Chapter 40
After Chu's mother agreed to help take care of the child, she moved in a couple of days later. The grandmother and grandson got along very well, and Ji Mingfei suddenly had a lot of free time.
Unable to find suitable workwear last time, Ji Mingfei decided to look online. Quality aside, the prices online were incredibly tempting. Her first suit was bought on Taobao for only 200 yuan. Years have passed, and workwear prices remain stable; soaring inflation seems to have no effect on them.
Ji Mingfei found the women's clothing store she had bought from a few years ago in her order records. The style she had long since put away had been discontinued, and the store had put many new styles on the shelves.
Although they're called new models, they all look pretty much the same at first glance. The styles are old-fashioned and conservative, and the colors are dark and monotonous, making them perfect for her to quietly return to the workplace after her vacation.
Without any hesitation, Ji Mingfei placed an order according to her current size.
Three days later, the package arrived.
When the deliveryman called, Ji Mingfei was in the kitchen learning to make soup with Chu Yue's mother. Chu Yue heard her phone ringing in the bedroom, picked it up, and went downstairs to pick it up when she heard that the package had arrived.
After signing for the package, Chu Yue saw that the delivery slip said it was a women's suit, and curiously opened it as she walked.
As soon as the bag was opened, the dark, gritty fabric emitted a strong chemical smell. Chu Yue frowned, stuffed the clothes back into the bag, and carried them home.
"Honey, your clothes have arrived."
Ji Mingfei wiped his hands, came out of the kitchen, and said happily, "So fast! Let me see!"
Chu Yue tore off the outermost courier packaging bag, handing her only the zippered bag containing the clothes, and said worriedly, "I just touched the fabric, and it's not very soft, and it has a strong smell. Could it be harmful to my health?"
"This is what clothes are like at this price. I bought one once before, and it'll be fine after a wash." Ji Mingfei put on the shirt first, then grabbed the pants and compared them to her waist. "They fit perfectly, and the workmanship is fine too."
Chu Yue stared at the loose thread that had fallen out of her sleeve, looking puzzled. This was supposed to be fine?
“Honey… if you go to work dressed like this, people will think your alpha has run away with debts.”
Ji Mingfei nonchalantly took the new clothes to the balcony, threw them all into the washing machine, and turned it on. Although they were suits, they could be both machine washed and spun dry. Compared to the clothes on the shopping street that could only be hand washed or sent to the dry cleaners, this was truly the "haute couture" of the working class.
"Did you tell your colleagues about our relationship?" Ji Mingfei asked Chu Yue, who had followed him in, while leaning against the washing machine.
"No, I don't know anything except what I do know." After all, no one would say something meaningless like "I'm married" or "It's a relationship between a colleague and employee" without being asked.
"Let's keep this a secret for now! I just want to get back into the swing of things as soon as possible, and I don't want to become the subject of their afternoon tea gossip."
Chu Yue could roughly imagine Ji Mingfei's situation after their marriage was made public at the company, since she had gone through the same thing. She might not care, but she had to consider the other person's feelings.
"That's fine. What if someone gets jealous that we have such a cute daughter?" Chu Yue raised an eyebrow, looking at the stroller with exceptional pride.
When the clothes were washed and hung up, Mrs. Chu took a closer look and asked in surprise, "Isn't this Dacron? They still sell this kind of fabric! Which store did you buy it from? I'll go check it out sometime."
“There are many options online. Do you usually buy clothes online?” Ji Mingfei asked, sitting on the sofa and holding her child.
"Online shopping, right? I know! But I don't know how to do it. Every time I ask Chu Yue to teach me, she just tells me to go to the store to buy it, so as to save me the trouble," Chu's mother complained unhappily.
Chu Yue looked down at her phone. "Oh, Mom, you can try them on in the store. You can't see or touch them online. Besides, who wears polyester these days?"
Helpless, Chu's mother pointed at Chu Yue and then winked at Ji Mingfei, "See? This is how you usually treat me."
Ji Mingfei laughed and tried to smooth things over, saying, "I bought it to wear as a work uniform. This kind of clothing is really out of fashion now. If you wore it out, people would think Chu Yue had been laid off!"
"Wife, don't mimic me." When Chu Yue looked up at Ji Mingfei, she was still not out of the mood from work, and her tone was like that of a boss giving a lecture.
Chu's mother walked up behind Chu Yue, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Why don't you take Xiao Ji to the shopping street? It's your day off today, I'll keep an eye on June, you two can go shopping."
"I've already taken her there, but my wife is worried about my wallet. How about you lend me some money?" Chu Yue was just saying it casually to appease her mother, but she didn't expect that 50,000 yuan would actually be transferred to her WeChat account.
Chu Yue immediately clicked "return," tilted her head back, and pleaded with her mother, saying, "I'm not so poor that I have to rely on my parents to support my wife and kids. You can keep the money for your own groceries! But we haven't gone out alone in a long time, so please, let's go out and have some time alone together!"
Mrs. Chu waved her hand, "Go on, go on."
Ji Mingfei felt embarrassed to leave the child with the elderly while she went out to play. She wanted to refuse, but Chu Yue pulled her into the dressing room.
