Chapter 200
Zhong Qiao decided to try a different approach. Instead of watching him anxiously every day, she would just live comfortably like before and wait for him to lose his patience.
Otherwise, Zhong Qiao sighed and looked at himself in the mirror - his dark circles were almost drooping to his chin.
When will days like this end?
"I'm afraid you'll have to work hard these days." Ji Hebai helped her fill a bowl of corn porridge, gently placed it in front of her, and used an insulating towel to pad her underneath.
Zhong Qiao stirred the crystal clear corn porridge with a spoon. Sometimes even she felt that Ji Hebai's life was too particular and a little too luxurious.
People outside don’t have enough to eat every day, but since I’ve been with Ji Hebai, he knows what I like to eat, so he thinks of various ways to cook for me or takes me to eat delicious food.
She gained 12 kilograms.
Although the food at home was considered above average before she was with Ji Hebai, every time she went out with Ji Hebai, she would be surprised by his particularity about food.
Ji Hebai didn't notice anything was wrong with her and said, "Something's going on in the camp. I think I've found someone very important to me. If I can learn about her relationship with my parents, maybe I can find the answer I've been searching for."
"The answer?" Zhong Qiao muttered this sentence.
Ji Hebai had told her this long before, and although many things were said vaguely and not very specific, Zhong Qiao still vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
He seemed to be looking for someone.
Urgent.
Like an enemy, but also like an answer.
The problem that has troubled him for a long time can only be solved by finding him.
"Don't worry." Zhong Qiao lowered her eyes. "I am your wife, not a glass doll that needs to be pampered by others."
"I'm waiting for your good news."
Ji Hebai couldn't help but chuckle at her adjective.
"Hebai." A light scent of perfume drifted from his side and quietly landed in front of Ji Hebai.
The visitor seemed to be unaware that his arrival had interrupted the warmth between the two people. Instead, he didn't even look at Zhong Qiao, but looked at Ji Hebai with some resentment.
"Hebai, long time no see."
It’s Zhou Yingying.
Why is she here?
Ji Hebai and Zhong Qiao were both startled by her. After they reacted, Ji Hebai nodded out of politeness and said, "Hello, Miss Zhou."
"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"
The tone is quite polite.
Zhou Yingying, whom he addressed as Miss Zhou, was startled. She then gritted her teeth and said, "He Bai, we've known each other before, after all. Do you have to be so distant?"
Ji Hebai's tone was terribly cold: "Miss Zhou, although we know each other, we are not familiar with each other. I call you Miss Zhou because of Uncle Zhou's relationship. It is already a great honor for you."
"Besides, Miss Zhou, my wife is still sitting here, please respect yourself."
His eyes fell on Zhong Qiao and became soft again. Zhou Yingying saw this scene and was so angry that she went crazy.
"Zhong Qiao." She gritted her teeth. "What tricks did you use? You made Brother Hebai listen to you like he was brainwashed. I really don't know whether I should praise your good fortune or whether you are scheming."
Zhong Qiao calmly took a sip of corn porridge and said, "Ms. Zhou, I should be the one to say this. If I remember correctly, you should have a fiancé."
"A woman with a fiancé keeps pestering my husband. What does this mean? Miss Zhou, can you explain it to me?"
Zhong Qiao did not reveal Zhou Yingying's private actions, but when these words were put out in the open, Zhou Yingying was no fool and understood it immediately.
These days, she had thought about letting go. After all, although her fiancé was dull, he was rich and treated her well. But she saw Ji Hebai accompanying Zhong Qiao in the yard, teasing that little bastard from time to time.
She just couldn't swallow this.
This kind of warm scene should belong to her and Ji Hebai, not to a widow.
So, she began to make moves and wrote to him in the name of Ji Tangchun, but Ji Hebai remained indifferent. So she thought that he had feelings for her and became even more unscrupulous.
Later, they even started sending some books, most of which were love letters, implying that they were the same as the male and female protagonists in the books.
This matter is really hard to talk about. How did Zhong Qiao know about it?
A bad premonition arose, and the next second, Ji Hebai's voice was heard.
"Miss Zhou, I used the books you gave me as table legs, and I used some as firewood."
"If Miss Zhou wants to add more fuel to the fire in my stove, please go ahead."
Zhou Yingying glared: "You——"
She had thought of thousands of ways to humiliate herself, but she never expected that Ji Hebai would say it so directly in public, without any mercy at all.
"Ji Hebai, just wait." Zhou Yingying was so angry that she was shaking all over. "You have no vision. Compared to Zhong Qiao, everyone says I am better, but you are the only one who turns a blind eye to me and even dares to humiliate me."
"I guess I was wrong."
She left angrily, and the last bit of affection she had for Ji Hebai in her heart completely disappeared.
Zhong Qiao watched her leave: "She has a terrible temper. If you don't give in to her, she'll get mad to death."
Ji Hebai had a headache: "Tangchun's friend is just a little girl. She was so willful before, and she is still like this now."
At the end, fearing that Zhong Qiao might not believe him, he added a sentence.
"I don't even remember her face, why are you so obsessed with me? I remember her fiancé, he's quite good. It would be nice if I could live a peaceful life with him."
Zhong Qiao said, "Look at how angry she was just now. How could she possibly want to be obedient?"
"You should be more tactful in your words next time. Zhou Yingying has been spoiled by her family since she was a child. She's too shy to handle you saying that."
She didn't want to cause any trouble for no reason because of Zhou Yingying.
The culprit of the poisoning has not been found yet, and now there is another Zhou Yingying. Zhong Qiao will probably be exhausted to death.
"I understand." Ji Hebai nodded. "Don't worry, I know my limits. However, if I don't say this, given her personality, she will continue to pester me. It's good to have it all explained today. At least, she won't disturb our lives for no reason anymore."
Zhong Qiao didn't take her seriously. Her mind was now full of how to make the other party reveal his true identity, and also what would happen if Ji Hebai went to the military camp.
In the following week, Zhong Qiao no longer basked in the sun at the door. Instead, he started to write and read in the house after dinner, and coaxed the children from time to time, just like before.
There was no movement from Uncle Lin.
The two of them maintained a strange warmth.
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