Chapter 267 Eli's Test
"Wanwan! Wanwanwanwanwanwan..."
Tong Wanwan heard the sound coming from the front door from such a long distance that she didn't need the doorbell to remind her.
It was Major General Eli who brought the two children back.
"I'm coming!" Tong Wanwan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She also responded and went outside to open the door for them.
Eli had sharp ears. When he heard Tong Wanwan's voice, he stopped shouting and obediently led the two children to wait outside.
After opening the door, Daya fell into Tong Wanwan's arms with a familiar "click". Savannah also immediately moved from Eli's side to Tong Wanwan's side.
"Alright, you guys," Eli frowned, feigning anger. "You're just going to throw it away after you use it?"
He happened to be free these few days, so he took the brother and sister around and took them to various schools to see if there was any environment they liked, just to get a feel for it.
Daya buried her head in Tong Wanwan's arms, her eyelashes fluttering. Her voice was soft and gentle, but the words she spoke were like an arrow that pierced Yilai's little heart. "I like Brother Yilai, but I like Sister Wanwan even more."
Eli covered his chest, his gray-green eyes watery as he looked at the other child.
Savannah tilted her head and nodded in agreement.
Eli: “…”
The second arrow flew over.
"Okay, okay."
Eli lowered his eyelids and sighed, then realized belatedly that he had been standing at the door for so long, and no one had come to chase him away?!
The blond major general glanced towards the front yard of the villa and said, "Wanwan, isn't Lord Elvis here?"
Tong Wanwan shook her head: "I have to work today."
Eli shuddered.
Work...good job!
A man and a woman alone, if you don't make an effort now, when will you?
Eli's thoughts raced, but the smile on his lips remained unchanged. "Wanwan, do you have time now?"
Tong Wanwan curled her eyes and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Well, there's something I want to tell you..." With all the extra time to spend alone together, Eli didn't behave as he thought he would, but instead became reserved. "Want to go for a walk? We can talk while we walk."
He pointed to the street outside.
He remembered that road very well.
This was Tong Wanwan's morning jogging route. He had also secretly followed her when they were pets.
and……
The only time Tong Wanwan ran out anxiously to look for the little white lion because she couldn't find it, he and Tracy followed her silently all the way.
Tong Wanwan was slightly stunned.
"good."
The streets in winter inevitably seem a little deserted.
Tong Wanwan noticed that when they were alone, Major General Eli was surprisingly quiet. He didn't chatter like usual, but simply walked side by side, a faint, warm smile etched across his eyes and brows.
She realized later that Eli wasn't wearing his uniform today, but a light camel-colored coat, with a gray-green scarf wrapped around his neck, the same color as his pupils. He was a bit tanner than when they first met, his original milky white complexion now tanned, giving him an unexpectedly uninhibited youthful air.
Tong Wanwan's casual glance made Eli stiffen slightly.
He wasn't a coward, nor was he weak-willed. But for some reason, at this moment, he couldn't calmly meet Tong Wanwan's gaze.
Perhaps, it was because he was worried that the other person would discover the complex emotions surging in his eyes.
Eli walked while thinking about how to start.
After a moment, his throat tightened slightly as he asked, "Wanwan, how are you and Elvis...?"
Tong Wanwan was stunned for a moment and found it a little funny.
Why are her friends so concerned about her love life?
This is true for Davina and Lily, and also for Eli.
"Very good, Mr. Marshal is a very good person." She thought for a moment and added, "He is very good to me too."
He will remember every word she said, even if it was just unintentional; he is willing to accompany her to do things that he is not good at, whether it is cooking, making desserts, or other things; he will accompany her in training and grow up, and even if it involves life-threatening danger, he will never give up on her or leave her even a step.
Of course, it was enough for her to just know these details. Tong Wanwan also felt strange about having to tell Eli everything.
"Is that so..." Eli murmured, his originally clear voice seemed to be filled with loss and restraint, and a little hoarse.
Without the other party saying much, he had already seen the answer from her eyes that were dancing with light.
At this point, the fear and worry in Eli's heart slowly dissipated.
"What if..." He sorted out his thoughts, was silent for a moment, and then continued to ask, "What if the person who confessed to you first was not Elvis, but someone else in the store..."
"Will Wanwan agree?"
Tong Wanwan froze in place.
She is just slow, not insensitive.
Meeting the blond young man's gaze, no matter who is standing in front of him, they will clearly understand what the other party really wants to ask.
Those gray-green eyes, at this moment, rarely revealed a dark and anxious color, staring straight at her with a direct and fiery light.
It was…a color Eli had never let her see before.
Tong Wanwan was stunned for several seconds, and the smile in her eyes slowly disappeared.
She lowered her eyelids and thought seriously.
Every second was a great torment for Eli.
But the person he secretly admired didn't make him wait too long. Or rather, she was only thinking seriously about what kind of answer would give him the greatest respect.
The next moment, Eli heard a gentle yet firm voice.
She said, no.
Because, a long, long time ago.
Maybe it was when she first met Elvis...she had already fallen in love with him.
It’s just that I don’t know it.
“…”
Eli was silent for a long moment.
After a long while, he finally released the pent-up anger in his chest and abdomen. "Is that so..."
It’s not a question of who comes first, but because... I already like that person.
"I see."
Eli's voice was a little hoarse, but it didn't stop him from smiling again. "Do you need me to walk you to the door?"
They had not walked far, and when they turned around, they could still see the top of the villa.
"No need," Tong Wanwan declined politely. "It's only a few steps away. Mr. Eli, do you want the hovercraft to come over? It's easier to stop at this intersection."
"Okay." Eli didn't refuse.
He pretended to raise the light brain on his wrist, but his peripheral vision was following the other person's figure as he walked away.
It was not until she saw a tall figure walking towards her not far away and hugging her who had suddenly accelerated and rushed over that Eli lowered her eyelids in a daze, retracted her gaze, and turned away.
He knows.
Some thoughts are destined not to be responded to, some roads are destined not to be feasible, and some loves are destined not to be returned even if they last until death.
Getting an answer may be the best response.
(End of this chapter)
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