Love Began with the First Meeting

As soon as Maggie heard the question, the corners of her lips twitched. She stopped washing the clothes and looked up towards the direction of the voice. Although she couldn't see anyone, she could hear voices around the corner. "Hmm." It was a female student who was speaking. In a serious tone, she said, "I guess Instructor Edgar is a top and Instructor Cain could be either a top or a bottom."

"I think so too," another student echoed her excitedly. "Instructor Edgar looks as resolute as a top at first glance, while Instructor Cain looks soft and gentle, but sometimes he can also emit a dark and evil aura, like Satan. He could be either a top or a bottom." While listening to their conversation, Maggie couldn't even start to describe her feelings. She couldn't believe it! 'How did their minds work?' she wondered.

"Alas, the most annoying part is that Maggie Du is in between them. As a girl who's rough around the edges, how can she do that?"

Maggie was extremely angry. Now that she was mentioned, she couldn't keep quiet any longer. She threw the clothes into the basin and walked out of the laundry room with both hands on her hips. She glared at the two students, rage in her eyes, and teeth gritting. "Damn it! Because Edgar and I obtained the marriage certificate!"

Just like a flash of lightning that suddenly appeared in the corridor, her words astonished everybody who heard them. Her marriage to Edgar, up until this moment, had been kept secret, and the students only knew about the story through rumors and word of mouth. No one really knew the truth. So hearing Maggie blurting her secret out stunned everyone.

When they heard her words, the female students who were in the corridor all gulped and looked at Maggie, fear clear in their eyes.

In a cold voice, Maggie added, "You can make up and spread all kinds of stories as you like, but never let me hear anything about us again. Or else I will make you suffer on the training ground!" Then she spun on her heel and stomped back into the laundry room. As soon as she turned around, the students began to murmur. With a sigh, Maggie turned back around and all at once, the voices stopped.

"By the way, I have to remind you of something," Maggie said in a cold voice. "Big mouths and gossipers are not allowed to be in the army. If you want to have a brighter future, I suggest you stop your dirty gossiping as soon as possible." As she said that, she looked each of the female students in the eyes, asserting to them how serious she was about the matter.

Humans could be divided into two groups: those who didn't know how to think, specifically about other people's words and thoughts, and those who knew how to think. Those who didn't know how to think only thought about useless things. And since they didn't know the value of thinking, in the end they would find that they had missed out on a lot of opportunities. On the other hand, people who understood how to think properly would of course benefit from their good habit of thinking.

There was one female student who belonged to the second group of people. She knew how to think. When Maggie had said her piece, the girl listened to her, accepted her advice, and decided to follow it and not talk about her and Edgar anymore. And her understanding seemed to have drawn Maggie's attention to her. Maggie spent a tiny bit longer looking at her before returning to the laundry room.

However, despite Maggie's warning, the rumor didn't die. Instead, the students continued to gossip about Maggie and Edgar, until finally, the three instructors put out an order that any further discussion about the topic was prohibited. But the talk didn't end. It would never end despite the number of orders put out against it. Eventually, the news about Maggie and Edgar's relationship and marriage became known by all of the students. Not only students at the military training, but also the students who were not in the program but merely enjoying their vacation found out about it. Perhaps out of boredom, one student even wrote a novel about it, using the several plotlines that had immersed as inspiration. Edgar found the novel unintentionally one day, and read through it. He didn't know whether he wanted to cry or laugh.

"Alas," Maggie sighed deeply. They were all in the dining hall, but she had no appetite at all. She didn't seem to be in high spirits like before. She felt like everybody was looking over at her.

"Come on! Stop being so emotional!" Benjamin said. He divided the egg white in his bowl into two parts and then gave one part to Maggie and the other part to Monica. "The rumor has been spreading for more than one week. You're supposed to get used to it. You should know how to ignore it completely."

Maggie and Monica gave their egg yolks to Benjamin in return. Monica said, "I agree with Benjamin. We are not allowed to use cellphone or computer now, so maybe the novel and posts were only created out of nothing, right?"

Maggie looked at each of her friends, then rolled her eyes. "That's not why I'm so upset." She turned to look at Edgar, who was talking with Claire. Maggie wondered what the two of them were talking about that Claire needed to sit so close to him. Her breasts were almost grazing Edgar's body.

Following Maggie's gaze, both Benjamin and Monica looked at the two instructors. Benjamin sighed, "Well, things don't go on well for you."

"I don't agree with you. I think she's in a very disadvantageous situation now!" Monica said to Benjamin. Then she fixed her eyes on Maggie and said, "You were too unwise that day. Now Claire gets a good opportunity, while Cain seems to pay more attention to you than to anybody else. Unless they are too silly, everybody would be able to sense that either you or Edgar, or both, will betray your marriage. You with Cain, or Edgar with Claire."

Maggie listened and frowned, but remained quiet. However, she found it increasingly difficult for her to stay still and restrain herself.

Benjamin looked at Monica. Then with a small sigh, he said, "All right. You know that the students in our college don't have much entertainment in campus. Now that there is some material for fun, everybody's going to pay attention like how flies find shit." After taking a short pause, he continued, "Both your husband and Cain are charming. Women fall in love with them, while men envy them. But you seem to have both their hearts and attention. Of course people will feel uncomfortable."

Listening to Benjamin's analysis, Maggie found that she was able to restrain a bit. However, when she saw that Claire was acting intimately by Edgar's side, she felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart.

"Maybe you're thinking too much. From where we sit, they're interacting at an appropriate distance, but you don't think that it's normal," Monica said. "You should think carefully. There are so many students here. As an instructor, how can Claire behave like a sultry woman? Even if she didn't care about what other people see and think, why would she ignore the possibility of being punished for improper behavior in public?"

"Hmm. I think Monica is right," Benjamin said in a serious voice, nodding.

Maggie sighed deeply, lowering her head to look at the egg white in her bowl. She had already crumbled it and it was in small pieces. "I actually agree. I know Monica's right, but I still feel uncomfortable." She believed that no woman could be generous to her competitors in love. If she were that generous, that could only mean that she did not care about her man at all.