Chu Yue grabbed a random outfit from the closet, quickly changed, and sat on a bench in the corner waiting for Ji Mingfei. Feeling the intense gaze behind her, Ji Mingfei pulled up his half-undressed clothes and turned around.
"Don't look... turn around."
Chu Yue leaned against the wall and said with a smile, "You become incredibly shy as long as we're not in bed. Is there any difference between day and night?"
“…Go outside and wait for me.” Ji Mingfei said, blushing as she shooed him away.
Chu Yue reached out her hand, "Give me a hand."
Although he was thinking, "Why do I have to pull her like this?", in order to coax her out, Ji Mingfei still went over and took her hand. Unexpectedly, Chu Yue pulled him into her arms.
Ji Mingfei was all too familiar with this prelude. She resisted and pushed Chu Yue's body away, anxiously whispering, "Stop it! Mom's still outside."
“I just saw her carry June back into the house, and the doors in the house are very soundproof, so Mom can’t hear anything.”
Chu Yue slowly pried open Ji Mingfei's tense fingers, and her clothes instantly slipped down to her waist.
Ji Mingfei could already smell Chu Yue's pheromones and knew he couldn't stop her. He struggled one last time, "Not here..."
"If we go out, we'll pass by my mom's room. Wouldn't it be even more awkward if she came out and saw us?" Chu Yue said this, but she had already carried Ji Mingfei to the door, her hand slipping under her to the doorknob, and said with a smile, "Shall we go back?"
Ji Mingfei grabbed Chu Yue's back and took the initiative to unbutton the other's bra. "...Let's do it here!"
Chu Yue slowly released the doorknob, walked to the wardrobe, hooked the door open with her foot, placed Ji Mingfei on the middle shelf of the wardrobe, and smiled as she agreed, "I'll do as you say."
…
My plans to leave were delayed by an hour.
Chu Yue's newly changed clothes were crumpled and wrinkled, so she had to change again. Ji Mingfei, on the other hand, could simply put on her clothes.
"I don't think I have the energy to go out." Ji Mingfei yawned, wrapped in a thin silk scarf.
"Not enough fun?"
"..." Ji Mingfei kicked her, "You always like to twist people's meaning."
“I don’t like shopping,” Chu Yue said, moving closer. “We can keep going until dark.”
Ji Mingfei rolled her eyes and muttered listlessly, "Don't you have a refractory period?"
Chu Yue thought about it very seriously and said, "That's what I did when I bit your gland!"
"..."
Seamless switching, right?
"So, are we still going out?" Chu Yue asked, her half-dressed clothes hanging on her shoulders. Clearly, if she wasn't going out, she probably didn't want to get dressed.
Ji Mingfei helped himself down from the cabinet, his legs went weak, and he almost bowed deeply to Chu Yue.
"Let's go back to sleep." Ji Mingfei put on his pajamas and went out first.
Chu Yue had no choice but to take off the clothes she was wearing halfway and change into pajamas before going to the bedroom.
In broad daylight, the two young people, their hearts still racing, lay on the same bed, wide awake. The alpha's pheromones occasionally stirred the omega beside him, but Ji Mingfei pulled out an inhibitor patch from a drawer, slapped it on his neck, and ignored it, his back to Chu Yue.
Chu Yue stared at the inhibitor patch on Ji Mingfei's neck; the cartoon image was of a silly-looking bear. She reached out and peeled off the patch from the back of Ji Mingfei's neck. The moment her hand touched the swollen glands, Ji Mingfei suddenly rolled over and glared at Chu Yue.
“Wearing inhibitor patches while sleeping…the skin needs to breathe too…” Chu Yue’s impromptu excuse was a bit clumsy.
Ji Mingfei warned, "Get some sleep."
"I've never taken a nap," Chu Yue said matter-of-factly.
"Then what are you doing here?"
"I'll keep you company! I'll go shopping with you, and of course, I'll sleep with you too."
"I can't sleep at all with you here."
"I can help you sleep peacefully, so why don't we..."
"No! I want a normal lunch break, not to be so exhausted I pass out." Ji Mingfei firmly rejected Chu Yue's next inappropriate remark.
"Okay." Chu Yue slowly turned around, her fingers constantly tapping the bed sheet.
Ji Mingfei frowned. "Don't make a sound."
Chu Yue obediently stopped what she was doing and even used a pillow to press down her hand that was fastening the sheets. "Okay."
A single "Oh" revealed a bellyful of grievances. Chu Yue was like a dog that was disliked by its owner, not only being chased to the bedside but also forbidden to make a sound.
Seeing that she had finally stopped causing trouble, Ji Mingfei closed his eyes and prepared to sleep. The alph essence in the air gradually disappeared, it seemed that Chu Yue had truly given up.
After lying there for a while, Ji Mingfei still couldn't fall asleep, so she changed her position. As she turned around, she saw Chu Yue's longing eyes staring straight at her.
Ji Mingfei knew she wouldn't be able to take a nap, so she spread her arms and said dismissively, "I missed you too, let's continue."
"I don't want to!"
"..."
Chu Yue raised his chin, seemingly proud of something, "I'm not the kind of alpha who's easily swayed and lacks self-control. Even if my wife is in heat and hugs me, I can just say no."
"Oh, really?" Ji Mingfei rubbed his neck expressionlessly, releasing pheromones little by little.
"..."
My wife actually seduced me?!
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