Love Began with the First Meeting
Chapter 1253 Extra Story 8 Of Edgar From Affection To Disgust

Only half of the page had been used after she rewrote it for the last time. She checked the time and made a decision. She decided to just use one page this time and it wasn't even fully used yet. "Sir!"

"Come in!" Edgar replied without raising his head. He was scribbling away at some papers on his desk.

Maggie stared down at the top of Edgar's head with contemptuous eyes as she walked up to his desk. She silently cursed at him in her mind, but said, "Sir, I have finished the review!"

Edgar didn't reply. Instead, he just continued writing. About five minutes later, he finally stopped. He checked the time first. It was 10:18. Then he raised his head to look at Maggie as she handed over the review.

Maggie was already prepared to see her review torn up again, as it seemed to be Edgar's new method of exacting his revenge on her. She had already begun to plot in her mind, scheming to write an anonymous letter to her father to sue Edgar. "Okay, you can go now."

"What?"

Maggie was busy plotting when she heard Edgar's surprising reply. She couldn't believe what she had just heard and looked at Edgar with disbelief in her eyes.

"What? Do you want to write it again?"

Edgar asked in a cold voice as he resumed writing at his desk.

Maggie's lips curled slightly and she stood up straight immediately. Then she answered, "No, sir!"

"Okay, you can go now," Edgar repeated indifferently.

"Sir!" "What?"

"I don't understand... Why was my review accepted this time and not before?" Maggie was confused as to why Edgar tore up her previous reports without even reading them carefully, while this one, which was written arbitrarily, found acceptance so easily. Edgar curled his lips into a cold smile and answered, "What I wanted wasn't a beautifully worded, meaningless report. I wanted something practical and meaningful."

He then raised the piece of paper she had submitted and added, "I'll keep this and see whether you can deliver on your promises."

Maggie was a stubborn girl. If someone showed any signs of looking down on her, she wouldn't spare any effort to prove her capability to him. "I'm sure that you will see me succeed, sir!"

A faint smile flashed across Edgar's face momentarily, but he quickly hid it before Maggie could see. "You can go now. Don't forget to close the door when you leave," he ordered.

"Yes, sir!"

Maggie saluted Edgar and left his office immediately. After closing the door behind her, she excitedly made a gesture of victory to cheer herself up. She felt like she had just accomplished something great.

Maggie walked back to the dorm at a brisk pace. The light of her dorm had been turned off now and she suddenly remembered that she still had to write a self-review report of no less than twenty thousand words, to be submitted to her father before tomorrow morning. Due to the late nature of the hour, Maggie locked the door and wondered how she would complete the review in the dark.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Maggie opened the door while Edith looked on with curiosity. The visitor was Cathy. "Hello, Instructor!" Maggie greeted her.

Cathy gave a smile and handed something to Maggie. "Use this emergency lamp," she offered without explaining further.

Maggie was amazed at first, but then she accepted the lamp happily. "Thank you," she said.

Cathy shook her head slightly and said, "Don't misunderstand the Captain. What he did was for your benefit. Just hurry to finish it and get some rest. You still need to attend training tomorrow." "Yes, of course."

Maggie felt so grateful for Cathy's kindness that as soon as she took the emergency lamp from her she immediately felt her mood lighten.

After Cathy left, Maggie began writing her report while Edith kept babbling on about Cathy's kind character and her generosity; the party that evening and a miscellany of other topics. Given that she had written the same report a few times for Edgar already, it was now an easy task for Maggie to finish it in a short time.

Maggie's previous illusions and expectations for her work on a basic level had been shattered into pieces. On the very first day of her career she had become Edgar's enemy because of a minor mistake she had made last night. As a result she had been punished with writing self-reviews for the entire day.

Maggie was surprised to know that her affection for Edgar, when she had considered him as her idol, had vanished in thin air. Previously, she admired him very much and had spared no effort to become an elite student just to get closer to him. But now, her affection for him had changed to disgust after their first meeting. She was really confused by this unexpected outcome.

However, Maggie would just have to spend her days in the Eagle Special Brigade still mulling over Edgar's actions. Edgar left the Eagle Special Brigade the next day. Maggie heard that all the senior captains of the special brigades from the whole country were summoned to gather in the X Army for reasons unknown to her. She didn't know whether there was going to be some big event or a military training exercise. After all, she wasn't a participant, so she had no chance of being clued in to this military secret.

The Eagle Special Brigade remained at their base for two months and continued with their basic training. During this period, Maggie had not seen Edgar again since her previous encounter with him. This was quite unexpected for her. Edgar had returned from the X Army over than a month ago, but she still hadn't him, even though they were in the same brigade.

"Maggie, what are you thinking about?" a familiar voice asked.

Maggie tilted her head and noticed Elijah. She shrugged and answered, "Nothing. I was thinking about how to improve the direction of wind resistance on bullets during live fire."

Elijah was the vice commander of the Novel Warfare Strategy Brigade. He was more than thirty years old already, and had a rank of a captain. He had enrolled in the military academy shortly after joining the army. Because of his hard work and kind nature, all the members of the Novel Warfare Strategy Brigade liked him very much.

"Have you come up with a way to improve it?"

Elijah picked up the bullet from the desk with a curious expression and asked, "The effective range of this sniper rifle is no more than 1000 meters. If it is changed..." He paused and looked at Maggie with speculation.

"Then its effective range should be improved to at least 1500 meters," he added. Maggie arched her brow and replied, "I promise it will shoot through iron at 1500 meters."

Amazed by her confidence, Elijah's eyes widened in disbelief. "That's impossible!" he said.

"Do you think it's just a wild dream?" Maggie grinned and added, "I thought it impossible at first as well. But I believe that any difficulties can be overcome by human ingenuity." Her eyes lit up as she continued, "If I can change the bullet's trajectory deviation to improve its effective range, then... any sniper rifle's effective range can be increased. That will be an exciting leap towards progress."