Chapter 036

When the movie ended, Zhen Zhen immediately jumped down from Shui Huaiming’s shoulder.

Servant Huai Ming gave her support, and her feet landed lightly on the ground.

Not waiting for the crowd to disperse, Zhen Zhen pulled Shui Huai Ming and turned to run.

Running to the edge of the playground, she looked back and said under her breath, “No one should have seen that just now, right?”

They were standing at the end of the crowd, the night was dark, and everyone else was watching the movie.

Servant Huai Ming answered, “Don’t worry, no one turned their heads to pay attention to the back.”

Anyway, the movie was already over, so there was nothing for Jenny to worry about.

Realizing that she was still holding onto Shui Huaiming’s arm, she let go and said, “Let’s go home.”

Zhen Zhen walked a few steps ahead of her, and Shui Huaiming took a few steps to follow.

As the two of them walked side by side in the night, Zhen Zhen turned her head to look at Shui Huai Ming, remembering something, she asked him, “Does your shoulder hurt?”

Zhen Zhen’s weight was no big deal to Shui Huaiming, who had a much more intense weight training program.

He looked at Zhen Zhen and simply replied, “It doesn’t hurt, it’s fine.”

The movie was so long, and she had been sitting on his shoulder for so long.

Zhen Zhen felt that it was impossible to be completely fine, so she added, “I was too absorbed in watching the movie just now, can I go home and rub it for you?”

Shi Huai Ming was about to say no, but met Zhen Zhen’s eyes, hesitated for a moment and then nodded, “Okay.”

The two of them returned home, and first freshened up one after another.

Zhen Zhen washed up first, and sat in her room to study while Shui Huaiming went to freshen up.

When Shui Huaiming came back from freshening up, she pinched her pen and lifted her head, greeting him with a voice: “Are you done?”

Squire Huai Ming answered and sat down on the wooden chair next to her.

Glancing at the time on the alarm clock, Jenny didn’t hesitate much.

She put down the pen in her hand and stood up, standing behind Shui Huaiming and said, “Then I’ll press it for you directly.”

Before Shui Huaiming could respond, Zhen Zhen had already pressed her hand onto his right shoulder.

Servant Huai Ming then sat down and didn’t move again, allowing Zhen Zhen to pinch without worry.

He knew that Zhen Zhen was trying to help him relax in this way.

But after Zhen Zhen pressed back and forth once, he realized that this was not enjoyment and relaxation at all, but rather life-threatening torture.

Her fingers were thin and soft as she pinched his shoulders inch by inch.

The summer clothes were soft and thin, and each pinch of her fingertips teased a hot spot.

Each stroke was like a pinch on his heart.

In addition to this, she stood very close to him behind him, her head lowered as she squeezed his shoulders, and a strand of her long, still-dry hair fell down the side of her forehead, brushing against the side of his ear.

The scent of her hair floated on the tip of his nose, like a hand that pinched and tugged at desire.

Squire Huai Ming looked at the alarm clock on the table to count the time.

When Zhen Zhen had pinched for three minutes, she asked him in a somewhat tired voice, “Is it comfortable?”

These three words fell on Squire Huai Ming’s ears, but they were also filled with a different meaning.

He did not reply out loud, but suddenly reached out to hold Zhen Zhen’s hand that was pressed on his shoulder, and with a direct force, pulled her forward into his arms, and then hugged her.

Zhen Zhen was caught off guard and startled again.

Her body was forced to spin around and fall into Servant Huai Ming’s arms, and she subconsciously hugged him.

Realizing what had happened, she hurriedly stood up with a red face, but she couldn’t move because she was being held by Shui Huaiming.

Zhen Zhen was so nervous that her voice tensed, “What’s going on?”

Servant Huai Ming buried his face in her neck, and a few more strands of her hair, which she had casually put up after washing, fell down.

His voice was low, exhaling an itchy breath as he said in a shallow voice, “I want to kiss you.”

When she heard this, Jen didn’t just blush, even her blood heated up.

She was circled in his arms, unable to move if she wanted to, her breathing and heartbeat on the verge of going out of control.

For a moment Servant Huai Ming lifted his head and looked into her eyes with mist-stained eyes, asking her again, “Is it okay?”

