Chapter 73 The Man's Amazing Physical Strength
As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Xingyue looked away from Jiang Chunyan and Deng Yingying, who were sitting at a square table not far away, whispering to each other.
Seeing Xie Zhongming sitting upright with his shoulders straight across from her, and then placing a braised lion's head on her plate, she placed one on his plate as well. Then she smiled and said, "Don't just keep putting food on my plate, you should eat some too."
It has to be said that Xie Zhongming is a man with no major flaws except for marrying her and not showing up for five years.
He was especially considerate towards women.
Qiao Xingyue doesn't seem to be so bothered by his dislike of her for being over 200 pounds anymore.
Just then, she picked up a braised lion's head meatball, and the fragrant braising sauce was poured over the white rice. She ate the meatball with a mouthful of rice, and it was so delicious.
The last time I ate at this state-run restaurant, I ordered the same braised lion's head meatballs, but I didn't find them this delicious.
After taking a bite of rice, Qiao Xingyue lowered her voice and gently kicked Xie Zhongming under the table, "Xie Zhongming, do you want to hear some gossip?"
"I don't like gossip," Xie Zhongming said honestly, "but I'll listen to what you say."
"You don't have to be so honest," Qiao Xingyue said, lowering her voice even further. "Deng Yingying is pregnant, and you told your brother, whose name is Jiang Beisong, right?"
"Yes, Jiang Beisong, Bei Yang's second brother."
Tell Jiang Beisong to be careful and not let Deng Yingying scheme against him.
Anyway, she believed that Deng Yingying had no chance of scheming against Xie Zhongming.
However, we still need to be wary of Deng Yingying.
She lowered her voice and said, "Deng Yingying is also eyeing you. She probably wants to sleep with you and then say that the baby in her belly is yours, waiting for you to take the initiative to marry her."
In this day and age, lesbians who get pregnant before marriage are considered morally corrupt and shameless.
Hearing this, Xie Zhongming's aversion to Deng Yingying deepened even further.
"I've never heard of her dating any gay men, how did she get pregnant?"
"Would I lie to you? I just overheard them, mother and son, plotting behind the tree how to trick you and Jiang Beisong. They probably couldn't get what they wanted from you, so they're going to try and trick Jiang Beisong."
“It’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s just that I think Deng Yingying is too shameless.”
How can there be such a shameless woman? She slept with another man, got pregnant, and then tried to frame him and Beisong.
"Why don't you talk to your good buddy Jiang Beisong? So he doesn't fall into Deng Yingying's hands."
Mentioning Jiang Beisong, Xie Zhongming gripped his chopsticks tightly. Just then, the waiter brought over the last dish, and the sauce accidentally spilled onto his arm.
But his tightly furrowed brows did not relax even slightly.
There was an unyielding melancholy in his eyes and brows.
The waiter quickly apologized to him, and he said it was nothing, wiped the food juice off his arm, and sighed heavily.
“Beishong won’t listen to advice.”
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and no matter how wicked Deng Yingying was, Jiang Beisong wouldn't listen.
Over the years, everyone has advised Jiang Beisong to find a serious relationship and stop thinking about Deng Yingying, but Jiang Beisong just won't listen.
Even though Jiang Beisong knew that Deng Yingying liked him, he still told her that he would never get married in his life, but he would marry her anytime she wanted.
"Even if you don't listen to my advice, you should at least tell him. Jiang Beisong is your good brother, don't let him get screwed over by Deng Yingying."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Lately, the phrase Qiao Xingyue has heard most often from Xie Zhongming is: "I'll listen to you."
Look at him, a dignified regimental commander, sitting across from her with an iron-blooded and tough appearance, yet he constantly says "listen to her," as if she were his leader and he were her soldier.
If she were to live with him in the future, and he listened to her in everything, it seemed like a pretty good idea.
Qiao Xingyue felt disgusted when Deng Yingying was mentioned.
At this moment, Xie Zhongming listened to her every word, instantly driving away all her nausea. She happily ate the white rice with the braised lion's head meatballs, and then poured a spoonful of braised sauce on top. It was incredibly delicious.
After finishing their meal, the two walked out of the state-run restaurant.
Xie Zhongming pushed his bicycle from under the tree to Qiao Xingyue's side, just as he was about to let her sit down, when a voice that both of them found extremely offensive came from behind them.
"Sister Xingyue, you look so beautiful today."
The person speaking was Deng Yingying, who had worked at a state-run restaurant.
Today, Deng Yingying also wore a bright orange dress. Before meeting Qiao Xingyue, several aunties praised her for looking good in this dress.
