Chapter 77 The Wife-Stalking Maniac If it had been us on a blind date back then, now…
On Sunday, Chen Mianmian and Ji Yu went to the bookstore in the city together.
The bookstore owner, who had seen many young couples who talked about wanting to improve themselves together, skillfully pointed to a bookshelf at the back, "That's it, everything you want is on there. Just be quiet and don't make any noise."
"Thank you, boss!" The boss was right; the bookshelf was full of materials about adult self-study exams, including past enrollment information for various schools in Wumu City, as well as this year's enrollment plans.
Chen Mian turned to the page for Wumu Agricultural University and found that the registration deadline for this year was the day after tomorrow, with a unified exam to be held at the end of November. Those who passed the exam would be admitted in March of next year.
In other words, if she wants to try this year, she has about two months to prepare. So, should she give it a try?
When Chen Mian asked herself this question, she knew she still wanted to give it a try. If she passed the exam this year, she could graduate a year earlier.
She found the exam content and past exam papers for the Agricultural University, and it turned out that only three subjects were required: Chinese, Mathematics, and English. This gave her even more confidence. Chinese had always been her strong point, and she thought that Mathematics and English should be barely enough.
On the other side, Ji Yu quickly obtained the information he needed and then transformed into a "wife-obsessed maniac," staring at Chen Mian with a lovesick expression.
He had already seen it; the police academy was right across from the agricultural university, and his colleague said that sometimes police academy students were even arranged to train at the agricultural university.
Chen Mian finally finished reading, closed the booklet in her hand, and prepared to pick out a few exercise books to practice with. As for reference books, she planned to buy second-hand ones, which would be cheaper.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Chen Mian was puzzled by Ji Yu's gaze. She took out a small mirror from her bag and looked at herself. There was nothing dirty on her face.
Ji Yu chuckled softly, "You're so cute, I want to look at you a few more times."
"boring."
Ji Yu slowly approached, leaning one hand on the bookshelf, surrounding Chen Mian, her voice seductive, "Mianmian, don't you think the layout here is actually very similar to the city library?"
In the library, Chen Mian recalled that scene: Ji Yu had been caught on camera going on a blind date, and in her anger and embarrassment, she hid behind the bookshelves.
In the end, he was caught in a sorry state and didn't get to appreciate Teacher Ji's romantic gesture.
Ji Yu: "If it had been the two of us who went on a blind date back then, we might already have a child now." There was a hint of regret in her tone.
"..." Chen Mian was speechless.
Ji Yu leaned closer again, his hot breath brushing against Chen Mian's ear. "Want to smell me while no one's around?" He gently took Chen Mian's round, delicate earlobe into his mouth and licked it tenderly.
It slowly moved to her snow-white neck, and finally arrived at her long-awaited lips.
"Ugh..." Chen Mian felt as if she had been marked by a big dog. The little air in her mouth was being plundered, and she could only let out a few whimpers from her lips, which were quickly swallowed up again.
She placed her hands on Ji Yu's chest, her body limp and weak, a tingling sensation spreading through her. "Stop." They couldn't continue.
Ji Yu thought she was out of strength, so he picked up Chen Mian with one hand and let her sit on his right arm, and then gestured for her to hold onto his head to keep her balance.
This was the first time Chen Mianmian had experienced this perspective, looking down from such a height.
But soon she realized she seemed a little too tall. Holding onto Ji Yu's fur, she whispered, "Put me down quickly, someone's coming."
Ji Yu: "Come on, come on. We haven't done anything right now."
After receiving the death stare from above, Ji Yu squatted down and gently placed Chen Mian back on the ground. "Okay, okay, next time we'll find a secluded place to play."
Chen Mian picked out her workbook, hugged the book in her arms, turned around and left. When she paid the bill, she always felt that the boss's smile had a deeper meaning.
Boss: I beseech Heaven to discern the loyal from the treacherous!
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Thanks to the family's efforts, Chen's snack stall reopened.
