Chapter 8 Giving Up a Bright Future

When Fan Chunhua saw her daughter being beaten and her husband being angry, she quickly stood in front of Li Jiajia and protected the child.

"Why can't you just talk it out calmly? Why did you hit her? Li Weimin, are you crazy? Jia Jia is such a big kid, did you ever think about giving her face?"

Jiang Shengmei wanted to leave silently. Li Jiajia lowered her head to wipe her tears and glanced at the person at the door.

"Mom, Aunt Jiang is here."

Li Weimin's expression gradually relaxed. He sat down with a frighteningly gloomy face.

Fan Chunhua wiped Li Jiajia's tears and comforted her, "Don't be sad, Jiajia. I will talk to your father later."

"Sister-in-law, why are you here?" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the dumplings in Jiang Shengmei's hand, "Are you making dumplings again tonight?"

Jiang Shengmei nodded, knowing that the atmosphere in the Li family was not good.

As someone who had watched Li Jiajia grow up, she also felt distressed, so she couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Instructor, when a child does something wrong, you should teach him a lesson in a proper way. Chunhua is right. Jiajia is getting married, and you just hit her so casually. How can Jiajia face people when she goes out?"

"My sister-in-law is right. I will pay attention next time." Li Weimin had no attitude of admitting his mistake at all.

This was a family matter, so Jiang Shengmei didn't say anything more. She just delivered the dumplings and left.

"I don't care what misunderstandings you have about Xia Mi, but early this morning, Captain Huo handed the marriage application report to the political commissar. If everything goes well, the marriage certificate will be issued soon."

Li Jiajia stared with surprise written all over her face.

"How is this possible? Huo Jingchen's father would never allow this..."

"Enough! What does this have to do with you? The emperor is far away. In the end, this is his own business. When will he change his mind? Otherwise, do you think he would give up his bright future and come to our Wind Chasing Island?"

Li Jiajia was speechless, her heart filled with shock.

The next day, Xia Mi was awakened by the wake-up call. After ringing for a while, she felt sleepy again and turned over and fell asleep.

Knock knock knock——

Xia Mi opened her eyes, gradually regained consciousness, put on her coat and went to open the door.

Huo Jingchen walked into the room feeling cold, carrying breakfast in his hands. When he put his things down, his attention was drawn to the thick clothes piled on the bed beside him.

"Just woke up?"

Xia Mi had just woken up. When the cold air outside blew in, she shrank her neck and quickly closed the door.

"Well, why are you here?"

"I heard from Aunt Hong that you didn't go out for dinner last night. Did you not have dinner?" After saying that, Huo Jingchen stared at her.

Even though she was wearing thick clothes, it was not difficult to see that the woman was very thin. The wrist that was exposed from the sleeve was slender, white and flawless, and very thin.

It was so thin that Huo Jingchen felt he could break a person's hand with just a little force.

"I ate too much at noon, so I had some pickled peach cakes at night."

Xia Mi sat down and opened her lunch box. The aroma of sweet potatoes mixed with white porridge filled her nose, with a hint of sweetness in the hot air.

"They can still afford peach cakes. It seems that the Xia family is not as exploitative as we imagined."

Xia Mi drank the porridge in one mouthful. The warm porridge formed a warm current that went all the way to her stomach, completely warming her body.

"Why do you eat like a kitten?" Huo Jingchen took out two eggs from his pocket.

The man stood aside, holding the egg in his broad palm, peeling it carefully, "Reach out your hand."

Xia Mi obediently stretched out her hand, and felt warmth in her palm, and a white egg appeared in her hand.

"Eat more. You're so thin that people who don't know you would think you're a refugee I took in."

Huo Jingchen said with disgust but he didn't stop. He checked carefully and peeled it clean before handing it over.

Xia Mi: “…”

After Xia Mi had almost finished eating, Huo Jingchen packed up the lunch box and gave some worried instructions before leaving.

"I won't be on the island tomorrow. I have something to do. If you have anything to ask, you can go find Sister Jiang. She is the political commissar's wife and is very warm-hearted. You should have experienced that."

