Seeing her flustered appearance, Yafei frowned and followed her outside with a puzzled look, asking her curiously along the way, "What's wrong? What happened?"
The female soldier smiled, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Someone's here to see you. They're waiting for you outside."
Yafei's eyebrows twitched, and she had a bad feeling. Could it be that because she didn't go to the guesthouse to find Zheng Jianhua, this person came to her door?
Sure enough, when she arrived at the place, she saw Zheng Jianhua surrounded by many people, smiling warmly and answering every question.
When he saw Yafei arrive, he stopped talking and looked at her with a smile in his eyes.
Under the ambiguous gazes of the crowd, Yafei steeled herself and stepped forward, asking, "Why are you here?"
Zheng Jianhua glanced at the crowd watching the commotion, smiled slightly, and said in a friendly tone, "I noticed you hadn't come, and I was bored by myself, so I came to find you."
As he said this, a hint of barely perceptible grievance appeared on his face. Upon seeing this, the people around him couldn't help but tease him, saying, "Yafei, this is not right of you."
"Your partner has come all this way, how can you leave them alone in an empty house? Shouldn't you take them to see the beautiful scenery of our island?"
"What kind of person is this? What did this guy just say to them?" Yafei looked at Zheng Jianhua, who was smiling broadly, incredulously.
"Don't talk nonsense. We're just ordinary friends. Besides, I have a job to do. What scenery could I possibly be enjoying?" Yafei explained, her face flushed.
Hearing her say that, Zheng Jianhua lowered his eyes and remained silent, but the people around him cheered even more enthusiastically, "Oh~, just ordinary friends, we all understand~".
When Yafei realized that even after explaining things so clearly, these people still didn't believe her and wanted to say something more, she was interrupted by a comrade from the office.
“Yafei, now that your ‘friend’ is here, why don’t you go out and have some fun with him? I’ll ask the company commander for leave for you.”
He emphasized the word "friends" and teased Yafei in a serious tone.
The person who accompanied Director Meng to the Jiang family was Company Commander Yafei. Partly because of Jiang Defu, and partly because of Yafei's own excellence, he was also very concerned about Yafei's marriage.
If he knew that Yafei went out with her boyfriend, he would most likely approve her leave request.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yafei had no choice but to glare at Zheng Jianhua before angrily walking away.
Zheng Jianhua nodded goodbye to everyone before leisurely following behind Yafei.
On the way, Afi angrily asked him, "What exactly did you say to them? Why did they misunderstand you as me...?"
Yafei was too embarrassed to say the last two words, and blushed as she mumbled them.
Zheng Jianhua chuckled and, instead of answering, asked, "What misunderstanding?"
Yafi stomped her foot and said angrily, "You know that!"
Seeing that she seemed genuinely angry, Zheng Jianhua dared not tease her any further and simply said innocently, "I didn't say anything. I told them everything they asked me."
It was just a slightly embellished version of the truth. When people asked him what he was there for, he said he was there to exchange ideas and learn, and also to visit Yafei's father, Commander Jiang Defu.
Zheng Jianhua thought that as Jiang Weidong's friend, it was normal for him to visit his father, and besides, he and Yafei shared the same father, so there was nothing wrong with him calling himself Yafei's father.
When those people asked him what his relationship was with Yafei, Zheng Jianhua smiled awkwardly and said that they were just friends.
Having laid the groundwork beforehand, they naturally didn't believe it, only laughing and saying that they were probably not boyfriend and girlfriend.
Zheng Jianhua just smiled and remained silent, neither admitting nor denying it. After a while, these people naturally assumed that the relationship between the two was not simple.
Zheng Jianhua learned this little trick from Yafei, and it seems to be quite useful now.
Yafei naturally didn't believe it. At this moment, she was flustered and confused, and didn't understand, or didn't want to understand, the meaning behind Zheng Jianhua's actions.
It felt like there were two little voices in her heart, one saying she liked it and the other saying she didn't, leaving her in a dilemma.
Seeing her ears turn red and she remain silent, Zheng Jianhua did not urge her. He simply smiled and followed her slowly, his joy surging in his heart like waves on the beach.
The two walked silently along the beach. Looking at the sandy beach beneath their feet, Yafei finally raised her head and mustered the courage to speak.
Zheng Jianhua also noticed it, held his breath, and waited for her to break through that thin layer of window paper.
Just then, a mournful erhu melody drifted into their ears.
Hearing the familiar music, Yafei seemed a little dazed. Seeing this, Zheng Jianhua's face darkened.
Looking at that lonely figure, Zheng Jianhua's eyes were as cold as ice. Of course he knew who this person was: Yafei's first love, Yu Daguang, whose relationship ended abruptly.
He never fights a battle unprepared. Before coming here, he had read Yu Daguang's file and even knew the comments his superiors made about him.
Zheng Jianhua had a pretty good idea of how he and Yafei had fallen out, so he wasn't particularly wary of him.
After all, given Yafei's proud and arrogant nature, Yu Daguang would have been out of the running for her long ago.
Therefore, although Zheng Jianhua was angry, he was not in a hurry and just waited quietly for Yafei's reaction.
As expected, Yafei quickly came to her senses, a hint of impatience flashing in her eyes. She whispered to Zheng Jianhua, "Let's go a little further away, so as not to delay their playing."
Zheng Jianhua was satisfied and nodded happily, "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."
After waiting for a while without seeing Yafei come over, Yu Daguang, who had been pretending to be nonchalant, finally couldn't keep up the act any longer. He turned around and saw the two of them walking further and further away, so he quickly called out, "Yafei, wait a minute."
Seeing that Yafei kept walking, Yu Daguang picked up the erhu and jogged to catch up with the two.
With him blocking her way, Yafei frowned impatiently. "Quartermaster Yu, is there something you need? We're busy right now."
Yu Daguang sized up Zheng Jianhua, who was standing very close to Yafei. Seeing his handsome appearance and extraordinary demeanor, he couldn't help but feel a little wary and asked, "What is your relationship?"
Hearing his accusatory tone, Yafei laughed in exasperation, "This has nothing to do with you."
Faced with Yafei's emotionless gaze, Yu Daguang felt uneasy and hurriedly said, "Yafei, it was my fault before, but you shouldn't have ended our relationship so hastily."
"I really like you. I was timid at first, but now I'm ready. No matter what, I will never give up on our relationship."
"Can you give me another chance? I won't let you down."
Listening to his heartfelt confession, Yafei remained calm. If he had said those words sooner, there might still be a chance between them.
But now it was all too late. Yafi felt nothing, but instead found it noisy and incredibly annoying.
Zheng Jianhua had remained silent, focusing only on Yafei's expression. At that moment, he immediately noticed her irritation and felt a surge of joy.
Seeing Yu Daguang still chattering on and on, Zheng Jianhua smiled, put his arm around Yafei's shoulder, pulled her closer to him, and declared his ownership to Yu Daguang.
"Comrade, I'm sorry you're late."
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