Chapter 58 Aerobic Exercise
The winter sun is not glaring, but around 9 a.m. is when the sun shines the best. Even with the curtains drawn, the room is bright.
Jiang Jinyue's lips were as red as blood and slightly swollen. She looked at Lu Qingmian with moist eyes and said again: "Lu Qingmian, my mother said she is coming!"
Lu Qingmian's body stiffened slightly, but he did not let go of Jiang Jinyue. Instead, he buried his forehead in Jiang Jinyue's shoulders and neck, launching a more fierce and violent attack.
Another hour passed, and Lu Qingmian carried Jiang Jinyue, who was too weak to even move a finger, into the bathroom.
Jiang Jinyue's eyes were dull, his eyelashes were slightly drooping, and his eyelashes were wet and stuck together in wisps. He looked like someone had been played with.
Even when Lu Qingmian was cleaning him, he didn't have the strength to push Lu Qingmian's fingers away.
After taking a shower, Lu Qingmian picked up Jiang Jinyue's phone to check the text messages.
Wang Xiaoya is not coming today, but will take the train tonight and arrive in H City tomorrow morning.
Jiang Jinyue was wearing one of Lu Qingmian's big shirts and curled up on the big mattress on her side. She had just taken a shower and her whole body was glowing with a fresh pink complexion, even her toes were pink.
Seeing Lu Qingmian looking through his phone, Jiang Jinyue regained consciousness and complained softly, "Lu Qingmian, you're too hard..."
Lu Qingmian was stunned for a moment, put down his phone, looked at Jiang Jinyue seriously, and asked, "Did I hurt you?"
Jiang Jinyue was just complaining casually. He didn't expect Lu Qingmian to ask so seriously, as if Lu Qingmian would really change his approach if he nodded.
Is Jiang Jinyue really in pain? Jiang Jinyue glanced to the side, feeling a little guilty.
From their first time until now, Lu Qingmian would always spend a long time preparing for him, and he really never felt any pain.
Lying was not Jiang Jinyue's character. Although he felt embarrassed, he opened and closed his moist lips and finally said truthfully: "No, no... It doesn't hurt... I just, I just..."
Lu Qingmian put down his phone, picked up Jiang Jinyue, and let him sit in his arms like a baby. His big hands gently patted his back, "Just what?"
Jiang Jinyue raised her eyes, and looked at Lu Qingmian with her clear, yellow eyes full of accusation, "I'm just very tired, you've been taking too long..."
Jiang Jinyue couldn't stop accusing me once she started. She kept on rambling, "I begged you so many times! You never stopped! Last night you... you even put one of my legs on your shoulders! My leg is cramping!"
"Also, at that time, you have to let me breathe! Giving me only a little breathing time each time is really not enough!"
Jiang Jinyue spoke in a long string, without pausing in her eagerness. Lu Qingmian found Jiang Jinyue's constant complaints adorable. He couldn't help but lower his head and gently kiss the tip of Jiang Jinyue's nose. He said in an encouraging tone, "Anything else? Speak slowly, don't rush, and remember to breathe."
The words "remember to breathe" completely pissed Jiang Jinyue off. He pressed Lu Qingmian's shoulders with both hands and knelt up from him. He raised his perspective and looked down at Lu Qingmian, his voice getting louder:
"I said, can you give me some time to breathe when you kiss me? You always do this and I almost lose my breath! Are you trying to kiss me to death? You are really too much! Do you know that every time I beg you for a long time, I can only get a few seconds of free breathing! How can your lung capacity be so big! Are you born in the year of the hippopotamus? Lu Qingmian! Are you listening? I am serious!"
"Yueyue, I'm listening." Lu Qingmian responded in a low voice, and couldn't help but kiss Jiang Jinyue's cheek again.
Jiang Jinyue had gained a little weight recently because of Lu Qingmian's care. Her cheeks had some flesh, and they felt soft when kissed. Lu Qingmian couldn't help but open his mouth and take a bite.
"Lu Qingmian!!!" Jiang Jinyue covered the fresh teeth marks on his cheek, his tail slapping the mattress in anger. "How could you bite me like that?! I have to pick up Mom tomorrow!"
When Wang Xiaoya was mentioned, Lu Qingmian finally calmed down a bit and quietly withdrew his arm that had been wrapped around Jiang Jinyue's back.
If Jiang Jinyue continued to complain so cutely, Lu Qingmian might not be able to help but press Jiang Jinyue onto the mattress again. Jiang Jinyue didn't know that he was lucky to have escaped.
