Love Began with the First Meeting

His family had already decided his future, but he refused to accept it, so he deliberately chose to answer only a few questions and didn't finish all of the topics in the examination. However, his failure had given Maggie a position higher than him, and as the No.1 of the city, she often laughed at him. But Maggie didn't know that he refused to listen to his family and gave up the chance to enter National Defense University for her sake. Against all odds, he had chosen to become a military physician because of her. Human nature was strange sometimes. Life had two

sides, but they would only know which side was correct when walking to the end.

Tompson turned around and walked to Edgar's dorm, sighing in defeat. Edgar was the person he admired the most, and Maggie was the woman he liked the most. If the two were in a relationship, it would indeed be great.

It was not Tompson's style to be a coward, but he could clearly see that Maggie's feelings for Edgar was not the kind that he wanted. He just felt grateful because of what had happened in the past, and he knew how a woman thought of a man. "Knock, knock."

"Come in!"

Tompson pushed the door open, walked in and saw Edgar dressing in casual wear. He asked doubtfully, "Have you forgotten that I am supposed to check up on you?"

"You are late..." Edgar checked his watch. "I am going to the Mechanization Brigade to discuss something with Officer Su."

"Didn't you work on the night shift? You are in high spirits... If I didn't know, I would have thought that you had slept all night." He gave Edgar a critical look and put the medical bag on the table. Taking out some equipment he said, "Anyway, I am here now, so let me examine you."

Edgar looked at him helplessly and stopped dressing. He disrobed and let Tompson examine him, saying, "I don't understand. You are so insistent and didn't accept the choice Officer Lin made for you."

"I have a professional spirit and love what I do." Tompson retorted, "My choices have nothing to do with my father."

"The rebellious Tompson of the past chose to stay in Eagle. And it has been so many years. In fact, I always want to ask you: Why did you change your mind later?" Edgar lay on his stomach and let Tompson check the burn scabs on his back. "Buddha says... some stories are better left untold." Tompson squatted and examined him carefully, saying, "You have a body of iron. It is almost recovered. But, when all the scabs slough off, your back will be ugly..."

"I am not a woman!" Edgar laughed. "Anyway, better my back than my face. It won't become a problem if one day I were to get married."

Tompson was amused. "If you could be so humorous in front of women, your marriage problem would have been solved a long time ago."

"You are smooth-tongued, but your own marriage will soon become a problem." Edgar quickly dressed and looked at Tompson getting his equipment together. "Mr. William Du has said that most men in Eagle are old enough to get married. He worries about us too much." "It's nothing. After you've solved the problem, I might start thinking about it." Tompson slung the medical bag over his back. "I will pick one from the women you don't like." He burst our laughing hysterically.

Edgar shook his head, finished dressing, put on his boots and left his dorm with Tompson. After going downstairs, they both got into their respective cars and left with a quick wave of goodbye. After a lengthy military exercise, all the soldiers were happy to take things easier, but the leaders were still busy working.

After expressing her love to Edgar, Maggie found that she had fewer and fewer chances to meet Edgar. She didn't know if he was avoiding her and got fretted, but there was nothing she could do to change the situation. Time passed quickly. More than one month had passed after the military exercise. Maggie would end her internship soon and then return to school to finish her papers in less than half a month, but she seldom saw Edgar.

"Maggie, the instructor told us to sweep away the snow outside." Edith's voice called from outside.

"Okay. I am coming..." Maggie stopped feeling sad and grabbed a cotton hat before walking out.

The temperature kept falling and it was cloudy these days. Overnight, there was snow everywhere on the training grounds.

There were many people around who had started to sweep the snow from the training grounds, and even the members of the Falcon Commando who had just returned from their training in wilderness survival had joined them. They all gasped for breath in the freezing cold, but cleared up the snow in high spirits.

"Ah, I heard that there hadn't been such heavy snow fall in years... Is there something wrong now?" Jake joked.

