Chapter 69 I Am Not Your Soldier. (1/2)
Li Baoer hangs the last dress to dry and takes a long breath. Finally, she has finished washing all the clothes.
Seemingly, Xia Ning was worried that she did not have enough clothes to wear. She bought a pile of them, of all styles for her. As far as she knows, Xia Ning bought more clothes for her than for herself. She is really grateful to Xia Ning.
When she gets settled down here, she will do something for her.
Seeing that there are still some coats not to be washed on the bed, Li Baoer packs them with poly bags before hanging them in the wardrobe.
After finishing all these, Li Baoer turns on her computer. She wants to transfer some money to her mother. But she doesn’t feel it the right time. She knows her mother. She will definitely make rootless guesses.
Let it be. It will be better for her to wait for some days until she finds a job.
“Ding…”
The bell rings. Li Baoer glances at the clock. It is nine in the evening. Who will come at this time?
She has just arrived in C city. She doesn’t expect any visitors.
She looks through the peephole in the door. When she sees who it is, she is shocked by confusion.
It is Dai Zhongheng.
It is late in the evening. Why does he come?
The bell rings again. Li Baoer feels her heart beating rapidly.
Although Dai Zhongheng told her that he had a girl in love. She has kind of dropped the idea. However, he is offering himself now. She is very nervous.
And she is very happy…
She takes a breath to stabilize her emotion and opens the door, “Why? Colonel Dai，what brings you here so late at night?”
Dai Zhongheng wears the army uniform. He is tall, handsome and strong.
Li Baoer looks at him and her heart jumps frequently.
Dai Zhongheng hesitates. Then, he takes out a big doll behind him and gives it to Li Baoer, “At noon, you said that your room lacked a doll. Do you think this one is OK?”
It is Snoopy. Although it looks a little tacky, it is half-man tall. It is imaginable that holding it will be very warm.
Li Baoer loses herself in the thought for a while and she blushes, “I…I was just kidding. I am already twenty-seven. How can I still want to have a doll?”
Hearing what Li Baoer said, Dai Zhongheng, carrying the doll, feels very embarrassed.
“Ugh.” Dai Zhongheng makes a cough. He is shy, “Sorry. I might make a mistake. The doll…”
“I will take the doll…” Li Baoer grabs the doll and suddenly finds herself too anxious, “Well…Err, it is a pity. It is cute.”
Dai Zhongheng smiles, “It is great that you like it.”
“Well, doesn’t Colonel Dai have a girl in love? Did you ever give her a doll?”
Dai Zhongheng is stunned. He lowers his head to look at the floor, “She, she doesn’t like these things.”
“Oh. I see.” Li Baoer is upset. At the moment, her phone rings. She takes it to look. Her mother calls. She says, “Colonel Dai, why don’t you come in. I will answer the phone.”
Li Baoer turns to walk back to the house. Dai Zhongheng made the plan that he would leave after giving the gift. But now, he wonders whether he should come in the house or not.
He hesitates for a while until he finds that in the house, there are lots of things on the floor. He comes in and closes the door.
The house is cleaned up, but the floor is scattered with stuff like packing boxes and labels. Dai Zhongheng looks around and takes a broom to sweep the floor.
“Mom, don’t worry. I am good in C city. Ning is very nice to me…don’t hurry to arrange the blind date until I get everything settled down here…It is all right. I know. Mom, don’t worry.”
Some of Li Baoer’s speech is heard from the bedroom. When he hears the words “blind date”, Dai Zhongheng’s heart tightens.
“Blind date…”
“Hum. OK. I know. When my job gets stable, I will try to make some time and go home. Mom, take care. Be happy. I will give you a surprise in a few days. What surprise? I will not tell you now. That is all. Bye.” Li Baoer hangs up quickly and takes a long breath.
Coming to C city is a sudden decision. She didn’t know that her mother had arranged a blind date for her. Her head aches.
Hearing there are some noises outside, Li Baoer cries “Damn” silently.
She forgets that Dai Zhongheng is there.
She hurriedly comes out of the bedroom and finds that Dai Zhongheng has cleaned up the living room. Li Baoer is shy, “Sorry, Colonel Dai. My mother is verbose. I am sorry.”
Dai Zhongheng smiles, “It doesn’t matter. Mothers are all worried about their daughters. It is natural. And you should not feel bored. You should please her no matter what she says. To be nice to her when she is still here for you…” Dai Zhongheng pauses here. He is shy, “Sorry, what I am talking about!”
“It is all right.” Li Baoer shakes her head. She remembers the incident that General Dai Zhen lost his wife. Her heart aches, “Err, I just can’t get settled down and my mother is worried about me. Well, Colonel Dai, please wait for a minute.”
Saying this, Li Baoer runs into the kitchen and comes back with a cup of warm water, “Colonel Dai, I have just moved in. I don’t have any good things to treat you. Sorry.”
Dai Zhongheng takes the cup, “If you think I am your friend, please don’t say the guest’s formula.”