He knew that Ji Guizhang was in a hurry, so he didn't care about formalities and would buy any kind of ticket.

He said to his senior, "Thank you for your hard work."

"No problem, no problem, it'll only take a few hours."

The senior brother was easy to talk to, after all, he couldn't let the junior sister and teacher stand.

Shen Heng gave all three train tickets to his senior brother, then asked Bai Jiaojiao, "When can you go back?"

"About two hours later."

"Then I'll go find a restaurant, get some food, and wait for you at the guesthouse."

Shen Heng walked away, turning back every few steps. His senior sister was even more envious: "Your husband has such a good personality. I thought he would be difficult to get along with, but look at him running around, not finding it troublesome at all."

"That's just how he is. He's incredibly good to me, but you can't say his temper is exactly good either."

Bai Jiaojiao smiled shyly. Compared to other men, Shen Heng was indeed far superior. She was too embarrassed to praise him, but hearing an outsider praise him made her a little proud.

After Ji Guizhang finished dealing with Grandpa Liu's matter, Bai Jiaojiao parted ways with them and left.

The senior student couldn't help but sigh, "If only I could find a man like Mr. Jiaojiao in the future. Sigh, I don't know if I'll be lucky enough to have that kind of luck."

The senior brother said sourly, "Hmph, if you want to find a man like that, you need to have a minister uncle! How could Shen Heng not be good to Bai Jiaojiao? To put it bluntly, he married into the family. What normal man serves tea and water to a woman? He's a spineless coward, and you still treat him like a hot commodity."

His senior sister rolled her eyes at him: "Someone like you wouldn't even be considered a suitable husband! Even if Shen Heng is not the best, he still has a certain physique. Even if he's soft-boned, he could still kill you, a little over 1.6 meters tall, with one punch!"

"Alright, alright, what were you talking about!" Ji Guizhang frowned, not letting his senior brother talk back.

The senior apprentice was seething with anger, but dared not say anything because Ji Guizhang was there.

Seeing that Teacher Ji was also on her side, the senior student became even more arrogant.

Bai Jiaojiao had no idea that her senior brother was so sharp-tongued behind people's backs. When she returned to the guesthouse for dinner, she heard Shen Heng say, "I bought three tickets for tomorrow and sleeper berths for the day after tomorrow. We're not in a hurry, so we can lie down and go back."

"You really are..." Bai Jiaojiao was both amused and exasperated. She pinched Shen Heng's ear, and Shen Heng took her hand away.

"What's wrong? Do you want to squeeze in with all those people from who-knows-where? Besides, there really aren't any seats left on the train, only two tickets. Tell me, who should sit?"

Shen Heng didn't want to do anything extra; he just wanted to go home comfortably with Bai Jiaojiao.

"You must be exhausted today?"

"I've been standing here all morning."

"Go to bed in a bit, and I'll massage your legs."

Shen Heng smiled foolishly, but he was actually quite shrewd. There's no such thing as a perfect boyfriend; Shen Heng must have something to gain.

Kissing and touching Bai Jiaojiao was an essential part of Shen Heng's routine. He smiled as he carried Bai Jiaojiao to the bed and massaged her calves and soles.

"Heng-ge, you're smiling like a pervert."

Shen Heng used a little too much force. Bai Jiaojiao's legs were already sore from standing all day, so when Shen Heng deliberately pinched her, Bai Jiaojiao couldn't help but groan in pain.

"That sounds good, hum it again for me."

After Shen Heng finished speaking, he received a kick in the stomach from Bai Jiaojiao. Bai Jiaojiao said, "Be serious! You're not serious even outside. You bought a train ticket for the day after tomorrow, so let's just stay in this room all day tomorrow?"

“I walked around outside today, and there’s nothing to see here. It’s not even as good as Shili Village. It’s very poor, even poorer than Shili Village.”

Shili Village lives by the sea and relies on it for its livelihood. Moreover, Hushan Town is adjacent to a large shipyard, so people there live much better lives than some villages inland.

"There's still a lot of mud here. I went out for a walk for a while and got my nose covered in dust."

Shen Heng thought he could take this opportunity to leave the factory and the children aside and relive the days when he was newly married with Bai Jiaojiao.

"That's true. In this weather, I feel like I'm turning into dried meat when I go out. But I still sweat a lot, and I feel like I smell bad."

"It stinks? Let me smell it."

As Shen Heng spoke, he tried to come closer, but Bai Jiaojiao laughed and pushed him away: "Stop messing around, you're so annoying."

Shen Heng sniffed Bai Jiaojiao's face and gave her a quick kiss: "You smell good, not smelly at all. Shall I get you a basin of water to wipe yourself down? You can't use the shower room in this guesthouse."

The guesthouse's public toilets and washbasins are all in one place. The staff clean these areas regularly, so they are relatively clean despite being simple. However, the hygiene of the shower room is somewhat neglected. It seems that only the doorway and the floor are cleaned. The dusty walls are covered with moss and black mold. This is one of the few damp areas in the place, and everything inside is slippery with slime secreted by some kind of microorganism. There is only one shower room in the entire guesthouse, and men, women, the old and the young all come to shower here.

Shen Heng looked around but didn't dare to step inside.

"Hmm, that works too." Although Bai Jiaojiao had never seen that shower room before, since Shen Heng had said so, she didn't need to go and see it.

"Then you wait."

Shen Heng took the thermos and went out, filled it with hot water, then asked the guesthouse staff for a basin, and carried half a basin of cold water back.

"Here, let me help you wipe it off, take it off."

Shen Heng clenched the towel, draped it over his wrist, and then stared intently at Bai Jiaojiao.

"Get out, I'll wipe it myself."

"No, you can't wipe it yourself. I have to change the water for you here."

As Shen Heng spoke, he grinned wickedly, went over and pinned Bai Jiaojiao down, reaching out to tear off her clothes.

Bai Jiaojiao covered her clothes while opening her mouth to bite Shen Heng. The two were having a good time in bed, but the noise was so loud that someone knocked on the door and said, "Comrade, can you please be more careful when you're out and about?!"

Both of them paused for a moment upon hearing this.

Bai Jiaojiao pinched Shen Heng's face: "Stop messing around, I'll wipe it myself, you go outside."

Shen Heng was speechless at the knocking. He let go of Bai Jiaojiao and stood up from the bed: "Then call me when you're done washing up."

He then closed the door.

The person who was knocking on the door hadn't left yet. When he saw Shen Heng come out with a dark face, he swallowed hard.

"What are you banging on? How could it bother you in broad daylight?"

Shen Heng never expected that while there was Shen Shi at home, there would be someone so inconsiderate outside.

The man looked at Shen Heng and was surprised to find that the man in the room was so tall and didn't look like a good person. What kind of good person would do such a thing with a woman in a guesthouse in broad daylight?

"You are engaging in lewd behavior in broad daylight!"

The man said, his neck stiff.

"I think you fucking deserve a beating!" Shen Heng stretched out his fist, and the person opposite him went limp, shrank his neck, and didn't dare to go back to his own room, afraid that Shen Heng would retaliate if he found out. He quickly ran out of the guesthouse.