The distance was so close that his eyelids were slightly drooping and his eyelashes were visible.

Zhen Zhen’s heartbeat went out of control and she fell into his eyes.

Seeing that Zhen Zhen did not say anything, Servant Huai Ming lowered his gaze and slowly brought his lips to Zhen Zhen’s lips.

Just when his lips were about to touch Zhen Zhen’s lips, Zhen Zhen suddenly raised her hand to cover her mouth.

As if she instantly came to her senses, she said in a muffled voice with a red face, “No.”

She had tried so hard to show him kindness before, using every method, and he hadn’t given her a single response, and had made her so sad and upset. Now that he wanted to have further development with her, she couldn’t give it to him so quickly.

If you get it too easily, you won’t cherish it.

Servant Huai Ming couldn’t help but lose his smile and feel some pain.

He didn’t remove Zhen Zhen’s hand, nor did he come hard with her again like before, but pressed her into his arms once again, took a deep breath down and said, “Then hold her for a little while longer.”

***

Returning to her room ten minutes later, Zhen Zhen closed the door and let out a long breath.

It was like there was fire in Servant Huai Ming’s arms, and her entire body was roasted, short of breath and chest tight.

Temporarily not feeling sleepy, Zhen Zhen sat down in front of the writing table and covered her face to slow down for a while.

But once she thought of what Servant Huai Ming had just said to her, and the look in his eyes, she couldn’t help but blush again.

When her hair was almost dry, Zhen Zhen went to bed.

When her eyes were closed her mind was still filled with those images, so she pulled the bed sheet to cover her face.

A moment later, rolls the sheet back and forth twice more.

***

The following Sunday, Jen woke up early as usual.

Getting up to wash and tie her hair, she memorized a book and went to the cafeteria to get breakfast.

When Shui Huaiming came back from morning training, the two of them sat down to eat breakfast.

Zhen Zhen said to Shui Huai Ming, “I missed Wen’s wedding because I went back to the countryside. I made an appointment with her two days ago, so today at noon with Li Shuang, the three of us will go out for a separate meal.”

It wasn’t exactly making up for the wedding, it was just her coming back and going out to get together.

Servant Huai Ming has no opinion and nods, “Go.”

Zhen Zhen ate two bites of steamed bread, looked at Shi Huai Ming and asked, “What are you doing today?”

Serving Huai Ming said, “Nothing much, I’ll clean up at home, read a book, or find He Shuo to play soccer.”

Zhen Zhen nodded, “Oh.”

***

Even though they are scheduled to eat at noon, they all meet up early.

Today was also like this, not much longer after breakfast, Zhen Zhen put on her bag and Li Shuang went out and left.

After Zhen Zhen left, the service Huai Ming at home first cleaned up the house a little.

After cleaning up, he rode out a trip, and came back to the old Zhou family borrowed shovels, hoes, nails and rakes and other farm equipment.

After borrowing the agricultural tools back, all rely on the outside of the house.

He used the hoe in front of the house roughly about a piece of land out, planed out a rectangular print.

After drawing it, he then took a shovel over and turned the entire rectangular piece of land along the drawn edges.

This piece of land is very solid, to get loose and soft.

Halfway through, He Shuo came out from next door.

He was very curious and stood next to him for a while, then asked Shi Huai Ming, “What are you doing?”

Shi Huai Ming didn’t look at him and continued to turn over his own land, replying back to him, “Planting vegetables.”

He Shuo looked at him for a while, “Are you coaxing your wife?”

Shi Huaiming didn’t hide anything and said frankly, “You guessed right.”

When Zhen Zhen first arrived here, she told him that she wanted to grow her own vegetables, but he dismissed it.

Later, when Wu Dafeng came and started growing vegetables, she ran to Wu Dafeng’s family’s vegetable field when she had nothing to do.

Now that she and Wu Dafeng don’t interact closely anymore, he wants to give her a vegetable field that belongs to her.

He Shuo still stood by the side, watching him turn the ground to pass the time.

He smiled and watched for a while before uttering, “I didn’t think you’d have today.”

Yes.

I didn’t expect him to have a day.