This time, Lin Huijun and Chen Mian went together. It was hot, so Chen Yongliang made a cover for the tricycle to keep out mosquitoes. Inside, various kinds of steamed dishes were neatly arranged: red carrots, green lettuce, white eggplant, and a large bucket of spicy and sour dipping sauce.
Looking at the endless stream of customers, Lin Huijun joked, "When we have time in the future, we can just open a snack shop."
“Sure,” but they don’t seem to have much time right now. Besides worrying about things in the fields, Lin Huijun is also busy with designing and pattern making for her women’s clothing company, while Chen Mian wants to use these two months to prepare for her exams.
But Chen Mianmian was unwilling to miss the opportunity to open a shop. In the end, she gritted her teeth and decided that she would start preparing to open the shop after she finished her exams. She would hire one or two shop assistants, preferably the kind she knew well.
Chen Mian thought of her cousin, Lin Qiaofang, back in her hometown. Qiaofang was rather shy, but very serious about her work and a good cook. However, she was probably still in school, so she would have to wait and see.
In just one morning, all the steamed dishes they brought were sold out. Chen Mian estimated that after a few more visits, the vegetables in the field would be almost finished.
She needs to hurry up and start reading.
Meanwhile, Ji Yu was once again entangled with the drunken Batur.
Ji Yu sighed helplessly, "Can you please stop bothering me? I've told you so many times, I'm really busy right now, I have to go to work and study, and I have to go to the field to pick corn in a few days." She paused, "And don't bother Dilidar either..."
Ji Yu spoke at length, but Batuer didn't hear a word of it, except for the last "Dildar".
"Waaaaah, wife, I'm so sorry, I was wrong," Batur groaned as he lay on the ground. "Ugh, wife, please come back..."
Ji Yu, disgusted by his embarrassing behavior on the ground, grabbed him, shoved him into the car, fastened the drunkard's seatbelt, and took him home.
On the way, feeling dizzy, Batur suddenly remembered what Ji Yu had just said, "Why are you still going to pick corn? Where are you going to play? I want to go too."
Ji Yu: "Go to your future mother-in-law's house to break up." That's how sons-in-law are before marriage—busier than dogs, with endless chores.
Of course, the Chen family never asked him to help; it was Ji Yu who felt he should go. To quote his mother, "We raised you to be an adult, you're all grown up, so you'd work. It doesn't matter where you work."
Seeing that Batur's mind had cleared up a bit, Ji Yu offered a few more words of advice. After all, he and Batur had been good brothers for so many years, and he didn't want to see the other continue to drift aimlessly.
"You should quit drinking and go back to driving a truck."
After a long pause, a muffled reply came: "Hmm."
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After being exposed to the sun for half a month, the corn kernels in the field, which were so tender that they could be squeezed for water not long ago, have now become much harder.
Chen Mian originally planned to hire a large-scale specialized machine to harvest the crops, but her parents stopped her, thinking it was too expensive and a waste of money.
Chen Mian fought for a long time, but in the end she had to compromise and wait until the corn planting area doubled or even more before using machines to harvest it.
It took a group of people more than half a month of hard work to transport all the corn from the field back home.
Chen Yongliang erected several pillars three or four meters high in the yard. He peeled the outer skin off the ripe corn cobs, but did not break them. He tied two cobs together with corn husks and then stacked them neatly around the pillars.
Besides the yard, everyone's window was piled high with corn cobs of all sizes. All that was left was to wait until the corn was completely dried, then grind it into kernels before they could be sold.
Ji Yu was called back to work overtime by her unit. Chen Mian and her father were busy in the yard, with Zhi Jiayi helping out, while Lin Huijun went to the kitchen to cook.
At Chen Mian's insistence, we're having barbecue tonight.
Chen Mian: "With so much corn, of course we should eat roasted corn."
"Okay, then I'll kill another chicken for you to make you stronger, you little glutton," Lin Huijun teased with a smile.
The barbecue grill was custom-made by Ji Yu, but unfortunately he wouldn't be able to eat there today. Chen Mian only felt sorry for a second; the next second, she was happily eating.
