"It’s nothing." Li Chen smiled, a picture of nonchalance. "I’ve only been in the military for half a year. The service limit is two years, so I can go home in another year and a half."
He had asked Li Yue half-jokingly; getting to go home early would be wonderful, but if he couldn't, so be it. He couldn’t very well desert. The punishment for that was severe—a sentence of hard labor.
Li Yue’s brow furrowed in confusion. "With your skill and
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