Chapter 117 Gourd-shaped Pendant
“My uncle hasn’t come back yet. He said he has some personal matters to attend to in Shanghai and asked me to come back first.”
Huo Zhenhua took care of Su Meng's pace, following beside her at a leisurely pace.
He looked around, leaned closer and said, "Xiaomeng, aren't you going to ask me how I am?"
Su Meng turned her head in surprise, her astonishment undisguised, and asked perfunctorily, "How are you?"
Was it a stroke of luck or a serendipitous encounter?
What trouble could a top soldier like him possibly have?
Perhaps the biggest problem is figuring out the secrets she carries.
Does he want to report it, or does he want to report it?
She stared at him warily, her fists, hanging at her sides, slowly rising, ready to strike when he said he would report her.
She thought maliciously that if that were the case, she wouldn't mind imprisoning him in the space, which would help her manage the fields.
At this moment, the two entered the room where the parts were stored.
Huo Zhenhua cautiously glanced around, then leaned closer and said, "I..."
He had only uttered one word when Su Meng jumped back two steps, glaring at him fiercely, and warned in a cold voice, "You want to talk about me?"
Huo Zhenhua's words caught in his throat, and his surprised expression quickly turned into a wide smile. "How did you know?"
I want to share my amazing adventure, would you like to hear it?
So it was about sharing a serendipitous encounter!
Su Meng let out a soft sigh, glanced at him guiltily, and her tense nerves relaxed slightly.
"you say?"
She crouched down and sat on the small stool, crossing her legs in front of her, looking comfortable and natural, like a wolf cub with its fangs retracted.
Huo Zhenhua chuckled and slowly squatted down in front of her, pulling his right hand out of his pocket, holding something in his hand.
Su Meng imagined some kind of foreign ceremony, her heart suddenly clenched, her breath caught in her throat, and her eyes glazed over as she stared at him without blinking.
The question, "What do you want to do?" hovered on the tip of my tongue, but I was so nervous that I kept swallowing my saliva, swallowing the question along with it.
Huo Zhenhua's smile never changed.
He stared at Su Meng, heard her anxious thoughts, and tenderly grabbed her tightly clenched fist on her leg.
She said softly, "These are a pair of gourd-shaped stone pendants that I saw by chance."
It looks exactly like the pendant I lost. Do you like it?
The stone pendant felt warm and smooth to the touch, still carrying the warmth of a man's body.
It is dark yellow in color, with a crystalline sheen and natural weathering patterns on it.
The gourd's shape is so lifelike, it's almost as if it were created by Nuwa, and it's quite adorable.
It looks just like that gourd-shaped pendant in the space!
But she felt guilty and didn't dare to look Huo Zhenhua in the eye.
His lost gourd-shaped pendant was "stolen" by her unintentionally, and it is now embedded in the large stone tablet in the space.
"Do you like it?" he asked again.
His face was calm, but his palms were damp, and his heart was pounding with anxiety, fearing that Su Meng would refuse.
He was also afraid that outsiders would come in and interrupt the time he had finally managed to get alone.
My nerves were constantly on the edge of tension and hope, and the words "I like you, shall we be a couple?" were almost licked out between my teeth by my tongue.
He sensed that Su Meng had lowered her guard a little and opened up a bit to him.
She was like a mudfish peeking out, cautious and careful, and would retreat at the slightest sign of trouble.
He cannot be too hasty.
Su Meng genuinely liked the stone pendant and nodded subconsciously.
Huo Zhenhua stood up happily, his eyes and brows full of smiles, and raised his hand to put it around her neck.
Su Meng sensed his approach and shrank her neck. Just as she was about to protest, she heard him say, "Let me tell you something funny."
The night before I was to return, I, who rarely dream, dreamed about the gourd pendant I had lost.
It said it had gone back to my beloved first and told me to hurry back.
In my hazy state, I couldn't make out the person's face, but I felt that her figure was very similar to yours.
But considering your character, if you found my pendant, you would definitely give it to me on the spot.
I suspected it was lying, and I kept asking it all night but got no answer.
The dream ended in a market, where I saw a pair of gourd pendants on a stall.
"This pair I have here, I bought it at the market in my dream. Isn't that amazing?"
"Really?" Hearing such a fantastical dream, Su Meng completely forgot about the strict separation between men and women and her guilty conscience, and kept asking, "Where is that vegetable market?"
Does his family sell art?
Huo Zhenhua watched as she lovingly stroked the pendant, and answered her questions one by one with a smile. He then deftly put another pendant on himself and tucked it into his collar.
At that moment, he was overjoyed.
Su Meng finally accepted his gift.
Does this mean their relationship has taken another step forward?
He spoke to her in a light and cheerful tone about what he had seen and heard on the trip, while his hands moved with surprising speed and deliberation.
While working at the Shanghai Machinery Factory, he had already crammed on knowledge about diesel engines.
Therefore, Su Meng listened with great interest to him finish talking about the things in Shanghai, and then he talked about the interesting things that happened during his usual training.
Seeing Director Jiang's figure outside the window, I suddenly realized that she had come to assemble the diesel engine.
These parts were personally brought back by Huo Zhenhua from Shanghai, and were all custom-made according to her improved data.
"Ouch! I got so excited that I forgot about work." Su Meng slapped her forehead in annoyance, making it red.
Huo Zhenhua glanced at the red forehead with pity, his fingers twitched, but he resisted the urge to touch it, and quickly tightened the last screw.
"Alright! Let's have our Researcher Su conduct the experiment."
Hearing his doting, deep voice, Su Meng's face flushed, her heart pounded wildly, and even the temperature of her breath seemed to rise a few degrees, becoming warm and slightly suffocating.
She quickly squatted down and leaned closer to check.
In their panic, their heads collided with a loud thud.
"Ouch!"
My nose stung, and tears welled up uncontrollably, swirling around the corners of my eyes.
Just then, Director Jiang walked in and joked, "Young man, you're so reckless. If you want to extort money from Commander Huo, just say so."
"Commander Huo, submit your report. If Division Commander Tang won't approve it, I will!"
Huo Zhenhua quickly brushed his hand across the top of her head, snapped to attention, and gave a military salute, saying in a loud voice, "Thank you, old commander! I will do my best as soon as possible."
He glanced at Su Meng discreetly, seeing her wincing and touching the spot where she had been hit, completely out of it. He sighed helplessly, "Does it hurt? Remember this, be more careful next time."
I'm sorry! I wasn't paying attention this time.
Otherwise, I'll treat you to a meal as an apology.
Ever since Su Meng sensed that he "liked" her, how could she not understand his "wolf's ambition"?
She immediately rolled her eyes at him and refused without hesitation, "No! Unless you invite our director along."
Director Jiang laughed heartily, pointed at them with his finger, and said, "You guys!"
"Okay, let's have dinner together. Commander Huo is treating."
Then, Director Jiang looked at the assembled diesel engine and immediately instructed, "Xiao Huo, start the diesel engine. Let's witness Xiao Su's achievement together."
Huo Zhenhua gladly accepted the order.
With a loud "boom," the diesel engine easily started up.
Su Meng tirelessly recorded its data, assessed its performance, and rigorously compared it with the previous batch of diesel engines.
"Chief, what do you think?"
There are testing instruments in the room.
The data was quickly presented to Director Jiang.
He skimmed through it, then looked at it carefully again, stroking his non-existent beard and laughing heartily. "You guys wait here, I'll go find Old Tang."
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