CHAPTER 266: CHAPTER 266: THE SOUGHT-AFTER FEMALE COMRADE IS DIRECTOR CHEN

Su Xiaoxiao was very curious about the female comrade both men were interested in.

The male comrade blushed and pointed in a direction: "Look, it’s her."

Su Xiaoxiao followed his gesture and saw Chen Meilan fiddling uneasily with her clothes.

Her eyes widened immediately; she never expected that the woman being fought over would be Chen Meilan.

Indeed, people depend on clothes as horses rely on saddles. Usually, Chen Meilan dressed so stiff and old-fashioned, like an old cadre. It’s no wonder even the male comrades at the department store, let alone the female comrades, wouldn’t easily get close to her, except for the thick-skinned Su Xiaoxiao.

No one expected that with just a little sprucing up today, she’d suddenly have people vying for her.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at a slightly flustered and nervous Chen Meilan with a teasing face.

Chen Meilan met her gaze and awkwardly looked away.

At this moment, the competition reached its final stage.

Cheers and shouts of encouragement resounded, and soon, a cheer rang out. The taller male comrade standing with Su Xiaoxiao and the others won the victory.

The male comrade raised his head, directly meeting Chen Meilan’s gaze, and scratched his head a bit sheepishly: "Hello, Comrade Chen, can we chat for a while?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his face turned red, unexpectedly quite shy.

Chen Meilan’s face seemed to be burned as well and immediately turned lightly red. Her skin was already fair, making the red particularly noticeable, like she was wearing blush, looking very charming.

Inadvertently meeting the male comrade’s eyes, she suddenly lowered her head and gently nodded. That shy and timid look made Su Xiaoxiao and Qin Shuang’s eyes widen even more.

Whatever was on Director Chen, please come off her now!

On the other side, the male comrade, seeing Chen Meilan agree, hurriedly blushed and followed her. The two went one after the other to find a place to get to know each other.

The onlookers, seeing there was no more excitement, dispersed one by one.

Qin Shuang poked Su Xiaoxiao’s arm: "Xiaoxiao, was that our Director Chen just now?"

Even now, she couldn’t quite believe her eyes. The ever-serious and old-fashioned Director Chen actually showed a shy expression like a girl, it was simply shocking!

"Don’t doubt your eyes, that was indeed our Director Chen."

Su Xiaoxiao pretended to speak deeply: "Have you heard the saying? Love changes people. I bet our Director Chen is about to fall hard; let’s just wait to eat some wedding candy."

She had long noticed that while the male comrades were arm wrestling, Chen Meilan’s gaze kept landing on that male comrade seemingly by accident. When the male comrade was about to be overtaken, her face especially showed a worried expression, indicating she was definitely interested in him.

Su Xiaoxiao’s inner gossip instinct was burning furiously: "Shuangshuang, aren’t you curious? Shall we go have a look?"

"Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?"

Qin Shuang said it wasn’t good, but her eyes kept darting towards the corner, clearly very curious about how Director Chen and the male comrade were getting along.

"Look, even though Director Chen is usually strict, she’s still considerate towards us. As her good subordinates and colleagues, shouldn’t we earnestly check things for her?"

Qin Shuang hesitated for just a second and then nodded vigorously: "Xiaoxiao, you’re right. We can’t let Director Chen be deceived."

The two of them immediately made a sneaky face-covering stroll towards the corner.

Chen Meilan sat with her back to them, shyly lowering her eyes, occasionally tucking loose hair behind her ear with her fingers.

Su Xiaoxiao immediately spotted an empty spot behind the two of them, darted forward to sit there, and was about to motion Qin Shuang to sit down when a handsome young male comrade suddenly sat down in front of her.

Su Xiaoxiao ???

Hearing the commotion, Chen Meilan instinctively turned around, and Qin Shuang quickly covered her side face with her hand and sneaked into a seat.

The two exchanged glances and turned their attention in unison to Chen Meilan’s table.

Su Xiaoxiao gently moved her stool back a bit to better hear their conversation.

"Hi... hello, comrade."

Just as she got the stool in place, she heard someone calling her.

Looking up, she noticed a young male comrade had unknowingly sat across from her.

He had a healthy tan complexion, and his hair was clean and tidy with a short crop. He wasn’t extraordinarily handsome but had a rugged, masculine appeal and was quite pleasant to look at.

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao looking over, the male comrade bashfully started to speak, but a large enamel mug appeared by his mouth: "Comrade, you must be thirsty. Have some water!"

Afraid that the male comrade might speak again and draw Chen Meilan’s attention, Su Xiaoxiao quickly thrust the enamel mug to the male comrade’s mouth.

"Tha... thank you."

The male comrade was a bit shocked and shy; he didn’t expect this seemingly demure female comrade to be so enthusiastic, actively offering him a drink.

Feeling flattered, he was thinking about what topic to start when he suddenly felt a strong gaze behind him.

He instinctively turned his head and saw Zhou Cheng standing behind him with a cold expression, arms crossed, looking somewhat intimidating.

Standing next to him was another familiar face, the legendary figure in the army these past months — Song Weidong.

What were these two looking at him for? Could they be trying to steal his blind date?

The female comrade in front of him had doll-like porcelain skin, without a single blemish, and her features were exquisite. He hadn’t seen many more beautiful than this female comrade.

Qi Aiguo’s brain immediately sounded the alarm.

The next moment, he saw both of them synchronously pull out a chair from who knows where and sit beside him, one on the left and one on the right.

Qi Aiguo immediately felt immense pressure, cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

With these two demons watching him the entire time, how could he even have a blind date?

Carefully, he gently hinted to the two: "Captain Zhou, Squad Leader Song, there are empty seats over there; maybe you should..."

Before he could finish, the intimidating look in their eyes made him shiver. He jumped up from his seat and quickly bowed to Su Xiaoxiao across from him: "Comrade, sorry, I have something to attend to; I’ll be off now."

Su Xiaoxiao: "..."

Wait a minute, she was just trying to eavesdrop a bit; what’s this guy doing?

Didn’t he see she wasn’t wearing a number tag?

In her confusion, two large hands reached out from left and right, grabbing the legs of the stool opposite her, silently competing, neither willing to give way.

Zhou Cheng: "Squad Leader Song, it’s about the first-come-first-served principle, and I saw this seat first."

Song Weidong raised an eyebrow: "Captain Zhou, are you trying to impose authority? We clearly came together, right? Just because my rank is lower doesn’t mean I should yield to you, does it?"