Chapter 114 A Bed (Bonus Chapter)
Zhou Xiye's ears turned red, and if the room hadn't been dimly lit, Jiang Zhizhi would definitely have noticed.
He reached out and grabbed Jiang Zhizhi by the back of her collar: "How can a young lady say such things? I'll go get some water first, and then I'll call my sister-in-law to come and scrub your back."
Jiang Zhizhi could hear the tension in Zhou Xiye's voice and knew she couldn't tease him anymore, so she smiled and stepped aside to let Zhou Xiye leave.
She went into the inner room by herself, and thinking back to what happened, she was relieved that she had fainted, otherwise she would have been the one embarrassed!
Sitting on the edge of the bed, she clutched her collar, looked down, and sighed. She had lost this round!
She hadn't even seen Zhou Xiye's body yet, and he had already seen her naked!
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Zhou Xiye boiled water and was about to call Tian Aiqin over to wipe Jiang Zhizhi's back.
Jiang Zhizhi stopped him, saying, "If you go, your sister-in-law will definitely say that you two are husband and wife, and you're going to scrub her back? Besides, what will your sister-in-law think? She'll definitely think that our relationship isn't good."
"Don't go. I'll just wipe it off quickly. It's not a big deal if it hurts."
She pouted and turned away from Zhou Xiye.
Zhou Xiye stood at the door in silence for a while, then compromised once again: "You wash first, I'll come in and scrub your back in a bit."
Jiang Zhizhi snorted: "No need, I'll clean it myself. I'll just go see a doctor when the wound reopens. Anyway, it's close to the hospital."
Zhou Xiye had completely lost his temper: "The water's been diluted, I'll help you wash."
Jiang Zhizhi stood up with her chin held high in a haughty manner: "You were the one who wanted to help me wash, I didn't ask you to."
Of course, she wouldn't actually take off all her clothes to let Zhou Xiye take a bath; she was just talking nonsense, her practical abilities were still at the kindergarten stage.
Finally, she took the towel and said, "Forget it, I'll just wipe myself. You've only been looking at me, and I haven't even looked at you. I'm getting the short end of the stick."
As she spoke, she pushed Zhou Xiye out.
Then he slammed the door shut and locked the latch.
Zhou Xiye pressed his slightly swollen temples, feeling a headache coming on, and prepared to go out for a walk.
Before leaving, he specifically told Jiang Zhizhi to leave the water after she finished washing so he could pour it out when he returned.
It was cooking time for every household, and Zhou Xiye greeted them all the way before finally meeting Li Zhiguo under the big tree.
Li Zhiguo returned with Zhang Zhao. Upon seeing Zhou Xiye, he quickly stubbed out his cigarette: "I was thinking of going to find you, but I was worried about my sister-in-law's injury."
Zhou Xiye, having nothing else to do, adopted a very patient demeanor: "What is it?"
Li Zhiguo hesitated for a moment: "Xiao Minglei told you about the border war, right? What do you think?"
Zhou Xiye frowned slightly: "I have no opinion, I will only obey the organization's arrangements."
Li Zhiguo didn't believe it: "Even the division commander doesn't believe you. You've been wronged lately. If you have any requests, just tell us."
Zhou Xiye did have one request: "Could I ask for a university spot?"
Li Zhiguo asked in surprise: "Who is it for? Everyone in your group who could go has already gone, and it seems like none of the rest are highly educated."
Zhou Xiye was very frank: "I'll get Zhizhi a science and engineering major at Tsinghua University."
Li Zhiguo was shocked: "What did you say? How dare you! Do you think Tsinghua University is owned by my family? And you want someone with a science and engineering major? How many people in our entire military region would go there?"
Zhou Xiye said firmly, "I think this is the only school that's right for her."
Li Zhiguo looked at Zhou Xiye as if he were a monster, then suddenly laughed mockingly: "When I asked you to get married, look at yourself! What's wrong with you now? Is your wife the most outstanding person in the world? I know Jiang Zhizhi, she only graduated from junior high school. You want her to go to Tsinghua University? Come on, tell me your reasons for recommending her."
Zhou Xiye said with a serious expression, "Didn't you ask me to name my conditions? I did, so why are you still complaining?"
Li Zhiguo chuckled: "Are you setting conditions? You're extorting me. What do you take me for? A Guanyin statue in a temple?"
Zhou Xiye frowned: "We can't engage in feudal superstition."
Li Zhiguo laughed in anger: "How come I never noticed before that you have a sense of humor? You should really let your men see the face you make every time you try to blackmail me."
After saying that, he became serious again: "I told you to make a request, so make something practical. This is definitely not going to work. The recommendation form should reflect your actual abilities. It might be okay for other schools, but it's definitely not suitable for this one. You should find another one. How about sending Xiao Jiang to a teachers' college so he can become a teacher after graduation?"
Zhou Xiye refused: "Her personality is not suitable for being a teacher. You should think of another way. Or, I'll tell your sister-in-law that you're secretly smoking outside."
Li Zhiguo glared angrily and shouted, "Get out! Get out! Get out!"
Zhou Xiye didn't move: "Anyway, you need to think of a way."
Li Zhiguo was at his wit's end: "Alright, I'll talk to Xiao Jiang later and see what she thinks. If I were her, I wouldn't even let you sleep in my bed at night. Look at your face back then, how you absolutely refused to get married."
Having achieved his goal, Zhou Xiye was too lazy to listen to Li Zhiguo's nagging anymore: "Go back after you've walked around twice. You'll smell like smoke. I'm going back now."
After saying that, he turned and left, completely ignoring Li Zhiguo's angry curses and glares behind him.
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Jiang Zhizhi wiped her body briefly and felt much better. She couldn't lift a basin of water with one hand, but since Zhou Xiye said he would come back to pour water, she felt at ease and crawled into bed.
The quilts at this time are all two meters long and one and a half meters wide.
Even newlyweds have two quilts, one for each person, which is just right.
Jiang Zhizhi chose a spot inside, so that if she got tired and rolled to the left, she would be facing Zhou Xiye.
She carefully calculated for a moment, then wrapped herself in the blanket and lay on her side on the pillow, revealing her fair little face, staring expectantly as Zhou Xiye entered the room.
Zhou Xiye was taken aback when he entered the room, not expecting Jiang Zhizhi to get into bed so quickly.
Jiang Zhizhi wrinkled her nose, looking somewhat pitiful: "Look at me, don't I look like a monkey trapped under the Five Finger Mountain, waiting for my master for hundreds of years?"
Zhou Xiye was amused again, and his eyes lit up with laughter. He stared at Jiang Zhizhi for a moment and said, "Hmm, like a mischievous monkey from the mountains."
Jiang Zhizhi glared at him: "Monkeys aren't as good-looking as me."
Zhou Xiye ignored her and took the basin to pour out the water.
Outside, the sounds of the neighbors cooking and talking could be heard clearly.
Jiang Zhizhi could even hear a child coughing in the next room, and she was somewhat surprised: "Is this house so poorly soundproofed?"
Zhou Xiye took a cold shower in the outer room, tidied up the room, and even swept the yard before returning inside.
Jiang Zhizhi twitched the corner of her mouth: "It's almost nine o'clock, hurry up and go to sleep, leaving the lights on all the time is such a waste of electricity."
Zhou Xiye saw Jiang Zhizhi propping her chin up in bed, her eyes curved and bright, her little mouth grinning happily.
After a moment of silence, he pulled the light cord by the door, plunging the room into complete darkness.
Jiang Zhizhi exclaimed, "I can't see anything anymore..."
Before he could finish speaking, he felt the bedside sink, followed by a creak as something enormous loomed over him...
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