He climbed down from Lu Qingmian and sat with his back to her, his tail still flapping angrily, but this time he didn't flap the mattress, but flapped Lu Qingmian's calves one by one.
The furry cat's tail swept across his calf again and again, causing a slight itch. Lu Qingmian stared at Jiang Jinyue's constantly moving cat's tail and moved his fingertips.
Jiang Jinyue turned his back to Lu Qingmian and spoke to himself, "I can't ask for leave anymore. I can only maintain my cat ears and tail. After picking up my mom tomorrow, I have to go back to school!"
"Yeah." Lu Qingmian responded, and his fingertips gently swept across the tip of Jiang Jinyue's tail, but Jiang Jinyue didn't notice.
"I can't live in your house anymore. My mother is here and I want to live with her!" Jiang Jinyue said and secretly glanced back.
Lu Qingmian simply grabbed Jiang Jinyue's tail and wrapped the fur on the tip of the tail around his fingers.
"no."
Jiang Jinyue curled his lips, "Why not?" He pulled his tail back, but failed to pull it out.
"Rooms 1203 and 1303 both have only one bedroom. How do you and your mother plan to live?" Lu Qingmian asked.
"I can live in the living room." Jiang Jinyue didn't think this was a big problem at all. He had always lived in the living room when he was a child and didn't have his own room.
Lu Qingmian didn't continue the topic. "Let's talk about it after I pick up my aunt tomorrow."
When Wang Xiaoya was mentioned, Lu Qingmian suddenly let go of the tip of Jiang Jinyue's tail, looking a little unnatural.
He seemed unable to face a normal elder like Wang Xiaoya.
"Let's go to 1203 and clean up first." Lu Qingmian said.
Jiang Jinyue has been living with Lu Qingmian these days. Room 1203 has been empty for quite a few days, so it’s time to clean it up.
Jiang Jinyue had no objection and stood up to take out his clothes and change into them.
Lu Qingmian took out a pair of pants and handed it to Jiang Jinyue. There was a hole cut in the back of the pants, and a circle of pink lace was sewn around the edge of the hole.
"Wear this?" Lu Qingmian did not force Jiang Jinyue, but used a question.
Jiang Jinyue paused, stared at the pants in Lu Qingmian's hand for a while, and finally took it.
These are the pants that Lu Qingmian personally altered for him, and Jiang Jinyue actually wants to wear them too.
Now that it is winter, he can show his tail. He just needs to wear a long down jacket outside to cover it. No one can see his cat tail. Cat ears are even easier to show. He just needs to wear a hat.
Jiang Jinyue picked up his pants, and a pair of shorts fell out from inside. The triangle shorts had been specially modified, with a hole cut out at the back. Lu Qingmian also embroidered a small red heart next to the hole.
When Jiang Jinyue saw the shorts, his cheeks turned red instantly. He didn't expect that Lu Qingmian not only altered his pants, but also prepared shorts for him.
He wanted to see Lu Qingmian's expression, but found that Lu Qingmian had turned around to play with his mobile phone and did not embarrass him by changing clothes.
Although at that time... Lu Qingmian saw everything about Jiang Jinyue, he still couldn't face Lu Qingmian calmly when he was not wearing any clothes.
After quickly changing his shirt, Jiang Jinyue had trouble putting on his pants. The cat's tail was more flexible to control than his previous angel wings, but it was not flexible enough to accurately drill out of such a small hole.
He was just about to reach back and pull the cat's tail out of the hole at the back of his shorts when Lu Qingmian came over.
"I'll help you."
Lu Qingmian's fingers were a little cold. He reached down along the waistband of Jiang Jinyue's pants, lifted up layers of fabric, and touched Jiang Jinyue's cat tail.
The base of a small animal's tail is a very sensitive area, and Jiang Jinyue's was no exception. When Lu Qingmian's fingertips accidentally touched that spot, he couldn't help but straighten his back and screamed softly, "Ah!"
Lu Qingmian paused, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Jinyue's cat tail was twitching in his narrow shorts. He shook his head and urged softly, "Hurry up!"
Lu Qingmian curled his thin lips slightly, discovering Jiang Jinyue's little secret, and his movements became slower. He circled the base of Jiang Jinyue's tail with his fingertips, deliberately turning it twice, and then he pulled Jiang Jinyue's tail out of the hole at the back of his shorts.
