Chapter 90 Qi Donghan, Let's Get Married...

Chapter 90

Those calls of Meng Yingying, piercing through the noisy crowd, were impossible for Meng Yingying, who was exiting the station, not to hear.

"It sounds like Yue Ru's voice?"

She muttered something, thinking she had misheard, but when she looked up, she saw Zhao Yueru wearing a cotton coat and heavily pregnant.

Standing in the crowd, the cold wind blew across her face. She held her stomach with one hand and jumped up to shout.

She jumped, and her stomach jerked, which was terrifying to watch. So much so that passersby couldn't help but take a second look.

Kind-hearted people even tried to persuade her not to jump like that, saying she was pregnant.

Zhao Yueru didn't care. She felt that her body was now strong enough to kill a bull, and she had passed the most difficult period of pregnancy preservation. Now even the doctor said that everything was fine, and she believed in her body.

So she shouted louder and louder.

Meng Yingying was queuing at the exit. Seeing Zhao Yueru like this, she was terrified and wished she could fly out right now.

So she took her ticket and switched seats with the person next to her, saying, "Comrade, comrade, I have an urgent matter to attend to, so I'll go out for a bit."

People these days are very amiable. Seeing someone like Meng Yingying with an anxious expression, they all consciously made room for her.

At that moment, Meng Yingying even forgot about Qi Donghan standing next to her.

When Qi Donghan saw Zhao Yueru, he was also somewhat dazed. He didn't understand why Zhou Jingsong's lover would appear at the train station, and even seem so familiar with Meng Yingying.

"Comrade, are you still coming or not?"

Seeing that Qi Donghan didn't move, the person behind him mustered up his courage and asked. Qi Donghan then came to his senses and nodded, "Let's go, we'll go out now."

there.

As soon as Meng Yingying exited the station, she ran towards Zhao Yueru. Just as Zhao Yueru was about to run away with her belly hanging, Meng Yingying stopped her, saying, "Stop! Stand still."

She rarely shows such emotional expression, and she rarely speaks with such a shrill voice.

This caused Zhao Yueru to brake reflexively and stand still, no longer daring to move.

Meng Yingying breathed a sigh of relief and ran towards Zhao Yueru, embracing her tightly as soon as she arrived.

Zhao Yueru also hugged her tightly.

The two of them, oblivious to everyone around them, started yelling and screaming.

"Yueru, Yueru, what are you doing here?" Meng Yingying was afraid of hurting Zhao Yueru's stomach, so she tried to take a few steps back, but Zhao Yueru held her tightly.

"Don't let go."

Zhao Yueru's large belly was quite bothersome, so she strategically leaned back a few feet and stared intently at Meng Yingying, "I've been here for a while now."

"Yingying, Yingying." Just calling that name made her so happy that her eyes and brows were beaming with joy, revealing eight teeth. "Yingying, you would never guess that I've come to join the army."

"You would never guess that Zhou Jingsong's team is stationed with you."

"So, Yingying, I've come to find you."

She's not here to accompany the army; she's clearly here to find Yingying.

Meng Yingying could understand every single word, but when they were put together, she couldn't quite understand them.

"You mean Zhou Jingsong is also stationed in Harbin?"

Zhao Yueru nodded. "That's not the point." She hugged her, laughing and crying at the same time. "The point is that I came to find you."

"Yingying, we've been apart for five whole months, five months!"

God knows how much she misses Yingying.

God knows how much she wanted to know if Yingying was doing well at the garrison.

Heaven knows how much she longed for Yingying to be in Mengjiatun when she was all alone, with no one to talk to. She could chat with her, share a bed, eat together, and go shopping at the department store and supply and marketing cooperative together.

However, with Yingying gone, she was mostly alone in Mengjiatun.

Later, Zhao Yueru comforted herself, saying that although Yingying was no longer here, this was at least the place where Yingying grew up.

That's enough. She walked the same paths Yingying had walked and lived in the same houses Yingying had lived in.

Uncle San, who was guarding Yingying, went up the mountain to see Yingying's father who was buried underground.

Zhao Yueru thought that was enough.

