Chapter 173 You Will Take Me In "Because I Love You So Much"
"Yueming, are you really not coming with me?" Lin Cuiqin asked him, then continued, "You're all grown up now, you have your own ideas and your own life, I'll support you wherever you go."
Initially, he did return to Shengping with the intention of taking one last look, but now he has encountered Li Leshan again. If Jiang Yueming had no choice before, he had no other option, but now he has to follow his heart.
“That job before was too tiring.” Jiang Yueming thought of the years she had spent wandering alone, feeling too lonely and numb. “Besides, it’s good that I’m staying here to take care of the home for you.”
Grandpa has recovered from his illness, and Tian Tian has grown up. Auntie no longer needs to work as hard as she did in previous years. It's time for her to live her own life.
"Okay, then you stay here and guard our home," Lin Cuiqin said with a smile. "Now that you've grown up, your aunt can rest easy."
“But don’t give any more of the money you earn to your aunt,” Lin Cuiqin said, feigning anger. “I don’t need the money. You have something useful to do here. I’ll get angry if you give it to me again.”
“That won’t do,” Jiang Yueming said. “The money I earn is for you and Tiantian. She’s in high school now and will go to college in two years. You should save some for her.”
Lin Cuiqin felt a warmth in her heart as she listened to his heartfelt words, her expression tinged with a hint of helplessness. "Sigh, you really are... I don't know what to say about you."
Jiang Yueming laughed heartily, "Don't you know? Just say 'good' to me."
“Yes, yes,” Lin Cuiqin replied, “You’re the best.”
She continued, "Have you told Leshan that you're staying here? If you both stay in Shengping and look after each other, I'll feel at ease."
"No." Jiang Yueming wanted to give Li Leshan a surprise, so she hadn't mentioned it to him. "Don't worry about us. How could he not take care of me?"
“That’s true,” Lin Cuiqin was indeed reassured about this point. “Don’t bully Leshan.”
"When have I ever bullied him?" Jiang Yueming wouldn't dare; he wouldn't have the guts.
“Okay,” Lin Cuiqin stepped forward and straightened Jiang Yueming’s collar. “Then remember to video call your aunt often, don’t do it like before, only once every few months.”
"I guarantee I'll complete the mission, Cuicui." Jiang Yueming grinned at her.
Lin Cuiqin was slightly taken aback, perhaps because she hadn't heard this form of address in a long time, or perhaps because of Jiang Yueming's smiling face. She smiled back, "You're so disrespectful, remember that."
Jiang Yueming has been staying at Li Leshan's house lately and hasn't gone anywhere else. It's inevitable that newlywed couples will be all lovey-dovey; you all know that, right?
After Li Leshan got off work, he cooked for Jiang Yueming in the kitchen. Jiang Yueming sat on the sofa like a king, lying there. Anyone who saw this would say, "How can he be so carefree?"
He glanced at Li Leshan's back and his heart stirred. He couldn't sit still any longer. Actually, he didn't want to be so idle, but Li Leshan wouldn't let him do anything.
He leaned forward, put his arm around Li Leshan's waist, rested his chin on his shoulder, and watched Li Leshan cook.
“You look just like my wife now,” Jiang Yueming muttered.
Li Leshan didn't refute, but a slight smile appeared on his lips as he patted Jiang Yueming's hand with one of his free hands.
"Aren't you my wife?" Jiang Yueming asked jokingly.
Li Leshan nodded obediently in his arms.
Jiang Yueming let out a soft "Ah!" feeling refreshed, comfortable, and happy. He chuckled for a long time afterward, then continued, "Teach me how to cook another day, Lele. I'll cook for you from now on. You can't let your wife do everything, right?"
He was also worried that Li Leshan would get tired. Coming home from a long day at work and still having to cook for him—a man who truly cares for his wife wouldn't do that. Besides, Jiang Yueming genuinely wanted to learn; once she learned, she could cook a variety of dishes for Li Leshan.
Back when he was in the south, he ate whatever he could find. He rarely cooked for himself; sometimes he'd make noodles, sometimes he'd eat instant noodles, and sometimes he'd go downstairs to a restaurant for a bite. He managed to get by.
After all, he was always facing an empty room, in a place where he had no relatives or friends. Who was he going to cook for? And... he couldn't be too good to himself. Sometimes he felt he couldn't live too well. He always felt he owed a lot of people and a lot of things. Why should he live so well?
After dinner, Jiang Yueming leaned back on the sofa and watched Li Leshan work. He felt that Li Leshan was really tired and wanted to tell him not to work so hard, but he didn't know how to bring it up because he had been like this since he was a child.
