Chapter 469: Chapter 324: Unexpected Visitor
The second shift has arrived. I’ve been too diligent, deserving a self-complint.
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“You think I’m particularly immodest, right?” Chuxia snorted proudly, “Wasn’t it you who forced to marry you? Then, you must accept entirely. Let tell you, it’s too late to have regrets now!”
Zhou Mikang gave her a dark look, “I’ve never had regrets. As long as you don’t have any, that’s fine. Besides, I think marrying you has been a huge win for .”
“Um…” Was it because I ca from the future that you struck it big? Chuxia wanted to ask this but never voiced it out. So jokes could be made, but she felt they were not yet close enough for that level of jest.
As she remained silent, Zhou Mikang also fell silent. The two of them traveled in silence to the hospital, “We’re here. I’m getting out, drive safe.” Chuxia hastily reached for the door when Zhou Mikang grabbed her, “Are you mad?”
“Huh?” Chuxia blinked in disbelief, “Mad? Why should I be mad?”
“Are you starting to play dumb with ?” Zhou Mikang pressed her back into the seat, “Don’t lie. Tell what you really think.”
“You forced this out of .” Chuxia raised her eyebrows, “Actually, I can’t quite understand my own feelings. When you took an interest in , you didn’t know I ca from the future, nor that I could help you in this war.
But when you said you felt like you hit the jackpot, I just felt uncomfortable. It seed to you valued not as a person, but my added benefits.
Of course, I know this thought is wrong, but I can’t help myself. I just feel unhappy and even… reluctant to see you.”
“Very good.” Zhou Mikang smiled encouragingly, “I’m glad you could honestly express your thoughts. But your assumptions do wrong.
From your perspective, the thinking of people from the future differs greatly from the present. Yet, you accepted , indicating my thoughts are neither outdated nor antiquated, and that I possess so fine qualities of the future.
For example, my views on love and marriage, I’ve shared with you what I expect from them. Thus, I’m fortunate I’d already discussed this with you, so you wouldn’t think I tailored my words just to please you.
That shortened the distance for you to fall in love with . By ‘hitting the jackpot,’ I specifically ant this. Of course, the help your knowledge of the future provides is invaluable, but this…” Zhou Mikang sighed, “you must be an unsung hero. Does that make you feel slighted?”
“No! No! No!” Chuxia waved her hands frantically, “I don’t want such honor. If it weren’t that I cared about you and feared you dying in battle, I wouldn’t have told you.
Even though it’s not ancient tis, many people might not accept it. Besides, if everyone knew I ca from the future, how would I manage to live my life?
I suspect the first thing so departnts would do is capture and study like a lab rat. What if during their research, they sliced up?” she shivered as she spoke, “That would be tantamount to death by a thousand cuts.”
Zhou Mikang: “…” A futuristic wife indeed thinks differently from everyone else. He wondered how she even conceived of the idea of being sliced up… With him around, who would dare?
Seeing Zhou Mikang’s confidence, Chuxia poured cold water on him, “If people really found out, you couldn’t stop them, nor could your family. Driven by power and benefits, so people are capable of anything.”
Zhou Mikang, annoyed, poked her forehead, “Such a possibility doesn’t exist. You’re worrying over nothing!”
“I’m just analyzing the situation. What if you slipped up under the pressure of national interest?” Chuxia glanced at him nervously, “It’s not that I don’t trust you, but I’m not confident about this era.”
Zhou Mikang sighed softly, “Promising you more won’t help. Let’s just see how things go. Luo Xiaoqiong is coming, get out now, and rember to eat at the cafeteria first.”
“Okay.” Chuxia waved at him and reached for the door again, but he pulled her in for a deep kiss. She pushed him away in panic, her face flush with red, unable to help glaring at him fiercely, “If Xiaoqiong sees us, I’ll be done for, you big pervert!”
“We are husband and wife.” He leaned forward and helped her open the car door, “If you’re not feeling well, take it easy.”
“Annoying!” She glared at him again and quickly jumped out of the car.
Watching her briskly run away, he sighed deeply and quickly turned the car around to leave.
Fortunately, that dicine must be effective; judging by the speed she was running, he could finally feel at ease. The dicine was prepared by his mother before their wedding, claiming it was beneficial for a girl’s recovery. At the ti, he had been quite critical, but to avoid his mother’s nagging, he accepted it.
Who would have thought their relationship would progress so quickly, or rather, he had underestimated the young girl’s sense of loyalty. She hadn’t completely fallen in love with him yet; he could see that. But to put his mind at ease, to give him sothing to care about and return to, despite her fear, despite still struggling to accept it, she had forced their relationship to this stage in such a coercive way.
