"Su Ti, is he your husband?" Meng Yixuan didn't miss the word "wife," and her face was full of disbelief.
"Yes, then we'll be going now." Su Ti felt that Meng Yixuan's gaze was strange, and she noticed that more and more people were gathering here.
Some passersby also came over to look, which was outrageous, so she quickly pulled Li Baichuan away.
"Wife, how did you manage to get them all to stay at the door with you?" Li Baichuan asked as soon as he got into the car, noticing the people still peering out from the doorway.
He greatly admired his wife's interpersonal skills; look how she had these people under her thumb.
"Who knows? We'll talk about it when we get back." Suti didn't know how things had turned out this way either.
Li Baichuan didn't care anymore; as long as his wife was alright, he had no curiosity.
He drove home diligently, while Suti dozed off beside him.
When Suti arrived at his house and saw his grandfather and the others standing outside, he quickly got out of the car.
"Grandpa..." Just as Su Ti was about to ask what had happened, the other people saw them and rushed over.
"Su girl, where did you go?" Marshal Li was extremely anxious.
Xiao Liu said that Baichuan went to pick someone up early, but he hasn't returned yet. He almost sent someone to look for him.
“…” Suti was silent for a moment, then helped her grandfather into the house.
Then she told me about how she was late this morning, how she waited there for ages after get off work, and how her colleagues ended up watching the spectacle.
Marshal Li laughed out loud after hearing this, looking at Su Yatou's utterly dejected expression.
Baichuan looked completely bewildered, clearly unaware of what had happened, and he burst into laughter.
"Baichuan is a cautious child." Qi Feng's eyebrows curved into a smile. Apart from saying that he was cautious, he really couldn't say anything else to praise him.
"Starting tomorrow, you should continue learning to drive with Comrade Liu. Otherwise, if you go back to work after the New Year, people will be worried sick."
Suti thought about how he had also made several trips, and wondered how good-natured the old master craftsman who worked with him must be to tolerate such a speed.
"Alright!" Seeing their reaction, Li Baichuan belatedly realized that his driving skills weren't actually that great.
It's all Biancheng's fault. He always praised him for learning quickly and well, and he always thought he was a very good driver.
The family laughed happily, but when they returned to the inner room, Li Baichuan still felt embarrassed.
"Honey, did all those people at your workplace find out already, and that's why they came out to watch the show?" Li Baichuan felt too ashamed to face anyone at the thought of that scene.
"How could that be? They didn't know anything. At first, they saw me waiting there, and a few of us in the office politely offered to keep me company."
"The people behind us saw us all gathered together and thought something exciting was going on, so they all came over. Little did they know that more and more people would gather behind us."
Suti found his dejected look particularly endearing.
"Are the people in your office easy to get along with?" Li Baichuan thought to himself that he hadn't even greeted them before his wife pulled him away.
His family definitely won't agree to him going to see his wife off tomorrow.
"It's alright." Suti couldn't say whether those people were good or bad; it was all just a superficial friendship.
"Grandpa said he's going to take me to visit some of his comrades tomorrow. Also, the courses the teacher has arranged for me are quite busy these two days. I was originally thinking of taking you to your workplace sooner or later."
After realizing his skills were lacking, Li Baichuan dared not insist on giving the item away anymore.
It's alright that he had an accident; he had his wife and child with him in the car.
"It's okay, I believe in you. You can take me after you've practiced enough. It's just that it's hard on you, as you're already tired during the holidays and still have to spend time learning to drive."
Suti continued to encourage people; she really liked Baichuan's ambitious and motivated demeanor.
"I'm not tired, I'm not exhausted, honey. I feel great right now." Li Baichuan felt there was nothing to be dissatisfied with.
He now lives a fulfilling life every day, and he feels he is getting closer and closer to his wife.
Suti thought today's events were just a minor amusement, but little did he know he was setting himself up for trouble.
As everyone in the family gradually went on holiday, only she remained at her post. Li Baichuan also went with his grandfather and father to visit those grandfathers, uncles, and other relatives.
The remaining time was also increased with more lessons, and Li Baichuan used all his rest time to practice driving.
Aside from initially infuriating Comrade Liu, everything went smoothly.
Their department finally got a holiday on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. At this time of year, many companies are still working hard on New Year's Eve.
"Keep working hard, don't be afraid of hardship or death, fight against nature and find endless joy."
Suti thought of the slogans on the walls of each unit and silently admired the people's spirit of hard work and struggle.
"Suti, where are you going tomorrow?" Several people in the office were packing their things. They had been discussing where to go for the holiday since December, but they still hadn't come up with a plan.
"The day after tomorrow is Lunar New Year's Eve. You should rest at home. I'm different from you; I'm pregnant, and it's too tiring."
Su Ti looked at Meng Yixuan, who was leaning closer, and answered with a smile.
"What about after the New Year? Su Ti, where do you live? I'll come visit you after the New Year!" Meng Yixuan acted as if we were good friends.
After Meng Yixuan finished speaking, everyone else in the office looked over.
“Yes, Suti, we’ll come visit you after the New Year. We work in the same office, so we can get together for the holidays.”
Zhu Qingling's eyes lit up when she heard Meng Yixuan's words. She felt that Meng Yixuan's family must have said something to her as well.
"I don't think I'll have time. I'm going back to my parents' home after the New Year." Su Ti refused directly; their relationship wasn't close enough for her to visit them.
If she lived alone, it wouldn't be a problem, but her grandfather and the others... she felt that these people had ulterior motives.
Suti felt they needed to find a place to stay after the New Year, since some social interactions were unavoidable.
“It’s okay, we can go to your mom’s house to play with you.” Zhu Qingling quickly replied.
"Then you can wait until you come back from your mother's house." Meng Yixuan looked at Zhu Qingling in front of her and pouted. Who wants to go to Su Ti's mother's house?
"We're going out of town, not in Beijing. I haven't been back for a long time and I want to spend more time with my parents. I guess I'll have to use up all my vacation days. Maybe next time, when we have more free time we can get together again."
Suti didn't explicitly refuse; she told them that once they moved out of the military compound, they could come whenever they wanted.
Zhu Qingling wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Meng Yixuan who was standing next to her.
"Okay, then let's get together sometime after the New Year." Meng Yixuan was afraid that Zhu Qingling's brainless suggestion to go to Su Ti's parents' house was wrong.
What's there to go there? Judging from Su Ti's words, her family must be from a small place, and I don't know how she got involved with the Li family.
It now seems that it might be related to Suti's husband; his background must be quite extraordinary.
Thinking of the man who came that day, his imposing presence alone was enough to make one's legs go weak.
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