smacked his lips.
Xia Chujian said, "White Phoenix Egg! Haven't eaten it before, right? I think it's okay, and it can be made even more delicious!"
"White Phoenix Egg? It's an egg laid by a kind of wild chicken on Kanli Star." Liu Shun acted as an interpreter in a serious manner, "I've checked the local specialties of Kanli Star on the Star Network, I can send a list to the owner, and when the owner finishes training and comes back, remember to buy one of each as a souvenir."
Xia Chujian: "..."
"Liu Shun, a qualified robot butler must learn when to speak and when to shut up. You are, at best, an upgraded Housekeeping Robot now, no matter how eloquent you are, you are just a Housekeeping Robot, not a robot butler, remember that?" Xia Chujian felt that she wasn't home, and Liu Shun was starting to think of itself as the master.
Liu Shun's eye display flashed a few red lights, and then two zipper-shaped lines appeared on its mouth display, showing that it had sealed its mouth.
Xia Chujian glanced at it casually, then turned to Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying, "Aunt Chen, Yingying, how are you? Is there anything I can help you with? Our base is very close to Galuo City, the capital of Kanli Star. I'm going to play there when I have a vacation."
Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying both said, "We don't need anything, take care of yourself."
Zhu Yingying said, "I sent you a message before, but it was returned."
Xia Chujian said, "Our base is a military base after all, and message transmissions are controlled, but it shouldn't be rejected, right? What kind of message did you send me?"
Zhu Yingying said embarrassedly, "I just wanted to see what your base looks like, so I asked you to take a few videos and send them over, like the appearance of the base inside and out, and what your dorm looks like, just those."
Xia Chujian chuckled, "No wonder it was rejected. That's practically trying to find out military secrets!"
Zhu Yingying's face changed drastically, and she waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no! I didn't mean to find out military secrets! I was just curious! And, I didn't know you went to a military base!"
Xia Chujian comforted her, "I know, they probably know it too, so they just rejected your message and didn't do anything else. If you were really trying to find out military secrets, the Special Security Bureau would have to ask you questions."
Aunt Chen said annoyedly, "Chujian, Yingying didn't cause you any trouble, did she?"
Xia Chujian thought, when it comes to causing trouble, who is better than herself?
She blew up a training aircraft on her first day of training...
She thought in her heart, but didn't show it on her face at all, and said with a smile, "Of course not, this kind of thing happens often, the base's Mechanical Intelligence is used to it. Actually, there's nothing to see at our base, it's all mountains, inside the mountains."
Zhu Yingying quickly said, "Don't say anymore, I don't want to hear it. When you come back, let's go hunting in the Exotic Beast Forest together!"
"Okay, okay! I want to go hunting!" Xia Chujian's eyes lit up, her fingers were itching, she wanted to shoot a gun! She chatted with Zhu Yingying and Aunt Chen for a while, and then Aunt Chen stood up with Zhu Yingying and said, "You guys chat, we're going back to sleep."
San Zong also said, "Good night, Young Lord, San Zong is going to rest too."
Then he took the Small Dog Si Xi away, and the Big Black Dog followed behind him, wagging its tail as it left the room.
Only Xia Yuanfang and the Wu Fu she was holding, and Liu Shun were left in the room.
Xia Yuanfang lowered her eyes and looked at Wu Fu, and said, "Wu Fu, let Liu Shun take you to take a bath, okay?"
Wu Fu looked up at Xia Yuanfang, then turned to look at Xia Chujian's virtual image, and said, "Okay, Wu Fu is going to take a bath. Sister, can you wait for Wu Fu to come back after taking a bath?"
Xia Chujian said, "Okay, I'll wait for Wu Fu to come back after taking a bath."
Wu Fu jumped out of Xia Yuanfang's arms in a hurry, and followed Liu Shun to the bathroom to take a bath.
After the bathroom door closed, Xia Chujian said, "Aunt, next time we can video chat in the living room, using the big display screen on the wall."
Xia Yuanfang said, "This is the first call, I wanted to talk to you alone, so I arranged it in my bedroom. Next time it will definitely be in the living room downstairs."
Xia Chujian nodded, "Aunt, are you okay? Has anything happened recently? What about your business? Have you found any new clients?"
Xia Yuanfang said, "We're all fine. Although my only client now is Small A Zheng, it's a stable income, so I'm not in a hurry. How's your training over there? How did you go to a military base for training? Does the Special Security Bureau also count as a military system?"
"Yes, the Special Security Bureau counts as a military system. I'm a Second Lieutenant now!" Xia Chujian happily showed Xia Yuanfang her shoulder badge.
Xia Yuanfang frowned, "Second Lieutenant? Don't tell me that joining the Special Security Bureau counts as joining the army?!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She shrank her neck a little guiltily.
Hadn't she told her aunt about it?
Joining the Special Security Bureau means joining the army...
Unless she did a non-military local job, but in that case, she wouldn't have a military rank.
You can't have your cake and eat it too...
When Xia Yuanfang saw Xia Chujian's guilty look, she knew she had guessed correctly, and couldn't help but get even more angry.
"Chujian, it's my fault, I didn't ask clearly beforehand, and I agreed to you joining the Special Security Bureau. I really didn't know this was joining the army, I thought it was just a civil servant..."
Xia Chujian asked curiously, "Civil servant? What is a civil servant? I've never heard of it."
Xia Yuanfang choked, "Don't worry about the details, it's just a noun, I made it up, don't tell anyone else, remember."
"Oh." Xia Chujian nodded subconsciously, pursed her lips, and said, "I won't say it, I definitely won't say it. But, Aunt, I really like it here, and I also like what the Special Security Bureau does."
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