Chapter 8, Chapter 008...
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"Where did you serve in the army?" Jiang Lai suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have asked this question before.
"I'm currently in Heilongjiang Province. I was transferred there from Inner Mongolia at the end of last year. I only had time to come back and visit relatives after things were settled there," Ye Anguo replied.
"Your military region can transfer personnel across provinces like this?" Jiang Lai thought for a moment. A military region is so big, and Ye Anguo's position is only a regimental commander. There are countless regimental commanders in these two military regions. How capable must he be to be able to transfer personnel across military regions?
"Our entire division has been redeployed; I can't say more." - Ye Anguo
"Then I won't ask anymore. But speaking of which, is it very cold where you live? It's not really appropriate for you to buy clothes for them from the man's side, unless you buy summer clothes." Jiang Lai knew how cold the winters were in Heilongjiang Province.
"It's quite cold. People should be wearing sweaters by now," Ye Anguo said after thinking for a moment.
"Should? You're a father, how could you not know what clothes to wear? How did your three adopted sons survive until now?" Jiang Lai expressed her concern for Ye Wenyu and his two brothers.
"I was fine myself. I was wearing only a single layer of clothing when I came back. It seems like the kids were wearing an extra layer of clothing compared to me?" Ye Anguo said.
"It seems so?" Jiang Lai tilted her head to look at him.
"Well, when I'm busy with my mission, I leave the children with a woman in our family building. I only had a quick meeting with them before I came back, and then I received a message from home and rushed back." Ye Anguo's ears turned suspiciously red as he spoke.
Now that she and Ye Anguo are in a romantic relationship, she asked with concern when she heard him say that, "Did something important happen that made you rush back home? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"It's nothing serious, it's just that my parents told me they were sick to trick me into coming back for a blind date," Ye Anguo said with an unnatural expression.
"I understand, it's a classic scene from many novels and TV dramas." Jiang Lai expressed her understanding, but she still had to ask the questions and say what needed to be said: "Did you go on a blind date with the girl your parents arranged?"
"No." Ye Anguo quickly shook his head: "I ran into you as soon as I got back, and my parents know my temperament, so they won't arrange blind dates in advance."
"Don't be nervous, I won't get angry over something like this." Jiang Lai found Ye Anguo's nervous expression somewhat amusing.
"Jiang Lai?" A voice came from behind. Jiang Lai turned around and saw Wu Chunzhu, a colleague of the original owner of the body in the Women's Federation. However, in the original owner's memory, this person and Jiang Lai did not get along very well. How to put it, she was unilaterally envious, jealous and hateful of Jiang Lai, and the original owner did not like to talk to her.
"Jiang Lai, I thought you had something to do when you took leave. I didn't expect you to be shopping at the department store with your boyfriend." Wu Chunzhu said with a wink, as if she had a good relationship with Jiang Lai. However, the meaning behind her words was not friendly. It was as if Jiang Lai was irresponsible at work and was going on a date during work hours.
"Of course I had something to do when I asked for leave. Besides, you didn't even ask for leave and you can come to the department store, so why can't I?" Jiang Lai wasn't the kind of person who would turn the other cheek after being slapped on the left; she directly retorted.
"Oh dear, I didn't say you can't go to department stores. Why are you so worried? Let me tell you, you can't be like this once you're in a relationship. If you get married with this kind of personality, you'll suffer."
Wu Chunzhu was quite something. Not only did she not change her expression after hearing Jiang Lai's words, but she could also say something like that. Her mental fortitude was good, but her green tea tactics weren't sophisticated enough. She turned to Ye Anguo and said, "Comrade, you must treat our Jiang Lai well. So many people are chasing after her every day. If she chooses someone who doesn't treat her well in the end, we colleagues won't stand for it."
Jiang Lai remained silent, simply watching Wu Chunzhu's performance, which somehow managed to bring out a whole host of suitors for her in front of Ye Anguo.
As Wu Chunzhu spoke to Ye Anguo, she moved closer and closer, while secretly glancing at Jiang Lai's expression out of the corner of her eye. If Jiang Lai still couldn't figure out what kind of person the other party was, then she would have lived all these years in vain and watched so many TV dramas for nothing.
However, Jiang Lai didn't interrupt her. She wanted to see what kind of nonsense Wu Chunzhu would come up with in the end, and also to see how Ye Anguo would deal with a woman like Wu Chunzhu who was after his status.
It wasn't that Jiang Lai wronged Wu Chunzhu. In fact, this person was very opportunistic. Wu Chunzhu was a year older than Jiang Lai. They were supposed to get married last year, but because her fiancé's family offended someone, she lost her job. In this situation, unemployed young people had to go to the countryside to become educated youth. Originally, if they had gotten married, the other party could have stayed.
Wu Chunzhu's future mother-in-law said that if they got married, her son would take over her job. However, Wu Chunzhu disliked that her future mother-in-law had lost her job and offended people, and was afraid that she would suffer if she married her. So she broke off the engagement. Her future mother-in-law was heartbroken and went to the Northwest to work in the countryside.
After that, Wu Chunzhu launched an offensive against men with good jobs, regardless of whether they had partners or fiancés. She did not choose those who were married because the men she liked all had children or were too old.
Because Wu Chunzhu is quite pretty, although she's a low-level green tea bitch, many people can't tell the difference at this point. One of the original owner's classmates had her boyfriend stolen by her. Although her actions were disgusting, on the bright side, the original owner's classmate got rid of a scumbag.
Jiang Lai guessed that Wu Chunzhu's current pretentious behavior was probably because she was interested in Ye Anguo's status. Moreover, Ye Anguo was dressed specially for today's blind date, wearing brand-new leather shoes and a watch, making him look respectable.
Wearing a military uniform was actually quite common, since they were everywhere. At that time, the popular clothing was modified military uniforms, Zhongshan suits, and work clothes. But since Yi Anguo was a cadre, his jacket had four pockets.
Wu Chunzhu thought that Jiang Lai's whole family were workers, so she figured that the person she was looking for must be someone of high status. That's why she came up to inquire. As a result, Jiang Lai heard her asking about Ye Anguo in a roundabout way.
Then Jiang Lai discovered that there really are men in this world who can spot a green tea bitch, and she even met one.
"Thank you, comrade. Comrade Jiang Lai is indeed as excellent as I thought. I will definitely treat her even better to live up to your special explanation," Ye Anguo said to Wu Chunzhu with a serious expression.
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