However, these emotions collapsed instantly upon seeing Meng Yingying. She hugged her, held her hand, looked at her, and cried and laughed at the same time.

"I miss you so much, Yingying."

He finally said it.

This also instantly brought tears to Meng Yingying's eyes. Her nose stung and her throat ached. "I miss you so much too, Yue Ru."

She took Zhao Yueru's hand and looked her up and down, noticing her slightly swollen face and protruding belly.

"Yueru, how are you doing?"

She hesitated for a long time before finally asking the question. While she was away from Mengjiatun, she was always worried that Yue Ru wasn't doing well, so every month she sent all her wages and ration coupons back home.

In the countryside, it's incredibly difficult to make money and even harder to get tickets.

Zhao Yueru sniffed her red nose. "I'm fine."

"Let me tell you, Zhou Jingsong is really good to me."

"The Zhou family is alright. Although there are occasional minor frictions, Zhou Jingsong is on my side, so I don't feel that life is so difficult."

As for the fact that she had just been discharged from the hospital before coming here and had been hospitalized for more than ten days to protect her pregnancy, she did not intend to say.

If you tell Yingying, she won't be able to solve the problem; instead, it will only increase her worries.

Meng Yingying understood the meaning behind her words. She touched Zhao Yueru's hands, which were red from the cold, and instinctively picked them up and rubbed them until they were warm. Then she planned to put her own clothes on Zhao Yueru.

However, as soon as Meng Yingying unbuttoned her clothes, Zhao Yueru pressed her down, saying, "No, Yingying, I'm fatter than you used to be. Even if you killed me, I couldn't fit into these clothes now."

Qi Donghan, who had just walked over with his luggage, was stunned by what he heard. In an instant, all the doubts he had had were resolved.

Meng Yingying's hometown is in western Hunan.

Meng Yingying lost her father.

Meng Yingying used to be overweight, but now she has lost weight.

The answers were almost obvious.

Unfortunately, neither Zhao Yueru nor Meng Yingying noticed, because at that moment, they only had eyes for each other.

It was only when they were leaving that Meng Yingying realized what was going on and introduced Zhao Yueru, saying, "Yueru, this is the guy I told you about."

"His name is Qi Donghan."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yueru was stunned. She had actually seen Qi Donghan earlier, as they came out of the station exit together, but at that time, her eyes were only on Meng Yingying, and she consciously ignored Qi Donghan afterwards.

Upon hearing Meng Yingying's introduction, Zhao Yueru felt as if she had been struck by lightning. "Who is your boyfriend?"

She asked again, unsure.

Meng Yingying was a little confused. She turned around to look at the man behind her. "Qi Donghan?"

"Yingying".

Before Zhao Yueru could speak, Qi Donghan interrupted her, "Is Old Zhou back?"

This was a rhetorical question, but Zhao Yueru still answered instinctively, "I'm back. I came with him to the army."

She seemed somewhat afraid of Qi Donghan, or rather, she had been afraid of him since their first meeting.

Qi Donghan's aura was so strong that she disliked him from the very beginning.

Qi Donghan's expression was somewhat strange, and Meng Yingying couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she didn't dare to ask. It wasn't until Qi Donghan said, "Let's go back first, I'm going to see Lao Zhou."

Does he also know Zhao Yueru's lover?

Meng Yingying was a little confused, but then she thought that since Yue Ru could accompany the army, Zhou Jingsong must be stationed in Harbin, which was beyond doubt.

After the team was stationed in Harbin.

Qi Donghan was eager to see Zhou Jingsong and confirm some established facts, but upon returning to his post, his first task was to report to the higher-ups.

So Qi Donghan forcibly suppressed his surging thoughts, and only after reporting to Commander Chen did he go to the dormitory to pick up Meng Yingying.

By this time, Meng Yingying and Zhao Yueru had already talked quite a bit. Several times, Zhao Yueru hesitated to speak, but she felt it wasn't appropriate for her to say it herself.

"Yingying".

She had barely opened her mouth when someone shouted from below, "Comrade Meng, Commander Qi is waiting for you downstairs."

