Chapter 30

A cloud drifted by, blocking out the sun, and the window didn’t shine as brightly as it should have.

But at four o’clock in the afternoon, it was still bright enough, and the sound of summer insects still sounded like a perpetual motion machine.

The moment he saw Jiang Yimiao, Zhao Shuming took a breath and glanced at Zhao Zhengcheng.

He hoped that Jiang Yimiao hadn’t heard Zhao Zhengcheng’s question just now…….

Jiang Yimiao leaned against the wall of the corridor, and couldn’t help but rub the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, her five senses still a little fuzzy from her recent sleep.

Until she saw the two people in the living room, she reflexively called out, “Uncle good.”

“Eh, River, did you wake up from your nap?”

“Uh-huh.” Jiang Yimiao froze in place, she looked down at Zhao Shuming, there was some confusion in her eyes, didn’t Uncle Zhao come on Wednesdays?

Zhao Shuming immediately understood the doubt in her eyes, “My dad was transferred to a different shift and was free today, so he came today.”

She nodded dumbly, the elders were sitting here, Jiang Yimiao squeezed out a somewhat stiff but polite smile and met Zhao Zhengcheng’s eyes.

Zhao Shuming and his parents both looked very much alike, and even his parents were very much like each other.

Looking at the bridge of his nose and lips, Zhao Zhengcheng and Zhao Shuming were the same, and Zhao Zhengcheng’s appearance overlapped with that of her memories, which didn’t seem to have changed much over the years.

Jiang Yimiao couldn’t help but think back to when she was a child and was always asked, “What is your ideal?

The kids would always answer something like scientist, toy store owner, artist, etc. Jiang Yimiao was no exception.

However, she was a “sentimental” person, and every time she was asked such a question, her answer was almost always different, depending on the role of the main character in the TV series that Shen Man watched during that time.

Hong Kong dramas were popular in those days, and professional dramas were even more popular. Firemen, lawyers, doctors. Jiang Yimiao often couldn’t understand those dramas, but she loved to watch them with her mom.

What the hero and heroine did, Jiang Yimiao’s ideal was that career.

Until she had a favorite character, a very handsome doctor, who had been a face reader since she was a child, her ideal became a doctor.

And far away from the sky near the eye of the next door family uncle Zhao happens to be a doctor, nothing she actually envied at that time, but also Zhao Zhengcheng as a role model.

However, after elementary school, Jiang Yimiao’s ideal became a big boss, because it makes a lot of money.

Jiang Yimiao looked at Zhao Zhengcheng who smiled amiably, in addition to the New Year’s red packets, Jiang Yimiao and Zhao Zhengcheng did not have much contact, although as a child she admired him.

But now there was only the awkward feeling of meeting an unfamiliar elder.

She unconsciously rubbed her thumb against her index finger and stood in place in a hasty manner.

Zhao Shuming sensed her impatience and stood up to hold her arm, “Miao Miao, there’s some fruit washed on the table, eat some if you want to, I’ll go cook with my dad first.”

“Eat at home?”

He nodded, “The dishes are all bought.”

Zhao Shuming pointed to the workbench over the kitchen.

What came into her eyes were flowery green plastic bags, and at a glance, they were fresh meat and vegetables bought fresh at the food market, she nodded dumbly again.

The sleepiness hadn’t completely dissipated and her spirit hadn’t recovered yet.

Only to see Zhao Shuming look back at Zhao Zhengcheng sitting on the sofa, Zhao Zhengcheng then immediately patted his thighs and stood up, “Then uncle and Shuming will go make dinner together! Ha.”

The two of them squeezed into the kitchen, leaving the living room empty for Jiang Yimiao.

Jiang Yimiao pulled out her cell phone and swiped it for a while, watching a few funny videos before she completely came to her senses.

She glanced sideways at Zhao Shuming’s father and son who were standing in the kitchen, and realized with hindsight that she was staying in someone else’s house while the owner of the house was still cooking food for her.

She walked to the kitchen with her cell phone in her pocket, and plopping down by the door she asked, “Is there anything I can help you with?”

Zhao Shuming washed and wiped his hands and walked over to her, “No, Miao Miao you go sit and rest, didn’t you recently start catching up on variety shows, I remember updating that issue yesterday and you haven’t watched it yet.”

“Yeah oh, I forgot.”

Sometimes Jiang Yimiao herself couldn’t remember the update time of the dramas or variety shows she was chasing, because those video platforms updated very irregularly, not on the same day every week.

But Zhao Shuming always seemed to remember it better than her.

She looked up at Zhao Shuming, only to see him walk behind her and put his hands on her shoulders, then he pushed Jiang Yimiao back into the living room, “The rice bugs will just lie still and eat the rice.” He laughed.

Jiang Yimiao raised her head and looked at him blinking her eyes, she didn’t think that he still remembered the fact that he had said she was a rice bug before, she couldn’t help but smile as the corners of her eyes curved, “Alright then.”

Zhao Shuming reentered the kitchen again and also closed the glass door of the kitchen and opened the small balcony of the kitchen.

