Chapter 149 To avoid someone bringing me braised pork
Pei Jiuyan's Adam's apple bobbed as he strode through the crowd toward her, taking the lunchbox from her hand. He glanced at her arm, still wrapped in bandages, and frowned, but his voice was clearly full of joy: "Didn't I say I'd cook for you when I got home?"
Qin Suisui tilted her head to look at him, feigning ignorance: "I brought you food, aren't you happy?"
Pei Jiuyan smiled and patted her braids: "Happy? How could I not be happy? I was just worried about you."
Among the crowd flowing by, many who seemed to be in a hurry but were actually eavesdropping were suddenly shocked. Although they had heard that Pei Jiuyan, this unattainable beauty, had fallen from grace, what they had heard was never as shocking as seeing it with their own eyes.
Immediately, the women looked at Qin Suisui with a mixture of envy and jealousy.
Qin Suisui had no time to pay attention to the gazes of others. Pei Jiuyan's gaze alone was so tender it almost drowned her. They had been married for half a year, and Pei Jiuyan had said plenty of sweet words in the past, but she was still a little embarrassed this time, and explained softly:
"Sister Yunyi came today. We cooked together. She rode her bike to give me a ride."
Su Yunyi had just parked her bicycle and was walking over when Pei Jiuyan nodded to her, then looked at the lunchbox in her hand and instantly understood: "Yunlai is inside, he shouldn't have come down yet. I'll take you in."
Su Yunyi thanked her generously.
Their offices were all on the second floor. Song Yunlai and Chi Donglin shared an office, which was a few rooms away from Pei Jiuyan's office. But he was obviously not in his office at the moment.
Pei Jiuyan frowned and looked at Xiao Sheng, who was about to go to the canteen for lunch: "Where is Battalion Commander Song?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Song Yunlai's shrill laughter rang out from the common office area on the first floor: "Hey! Comrade Zhuang, are you eating? Oh! Braised pork? Did you make it yourself? Mmm, delicious!"
"Make it for me tomorrow too? No need, no need, that's too expensive. But the dance you did last time was really good, can you dance it again for our next party?"
Qin Suisui's eyes widened. Although she knew Song Yunlai was a womanizer, she never expected him to still be a womanizer even after he had a girlfriend! Oh no!
She turned her head and glanced at Su Yunyi, who was staring in that direction with a grim expression. She then exchanged a glance with Pei Jiuyan. Before she could speak, she saw Su Yunyi carrying a lunchbox and walking downstairs step by step toward the direction of the voices.
Song Yunlai was still oblivious, chatting animatedly with Comrade Zhuang, when a gentle voice suddenly came from behind him: "Is the braised pork delicious?"
Song Yunlai didn't react immediately, still chewing on meat, and replied without thinking, "It's delicious! How could our comrade Zhuang's cooking be bad..."
He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized something was wrong. He turned around abruptly and saw Su Yunyi, wearing a white shirt and a gray pleated skirt, standing there calmly with two lunch boxes in her hands.
"Yun...Yunyi, what brings you here?" Although he felt he hadn't done anything wrong, he was still a little nervous.
Su Yunyi smiled and said, "How would I know Comrade Song likes braised pork if I didn't come? It's a pity I didn't make braised pork today, so I guess it won't meet Comrade Song's requirements."
sarcastic and utterly sarcastic.
Not only Song Yunlai could tell, but Qin Suisui and the others could too.
Looking at Song Yunlai's expression, Qin Suisui couldn't help but laugh. She never expected that Yunyi, who was usually gentle and quiet, could be so sarcastic when she was jealous.
"Yunyi, what are you saying? I love everything you make." Song Yunlai quickly explained with a smile and stepped forward to take the lunchbox from Su Yunyi's hand.
Comrade Zhuang, who was originally sitting there eating, saw Pei Jiuyan arrive and quickly stood up to greet him. Hearing Su Yunyi's words, she naturally sensed that something was amiss and tentatively asked Song Yunlai, "Battalion Commander Song, who is this?"
Song Yunlai had nothing to hide. He smiled and said, "This is my girlfriend, Su Yunyi, an educated youth from Guangmingding Brigade."
After saying that, he grabbed Su Yunyi's hand and led her directly upstairs to the office.
Qin Suisui didn't want to interfere in their business, but luckily they had packed their food separately and went directly back to Pei Jiuyan's office.
A moment later, Chi Donglin suddenly pushed open the door with a lunchbox in his hand. Upon seeing them, he lowered his voice mysteriously and nodded towards the outside: "What's going on? Wasn't Su Zhiqing here to bring Yunlai food? Why are you arguing?"
Qin Suisui was taken aback: "They're arguing?" She thought Song Yunlai would at least try to appease them.
As Chi Donglin reached his chopsticks into Pei Jiuyan's lunchbox, he nodded and said, "Yeah, what are you talking about, braised pork?"
Qin Suisui briefly recounted what had just happened, though it was a complicated story.
Chi Donglin kept talking and nodding his head: "This kid, he said that people were just looking for trouble. I guess the relationship between these two is going to fall through."
"Huh? Is it that serious?" Qin Suisui stood up and wanted to go over to check, but as soon as she stepped out of the office, she saw Su Yunyi rushing out angrily. Upon seeing her, Su Yunyi called out, "Suisui, I have to go first. I'll have your Ayan take you home later."
Qin Suisui was a step too slow; Su Yunyi had already dashed out of the office building like a cannonball, gotten on her bicycle, and left.
Chi Donglin stuffed a large shrimp into his mouth and patted his mouth, saying, "Oh no! My jinx came true."
Pei Jiuyan gave him a disdainful look and moved his lunchbox aside.
