When they went upstairs, neither of them spoke. Kang Shaonan brought her into his home, closed the door, and invited her to sit on the sofa in the living room. He first poured her a glass of water and placed it in front of her, then sat down opposite her: "You have come so far to find me, is there something important?" In fact, the moment he heard that An An came to find him, he knew who An An came for, but he had to be responsible for Yu Xiao, and he could not be too careless as long as it involved any details of Yu Xiao.
An An looked at him without saying anything, reached out to take out the photo from her bag and placed it in front of Kang Shaonan, and said directly: "I want to know the truth about why you abandoned my sister!"
Kang Shaonan looked at the photo and asked her calmly, "Do you know everything?"
"Yes! You are the man my sister has been waiting for five years! But I didn't expect you to be my best friend's husband! I have always had a very good impression of you. You can't imagine how I felt when I saw this photo last night. I came here just to know the truth. Tell me why you abandoned my sister and married Xiaoxiao?" An An frowned and looked at Kang Shaonan, and answered straight to the point.
"An An, I can only say sorry about your sister's matter! As for the reason why I married Xiaoxiao, it was because she is younger and prettier than your sister. I fell in love with her at first sight, it's that simple!" Kang Shaonan looked at An An and answered seriously.
"Impossible!" An An frowned and didn't believe Kang Shaonan's answer at all.
"There's nothing impossible about this! I have made a common mistake that all men make. I like girls younger than me. It's that simple." Kang Shaonan still explained seriously.
"Captain Kang! Please don't treat me as a child. You are a soldier, and a captain at that. How could you make such a mistake? I came here today with sincerity! I will not harass Xiaoxiao because of my sister. I won't do that. I came to you from so far away just to know the reason. Tell me why, why would you abandon my sister, such an excellent woman? Captain Kang, please tell me the truth!" An An looked at Kang Shaonan with a serious face.
Although she knew that he was the man her sister had been waiting for five years, she didn't think he was the kind of man who would easily change his mind after meeting someone else. Her intuition told her that this man was not telling the truth.
"An An, what I just told you is the truth! There is no secret here. Even if you ask me until dark, I will still say the same thing!" Kang Shaonan answered without changing his expression.
"Okay! Kang Shaonan, you don't want to tell the truth, right?" An An stood up from the sofa, pointed at Kang Shaonan and threatened loudly: "I'll give you one last chance. If you don't tell me the truth, I'll go to your leader now and report you! I'll say you're playing with my sister's feelings!"
"What I just said is the truth! No matter who you go to, I will give you the same answer!" After saying that, Kang Shaonan stood up, walked to the door, slightly adjusted his military uniform, and looked back at An An who was standing still: "Let's go, aren't you going to find our leader? I'll take you there!" After saying that, he walked out the door.
An An was so angry that she didn't know what to say. She stomped her feet unwillingly and walked out of Kang Shaonan's house angrily.
The two people went downstairs in silence. When Zhao Chen saw two people coming out of the unit door, he hurriedly got out of the car to greet them.
"An An, what's wrong?" Seeing that An An had a tense face, Zhao Chen looked at her with concern and asked.
"Wait for me here, I'll be back soon!" An An said, looking at Kang Shaonan: "Didn't you say you would take me to see your leader? Let's go!"
Kang Shaonan looked at her silently and strode forward. His posture was upright, and he looked even more handsome and majestic in the military uniform. An An followed behind him, and she couldn't understand why such a man would abandon her sister. But the facts were in front of her. He did marry Yu Xiao, and her sister jumped into the sea to commit suicide because of him. This man's heart was not shaken at all.
An An still hadn't figured out the problem until he arrived at the regiment headquarters building.
"Go in through this door, go up to the third floor, turn left and go to the second room. That's our leader. You can tell him anything you want to say!" Kang Shaonan stood there without moving, looking at An An beside him and giving instructions.
"What about you?" An An looked up at him and asked.
"I'll be waiting for you here!" Kang Shaonan looked at her calmly and answered.
"Don't you want to tell me now? If I really get promoted, you may face many problems in the future. This matter will definitely affect your promotion and damage your reputation. Have you really thought about it?" An An asked him directly.
"Go! The chief is in the office at this time. He won't always have time." Kang Shaonan answered calmly without frowning.
