Chapter 538 - ‘What If’ Did Not Exist (1/2)

Chapter 538: ‘What If’ Did Not Exist

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Alright, she had a guilty conscience.

“It’s so rare for you to take the initiative to ask me out.” Zhai Sheng focused his deep gaze on Qiao Nan.

In the past, when Qiao Nan was in Ping Cheng and he was in the army, Zhai Sheng could only talk on the phone with her once or twice a week. However, now that both of them were in the army camp, they could not see each other for various reasons. Zhai Sheng realized that not being able to see each other even though they were close by was the most torturous thing to him.

They were so close, yet worlds apart.

Qiao Nan was in a mixture of bewilderment and amus.e.m.e.nt. They were in the same army camp, but why did it seem like Brother Zhai missed her much more than before? “Brother Zhai, keep a check on your gaze. Your eyes are brighter than the stars in the sky. The people in the army are very sharp.”

“The stars may be bright, but they are not as bright as the moon.”

Qiao Nan blushed. “Brother Zhai, I ask you out today as I have something to ask you.”

“I knew it.” Qiao Nan almost doubted that there was something wrong with her hearing. From Brother Zhai’s tone, he seemed to bear a grudge against her. He sounded as if she was heartless and would only ask him out when she needed a favor from him.

“Brother Zhai, can we have a talk nicely?”

“One has to be in love to know the torture of pining for your loved ones?”

“Hey…” Qiao Nan had a headache and had gooseb.u.mps all over her body. At the same time, it was embarra.s.sing to be happy when hearing those words. Her actual age was not eighteen years old. How could she fall for such honeyed words? “Brother Zhai, is it because you take me as a teacher that you recited that line to me?”

What she really wanted to ask was whether Brother Zhai read a lot of romance novels or dating guide books recently.

No wonder it was said that hooligans who knew how to fight were not to be feared, but one must be fearful of cultured hooligans.

But the cultured military hooligan who stood in front of her was the most terrifying of all.

Seeing that Qiao Nan was as uneasy as a rabbit, looking around to hide in a rabbit hole, Zhai Sheng returned to normal. “What is it?”

“It’s regarding the s.h.i.+ family.” Qiao Nan quickly breathed a sigh of relief when Zhai Sheng was back to normal. She then told Zhai Sheng what s.h.i.+ Qing told her. “Brother Zhai, why do I feel that the s.h.i.+ family is strange? According to s.h.i.+ Qing, Old Master s.h.i.+ is definitely not the kind of person who can see reasons.” Back then, when Chief Zhai married Auntie Miao, why did Old Master s.h.i.+ not do something to get Chief Zhai back?

“You can tell?” Zhai Sheng pinched Qiao Nan’s soft and smooth face but stopped himself before Qiao Nan flared up. “When Dad married Mom, Dad and Officer s.h.i.+ were fighting for a position.”

“Chief Zhai landed the position in the end?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, then I understand.” If Officer s.h.i.+ landed that position back then, today, s.h.i.+ Qing would be the daughter of the chief of the army.

Since the son competed with the son-in-law for a position, Old Master s.h.i.+ had to support his son. If the winner was Officer s.h.i.+, he would be Chief s.h.i.+ today.

As the defeated opponent, Old Master s.h.i.+ had no need to insist that his daughter married Chief Zhai, lest other people misunderstood that n.o.body wanted his daughter and he had to marry her to Chief Zhai and be looked down upon by the Zhai family.