"Oh, well, Sophia, listen to me..." Zhao Xiaohai looked a little embarrassed. He threw the half-smoked cigarette out of the car and then said.
"I'm not finished yet!" Sophia seemed a little agitated. She sat up straight and continued, "You said you were a businessman, and profit is everything. Well, look at how much you've made in the past month. I think if you deduct the portion we need, you probably wouldn't be able to buy two or three pianos like that with what you kept. And yet you tell me you're only after profit? Ha, I've seen many profit-seeking businessmen, but this is the first time I've seen someone like you."
"Haha, this is necessary," Zhao Xiaohai said with a smile, "Sophia, you have to know that there are many types of investments in this business world. There are trade investments, production investments, and naturally there are also expectation investments. What I am doing now is expectation investment, I..."
"I don't understand your investment stuff. You don't have to tell me, and I don't want to hear it," Sophia interrupted Zhao Xiaohai again, shaking her head. "I only know that what you're doing now is bribery. You're bribing Soviet soldiers, and high-ranking generals at that. Zhao Xiaohai, do you know that this is a serious crime in our army? If the people above the Security Committee find out, they can secretly arrest and execute you, a foreigner, without trial. Do you know this?! And here, our superiors' informants are almost everywhere. Those activities that you think you're doing secretly may have been caught in their sight for a long time. Do you know this?"
"Oh my god, are you worried about me?" Zhao Xiaohai pretended to be shocked, widened his eyes, and looked at Sophia with an incredible look.
"You!" Looking at Zhao Xiaohai's artificial expression, Sophia wanted to smash his head with a punch. She really didn't understand whether this man was too thick-skinned or didn't even know how to write the word death.
"Can you be more serious?" Suppressing the resentment in her heart, Sophia reached out and pinched Zhao Xiaohai's thigh, while speaking with a bit of resentment. She didn't expect that her pinching action was really ambiguous, and it seemed to be no different from the flirting between lovers.
"Ouch, it hurts! It hurts so much! Can you be a little gentler?" Zhao Xiaohai pretended to cry out in pain, but took the opportunity to grab Sophia's small hand in his palm.
"It would be best if I let you die in pain. It's much better to die in my hands than to fall into the hands of those people in the Security Committee." The warmth in Zhao Xiaohai's palm made Sophia blush slightly. She tried to pull her hand back, but failed. She wanted to give this frivolous man a hard blow, but she felt she couldn't bring herself to do it. After much hesitation, she simply gave up and let Zhao Xiaohai play with her little hand.
This was the first time Zhao Xiaohai had carefully caressed Sophia's small hand. He felt that this woman's hands were quite unique: small, with long, slender fingers. Her palms were covered in calluses, while the skin on the backs was smooth, tender, and voluptuous. As Zhao Xiaohai played with her, he wondered if all female soldiers' hands looked like this.
"Hey, Zhao," Sophia was a little moved by Zhao Xiaohai's touch. She leaned to the right and pressed her shoulder against his arm. Then she sighed and said, "Can you please stop doing this? In fact, according to the current situation, even if you only do legitimate business, you can still make a lot of money. Why take all these risks now? Even if it is..."
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you looking at?" Sophia hadn't finished her sentence when Zhao Xiaohai interrupted her. He glared at the driver and shouted, "You're driving, but you're not looking at the road. Why are you looking at us? Be careful, or you'll drive into a ditch. Comrade Zyuganov will skin you alive."
The large man was one of the two guards who had accompanied Zhao Xiaohai to China. Hearing Zhao Xiaohai's shout, he quickly turned his head and gave an awkward smile. He was about to say something, but then he was met with Sophia's sharp gaze. Having spent years in the military, he naturally knew what kind of person Major Sophia was. He subconsciously shuddered, not daring to say a word. He quickly turned his head, shrank his neck, and drove off obediently.
"This guy is dishonest. He actually dared to peek at us, hehe." With a hint of laughter, Zhao Xiaohai grabbed Sophia's little hand, placed it on his lips and kissed it, and then pretended to be in a daze and said, "Oh, what did you say just now?"
"Nothing." Sophia sighed inwardly. She knew Zhao Xiaohai's character. This man seemed to be frivolous and playful all day long, but deep down, he had the right ideas. As a woman, she could never change the decisions he made. This was the most hateful thing about this man. But then again, if he had a deadpan expression all day long, or was weak-willed and cowardly, would she still like him? Probably not, Sophia thought.
"Xiao Hai, how many days do you plan to stay here this time?" Knowing that she couldn't persuade him, Sophia didn't plan to waste any more time, so she asked.
"That depends on the situation." From the casual change in how Sophia addressed him, Zhao Xiaohai knew that this woman, known for her violent tendencies, had fallen for him. Logically, this was what he had always hoped for and worked tirelessly for, but now that his goal had been achieved, he felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
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