Love Began with the First Meeting

"Hana, I know sometimes I am silly. But you don't have to spell it out like that." Maggie felt disgruntled.

Hana, however, felt that what she had said made great sense. "Let me tell you this, Maggie. No matter how silly or cute you are, men will love you. They simply can't resist those two qualities. Trust me. It's going to work." "Hana, you are really into these kinds of things. You are like a little girl."

The mother and the daughter both broke out into a joyous laughter. To Hana, it was such a thrill to see her daughter again. It felt the same for Maggie. Rarely would she laugh in such an unrestrained manner, except when she was with Edgar. 'It seems,' she thought, 'I do love Edgar then.'

"Hana, I'm going to visit my friends." After kissing on her mother's cheek, she left the kitchen, but added over her shoulder, "It's a meal for the two of us. Don't cook too much! We shouldn't waste any food." While walking away, she continued, "Or else, Dad is going to 'educate' us again."

"I know!" Hana had begun preparing the meal. "I'll cook some vegetables first. Remember to be back home soon."

"Okay!" Maggie trotted out of the front door. She checked her phone and there were a few messages, but none of them were from Edgar.

Some mild disappointment burrowed into her heart. Shrugging, she then sent Benjamin and Monica some messages before she went to visit her friends. Most of her friends were not home-they were either at school or in the military force for attachment. There were even some who were busy managing their own companies. To Maggie's surprise, Tompson was back as well.

"What? Why do you look like you just ate something bitter the moment you saw me?" Tompson said jokingly.

Maggie twitched her lips and retorted, "Of course! Your face makes me feel bitter!"

He always enjoyed their harmless squabbles. "How many days do you have before going back to school?"

"Three days!" Maggie answered as she buttoned her coat. "When did you get back?"

"The day before yesterday... I have to go back tomorrow."

"Why? After so many years, have you finally decided to come back?" Maggie glanced at the small western-style house which belonged to his family. The structure was similar to her family's house. Tompson's father held the same level of power as William in the military, but his mother wasn't serving any role in the army.

"If you can face coming back home, then I suppose there isn't a reason why I should have any trouble as well." He cracked another joke, which infuriated her. Maggie was so agitated that she didn't even pay a visit to Tompson's father. After yelling at Tompson, she then turned and walked back to her own home. It was just like the old days.

It was only after some time she found that something had happened to the Lin family. She regretted her action that day, but even if she had known, she wouldn't have been of much help. Tompson and Maggie would always be arguing about random things, but despite this, they had grown up together and they were still very close friends.

However, the matter with his family had changed Tompson a lot. Maggie didn't know why he chose to be a military doctor in the first place, but after this, he had completely lost interest in continuing to stay in the army. In the end, he started his own business. It was later evident that he was even better in dealing with businesses than he was in treating patients. But this was something that Maggie couldn't possibly have imagined.

During these three days, Maggie made full use of her time to take a break-she literally did nothing other than sleeping, eating and whiling away the hours. On the last day, Hana couldn't help crying and nagging Maggie, reminding her to take care of herself before she sent her off. After such a long time, Maggie was finally going back to the National Defense University.

Back in her own room at the university, she found that the others who were in the military attachment had already returned. She was the last one. After chatting with each other to exchange any exciting news, they quickly entered study mode, and became busy preparing their thesis.

While they were engrossed in their schoolwork, time elapsed unnoticed. Maggie still sent Edgar one message a day, but she had not received even one reply from him. It was as if what had happened was merely a dream. She felt her past had become surreal, a fantasy, as though nothing had ever happened between her and Edgar.

"Edgar, I was praised by my professor. Thanks to the experience I gained with the Eagle."

"It's snowing outside. I miss you."

"Edgar, Edgar, I was eating steamed boat in the hall, but there was a power failure. Am I awesome? Yeah, I know you would undoubtedly question my ability again. You will say 'how could you cause the power failure with the steamed boat', right? When I can't sleep, I am missing you. I miss you all of the time!"

Such messages were sent to Edgar every day. Sometimes, she even wondered if she had gone crazy or caught some kind of love-sickness. Had she contracted a disease of the heart that was slowly driving her insane? Her close friends Benjamin and Monica both noticed that she was expecting something that would never come. This was so unlike Maggie.

But she persisted in doing this for an entire month, without missing even one day.

Lying on the patient bed in the school's infirmary, Maggie felt her head was heavy. Yet, strangely, the world was spinning in her eyes. Watching the liquid flowing into her vein through the IV, she licked her dry lips and managed to take her phone out. She had to focus on the screen and typing was difficult, but she managed.

"I miss you. How I wish you could appear in front of me right now! Even if you were just a faint shadow. I miss you, my dearest Edgar!"0000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