Someone came to deliver a message, and upon hearing this news, Zhao Yueru swallowed back the words that were about to be spoken.

Fifteen minutes later.

The Zhou family's house in the residential compound has changed dramatically. The courtyard of more than 40 square meters is very bright and spacious, and the house is kept clean and tidy.

At this moment, Meng Yingying, Zhao Yueru, Qi Donghan, and Zhou Jingsong were sitting in the main room of the Zhou family.

The four of them looked rather serious.

Meng Yingying's heart started racing. She looked at Qi Donghan, who took a deep breath and said, "Five months ago, I visited Zhou Jingsong at Xiangyi Hospital."

As soon as he said that, the room fell silent.

Zhao Yueru had an air of complete understanding.

Meng Yingying was still in the dark when, in a flash, she grasped something: "What are you going to visit Zhou Jingsong for?"

Qi Donghan stared intently at her. "I'm delivering medicine to Zhou Jingsong."

Meng Yingying's heart was in her throat. She heard herself ask, "What medicine?"

"Dermatine".

Now, you could hear a pin drop in the room. Meng Yingying suddenly stood up from her chair and repeated, "You said you were going to deliver morphine to Zhou Jingsong?"

When this fact was presented to her, she was utterly shocked.

"But Zhou Jingsong didn't take the morphine in the end."

Zhao Yueru also spoke up, looking at this and that, before finally saying cautiously, "Yingying asked me to find Du Lengding. After I went to the hospital, Zhou Jingsong went in for surgery, and that Du Lengding was what I got from Comrade Qi."

Meng Yingying plopped down on the stool, and it seemed as if the air around her became lighter. She could hear her heart pounding, each beat louder than the last, as if it were about to burst out of her chest.

"Then what happened—" Her voice was hoarse, and she even hesitated to ask the question. "Then on the day of my father's funeral, the Meng family made things difficult for me and my third uncle. I carried the coffin with all my might until the very end. Yue Ru, the person who helped carry my father's coffin, said that he was Zhou Jingsong's comrade-in-arms."

Meng Yingying stood up, walked to Qi Donghan, and stared intently at him. "Were you the one who helped carry my father's coffin in the end?"

—Qi Donghan.

Qi Donghan's expression was somewhat complicated. After a long while, he nodded and said in a low, hoarse voice, "It's me."

The truth has come out.

It turns out that the benefactor I've always wanted to see, the benefactor I've been searching for, is right in front of her.

Meng Yingying was both crying and laughing. She didn't know how to describe her current feelings. It was like she had lost something and then found it again, or like she had won millions in the lottery.

"Yingying".

Zhao Yueru was a little worried. Zhou Jingsong didn't say anything, but just took Zhao Yueru's arm and gently pulled her out.

They left both time and space to the two people in front of them.

Once they left, the room fell silent. Meng Yingying looked up, her eyes still red. "Qi Donghan, I fainted at the time, that's why I didn't see you."

"But you, you helped me carry my coffin back then, you've seen me before."

How come you didn't recognize me?

Looking at Meng Yingying like this, Qi Donghan opened his mouth, and after a long while, he murmured, "You are so different now than you were back then."

When he helped carry the coffin, he also helped Meng Yingying up, but when he helped her up in the heavy rain, he only felt a heavy weight.

Meng Yingying was very fat back then, but now she's less than half as fat as she was then.

It was only then that Meng Yingying realized, "No wonder."

No wonder.

She murmured, "I used to be very fat. Later, in order to lose weight, to audition for the performing arts troupe, and after my father passed away, I lost a lot of weight."

Meng Yingying was somewhat dazed. She looked up at Qi Donghan, then at herself.

"Qi Donghan".

She called softly.

This side of Meng Yingying frightened Qi Donghan. He stepped forward and hugged her, asking, "What's wrong?"

Meng Yingying whispered, "Let's get married."

The room fell silent the moment those words were spoken.

Qi Dong abruptly released his grip. He looked at Meng Yingying's face, trying to find any reluctance or embarrassment in her expression.

But no.

None.

All that remains is earnestness.

"What did you say?"

Qi Donghan thought he had misheard.

