“Aye!”
Tuanzi was always an obedient boy. When he saw his father’s face clouding, he made a military salute, struggled out of Ye Guanguan’s arms and went back to his own little bedroom quickly with the nursemaid.
Ye Guanguan didn’t want him to leave, and she thought Lu Jinting was on purpose. Must he make people think she was a bad stepmother?
She walked grumpily towards Tuanzi’s bedroom, saying, “I’m going to read him bedtime stories. If it’s too late, I’ll stay with him for tonight.”
“She’s obviously pissing me off,” thought Lu Jinting, chucking to himself. And he grabbed her arm immediately.
“Tuanzi can fall asleep without bedtime stories.”
His pleasant smell brushed Ye Guanguan’s ear. Heart hammering because of his hot breath, Ye Guanguan flushed to the ears.
“I… I’ll still go and check on him.”
“The nursemaid will take care of him.”
Before Lu Jinting finished speaking, Ye Guanguan felt herself up. It turned out that Lu Jinting carried her on his shoulder and walked straight to their bedroom on the second floor.
Ye Guanguan cried in fear. In case the nursemaid heard her, she had to lower her voice when struggling on his shoulder.
“Mister, what are you doing? Put me down…”
Lu Jinting laughed in a low voice which sounded quite charming at this moment. “You like to see little red flowers, don’t you? I’ve got some, too.”
Lu Jinting didn’t throw Ye Guanguan onto the bed directly. Instead, when entering their bedroom, he lifted Ye Guanguan in his arms and took her to the cloakroom.
Ye Guanguan got married only a couple of days ago, and she hadn’t had a good sort through her clothes yet. Without Lu Jinting’s introduction, she wouldn’t have known a numb man like him also had a cloakroom.
The cloakroom, without doubt, was filled with military uniforms and suits of the same color and style. Even watches were of different series.
As soon as Lu Jinting opened a wardrobe door with one hand, Ye Guanguan saw rows of shiny metals and shoulder marks which represent a soldier’s military rank. Staring at the stripes on the shoulder marks, Ye Guanguan couldn’t help suspecting he was hiding something from her.
She touched the precious shoulder marks and asked, “Mister, what military rank do they represent?”
As expected, Lu Jinting turned serious. Yet he still replied calmly, “Not a very high rank.”
“I don’t believe you,” Ye Guanguan replied, her lips curling, “I hear a soldier can’t get so many stripes on a shoulder mark unless he’s got a high rank. Are you hiding anything from me?”
With a forced smile, Lu Jinting replied, “A soldier also gets metals for his military exploit. It’s no big deal.”
“Maybe I’m thinking too much,” thought Ye Guanguan. In the previous life, Lu Jinting went to the most remote place for the most dangerous mission just because of her. In this life, she didn’t want to experience the pain of losing him again.
“Mister, you sacrificed your life for the metals. Promise me you’ll never do such dangerous missions again, okay?”
As Ye Guanguan said, her eyes glistened with tears. Feeling sorry for Lu Jinting, she put her arms around his neck and it warmed his heart.
Sure, Lu Jinting didn’t know what she meant by saying “sacrificing his life”. He thought Ye Guanguan just didn’t know about wars and the excuse he used intimidated her.
Lu Jinting patted her on the back and comforted her in a low whisper, “I’m just training the soldiers. Now people are living in peace and there are no wars. I’m not needed.”
“Don’t go even if a war breaks out,” said Ye Guanguan.
To be honest, she was selfish in this respect. She wanted Lu Jinting to live a peaceful life with her and Tuanzi rather than die for the country.
Lu Jinting replied solemnly, “On the day we joined the army, we pledged to always await orders whenever we’re needed. Don’t worry. I’ll take care of you and Tuanzi. I won’t easily die.”
“Don’t ever say die again!”
Ye Guanguan covered his mouth stubbornly, as if he had really died.
Well, it did happen in the previous life. When Ye Qiancheng was in prison, the anxiety was killing Ye Guanguan. Just then, she received the authorized divorce agreement from Lu Jinting.
After rejecting it for such a long time, Lu Jinting finally signed it.
Before Ye Guanguan got excited, she also received the notice of memorial meeting from the troop. She was his wife, but she was the last to know he was dead.
That day, she sat in the corridor of the funeral parlor and it took a long time before she finally realized what was happening. For the first time ever, she felt a bit unaccustomed. But that was all.
At that time, after all, Lu Jinting was a formidable obstacle who stopped her from getting together with Lu Mingye.
She thought it was all right when Lu Jinting died. A hero liked him should die for his country.
She was glad to know Lu Jinting was dead back then. But when she thought about it now, she blushed with shame.
Ye Guanguan put her arms tightly around Lu Jinting’s neck and it was Lu Jinting’s first time to feel her concern about him. He couldn’t help smiling.
“Fine. I won’t say it again,” said he.
Ye Guanguan put back the metals carefully. As she walked out of the cloakroom, she felt so apologetic that she thought she must do something.
She stood on tiptoes, and gave Lu Jinting a deep kiss with her hands around his neck again. Before Lu Jinting responded, she began to unbuckle his coat.
Lu Jinting looked solemn immediately. He couldn’t help gasping when Ye Guanguan touched him scrupulously. Suddenly, he carried her up in his arms.
With her back against the wall, Ye Guanguan lifted her spindly legs around Lu Jinting’s waist. Soon, she gained the initiative.
In the middle of the night, Ye Guanguan passed out a few times when he was hitting her so hard. Again and again, she was awakened by the orgasm.
After the sex, they lay in bed, naked. Held in Lu Jinting’s arms, Ye Guanguan felt as if all her strength had been drained out of her body.
“I’ll take you on a honeymoon after I hand over my work.”
In the moonlight, Ye Guanguan’s shy eyes lit up, and she asked, “Really?”
Lu Jinting, as a matter of fact, was a dull man. Otherwise, Ye Guanguan would have been attracted by his handsome face in the previous life.
Ye Guanguan never expected him to notice such details. In this life, she was back to take revenge. She didn’t think too much about the love thing. Marrying him already satisfied her.
Lu Jinting was lost in thought as he stared at the moon.
“We’ll go to Lujin Island.”
If he remembered correctly, Lujin Island meant a lot to Ye Guanguan. Before he knew much about her, he heard adults talk about her family stuff.
“My parents met in Lujin island. After I get married, I will visit it!”
Her childish voice lingered in Lu Jinting’s mind for years. Back at that time, Lu Jinting thought she was too naive. However, he couldn’t help paying attention to her from then on.
Ye Guanguan didn’t know what Lu Jinting was thinking of. She was kind of ashamed. She mentioned Lujin Island in the Lu family, intending for Lu Mingye, because she wanted to marry him when she grew up and visit Lujin Island with him.
“Mister, let’s go somewhere else. I want to go abroad.”
She felt so ashamed that she didn’t dare to look at Lu Jinting again. She huddled up in his arms and was too timorous to reveal her face.
Her petty moves itched Lu Jinting. He held her in his arms, ran his fingers through her hair and whispered, “Let’s just go to Lujin Island. I also wonder what sort of place it is.”