Chapter 116 Fainted
Fortunately, Pei Jiuyan and the other two returned just before the rain started.
As soon as I entered, I saw Qin Suisui bending over, picking watermelons in the vegetable garden. The howling wind made her small body sway.
Pei Jiuyan frowned, strode forward and took the large watermelons she had picked in one hand and the other in the other, saying with concern, "Why did you come out in such a strong wind? Hurry up and go inside, we'll carry the rest of the watermelons."
Song Yunlai also stepped forward and picked up two big watermelons: "Yes, little sister, how can your small body withstand such a strong wind? Be careful not to get blown away! We have reinforced this vegetable garden, don't worry, there will be some damage when the typhoon comes, but it will definitely not be blown over."
Chi Donglin carried the last two large watermelons into the house. Qin Suisui noticed that his left wrist was hanging down and asked with concern, "Brother Donglin, what happened to your hand? Are you injured?"
Upon hearing someone's concern, Chi Donglin immediately began to play the victim: "Oh dear, oh dear, it's my sister who cares about me the most. My hand is dislocated, and those two heartless people didn't even ask about it. Sister, please take a look! Ouch, it hurts so much..."
Before Qin Suisui could step forward, Pei Jiuyan rushed forward and grabbed her hand. Qin Suisui heard a "crack" sound, followed by Chi Donglin's howl, and Pei Jiuyan's cold voice: "Why don't you go back?"
Chi Donglin shuddered, his expression instantly shifting from feigning misery to delight: "Oh my, look! Has Ayan been spending too much time with his sister and turned into a miracle doctor? Oh my, look, my hand doesn't hurt anymore! Hehe!"
He even wanted to show his "pig's trotters" to Song Yun, but Song Yun rolled his eyes at him, too lazy to pay him any attention. He turned around, ran to the guest room, grabbed his clothes, and rushed to the guest bathroom, saying slyly, "Hehe, whoever grabs first gets to wash first, and whoever washes first gets to sleep on the bed, haha! You'll be sleeping on the floor!"
Chi Donglin chased after him, spitting out curses: "You bastard! You're despicable!"
Zan Zan followed behind, laughing and giggling.
They had already brought their change of clothes yesterday, planning to stay with Qin Suisui and her family for the next few days during the typhoon.
Qin Suisui naturally didn't object. She didn't know how many days the typhoon would last, and living in the dormitory was inconvenient for them in terms of food and drink, and the space was small, so it was definitely not as comfortable as her home.
Chi Donglin had lived in the family compound with Hao Ke for a period of time, but he was unwilling to go back. He avoided it like the plague. If he didn't go back, Song Yunlai certainly wouldn't go either, and there was nothing to eat in that house anyway.
Their house is spacious, with an empty guest room on the first floor that's more than enough for the two of them to sleep in. There's also a bathroom on the first floor, so washing up and other things won't conflict at all.
The previous joke about sleeping on the sofa was definitely a joke. After all, the sofa is in the living room, and you have to go through the living room to get to the kitchen. If they sleep on the sofa, it will be inconvenient for Qin Suisui to go in and out of the kitchen. Although Qin Suisui may not be able to get up that early, as the elder brothers (as they call themselves), they should definitely avoid suspicion!
Qin Suisui smiled at them and tugged at Pei Jiuyan's hand: "Go upstairs and wash up too, you're covered in mud. I'll go to the kitchen to cook."
Pei Jiuyan lowered his head and kissed her: "No need, you sit on the sofa and rest for a while. We'll get ready after we wash up. Do you have an appetite right now? What do you want to eat tonight?"
Perhaps she was a little tired from working in the herb garden all day, and with the wind and rain raging outside and the temperature dropping a bit, Qin Suisui did feel a bit hungry. She nodded and said, "I still want to eat the braised rice with pickled bamboo shoots and cured pork that you made last time."
Pei Jiuyan was naturally pleased that she finally had an appetite. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's make braised rice with pickled bamboo shoots and cured pork. Uncle Lin gave us some pickled bamboo shoots, and we can pickle our own and eat them in a couple of days."
