Chapter 258 Beyond the only principle.

When Lu Jingchen returned, Xia Qingliu was cooking. There were still a lot of food left over from lunch. The army did not have the habit of wasting food, so they packed it up and brought it back. Now she heated up the food and cooked some porridge. The cool water was just right to cool off.

Wanting to give his wife a surprise, Lu Jingchen hid the flowers behind him, walked to Xia Qingliu who was cooking, and said to her in a low voice:

"I have something to give you."

"What?" Xia Qingliu had noticed his hands hidden behind his back, and knew that he was going to give her a surprise. In fact, she didn't buy into this before, but now the person standing in front of her was Lu Jingchen, the man she liked, and her heart was unconsciously filled with expectations.

Lu Jingchen looked at her bright eyes, the corners of his lips slightly raised. He took out the flowers from behind him, and then held them in front of her like a treasure, and asked in a deep voice:

"Do you like it?"

Xia Qingli's originally smiling face froze when she saw the big bunch of white chrysanthemums he took out. However, Lu Jingchen, who was standing next to her, was still looking at her expectantly, and his expression was just short of writing the three words "praise me quickly" clearly on his face.

Xia Qingxi smiled bitterly, looking at Lu Jingchen who asked her to "praise" him. She didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, but the flowers he sent were really... After hesitating for a moment, she asked in a tone of seeking his opinion:

"Well, can I tell the truth?"

Although Lu Jingchen had a cold personality, he was much more thoughtful than Su Xiangnan. He soon noticed that his wife's mood did not seem like she was surprised, but more like she was frightened.

"What's wrong, don't you like flowers?" Lu Jingchen lowered his eyes and asked in confusion.

At lunch, didn't his wife say that girls all like flowers?

"I like flowers, but this flower..." Xia Qingying looked at the white chrysanthemum in Lu Jingzhen's hand and explained to him:

"Giving it to the living has a bad meaning."

Although Lu Jingzhen didn't understand the language of flowers, he seemed to understand after hearing his wife's words and asked:

"What does it mean?"

"White chrysanthemums are given to the deceased to express condolences." Xia Qingying explained to him that the reason she told him this was to prevent him from giving a large bunch of chrysanthemums to people when he visited them in the future.

After listening to Xia Qingying's explanation, Lu Jingzhen's face was full of surprise, and his pupils even dilated slightly. He never thought that this flower was originally given to the deceased.

In an instant, he was not well at all, and he wanted to kill Su Xiangnan.

The next second he turned around and walked out of the kitchen. He was about to put the flowers in the corner of the room, but after thinking for a while he took the flowers and walked to the yard and put them in the most inconspicuous place.

Xia Qingxi was wondering why Lu Jingxie went out without saying a word. After a while he came back, but he no longer had the white chrysanthemums in his hand.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what this flower means." Lu Jingxie explained to Xia Qingxi, looking very regretful.

Although in TV dramas, we often see soldiers carrying white chrysanthemums when they pay tribute to their deceased comrades, the reality is that in this era, few people know that these flowers are used for memorial services, so Xia Qingliu did not blame him and comforted him,

"It's okay, I know you didn't mean it." After that, she half changed the subject and asked half curiously,

"Where did you pick these flowers?"

She hadn't seen such beautiful flowers anywhere else. Since there were chrysanthemums, there should be other flowers as well. She had been thinking about decorating the yard these past two days, so she could go dig some and plant them in the yard.

Lu Jingchen hesitated for a moment, but still told Xia Qingxiang truthfully:

"These flowers were picked by Su Xiangnan in the back mountain to give to reporter Xia from the north city. He confiscated them, so I took them back..."

At this point, Lu Jingchen immediately felt that what he said was wrong, so he immediately changed his words:

"Today I heard you say that girls all like flowers, and I had already planned to pick flowers for you after work. It just so happened that he hadn't given them away yet, and it would be a pity to throw them away..."

At this point he still felt that something was wrong, as if he had not been careful at all and had picked a bouquet of flowers to give to his wife. The more he explained, the more he got himself into trouble.

"No, that's not what I meant, don't get me wrong..."

"Puff." Xia Qingli looked at the always calm and cool Captain Lu, and was so anxious that she couldn't speak clearly. She smiled unconsciously, and then said very considerately:

"I know what you mean."

Seeing that his wife was not angry, Lu Jingli was relieved, and then said to Xia Qingli:

"That reporter Xia may come to visit you at home tomorrow." After that, he relayed to Xia Qingli what Su Xiangnan said to him in the afternoon.

"Ah?! What a coincidence! The girl I saved last time turned out to be the blind date of my third brother?" Xia Qingli was surprised after hearing this.

Last time, she only asked Lu Jingchen whether Xiao Liu and the others mistook her for someone else. Unexpectedly, they mistook her for the reporter she had saved. She also never thought that the reporter was the blind date of her third brother Su Xiangnan.

Hearing this, Lu Jingchen frowned unconsciously, thinking of the last time Xia Qingxi used this small body to "toughly" fight with those knife-carrying vendors, and then tried to cover up the truth, so he asked:

"Why didn't you tell me last time that the situation at the train station was so dangerous?"

Xia Qingxi saw the unhappiness on Lu Jingchen's face and knew that he was unhappy. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly leaned towards him, stuck close to him, and said softly:

"I was afraid that you would worry." Then he blinked his innocent big eyes and continued:

"Look, I'm fine, don't worry."

Xia Qingli's "coquettish" trick really worked for Lu Jingchen. He relaxed his brows, raised his hands to hold her in his arms, and warned her:

"Don't be so reckless in the future. When you encounter danger, just... hide."

The reason why he paused when he said this was because when training his soldiers, Captain Lu never said such a cowardly thing as "hide when you encounter danger."

He often told the soldiers "Don't be afraid of hardship when serving as a soldier, otherwise you shouldn't serve as a soldier", "shed blood, sweat, but don't cry", "lose skin, lose flesh, but don't fall behind." At the same time, he also required the same of himself.

But in the heart of such a principled Lu Jingzhen, she can be cowardly, hide, or even be a coward, and his only request to her is: to protect herself.

You are my only principle!

At this moment, he showed his preference for her to the fullest.

"Yeah, I won't do that again in the future." Xia Qingling looked up at him and gave him the greatest trust:

"I'm living in the army now. With your protection, I won't be in danger."