But in just a moment, Jiang Jinyue was hanging limply in Lu Qingmian's arms, his legs trembling slightly, and he relied entirely on Lu Qingmian's arm around his waist to maintain a standing posture.
"Lu Qingmian..." Jiang Jinyue turned his head aggrievedly, staring at Lu Qingmian with cat eyes, wanting to be fierce but unable to.
Only then did Lu Qingmian let Jiang Jinyue go, quickly pulled Jiang Jinyue's tail out of the hole in his trousers, and then considerately helped Jiang Jinyue smooth the hair on his tail.
After packing everything up, Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian went back to 1203 to do a thorough cleaning, and then went out to buy many daily necessities that Wang Xiaoya could use.
While they were busy, Wang Xiaoya was not idle either.
At this time, Ze County.
The front of the small supermarket, which was always clean, was in a mess. The roller shutter door was half open, and the bright windows were covered with dust. Through the dirty glass, one could vaguely see a drunk lying inside. The drunk was sleeping on the shelf that looked like a garbage dump, holding a bottle of wine, and was still snoring.
Occasionally, passers-by would pass by the door of the small supermarket and point and gossip about the dirty and messy small supermarket.
"What a shame! This supermarket used to be so clean. Look at what it's become now!"
"Wang Xiaoya has always taken care of it. I don't see Jiang Wangfeng putting in any effort. He just drinks and plays cards every day. He doesn't even have a formal job!"
"Tsk, it's more than just not having a formal job? I haven't seen Jiang Wangfeng go out and earn a penny in all these years!"
"Wang Xiaoya's divorce was such a big deal, and Jiang Wangfeng refused to divorce her, thinking they would never get divorced. I didn't expect Wang Xiaoya to be so determined and actually let her get a divorce!"
"What's the point of getting a divorce? The small supermarket is completely out of business. How is Wang Xiaoya going to survive with a mentally ill son?"
These people chatted irresponsibly and then walked away as if they were strolling in the garden.
The drunk man in the small supermarket turned over, cursed and continued to sleep. He had not yet realized that his future would be filled with poverty and misery.
Wang Xiaoya was queuing outside the household registration window of the police station at this time. She was holding the documents for applying for a name change, flipping through them from time to time, and then took out a pink ticket from her pocket and kept looking at the destination on it.
H City.
She is about to leave this cramped and small county town completely and start a different chapter in the second half of her life.
Soon, her number was called, and she hurriedly took the information and forms and sat down in front of the household registration window.
The staff member took her form, looked at it, and, tapping his fingers on the keyboard, confirmed with her, "Are you sure you want to change your name to Wang Xiaoya? Xiao as in Chunxiao, Ya as in elegant?"
Wang Xiaoya tugged at her clothes and stared blankly at the form in the staff's hand, not saying a word for a while.
Her name is Wang Xiaoya, and she was given this name because she was the youngest girl in the family.
Her whole family was uneducated, almost no one had ever been to school, and generations had lived in a small place. It was only with great difficulty that Wang Xiaoya finally made her way from the mountain village to the county town.
She never thought that she would have the chance to go to a big city in this life, but...
Who can predict what the future holds?
"Comrade? Comrade? Wang Xiaoya?" Seeing that Wang Xiaoya was distracted, the staff greeted her several times in a row.
"Oh, sorry, I..." Wang Xiaoya came back to her senses and stared at the forms.
"I..." Wang Xiaoya put her hands on the counter and reached out to take back the forms.
"I'm sorry! I won't change my name! I'm so sorry!"
She stood up and bowed to the staff inside, her fingertips groping for the three words "Wang Xiaoya" on the paper, her heart filled with emotion.
She has always disliked her name and her life. She has tried her best to live, but only to make it seem like life can continue.
She has always wanted to change her name. Ever since she decided to divorce and leave Ze County, she wanted to abandon the past and start over. The past was ugly, self-deprecating, and something she wanted to avoid as much as possible.
But she seemed unable to do it. Wang Xiaoya walked towards her step by step, wearing out the soles of her shoes and rotting her feet. She couldn't easily become Wang Xiaoya.
She is Wang Xiaoya.
"Wang Xiaoya... sounds pretty good too."
Wang Xiaoya picked up her backpack. Her luggage was placed in a corner of the hall. Two travel bags and a backpack were all her belongings.
She picked up her luggage, walked out of the police station and went straight to the train station.
Ze County’s home is no longer her home. Her home will be in H City, in a wider place, in the future.
