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"Okay, I’ll try to persuade Lin Wenbin." Zhou Mikang agreed without objection.
Chuxia imdiately smiled brightly, "Thank you."
Zhou Mikang looked displeased, "Stop being polite with . How many tis have I told you not to treat like this? If this continues, I’ll get angry."
"I’m not just being polite..." Chuxia looked at him seriously, "I know you already did your best to persuade him before. But now that I’m asking you to continue, you didn’t even explain, you just agreed. I’m thanking you for valuing ."
"You’re my wife, of course I need to value you." Zhou Mikang was still displeased, "We’re married, if we can’t even do this little bit, can we still call ourselves a couple?"
"Fine, from now on I won’t thank you." Chuxia playfully shook his arm, "Don’t keep such a stern face, it’s not good-looking. I prefer to see you smiling."
"If you like to see smile, then stop doing things that make not want to smile."
"Okay." Chuxia nodded and reached out to lift the Chin of Tongzi, "Co on, give a smile."
Zhou Mikang: "..." This little rascal, are you getting a bit too bold? Then he cleared his throat, "Elder Liang started working at 401 today and will be stationed there twice a week."
Chuxia’s expression turned serious, "Has the assistant been decided?"
"No..." Zhou Mikang shook his head, "He ca to find , that’s how I learned he’s going to work at 401. Otherwise, why would I be concerned about his movents."
"I understand what you an, you’re saying he still hopes I would be his assistant?" Chuxia looked excited, "He’s actually that approving of ! Oh, that ans I’ve really let him down. By the way, how did you respond?"
"You’re overthinking it a bit..." Zhou Mikang looked at his little wife helplessly, "He ca to hoping I could give him so dical case studies from previous missions as key focuses for his teaching.
The reason he ca to is because this matter is now under my managent; he must get my consent to access the archives. As for you, he didn’t even ask."
"Really?" Chuxia’s face fell, "Didn’t expect I’m that insignificant in his eyes. Then why did you tell all this? Just to discourage ?"
"Of course not. I hadn’t finished telling you earlier; aside from his hospital duties, he’ll be a professor at A dical University. So, chances are, you’ll be his student soon, that’s what I wanted to tell you."
"Do you think..." Hesitating, Chuxia unconsciously leaned her head towards Zhou Mikang, "Do you think he made this decision so I would continue to be his assistant?"
"There’s a possibility, but..." Zhou Mikang watched her amused, "What do you think the chance is?"
"Hehe..." Chuxia laughed sheepishly, "The chance doesn’t seem big." She had beco a full-ti student due to her pregnancy; if Elder Liang chose her to be an assistant continuously, she’d have to follow him for hospital work, which would be quite unreasonable, why should work be impossible without her as assistant?
"I tried probing Elder Liang’s thoughts, but unfortunately, that old fox wouldn’t take the bait; he only said he originally picked you as assistant because he felt you were clever. But how did he perceive you to be clever?" Zhou Mikang spread his hands, "Honestly, I’ve thought about it a lot yet still can’t figure it out."
"Did Elder Yuan tell him?"
"Impossible." Zhou Mikang shook his head, "He isn’t well-acquainted with Elder Yuan to that extent; their interactions probably amount to just nodding acquaintances at most."
"Then forget it, defense against any situation is key. I’ve got no evidence of offending him, nor does he have reason to retaliate. Let it flow naturally; soday I’ll understand why he focused on ."
"Yes, telling you this is just to raise your vigilance; you’ll inevitably have encounters with him at A dical University, if he asks you to be his class representative just decline; you’re pregnant, that’s a legitimate reason."
"No worries, if he dares choose , I’ll dare take it on. Without entering the tiger’s lair, can one capture the cub?" Chuxia seed eager, "Anyway, being idle doesn’t help, having so tasks can pass the ti nicely."
"You, health cos first, others, we’ll talk after the baby arrives." Zhou Mikang stared at her, "I’m concerned about your health, understand?"
"Understand, understand, totally understand." Chuxia quickly nodded, "You’re so good to ; I knew it all along. Zhou Mikang, do you know, how did I get so lucky to et such a wonderful man like you? I really am..."
"Enough..." Zhou Mikang interrupted her, "Stop flattering , it’s useless; allowing you to attend school is already the biggest concession. Nothing else to discuss, if you insist, I’ll retract my promise and let you quietly stay ho till you deliver the baby."
"You’re so unreasonable!" Chuxia glared at him, looking furious, "Why can you take back promises so easily? Why keep locked at ho? That’s too unfair!