In the other office, Song Yunlai was sitting there with his legs crossed, eating his meal.
Qin Suisui said irritably, "Brother Yunlai, are you still eating? Sister Yunyi is already angry and left."
With a mouthful of rice in his mouth, Song Yunlai said, "Fine, let her go. Sister, you saw it yourself. I didn't do anything, but she said I was like Zhou Ping in 'Thunderstorm,' telling Sifeng he loved her but telling Fanyi he had no choice! I'm speechless. This is too humiliating. Isn't this clearly saying I'm two-timing?"
Qin Suisui's lips twitched: "Although you didn't have two relationships at the same time, you've been flirting with other women everywhere."
With a mouthful of rice in his mouth, Song Yunlai cried out in grievance, "I didn't do that! Sister! How could you wrong me like that!"
After Pei Jiuyan finished eating, on the way back to Qin Suisui, Qin Suisui was still a little worried: "Ayan, do you think Brother Yunlai and Sister Yunyi will really break up?"
Pei Jiuyan thought for a moment and shook his head: "Probably not. Yunlai isn't the type to start something so easily." In other words, once he really decides to start, he won't give up easily.
Qin Suisui pouted: "Relationships require the consent of both people to begin, but breaking up only requires one person's decision. If he continues to philander like this, he has no choice but to let go." Su Yunyi was the same as her, the kind of person who couldn't tolerate any infidelity.
Thinking of this, she suddenly pinched the soft flesh on Pei Jiuyan's waist: "Pei Jiuyan, you wouldn't be cheating on me with someone else's braised pork, would you?"
To Pei Jiuyan, her strength was like a tickle. He couldn't help but chuckle, "Then how about you bring me lunch every day from now on? To keep an eye on me?"
Qin Suisui pouted: "Dream on!"
Of course she knew Pei Jiuyan's personality; he wouldn't do anything like Song Yunlai's flirtatious antics.
"Honey, it'll be the weekend in a couple of days. I'll be done with what I'm working on in the next couple of days, and I'll have two days to spend with you. Is there anything you'd like to do?"
Qin Suisui looked up at the back of his head: "Hmm? Why are you suddenly saying that?"
Pei Jiuyan paused for a moment: "I broke my promise on your birthday. I was planning to make it up to you on the Mid-Autumn Festival, but then... that thing happened that day."
Qin Suisui realized that they wanted to make up for her birthday.
Although she felt it was unnecessary, since he had already said so, she naturally wanted to give him a chance to prove himself.
However, there is something they really want to do... They still don't have a photo together! Even their marriage certificate only lists basic information such as their names, ages, and places of origin, without a photo attached.
"Pei Jiuyan, let's go take some pictures!"
Pei Jiuyan was taken aback for a moment, then understood and smiled in agreement.
"You have two days, is there anything else you want to do?" I always felt that I hadn't given her enough, and whenever there was a chance to make it up to her, I couldn't help but want to give her more.
"I also want to..." Qin Suisui sat on the back of the bicycle and looked up at the sky: "If the weather is cooler this weekend, let's go to the mountain to dig for wild vegetables, just like we did last time we dug for bamboo shoots!"
The thought of those days when the whole family travels together without any trivial matters bothering us is truly wonderful.
“Okay.” Pei Jiuyan would never refuse. He was willing to accompany her on anything she wanted to do.
As Qin Suisui had hoped, the weather cooled down considerably by the weekend. The family got dressed early in the morning, ready to go to town to take photos.
There was only one state-run photo studio in town, and not many people took photos there. When they went in, the photographer was busy developing the photos in the back.
"Grandpa photographer, we want to take pictures!" Zan Zan ran up to the photographer and told him what she wanted.
The photographer nodded and then looked at Qin Suisui and Pei Jiuyan: "Do you want a group photo or a solo photo? A solo photo is 80 cents, a one-inch photo is 30 cents, a two-inch photo is 50 cents, and a group photo is 1.2 yuan."
Qin Suisui nodded with a smile: "Let's take a group photo! A family portrait!"
"Let's take another photo of the two of us together," Pei Jiuyan quickly added from behind.
The photographer nodded, glanced at their clothes, and led the three to a gray backdrop.
Knowing that they were going to take photos today, Qin Suisui specially coordinated clothes for the family of three. They all wore neat white shirts and military green pants. Qin Suisui braided her long hair into a single side braid, and Zan Zan wore a cute little hat.
Although Qin Suisui's family was well-off, they didn't take photos often, so she was quite nervous standing in front of the camera. After finally fixing her clothes and hair, she forced a smile for a long time. Suddenly, the photographer poked his head out from behind the camera and reminded Pei Jiuyan, "Soldiers need to be more serious."
Qin Suisui couldn't help but turn to look at Pei Jiuyan, and the photographer shouted again, "Don't move! Comrade, stand up straight and have a revolutionary spirit!"
She quickly turned her head back, straightened her back, and forced a smile.
After several adjustments, the photo was finally taken with a "click" from the camera.
Qin Suisui rubbed her face, which was stiff from smiling. Taking a picture felt like torture; it was too agonizing.
After the photographer confirmed the photos, he spoke up to remind everyone: "Come pick them up in five days. An extra copy costs two cents. Do you want an extra copy?"
Pei Jiuyan nodded: "Print one more family photo, and two more photos of the two of you together."
Qin Suisui pulled him aside: "Why print so many more?"
"I'll send my mom a family photo, one of the two of us, and one more to keep in my office so no one brings me braised pork."
His tone was full of teasing, as if he still remembered what she said that day!
Qin Suisui glanced at the photographer who was staring at them suspiciously, and Zan Zan who was tilting his head to look at them, and wished she could beat Pei Jiuyan up on the spot.
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