She hung the two luggage bags she was carrying on her shoulders, one on each side. Together with the backpack, they pressed down on her thin shoulders. From behind, she looked a little hunched, but her forward steps never stopped. She stepped firmly on the ground, one step at a time, with perseverance and strength.
In the evening, Jiang Jinyue and Wang Xiaoya repeatedly confirmed the time of arrival at H City Railway Station tomorrow in text messages, and Wang Xiaoya was also confirming Jiang Jinyue's address.
Jiang Jinyue had not yet told Wang Xiaoya that he had recovered. Wang Xiaoya naturally thought that Jiang Jinyue would not go to the station to pick her up. She also told Jiang Jinyue not to force himself and just wait for her at home.
But Jiang Jinyue had already made up his mind. He wanted to give Wang Xiaoya a surprise. He wanted Wang Xiaoya to see with her own eyes that he had completely recovered.
Jiang Jinyue imagined the scene of picking up Wang Xiaoya tomorrow. With a smile on his face, he turned to look at Lu Qingmian, only to find that Lu Qingmian was frowning and fiddling with his cell phone.
Lu Qingmian looked extremely serious, and his fingertips tapped the screen of his mobile phone from time to time, as if he was searching for something. He was so focused that he didn't even notice that Jiang Jinyue was looking at him.
What was Lu Qingmian looking at? Jiang Jinyue was a little curious, so she quietly walked around behind Lu Qingmian without making any sound.
Jiang Jinyue had done this kind of thing before, but Lu Qingmian rarely let Jiang Jinyue succeed. He always seemed to be very vigilant, but today he unexpectedly did not notice Jiang Jinyue.
Jiang Jinyue walked around behind Lu Qingmian, moved closer and closer, and lowered his head to look at Lu Qingmian's phone.
Lu Qingmian was opening the browser and typing in the search box.
"How to get along with elders?" Jiang Jinyue moved his lips and recited silently. Below this row of the latest search questions, several historical searches were displayed.
"What should I say when I first meet an elder?"
"What's the best gift to give to elders?"
Jiang Jinyue then realized that Lu Qingmian was very concerned about meeting his mother. Although he didn't show it on his face, he was a little nervous and anxious in his heart.
Jiang Jinyue couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth when he didn't expect Lu Qingmian to be like this.
He saw Lu Qingmian delete the line he had just typed and re-entered a question:
“How do I get along with my mother-in-law?”
Jiang Jinyue frowned slightly, as if to deliberately scare Lu Qingmian, and suddenly shouted behind Lu Qingmian: "How do you know that it's the mother-in-law and not the mother-in-law?"
Lu Qingmian's hand trembled, and he suddenly turned around, staring at Jiang Jinyue with his black eyes, and his handsome brows wrinkled slightly.
"peep?"
Jiang Jinyue puffed out his chest and said, "I watched it openly!"
Thinking of the questions Lu Qingmian had searched for, Jiang Jinyue straightened his chest and raised his head, and said more confidently, "Lu Qingmian, are you nervous?"
Lu Qingmian had a blank expression on his face: "Why do you think so?"
Jiang Jinyue pointed at Lu Qingmian's phone and said, "I saw the questions you searched for! You're just very nervous!"
Lu Qingmian put down his phone and said nothing.
Jiang Jinyue felt that Lu Qingmian had nothing to say or refute, so she proudly put her hands on her hips and said, "Lu Qingmian, you're so nervous! And it's true, this is your first time meeting the parents!"
Jiang Jinyue deliberately emphasized the words "male daughter-in-law".
He thought Lu Qingmian would get angry, refute him, and come over to suppress him. He was ready to run away, but Lu Qingmian just nodded indifferently.
"Indeed, I am very nervous."
Jiang Jinyue was confused. Lu Qingmian shouldn't have admitted it so calmly!
He let down his guard and sat next to Lu Qingmian, his face full of confusion: "Do you admit that you are a man's wife?"
Lu Qingmian replied calmly: "I admit it."
Jiang Jinyue refused to believe it and pressed the issue even further, "Why don't you just call me husband and let me hear it?"
He didn't believe that Lu Qingmian would remain calm.
Unexpectedly, Lu Qingmian looked at him expressionlessly, "Husband."
Jiang Jinyue's eyes widened. "Lu Qingmian, are you okay?"
Lu Qingmian quietly raised his hand, placed it on Jiang Jinyue's slender waist, and held him beside him, but Jiang Jinyue was unaware.