Xia Mi nodded, not caring about what he was going to do.

She planned to go to the hotel today to see if they had any bucket boots for sale, so she had to arrange her beach-hunting plan.

Just as Xia Mi guessed, the guesthouse did sell bucket boots, but they required tickets and money. Fortunately, the original owner still had ten dollars and some tickets on him.

She spent two dollars and twenty cents to buy a pair of black boots. Xia Mi wore the boots and prepared to go find Jiang Shengmei.

As Xia Mi walked along, she received a lot of stares, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

She raised her hand and knocked on the door of Jiang Shengmei's house.

"Who is it?"

"Sister Shengmei, I'm Xia Mi, I want to borrow something from you."

Jiang Shengmei suddenly stopped beating the child. The tearful Pihou took the opportunity to escape, returned to the room, and slammed the door shut.

"Lin Qianyue, you little bastard, wait till I finish my business and come back to deal with you!"

Jiang Shengmei threw the broom aside and went to open the door. Seeing that the person outside was Xia Mi, her attitude was not as enthusiastic as yesterday.

"Comrade Xia, what are you doing here?"

After learning about Xia Mi's background yesterday, Jiang Shengmei had complicated emotions towards this lesbian and was extremely tormented.

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I don’t know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for Captain Huo to marry Xia Mi.

"I want to ask if you have a small hoe and a bucket. I would like to borrow them."

Xia Mi didn't tell her purpose for going to the sea, "I want to pick up some nice-looking shells to make wind chimes."

"Wind chimes? What are those?" Jiang Shengmei didn't dwell on the question. "I don't have a hoe, but I have this. Do you think it can be used?"

Jiang Shengmei found a small bucket and put a wooden hammer in it. It was called a hammer, but the head was actually pointed.

It looks a bit like the tool used to crack oysters in videos about catching seafood.

"Okay, thank you Sister Shengmei. I don't have anything to pledge. I'll leave this bracelet here. I'll bring it back in two hours to exchange it. Is that okay with you?"

Before Jiang Shengmei could react, a cold silver bracelet was stuffed into her hand.

"How can this be possible? You are Captain Huo's wife. We will live in the same courtyard from now on. Why are you being so polite?"

Xia Mi's behavior made Jiang Shengmei feel relieved again.

"It's okay. If I break it, there's compensation for it."

Putting things in other people's hands will at least make everyone feel at ease. She will take good care of the tools, and Jiang Shengmei will not worry about the things being damaged.

When Xia Mi was about to leave, Jiang Shengmei called her, "Comrade Xia!"

Xia Mi's snow-white face, her eyes were bright, and her red lips opened and closed as she asked questions.

"Anything else?"

Jiang Shengmei wanted to clarify what happened yesterday, but when the words came to her lips, she felt it was presumptuous.

Her eyes darted around, then brightened up, and she turned into the house and asked someone to wait outside.

Jiang Shengmei came out again with a pair of long-sleeved shirts and a pink plaid headscarf in her hands. "The wind is strong at the beach. It will give you a headache if you are exposed to it for too long. If you don't pay attention now, you will suffer a lot in the future."

"Okay, thank you Shengmei-san."

Xia Mi's eyes were slightly curved like a crescent moon, and she looked particularly beautiful when she smiled, as if bright stars were falling into her eyes.

"Let me help you tie the headscarf." Jiang Shengmei was once again captured by her smile and helped her tie the headscarf with a soft heart.

After tying it, Xia Mi's black hair was wrapped tightly, leaving only a palm-sized face exposed. The pink headscarf did not look rustic, but instead made Xia Mi look more girlish.

"He's good-looking, and he looks good in a sack!"

Jiang Shengmei looked at Xia Mi with envy and admiration in her eyes.

"Then I'll go first. The sun will be strong soon, so I have to move quickly."

Xia Mi smiled gently, picked up the bucket, changed into bucket boots, and headed to the beach where she had been yesterday.

Watching the beautiful figure walking further and further away.

Thinking about what her husband mentioned last night, Jiang Shengmei felt that her worries were unnecessary. After all, she still didn't know whether the marriage could be completed.

(End of this chapter)