“Is it really you? How co you arrived so early?” Seeing Chuxia running towards her, Luo Xiaoqiong was full of surprise, “From a distance, you really looked like her, I thought I was mistaken.”
Chuxia felt sowhat guilty and explained, “Zhou Mikang had to go to a eting early, and it’s inconvenient for to take a bus alone, so I ca over ahead of ti. Are you going to buy breakfast?”
“Yes, a few of them were on the night shift…” Luo Xiaoqiong sized her up, “You haven’t eaten breakfast, have you?”
“Right answer.” Chuxia took a few lunch boxes from her, “I’ll go get breakfast with you.”
“Hey…” Luo Xiaoqiong looked her up and down, “Tell the truth, did you have a conflict with your husband’s family?”
“Where did that co from?” Chuxia laughed and shook her head, “I just ca a bit early, how did you jump to that conclusion?”
“You just got married, and the Regintal Commander likes you so much, why would he let you skip a ho-cooked al to eat in the canteen?” Luo Xiaoqiong frowned in confusion, “You handled the recent incident at the Zhou family so well, your in-laws shouldn’t be troubling you, I an…” She suddenly smacked her forehead, “It isn’t because your mother-in-law was too nice to you, causing your sister-in-law and sister-in-law to get upset and gang up on you, is it?”
“You could start writing novels with that imagination…” Chuxia clicked her tongue twice, quickening her pace, “I’m not going to waste ti on such pointless gossip with you; the more we talk, the more outrageous it gets.”
“You’re feeling guilty, you must be hiding sothing from .” Luo Xiaoqiong hurried after her, “Lin Chuxia, when you’re feeling guilty, you always avoid it like this, I’ve noticed this flaw of yours long ago, co on, tell what’s wrong, if you consider a friend, you can’t hide it from !”
Having known each other for over a year, Chuxia was aware of Luo Xiaoqiong’s stubborn temperant. If she didn’t give a reason, Luo Xiaoqiong definitely wouldn’t let it go, and indeed, as Luo Xiaoqiong said, when she had sothing guilty and couldn’t explain, she preferred to evade the topic. It used to be when her parents were around; Luo Xiaoqiong wouldn’t press further. But this ti, if she didn’t speak up, Luo Xiaoqiong might very well go complain to her parents.
Weighing her options, Chuxia decided to use another matter to put her good friend at ease, thus she said, “I really didn’t lie to you, I haven’t told you because this matter is currently confidential, but judging by the look on your face, if I don’t tell you, you probably won’t be able to concentrate at work, and if sothing goes wrong and Director Xu scolds you, you’ll definitely bla more.
So, I might as well tell you, but you must promise to keep it a secret, not a word to anyone, including Liu ijun, not that I don’t trust her, but I don’t want to burden her with keeping the secret.”
Luo Xiaoqiong scrutinized Chuxia for a while, seeing that she was serious and her gaze unwavering, she believed her, “Fine, since it’s still confidential, I won’t make it difficult for you.
You and the Commander are husband and wife, it’s normal for him to inform you, I’m your friend, not his, if I were to get punished because of this, I would regret it for the rest of my life. However, I trust you so much, if I find out you are lying to , you will no longer be my friend.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t deceive you.” People of that era had an innate fear of breaking confidentiality rules, Chuxia knew well that Luo Xiaoqiong wouldn’t ask further. But since she had opened the topic, she intended to tell her.
Zhao Qiliang would also be deploying with the team, and it was uncertain when he would return. She didn’t want her cousin to leave with regrets, nor did she want Luo Xiaoqiong to regret it later.
When she quietly told Luo Xiaoqiong that Division A would be on a long-term mission, potentially even facing life-threatening risks, her friend imdiately stiffened, staring blankly at her, unable to recover for quite so ti.
After a mont, Luo Xiaoqiong shoved the lunch boxes she held into Chuxia’s hands, “You take care of the breakfast, I need to go and ask the Director for leave. Don’t worry, I know what to say, I definitely won’t make a mistake.”
“Okay,” Chuxia agreed cheerfully. However, as she was bringing the breakfast back, she encountered a familiar face at the dormitory entrance, well, soone she could only consider as an acquaintance.
“Lin Chuxia, you’ve finally co back.” Zhong Hongying hurried up to her, forcibly taking the lunch boxes from her hands, “How could they bully you like this, letting you carry so much breakfast alone?”
“Did you need sothing from ?” Knowing she wouldn’t approach without reason, Chuxia bypassed any niceties and went straight to asking her purpose.
“I heard you married a regintal commander, is that true?” Zhong Hongying stared at her eagerly, full of expectation as she asked. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote and support us. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.)
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