Zhao Zheng Cheng looked back at Jiang Yimiao and stared at Zhao Shuming again.

“You still haven’t answered the question I just asked.”

Zhao Shuming sighed, “It’s not like you can’t see it.”

“Eh, no, why are you so incapable, think about when your mom and I got married right after graduation ……”

Zhao Zhengcheng took the kitchen knife and chopped the pig bones with his hands, the sound of his speech was sandwiched between the thumping sound of the blade colliding with the cutting board.

Zhao Shuming was silent for a long time, “You two are divorced, what’s the point of mentioning the old favorites?”

It was impossible for him to separate from Jiang Yimiao in this lifetime, and even if the worst came to the worst, such as her falling in love with another man instead of him, he thought he wouldn’t mind paying whatever it took to hold onto Jiang Yimiao for dear life. He thought that he would not mind giving everything to keep Jiang Yimiao in his life.

Although it was still a bit far away now, he did do some mental construction.

Instead of being like his mom and dad, who divorced when they said they would.

“But …… why are you asking me this question?” The meaning of Zhao Shuming’s words was actually asking Zhao Zhengcheng why he knew he liked Jiang Yimiao.

He had previously thought innocently that his parents were the same as Jiang Yimiao’s parents, never knowing what was in his mind, but simply treating Jiang Yimiao as a close junior.

“Hehe, your generation doesn’t have much of a heart to return to their roots anymore, staying wherever they are comfortable.”

Zhao Zhengcheng paused, “You’ve come back to work for a job that’s still no better than what you were treated at the time you first graduated, isn’t it obvious enough that you’ve come back for a purpose?”

Zhao Shuming’s hand that was picking leaves stalled for half a second as he lowered his head to continue the movement in his hand.

“Moreover, you’ve said bluntly to your mom that you came back to chase after Miao Miao, why didn’t you say it to me, you’re treating it differently!” Zhao Zhengcheng said unconvincingly.

“What’s the point of talking to you?” Zhao Shuming fished the dishes out of the dishpan.

What Zhao Shuming needed wasn’t a so-called assist, he didn’t want Jiang Yimiao to be wrapped up in someone else’s love for him, he just wanted Jiang Yimiao to be able to truly love him.

“Your dad at least chased after your mom who is so hard to chase, you can take lessons from me.”

I don’t want to get divorced in my fourteenth year of marriage.

Zhao Shuming actually thought this in his heart, but today, Zhao Zhengcheng came to have a rare chat and dinner with him, and he didn’t want to dislike each other with his over-hundred-year-old dad, so he exhaled and chose to remain silent.

“It looks like I’m losing face if you don’t answer me.”

Zhao Zhengcheng washed the bones and the herbs for the soup.

“Then tell me, how did you chase after my mom who was so hard to chase back then?”

Zhao Zhengcheng looked back at Jiang Yimiao, who was sitting on the sofa laughing her ass off from watching the variety show, and he leaned in close to Zhao Shuming’s ear and said, “Then of course, it was by face and body. Body, the vast majority of animals in the world are visual animals as well as carnivores, including humans ……”

Zhao Shuming’s family’s cooking skills were all very good, and Zhao Zhengcheng made them his best dishes, and although Jiang Yimiao was still a bit rushed to eat at first, Zhao Shuming gave her food as usual and told her to eat slowly.

Gradually she also let go a bit, and hungrily ate her meal in large bites.

Zhao Zhengcheng chatted about Jiang Yimiao’s work again.

He asked Jiang Yimiao what her specific job was.

“It’s just back-end development, in a game project team under Yi Ke.”

“Wouldn’t that be busy?”

“It is a bit busy.” Jiang Yimiao smiled bitterly.

“It’s still important to combine labor and rest, don’t wear out your body.”

Jiang Yimiao nodded vigorously, Zhao Zheng Cheng was a doctor, and it was a given that he liked to emphasize things like physical health.

“You were born white and chubby when you were a kid, look at how you’ve been exhausted and thin now. Why don’t Uncle take your pulse and see what you need to replenish.”

“Ah, okay.” Jiang Yimiao obediently stretched his arm out.

After using a set of looking and sniffing, the results were pretty much the same as Zhao Zhengcheng’s guess, they were all small problems common to women, and could be improved by paying more attention to diet and exercise.

“Strictly speaking there can be a lot of malnourished people in the world, there are also a lot of weak bodies, don’t worry very much, let Shuming give you more delicious food, feeding will feed you back.”

Jiang Yimiao subconsciously then locked eyes with Zhao Shuming, she lowered her head again and ate a big bite of meat.

After eating and cleaning up, Zhao Zhengcheng didn’t want to disturb his son’s few moments of two-person world, and Zhao Shuming kept urging him to leave, so Zhao Zhengcheng sat down and drank a glass of water and left.

Before leaving, he didn’t forget to pat Zhao Shuming’s shoulder, “Do you remember what dad just told you?”

Zhao Shuming only nodded.

“Cheer up, work hard, you’ll always see the light of victory.”

Zhao Shuming also no longer sent him off, seeing him get on the elevator he closed the door with a bang.

