Yan Bo looked at the phone helplessly, took his keys, and went out.
He knew about Building 8 in the North District; it was the home of his father's old comrade-in-arms, Commander Tao.
As for who exactly he was to pick up, Yan Bo had no idea.
Was it Commander Tao himself? Or his wife, Madam Tao? Or perhaps his two daughters?
Warning bells rang in Yanbo's mind, and his intuition told him that things were about to get bad.
Sure enough, as the car drove into the North District, he caught a glimpse of a slender figure in a red dress standing at the entrance of Building 8.
Commander Tao is a few years older than Yan Zhong. He has one son and two daughters. His son is the eldest, his second daughter is a classmate of Yan Yuan, and his youngest daughter is a classmate of Yan Bo.
At this moment, Yan Bo was almost certain that the figure standing at the entrance of Building 8 was Tao Jia, the youngest daughter of Commander Tao.
He had a pretty good idea of why he was asked to pick him up.
It seems that Dad spent the whole night investigating the Tong family and Xiao Huai's background thoroughly.
Yan Bo slowed down and drove the car slowly to the entrance of Building 8. He got out of the car and walked towards the person under the eaves.
The person was looking down at their phone, so their face wasn't very clear, but it was definitely one of the two daughters of the Tao family. The two sisters were similar in build and looked about 50-60% alike. Even though Yan Bo was quite familiar with them, he still had to get closer to tell them apart.
"Hey! What are you looking at so intently?"
The person who was surprised looked up abruptly, blinked at him, and after a while, revealed a look of surprise, "Yanbo? When did you come back? Why didn't you tell me?"
This person was none other than Tao Jia, Yan Bo's old classmate and Commander Tao's youngest daughter.
"I got home very late last night, slept in late this morning, and came to see you right after lunch. Isn't that enough?"
Yanbo and Tao Jia were childhood friends and went to the same school and class from kindergarten until he went abroad.
It can be said that he and Tao Jia were childhood sweethearts.
He didn't mention that his mother had specifically asked him to come and pick someone up, because it would be quite awkward if the truth came out.
For both him and her.
Yanbo was almost certain what his parents were planning. As for Tao Jia, she probably had no idea.
Tao Jia looked at him and then at his car. "Are you going to the sanatorium? Is there any room in the car? Can you give me a ride?"
Sure enough, Tao Jia, like him, was also the one who was set up.
Yan Bo pretended to be stunned for a moment, then turned around and gestured for him to enter.
"Of course, I just wanted to try my luck and see if I could run into you and give you a ride."
Tao Jia smiled and said thank you, then jogged over to the passenger side and got into the car nimbly.
Yan Bo got into the car as well. As he fastened his seatbelt, he heard Tao Jia in the passenger seat say, "My driver is stuck in traffic. My dad just said he would find someone else to pick him up. I'll tell my dad first so he doesn't need to send anyone."
Yan Bo nodded. "Okay, go ahead and do it."
It seems that Mom's request for me to pick up Tao Jia was a conspiracy with Commander Tao.
"Dad, Yanbo will pick me up on his way, so you don't need to find someone to pick me up. Yes, that's it."
Tao Jia hung up the phone, turned her head to Yan Bo and said, "What a coincidence! I was just thinking about waiting for my dad to find someone to pick me up, and I was worried I'd be late. I didn't expect you to be so in sync with me."
Yan Bo started the car and turned it around. "What a coincidence. Didn't you get your driver's license? Why do you still need a driver?"
At this moment, Yan Bo dared not be on the same wavelength as other women, so he quickly changed the subject.
Firstly, he was afraid the other party would misunderstand; secondly, he was already in a relationship, and the only woman he could flirt with was Tong Xiaohuai. Flirting with anyone else would be considered unfaithful to Tong Xiaohuai.
Tao Jia's expression changed slightly. After a while, she said awkwardly, "Ahem, last month I scratched my car on the green belt, and my parents confiscated my driver's license."
Yan Bo couldn't help but burst out laughing, but feeling the angry glare from the other party, he forced back his laughter.
"Jiajia, don't say I'm not helping you, but you really shouldn't be driving like this. Just find a boyfriend and let him be your personal driver from now on."
Tao Jia pouted and snorted. After a moment, as if she had thought of a good idea, she reached out and tugged at his arm.
"How about this, until I find a boyfriend, you can be my driver, okay?"
Yan Bo wondered if this girl had lost her mind. Putting aside the issue of whether he had a boyfriend or not, he lived in L City and rarely spent more than a few days a year in Beijing. How could he be her driver?
Could it be that she was originally involved in today's pick-up and drop-off?
"Jiajia, I can't help you with this. If I do, I'm afraid my girlfriend will get jealous!"
Regardless of whether Tao Jia was involved or not, he had to nip all possibilities in the bud.
Tao Jia pulled his hand away from her pinch and exclaimed in surprise, "What? You have a girlfriend?"
Yan Bo winced slightly, hissing, and turned to glare at her. "Miss Jiajia, I'm driving. Do you want me to do what you did and bump into someone else's yard?"
Tao Jia chuckled a few times, withdrew her hand, and stared at him with a gossipy look. "Yan Bo, you're really not lying to me? You really have a girlfriend?"
Yan Bo nodded seriously, "Of course it's true. My girlfriend is eighteen years old and very emotionally fragile, so don't give me any bad ideas like pretending to be her boyfriend."
Tao Jia crossed her arms and looked at him, clicking her tongue twice. "Look at you! I misjudged you. I thought you were a real man, but it turns out you're henpecked!"
Yan Bo laughed, "A grown man like me has no conflict with being afraid of his wife."
Tao Jia moved her body further away, pressing her face against the car window.
"Tell me, let's see how you're going to explain this away!"
Yan Bo and Tao Jia have been friends for over a decade. Although they haven't seen each other much in recent years, their friendship remains strong, and they speak to each other very casually.
Judging from her expression and words at this moment, Yan Bo felt that she was also kept in the dark about him coming to pick her up.
"I wasn't planning on covering it up. Anyway, you know my true character better than anyone. What's the point of me pretending or covering it up?"
Tao Jia chuckled and leaned over to give him a light punch on the shoulder.
"That's true! There's really no need for us to pretend in front of each other. We've seen each other's ugly sides, and there's no way we can beautify it by pretending anymore."
Therefore, most childhood sweethearts can only be siblings, because they know each other's strengths but also their weaknesses.
Love, however, always carries a certain degree of blindness; if you see things too clearly, there's no beauty in them anymore.
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