Qin Xiu couldn’t help adjusting his breath. He heard his heart “pounding” and her light footsteps, which hit his heart like a drum and a gurgling piano.
He thought that he was even more enamoured now, and his world was invaded by her.
Seeing her figure walking towards him step by step, Qin Xiu’s elegant and handsome face revealed a more heart-warming smile, and instead of staying in place to wait, he stepped forward to greet her.
“We meet again, Ye Jian.” Yes, he met again, the girl who made him fall in love at first sight. His gaze fell on her face implicitly and politely, so gentle that there was no trace of offense that he was literally staring at her.
As he approached, Qin Xiu only knew how much Ye Jian had changed.
The military academy life did not tan her skin; she was as fair as before. She had the fair skin that most girls dreamed of, and she should be particularly eye-catching when she walked into school.
Her eyebrows were also fully stretched. At the territory, the place was dark, the light was dim, so he did not look at her carefully. Seeing her stretched eyebrows now, they looked like a pink lotus with its head protruding from a thousand-year-old green leaf, with its petals growing outwards, and looking rather delicate…
Then he glanced, not deliberately, at Ye Jian’s eyes.
Ye Jian, who had always been keen, faintly felt Qin Xiu’s eyes on her, but she didn’t think much about it as he quickly moved his eyes away.
She politely held his outstretched hand and smiled, “I read your information in the car just now, Ambassador Qin, happy to work with you.”
“Likewise.” Qin Xiu withdrew his hand calmly and stood on his side gracefully and naturally. He could still feel her soft touch on the palm of his hand. It was dry, warm, and soft as if it was boneless.
As a diplomat, hiding his emotions was a compulsory course. In his eyes, his expression was very natural, as if they were ordinary friends meeting each other. He was polite, making people feel as comfortable as a spring breeze.
Standing next to Qin Xiu, V8 blinked quietly at Ye Jian. When Qin Xiu introduced him, V8 held out his hand solemnly, shook hands, and greeted a simple “hello.”
V8 was a special soldier, and Ye Jian was a military academy cadet whose identity needed to be kept secret. It was naturally impossible for the two to “know each other.”
“You go change your clothes first; we will wait for you downstairs.” Qin Xiu handed the paper bag in his hand to Ye Jian, “You guys are all escorts, so you need to change your clothes.”
The dress code was a uniform suit personally designed by the female staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When Ye Jian went upstairs to change her clothes, the confidential staff who picked her up told Qin Xiu about her previous question with a smile and joked, “Ambassador Qin, you must behave well, you can’t let her misunderstand that you can’t even take care of your yourself in life.”
Qin Xiu stroked his forehead with a helpless expression.
Was this really the impression he gave to Ye Jian, a terrible impression that he did not know how to take care of himself? No good, he had to do well this time.
So, after getting in the car, Qin Xiu smiled and said to Ye Jian, “I have been in intensive training for the past two years, and my failure to recognize my way and easily get lost has been improved. Like when I went to your school that year, remember I got lost just after walking one round at the back? That phenomenon no longer exists.”
Ye Jian quickly realized why he had said this and suddenly became a little uncomfortable. “If I said something wrong before, please forgive me, Ambassador Win.”
“Qin Xiu, my name is Qin Xiu; you can call me by my name directly.” Qin Xiu didn’t like the word “ambassador.” He continued with a smile, “We have known each other for a few years, although we don’t meet many times. You can say that we are also acquaintances, so you don’t have to be too polite.
