Chapter 99 Chapter 99 If I can’t win a verbal battle with Jiang Ling, I can only…
Even though she was used to the scent of another person in her bed, Jiang Ling slept very well when she was alone.
Song Guanshu was just the opposite. It was clearly he who made the bedding, and he was very angry when Jiang Ling didn't come to coax him as he wished.
Jiang Ling was sleeping soundly when she heard the even breathing sound not far away. She was not uncomfortable with being separated from him. Instead, she slept very soundly.
He seemed to be an insignificant presence in this family.
This realization kept Song Guanshu awake for a long time.
Moreover, he was very uncomfortable without Jiang Ling in the bed.
He tossed and turned late into the night, and finally made a decision.
The next morning, Jiang Ling woke up in Song Guanshu's arms as usual. At first she didn't notice anything unusual.
When the other person got up and put on his clothes, Jiang Ling finally realized it. She asked suspiciously, "I remember we slept separately yesterday."
She is only in her twenties, so she shouldn't have any memory problems.
Song Guanshu said nonchalantly, "That's probably because I woke up last night and my muscle memory led me to get into the wrong bed."
Waking up at night? She didn't remember Song Guanshu having this habit.
And even if it was muscle memory, there was someone else in the bed, so how could Song Guanshu ignore her and lie down as if nothing had happened?
Jiang Ling expressed doubts about this.
"Really? I heard that getting up at night might be caused by kidney deficiency. The sooner you treat it, the sooner you will recover. Why don't you go to the hospital when you have time?"
Song Guanshu paused while brushing his teeth. He looked at Jiang Ling helplessly, "You know best whether I am weak or not."
Jiang Ling was still lying in bed. She was lying on the kang reading Song Guanshu's book. "Isn't that because of the medicine you took?"
There was a hint of annoyance in his voice. "No, you know, I only took the medicine twice."
Jiang Ling is an expert at playing rogue. "Whether you take medicine secretly or not, I don't know. Who knows if you take medicine every time because you feel ashamed of kidney deficiency?"
He knew that he couldn't win the argument with Jiang Ling, so he could only use another way to argue.
The back of Jiang Ling's head was held, and the strong minty scent from the lips and teeth of someone who had just brushed his teeth lingered around her gently and harmlessly.
Jiang Ling was breathless from the kiss. She supported Song Guanshu's chest with weak hands and feet, trying to push him away.
However, it was useless. After the kiss, Song Guanshu wiped the traces from the corners of her lips with his hands and rubbed her lips again and again. "I'm going to the factory. If you want to eat something, I'll bring it back when I come back in the evening. Try not to go out alone. Stay with sister-in-law Juxiang."
It's still not safe outside, even during the day.
Jiang Ling actually doesn't have much to do at home. She just reads newspapers, writes articles, and listens to the radio.
Looking at the camera, Jiang Ling thought that she should ask Song Guanshu to buy two photography books.
Since she spends more time at home on weekdays, she can even make her own solutions to develop and print photos, without having to send them to a photo studio.
Jiang Ling was sitting at the table writing a manuscript when she heard the door outside seem to ring. She stood up and looked outside, and saw a slender female comrade standing outside the door.
At the door, female comrade, Jiang Ling suddenly thought of Zhong Xuenu.
There was no way, this person, like a virus, left a deep impression on her.
Zhong Xuenu has only been gone for a few days, she shouldn’t be coming back.
Suspecting it was Zhong Xuenu, Jiang Ling did not dare to open the door rashly.
Looking closely, the heights and body shapes don't match, Zhong Xuenu is taller.
Zhong Xuenu would not wear cotton clothes that were warm but ugly.
Jiang Ling still held the pen in her hand and walked out of the room.
After going out, he recognized at a glance that the person was Tong Wanyue.
She hurried back to the house, and before she left, she did not forget to say to Tong Wanyue, "Sister Wanyue, wait for me, I'll go back and get the key."
Before Song Guanshu went to work, he was afraid that some bad guys would break into the house and Jiang Ling would not be able to handle it alone, so he simply locked the door before leaving home.
Jiang Ling has her own key, so if she needs to go out, she can just use the key to open the door.
The key was hanging on the wall. Jiang Ling took the key and rushed out to open the door. She didn't even wear a coat, and was blown away by the cold wind as soon as she walked out.
The hand that opened the lock was trembling with cold. "Sister Wanyue, why did you think of coming to see me? Isn't the bureau busy?"
Every time she came to Jiang Ling's house, she would wear a uniform in order to act as a deterrent. When some scoundrels saw this, they knew that this family had a good relationship with the police and would not dare to harass them.
"Today is your birthday, have you forgotten again?" Tong Wanyue handed her a bouquet of flowers with a smile.
Flowers and plants wither in the north in winter. I don’t know where she found the flowers, but they turn out to be quite beautiful.
When handing over the flowers, Tong Wanyue touched Jiang Ling's hand. After just a short while, her hands were frozen cold.
"Don't talk about it outside, go back to the house quickly, you dare to go out wearing so little, be careful not to catch a cold."
Tong Wanyue pushed her into the house, still holding a square box in her hand.
"I just finished a big case. There's not much to do in the bureau, so I have time to celebrate your birthday."
Is today her birthday?
She had been in a daze these past few days and had forgotten about it.
Jiang Ling hugged Tong Wanyue and twisted around in her arms, "Thank you, Sister Wanyue, you are the best."
Tong Wanyue was not good at expressing her emotions, she was a little embarrassed, "What did you eat for lunch today? Are you hungry now? I'll cook you a bowl of noodles first."