"Okay!" An An nodded heavily, turned around and walked into the door without hesitation, and soon disappeared at the stairs.
Kang Shaonan watched her disappear from the back, frowned slightly, but did not leave. An An went in for about half an hour, then walked down the stairs again. She looked at Kang Shaonan not far away, then walked over, stopped in front of him, and looked up at Kang Shaonan.
"Captain Kang, I have explained the matter clearly to your leader. As for the impact it will have on you, that is beyond my control. Goodbye!" After saying that, he returned along the same route.
Kang Shaonan followed her: "I'll take you back!"
Kang Shaonan did not explain to An An until Zhao Chen's car left. Looking at the calm expression on his face, An An knew that she could not get anything out of him, and finally left the military camp disappointed.
When the car drove into the city, Zhao Chen directly found a nearby hotel and parked the car. He was really tired after driving all the way. An An did not refuse, and followed him into the hotel, found a seat by the window and sat down, staring blankly at the cars coming and going outside the window, and could not understand what happened between Kang Shaonan and his sister.
Zhao Chen looked at her expression, raised his hand and waved it up and down in front of An An's eyes: "Miss An, you have had this expression all the way here. Can you tell me what happened?" She had been holding it in all the way until now, and she was really hurt.
An An looked back at him, thought for a moment and asked him: "What do you think of that soldier just now?"
"What do you mean? You're not here for a blind date, are you?" After hearing An An's words, Zhao Chen started to think about the bad things again.
An An frowned: "Can you think of something else? Is it necessary for a girl like me to go so far to have a blind date?"
"Well, that's right!"
"How do you feel about that soldier just now?"
"It's pretty good!"
"He dumped my friend and married another woman."
"No way? Soldiers wouldn't do such a thing..." Zhao Chen was a little bit unconvinced when he heard it.
"Then do you think that soldier just now is the kind of man who is easily tempted by other people?"
"He doesn't look like that! And didn't you say he was the leader? He wouldn't do such a thing, right?"
"You feel he is not that kind of person?"
“No!”
"But when I asked him why he abandoned my friend, he said he made the same mistake all men make, which is liking younger girls. There was no other reason!"
"He really said that?"
"Um."
"So what did you do with him afterwards?"
"I went to his superior and told him that I would report him for abandoning my friend. Even after I said this, he still refused to tell me the reason. He even took me to the office building of the regiment headquarters."
"He knew that if you really did this, it would definitely have a bad impact on his military career, but he still did it, right?"
"Um!"
"This can only mean one thing!"
"What?"
"He's lying to you!"
"Then what's the reason? Isn't he afraid that he will really be demoted because of this incident?" An An was really puzzled.
"There are two reasons why he lied to you: First, he didn't abandon your friend as you said, but there was an important reason. Second, he risked being demoted and didn't tell you, which can only mean that he wanted to protect his current wife and was willing to protect her at the cost of his own future."
"I understand." An An's eyes darkened and she didn't continue talking.
An An had no appetite because of her sister's matter, but Zhao Chen had a big appetite and ate happily. It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon when they finally finished eating. When An An called the waiter to pay the bill, Zhao Chen rushed to pay the bill.
"Can you drive?" Zhao Chen sat in the chair without moving, looking at An An and asked.
"I haven't driven since I got my driver's license. What's wrong?" An An asked him puzzled.
"Then let's stay here for one night before going back! I can't stand driving for more than ten hours a day!" In addition to the reason of being too tired, the most important reason was that he wanted to spend more time with her.
"Well... okay!" An An didn't insist. She had been sitting next to him and knew how hard he worked.
When Zhao Chen heard her words, he immediately became excited and took her to a nearby hotel and booked two rooms for her to stay in.
One night, Yu Xiao did not sleep well. She kept having nightmares. She dreamed that An An found the photo and came to question her why she had hurt her sister so badly. She didn't know how to answer, so she had to keep running away. The person behind her turned out to be An An, but as she ran, he turned into those hideous people. The terrifying faces kept grinning in her ears. Yu Xiao woke up from nightmares again and again, and each time she was sweating profusely.
During breakfast, Ren Zhiping noticed that her daughter was not in good spirits, so she asked her with concern: "Xiaoxiao, why are you so listless? Are you sick?" Ren Zhiping raised her hand and touched Yu Xiao's forehead. (To be continued)