How about I lock you at ho not letting you work? And tie a burden to your belly to see how it feels, then you’d stop talking like that."
Zhou Mikang humorously looked at his flusteredly angry little wife, "If doing this lets you feel better, go ahead."
Chuxia’s eyes darted, "You have no objections?"
"I don’t really have any objections, I’m just worried that after the baby is born, I won’t be able to protect you all..."
"See, you still can’t do it!" Chuxia glared at him discontentedly, "You can’t do it yourself, but you expect others to make sure they can, that’s so unreasonable."
Alright, as the saying goes: the world is big, but a pregnant woman is the biggest. Zhou Mikang helplessly begged for rcy: "I was wrong; if you want to stay ho with you, I’ll stay."
"Really?"
"Really."
"No regrets?"
"No regrets!"
"Liar!"
"Yep!"
Chuxia: "..."
Zhou Mikang poked her nose tip with his finger: "Silly, to make sure you all live well, I must have my own career. I know you’re joking with ; even if I really agreed, you wouldn’t let stay at ho.
But I can’t just make a random promise knowing you’re joking. Chuxia, I hope you know that I’ll never deceive you. What I tell you are always my sincerest words.
I also don’t want to cause a ’boy who cried wolf’ situation just because I wanted to make you happy for a mont. You wouldn’t want that either, right? You should be married to an upright man, not so cowardly wuss, right?"
"Zhou Mikang..." Chuxia stared at him speechlessly, "You should switch jobs with Zhou Hanliang; I find it a pity that soone with your eloquence isn’t a political commissar."
"I’m just able to talk like this in front of you, it’s because I’m afraid you’ll misunderstand." Zhou Mikang sighed while speaking, "I’ve said most words in my life to you."
"What, feeling aggrieved?"
"No, no, I’m happy to talk to you." Considering the pregnant woman’s mood swings, Zhou Mikang dared not show the slightest bit of carelessness. He was absolutely serious when he said this, which amused Chuxia, "Alright, I won’t make things difficult for you anymore. Zhou Mikang, do you feel especially tired?"
"No..." Zhou Mikang looked at her seriously, "The way you are now is normal, and even if your personality changes to be like this in the future, I won’t feel tired."
"Alright, I believe you." Chuxia sighed, "I don’t know, I just feel particularly inclined to argue with you now, it seems to make my heart feel better this way.
Sotis I wonder if I’m suffering from antenatal depression, but when I think about it carefully, it doesn’t seem so serious; it’s probably just hormonal instability causing it, so bear with , it’ll pass."
"I don’t need to bear with anything; this is nothing at all." Zhou Mikang changed positions to embrace her in his arms, "When I first enlisted, our company commander’s wife was pregnant; now that was truly mood swings and temperantal.
We trained every day, and the commander often got ho after ten at night, causing his wife to get angry and lock him out of the house.
Normally, the commander would just stay in the dorm, but at that ti, he couldn’t leave her alone at ho, so he had no choice but to comfort her gently from outside.
The commander had a fiery temper, usually not showing a smile in front of us, but for his wife’s sake, he was full of antics at the door, and we secretly watched from the side.
With his alertness, of course, he knew we were watching the fun, but he didn’t feel embarrassed and did what he needed to do anyway. Eventually, after training, our whole company stood outside the commander’s house watching him clown around, with soldiers occasionally chiming in.
Normally, with everyone making such a fuss, the wife would stop causing trouble, so her husband wouldn’t have to lose face in front of everyone, right? But his wife didn’t care, continuing to do things her way.
Until the child was three months old, the commander was still locked outside every day. Eventually, his mother-in-law ca, finally providing so relief.
Because of this, many of our comrades developed a phobia of marriage, and later the commander gave everyone a lesson on the lighter side of things, saying making one’s wife happy isn’t shaful; childbirth was way tougher on them than training was on us, so why shouldn’t we endure it with grace?
"The commander is really a model husband. So, where is he now?"
"He..." A hint of pain appeared in Zhou Mikang’s eyes, "He’s been gone for five years. During a mission, to save hostages, he... left."
Chuxia bit her lip: "And... what about the commander’s wife?"
Zhou Mikang sighed and changed the subject: "It’s getting late, let’s sleep."
After scrutinizing him for a couple of seconds, Chuxia said: "Is it because the commander’s wife remarried, and you don’t want to talk about it, right?" (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it on Qidian (qidian) with recomndation and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.)
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