Chapter 128 Cute Village Girl VS Innocent Educated Youth (14)

"Why are you suddenly offering to wash my feet?" Jiang Zhiyi asked him. Her feet were placed in hot water; soaking them on a hot day like this felt really warm and comfortable.

"This is a new basin I just bought nearby. I want to try it out and see if it works well," Cheng Jiahe said.

He mischievously tickled the soles of her feet.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhiyi quickly dodged and then kicked his hand with her other foot, saying, "Don't touch me! It tickles!"

Cheng Jiahe was about to add a few more ladles of hot water when he said, "Be careful, lift your feet up."

Jiang Zhiyi chuckled and couldn't help but say, "Now that you're insisting on washing my feet, I'm not going to do it for you, understand?"

“I didn’t expect you to wash my face.” Cheng Jiahe said calmly, then remembered something, “But at home, my mom usually washes my dad’s face.”

“When my dad was in the army, he had a crush on my mom. Once, my mom fell into a pit and was buried in the mud and sand. There were only the two of them at the time, and there were no tools around. In order to save my mom, he used both hands to dig the soil, and his hands were covered in blood. It was winter at the time, and he had frostbite, so his hands were almost rotting.”

"The next morning, my dad was washing his face, and his hands were hurting so much that he was grimacing. My mom said that when she came in, she saw how ugly he looked, and she felt sorry for him, so she helped him wash his face. She never expected that after that, he would stick with her and she would help him wash his face for most of her life."

Cheng Jiahe remembers that most of the time, it was indeed his father who shamelessly begged his mother to help him wash his face.

Now his mother's face-washing routine is very complicated, involving various lotions and creams, so she doesn't want to wash her face with his father at all; it's too much trouble.

"Don't try to cling to me, I won't wash your face either," Jiang Zhiyi said.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiahe's face darkened. Without saying a word, he reached out and pinched her toes hard to vent his anger.

Jiang Zhiyi didn't bother with him. He was fine just a moment ago, but now his expression suddenly turned ugly. What a fickle man.

After soaking for a while, the water got a bit cold, so Cheng Jiahe used a dry towel to dry her feet and asked, "Do you still want to wear socks?"

"I'm not wearing it anymore. I'm going back to sleep later."

“Stay and sleep with us,” Cheng Jiahe said.

Li Jiaoyun stayed at the hospital to accompany him, so they booked two rooms here. Her room was next door, but he had just called her over.

"Cheng Jiahe, don't even think about it! I'll beat you to death!" Jiang Zhiyi said angrily.

"I won't do anything," Cheng Jiahe quickly explained. "It's just that we're unfamiliar with this place, and I'm worried you'll be scared sleeping alone. If we're together, at least we can look out for each other."

"I'll sleep by myself!" Jiang Zhiyi replied irritably. She immediately grabbed her socks, put on her shoes, and ran out.

Cheng Jiahe realized he had said the wrong thing. He really didn't mean it that way. He just wanted to hold her while she slept, which is why he asked that question.

Forget it, it's too complicated to explain now.

It was getting late, and Cheng Jiahe was too lazy to boil water again. He simply washed his feet with the water in the basin and went to bed.

Lying in bed, he was still thinking that he now understood why his dad kept pestering his mom to help him wash his face; it was quite interesting.

...

The next morning, Cheng Jiahe went out early to buy breakfast, including steamed buns, mantou, and porridge. Afterward, he asked Jiang Zhiyi to go to the hospital with him.

"I'll hold your hand." Cheng Jiahe took her hand. "You don't know the way, be careful not to get lost."

Jiang Zhiyi didn't refuse. What he said was indeed the truth. She really was terrible with directions and couldn't tell which way to go.

Cheng Jiahe greeted them and then placed the breakfasts he had bought on the table.

"Are you feeling better today?" he asked.

"I'm much better now. The doctor said I should be able to be discharged tomorrow. Xiao Cheng, you've really worked hard these past few days," Li Jiaoyun said, looking at Cheng Jiahe with a satisfied smile on her face.

"You're welcome, it's what I should do."

Jiang Zhiyi felt a little uncomfortable, so she simply took her and Cheng Jiahe's portions of food and said, "Let's go out to eat; it's too stuffy in here."

"Okay, you guys go ahead."

...

Jiang Zhiyi munched on a meat bun; the skin was thin, the filling generous, and the flavor was fresh and delicious—it was really tasty!

"Eat slowly," Cheng Jiahe reminded her, noticing a little bit of meat juice on the corner of her mouth.

"What kind of filling are those buns?"

"Sugar filling." He had just bought a few at random.

Jiang Zhiyi was a little tempted, but she didn't say anything. After all, the bun was already right in front of him, and she wasn't shameless enough to snatch it away.

"Try a bite." Cheng Jiahe saw through her thoughts at a glance and fed her the bun directly to her mouth.

"Thank you," Jiang Zhiyi said without hesitation.

In the hospital ward.

"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Xiangnong asked. Li Jiaoyun had just gone out to get a kettle of hot water and came back.

"I think you can't refuse them even if you don't want to. The two kids were eating out just now, each taking a bite, feeding each other, they were so affectionate."

Jiang Xiangnong sighed. If Zhizhi really liked him, he didn't want to be the bad guy who broke them up. He would just have to take it one step at a time.

The next day, after completing the discharge procedures, the team leader took them all back to the village.

Xiaoshi Village was small, so news spread quickly. Soon everyone knew that Jiang Zhiyi and Cheng Jiahe were dating.

After returning home.

Jiang Xiangnong's leg was broken and wouldn't heal for a while, so he couldn't go out to work and earn work points. He could only do some handicrafts at home, which made him feel a little depressed.

"This trip to the hospital must have cost a lot of money. Cheng Jiahe has been buying everything we've been eating and using these past few days..."

Jiang Xiangnong was a little worried. After all, they were still just dating, and he felt uneasy about spending so much of the other person's money all at once.

“Don’t overthink it. Zhizhi was working there before too. We can always scrape together the money later and pay it all back,” Li Jiaoyun said.

"That's all we can do for now." Jiang Xiangnong nodded. "By the way, where is Jiadong?"

“He went to Cheng Jiahe’s house with Zhizhi, saying he wanted to play with toy cars there. He was so happy.”

"That brat, all he does is play all day! I have to teach him a lesson tonight. He never does anything productive. Does he finish his chores at home before running off to play?" Jiang Xiangnong was furious.

Li Jiaoyun didn't say anything and continued kneading the dough.