Upon being reminded by Commander-in-Chief Xia, Lieutenant Colonel Xia immediately realized his mistake and understood his father’s plan.
“You old man, you really amazed me this time, accidentally bump into them in the airport? I have to say you’re still a sneaky one for your age, not bad, not bad.”
But he was amazed. If he failed, he would be so upset with himself.
With admiration from his son, Lieutenant Colonel Xia, Commander-in-Chief Xia chuckled, “heh,” obviously satisfied with himself.
His son was also cheeky…but it was just a child’s play in front of his years of experience.
“Okay, you sit down now and keep an eye out. When you see Little Ye and her father coming in from which direction, we will follow behind them. Remember, we are here to bump into them by chance. You better not reveal the plan! Not even to Little Ye, you got it?” The troubled Commander-in-Chief Xia considered all aspects for this plan. If his future daughter-in-law knew that he, her future father-in-law, had thought of this sneaky plan, he was afraid that it would tarnish his good image!
Lieutenant Colonel Xia quickly understood Commander-in-Chief Xia’s meaning. He raised his hand to cover his mouth and let out a low laugh before saying, “Don’t worry. I will definitely not make you lose your face this time.”
“You stinky boy, you better know to behave!” Commander-in-Chief Xia knew that Xia Jinyuan had seen through his thoughts, annoyed but also funny, he raised his hand and smacked his son on the shoulder. Fortunately, they were at the airport. If they were at home, he would have kicked this boy.
Commander-in-Chief Xia wore a thin coat on the outside, covering his short-sleeved summer military uniforms inside, and at the same time, also covering his glittering military ranks. When talking to Xia Jinyuan, he wasn’t pretentious; he acted as if they were just chatting like normal father and son would do. Their relationship looked as if they were teasing each other, letting others know at a glance that their relationship was quite good.
Madam Li pushed Miss Xiao lightly and sighed, “Okay, Shu Man, what good is there to keep looking? Doesn’t it make you sad when you see it? Look at you, you are sad, but they are happy. Aren’t you just making things difficult for yourself?”
“Let’s go, let’s go, don’t look at them. Otherwise, you’re just going to cry again.”
She was already in her fifties; how could she keep having her eyes red and letting her tears fall?
Mrs. Li didn’t say this out loud. Her good friend had always been like this. She had a good life where people would come and comfort her when she was sad, but she was old now; what was the point if she kept crying helplessly? What good was it? Was she still hoping for another man to come and comfort her?
Wake up! She was already in her fifties. The skin on her body was also wrinkled and had lost its elasticity. It was time to admit her fate.
Therefore, young people shouldn’t rely on their youth and think they could play the fool and make a mess because of a little temper. You could still endure the hardships a little bit when you were young, it could make you tougher if you could grow out of the hardships, and it would be beneficial to you.
If you didn’t hone yourself when you were young, it would be torture if you were to hone yourself when you were old.
This friend of hers had a typical childish temperament when she was young, and the consequences of her actions had finally begun to show when she was older.
Miss Xiao did not move. She just kept watching her son with those greedy eyes of hers and talked to Mrs. Li softly, “I haven’t seen him for a long time, Cheng Lan. Don’t you think he has become so much darker? He seems to have lost a lot of weight. It seems that he had suffered a lot in the army and had lost weight.”
“It’s useless for you to feel bad. You can’t persuade him to retire.” Mrs.Li glanced at the young man who was talking to his father with his head sideways. The relationship between the father and son was really good. Mr. Du said that Old Xia was always never satisfied with his naughty son, but she really couldn’t see any dissatisfaction.