But when he met Qiao Xingyue, he was instantly outshone.
In addition, Qiao Xingyue's skin is fair, and despite having given birth to two children, her face is free of any blemishes, completely overshadowing Deng Yingying's dull and dark skin.
Deng Yingying felt a pang of jealousy. Seeing Qiao Xingyue dressed in a new outfit and Xie Zhongming wearing a brand-new shirt, anyone who didn't know better would think the two were going to take wedding photos.
Deng Yingying first praised Qiao Xingyue, then said, "Sister Xingyue, you know, right? Everyone knows you're Aunt Lan's nanny. But if you didn't know, seeing you dressed so beautifully and alone with Zhongming, you'd think you two were dating. That would sound really bad if word got out."
"Who's your sister?" Qiao Xingyue retorted coldly. "Don't keep calling me 'sister.' Although I'm two years older than you, you're the one who looks older."
"you……"
"Xie Zhongming, let's go."
After Qiao Xingyue nimbly jumped onto the back seat of the old-fashioned bicycle, Xie Zhongming pedaled the bicycle, and the car sped away from the entrance of the state-run restaurant.
Watching the two figures gradually disappear into the distance, Deng Yingying stomped her foot angrily. "Why does this vixen keep bothering Zhongming? She's like a persistent ghost. Yongqiang should have raped this scourge last time... This Yongqiang is really something, he can't even handle a woman."
Jiang Chunyan chimed in, "I already told you not to mess with Xie Zhongming. Not only is Xie Zhongming hard to deal with, but Qiao Xingyue is even harder to deal with. Your brother Yongqiang is tall and strong, while Qiao Xingyue, a skinny woman, not only beat him black and blue, but also sent him out to be locked up for attempted rape. He hasn't been released yet."
As Deng Yingying walked, she said, "Qiao Xingyue is not easy to deal with, and that Yongqiang is no good either. If he hadn't committed any crimes back in his hometown, would he have been sentenced to such a heavy sentence?"
"This is clearly all because of that vixen Qiao Xingyue. Why bring up the things your brother Yongqiang did back home? If it weren't for Qiao Xingyue, would your brother Yongqiang's things back home have been found out? Would the rice seedlings have been planted?"
"This Qiao Xingyue is no good. Sooner or later she will get into trouble. It would be best if she were raped and then killed."
Qiao Xingyue was sitting in the back seat of Xie Zhongming's old bicycle when she sneezed several times. As the car's tires drove over a bumpy, muddy road, she instinctively hugged Xie Zhongming's waist.
This is the second time she has hugged Xie Zhongming's waist today.
The first time, her hand had barely touched his waist for two seconds before she pulled it away.
But then, her gaze stopped at his waist, and she said crisply, "I have a feeling that someone is talking badly about me behind my back."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt Xie Zhongming's abdominal muscles taut in her palm.
The man's waist and abdomen were not loose at all.
With each pedal stroke of his bicycle, his strong abdominal muscles taut and undulate through the thin fabric, the force steady and clear, like a warm but powerful fire burning within him.
Qiao Xingyue's fingers felt as if they had been burned.
This time, however, she did not pull her hands back.
At this moment, Xie Zhongming is her husband on her marriage certificate, her man. It's not illegal for her to touch his abdominal muscles.
Sitting in the back seat of the old-fashioned bicycle, Qiao Xingyue enjoyed the evening breeze, the sunset was hanging in the sky, and a tall industrial chimney was emitting white smoke. The scene was so beautiful!
Clatter!
The bicycle chain suddenly jammed.
No matter how hard Xie Zhongming pressed the pedals, the car didn't accelerate; instead, it slowed down more and more until it finally stopped.
Qiao Xingyue jumped off from behind, and Xie Zhongming also nimbly jumped off the vehicle. He squatted down and saw that the chain had fallen off.
He fiddled with the chain several times but couldn't fix it, so he had no choice but to push the bicycle back home.
Actually, the state-run restaurant is only one or two miles away from the military compound. We've already covered half of it, so it's at most half a mile away now.
Xie Zhongming rarely had time alone with Qiao Xingyue. At this moment, he slowed down his pace while pushing his old bicycle, hoping that the road back would be longer, longer, and even longer.
Being with someone you love, taking a walk home under the sunset, no matter how far the journey, doesn't feel tiring.
Back at the Xie family home, Qiao Xingyue took An An and Ning Ning to take a bath first.
Huang Guilan looked at Xie Zhongming, who was drinking water from an enamel cup, and lowered her voice to ask, "Zhongming, tell me honestly, are you and Xingyue dating? I felt that Xingyue seemed to be in a good mood when she came back with you."
