Independent Extra 2: Mingxia and Cheng ③
Guanjun is very easy to take care of, and Xia Cheng doesn't have to worry about anything. All she has to do is pack up his diaper every time and take him out for a walk when she gets home from get off work to buy groceries.
But what troubled Xia Cheng was that Guanjun fell in love with a Shiba Inu living in the same community. He lost his appetite and kept insisting on going out to meet her. He even foamed at the mouth with excitement when he smelled the Shiba Inu's urine.
Xia Cheng clearly remembered that it had been neutered...
There was no other way, so Xia Cheng could only add the Shiba Inu's owner as a friend and go walking the dog together, letting them keep each other company. The Shiba Inu was a neutered female dog, so she walked them together without worry.
The owner of the Shiba Inu is also an office worker.
Dog owners always hope that their dogs can play with other dogs of the same kind. After meeting Xia Cheng several times while walking his dog, he began to feel a certain affection for this gentle and beautiful woman.
He began to dress himself up before walking the dog, and occasionally brought some small things for Xia Cheng, sometimes a few photos of them playing together, and sometimes fresh vegetables.
Before Xia Cheng could return the gift, Lin Minghe came back.
He knew Xia Cheng's address, so he informed her and went to her house to take Guanjun away. Guanjun was smiling foolishly with his tongue sticking out, and when he realized something was wrong, he had already left the community.
Xia Cheng’s eighth class soon arrived.
While putting on her swimsuit, Lin Minghe saw the wound on Xia Cheng's forearm that was scratched by the dog. He pursed his lips and gave her some ointment as soon as the class was over.
"Don't leave scars. Have you had the vaccine? Why didn't you tell me? Champions sometimes get crazy and don't know how to control themselves."
"It wasn't caught by the champion." Xia Cheng mentioned the Shiba Inu.
When Lin Minghe heard that the Shiba Inu's owner was a man, a sense of danger emerged in his heart.
"Oh..." He nodded and said nothing more.
After all ten classes were over, the swimming pool organized a party, and Xia Cheng met other students.
She randomly found a seat and looked around. She found that Lin Minghe was surrounded by women.
"Aren't there a lot of female coaches..." she couldn't help but mutter.
"Hey, are you the one who left the first class?" The girl sitting next to Xia Cheng saw that she was looking at Lin Minghe and couldn't help asking:
"Do you know each other? He left after you left that day, and then the female coach came back. Oh, we thought he was the coach. Although the female coach is not bad, the handsome guy's abdominal muscles are really too seductive!"
"No...I don't know him."
Xia Cheng didn't dare to tell Lin Minghe that he had been giving her special treatment since then.
It turns out he did it on purpose.
Xia Cheng was a little depressed. Lin Minghe had changed and was no longer the simple man he used to be.
But who doesn't change? She has become more cowardly than before. When she heard what the person next to her said, she felt a slight heat in her chest and looked at him a few more times.
The Liming River is very popular.
This should be related to his personality. It is easy for both men and women to get close to him.
Xia Cheng saw a female coach who was almost sticking to him because she was drunk.
Didn’t he say he liked me? How come he has no idea of propriety? He wasn’t like this before.
Xia Cheng raised her glass.
"What kind of wine is this? It tastes pretty good."
"It looks like plum blossom wine, brewed by the owner himself." The girl next to her spoke up again. "Where do you work?"
Xia Cheng started chatting with her casually.
Seeing this, other male students of the same period also joined the group chat.
After working as a salesperson, Xia Cheng became very open-minded at the dinner table. Her humor made many people laugh. Lin Minghe's lips curled up as he listened.
The corner of his mouth quickly faded when he saw Xia Cheng adding someone else's contact information.
He could only watch them add each other as friends.
In fact, Xia Cheng only habitually adds people as friends when he finds that the other party is his potential customer.
They were all adults, so she saw through the other party's intentions and simply took advantage of the situation to expand her own business.
Before I knew it, I had drunk a little too much.
