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to go down on my knees for you?” He began to kneel

down.

“Kneel down! Kneel down!” his subordinates

began to hoot.

“No, no, you don’t have to kneel down for me.

You’ll embarrass me. But I can’t promise you

anything today. I’ll give you a definitive answer later.

I need some time to consider it. Anyway, I’ll surely

give you a definitive answer before you go to the city

in the south,” Xi Si said, blushing.

The regimental commander smiled and said,

“OK, I’ll be waiting for your answer.”

He seemed confident and arrogant, as if he were

showing to his comrades-in-arms that Xi Si was too

shy to promise him marriage.

The officers cheered again.

At that point, a tall officer said to Xi Si, “Today

is our regimental commander’s red-letter day. You

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