Meng Yingying looked up, her eyes serious. "Qi Donghan, let's get married."

This was the second time he had said it, so even if Qi Donghan wanted to ignore it, it would be difficult for him not to.

Almost instantly, Qi Donghan was overwhelmed with ecstasy. He reflexively picked up Meng Yingying, spun her around, and tossed her into the air.

"Are you serious?"

Even the usually aloof and taciturn Qi Donghan was showing some emotion at this moment.

Meng Yingying was thrown into the air. She screamed in fright, but when she saw the stars in Qi Donghan's eyes, she felt a little relieved.

"real."

"Put me down."

Qi Donghan held her tightly, saying, "I won't let go."

He was afraid that if he let go of his feelings, Meng Yingying, who had said she wanted to get married, would disappear.

Meng Yingying said helplessly, "Qi Donghan, put me down so we can discuss our marriage."

These words were like a carrot tied to the front of a donkey. Qi Donghan immediately put Meng Yingying down. He looked down at her, his usually cold face now filled with joy.

"How so?" Even he himself didn't realize that his voice had softened. "Yingying, how did you suddenly come to this realization?"

He knew that Meng Yingying was afraid of marriage, but he thought it was okay, he would prove with time that he would be the best marriage partner for Meng Yingying.

There is no other.

Meng Yingying lowered her eyes, and when she opened them to look at Qi Donghan, she smiled and said, "I didn't dare to before."

In a candid tone, she said, "At that time, I felt that getting married would hinder my dance career."

“But when I learned that—” she paused, her voice tinged with a hint of bitterness and nasal tone, “that it was you who helped me carry the coffin and send my father up the mountain, I felt that if I married you, my father would definitely be very happy.”

It turns out that when he passed away, not only his daughter saw him off on his final journey, but his son-in-law did too.

Qi Donghan paused for a moment, then held Meng Yingying in his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder, his voice low and husky, "Yingying, I'm incredibly grateful now that I went to help Uncle carry his coffin."

I just felt sorry for Meng Yingying back then, so I helped her out.

Looking back now, he is truly grateful to himself for doing a good deed back then.

If it weren't for that incident, his Yingying wouldn't have agreed to marry him so easily.

He held Meng Yingying in his arms, and she stared at the wall in front of her, as if she could see her father smiling at her.

This made Meng Yingying's nose tingle. "Qi Donghan, let's get married and go back to see my dad."

She's been gone for so long, and her father sleeps all alone underground. I wonder if he misses her.

Qi Donghan grunted in agreement and pulled away, saying, "I'll go get a marriage report from my boss in a bit."

"You need to fight here too."

"Let's do it together."

Meng Yingying hummed in agreement. A knock came from outside; it was Zhao Yueru's voice. She asked worriedly, "Yingying, are you alright?"

Meng Yingying quickly wiped away her tears, "It's alright, Yue Ru, come in."

Actually, the door wasn't locked, it was just closed. When Zhao Yueru was outside the door, she heard Meng Yingying screaming inside, and she thought Meng Yingying had been bullied by Qi Donghan.

This was intolerable for Zhao Yueru.

That's why she knocked on the door. After she came in, she carefully examined Meng Yingying's face and saw that she didn't look like she had been bullied.

He was a little puzzled, "You weren't bullied by him?"

Meng Yingying was somewhat helpless and blushed a little, "No."

Zhao Yueru looked Meng Yingying up and down with some suspicion, which made Meng Yingying feel a little uncomfortable. She pursed her lips and whispered, "Just now, when I found out that he was the one who helped carry my father's coffin, I proposed to him."

At this point, she glanced back at Qi Donghan and casually slapped him, "This guy's still acting like a brat, lifting me up like that, so—"

Zhao Yueru could guess what happened next without Meng Yingying saying it. She followed Meng Yingying's gaze to look at Qi Donghan.

It's truly unimaginable that someone as serious, self-disciplined, and aloof as Qi Donghan could ever lose his composure like this.

Seeing Zhao Yueru looking at him, Qi Donghan coughed lightly, "My Yingying gave me such a wonderful surprise."

To be honest, he was almost overwhelmed with surprise at that moment.