The secret of Chen's barbecue is that everything can be grilled. Whether it's meat or vegetables, steamed buns or apples, grill them all. As long as you sprinkle on Lin Huijun's secret barbecue seasoning, they'll taste delicious even when dipped in shoe soles.
Chen Mian secretly smuggled some chicken for herself, grilling a few skewers for Da Huang and Xiao Hua as well. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Xiao Hua is the name of that calico cat. These two are as terrible at naming things as ever.
Lin Huijun has even begun to worry that they might give their child such a casual name in the future.
Chen Mubai, who is still studying in seclusion at the military academy, also brought good news through Ji Yu: his job may be transferred to Urumqi next year, and he will no longer have to return to Kashgar.
Moreover, this time they no longer need to go to the front lines to do various dangerous missions; they only need to stay in the rear and train new soldiers.
Lin Huijun has recently noticed a significant improvement in the young couple's relationship, indicating that they will soon have a happy occasion. She has already planned to visit Ayili's farm in a while to help out and collect a batch of high-quality cotton to prepare dowries for her two daughters.
This is a long-standing custom in their hometown: when a daughter gets married, her family prepares several good cotton quilts, and those who can afford it even have silk covers.
The cotton in Fengxi City is all transported from Xinjiang. This is a rare opportunity, and she and her husband are determined to pick it themselves.
As for preparing for Chen Muhe as well, there's no other way. That's how it is when you have twins in the family. Everything has to be multiplied by two, one for each person to be fair. It's become a habit.
So even though Chen Muhe's marriage is still far from being settled, she's still preparing for it. Besides, Chen Muhe is graduating soon, and who knows, she might bring home a handsome son-in-law soon too.
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She said she was going to pick cotton, but it wasn't until November that Lin Huijun actually had the time to do so.
When we only had twenty mu of land, we were busy doing things here and there, and the days would pass by in the blink of an eye. Now, with four people in the family taking care of more than two hundred mu of land, we are even busier.
Not to mention that Chen Mian also arranged for Lin Huijun to make clothes.
When Chen Mian learned that her mother wanted to pick cotton, she thought she wanted to do odd jobs to supplement the family income. "Mom, we have more money than before now, so you should take a break for a while."
Lin Huijun: "It's okay, your dad and I will only be gone for a few days."
Seeing her mother's insistence, and guessing that she might have never seen what cotton in the field looked like and wanted to see it, Chen Mian had no choice but to agree.
"Then I'll accompany you on the first day to familiarize yourself with the area, and I'll stay home and read for the next few days," Chen Mian said.
“No need, I know where Ayili’s house is.” Lin Huijun knew that her daughter had been taking time to read every night recently, and now that she finally had some free time, she was making the most of it. “You can just stay home and read. Your dad and I will go by ourselves.”
Lin Huijun: "If you want to go out and have fun, you'll have to wait until after your exams."
"Okay."
In the evening, after finishing her dinner, Chen Mian went back to her room to continue doing her homework. In the past, she didn't know what she was studying for, so she always studied sporadically and her grades were just average.
This time, she clearly knew what major she wanted to study, what knowledge she wanted to acquire, and what results she wanted to achieve, so she didn't even need anyone to urge her and studied with great enthusiasm every day.
With the exam date drawing closer, Chen Mian has already started taking mock exams for herself.
The adult college entrance examination has a small number of questions. There is only one paper in total, with Chinese, Mathematics and English each worth 100 points. Basically, if you score more than 200 points in total, you can get into a school. However, if you want to go to a good school and a good major, you still need to work a little harder.
After talking with her sister last time, Chen Mian decided to pursue agronomy at the Agricultural University of Wumu City as her goal.
Ji Yu chose the police academy's criminal investigation major. In addition to the basic Chinese, mathematics and English exams, this major also requires physical fitness tests, including sprinting, high jump and long jump, and there are minimum scores. People who do not meet the physical fitness standards will not pass the test no matter how high their scores are in the basic courses.
