Chapter 46: Warming the bed?
Li Yinshuang and Xia Yaoyao looked in the direction of the sound.
Huo Jingchen was wearing a pure white uniform, and his eyes under the wide-brimmed hat were filled with hostility. The man's jaw was clenched, and he looked at the two of them with a bad tone.
Xia Yaoyao frowned and looked at Huo Jingchen in confusion.
"Who are you?" Li Yinshuang was confused. Being looked at like this by the man, both of them felt a chill down their spines.
Huo Jingchen introduced himself, "Like her, I am the owner of this house."
The corner of Xia Mi's mouth twitched. He really didn't play by the rules.
Shi Daqiang, who was standing next to him, saw the serious situation and said, "Comrades, this is our Captain Huo. Don't you know who your sister-in-law is marrying as a relative?"
The news came like a bolt from the blue, hitting both mother and daughter directly.
Xia Yaoyao's expression was rarely out of control, "Xia Mi, aren't you marrying Yan Yiming?"
After saying this, Xia Yaoyao even shocked herself.
No, wouldn’t it be better if Xia Mi married someone other than Yan Yiming? Why did she have such a big reaction?
Li Yinshuang's face was pale and she was unable to speak.
Captain Huo, this man looks so young, yet he is already the battalion commander. No wonder they can ride in a military jeep.
"She is willing to marry someone as good as me, so why would she lower her status to marry Yan Yiming?" Huo Jingchen looked at Xia Yaoyao.
By lowering her own status, does Xia Mi still have any value?
Xia Yaoyao was in a mess and secretly unwilling in her heart. She didn't understand why Xia Mi had such a good life.
She was taken away from home by mistake, and although her life was not hard, it was not good either. She should have a good life.
Resentment and jealousy formed a big net, tightly encircling Xia Yaoyao's heart.
"Xia Mi, what's going on? Didn't you come here to marry Yan Yiming? Why did you marry Captain Huo?"
Shi Daqiang was surprised, but he didn't dare show it on his face.
I didn’t expect that my sister-in-law was really engaged to Teacher Yan.
"That's what you saw. I married another man, and it had nothing to do with your Xia family at all."
Xia Mi picked up the meat and vegetables and prepared to go to the kitchen.
"Now that we have made sense of it, sister, you can come and give us a hand, light the fire or something."
Xia Yaoyao hadn't reacted yet. She wanted to refuse, but when she saw the man's eyes, she swallowed the words of refusal.
Shi Daqiang, who is usually active, also behaved very quietly at this time.
Huo Jingchen glanced at the dazed Li Yinshuang, "Aunt, I heard Xia Mi talk about her life story. Thank you and uncle for taking care of her for so many years. When you leave the island, I will give her a gift as a token of my gratitude for your kindness in raising her for so many years."
"No, don't bother." Li Yinshuang's left eyelid twitched.
It was obviously a good thing to give gifts, but she just couldn't be happy.
"I will be out on a business trip in the next few days. You can do as you please during this period." After saying that, he looked at Shi Daqiang.
Shi Daqiang received the hint and sat down to chat with Li Yinshuang.
Huo Jingchen went back to the room, and when he came out he was already wearing casual clothes. He walked towards the kitchen without looking back.
"Xia Mi, come here and make your foster mother's bed."
As he spoke, he glanced at Xia Yaoyao who was lighting the fire in the kitchen, "I'll trouble you to cook, big sister."
Xia Mi put down the kitchen knife and looked at the dishes that were almost ready. "Big sister, I have prepared all the dishes. You can take care of them."
"But." Xia Yaoyao stopped Xia Mi, "I don't know how to handle those shrimps."
"Just boil the shrimps. The rest won't be a problem for you. Didn't you love cooking at home before?"
Xia Mi once again brought up the days when Xia Yaoyao had just returned to the Xia family and was trying to please others and pull them down everywhere.
"……good"
Xia Yaoyao agreed despite being extremely reluctant.
Xia Mi had prepared the mattress and other things two days ago, and she followed Huo Jingchen back to the house.
She closed the door and prepared to open the closet door.
