An An looked at him with a strange and sympathetic gaze, as if he couldn't understand. He asked in a clear voice, "Why should I like you?"
Strictly speaking, Si Nian was a romantic rival his father was wary of.
He hadn't forgotten what he was going there for with his father today. Although Uncle Si Nian wasn't a bad person, he had to side with his father.
An An's clear eyes instantly choked Si Nian. He was actually stumped by An An's question.
"Then why did you give me the medicine?" Si Nian looked at the medicine bottle in An An's hand, his eyes hidden in the darkness. "You're too weak, keep it for yourself."
After saying that, he was about to close the car door, but An An stuffed the medicine into his hand.
"You're injured, you need this medicine. An An isn't hurt," An An said very naturally. "Uncle Si Nian, even I, a child, know that someone isn't truly powerful just because they're fierce. Truly powerful people don't brag about how amazing they are!"
An An quietly added, as if he himself rarely mentioned how amazing he was.
He looked at Si Nian with some pity. This uncle was fierce to his mother and fierce to him, but now he was the most seriously injured. Alas.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Si Nian needed care. "Uncle Si Nian, you should take more medicine!"
An An, afraid that Si Nian would be embarrassed, returned to Huo Rou's side after speaking.
Si Nian watched An An run away, the light in his eyes flickering slightly. He closed the car door expressionlessly and told the driver to leave.
Watching him drive away, Qin Ning stroked An An's head. "What did An An say to Uncle Si Nian?"
Si Nian's personality had been the same for over ten years. He definitely wouldn't take a liking to a child like An An. He was a little worried that Si Nian would say something to make An An sad.
"Nothing much. Uncle Si Nian was so seriously injured, I gave him a bottle of medicine."
Huo Rou listened to their father-son conversation and looked at An An's clear eyes. The corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile.
Si Nian, who had been like a god since she joined the army, probably never imagined that he would be pitied by a child one day...
An An's heart had become even softer and more resilient.
In the past, when those children in the village said things about him, and the villagers whispered, An An would only keep it to himself, feel sad, and digest it alone.
But since coming here, An An had become more tolerant.
An An got into the car with Huo Rou and the others to go home. Meanwhile, in the doctor's car.
Si Nian looked at the small medicine bottle in his hand, a hint of self-deprecation in his eyes.
He had actually seen pity for himself from a child just now, which was truly laughable.
Over the years, some people had said similar things, but they were either schemers or had ulterior motives. None of them were genuine. Of course, with his abilities, no one would genuinely think of him as weak.
Including himself.
But in An An's eyes today, he saw pure concern, independent of status, age, or experience.
The doctor, sitting next to Si Nian, looked at him as he lowered his head, looking at the medicine in his hand, exuding a gentle aura. He couldn't help but start talking.
"Regimental Commander Si, this medicine is a good thing! From the Shen family!" The light in the doctor's eyes was too intense for Si Nian to ignore.
He finally looked up and glanced at the doctor, calmly putting the bottle of medicine away, and asked, "Is there anything special about it?"
Although the Shen family was powerful, their medicine wasn't impossible to obtain.
The doctor swallowed, inexplicably seeing a hint of caution in Si Nian's eyes, as if he was afraid he would snatch the medicine. "This is specially supplied to those special teams. I saw it when I was undergoing advanced studies. The efficacy is very good, and it's very precious."
Si Nian casually touched something in his bag and murmured, "Special departments..."
The doctor nodded, looking at his movements, and a wild fantasy sprouted in his heart: what if Regimental Commander Si was pleased and gave him the medicine bottle? How wonderful that would be.
"How special?" Si Nian pondered, "Fenghuo?"
When this topic was brought up, the doctor became serious.
He shook his head. "No."
Si Nian became interested. Fenghuo wasn't considered special?
However, he hadn't encountered any similar medicine during his time in Fenghuo. Later, he transferred through many departments and reached his current position, occasionally obtaining some by chance, but he hadn't paid much attention to it.
The doctor couldn't name it directly. "Fenghuo is a commando team that we all know. It's powerful but not mysterious. This medicine seems to be supplied more to those mysterious teams whose names we might not have heard."
Hearing the doctor say this, Si Nian thought of An An's clear eyes when he gave him the medicine.
"Heh, so to speak, the little brat isn't that weak."