Chapter 1667: So Calculative (2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The two of them had been conspiring for a long time before they finally smiled at each other.
“I’ll have to trouble you guys with Zimo. Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to cooperate. I’m looking forward to him starting a family, so…,” Liang Jing smiled.
“Zimo is our brother, so we’ll take his matter to heart. Don’t worry, Mother Zhou. The fate that should belong to him won’t get away no matter what. There’s no point to worrying, we can only create opportunities for him.”
Su Chen laughed loudly, when he saw Liang Jing’s worry, a trace of warmth surged from the bottom of his heart as he hurriedly said this.
Liang Jing then nodded, “That’s good. I’ll have to trouble all of you to worry about him. Don’t worry about me. I know what to do. It’s time to put some pressure on him. Your grandfather Zhou almost got hospitalized because of him. He has been home for the past two days. I’ll find some time to chat with him again and then pressure him a little. I think with his character, he might not be as bad as what you said, but really…”
“However, since Qin Su is a good girl and his father agrees with her, she should be pretty great. I think she looks quite nice. As long as her family background is clean and Zimo likes her, I won’t have any problems with her.”
Liang Jing quickly expressed her thoughts. “As long as she likes our Zimo, it’s fine. He’s turning 34 soon. I’m worried that she might not like our Zimo because he’s older.”
“A man establishes himself at thirty, and Zimo is in his prime. There are plenty of women in City Z who want to marry him. The most important thing is Zhou Zimo himself must like them.”
“That’s true. Then I’ll fan the flames when I get back. I must make set up a trap for this child!” Liang Jing was not fooling around.
Su Chen listened and smiled with his eyes narrowed. The smile on his face was despicable and shameless!
“Alright, I’ll go over first. You watch over that girl for our Zimo. Later on I’ll discuss it with his father. That old thing actually didn’t tell me about this. It really makes me angry!”
Only then did Liang Jing leave as she complained.
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When they returned to the private room, the waiter had already served supper. Qin Su was drinking the tea in her cup carelessly. She had a pensive look on her face and was as serious as ever.
Xiao Xu and Secretary He had a small drink and were chatting happily.
The music in the private room was not as deafening as before. Instead, it was very soothing piano music. Listening now, it seemed a little quiet.
“Don’t you want a gla.s.s yourself?”
Su Chen brought over a gla.s.s of red wine.
Qin Su shook her head and raised the teacup in her hand. “I’ll drink this. I have to drive back to the Military District later.”
“I won’t persuade you to drink anymore. How have you been? I didn’t expect you to leave so soon back then, and that was a perfect collaboration too. Zimo had always wanted to thank you, but when he went to look for you, you were already gone.”
Su Chen toasted to her as he spoke.
“Back then, I received a temporary mission and went to the border to help with the work, so I didn’t have time to say goodbye. I also felt very happy about the collaboration back then. Thank you for all your cooperation.”
“You are a woman that is a match for men. We have a lot of respect for your skills in all aspects. Back then, when our senior officer told us that one of our own was a woman and that her performance in all aspects was no less than ours, we disdained it and refused to believe it. But when I saw it with my own eyes, I knew that I would make such silly mistakes too.”
As Su Chen spoke, there was a hint of a smile in his tone.
“I just spent a little more time familiarizing myself with the project. Your skills have also made me see you in a new light, especially in the sniper project, which was beyond my reach.”
Qin Su was very modest and calm. Even though she had been rated as an excellent Military Officer almost every year, she had never felt any sense of superiority because of this, she was no different from the way she usually acted.
“There are specializations in your profession. You’re not a sniper by profession, so…”
“At first I thought that you guys would always stay in the army. I didn’t expect for you guys to all retire and come back.”
Qin Su lowered her head and sipped her tea. She looked at Su Chen thoughtfully.
“That’s just a life that needs to be experienced. If we really stay in there for a lifetime, the few of us would really go crazy if we were to tell the truth. Especially since we are all such restless people.”
Su Chen did not hide how he felt at all. After leaving the army for so many years, he suddenly recalled some memories when he was talking to such a comrade.
“However, a life like that does make one nostalgic.”
“When you have time, you should go back to the Military District to visit. Someone like you should have the chance to come back.”
Qin Su’s reply was somewhat formal. Perhaps it was also because of her usual style.
Su Chen looked at her and thought about it for a long time before he lowered his voice and asked, “Have you contacted Zimo? Since the last time, I saw that he was determined to thank you back then. Also, your arm should be fine now, right?”
“It’s fine. I’ve been moving around a lot over the years. Even if I wanted to contact him, I might not have been able to. I was just doing what I was supposed to do, there’s no need to be so polite.”
Su Chen actually wanted to test Qin Su’s impression of Zhou Zimo, but he was not an enigmatic person like Mu Yuchen. Even if he wanted to ask, he would not be able to. He was worried that it would be too sudden, so now, he could only be anxious!
After a gla.s.s of wine, Su Chen took a deep breath and looked over at Qin Su. He then realized that she was quietly eating snacks with her head lowered. Her movements were still as strict as a soldier. When he saw her like this, it made Su Chen recall their life in the army back then.
“Are you still used to getting up every day and running five kilometers in the morning?”
Su Chen remembered that Qin Su seemed to have such a habit. Back then, when he, Zhou Zimo, and the others came back from their overnight camp, they saw Qin Su running around the field before dawn. After that, they would occasionally run together. Back then they were also somewhat amazed by how fit she was.
At this moment, as she listened, Qin Su also raised her gaze. The cold light in her star-like eyes dissipated a little and she suddenly shook her head. “I’m still doing it, but not as frequently as before.”
“Why not?”
Su Chen remembered that she was a person with strong willpower.
Qin Su lowered her eyes and her clear gaze landed on one of her ankles, “I hurt my leg a few years ago, and it took me a long time to recover. The doctor said that I can’t endure too much exercise for a long time, so I can only persevere appropriately.”