He used a shovel to turn the ground over again, and then used a hoe to knock all the mud clumps apart, and it was noon.

He went home, scrubbed his hands, and went to the cafeteria with He Shuo to eat.

After eating, he came back and continued to use the nail rake to rake the ground.

After harrowing, he started a ridge to make a border, divided into blocks to buy back the vegetable seeds sprinkled into the ground, vegetable seedlings planted up.

He bought all the vegetable seeds and seedlings that he could get, and each of them took up a small block.

***

Jen went out with Li Shuang in the morning and went outside to meet up with Wen.

The three met up looking for a place to hang out first and then went to a restaurant for dinner as the sun was rising high.

The three entered the restaurant and asked for a small loft room.

After ordering, Jen pulled out a neatly folded red paper bag from her purse.

She brought the red paper package to Wen and said with a smile, “I embroidered and made it myself, I’m giving it to you as a wedding gift, I hope you don’t mind.”

“What is it?” Shizuku smiled next and opened the red paper bag directly.

The red paper bag opened, only to see that inside was a snow-white silk handkerchief with embroidered juxtaposed lotus flowers.

Shizuku looked at the silk handkerchief and liked it, smiling in surprise, she asked, “Did you really make it yourself?”

Zhen Zhen nodded at her, “The fabric and silk thread were bought.” She asked Servant Huai Ming to buy it for her.

Silk ah silk ah are all good things, how could Ah Wen dislike them.

Especially since it was made by Zhen Zhen’s own hands, she liked it even more.

She looked at it for a while longer, then folded the silk handkerchief and took it back into the paper bag, saying joyfully, “It’s still Little Cotton who’s good to me.”

Li Shuang gave her a big blank stare directly, “You mean I’m not good to you?”

Shizuku looked over at her and smiled, “Ouch, look at you being jealous again, what a jealous person.”

“……” Li Shuang couldn’t help but raise her hand to hit her.

The three people joked and laughed for a while, and the ordered dishes were served one by one.

Today three people are not drinking, just eat a meal and chat.

Chatting first is all nonsense, then Ah Wen remembered something, seriously up and Li Shuang and Zhen Zhen said: “By the way, I will work in the food store for another week, may not be here to do it.”

Li Shuang was stunned when she heard this, “Why?”

Wen said, “My boyfriend is in the military area, I have to move to the family home there, it’s too far away from here. So I talked to him, let him find me a job over there, transfer to that side.”

This is indeed a problem, Li Shuang said, “It is indeed rather far away.”

Shizuku lamented, “After I transfer, I might not see you guys for a long time.”

Although still in Xicheng, but the distance between the two places is far away, certainly can not be like now, every day at work together, as long as to the vice food store can see, Sundays about out to play is also convenient.

Li Shuang does not love to engage in these sentimental.

She said, “and did not go to the field, free time you come back to find us is, you do not go back to your mother’s home ah?”

Ah Wen smiled up, “OK, then I’ll come back to play with you guys when I’m free.”

***

After lunch, the three of them looked for a place to avoid the summer heat.

After the heat had passed, they wandered around for a while, and went home as the sun was setting over the ridge in the west.

Zhen Zhen and Li Shuang into the school toward the family home.

Li Shuang, with her rounded belly, walked very slowly.

Zhen Zhen chatted with her back to the family home, and when she came close to the house, Zhen Zhen suddenly froze.

When she went out in the morning, the area outside the house was still flat, but now it had turned into very regular soil beds, and some of the soil beds had vegetable seedlings on them.

Li Shuang naturally saw the difference and only asked, “What is this?”

Before Zhen Zhen could say anything, he suddenly heard He Shuo’s voice, “This is the vegetable plot that the head of the service planted for his wife.”

Li Shuang turned her head to look at He Shuo when she heard this.

Then she looked at Zhen Zhen again and smiled, “Isn’t this quite good at coaxing people?”

Zhen Zhen, still in an unexpected mood, looked back at Li Shuang and smiled.

Li Shuang and He Shuo didn’t stand around to say much more, greeted Zhen Zhen and went home.

Zhen Zhen naturally also turned around to go home, opened the door and entered the house, just closing the door behind her, she heard Shui Huai Ming greet her, “Back.”

