Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 1315

Immediately, everybody else followed him, booing and hooting. They didn't stop until Maggie's face had become as red as blood and Edgar said, "Don't tease her. Let's drink".

At the same time, Acid carried a big bowl of soup into the room. Following him was a woman, who seemed to be in her early thirties. The woman carried a tray of dough drop in sour soup in her hands.

"Edgar, what are you talking about? You all look so happy," the woman asked while placing the tray on the table. Then, turning her head to look at Maggie, she continued, "This must be the young Mrs. Gu Acid told me about, right?" Without waiting for the answer from Maggie or anybody else, she wiped her hands hastily with the apron she wore before stretching her hand out towards Maggie and introducing herself, "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Gu. My name is Mamie. I'm older now, but they all still treat me as their little younger sister."

In a hurry, Maggie stood up and shook hands with Mamie. With a big smile on her face, she introduced herself in turn, "Nice to meet you, Mamie. Please don't call me Mrs. Gu as they do. You may call me Maggie."

"Okay, Maggie," Mamie said, smiling. Then she made a gesture, hinting everybody to be seated. She and Acid also joined them.

While eating, the company was pleasant and they all talked and laughed. The dinner had started from before seven o'clock, when dusk had fallen, and didn't come to an end until after eleven o'clock that night. Some of them were even quite drunk. They cried out loud while talking.

Edgar spoke less and less as the dinner went on. He was almost silent. Zachary was somewhat drunk too. Every time he mentioned events that they had experienced while they were in the Sharp Blade Commando, he could not help but weep. On the contrary, as a woman, Mamie seemed to be very strong-minded.

Maggie felt that the strongest-minded person in the room was Mamie, rather than any one of these men present. She learned from their conversation that Mamie's father had been a member of the Sharp Blade Commando. He had died a martyr's death when he went out on his last mission together with Edgar, before his planned retirement from the army. Maggie had never seen Edgar as sad and self-condemning as when he mentioned the death of Mamie's father. He looked unprecedentedly sad, as if his heart was still breaking over his comrade's death. As the captain of the Sharp Blade Commando, he must have suffered more pain and distress than any other member when that incident had happened.