When the show was over, the alcohol started to take effect and her temples ached slightly. She fell asleep on the table for a while, then woke up and patted the person next to her.
"Please help me get a taxi." She said to the girl next to her.
There was no movement around her. Xia Cheng looked up, but everyone around her had already left. Sitting next to her was Lin Minghe, who was also drunk and sleeping on his stomach.
Lin Minghe was even drunker than her. He really didn't know why those people left the two of them here.
Seeing that his ears and cheeks were red, Xia Cheng could only call a taxi on her phone and move Lin Minghe out with the clerk.
She sent Lin Minghe home first.
The security guard helped carry Lin Minghe up.
Xia Cheng didn't dare leave the drunkard alone at home, so she lay at the head of his bed for a long time.
When selling, it was common for Xia Cheng to get drunk. Knowing how hard it was for someone to be alone at home without even someone to pour water for him, out of sympathy, Xia Cheng took a nap on the carpet beside Lin Minghe's bed.
Hearing her even breathing, Lin Minghe slowly opened his eyes.
There was clarity in his red eyes; drunkenness was just his disguise.
He quietly carried Xia Cheng, who was curled up on the carpet, to the bed, then he went into bed and held her in his arms.
Both of them reeked of alcohol, but Lin Minghe was drinking osmanthus wine. The scents of osmanthus wine and plum blossom wine mingled together, and Lin Minghe pecked at her beautiful, unpainted brow.
"When will you stop being so stubborn and see my feelings?"
The answer he got was Xia Cheng's soft snoring.
Lin Minghe tried to hold back his laughter, his chest was shaking.
*
Xia Cheng had a dream in which someone gently kissed her forehead and confessed their love to her. When she woke up and touched the person next to her, she knew it was not a dream.
She clearly remembered that she slept on the carpet, so how come she was on the bed now and her coat was taken off!
She looked at the person next to her.
Lin Minghe was sleeping soundly.
It must have been him.
Xia Cheng patted his face.
Lin Minghe woke up, his eyelashes trembled, revealing his dark eyeballs.
"Chengcheng..." He acted like a spoiled child as before, burying his face in her shoulder. "I miss you so much..."
"Lin Minghe!" she scolded him. "I'm going to get up, let go of your hand."
"No." He kept pestering me. "You promised to be with me last night. Are you going to go back on your word now?"
"When did I agree?!"
"When I sleep!"
"How could I possibly agree to this while I'm sleeping?"
"You agreed."
“…”
Lin Minghe smelled the alcohol on her and felt distressed.
"You didn't drink much before. Is it because you became a salesperson? Chengcheng has suffered a lot."
"It's the same for you, isn't it? Going abroad for rehabilitation training must be tiring. By the way, have you ever had a relationship when you went abroad?" Xia Cheng questioned him. She didn't believe that such a man would not be popular.
Lin Minghe shook his head honestly.
"I haven't been in a relationship, but I've thought about it, but I just can't get excited. But don't worry, I definitely don't have a sex partner!"
"You haven't dated yet?"
Seeing Lin Minghe nod, Xia Cheng felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.
"Let go, I'm leaving!"
"don't want!"
"open!"
"So sour." Lin Minghe laughed. "Chengcheng, are you jealous? Why?"
After hearing what he said, Xia Cheng realized how much her tone sounded like questioning her boyfriend.
"How is that possible?" She denied, finally broke free from Lin Minghe, and got out of bed in a panic.
"Chengcheng, I'm serious." Lin Minghe also climbed up. "Think about it carefully. I'm sincere to you."
Xia Cheng put on a beige coat and didn't dare look back at him.
"Why? I..."
"Didn't you say it yourself? You had your reasons. Even though being together was an accident, there was at least a moment when you truly loved me. I could feel your true feelings when we were together, so don't ask why anymore, Chengcheng."
Lin Minghe got on the bed barefoot and he hugged her from behind.
"Will you stay with me?"