He glanced at the baskets of tomatoes and cucumbers in the kitchen: "Then make some tomato and egg soup, cucumber salad, and some offal you braised during the day?"
Qin Suisui nodded, looking at the heavy rain outside: "I'll hold the umbrella, you carry the basket, let's take some tomatoes and cucumbers to Sister Tang."
Pei Jiuyan naturally agreed, but when he stopped her from going, he picked up his basket and returned in a few steps.
The rain intensified, and Pei Jiuyan's clothes were almost completely soaked. His thin white shirt clung to his body, revealing his silhouette beneath.
Seeing her staring, Pei Jiuyan deliberately took off his shirt in front of her, and his muscular upper body instantly came into Qin Suisui's view under the flickering candlelight. Qin Suisui glared at him and turned to walk towards the kitchen.
Pei Jiuyan chuckled and stopped teasing her. He quickly went upstairs to take a shower, and when he came down, Qin Suisui had already washed the rice and taken out the pickled bamboo shoots and cured meat.
Pei Jiuyan pulled her outside: "Go and rest for a while, I'll take care of the rest."
Qin Suisui didn't stand on ceremony and casually picked up a cucumber and sat down on the sofa to eat it.
After washing up, Chi Donglin sneaked over and, looking at Pei Jiuyan busy in the kitchen, asked slyly, "Little sister, isn't Ayan virtuous?"
Qin Suisui chewed her food, nodding incessantly. He was indeed very diligent, managing everything both inside and outside the home, and he truly kept his promise made before they got their marriage certificate: she wouldn't have to do any housework.
Song Yunlai helped Zan Zan take a bath as well. He was just wrapping Zan Zan in a large towel when he came out of the bathroom. While drying him off, he said with a smile, "Ayan learned this skill from Donglin's mother!"
Qin Suisui was shocked. Was that so?
Chi Donglin said proudly, "My mother is the head chef of a state-run restaurant in Beijing. Her cooking skills are superb!"
"Of course! If Auntie's cooking skills weren't good, how could she have raised you to be so fair and chubby?" Song Yunlai chuckled, then continued to explain to Qin Suisui: "When you two were little, you always wrote to each other about food. Ayan knew you were a little foodie, so he pestered Donglin's mother for half a year, and finally got her to teach him all kinds of dishes from both the north and south, just in case he was afraid that he wouldn't know how to cook whatever you wanted to eat in the future."
"But that brat Ayan can learn anything so quickly, and he learns everything faster than either of us. So, Donglin's mother actually prefers Ayan to Donglin, since he's inherited her true skills!"
Qin Suisui laughed heartily, but looking at the busy figure in the kitchen, her heart melted completely. After arriving on Qiongtan Island, she gradually learned about a more multifaceted Pei Jiuyan from Zan Zan, her mother-in-law, Chi Donglin, and Song Yunlai.
But the more I learned, the more I realized that everything he did seemed to be because of her. From his teens until now, more than a decade later, how much has he done behind my back?
Dinner was eaten in the living room, with a kerosene lamp lit. Loved ones and friends sat together, drinking sweet rice wine and eating delicious food. It was a warm and cozy atmosphere that even the raging storms outside couldn't dispel.
Qin Suisui felt that she would probably never forget this typhoon night, when the wind was raging outside, but she was surrounded by love.
After finishing her meal and washing up, Qin Suisui, wearing a silk nightgown and with her long, glossy black hair down, took a walk in the room to aid digestion. She hadn't had a good appetite lately and hadn't eaten this much in a long time; tonight she had suddenly eaten a large bowl of rice, and now she felt a little bloated.
Pei Jiuyan worked up a sweat cooking, so he took a bath in the same water Qin Suisui had used after her bath, and also washed her clothes. He came in wrapped in a towel, and the first thing he saw was Qin Suisui's breathtakingly beautiful appearance.
His Adam's apple bobbed, he reached behind his back to lock the door, then stepped forward and touched her hair to make sure it was dry. Without saying a word, he picked her up.
Suddenly suspended in mid-air, Qin Suisui exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing... um..."
Pei Jiuyan's burning kiss landed on top of her...
