Chapter 152: Prosperity 152: Aiming at the Dog

Gu Qinglie was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time. He only came to his senses after Old Qin left the yard.

"Old Chu."

"Hmm?" Chu Dai was also aroused to fight. When he heard his voice, the fierceness in his eyes gradually subsided.

"Do you have a place for target practice on your island?"

Chu Dai smiled.

Outside, Gu Qingqing held up the medicine bottle and asked Shen Sui, "Is this the medicine? Did you get the wrong one?"

Just as Shen Sui was about to speak, he saw someone coming out of the night and said respectfully, "Teacher."

Old Qin smiled gently, "Excuse me, dear. It's this bottle of medicine. People get sick more often when they get old."

Gu Qingqing quickly handed the medicine over with both hands: "You are too polite. Do you like the food tonight? I specially made some non-spicy dishes."

"It's delicious," said Old Qin, "If your father tasted it, he would definitely like it too."

Gu Qingqing smiled even more brilliantly. Seeing him slowly walk into the small courtyard in front, she rubbed the boy's head and said, "Let's go home."

The two men had already cleared the table. Chu Dai was washing dishes in the kitchen, while Gu Qinglie was cleaning it for him a second time and chatting with him at the same time.

Gu Qingqing stood at the door of the kitchen and saw the two men talking and laughing. The anger in her brother's eyes also dissipated a little. She asked curiously, "Are you two really going to live together?"

"Yeah." Gu Qinglie grinned, "I can't let you have such a good man like my brother, right, Old Chu? You just order your man to scold your brother all day long. If Gousheng was here, would you dare to do that to him? You only bully the weak and fear the strong!"

"Well, I'll go upstairs and sleep with you tonight." Chu Dai also agreed, and then asked: "Have you changed your bad habit of not washing your feet before going to bed?"

Gu Qinglie rolled his eyes and muttered, "It's not a big deal for a grown man to be so fussy about small matters."

Gu Qingqing was too lazy to bother with the two of them. When Gu Qinglie went to the island, he only brought things for her and didn't bring any clothes. Fortunately, there was a lot of fabric left at home. Knowing that he was coming, she asked Xiao Huanniang to help prepare two sets of pajamas and two sets of casual clothes in advance.

Chu Dai is taller and thinner than him, so Goudan can’t wear men’s clothes because of his body shape.

She returned to the bedroom, took out some clothes from the closet and placed them on the bed. When she was about to leave, she looked up and saw the tall man leaning against the door frame.

"My dear." Gu Qinglie scratched his head: "Your husband wants me to stay on the island to take care of the children, what do you think?"

Gu Qingqing couldn't help laughing, and sighed: "How long can you take care of me? Don't worry, there is plenty of food for you at home. I also want to open up two plots of land in the backyard to grow crops. What do you think, brother?"

"I'll do it, I'll do it." Gu Qinglie chuckled and said, "Seven or eight months, then I'll have to go back to the Corps."

"Have you made your decision?" she asked.

"Hmm?" Gu Qinglie was surprised and doubtful: "What did Lao Chu tell you?"

"No." Gu Qingqing stuffed a few clothes into his arms and said in a chilling tone: "We grew up together. You are only three years older than me. You can't hide anything and it's all written on your face."

"I've been feeling uneasy these past few days, especially since you arrived on the island. I was so nervous. I've seen you be so heartless before, but never as heavy as you are now."

"Gu Qinglie, you are hiding something from me. It has something to do with the army."

"We are related by blood. She is indeed my biological sister." Gu Qinglie was a little dazed. "Do you think Gousheng also sensed it, so he didn't say anything when I went to the aircrew stove to eat with him every day these days?"

Gu Qingqing just snorted, knowing that he wouldn't tell her and too lazy to ask again.

"Go take a shower. I won't ask any more questions about what you can't tell me. As long as you are safe and sound, that's all."

"I took a shower in the Southern Military District yesterday..."

He tried to struggle, but was pushed out by Gu Qingqing: "You stink of sweat, go wash it quickly!"

Gu Qinglie looked for help at Chu Dai who came out of the kitchen, but the man just shrugged his shoulders, looking helpless.

Gu Qinglie sighed and went to take a shower obediently.

Shen Sui went upstairs without finishing his homework. He didn't have any feelings for this second brother. After all, the people in his elder sister's family were not bad.

Chu Dai made a cup of honey water for the woman and took her into the room.

The man sat at the table and watched her drink. Gu Qingqing took two sips and felt uncomfortable with his scorching gaze. She asked him, "What are you doing? Are you going to sleep with Goudan? I have no objection. There are quilts in the cupboard upstairs. Go find them yourself."

Chu Dai looked at her with a smile: "I'm not stupid. If you have a wife, you shouldn't get involved with a stinky bastard who doesn't take a bath. Do you take a bath at night? If not, I'll rub olive oil on you now."

"No, you just love the smell." The woman was angry, annoyed that the two men had kept everything from her. Even though she knew it was a military secret, she was still angry. They couldn't understand the feeling of fear.

The man bent down and pulled out a drawer from the bedside table. He took out the olive oil, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured it into his palm, then rubbed it evenly before applying it on her belly.

It was actually very comfortable to feel the coolness. Gu Qingqing almost couldn't hold back her expression as he made her feel a little itchy and she couldn't help wanting to laugh.

The man lowered his eyes with gentle movements, and suddenly, with a very slight movement, it hit his palm directly.

