Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 1315 Extra Story 70 Of Edgar A Long Night

Immediately, everybody else followed him, booing and hooting. They didn't stop until Maggie's face had become as red as blood and Edgar said, "Don't tease her. Let's drink".

At the same time, Acid carried a big bowl of soup into the room. Following him was a woman, who seemed to be in her early thirties. The woman carried a tray of dough drop in sour soup in her hands.

"Edgar, what are you talking about? You all look so happy," the woman asked while placing the tray on the table. Then, turning her head to look at Maggie, she continued, "This must be the young Mrs. Gu Acid told me about, right?" Without waiting for the answer from Maggie or anybody else, she wiped her hands hastily with the apron she wore before stretching her hand out towards Maggie and introducing herself, "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Gu. My name is Mamie. I'm older now, but they all still treat me as their little younger sister." In a hurry, Maggie stood up and shook hands with Mamie. With a big smile on her face, she introduced herself in turn, "Nice to meet you, Mamie. Please don't call me Mrs. Gu as they do. You may call me Maggie."

"Okay, Maggie," Mamie said, smiling. Then she made a gesture, hinting everybody to be seated. She and Acid also joined them.

While eating, the company was pleasant and they all talked and laughed. The dinner had started from before seven o'clock, when dusk had fallen, and didn't come to an end until after eleven o'clock that night. Some of them were even quite drunk. They cried out loud while talking.

Edgar spoke less and less as the dinner went on. He was almost silent. Zachary was somewhat drunk too. Every time he mentioned events that they had experienced while they were in the Sharp Blade Commando, he could not help but weep. On the contrary, as a woman, Mamie seemed to be very strong-minded.

Maggie felt that the strongest-minded person in the room was Mamie, rather than any one of these men present. She learned from their conversation that Mamie's father had been a member of the Sharp Blade Commando. He had died a martyr's death when he went out on his last mission together with Edgar, before his planned retirement from the army. Maggie had never seen Edgar as sad and self-condemning as when he mentioned the death of Mamie's father. He looked unprecedentedly sad, as if his heart was still breaking over his comrade's death. As the captain of the Sharp Blade Commando, he must have suffered more pain and distress than any other member when that incident had happened.

"All that is in the past," Mamie said with a forced smile at the corners of her mouth. "My dad would have no regrets if he could see me living a happy life together with Acid and being taken care of by all of you, who were his comrades-in-arms. You were his family, and you're mine. But all of you said so many sentimental words. I'm afraid that I won't be able to sleep tonight." After saying that, she raised the glass of liquor in her hand. "Cheers! Let's drink without talking about anything else," she suggested.

Then they drank quite a few sips of the fiery liquid. As Mamie said, they no longer talked about the sad topics. However, it seemed that they couldn't stop drinking. Finally, when the dinner came to an end, Edgar beckoned Acid over to a corner to have a private talk. He told Acid to book a couple of guest rooms at the hotel in the same building for the other guests, because they could not drive home after drinking such copious amounts. Then Edgar passed some money to Acid.

Having a look at the money, Acid found that there was a stack of banknotes, among which there was also a check. His first response was to refuse. "Edgar, no..." he said, handing the money and check back to Edgar.

Edgar stopped him and said, "This is nothing but a token of our gratitude. Now that your child is in hospital and is going to receive an operation after the New Year...We all know that will cost a lot of money. Mamie's father is dead. Although it was not my responsibility to raise Mamie, I think I'm responsible for your child to a certain extent." In a heavy voice, he continued, "Besides, now is not time for you to care more about your dignity. Now the most important thing is to save your child's life. As long as the child is alive, there is hope." Hearing Edgar's words, spoken with such honesty and sincerity, Acid blinked rapidly and fought back tears as he withdrew his hand, in which the money and check were held. Deep in his heart, he knew that Edgar was right. They needed a lot of money to cure their child. How could he only care about his dignity at this time?

"Besides, I have contacted my acquaintance at the Dragon Empire Group," Edgar said. "You can take your child to Dragon Island after the New Year is celebrated. They have the most advanced technology and brilliant medical minds in the world there."

Sniffing and nodding, Acid said, "Edgar, thank you very much for doing so much for us. Alas, now I am lame and thus not able to find a good job. As a man, I feel very sorry for my family. Mamie looks strong, but we both know that is only because she has no other choice but to pretend to be so."

Hearing this, Edgar patted Acid on the shoulder. He felt very sad in his heart, but he tried his best to restrain his emotions. "Everybody knows that without being told. I believe you and Mamie will live a comfortable life and your child will recover soon." After patting Acid on his shoulder again, he said, "I'm going with Maggie."

Taking a deep breath, Acid nodded. Taking a glance at the others who were still drinking, he said, "Okay. Don't worry about them. I won't allow them to drive home now. I will arrange for all of them to stay upstairs in the hotel."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