nd to cover up.
"Uncle Jackson, the reason I came over here today, besides looking for you to get my aunt's bank account, is that I wanted to catch up on my own personal business. But there are some things I think might be helpful to Uncle Jackson, so, came over here specifically to see you!"
"Oh! Tell me about it! What is it that will help me?" Jackson was also stunned to hear that it would help him.
"It's like this, Uncle Jackson, because my Global Trading Company wants to set up a branch in Italy, so I would like you to help me introduce the Italian Garrison Chief in Naples, and I would like to recruit some company employees through his connections. Now in this time of war, a stable job should be able to pull in some Italians as a favor!"
"Haha .... You kid, if you want me to help introduce you to the groundhogs, just say so, and say that you can help me, so I almost really believe it." Jackson saw through Elrond's trick at a glance.
Elrond wasn't embarrassed, and smiled at Jackson, "Uncle wouldn't mind, would he?"
"Well, it just so happens that I'm having lunch with the mayor of Naples today at noon, so I'll call Lt. Col. Rolando Crespo to meet you then." Jackson also said without a care in the world.
And so it was over a lunch that Elrond got to know, Lt. Col. Rolando Crespo, the Mayor of Naples and Chief of the Italian Garrison in Naples. Not much specifics were said at the table, General Jackson simply introduced Elrond by stating that this was one of his juniors now serving in the Naval Logistics Department of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
After the meal Elrond visited Mr. Mayor of Naples and Lieutenant Colonel Rolando Crespo respectively, and with the help of the two men, purchased a house not far from the Naples military port for $40,000 to serve as the office building for the Italian branch of Universal Trade. And with the personal participation of Mr. Mayor, the work of registering the company was processed, and the office staff was allowed to release the employment information to various job markets, and it was agreed that the recruitment of personnel would take place in the new office building tomorrow morning.
However, for the head of the company, Elrond must find a person he trusts, and the good thing is that Elrond will not leave Naples right away in the near future, so there is still time to take his time to find one.
Just as Elrond was walking drunkenly back to his barracks after dinner with the Mayor and Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, feeling the cold winds of a Neapolitan winter, a familiar call stopped Elrond, "Elrond, is that you?"
Elrond twisted his head to see that it was the little nurse Lilith who had taken care of him in the Naval Hospital, and Elrond was surprised to see that he could still meet this pretty little girl on the streets of Italy after being discharged from the hospital.
"Wow! Dear Ms. Lilith, am I dreaming? Or have I met an angel." Elrond joked in a roguish manner.
"Elrond, don't tease me. Why are you wandering around the streets of Naples drunk? Shouldn't you have already returned to the frontline to fight?" Lilith blushed with a face full of concern.
In fact, Lilith's looks are very much in line with Elrond's aesthetics, white and red skin, although with a few small freckles like most white people, black hair, black eyes, high nose like the heroine of the latter-day movie "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" Monica Bellucci, except that the character is not the movie's flamboyance, but rather a kind of girl-next-door temperament, which makes Elrond This makes Elrond's heart flutter, but it is a pity that as a soldier who will go to war and get killed at any time, he does not dare to hope that he can really have any kind of intersection with such a girl.
"Haha .... Lilith, how would I ever have the chance to meet my goddess if I wasn't drunkenly wandering the streets of Naples! Dear Lilith, I wonder if you would do me the honor of accompanying me, a lost soul in search of my goddess, for a cup of coffee!" Now that Elrond had a bottom line in his pocket, he didn't want to let go of the opportunity that had been presented to him.
"Ah! I'm afraid this won't work, it's already dark now, I have to go home before I can do that, otherwise my father will come out to look for me." Lilith didn't dislike Elrond, at least compared to the licentious American soldiers, Elrond's introverted and humble character of a Chinese soldier would be more pleasing. Although this guy would always jab at her verbally, he would never get physical like the other American GIs.
"In that case, I wonder if I would have the honor of being able to take my goddess home!" Elrond didn't want to be too eager to cause offense to the young girl.
"That's my house up ahead!" The little girl's reply caused Elrond to freeze and look in the direction of Lilith's finger. Unbelievably coincidental, Lilith's home was not far behind the office building Elrond had just purchased.
Could this be fate, Elrond couldn't help but think to herself. "We'll have to go slow then, I want to slow down time."
Lilith covered her mouth and laughed softly, "Fine! We can walk back slowly if you're not afraid of my dad lecturing you."
"If Your Excellency wants to teach me a lesson, I definitely won't resist. After all, I can't forgive the wild boy who burst out of nowhere and tried to abduct my own little baby that I've carefully cared for for more than a decade, can I?"
"Yikes! What to say! Who is your father-in-law! You .... Elrond, it's only been a month since I've seen you, why have you become so bad!" Lilith's face turned red under Elrond's offense.
Elrond, with the strength of his drink, couldn't help but be a little smitten as he looked at the little girl's shy face under the dim streetlight!
Lilith didn't get a response from Elrond, and realized that Elrond's face was full of piggishness, staring at herself in fascination, and a sweet feeling welled up in her heart for no reason. Instead, her face blushed even more.
Just as the ambiguous atmosphere between the two was heating up, an untimely voice rang out in front of the two, "Lilith, is this your friend? Do you want to call home for a cup of coffee."
The voice was soft, but it also pulled the two back from the ambiguous atmosphere. Lilith was the first to react, startled, and hurriedly introduced herself sheepishly, "Dad, why did you come over, this is Elrond, my friend."
As soon as Elrond heard that it was actually His Excellency who he had just been talking about, who had just been molesting someone else's daughter, and immediately the parent appeared in front of him, he broke out in a cold sweat of fright, and sobered up a lot from the wine. Hurriedly stood up straight and straightened his clothes and said, "Hello, uncle, my name is Elrond, nice to meet you!"
Lilith's father was obviously a very cultivated gentleman, and he very politely extended his right hand and said, "Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Lilith's father, Umaru Coburn. It's all at the doorstep, how about a cup of coffee at home."
Elrond was of course very pleased with Lilith's father's invitation, and without excusing himself, agreed graciously, "Of course Uncle, it would be my honor."
Hearing Elrond accept his invitation as openly as he could, it surprised Lilith's father a bit, thinking that the young man in sight would be scared and run away as soon as he opened his mouth! It was unthinkable that he would accept the invitation with such graciousness.
This made him unable to help but start seriously sizing up the young man in front of him. How could he not think that the young man in front of him, who had experienced a second life, and whose mental age was estimated to be even older than his, how could he fall away just because he flirted with a little girl and was discovered by the other party's father?