In an army with more wolves than meat, high-value single women have always been rare, mostly already taken, and they are usually officers with not low ranks.
Even if there are those who are single, there are typically only two situations: either they are from distinguished backgrounds, standard military families, and meddling lightly results in being sent to a bird-less post to guard a station; seriously, they can be kicked out of the army, affecting even their descendants and relatives, severing the military path for three generations. In the domain of wielding guns, rank equals authority.
The other one is someone whose life revolves solely around their profession, a super scholar with nothing else, who constantly showcases their intellect, entirely devoid of emotions, and warns others off with their presence.
This one before him, Chen Fei immediately felt must belong to the former possibility.