From chair to table, and from table to bed... the light of the kerosene lamp trembled in the wind and rain outside the window, and the warm yellow light shone on Qin Suisui's milky white skin, making it look like it had been rubbed and flushed red...
For some reason, Qin Suisui didn't resist him tonight; on the contrary, she was extremely cooperative. The more she did this, the more Pei Jiuyan sank deeper into the trap, becoming increasingly unable to extricate himself...
The rain continued to fall throughout the night, both inside and outside the house.
Qin Suisui didn't wake up until noon the next day. The rain outside the window was still heavy, but the wind seemed to have subsided considerably compared to the night before. She got up, rubbing her aching back, and went downstairs to find the place deserted.
Zan Zan rubbed her eyes and stood on the stairs looking at her: "Mom, Dad was sent out to help this morning. He asked me to tell you. Don't worry, they'll be back when they're done. The food is warm in the kitchen."
Qin Suisui nodded and patted his little head: "Okay, Zan Zan, have you eaten? Let's go downstairs to eat together?"
Zan Zan nodded: "I ate breakfast, but I'm hungry for lunch!"
Qin Suisui smiled and corrected him: "It's not that you're hungry for lunch, it's that you didn't eat lunch and your tummy is hungry!"
Zan Zan shook his little head: "That's exactly what I mean!"
After the mother and son finished eating, they snuggled together on the sofa. Zan Zan was playing with the nine-linked rings, while Qin Sui Sui was fiddling with her own pills.
This typhoon truly lives up to its name as a super typhoon; the rain hasn't stopped and shows no sign of abating. With such heavy rain, the waves at the beach must be even bigger. I wonder where Pei Jiuyan and the others are providing support, and whether they're in any danger...
Pei Jiuyan and the other two hadn't returned by evening. Qin Suisui couldn't stay still any longer. She paced around under the eaves several times, wanting to go out and look for them, but she didn't know where to look, and she was even more afraid of encountering danger and causing them trouble.
Fortunately, around six o'clock, Pei Jiuyan's bodyguard, Xiao Sheng, rushed over. Without even going inside, he stood in the yard and explained the situation to her:
"Sister-in-law, several villages in the surrounding area have been hit by landslides, and many villagers' houses have been damaged by fallen trees. The leaders are having an emergency meeting right now and have to go to provide assistance. They may not be able to come back tonight. The commander asked me to tell you not to worry about them. You should take good care of yourselves at home. He will definitely be back tomorrow."
Qin Suisui frowned, not expecting the situation outside to be so serious. But she also knew that Pei Jiuyan was a soldier, and soldiers had to be at the forefront in times of crisis. As a military family member, she could only support and understand him.
When we went to bed that night, the wind outside started raging again, even stronger than it had been during the day the day before. Zan Zan was a little scared, so she hugged her little pillow and went to sleep with her.
In a daze, the little one asked in a childish voice, "Mommy, will Daddy come back tomorrow?"
Qin Suisui nodded in the darkness: "Yes, he will." If he says he will come back, he will definitely come back.
Tomorrow is her birthday.
Last night, in a moment of passion, he leaned on her shoulder and asked her what her birthday wish was.
Qin Suisui was caught in a dilemma, unable to decide what to do or not, and could only angrily bite his shoulder: "I'm not telling you!"
He chuckled softly, not pressing further, and released all his heat into her. Finally, he leaned on her shoulder and said gently, "The first three years were my fault. From now on, I will spend every birthday with you."
"Pei Jiuyan, you can't go back on your word." In the darkness, Qin Suisui murmured softly.
Pei Jiuyan never broke his promises, so since he sent Xiao Sheng to tell her, it should be fine, Qin Suisui reassured herself.
The next day, she even wore the brown-red dress he had bought for her, thinking that he would see it as soon as he came back.
But we waited until the afternoon without any news.
Around 2 PM, the wind and rain intensified again. A branch suddenly fell from the mango tree in the yard, which had already had its branches pruned. Qin Suisui's heart skipped a beat. The next second, Xiao Sheng rushed in, looking disheveled: "Sister-in-law, something terrible has happened! The commander was hit on the head by a collapsing beam while trying to save people and is unconscious!"
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