Shen Heng returned home after a month away. The two of them bought a large basket of vegetables and went to the kitchen together to cook.
When Bai Jiaojiao was cooking, Shen Heng couldn't help, so he took a shower during that time.
Bai Jiaojiao has three bars of soap: one for washing her face, one for bathing, and one for washing her hair.
The pieces were round and smooth, some white, some yellow, and some pink, looking just as slippery as Bai Jiaojiao.
Shen Heng was much more casual. He used the same soap he usually used to wash his hands at home when he took a shower. It smelled quite nice, and he was already very content with that.
He had just finished showering and his hair was still dripping wet when he heard someone knocking on the door.
Shen Heng frowned. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Who was the fool who dared to disturb his and Jiao Jiao's good time tonight?
Shen Heng draped a towel over his shoulder and opened the door.
Mr. Ding had prepared a whole host of reasons on the way, but when he saw the person who opened the door, he immediately deflated, as if he had swallowed a fart and was stuck in his chest, unable to swallow it or spit it out.
"Heng-ge, who is it?" Bai Jiaojiao heard someone knocking on the door and knew that Shen Heng had opened it, but she didn't hear any further movement, so she asked from the kitchen.
Shen Heng had met Ding's mother before. He looked the two people up and down, and shouted into the room, "The spy's parents!"
They closed the door behind them.
Of course, Mr. and Mrs. Ding couldn't let him close the door like that. Mrs. Ding hurriedly reached out to grab it, but Shen Heng was too strong and accidentally trapped her hand inside the door.
"Ouch—"
Bai Jiaojiao didn't react at first, but when she walked out of the kitchen, she saw a hand stuck between the two doors: "Brother Heng, are you alright?"
Outside, Ding's mother wailed, "Jiaojiao, what are you saying? My hand got caught!"
Shen Heng still had a conscience; he opened the two doors a crack and made Ding's mother pull her hand back.
To everyone's surprise, Mr. Ding was well-prepared this time, blocking the door with an arm and a leg: "What do you want to do? Don't we even have a chance to speak to her face to face?"
Shen Heng simply pushed open the door and blocked the entrance, saying, "Who do you think you are? If you have something to say, then say it to me!"
Shen Heng crossed his arms, his arm muscles tense, looking as if he could kill ten Ding fathers with one punch.
"I can't talk to you! You squeezed my wife's hand and we haven't even come looking for you yet! Jiaojiao, then you should take your mother home and put some medicine on her!" Father Ding looked past Shen Heng and at Bai Jiaojiao behind him.
"This world is really interesting. People can beg for food at someone's doorstep and still be so self-righteous."
Shen Heng's words provoked Ding's father, because although what Shen Heng said was harsh, it was true; he had come with the intention of receiving help from others.
After being exposed, Ding's father's face turned purple. In the past, when he was like this, no one in the factory dared to breathe too loudly, but now no one took him seriously at all.
"Let me tell you, you two old geezers, if you dare knock on this door again, I'll smash your heads with a hoe! Keep your heads down and you'll still have your days to live. If you don't want to live anymore, just come find me."
We live in an era of the rule of law; how can one just kill someone on a whim? But when Shen Heng said it with that face, they had no choice but to believe him.
What if he really dares?
Moreover, now that Bai Jiaojiao has recognized such a powerful and influential maternal grandfather, what wouldn't they dare to do?
Mr. and Mrs. Ding hesitated. When Shen Heng bent down to pick up the small hoe for tidying the flower bed, they both took a step back.
Shen Heng brandished his hoe: "If you dare to come again, I'll consider myself a coward if I utter another word!"
Seeing his attitude, the two of them felt their legs go weak.
Ding Shifang had previously said that Shen Heng was a scoundrel, and seeing him today, it was indeed true.
"You'll get your comeuppance!" Before leaving, Ding's father mustered up the courage to shout this at them, but he only dared to say it after they were almost out of the alley.
Shen Heng threw the hoe aside and said disdainfully, "With this kind of guts, you still dare to cause trouble."
Meng Hongmei came out and stood at the door, smiling at Chen Heng: "You're finally back. These two have been causing Jiaojiao a lot of trouble these past few days, just because you weren't here."
Having a man in the house makes all the difference; just standing there is intimidating.
"Big sister, thank you so much for not being here these past two days."
Shen Heng had also heard from Bai Jiaojiao that Meng Hongmei had come to help once and had taken care of Bai Jiaojiao, so Shen Heng naturally thanked her.
Meng Hongmei waved her hand: "It's not worth your thanks. Have you eaten yet?"
"Just finished."
"You guys are eating really late. Hurry up and go back to eat, it's getting dark."
After Meng Hongmei finished speaking, Shen Heng nodded to her and went home.
Bai Jiaojiao had prepared all the dishes at home. Shen Heng washed his hands and sat down at the dining table, saying, "This is such a small matter. I can handle it with ease. I'll solve it for you in no time. Unless they're fearless, they probably won't dare to come knocking on our door again!"
"Yes, yes, Heng-ge is the best." Bai Jiaojiao smiled, pursing her lips.
"Brother Heng has something else amazing, do you know what it is?"
Shen Heng rested his chin on his hand and looked at Bai Jiaojiao with a gaze that seemed to stretch out in a long line.
"Of course I know, you eat a lot. Hurry up and eat, you probably won't eat well on the train."
Bai Jiaojiao knew perfectly well what Shen Heng wanted to hear, but deliberately kept quiet.
Shen Heng wasn't angry. He picked up his chopsticks and said, "We need to eat quickly and get some rest. My wife is probably thinking of rewarding me tonight for my performance just now."
"......"
Bai Jiaojiao remained silent, which emboldened Shen Heng: "I've washed it all clean, it smells wonderful, smell it."
"Oh dear, we're eating, what are you doing making a fool of yourself?"
Shen Heng insisted on holding Bai Jiaojiao while eating, wrapping his arms around her and even peeling shrimp for her.
Seeing the two of them piled up together, Bai Doudou also wanted to be hugged, so she anxiously circled around Bai Jiaojiao's feet, but Shen Heng pushed her away: "This is none of your business, go away."
"Woo woo woo~"
Bai Doudou's eyes were full of pitifulness. Shen Heng threw a shrimp head to it, and it immediately grabbed it and ran off, crunching away on the side.
"It's grown so much in the past month, I almost didn't recognize it. Wasn't it a little white dog before?"
"Puppies grow fast. But DouDou seems like it can grow quite big, unlike a little puppy. That's good, it'll be better if it grows bigger and no one will bully it."
Shen Heng continued, "Yes, at least it can guard the house when I'm not home. With such thick fat, you can cut through it with one knife."
"Heng-ge!" Bai Jiaojiao pinched Shen Heng in annoyance when she heard him teasing Bai Doudou again.
"Okay, okay, I won't talk nonsense anymore."
Shen Heng quickly fed Bai Jiaojiao, threw down his chopsticks, and carried Bai Jiaojiao to the kang (a heated brick bed).
He was already prepared and simply slammed the door shut with his foot, leaving Bai Doudou helplessly scratching at it from the outside.
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