The man with his waist bent didn't react for a long time. He raised his head and stared at the woman blankly. The couple looked at each other for a moment and chuckled.

"The baby kicked me," he said.

"I know." Gu Qingqing looked at her belly without any trace of pregnancy. She used to worry about getting stretch marks, but now she is relieved: "Doctor Yang Jun said that the fetus will move in the fourth month."

The man nodded, his hands pressed against his belly, reluctant to move away, wanting to wait for the baby to move again.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, he didn't see her coming. Fearing that she might catch a cold, he reluctantly let go of her hand and pulled down her clothes.

Hearing the sound of Gu Qinglie stomping upstairs, the couple went to wash up together. Gu Qingqing went back to her room first, as Chu Dai still had to take a shower.

There are a lot of mosquitoes in the summer, especially near the back mountain. It’s useless even though Chu Dai sealed the windows with a layer of gauze. Mosquitoes fly in from the gaps from all directions and buzz around my ears non-stop.

When the man came in after taking a shower, she fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan and complained, "In the blink of an eye, several big bites appeared on my arms. Next time, I'll have to ask the captain to bring some mosquito nets. If Ah Sui can't sleep at night, he won't have the energy to attend classes during the day."

There were still water stains on Chu Dai's hair. He wiped it with a dry towel and hung it on the back of the chair. He took the palm-leaf fan from the woman and fanned her: "I'll do as you say. I have to hang one over my second brother's place. The mosquitoes here are too poisonous."

Gu Qingqing frowned: "He has such thick skin that even mosquitoes can't bite him. You are just thinking about him!"

The man chuckled and reminded, "He is your brother."

"Oh, then let's buy two more beds. We'll need them in other rooms in the future." Gu Qingqing felt a little sleepy and yawned. "You should go to bed early too. You're so tired from going on missions every day. Goudan gets up early. He will go to the cafeteria to bring back lunch tomorrow."

"Yeah." The man responded, "You go to sleep first."

He lay on his side, his head supported by one hand, looking at her, with his left hand fanning her slowly, the breeze blowing her hair.

Gu Qingqing mumbled a few words and fell asleep soon after.

Any mosquitoes that flew over were swatted away by the man with a palm-leaf fan. The breeze was gentle and Gu Qingqing was sleeping soundly.

Looking at the moon outside the window, Chu Dai thought of Bai Yan, his brother who grew up with him.

The man's eyes were dark and he was in a state of unrest.

After a while, he came to his senses when he heard the woman next to him talking restlessly in her sleep. He leaned over and put his ear close to her lips.

"Brother..." He only heard one word clearly and was slightly stunned.

Then he smiled and shook his head.

The two siblings are worried about each other, but they are not merciful in words.

The next day, when Chu Dai woke up, he was met with a pair of big, clear eyes.

The man's Adam's apple moved up and down. He stared at her for a moment and asked, "Why did you wake up so early?"

The woman pursed her lips: "I'm hungry."

He chuckled, picked her up and stood up, holding the woman in his arms, his chin resting on her head, his big hand covering her belly: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"It's rare to see you sleeping, I want to watch you for a while longer," she said.

"Get up." The man kissed her forehead and said, "I'll go get you some food."

When they left the room, Gu Qinglie just came back from outside with a lunch box. The ends of his hair were a little wet, obviously from his morning exercise.

"Come and have some seafood porridge. I met Zhao Ze and a few brothers from the Corps. I asked Old Zhao and he said Qingqing can eat some seafood properly." Gu Qinglie was in much better condition than yesterday.

Gu Qingqing asked curiously, "Don't you always wear sunglasses when you go out? Aren't you afraid of enemy spies?"

The two men laughed at the same time. Chu Dai said, "The island is airtight and there are no enemy spies."

"Oh." Gu Qingqing looked around, "Where's Ah Sui?"

"I'm weeding in the backyard. Comrade Gu Qingqing, can you go wash up first? The porridge is getting cold."

After some trouble, they all finally sat down at the table.

Gu Qinglie had never eaten such good food in the Corps, so he ordered more in the morning, since it was all from his brother-in-law's allowance. "Some sisters-in-law asked me if I was your brother and if I had a date. I think they wanted to introduce me to someone."

"That's great." Gu Qingqing took the hot porridge the man handed over and sipped it: "You are not a child anymore, you can help yourself with some snacks."

"You have to be more careful. My brother doesn't care about me." Gu Qinglie glanced at his sister and said, "You are talking without any pain in your waist now. If it weren't for me, you would..."

"I know, I know." Gu Qingqing broke off half of the steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth. "What kind do you like? I'll keep an eye out for you."

"What are you looking out for? There are only a few female military doctors in the health department on the island, and one of them has her eyes on Chen Jiefang. I heard about it from Lao Zhao." Gu Qinglie bit his steamed bun and said vaguely, "Don't worry about me. I don't have such plans now, but Gousheng may soon."

Not to mention Gu Qingqing and Chu Dai who were surprised, even Shen Sui, who was drinking porridge with his head down, couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen.

"What's going on? It can't be possible? Where did you hear the news about that ice chip, brother? Did you see it with your own eyes?" Gu Qingqing asked in rapid succession.

"No, I heard from Chu Zhao that the daughter of the field army commander is a sniper. She targeted Gousheng and said that she wanted the organization to find a way to solve her personal problems."