The person who was standing just now pushed her against the wooden cabinet door. Xia Mi raised her eyes and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I'll leave tomorrow morning."
Huo Jingchen put his arms around her slender waist and pulled her into his arms. "There's no fixed time this time. We'll leave at six tomorrow morning. Will you get up and see me off?"
"Let's talk about it tonight. I still have to make Mom's bed."
Xia Mi didn't dare to speak loudly, and reached out to pat Huo Jingchen's hand, "Six o'clock, doesn't that mean we have to get up at half past five?"
Seeing her frowning brows, Huo Jingchen smiled and raised his hand to pinch her face.
"Sleep is more important or am I more important?"
Xia Mi glared at him and thought seriously, "It's all important. The bed won't be warm if you leave."
“…”
So he just warmed the bed? While Huo Jingchen was distracted, Xia Mi turned around, opened the cabinet door, and ordered him, "Help me take down the mattress and quilt. They are too high."
"Go and rest for a while. I'll make her bed."
Huo Jingchen took off the quilt easily.
Xia Mi was worried, so she followed Huo Jingchen into the guest room.
Huo Jingchen shook open the mattress with his long hands, stared at it in thought for a moment, and then made the bed casually.
When it came to the quilt cover, he was even more perfunctory. He didn't fix the four corners and just stuffed it in. He grabbed the quilt and shook it in a serious manner, then covered the bed with it.
Afterwards, he smiled proudly and asked the person next to him.
“So this is what it feels like to do whatever you want.”
This bed is made...as shiny as a donkey's dung ball.
Xia Mi didn't think much about it. It wasn't for her to cover herself with anyway, so why should she care so much about it.
When I came out, Xia Yaoyao had already skillfully prepared three dishes and a soup, and was walking into the house carrying a bowl of tomato and egg soup.
For a moment, Xia Yaoyao felt that she was here to be a servant.
She clenched her back teeth, put down the soup, and tried her best to suppress her anger. "It's time to eat."
"I haven't eaten my eldest sister's cooking for a long time." Xia Mi smiled, "Jingchen, Daqiang, you should try my eldest sister's cooking skills. At the time, our whole family applauded."
Jingchen...
This shout made Huo Jingchen's heart tremble and feel numb.
The man's thoughts drifted away, and he decided to let Xia Mi call him like that throughout the night.
"Since my sister-in-law praised me so much, then Sister Xia's cooking skills must be better than mine."
Shi Daqiang picked up a piece of food with chopsticks with great anticipation.
Xia Yaoyao cast him an expectant look, just waiting for feedback.
Shi Daqiang chewed a bit, his expression changed slightly, and he looked around the people at the table. He realized that the atmosphere was so tense that if he said it was not delicious, Xia Yaoyao would be embarrassed.
“Not bad, delicious!”
Xia Yaoyao finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled for the first time since coming to Zhuifeng Island.
Li Yinshuang wanted to find out about Huo Jingchen's background while eating.
"Xia Mi, you didn't even write back to tell me you were getting married to someone else. You didn't marry Yiming, so what about Yiming? Doesn't your lover plan to introduce him to me and Yaoyao?"
"No matter who I marry, you won't be interested. It's a waste of time to go back and forth." Xia Mi drank a mouthful of soup, "Huo Jingchen, my love, isn't this enough?"
"You're not getting married, why are you asking so clearly?"
Her stomach was rumbling with hunger before the meal, but as soon as Li Yinshuang opened her mouth, she lost her appetite.
Xia Yaoyao kept keeping an eye on Huo Jingchen who was peeling shrimps.
Huo Jingchen looked focused, and his handsome face seemed gentle when he was silent.
He was tall, almost 1.9 meters tall, and when he sat next to Xia Mi, he looked very petite.
It was this person who was peeling shrimps for Xia Mi. He was very careful and meticulous, and only put the shrimps into Xia Mi's bowl after making sure there was no shell on the shrimps.
Xia Yaoyao looked at Xia Mi and found that Xia Mi's movements of eating shrimp were natural, as if she was used to it.
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