However, just by looking at Ji Yu's physique and stamina, it's clear that these projects are no different from kindergarten for him.
When Ji Yu came in, Chen Mian was still engrossed in working on the test paper in her hands, with a watch on the table for keeping track of time.
She focused on getting points on the easy questions first, and then tried to tackle the more difficult math problems. Seeing how focused she was, Ji Yu didn't disturb her and quietly sat down by the bed.
In order not to disturb her daughter's studies, Lin Huijun took away the calico cat, which had become increasingly plump, ahead of time.
Lin Huijun: No one can disturb my daughter's studies.
Ji Yu silently watched Chen Mian's slightly thin back. Because she had been working in the fields for nearly a year, Chen Mian looked thinner than before, but in fact, the flesh on her arms and legs had turned into muscle.
Her figure and lines are more graceful, and the baby fat on her face has faded a bit, making her dark and bright almond eyes even more captivating. Especially when she smiles, the dimples at the corners of her lips become more and more obvious.
On the contrary, Ji Yu, having spent so much time sitting in the office after her promotion, has become quite pale. With reduced exercise, her abs are no longer noticeable, which has alarmed her so much that she's been doing push-ups while reading lately.
A man's abs are like the stars in the sky; outsiders may not see them often, but you can't be without them.
Thinking this, Ji Yu stopped sitting on his girlfriend's soft and fragrant bed, got up nimbly, and started practicing on the floor again.
When Chen Mian finally finished her homework, she got up to pour herself a glass of water. Sure enough, she tripped over an unknown object on the ground and was about to fall.
Ji Yu reacted quickly, turning over to cushion Chen Mian's fall, and then reached out to catch her steadily.
Chen Mian knelt on the man and angrily slapped him a few times, saying, "When did you get here? You scared me to death!"
The man's muscles were hard and stiff, and the force of the impact made Chen Mian's hands hurt a little. She got even angrier and felt uncomfortable in the current situation, so she straddled Ji Yu's waist.
Chen Mian: "And what were you doing lying on the ground for no reason? You tripped me."
"Mianmian, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," Ji Yu said, pinching Chen Mianmian's waist and shifting her position so she could sit more comfortably, completely unconcerned that she was still lying on the ground.
"I just missed you." In the afternoon, Ji Yu's dear mother specially stewed mutton soup to nourish her eldest son who was about to take an exam, and unsurprisingly, she overdid it.
After finishing the mutton soup, Ji Yu went back to her room and completed five sets of practice questions. She then got up and did two sets of boxing, but she still felt inexplicably irritable.
He sat on the ground and seriously reflected on it. Perhaps it was because he hadn't seen Chen Mian for too long that he ran over directly.
Chen Mian was speechless: "You just ran all the way across the distance between our two houses?" How terrifying is this person's stamina? And she's been in here for so long, she's barely heard a breath.
Ji Yu hummed in agreement, not daring to mention that she had just been exercising.
"Well, you've done your homework, so go home now." Chen Mian got up to leave. She was a little sleepy after finishing her homework, but Ji Yu held her wrist tightly.
Their eyes met, and an ambiguous atmosphere quietly spread. Ji Yu grabbed Chen Mian's wrists with one hand and gently stroked her back with the other. Chen Mian's legs changed from being perpendicular to the ground to being parallel to the ground, and her upper body slowly slumped down.
Ji Yu tilted her head back and gently took Chen Mian's lips into her mouth, then tentatively explored further, their saliva mingling. Chen Mian gradually became immersed in the moment, their lips chasing each other.
Ji Yu's hand slowly moved down, his large, warm hand supporting Chen Mian tightly, afraid she would fall.
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Author's Note: I was torn between accumulating a backlog of chapters and adding an extra chapter, and I shamefully chose half an extra chapter. It's okay, I've already written more this weekend than last weekend. Personal progress is a spiral process. My only problem right now is that you guys are all just reading and not commenting, so I don't even know how well it's going [laughing and crying with facepalm]
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