That's why he did something so reckless, but he would do it again if given the chance.

For Qi Donghan, the moment when the person he loved agreed to marry him was the happiest moment of his life, bar none.

Zhao Yueru felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this, "Give your Yingying back."

"Yingying is mine."

She didn't know where she got the courage to say those words in front of Qi Donghan, but when she was fighting over Yingying, she didn't care whether she was afraid of him or not.

Qi Donghan was silent for a moment. He looked at Zhou Jingsong, who clenched his fist and coughed lightly. "Old Qi, my Yue Ru is pregnant. Pregnant women are the most important thing in the world."

Qi Donghan, “…”

It's almost predictable what his future will hold.

Noon.

Meng Yingying didn't leave; she stayed at the Zhou family home. Zhou Jingsong cooked a meal, while Zhao Yueru, supporting her pregnant belly, gave instructions from the side.

Meng Yingying stood outside the door watching, and for the first time she felt that it was good that Yue Ru had married Zhou Jingsong.

Zhao Yueru had a quick temper, but Zhou Jingsong was as tolerant of her as the ocean. No matter how much trouble Zhao Yueru caused, Zhou Jingsong would never lose his temper.

Meng Yingying thought that this might be the meaning of marriage.

Zhao Yueru seemed to notice that Meng Yingying was looking at her. She turned around a little embarrassed and came out of the kitchen. "Yingying, don't be fooled by how capable I am now. I wasn't like this before."

“I used to take care of Zhou Jingsong when he was blind.”

But now that Zhou Jingsong's eyesight has returned and she is pregnant again, she has finally turned her life around.

Of course, she wasn't a serf before.

Meng Yingying smiled and hummed in agreement, touching her belly, "How's the baby?"

Zhao Yueru shook her head and then nodded, "It wasn't very good at the beginning, she was always a bit naughty, but now that she's over five months along, the pregnancy is much more stable."

"This also makes me feel much more relaxed."

Meng Yingying squatted down and whispered to her belly, "Baby, you have to be good and not bother Mommy, okay?"

"Otherwise, come out, and Aunt Meng will spank you."

Whether the child could hear her or not, Meng Yingying spoke with great conviction. Zhao Yueru's belly then kicked, and Meng Yingying was immediately shocked. She looked up, her eyes widening, "She kicked me!"

Zhao Yueru smiled and said, "It's normal for him to be able to kick now, he's been doing it for over five months."

"They'd probably be clenching their fists inside."

It was quite normal, but Meng Yingying had never experienced anything like this before, which shocked her greatly. She listened closely for a while, but heard no sound.

This disappointed her somewhat.

Wanting to continue waiting, she squatted down again, pressing her ear close to hers, murmuring, "Baby, are you kicking Auntie?"

Inside the kitchen.

Qi Donghan was cooking with Zhou Jingsong when he turned around and saw this scene. He said with a hint of jealousy, "Old Zhou, with your wife here, my position is in jeopardy."

Yingying was clearly his best friend before.

Zhou Jingsong was making dumplings, still holding flour in his hand. He glanced back at them, then naturally looked away, his face expressionless. "Before my wife comes along, my position is already insecure."

At that time, they were still in Mengjiatun.

Every day, Zhao Yueru would mention Meng Yingying hundreds of times. Even though he was going to accompany the army, no matter what he said, Zhao Yueru hesitated, worried that Meng Yingying would not be able to find her when she returned.

But when they learned that Meng Yingying was also stationed in Harbin.

Without hesitation, she agreed to go with the army.

Zhou Jingsong absolutely refused to admit that in Zhao Yueru's heart, he was not as important as Meng Yingying.

Qi Donghan boiled water, preparing to put the dumplings in the pot. He felt a sense of shared misery. "Tell me," he said, "if your wife and I quarrel in the future, whose side will my Yingying take?"

"Or, if you and my wife have a fight, whose side will your Zhao Yueru take?"

Zhou Jingsong, "..."

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Author's note: That's a really good question!

Haha, the plot has finally reached this point, the truth is out! Thinking about their married life after all four of them is kind of hilarious, hahaha~