Han Jiang left a couple of days ago; he was just stopping by in Shengping for a short while. Jiang Yueming had long known that this man would put on a show as he approached his departure, but she hadn't expected that after all these years, he would still be so dramatic.
Other scenes are one thing. But why was he clinging to Li Leshan and refusing to let go? It still makes me a little angry. He did ask Han Jiang to take care of Li Leshan, but not to this extent. However, Jiang Yueming really wanted to say something to Han Jiang, that clueless, straightforward man, but he couldn't.
After seeing Han Jiang off, Li Leshan held his hand tightly, unwilling to let go, and listened to his rambling all the way home, insisting on holding his hand. Jiang Yueming knew it was because he was worried about whether she would also be leaving, since he had told her that he would only be staying in Shengping for a while.
He lowered his eyes, thought for a while, and decided to tell Li Leshan that he was not leaving in advance. Otherwise, it would not be good for Li Leshan to keep thinking about it.
He had just looked up when his eyes met Li Leshan's. Jiang Yueming thought he had been staring at that spot for too long and that he had disturbed Li Leshan's work, so he quickly laughed it off, "I'm not bothering you. You can continue with your work. I'll go inside and sit down."
“No,” Li Leshan pursed his lips and raised his hand, “I have something to tell you.”
Jiang Yueming was stunned for a moment. Seeing his expression, she really didn't know what was wrong. She said stupidly, "Oh, then, then you tell me."
"When are you leaving?" Li Leshan asked.
"Hmm?" Jiang Yueming hadn't even had a chance to say he wasn't leaving, so he didn't understand why Li Leshan was asking this. He even wondered if Li Leshan was annoyed with him. If that was what Li Leshan thought, then should he reconsider?
"I will finish the work I am responsible for in the next few days, and I will resign as soon as possible."
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"Resign?" Jiang Yueming reacted for a moment, then quickly said, "Stop, stop. Lele, what are you saying?"
Li Leshan closed his laptop and smiled at him. He sat down next to Jiang Yueming and said, "Wherever you go, I'll go. I'll go with you."
He looked at Jiang Yueming's shocked expression, hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously raised his hand, "You... don't want to?"
"No," Jiang Yueming finally understood what was going on. To be honest, he almost laughed and chuckled for a while. "Lele, do you really think so?"
Li Leshan didn't quite understand what he meant, but he nodded. He really meant it; he had decided from the moment he entered university that after graduation, he would go to the same place as Jiang Yueming—wherever Jiang Yueming stayed, that's where he would go.
“I also have something I haven’t told you,” Jiang Yueming leaned closer to him and took his hand. “I wanted to give you a surprise. I’m not leaving.”
Now it was Li Leshan's turn to be puzzled.
“I quit my job a long time ago,” Jiang Yueming quickly added, afraid that he would worry. He put on a pitiful face and said, “You don’t know how tiring my job was. I was working overtime all day long. I couldn’t take it anymore.”
"I'm sorry, boss." Jiang Yueming thought to himself, "Although you've been very good to me, there's someone here who treats me the best. I'll just have to portray you as a heartless capitalist for now."
He rubbed his forehead against Li Leshan's shoulder and said, "I wanted to tell you earlier, but I wanted to make you happy."
Feeling Li Leshan's hand pat her hair, Jiang Yueming quickly looked up at him with a smile, "Will you take me in?"
“Of course I will,” Li Leshan said earnestly. “I will take care of you for the rest of my life, and you won’t have to do anything.”
Far away, working tirelessly on construction sites, braving wind and rain, Han Jiang, upon seeing this, would slowly utter a question mark, accompanied by a clenched back tooth. Luckily, he didn't know, otherwise he wouldn't even have the strength to hang himself. In other words, could you perhaps take care of him as well, like keeping a dog?
Jiang Yueming rushed over and hugged Li Leshan, laughing heartily, "You've even thought about the rest of your life."
Li Leshan hugged him too; in fact, he had already made up his mind a long, long time ago.
"Have you thought this through? I'm hard to please." Jiang Yueming said this while pressing on his shoulder, but in reality, he couldn't bear to see Li Leshan so tired.
“I’m more than willing,” Li Leshan said, looking at him.
"Hey," seeing how serious he was, Jiang Yueming felt a little embarrassed. He touched his nose and said, "Oh dear, I'm just too, too happy."
Li Leshan leaned in and gently touched the tip of his nose. "Me too."
"Is serving me that blissful?" Jiang Yueming said with a smile, then he truly understood the meaning of his life for the rest of his days.
“Yes,” Li Leshan nodded, smiling, his eyes narrowing, “because I love you very much.”
Jiang Yueming was taken aback. He felt a lump in his throat. To prevent himself from crying, he looked up at the ceiling. After a while, he smiled through his red eyes and said, "I love you so much too."
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