Gu Fei rolled her eyes. "If I hadn't come back when I did, you'd probably be long gone."
Gu Sanlang scratched his head and grinned sheepishly.
Gu Fei frowned. "Third Brother, why are you so dead set on joining the army?"
"The border army is no joke. You have to fight in wars, and people die!"
Gu Sanlang grinned widely. "I know. If there wasn't a war, I wouldn't even want to go."
Mrs. Chen, who was standing nearby, smacked him hard. "You must have a death wish, is that it? If I had known, I never would have given birth to you."
Gu Fei held Mrs. Chen back. "Mother, stop hitting him. Let's hear what Third Brother has to say."
She turned to Gu Sanlang. "Why do you want to go to war?"
Gu Sanlang smiled earnestly. "Going to war is the only way to earn merit. Earning merit is the only way to get promoted. And only by becoming an official can I protect my sister and the rest of our family."
Gu Fei thought, 'I can protect myself.'
