"What, still keeping your sister under wraps?"
As the others teased him, Jiang Chen's brow smoothed over. He smiled and explained, "I'm not the one hiding her away. Minister Jiang is."
He directly passed the buck to his father.
"So who's the kid next to her?"
Jiang Chen tilted his head. After a moment of thought, he said, "I think he's the child of a neighbor from the Northwest. He's never been to Beijing, so she's taking advantage of her time off to let him see the sights."
As the Capital, Beijing was a city countless people dreamed of visiting.
"Then how does your sister know Captain Xu from the Fourth Division, Second Regiment?"
"Captain Xu?" Jiang Chen searched his memory for a moment. "Xu Wen?"
"That's right. The same Xu Wen your dad's been so impressed with lately."
Everyone in the barracks knew the outstanding officers, especially the ones earmarked for promotion by the top brass.
They would gossip about it privately, of course.
