Since she had thought of Daniel a moment ago, Molly was still somewhat sad when she got off the car. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she looked around by instinct. All of a sudden, she froze where she was standing.
Not far away before her eyes, there was Edgar, behind whom were Daniel and Cathy. Edgar first walked forward to shake hands with Brian. Then turning his head to look at Molly, he made fun of her by saying, "Well, we haven't seen each other for only two years. How can you become so dumb?"
Hearing Edgar's voice, Molly suddenly came to herself. She only glared at Edgar at what he had said. She walked forward to hold Daniel in her arms and then gave Cathy a hug too. She was too excited to utter a word.
"Sister Molly!" with a brave voice, Daniel called her name. His eyes turned red on his dark face.
"Sister Molly!" sweet and gentle as a flower, Cathy greeted her with a sweet smile on her face. Then she looked at Brian and greeted him, "Brother Brian!"
Turning his head, Brian looked at Cathy like a pampering elder brother. He stroked her head and short hair softly and said, "You look much mature now!"
Hearing Brian's comment, Cathy raised her chin and pointed at the mark on her shoulder. In a proud expression on her face, she said, "Of course. I'm a major now!"
"You've done a good job!" proud of what she had achieved, Brian complimented her in an indifferent voice, which sounded neither cold nor warm. However, delight and joy were apparent in his eyes, as if he was looking at his own sister who had made great achievements.
Standing in front of Brian and looking at him, Daniel no longer feared him as he once had before. He had enough self-confidence now. Seeing that Brian was praising Cathy, he said in a hurry, "My brother-in-law, I'm a major too!"
"I saw your shoulder mark as soon as I got off the cruiser," nodding his head towards him, Brian responded, while a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Hearing that, Daniel looked at Cathy complacently with stars in his eyes. Cathy pouted and snorted at him.
Seeing such expressions on the faces of the two of them, Billy and several privates who were standing on guard aside all opened their eyes wide, as if they could not believe that one of them was the instructor of the newly established military operation department, while the other was the director of Falcon Commando.
"All right. You will have enough time to talk about the old days," Edgar said with a smile on his face. "I grant the two of you leave this evening. You can relax."
As soon as his words faded away, Daniel and Cathy stood at attention and saluted to him, "Yes, Sir!"
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