Just as Xia Cheng was about to speak, he covered her mouth.
"Don't rush to answer, I..."
"You can try." Her voice slipped out quietly between her fingers.
"Since you said so, let's give it a try..."
*
After they got together, because Xia Cheng was unwilling to move in with him, Lin Minghe had to move into her small one-bedroom apartment.
Fortunately, the landlord agreed to keep a dog, so Lin Minghe was able to bring the champion over successfully.
In the past, Guanjun would wake up Lin Minghe around 7:30 every day. He would go to work around this time, so he would take him out for a walk.
But now, Lin Minghe is very resentful.
He didn't want to come out of the warm bed, nor did he want to let go of the fragrant and soft Xia Cheng in the bed.
So he simply pretended not to hear Champion calling him outside the door.
If Xia Cheng woke up, he could only stuff Xia Cheng back into bed and get up to walk the dog.
While walking the dog, Champion met a Shiba Inu and went over to try to please it like crazy.
Lin Minghe looked at the owner of the Shiba Inu and realized belatedly that he was the man who often asked Xia Cheng to walk the dog with him.
"Hello, I'm the champion's father." He puffed out his chest with some pride.
As soon as the man heard it, he knew what was going on.
Later, Xia Cheng never encountered a Shiba Inu again when she went out to walk the dog, and Guan Jun also lost his beloved.
Later, Xia Cheng welcomed her first New Year's Eve with Lin Minghe.
Ms. Lin personally called Xia Cheng and invited her to her home for the New Year. In fact, during the years when Lin Minghe went abroad, Xia Cheng also went to Ms. Lin's home for the New Year, but this year she was together with Lin Minghe, so she could not go there as a subordinate as before.
Xia Cheng picked a lot of things.
When she and Lin Minghe arrived, Ms. Lin was busy in the kitchen, and Xia Cheng rolled up her sleeves to prepare the dishes.
Lin Minghe also hurried into the kitchen.
"Okay, you guys go out."
Ms. Lin casually took out some vegetables.
"If you really want to help me, just peel these beans and break the vegetables into small strips."
"Yes, sir!"
Xia Cheng and Lin Minghe said in unison.
Ms. Lin was marinating meat in the kitchen. When she heard the two people playing in the living room, she couldn't help laughing.
It has been many years since the house has been so lively.
In order to marry Lin Minghe's father, she broke up with her family and never went back after the divorce. She has been spending the New Year alone for so many years.
I have changed many boyfriends, but they are just for daily companionship because they all have their own families.
The sound of the TV, the barking of dogs, and the laughter of children prompted this strong woman to put on an apron and willingly prepare a large table of home-cooked meals on this special day of the New Year.
At the dinner table, Ms. Lin kept picking up food for Xia Cheng, which made Lin Minghe a little unhappy.
"Mom! If you continue like this, I won't have any room to perform."
"Oh! My dear son, I'm sorry, I forgot."
Xia Cheng couldn't help laughing.
She and Ms. Lin have known each other for so long, and because Lin Minghe is closer, their relationship is more like friends than future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Mom, you've worked hard all day, eat more." Xia Cheng also picked up some food for her.
"Chengcheng, how did you know I was going to propose to you..." Lin Minghe stood there in a daze.
"Ah!? You want to propose to me?!" Xia Cheng was also shocked.
"Don't you know? If you don't know, why did you just call her mom?"
Xia Cheng didn't react.
She followed Lin Minghe's call and made a slip of the tongue, and her face immediately turned red.
"I...accidentally called the wrong name...sorry..."
"I've wanted a daughter for a long time," said Ms. Lin, tears welling in her eyes. "It would be even more perfect if I could have a granddaughter."
Xia Cheng blushed completely and touched her belly.
She also wants a child.
People only want to reproduce when they are happy.
Under the dinner table, she secretly hooked her fingers with Lin Minghe's.
I am grateful that he did not give up on me, and I am also grateful that I have been strong and hardworking.
After all the hardships, this is the real home.
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