"Come on..." Edith rolled her eyes. "Silly, there is something wrong if it snows in June. It's a normal act of nature to snow in winter." "If you are not educated, you should at least have some common sense. Otherwise you should watch the TV. But it's also not good to watch too much TV. You will become near-sighted!" Garth teased.

He sometimes joined Jake and Edith's conversations with jokes of his own, and everyone around them burst out into laughter, creating a pleasantly jovial atmosphere. Someone suggested that they make snowmen, which excited everyone. In no time, more than ten snowmen had been constructed.

Maggie's mood, however, had not improved. All the members of Eagle were sweeping snow, but... She didn't see Edgar anywhere!

She pursed her lips pensively and continued working. Realizing that today was a holiday, she decided to go look for Edgar in his dorm later. She wouldn't mind waiting. Not once did it occur to her that she might not find him there.

"Are you thinking of our captain?" Cathy moved closer to Maggie suddenly. Seeing that Maggie was surprised by her presence, she knew that the little girl had been daydreaming. "Our captain has gone to the senior military officer's office for a meeting. The officer of every brigade has gone to attend the meeting. The recruiting season starts in winter. Our captain has been as busy as a bee!"

"Do the new recruits have anything to do with Eagle?" Maggie was confused. Even the lowest soldiers here at Eagle were handpicked from each company after training. And none of them were ever new recruits.

Cathy looked around and said in a lowered voice, "A completely closed special training camp is being set up and our captain might transfer there to train them. And the new members will be picked from these recruits and trained with a better foundation." "What if they can't persevere?" Maggie thought this idea was a joke.

Cathy laughed. "Believe in our captain's insight... He has never made a mistake in choosing a soldier... Even if he did, he would find a way to right the wrong. Don't worry."

"I'm not worried about it," Maggie mumbled, then added, "I will be leaving soon. Is there anyone else who pursues a man but then can't see him all day long? I just expressed my love in vain." So thinking, Maggie became even more depressed and sighed mournfully. Cathy didn't hear what Maggie had just whispered, but she could guess a large part of it from her sulky expression and chuckled. "When you leave, I will throw a farewell party... Just relax. The captain will surely come!" "Really?" Hearing this, Maggie suddenly felt excited.

Cathy nodded and smiled. "This is all that I can do for you."

"Instructor, you are so nice..." Maggie felt warmed by Cathy's encouragement and assistance and she even wanted to throw down the shovel and hug her warmly.

*

After the meeting, William informed the officers of every brigade what they should convey to the recruits upon arriving. At last, he asked Edgar to remain as the others left. "Maggie will go back to school in a few days, right?" "Hmm, in eleven days," Edgar answered evenly.

William drank some water, while observing Edgar over the rim of the glass. "What's your plan? Will you let her stay in Eagle or have you got another plan?"

"Maggie and Garth can stay, but Jake and Edith have not proven suitable. Their physical and mental strengths are inferior." Edgar didn't mince words and spoke the truth. "But it will be up to Maggie and Garth. It's their decision. After all, life in Eagle will be hard." "You know well enough the type of people you feel satisfied with..." William was glad that Edgar had praised his daughter. "I have seen the report on Garth. He is a budding soldier... As for Maggie... You know that the girl is stubborn." He stopped for a while and changed the subject. "Let's leave business behind for a moment." Unsure as to whether it was hard for him to find the right words, or if he didn't know what to say, William drank some water before speaking again, "Edgar, regardless of my rank, you can call me Uncle William in private. When your parents lived in our city, both our families got along well with each other. If your family's patriarch hadn't gone to A City and I didn't come to S City, our two families might have been together till now..."

"Uncle William, you can say anything to me. Just be candid." Edgar was thoughtful but didn't want to beat about the bush, and clearly William was building up to saying something. "I am listening."

William put down the glass and laughed. Then he looked at Edgar seriously and stated, "Maggie is my daughter. As her father, I can guess correctly most of what goes on in her head and what she plans on doing, even if I can't guess all of it... Tell me frankly. Has the girl shown love to you?"

This was a question which had been looming in the shadows for a while now, and Edgar was not surprised. 0000