Addicted: Book Two - The Raging Flames of Passion

Chapter 11 - On the Road to a Blind Date

Translator: Sae

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By now, Jiang Yuan has lived in the military compound with Gu Wei Ting for seven years. During these passing years, the number of times Bai Luo Yin had visited the two of them could be counted on one hand. Sometimes, when Jiang Yuan missed her son, she would use her status as the Regional Deputy Commander's wife and go into the military base to see him. Unfortunately, with this advantage, Bai Luo Yin and Jiang Yuan had seen each other more than Bai Han Qi for the past few years.

Since Chinese New Year was closely approaching, with some of the military units going on holiday leave, Jiang Yuan could not sit still any longer.

For the past few days, Bai Luo Yin had been buried with work to the point he was going crazy. Aside from the daily physical stamina and technical ability training sessions, there were also regular work inspections. As for the remaining time, it was all spent in the research laboratory. Not only that, he had to prioritize time to carry special missions first when it arose. This continuous lack of personal space was a direct consequence of Bai Luo Yin barely attaining a measly five hours of sleep every day, to the extent that, he would doze off even during mealtime.

When Jiang Yuan finally found Bai Luo Yin, he was being driven mad by a pile of data that sat silently in front of him.

"Xiao Bai, your mother is here to see you," said an engineer who had just walked into the room, chuckling as he looked at Bai Luo Yin.

Bai Luo Yin's weary gaze forcefully drew toward the doorway, looking at it for a moment before he lazily faced the assistant beside him and said, "Tell her that I'm very busy right now. If it's not something urgent, she can go back first."

A moment later, the assistant pushed the door open and entered again, "Reporting! Major, your mother said that it's a very urgent matter, and that you only need to give her 'ten minutes'. She will immediately leave after she finishes."

Glancing at the pile on his desk, all he could do was to temporarily put aside the work in his hand, get up and walk out.

At the moment, Jiang Yuan was sitting in the car. When she saw Bai Luo Yin come out, she was about to get out but Bai Luo Yin promptly gave her a hand gesture, insinuating for her not to get out and to have the discussion in the car.

"Oh no, your complexion doesn't look well at all! Have you been really tired for the last few days?"

Bai Luo Yin casually lit a cigarette and said rather indifferently, "I have a pile of work at hand. They said my annual leave was approved but I have to complete all the work before I go on leave so I can have a peaceful holiday. If I had known earlier that it needs to be rushed like this, I would rather celebrate the New Year in the military compound than spend all day long going through this torture."

Hearing out his stress, Jiang Yuan regrettably looked at him with a heavy heart, "Mom brought over a lot of tonic for you. It's all in the trunk so when you get out of the car, don't forget to take it with you."

Bai Luo Yin's cryptic gaze swept toward Jiang Yuan for a quick glance, "You didn't come here to look for me because of these tonics, did you?"

"Of course not," said Jiang Yuan as she pulled Bai Luo Yin's hand over and placed it in the palm of her own hand, "Two days ago, mom saw an old schoolmate. You should call her Aunt Zhang! Aunt Zhang has a daughter that's the same age as you this year. She graduated from the University of International Business and Economics with honors, and although she had just graduated for two years, her monthly income is already over five figures......" [1]