“What did Uncle mean when he said cheer up to you just now?” Jiang Yimiao asked with pure curiosity.

“Nothing, something at work.” He somewhat reluctantly lied.

But Jiang Yimiao didn’t have much doubt, just slowly nodded her head, thinking that tomorrow is another Monday to get up early to go to work, after waiting for the things in her stomach to be digested and digested, Jiang Yimiao went to take a shower.

Maybe because she took a shower a little early today, Zhao Shuming, who usually takes a shower at the same time as her, was still in the living room.

It wasn’t until Jiang Yimiao sat and watched another episode of the TV series that sleepiness gradually set in that she turned off the TV and went back to her room to lie down.

Only then did Zhao Shuming go to the bathroom to wash up.

The door to Jiang Yimiao’s room was open, and she lay flat on the bed, crossing her legs and swiping her cell phone.

After brushing for a while, her throat felt a little dry, and the kettle in her room was out of hot water, so she had to roll out of bed and go to the living room to get a glass of water.

Jiang Yimiao had just walked out of her room when she saw Zhao Shuming open the bathroom door, and the same as before was that he was now wearing a scent that she liked and was familiar with.

But the difference was that he wasn’t wearing a shirt!

Jiang Yimiao froze for two seconds, her first reaction was to sigh at Zhao Shuming’s body, which was even better looking than many of the muscular men she had seen on the internet.

It wasn’t until she noticed his straight and somewhat blushing expression that she jerked around.

“Sorry!”

“Sorry.”

Both voices sounded at the same time. The air was quiet for another two seconds until Zhao Shuming continued to speak.

“I’m sorry Miao Miao, my pajamas fell to the floor and got wet, that’s why I came out like this.”

Jiang Yimiao had just seen everything, so she also saw the pajamas resting on his arm.

“Ah nothing nothing, that I, no no no, that you quickly go to the checkroom to get a pajama, don’t catch a cold ……” Jiang Yimiao’s order of speech was suddenly a bit confusing.

In fact, she did not know why she turned around and acted like she did not see anything, it is not like she has never seen a man’s upper body naked . It wasn’t like she hadn’t seen a man’s upper body naked before. And it wasn’t like she hadn’t seen Zhao Shuming’s body before ……

Zhao Shuming looked down at her hand that kept clasping the bolt of the room’s door and couldn’t stop smiling as he nodded his head and said, “Okay, I’ll go get it now.”

Only after hearing his departing footsteps did Jiang Yimiao turn back around again and run to the living room to pour a glass of water, taking several sips before returning to her room.

When she lay back on the bed again, the strange and inexplicable emotion that had suddenly arisen because she had just seen Zhao Shuming had already dissipated, and she crossed her legs again to leisurely look at her cell phone.

A pop-up window popped up with a private message sent to her by Cheng Wenyao in the video software.

Jiang Yimiao smoothly clicked in, Cheng Wenyao forwarded a video to her, and the cover was a photo of a brightly shining abs.

[As soon as you lie in bed, you’re looking at rubbing men ah you.]

Cheng Wenyao sent a drooling colorful emoticon, [People rubbing is not just for me to see, sis not only see, but also give him a like, but also share his video].

Cheng Wenyao and Jiang Yimiao’s desire to share with each other is very high, so high that they have not broken contact even with video software, and the two of them still have sparks hanging in the chat box.

As usual, Jiang Yimiao scanned through all the videos she had shared over, including the one of the rubbing muscle man.

She couldn’t help but think of the Zhao Shuming she had just seen again, on weekdays she only had the unintentional intention of seeing a little bit of what was underneath his clothes only through his bent over collar.

She had never seen his upper body in such a straightforward manner. But what had to be said was that his muscles did look good, fitness really did work on someone like him.

[It’s a pity that even now, I still don’t know how the big pecs feel like ah ah ah I hate, why are there so many muscular men on the internet, but none in reality ah ah.]

Cheng Wenyao started to go crazy with Jiang Yimiao in the middle of the night, in fact, she and Jiang Yimiao’s insights on love and marriage are not much different, these words are just a mouth high only. If she really talks about love, she will definitely retreat.

Jiang Yimiao poked at the screen and said to Cheng Wenyao: [That, actually I found Zhao Shuming’s body is quite good too].

[Seems like it, then you quickly touch it, is it soft and hard.]

[I only know it’s big and white.]] Jiang Yimiao inhaled and subconsciously looked towards the door of the room. Cheng Wenyao sent over a dozen question marks in a row as an afterthought.

【What stage have you two developed to, you eat so well!

[No, don’t talk nonsense! Jiang Yimiao pursed her lips, in the spirit of saying more wrong, just denied but did not explain more.

There were two knocks on the door of the room, and Jiang Yimiao put her legs down and looked away from the door.

Only to see Zhao Shuming leaning against the door, the broken hair in front of his forehead still had some wet look.

For some reason, Jiang Yimiao always felt that the pajamas he wore today were a bit thin, and the neckline was also a bit wide.

He slightly lowered his head to meet her eyes, “Miao Miao, can I still sleep here with you tonight?”