Shen Huaichuan was taken aback, and asked blankly, "Trying to take advantage of me? What do you want from me?"
Zhou Qiqi was both annoyed and amused by his clueless attitude.
She reached out and gently pushed his chest.
"What else could I be after? I'm after your youth, I'm after your love of taking baths, and most importantly, I'm after your family's wealth!"
She pouted and continued asking, her voice tinged with sarcasm:
"Commander Shen, didn't you really notice? That girl is so attentive to you! I've seen her several times, smiling and winking at you, throwing you such flirtatious glances, it's almost giving me cramps!"
Shen Huaichuan was pushed backward, scratched his head, and frowned even more deeply, saying:
"I saw her... but she was making faces, I thought her eyes were bothering her, or her face was twitching..."
That's really what he thinks!
He had seen what it looked like when his own wife flirted with him.
Her eyes, shimmering and sparkling, seemed to have tiny hooks that could make one's heart itch.
That's what you call truly alluring eyes!
He Wanrou's moves were like sand in his eyes; he saw them but didn't think about it in that way at all!
Fearing Zhou Qiqi wouldn't believe him, he quickly took a step forward, his tone urgent as he pledged his loyalty:
"Honey! I really didn't know! I swear to God! I'm already overwhelmed with my parents' problems, how could I have time to pay attention to her! I haven't even seen what her eyes look like!"
That's true; his attention was entirely on his parents, and he didn't even glance at He Wanrou.
Seeing his earnest and eager explanation, Zhou Qiqi couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, saying:
"So all that effort they put into flirting was wasted on a blind man? What a waste of time!"
Shen Huaichuan thought Zhou Qiqi didn't believe him, so he leaned closer and said urgently, "It's true! Honey, you have to believe me!"
Zhou Qiqi wasn't actually jealous. She trusted Shen Huaichuan's character and his feelings for her.
But now she suspected that Shen Huaichuan's eagerness to come closer was not just to show his loyalty.
Perhaps she didn't kiss enough just now, and she has some other little thoughts.
The way he looked at her at that moment was so intense it was almost burning hot.
That won't do, Zhouzhou is still sleeping in the room.
The bed was changed at the last minute tonight, and she doesn't know if the little girl will be able to sleep in it. She needs to hurry back and check on her; she doesn't have time to play around with him here.
She quickly waved her hand, changing the subject: "Alright, alright, I know, you don't need to worry about this for now."
She had just gone to deliver stewed pears to her parents-in-law when she overheard the elderly couple talking inside the house.
It wasn't really eavesdropping.
With Shen Zhenbang's loud voice and the door panel being so flimsy, it was impossible not to hear him.
It seems to mean that He Wanrou will be taken back to the sanatorium by car tomorrow.
Since her in-laws had already made the decision to send her away, she didn't need to bother with the matter anymore.
Out of sight, out of mind.
She added one more piece of advice:
"I'm going back to my room to check on Zhouzhou. You should finish washing the dishes and go back to your room to sleep too."
After saying that, he turned and left the kitchen without waiting for Shen Huaichuan to make any further moves.
Shen Huaichuan watched his wife leave without looking back. He reached out to grab her hand, but it froze in mid-air. In the end, he could only reluctantly withdraw his hand and sigh helplessly.
Well, they didn't succeed!
He glanced down at the empty purple clay pots and spoons on the tray, resignedly walked to the water vat, scooped water, picked up the loofah, and carefully washed the bowls and chopsticks until they were spotless.
Shen Huaichuan channeled all his pent-up energy into cleaning the stove.
As he wiped, he felt that the kitchen had been used by He Wanrou, and it looked rather unlucky.
So I rolled up my sleeves and carefully cleaned the stove, the pot rim, and even the wall tiles.
In the end, he cleaned the entire kitchen until it was spotless, without a single water stain or oil splatter. Only then did he feel at ease, turn off the light, and obediently go back to his room to sleep.
When Shen Huaichuan tiptoed back into the house, Zhou Qiqi was still awake.
Zhouzhou was indeed a little unaccustomed to the new bed. She had been dreaming about something, and there were still tear stains on the corners of her eyes.
Zhou Qiqi had just coaxed her back to sleep. The little girl was curled up at the very back of the bed. Although her breathing was steady now, her sleeping posture still looked a bit pitiful.
Zhou Qiqi was tucking the blanket around her, barely daring to breathe, afraid of disturbing her again, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
Shen Huaichuan burrowed into the covers, patted her back reassuringly, and whispered:
"It's okay, take it slow, Zhouzhou will definitely get better and better."
With her mind preoccupied with the child, Zhou Qiqi couldn't fall asleep for a while.
Just as she was starting to feel drowsy, she heard a crackling sound coming from outside the window. She nudged Shen Huaichuan beside her and mumbled, "..."
What's that noise outside?
Shen Huaichuan listened intently and said, "It's nothing, go to sleep. It looks like it's going to rain."
"Oh, it's raining..."
Zhou Qiqi nodded groggily with her eyes closed, then lay back down to prepare for sleep.
But the next second, she sat up abruptly and exclaimed in a low voice, "It's raining?!"
broken!
She suddenly remembered that the large appliances she had just bought that day, such as the refrigerator and washing machine, were still piled up in the yard!
Those were all brand new, cost her a lot of money, and she hadn't even used them once!
If we get soaked in a freezing rain all night, won't everything be ruined?
Although she was so sleepy that her eyelids were drooping, she still yawned and pushed Chen Huaichuan with all her might:
"Get up quickly! Come with me outside and bring all those things inside! We can't let them get soaked!"
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