Xia Enruo ordered the staff to do a thorough cleaning of the first-floor lobby, including cleaning the tables, chairs, benches, and floors.

Ever since Zhao Minghui and his group finished eating at the restaurant, there's been a lingering smell, an indescribable odor.

Gu Shaoxuan also helped with the cleaning. Under Xia Enruo's direction, he moved chairs and tables, keeping himself very busy.

The group worked until dark, and in the end, Xia En told the employees to have dinner at the store before going home.

Having not returned to the compound for several days, Xia Enruo decided to go back with Gu Shaoxuan today. Ge Qiuqin, instead of taking the children back and forth late at night, decided to stay at the shop.

Now the four little ones have completely adapted to sleeping in the store. After school, Zhang Zhicheng helps his mother soothe his three younger siblings and prevents them from making a fuss. The four children play in the house.

Ge Qiuqin, on the other hand, had time to continue busily packing clothes out on the second floor.

"Enruo, Mom said she'd be coming to visit us soon?"

After returning home, Gu Shaoxuan told his wife the news.

"Mom? You mean your mother is coming to Yongning City?"

Gu Shaoxuan was taken aback by Xia Enruo's words.

"It's our mom who's coming to Yongning City. Isn't my mom your mom?"

I received a call from home at work today. Winter break is coming soon, and I can't take leave to bring you home this year because I have a lot of work in the military.

Mom said she'll bring my younger sister to visit us when she's on holiday, and then we'll go home to celebrate the New Year with Dad at the end of the year.

Xia Enruo had very little memory of this mother-in-law. In the original owner's memory, she only knew that Gu Shaoxuan's mother had strongly opposed the marriage between the two.

Perhaps it was because they were not a good match, since Xia Enruo was the only one left in the world and didn't even have a dowry when she got married.

"Did Mom say when she'll arrive? Do we need to prepare anything?"

"I estimate it will be another half month. My younger sister will have her final exams next week, and they will take the train to come over during winter break."

We can just clean the house beforehand; Mom likes things clean.

Xia Enruo was tidying up the kitchen when she suddenly remembered something and called out to the outside.

"Gu Shaoxuan, there are only two bedrooms in the house. When Mom and my younger sister come, let them stay in your big room."

"Just make up an excuse that something has happened at the military base and you'll be staying there that night."

Gu Shaoxuan frowned after hearing Xia Enruo's words in the outer room. He didn't want to live alone in the army; he wanted to live with his wife.

But now my wife says she doesn't want me anymore, what am I going to do!

Xia Enruo waited for a long time but didn't hear a reply, so she asked again:

"Gu Shaoxuan is talking to you. Did you hear him?"

"Oh, we'll see how it goes then."

Gu Shaoxuan tried to dodge the question and get away with it for now.

Before going to bed, Gu Shaoxuan still prepared a basin of hot water and brought it over for Xia Enruo to wash her feet.

"Put it down, I can do it myself. You're making me feel like I'm half paralyzed, having to serve you by washing my feet."

Xia Enruo felt somewhat embarrassed when she saw Gu Shaoxuan doing this.

A few days ago, while airing out her quilts in the courtyard, Tian Xiuli specifically asked herself a question.

"I heard that Chief of Staff Gu washes your feet every night, is that true?"

It makes me feel really embarrassed.

"No, I promised you I would wash your feet for the rest of my life."

Gu Shaoxuan replied that he hadn't listened to Xia Enruo and was busy with his own work, which he was now very familiar with.

She helped Xia Enruo take off her socks, remove her trouser legs, soak her feet, massage them, and then wipe her clean. The process was very practiced.

He knew his wife worked too hard every day, running up and down the stairs and occasionally dealing with troublesome matters.

Xia Enruo watched Gu Shaoxuan sitting in front of her, head down, rubbing his feet, and said with a smile:

"If you had this skill, you'd be a top technician at a foot massage parlor."

"Enruo, what kind of shop are you talking about? What's a foot massage parlor? I've never heard of it before."

Xia Enruo realized that she had misspoke. At this time, there were no foot baths or foot massage parlors; these were service industries that only existed in her previous life.

"Ah, let me give you an example. If you opened a foot massage shop, your skills would make you a top-notch master."

"Look, I'm good at everything. I can lead troops in battle in the army, and I can give my wife massages when I get home."

"By the way, why do you still always call me by my full name? It doesn't sound like we're a married couple at all!"

Gu Shaoxuan found it annoying. Other couples had nicknames, but his wife called him by his full name, which sounded like a comrade-in-arms calling him.

"What do husband and wife call each other?"

"For example, they might have a nickname, or be called husband or husband."

"I think it's perfectly fine for me to call you by your name now. There's nothing wrong with it. I see other people calling you that too."

Xia Enruo found it incredibly cheesy. She was still not ready to be a wife or to be with the man in front of her like a married couple.

"When Mom comes to visit in a while, she'll definitely be unhappy to hear you call me that. Let's find someone else."

Gu Shaoxuan used his mother as a pretext.

"How about I call you Shaoxuan? I think Shaoxuan is a good name, it feels quite friendly."

"I'll go with your name, Shao Xuan."

Although it's not as intimate as my husband's name, at least it's a step closer than using his full name, so it can be considered a change.

Gu Shaoxuan helped Xia Enruo clean her feet and poured out the water.

I walked over to the sofa, ready to carry her to the bed.

"Gu Shaoxuan, what are you doing? Why did you suddenly hug me?"

"Let me carry you to bed! By the way, why are you calling me by my full name again?"

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