"Edward, I finally know why you're here now. You're here to make me angry." Daisy stopped suddenly. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Edward. Her behavior made her look a little arrogant and unreasonable. She seemed to be even more charming and attractive wearing the handsome olive-green military uniform.
"Oh, I won't make you angry. I want to live a long time." Was it true that he wouldn't do that? His tone of speaking betrayed him. It seemed that he wanted to make her angry anyway.
"You won't? I doubt it. Are you telling me I'm a fierce woman and not gentle at all, and you're not fond of women like that." Daisy pouted. This woman was the one Edward was familiar with when she asked for affection from him, instead of being cold as if she were about to reject everyone approaching her. The cold woman made herself a stranger to Edward. Edward didn't like this feeling, so he said such things to irritate her deliberately.
"Who said that I am not fond of you? It's better for a woman to be fierce. This way, those lewd men will not try to get close to you. And I will feel better too." Edward looked back at her with a bright smile on his face. But Daisy was almost about to stomp her feet when he said that. It turned out he was just thinking of himself when he told her that.
"Look at you. You're obviously taunting me now. Well, forget it. Why am I serious about it? I don't need to mess with you. I need to get back to work. So go! Stop following me. Or I might get in trouble for acting improperly on base. I'm not going to sacrifice my career for you." Although Daisy said it in a joking tone, this could still happen. The anonymous tip-off last time was a lesson.
"Yes! Mr. Mu, you have an appointment with the commander at 9. But it's almost 11 o'clock now." Luke didn't want to disturb them when they were flirting with each other at all. But they were in someone else's place and he was a commander. So they should show respect to him anyway!
"9 o'clock? Edward, are you challenging the authority of the military in public? You are already late. And you're wasting time here instead of hurrying to your meeting with the commander." It made Daisy's gorge rise to hear that they were late for their appointment. She stared at Edward fiercely, being angry. It was the first time she looked at him so angrily. It was not because he was late, but because he didn't treat the military seriously and didn't show any respect. In Daisy's mind, if he didn't respect the military it meant that he didn't respect her as a soldier which she considered to be a sacred profession.
"I am worried about you. You didn't talk to me just now. So I decided to follow you and to see what happened." Edward's voice got lower. Daisy was about to lose her temper, which made him want to leave as soon as possible.
"Mr. Mu. You're here." The commander stood up as soon as he saw Edward. He didn't feel unpleasant about his being late at all. He thought Edward was late because he was still recovering from his injury. He figured it would take time for Edward to regain his full health. It had already pleased him that Edward agreed to meet him here.
"Commander. I'm sorry. I got distracted when I arrived here, and took a little tour of the base. So I'm a bit late." Edward reached out to shake hands with the commander with a smile. This was his diplomacy. It was his fault that he was late. But he said that he was late because he was delayed due to his tour of the army base. This way, he wouldn't be responsible for being late anymore.
The corners of Luke's mouth twisted heavily. He found that Edward had become more shameless. A tour of the army base? Not at all! He spent too much time at home, okay? Apart from that, he followed Mrs. Mu and kept talking to her. Now, he came to the commander's office unwillingly because he was kicked out of the office by Mrs. Mu.
"No, no. You're not late. It's my honor that you're here. Talking about this, I feel a little awkward. You just left hospital a few days ago. And now I'm asking you to drive all way here. Are you feeling better now?" The commander invited Edward to take a seat. He gestured to the couch and walked towards it, indicating Edward should sit there.
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