Volume 1: The Empire Awakens Chapter 49: The Eldest Lady (Part 1)
"This is Liao Yingyu..."
Before Tan Renhao finished his introduction, Liao Yingyu smiled and said to Tan Jingkang: "Uncle, I come to see you again."
"Do you know each other?"
Tan Renhao looked at the two of them with a little surprise.
"Yes , we met yesterday."
Liao Yingyu walked into the room very generously, which made Tan Renhao a little at a loss.
"I ran into my uncle when I came here yesterday. Why, do you find it strange?"
"No, it isn't."
Tan Renhao was really overwhelmed.
"Please take a seat. I'll make you some tea."
On the contrary, Tan Renhao's father seemed much more generous.
"Uncle, no need, I just came to see if Renhao is back."
Liao Yingyu did not sit down. "Since you have returned safely, I can go and report to my father. Uncle, I will not disturb you anymore."
"This... this is not good. I didn't even get a glass of water!"
Tan Jingkang quickly gave his son a look and said, "Renhao, please send Miss Liao off. It's getting dark now and the road is not safe."
Tan Renhao almost laughed out loud. The person in this military camp who dared to cause trouble for Liao Yingyu might not have been born yet.
Liao Yingyu glanced at the somewhat wooden-headed Tan Renhao, turned around and walked out of the room.
"Go quickly, why are you still standing there? Miss Yingyu has taken the initiative to come to you, don't you understand?"
"dad!"
Tan Renhao sighed and hurriedly chased after him. It was understandable to him, but he felt a little embarrassed in front of his father.
Liao Yingyu was walking in front and Tan Renhao was following behind.
Not long after, Tan Renhao suddenly discovered that Liao Yingyu did not go directly to General Liao Hanxiang's residence, but took a detour and walked into the garden next to the headquarters building.
At this time, Liao Yingyu also slowed down and let Tan Renhao follow.
"Yingyu, actually I..."
"You don't have to say anything."
Liao Yingyu suddenly stopped and his face darkened. "Tan Renhao, do you still remember the agreement you made with me?"
"Promise!"
Tan Renhao was stunned.
"Are you already engaged?"
Liao Yingyu asked directly.
Tan Renhao was stunned, and quickly explained: "Yes, but you also know that I joined the army to escape marriage."
"But you never told me directly."
Seeing that Liao Yingyu looked unwell, Tan Renhao became anxious.
"Yingyu, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that the time has not come yet, and..."
"I know everything. My uncle told me everything yesterday."
Liao Yingyu gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he held back and didn't say it.
Tan Renhao's head was as big as a bucket, and looking at Liao Yingyu's expression, no explanation was of any use.
He had a good eloquence and was not at all nervous when he first met General Liao Hanxiang. Later, when facing the questioning of Marshal Sagittin, he was eloquent and spoke clearly. But now, he had no idea how to explain.
"hehe……"
Liao Yingyu suddenly laughed, "See how anxious you are. I heard that you are so eloquent, but now it seems that you are just a name for nothing."
Tan Renhao was stunned and looked at Liao Yingyu in surprise and confusion.
"I was just kidding you, I was just guessing!"
Liao Yingyu laughed heartily, "I didn't expect you to have such a poor psychological quality. I found out the truth after testing you. Tell me the truth, who is that woman?"
"you……"
Tan Renhao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Miss, what can I say?"
Liao Yingyu pulled Tan Renhao and sat down on a chair by the path.
"Why, are you still embarrassed to say it? You're such a grown man, are you still shy?"
Tan Renhao looked at the naughty Liao Yingyu and didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"Tell me, I promise, I won't tell anyone. I'm just curious about what kind of woman could force our future general to run away from home and seek refuge in the army."
Liao Yingyu grabbed Tan Renhao's arm and shook it, "Just tell me, and I will keep it a secret for you."
"Why!"
Tan Renhao felt that he had been taken advantage of.
"Okay, I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone, including General Liao."
"I promise. Do you want me to swear?"
Seeing Liao Yingyu was about to swear, Tan Renhao grabbed her hand and told her about how he was forced to join the army.
The Tan family was originally a famous wealthy merchant family in Wenzhou. During the time of Tan Renhao's grandfather, the family fell into poverty. Tan Renhao's father, Tan Jingkang, started from scratch and began to revive the Tan family.
Two years after Tan Jingkang married Gu Xiujuan, Tan Renhao's mother, when Tan Renhao was still in his mother's womb, the wife of Chai Jinbiao, Tan Jingkang's best friend and the Tan family's main creditor, happened to be pregnant.
After getting drunk, the two of them arranged a marriage for each other and promised that if they were a boy and a girl, they would become husband and wife in the future. If it was a boy, they would become sworn brothers, and if it was a girl, they would become sisters.
"What does Miss Chai look like?"
Liao Yingyu was fascinated by the story, as if he was listening to a myth.
Tan Renhao glanced at Liao Yingyu, who looked a little excited, and then sighed.
"Ten years ago, the Chai family moved to Songjiang. I thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, more than three years ago, the Chai family suddenly came back to fulfill the marriage contract. In fact, what does it matter if we look alike? The problem is that I have never even met the young lady of the Chai family, and I have no feelings for her at all. Can you accept such a marriage?"
Liao Yingyu shook her head, but said with a bit of regret: "Although I think this is not right, but the young lady of the Chai family is also very pitiful."
"Miss, this is not a question of pity or not!"
Tan Renhao shook his head. "If you say she is pitiful, then if I don't join the army, then she is not pitiful, or am I pitiful? This doesn't make any sense at all."
Liao Yingyu nodded thoughtfully and calmly hugged Tan Renhao's arm.
"Now, you have to treat me to a nice meal at the Bona Bar Restaurant."
Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, then immediately started laughing.
Even though Liao Yingyu is already eighteen years old, she still has the temper of a spoiled young lady.
"Renhao, tell me, do we have feelings for each other?"
Tan Renhao was stunned again, but this time he was even more surprised.
"You have no feelings for that Miss Chai, that can be forgiven, but we don't know each other at all, right?"
Tan Renhao smiled bitterly and then broke free from Liao Yingyu's hand.
"Miss, we do know each other, but don't we know each other well enough?"
Liao Yingyu was stunned and immediately punched out, but Tan Renhao dodged immediately. The two started chasing each other in the garden like two ignorant children.