"Yueyue, as a husband, shouldn't you fulfill your wife's wish?"
Jiang Jinyue was feeling proud after being called "husband" a few times, so she raised her hand and put her arm around Lu Qingmian's shoulders, saying, "Just tell me! I will naturally fulfill your wish!"
"Really?" Lu Qingmian put his hand behind Jiang Jinyue and put it under her clothes, pressing down hard on her waist.
Jiang Jinyue screamed softly and tried to dodge, only to find that she was already trapped in Lu Qingmian's arms.
"Yueyue, do you know what's the best way to relieve tension and anxiety?"
Jiang Jinyue's heart was pounding faster and faster, and his voice was shaking.
"W-what?"
Lu Qingmian raised his fingertips and stroked Jiang Jinyue's spine.
"Aerobic exercise."
Jiang Jinyue leaned forward, trying to avoid Lu Qingmian's hand. "What aerobic exercise?"
Lu Qingmian bit Jiang Jinyue's ear and said, "Sex."
The night before picking up Wang Xiaoya, Jiang Jinyue provided nearly three hours of aerobic exercise to help his dear wife Lu Qingmian relieve the tension and anxiety of meeting her elders for the first time.
It was not until dawn that Lu Qingmian reluctantly let him go, and he fell asleep in the quilt.
The next morning, H City Railway Station.
Jiang Jinyue and Lu Qingmian stood together in the crowd, looking at the exit of the train station from afar.
There were a lot of people at the train station. They were waiting at the exit, crowded with people. Jiang Jinyue was bumped on the shoulder from time to time, but he looked calm and didn't seem to be uncomfortable at all.
Finally, they saw a thin woman carrying several large bags walking out with the crowd.
Jiang Jinyue immediately stood on tiptoe and waved continuously, trying to attract Wang Xiaoya's attention.
Wang Xiaoya did see Jiang Jinyue at the first moment, but there was no surprise on her face. Instead, her face turned pale and the bags she was carrying fell to the ground. She began to squeeze forward desperately, saying "sorry" as she walked through the crowd and came to Jiang Jinyue as fast as she could.
Jiang Jinyue didn't move. He looked at the thin woman who finally squeezed through the crowd and came in front of him, his eyes feeling a little hot.
"Mother……"
Wang Xiaoya's hair was disheveled from the crowd and her forehead was covered in sweat. She looked at the crowded crowd around Jiang Jinyue with concern, and opened her arms as if she wanted to hug Jiang Jinyue. However, she was afraid that hugging would make things worse for Jiang Jinyue, so she could only try her best to protect Jiang Jinyue with her arms, using her weak arms to create a narrow safety zone for Jiang Jinyue.
"Jiang Jinyue! Didn't I tell you not to come? There are so many people here... How are you? Can you still see me and hear me?"
Wang Xiaoya was anxious and worried. She wanted to scold Jiang Jinyue, but she couldn't bear to do so. Her words finally softened, leaving only deep worry.
"Mom..." Jiang Jinyue's voice was choked with sobs. He simply said nothing, stepped forward, and hugged the thin and petite woman in front of him tightly.
"Yueyue..." Wang Xiaoya's face was full of shock, with her hands still hanging in the air at both sides.
Because of Jiang Jinyue's touch PTSD, hugging has become a luxury for this mother and son in the past few years.
"Mom, I'm healed now, completely healed. I'm not afraid of crowds or being touched. I'll never have those damn hallucinations or auditory hallucinations again..."
"Mom, I can hold you now."
As Jiang Jinyue spoke, Wang Xiaoya's eyes became hot and filled with tears. She blinked hard, but not a single tear shed. She just closed her arms and gave Jiang Jinyue a very tight hug.
"It's okay...it's finally okay...my Yueyue has grown up."
Lu Qingmian did not disturb the mother and son. He went to pick up the luggage that Wang Xiaoya had dropped on the ground, and then handed her the flowers that he had been holding in his arms.
Wang Xiaoya had just let go of her arms and was looking at her baby son excitedly when a bouquet of white carnations was handed to her.
Only then did she notice that there was a tall and handsome boy standing next to her son. She looked at Lu Qingmian with a gentle expression, "Yueyue, is this your friend?"
Jiang Jinyue held Wang Xiaoya's hand, pulled Lu Qingmian's sleeve, and said nervously:
"Mom, he's my boyfriend, Lu Qingmian."
Wang Xiaoya's brows suddenly furrowed, "What?!!!"
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