Hearing Wen Sitian mention her parents, Erya suddenly quieted down. After a moment, she nodded vigorously and said, "Sister-in-law, I understand! But you have to promise me that even if I get married in the future, you and my brother can't abandon me!"
"What are you talking about, silly girl? Remember, as long as your brother and I are alive, we will never abandon you! This will always be your home!" Wen Sitian rubbed her hair and said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Erya nodded vigorously with a bright smile on her face.
At the same time, in a house in the staff quarters of the Jingzhou City Public Security Bureau, Zhao Yuan was also preparing for this blind date.
At this time, he was wearing a neat black cashmere coat, with a white shirt and a cashmere sweater inside. His short hair made him look particularly energetic.
Although he is already 43 years old, the years do not seem to have left too many traces on his face. His eyes reveal a calmness and perseverance that comes from years of experience.
Zhao Yuan stood in front of the mirror, adjusted his collar slightly, and couldn't help but recall his past.
Originally, he thought that he might live a lonely life in this way for the rest of his life, but unexpectedly, with the help of the old man and Grandma Deng, his hope was rekindled in his heart, but at the same time he felt a little uneasy.
After calming down his emotions, Zhao Yuan left home and drove towards Houhai.
In an antique teahouse near the Houhai Lake, Zhao Yuan, who arrived twenty minutes early, walked in first and found a seat by the window.
The time they agreed on was 11 o'clock in the morning. When the antique clock at the front desk of the teahouse rang out its heavy time signal, the door of the teahouse was pushed open from the outside.
A beautiful woman with long hair and wearing a beige cashmere coat walked in from outside. It was Erya, Zhao Xiangsi, who came to keep the appointment.
Erya walked into the teahouse and looked around with her bright eyes. Then, she saw Zhao Yuan sitting in the corner.
Zhao Yuan, who heard the voice, happened to look up at this time. When their eyes met, a subtle atmosphere began to slowly spread between them.
But what they didn't know was that when Erya left home for the teahouse to keep her appointment, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian, along with Daya, Funiu, Lin Hongxia and Lele, quietly followed her.
Because he had the coordinates on the world map in his mind, Xu Jianguo was not worried about getting lost. In order not to be discovered by Erya, they waited for more than ten minutes before setting off.
Just when Erya walked into the teahouse, Xu Jianguo's iconic military jeep slowly drove over from a distance.
Zhao Yuan, realizing that he had lost his composure, was the first to come to his senses. He quickly stood up and smiled at Erya.
When Erya saw the smile on his face, she was stunned. She didn't know what was wrong with her, she just felt that she liked this man's smile very much.
And she had an illusion that the man in front of her was not her blind date, but rather an old friend whom she had not seen for a long time, and she had a familiar feeling.
"Hello, I'm Zhao Yuan, you are Zhao Xiangsi, right?" Zhao Yuan looked at Erya who was standing there in a daze, and looked down at his clothes a little unconfidently. After finding that there was nothing rude, he broke the silence and spoke first.
His voice is low and magnetic, making people feel particularly comfortable listening to it.
Erya, who had come back to her senses, blushed slightly and nodded a little embarrassedly, saying, "Hello, I'm Zhao Xiangsi, nice to meet you!"
After the two sat down, the waiter quickly brought a pot of black tea.
After the waiter left, Zhao Yuan picked up the teapot and slowly poured the tea into the cup in front of Erya.
Afterwards, neither of them spoke, but instead picked up their teacups and took a sip of the fragrant tea in the cup, trying to ease the somewhat tense and awkward atmosphere.
After a moment, they both put down their teacups at the same time. Erya was the first to ask, "I heard from Grandma Deng that you were a soldier before?"
Zhao Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, I served in the army for seven years and later went to work in a national special department!"
"Confidential?"
"right!"
"Understood!"
"What are your requirements for your future partner?"
As the topic opened up, the tension and awkwardness between the two began to slowly dissipate. Unknowingly, the topic of conversation shifted from work to life, and from life to their visions of the future.
Neither of them noticed that the tone of their conversations with each other began to become more and more casual, as if they were old friends who had known each other for a long time, without any guard at all.
Zhao Yuan usually speaks less, not because he is introverted, but because of his work, he is accustomed to listening more often.
Because of her previous experience working in the Ministry of Commerce, Erya often needs to deal with people. Moreover, she is in the Ou Mei Trading Department under Wen Sitian, and most of her time she communicates with open-minded foreigners.
Therefore, during their communication, most of the time it was Erya who was talking and Zhao Yuan who was listening.
He listened very carefully, asking questions from time to time, his eyes full of concentration and admiration for Arya.
As the conversation deepened, Erya discovered that Zhao Yuan was a very profound person, with an aura different from most of the soldiers she had met before.
Less aggressive and more reserved.
She also discovered that Zhao Yuan not only had a profound understanding of the international situation, but also had a keen interest in the history and culture of Longxia Kingdom.
When the two talked about the topic of parents, the atmosphere suddenly became a little dull. A trace of sadness flashed in Zhao Yuan's eyes, but he quickly regained his firmness.
Because when Chen Jin introduced Erya's situation to Zhao Yuan, he did not tell him about her parents, so when Zhao Yuan saw the sadness in Erya's eyes, he immediately became a little at a loss although he was originally calm.
The whole scene of the two chatting was seen by several people in the car outside the teahouse.
And the most interesting thing is that when Xu Jianguo's jeep appeared outside the teahouse, Xu Jianguo clearly saw Zhao Yuan's eyes glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally.
As Xu Jianguo, he was naturally qualified to check Zhao Yuan's past experience, so he knew that this guy was the best soldier in the Eighth Bureau of the Ministry of State Security.
If it weren't for injuries and age, he would have had the opportunity to become the deputy chief instructor for training new recruits in the Ministry of State Security.
But it's pretty good now. At least if the two of them can really live together in the future, stability will be the most important thing, so leaving the first-tier city and returning to a normal life is not a bad thing.
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