Zhen Zhen answered, took down her bag and hung it up, and asked Shi Huai Ming, “What’s that outside?”

Shi Huai Ming said, “I planted some vegetables, haven’t you always wanted to grow your own food?”

He tossed most of the day, and just finished planting ten minutes ago.

Zhen Zhen’s lips pursed smile responded, “Oh.”

Serving Huai Ming did not say much about the vegetable field, and asked her, “Are you hungry?”

After eating lunch and strolling outside all afternoon, she was indeed a little hungry again.

Zhen Zhen nodded at him, “A little.”

Servant Huai Ming turned to get his lunch box, “Then I’ll go to the cafeteria to get food.”

Zhen Zhen thought for a moment and said, “It’s a bit of a hassle, why don’t we go directly to the cafeteria to eat?”

Hearing this, Servant Huai Ming stopped and turned back, “That’s fine.”

So he didn’t take a lunchbox, but took the food stamps and went out to the cafeteria with Zhen Zhen.

After arriving at the cafeteria and taking their meals, the two of them found a seat that was a bit off to the side and sat down.

Zhen Zhen lowered her head to eat a mouthful of rice and asked Shi Huai Ming, “You planted vegetables at home all day today?”

Serving Huai Ming said, “Just most of the day.”

Zhen Zhen looked at him with a smile, “When the vegetables grow in the ground, I’ll make you a delicious meal.”

Shi Huai Ming responded to Zhen Zhen’s words with a flat tone, “I love everything you make.”

He was coaxing her again.

But it did work.

Zhen Zhen lowered her head and continued to eat, her eyes and mouth tinted with a smile.

After a few more words with Servant Huai Ming, Zhen Zhen suddenly felt that someone had been looking at her.

She turned her head in the direction she felt, only to see Jiang Lin sitting at the table not far away.

Catching the other person’s gaze, Jiang Lin immediately lowered her head and went to eat.

Zhen Zhen froze for a moment and withdrew her gaze as if she hadn’t seen her.

She didn’t mention Jiang Lin to Shi Huai Ming, and thought of something else in her head, and said to him, “I’m thinking of something in my mind, I don’t know if it’s okay, and I want to tell you about it.”

Servant Huai Ming didn’t notice Jiang Lin, and only looked at Zhen Zhen, “Tell me.”

Zhen Zhen thought for a moment and said, “Today we were having dinner together, and Wen said that she was going to be transferred in another week, so won’t the position of salesperson at the food store be vacant? I just want to …… can I go?”

This matter is not Li Shuang and Wen suggested her, is her own so think.

She didn’t know if it would work, she didn’t have confidence in herself, and she looked nervously at Mr. Huai Ming.

Squire Huai Ming didn’t have any special expression, only asked, “You want to go out to work?”

Zhen Zhen nodded at him, but then said with no bottom, “But I don’t know if I can …… do it either.”

Servant Huai Ming directly said, “It shouldn’t be a problem.”

Looking at her to give her more confidence, “With your current level of education, it’s completely fine to cope with daily life. You’ve also helped your mother sell bean sprouts at home for so many years, so you have experience in selling things, you can do it.”

Zhen Zhen’s eyes lit up at his words, “Really?”

Servant Huai Ming nodded, “All things are hardest at the beginning, there will be all sorts of worries, but as long as you take that beginning step, the rest will be easy. It just so happens that Li Shuang is also at the sub store, she can bring you along.”

The heart in Jen’s chest beat faster again.

She stared at Serving Huai Ming with eyes full of anticipation, “Then …… are you capable of helping me get this job?”

Servant Huai Ming gave her another nod and said steadily, “It’s not a big problem.”

Hearing this, Zhen Zhen’s entire face instantly cheered up.

She pursed her lips but couldn’t hide the smile that blossomed at the corners of her mouth and in her eyes, so she pursed her lips and smiled, reaching out with her chopsticks to clip several pieces of meat into Shi Huaiming’s bowl.

Seeing her like this, Shi Huai Ming also smiled.

The smile on his face was generally very light, spreading shallowly under his eyes.

He picked up the meat that Zhen Zhen had given him and brought it to his mouth to chew slowly, his gaze falling softly on Zhen Zhen’s face.