Chapter 32 A Dream That Makes You Blush

Zhou Xiye couldn't have guessed that Jiang Zhizhi was thinking of many things at this moment; he was indeed testing Jiang Zhizhi.

The problem they've been facing recently hasn't been resolved with a better solution from above, and he came here to ask for help, but he didn't get the result he wanted.

The moment he saw Jiang Zhizhi, he didn't know what he was thinking, but the thought that Jiang Zhizhi might do something unexpected popped into his mind.

Zhou Xiye started the car, and seeing that Jiang Zhizhi remained silent, he didn't say anything more either.

The atmosphere in the car was unusually quiet. Jiang Zhizhi swallowed the last bite of her steamed bun, but still couldn't help but ask, "I can read blueprints. Do you want me to take a look for you?"

She had just thought about it. She had taken so many advantage of Zhou Xiye, and she didn't know how to repay this favor. If helping him with the blueprints could help him, it would be a way of repaying the favor.

Zhou Xiye was somewhat surprised, but considering Jiang Zhizhi's arm injury, he still slowly pulled over to the side of the road.

He turned around, his long arms reaching out to grab a roll of blueprints from the back seat.

Jiang Zhizhi stiffened for a moment, then glanced at Zhou Xiye's green military uniform, and smelled a scent as clear and refreshing as that of snow-capped pine trees.

She scratched her ear shamelessly, trying to suppress the heat rising to her face and maintain a serious expression.

Zhou Xiye took the blueprints, glanced at Jiang Zhizhi's reddened earlobes, and unfolded the blueprints without making a sound: "Take a look. According to the original blueprints, we can just cross this mountain. However, during the mountain-opening process, we discovered minerals in this mountain. We now need to change our route. If we go around from this side, the soil here is not good. If we force a road through, it will easily cause landslides in the future."

Jiang Zhizhi glanced at the blueprints. There were many specially marked areas and large areas of shaded areas without any symbols, indicating that these were confidential areas.

When he didn't understand, he took the blueprints and looked at them very carefully for a while: "Then why not build an elevated road? The elevated road could pass through here."

Zhou Xiye knew that Jiang Zhizhi would definitely come up with some novel methods that would break away from current understanding, and slowly shook his head: "The technical capabilities are not sufficient."

Jiang Zhizhi pursed her lips, wondering how she could have forgotten about current productivity levels. She scratched her head and said, "I can't think of anything else."

Zhou Xiye rolled up the blueprints: "You're already very capable. I will also pass on your suggestion to the higher-ups."

The car started again. Zhou Xiye wasn't good at small talk, and Jiang Zhizhi didn't know what to talk about either, so the atmosphere in the car became unusually quiet again.

Jiang Zhizhi couldn't stand the quiet atmosphere. She was originally a lively and cheerful person. She held her braid for a long time before she came up with a topic: "Yesterday, you rescued the two educated youths from Qingquan Village who went into the mountains?"

Zhou Xiye hummed in response.

Jiang Zhizhi could only force a conversation when there was nothing else to say: "That's too dangerous. If they encounter wild animals in the mountains, they'll lose their lives."

Zhou Xiye, who was focused on driving, glanced at Jiang Zhizhi when he heard her words: "The other day when the mountain was blasted, even if there were wild animals, they were scared and went deep into the mountains."

Jiang Zhizhi was discouraged. That wasn't what she wanted to talk about. She wanted to hear Zhou Xiye recount how he rescued Sun Xiaoyue; she wanted to hear the gossip!

She didn't care at all whether there were wild animals or not.

When Zhou Xiye saw Jiang Zhizhi puff out her cheeks and suddenly stop talking, he assumed she simply didn't want to talk. After a moment of silence, he tried to find a topic: "There used to be bears in these mountains, but not in the last two years. There are some pheasants and rabbits, though. There are very few aggressive animals."

The main reason was that in the past two years, life was tough and many people couldn't get enough to eat, so some people secretly went into the mountains to find food and hunted down a lot of bears.

Jiang Zhizhi sighed inwardly, not expecting Zhou Xiye to still be a straight man.

Unable to get into gossip, Jiang Zhizhi simply leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes, and pretended to rest.

He thought to himself, "Don't let the jeep's dilapidated appearance fool you, it's much more stable than Liang Dazhuang's tractor."

I only wanted to close my eyes and rest to escape this awkward atmosphere, but I actually fell asleep while being rocked!

Zhou Xiye glanced at Jiang Zhizhi, who was sleeping peacefully, and reduced the car's speed, trying to avoid some bumpy areas.

The setting sun cast a golden glow on the mountain valley, gilding the already withered and yellow mountain ridges.

Sunlight streamed through the car window and fell on Jiang Zhizhi's face, making the usually energetic person appear somewhat serene.

Zhou Xiye couldn't help but glance at her a few more times. Her curled eyelashes, her pretty little nose, and her plump, cute lips were all pink and tender at that moment.

Suddenly, I remembered that night when she pounced on me like this, her soft lips pressing against mine.

His Adam's apple bobbed a few times before he regained his composure and stared ahead.

Jiang Zhizhi slept exceptionally soundly that night, and even dreamt that she pounced on a tall, handsome man like a hungry wolf, like a lecherous ghost, holding his face and kissing him hard, trying to force open his lips!

He even reached out to touch the other person to see if they had eight-pack abs.

When the other person refused, she used her hands to forcefully turn his face around. A handsome face loomed large in front of her, and it turned out to be Zhou Xiye!

Jiang Zhizhi woke up with a start, patting her chest in shock. What had she done to have the audacity to dream of touching and kissing Zhou Xiye?

I took a deep breath and realized I was still in the car. It was already dark outside the window, and even the moon had climbed above the willow branches.

Zhou Xiye's coat was covering her, but Zhou Xiye himself was nowhere to be found.

Jiang Zhizhi sat up straight, clutching Zhou Xiye's clothes for a moment, stunned. No wonder she had a dream. Was it because she had covered herself with Zhou Xiye's clothes? They still smelled of him, which was why she dreamed about him?

That's ridiculous!

Jiang Zhizhi carefully put the clothes away and placed them on the driver's seat. Then she rubbed her eyes, opened the door, and got out of the car.

Only then did they realize that the car was parked in front of Old Man Liang's house, and there were people talking quietly in the yard.

Jiang Zhizhi thought about it for a moment and figured that Zhou Xiye probably didn't want to disturb her sleep and also wanted to avoid suspicion, so he parked the car in front of Old Man Liang's house.

He scratched his somewhat messy hair and nervously entered the courtyard.

Old Liang and his family were chatting with Zhou Xiye in the courtyard. Although there were no lights, the moonlight was bright enough and there was a sense of tranquility in the atmosphere.

Upon seeing Jiang Zhizhi enter the hospital, Liang Dazhuang rushed over and kept apologizing: "Comrade Jiang, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I originally wanted to visit a friend, but they were showing a movie in their village, and I lost track of time. By the time I got back to you, you were already gone. I was so scared!"

Yang Fengmei quickly came over: "Are you hungry? This little brat can't do anything right. I've already given him a good scolding."

Jiang Zhizhi grinned and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I just ran into Captain Zhou. Thanks to him for bringing me back."

As she spoke, she looked at Zhou Xiye, only to be caught off guard by his dark, deep eyes.

Thinking about the dream she just had, Jiang Zhizhi couldn't help but blush...