Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

Chapter 354: Chapter 354: The Tough Guy’s Tender Feelings

”Company Commander Qin, hello! My name is Yan Huan! The higher-ups have instructed me to visit your company soon to produce a series of reports on you and Instructor Jiang Ying!” Yan Huan said, extending her hand towards him.

Qin Jian shook her hand briefly and firmly, uttering two words, ”Welcome!”

”We should get to know each other! It’ll make future work interactions more familiar,” Zhang Yun said with a beaming smile.

”Yes,” Qin Jian nodded.

After the greetings, Zhang Yun and Yan Huan were about to go inside. Noticing that Qin Jian was lingering outside, she invited him with a smile, ”Qin Jian, why not come in too? Let’s go together? Weren’t you planning to buy something for An Hao? What kind of clothes are you thinking of buying? I can help you decide.”

Qin Jian’s ears turned slightly red, and Zhang Yun obviously noticed his slight embarrassment.

Being an experienced person, she instantly understood, ”Just tell me the size. I’ll pick out something for you.”

”84cm/82/86cm,” Qin Jian rattled off a string of numbers with the precision of a ruler, able to accurately state her size with just one glance.

Zhang Yun pursed her lips and chuckled, ”Wait here.”

Yan Huan watched as they seemed to decode each other’s signals with just a few words, feeling quite impressed, ”Auntie, all this talk of numbers and guessing. What kind of clothes does Company Commander Qin actually want to buy?”

”You’ll find out in a bit,” Zhang Yun answered with a smile, not revealing anything.

After browsing the store, Zhang Yun picked out two pieces of women’s underwear, the size exactly matching the numbers Qin Jian had provided. She paid with a smile, packaged the underwear, and walked out with Yan Huan.

Upon seeing Qin Jian, she happily handed the garments to him, ”Here you go.”

It was at that moment Yan Huan realized that Qin Jian had been picking up lingerie for a woman!

She thought that not many men would go to such lengths. Far from finding Qin Jian sleazy, she actually admired him!

But could this man, whose demeanor was so cold and unemotional, actually have a girlfriend?

Perhaps it’s his sister!, Huan thought to herself.

She hadn’t expected this man, often described as tough as steel, to actually be a tender-hearted soul.

The stark contrast struck Yan Huan deeply, touching her heart in an instant as an indescribable feeling spread within her.

This sensation was one that Yan Huan couldn’t articulate or fully comprehend; it was her first time experiencing such feelings in her twenty-five years.

Qin Jian took the clothes and insisted on paying Zhang Yun, pulling out money from his pocket, but Zhang Yun refused, ”I don’t need it, and you shouldn’t give it to me. If you feel bad about it, just bring An Hao over to visit me and Old Ning during the Mid-Autumn Festival, that’s enough.”

Since Zhang Yun would not accept the money, Qin Jian did not insist on giving it.

Honestly, he harbored a great fondness for the Ning family. Qin Jian’s heart ached when he saw them grieving over the loss of their son.

Considering the man was a military district commander and taking into account the potential impact it may have, especially when appointment letters and commissioning certificates were about to be issued, he did not want to initiate contact.

He hoped to advance through his own efforts, without clinging to connections.

Today, however, since Zhang Yun had taken the initiative to invite him and An Hao, Qin Jian had accepted...

”Sure! It’s a promise then, no backing out! If you don’t come, I’ll have to send my guards to fetch you,” she teased.

”Okay,” Qin Jian