Volume 1: The Empire Awakens Chapter 72: Double Harvest (Part 2)
"Honestly, Renhao, don't forget about us when you become successful."
Lei Shaoqing drank the most. "I bet that within five years, you will be the chief of staff of the fleet. When that time comes, I will come to you. If you dare not acknowledge me, I will expose your unmarried wife!"
Tan Renhao smiled bitterly.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What unmarried wife? You have a child bride hidden in your home."
Lei Shaoqing burst into laughter, but his laughter was a little awkward.
"I'm serious, you are better than me, I have to admit it.
From childhood to adulthood, I can never beat you in a fight, I can never argue with you, and I can never study as well as you.
Anyway, everything is suppressed by you.
When you become the fleet commander in the future, you must reserve a position for me as an operations staff officer.
I don't want anymore. Dongjue and Lao Chang are more suitable. Anyway, I am ready to join you at any time."
Tan Renhao shook his head and then sighed.
He also wanted to be a general. If he didn't want to be a general, then what was the point of joining the army? However, if one really wanted to become a general, in addition to ability, opportunity was more important than anything else.
Marshal Yuan Haoyi was able to become an admiral of the Imperial Navy when he was in his twenties. In addition to his ability, his luck was almost unmatched.
Now, unless war breaks out again, Tan Renhao will have to fight as an ordinary officer for at least fifteen to twenty years before he can become a general.
"Shaoqing, you are not bad either. None of us is worse than the other. Come on, drink!"
Hao Dongjue naturally drank a lot as well. He and Lei Shaoqing were both the type of people who drank heavily even though they couldn't drink much.
"You all need to drink less, we have to catch the train tomorrow!"
Chang Jianxin grabbed the bottle. He had always been relatively steady and had never been drunk before. No one knew how much he could drink.
Tan Renhao held Chang Jianxin and said, "Let them drink. Who knows, we may have to wait until another year for such an opportunity to come."
Chang Jianxin hesitated for a moment, then put down the bottle.
"Renhao, look who's here!"
Although Lei Shaoqing drank a lot, it seemed that he could drink at least two more taels, otherwise he would not be able to see clearly the approaching figure.
Tan Renhao was slightly stunned, and immediately saw that it was Liao Yingyu walking towards the hotel.
"Renhao, don't be inhumane to the opposite sex. You have to drink with us today and you can't leave!"
"Mr. Chang, you watch over them. I'll be back soon."
Tan Renhao stuffed a stack of bills into Chang Jianxin's hand and said, "Go and pay the bill later. If I don't come back soon, you can send them back."
Chang Jianxin nodded. He didn't want to accept the money at first, but he still didn't refuse.
Tan Renhao quickly went downstairs and stopped Liao Yingyu at the door of the hotel.
"What brought you here?"
"You're leaving tomorrow, so I came to see you."
Liao Yingyu's expression was not very good. She was studying in a four-year medical training course, so she had to stay here for another two years.
"Can you go with me?"
Tan Renhao nodded, and then followed Liao Yingyu to the street outside.
There are not many residents in the town, and most of them are local residents. Although it is just past nine o'clock, many families have already turned off the lights and gone to bed.
"When are you leaving tomorrow?"
Liao Yingyu's tone was a little strange.
"The train is at 11 o'clock in the morning. I wanted to take it to see you tomorrow, but I didn't expect..."
"Will you write to me?"
Tan Renhao hesitated slightly, then nodded.
"Of course I will. If I forget, then I'm a puppy, okay?"
Liao Yingyu stopped. The two of them had already walked to the outside of a small alley, next to which was a hotel with neon lights on.
She stared at Tan Renhao intently, the corners of her mouth trembling a few times, as if she had something to say but couldn't say it.
"Yingyu, what's wrong with you?"
Tan Renhao held Liao Yingyu's hand. They had already confirmed their relationship half a year ago.
"Do you love me?"
Liao Yingyu suddenly asked a very direct question.
"Why are you still asking this question?"
Tan Renhao frowned slightly. Liao Yingyu had asked this question dozens of times, but he had never answered it.
"I want you to tell me in person, in the most direct language, whether it is 'love' or 'no love'."
Tan Renhao hesitated. It wasn't that he didn't love the girl in front of him whom he had known for more than two years and who had accompanied him through the most exciting and happiest two years of his life. He just felt that he was not qualified to say the word "love" now.
He doesn't have a home of his own, and he doesn't have a successful career.
More importantly, he wasn't ready to start a family.
"Tell me, do you want me to keep guessing what you're thinking? Do you want me to not know whether you love me or not for the next two years?"
"Yingyu..."
Tan Renhao felt very guilty, but when he met Liao Yingyu's gaze, the last bit of his mental defense collapsed.
"Yingyu, I love you, I always love you!"
Two tears rolled down, just when Tan Renhao didn't know whether he had said something wrong or because of other reasons that made Liao Yingyu cry.
The girl suddenly hugged the officer opposite her, and their hot lips pressed tightly together.
Tan Renhao was shocked and struggled twice, but the heat on his lips immediately dissipated his struggling strength.
Over the past year, he has held Liao Yingyu's hand and hugged the girls he likes, but he has never had such a direct experience.
The two of them hugged each other madly, kissed madly, and groped each other's bodies madly. …
The sunlight coming in through the window woke Tan Renhao up. He felt dizzy and was shocked when he found himself lying on the bed in the hotel.
The right side of the double bed was still warm, and the sheets exuded a woman's body fragrance, as well as the smell of perfume that Tan Renhao was very familiar with.
Now, he completely remembered what he did last night.
Then he saw the red rose on the bedside table and a letter left by Liao Yingyu.
When Tan Renhao picked up the letter, he saw that the hour hand on his watch had pointed to ten o'clock.
He didn't dare to waste any more time. He quickly took a cold shower, put on his clothes, and ran out of the hotel without even rinsing his mouth.
The jeep that brought them to the college a year and a half ago had already stopped on the street outside the hotel. Lei Shaoqing and three others were grinning at him from the car.