Xie Zhongming put down his enamel mug. "Mom, I'll give you a surprise in a while."
He didn't laugh when he said that, but he looked very serious and didn't seem to be joking.
Huang Guilan couldn't help but laugh, "Could it be that Xingyue really agreed to date you? Fourth brother, that shot you took on the train wasn't for nothing!"
When Xie Zhongming smiled, he revealed a set of white teeth. "It's not about dating, it's something even more surprising."
"Could it be that Xingyue has agreed to marry you?"
"No, it's even more surprising than that."
"What could be more surprising than Xingyue being willing to marry you?"
Xie Jiang, who was usually not talkative, put down a book written by a great man, stood up from his armchair, and looked at Xie Zhongming. "Fourth brother, stop keeping me in suspense. If you don't tell your mother, she definitely won't be able to sleep later."
Xie Zhongming remained calm. "I promised Xingyue I wouldn't tell you yet."
"What's so amazing?"
The more Xie Zhongming remained silent, the more Huang Guilan felt like she was being scratched by a cat.
"Mom, don't ask anymore. I'll definitely tell you when the time is right."
Huang Guilan couldn't understand what could be more surprising than Xingyue being willing to marry her fourth son.
That night, Huang Guilan and Xie Jiang lay in bed. Huang Guilan couldn't sleep. "Old Xie, what exactly is this surprise that Lao Si mentioned? I have a feeling that they're hiding something from us."
Huang Guilan rolled over and sat up on the bed covered with a straw mat.
Being frugal, she was afraid of wasting electricity. Even though there was a standing fan with an oscillating head at the foot of her bed, she couldn't bear to turn it on. She picked up the fan and shook it herself. "Could it be that when we were in Kunming, Fourth Brother and Xingyue had a relationship?"
Xie Jiang sat up, took the fan from her hand, and shook it for her. "Don't overthink it. Xingyue and Lao Si aren't that reckless."
"What could be more surprising?"
"Don't overthink it. Didn't Fourth Brother say that when the time is right, he will naturally tell us?"
Xie Jiang pulled Huang Guilan down to lie down and fanned her, asking, "Are you hot? Do you want to turn on the fan?"
"Don't waste electricity."
"Then I'll fan you, you can go to sleep."
"I can't sleep."
Huang Guilan hadn't slept, so Xie Jiang kept fanning himself.
Xie Jiang was very considerate and attentive to Huang Guilan. Xie's sons were influenced by this from a young age, so when they grew up, the men of the Xie family not only respected women very much, but also loved their wives very much.
The eldest and second sons of the Xie family got married, and they were known for doting on their wives.
The third son is not married.
When it came to the fourth son, Xie Zhongming, he, like the eldest and second sons, treated his wife like a precious treasure.
Second floor.
Qiao Xingyue and An Anning were sleeping soundly when, unexpectedly, the fan suddenly broke down.
She got up and tried to fix it, but she couldn't.
Xie Zhongming, who lives across the hall, can't sleep at all right now.
In the evening, Qiao Xingyue sat behind him and inadvertently hugged his waist. She didn't pull her hand away for a long time, and the soft touch was still lingering in her mind.
It was already hot and humid in the middle of summer, and Xie Zhongming was wide awake.
He got up and did push-ups on the ground.
I did two hundred in a row, but my mind was still wandering, so I switched to one-handed two-finger push-ups.
Knock knock!
There was a knock on the door.
The door wasn't closed tightly, and it opened naturally when Qiao Xingyue knocked.
The lights were on inside.
On the ground, Xie Zhongming had one hand behind his back and the other hand supporting him on the ground, doing push-ups one after another.
The white cotton vest he was wearing had faded from washing, which made his tanned arms look even more muscular and powerful.
With each up-and-down movement, the muscles in his arms taut, each muscle line clean, sharp, and firm. This man exuded a powerful aura honed through years of training.
Qiao Xingyue's eyes were burned.
What surprised her even more was that the man was not only doing one-handed push-ups, but also only had two fingers on the hand that was supporting him on the ground.
Is it really that amazing?
He doesn't seem to do push-ups with this much ease, unlike others.
No wonder they did it several times that night in Chadian Village. I'm afraid that even if Zeng Xiuzhu hadn't drugged him, one time wouldn't have been enough for this man.
If she were to actually live a proper life with him and become a real couple, she would be incredibly fortunate in the future.
Qiao Xingyue wasn't one of those coy, timid women. She came from the future, and while she was indeed tempted by Xie Zhongming's muscles, she managed to control herself, though her heart was beating a little too fast...
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