Jiang Ling pulled her to sit down and took out candied fruits. "I had a full lunch and I'm not hungry at all. Don't think about working as soon as you get here, as if I'm bullying you."
She muttered quietly.
Tong Wanyue couldn't help laughing, "You're not bullying me, I did it voluntarily."
She put the box in her hand on the table, "Little girls love sweets, so I went to a western restaurant and bought a birthday cake. I thought you would like it when I bought it."
Without her having to open it, Jiang Ling hugged her again, "I like it! I like it so much."
Even if she changed the world, her love for sweets could not be erased. She could not celebrate her birthday, but she could not live without cream cake.
I hope Jiang Ling likes it.
"Sister Wanyue, please eat quickly. If you don't, I will be embarrassed to eat the cream cake later."
Tong Wanyue had no choice but to grab a handful of pine nuts and slowly peel off the shells.
Pine nuts are troublesome to eat, but they are great for killing time.
Tong Wanyue asked her, "Did Song Guanshu go to work?"
She had heard a long time ago that the Hengjiu Factory had suspended production for some reason.
But I was too busy recently and didn't have time to pay attention to it, so naturally I didn't know that Hengjiu Daily Chemical Factory had resumed production.
Jiang Ling said, "Some time ago, a report about a private enterprise was published in the news. The factory appealed to the higher authorities and resumed production."
Tong Wanyue nodded. So that's how it was. She finally caught Song Guanshu when he was not around. She asked, "Is Song Guanshu good to you? Does he beat you, scold you, or bully you? If he bullies you, or if you feel uncomfortable getting along with him, tell me and I'll help you."
Regardless of whether Song Guanshu bullied her or not, Tong Wanyue was willing to stand up for her, which touched Jiang Ling deeply.
She clenched her fist and said, "Don't worry, I'm not a vegetarian either."
Tong Wanyue looked serious, "I know you are very capable, but there are some things you can't ignore."
She thought, Song Guanshu was cunning and deceitful, while Jiang Ling was simple and kind-hearted, so how could she be able to outwit him?
Jiang Ling held Tong Wanyue's hand and acted coquettishly, "I know, if he dares to bully me, I'll tell you, I'll ask you to make the decision for me, okay~"
When facing Jiang Ling, she couldn't help but think of what happened at the Station Front Police Station. Tong Wanyue hesitated and didn't know how to start the conversation.
After that day, she once thought that Song Guanshu was not a local, and his mother appeared in North City only to find him.
After Song Guanshu passed away in the previous life, her mother did not feel sorry for her deceased son and just wanted to take back all the inheritance.
A lot of trouble arose in the fight for that huge inheritance.
Tong Wanyue wanted to remind Jiang Ling that Song Guanshu's mother was not a good person and not to be fooled by her weak and beautiful appearance.
The words turned around a few times, and she seemed to have heard a piece of gossip, "I heard that it seems that some time ago, a relative of Song Guanshu came to see him?"
Jiang Ling was surprised, "Even you heard about it."
Then he remembered that Zhong Xuenu and Liu Jianshe, mother and son, had been to Xihe Police Station for different reasons, and Tong Wanyue had worked in Xihe Police Station for a period of time.
The police there were all her colleagues. She probably asked them to take care of her and Song Guanshu before she left.
It was no surprise to her to hear about it.
Tong Wanyue couldn't help but nodded, "I heard a few words, I don't know if it's true or not."
"Of course it's true. Even though the content is extremely outrageous, your colleague can't lie."
Tong Wanyue didn't know how she got involved with her colleague again. She thought about going back to the police station on the way home to ask those people what had happened.
"I just think it's too unbelievable, so I came to you to confirm it." It seems that Song Guanshu's mother did come to find them.
Tong Wanyue has learned bad habits, and she started to talk without thinking, "I went to the railway station with my colleagues to carry out a mission some time ago, and my colleagues recognized her at the police station in front of the station."
Jiang Ling exclaimed, "What is she doing at the police station?"
Tong Wanyue: "I don't know. We were busy with the case and didn't listen carefully."
Seeing the disappointment on Jiang Ling's face as she wished, Tong Wanyue continued, "We finished the case and returned to the police station to listen to our colleagues talk about what happened that day."
In fact, she got the information by asking her colleagues at the Station Front Police Station.
Jiang Ling took Tong Wanyue's hand and asked, "So what did she do to go to the police station? Tell me about it."
No one could resist Jiang Ling's coquetry, and Tong Wanyue was no exception. She immediately stopped keeping the secret and said, "It was actually two things. One was that she beat up an old lady at the train station."
Jiang Ling wondered if Old Lady Liu had really chased her to the train station and had a conflict with Zhong Xuenu.
But it's strange that Old Lady Liu always has the upper hand in her confrontations with Zhong Xuenu.
How come my strength was weakened after I went to the train station?
It would be interesting if the person being beaten was Old Lady Liu, a young woman in her forties beating an old lady in her fifties.
"What about the second thing?"
"She said she had lost her wallet and asked the police at the police station to buy her a train ticket home."
"Is your wallet lost? Is it real or fake?"
Tong Wanyue shook her head. "Not sure. The police officer handling this case suspected that she was resentful of the previous punishment and wanted the police to pay to compensate her for her losses."
Who made her bully the elderly, the weak and the disabled in front of the police, leaving an impression of a bad character.
Jiang Ling was more concerned about another question, "Did the police buy her a ticket?"
Tong Wanyue had a mocking smile on her face. "She didn't go back to ask them for money to buy train tickets. You can tell from the fact that you don't know anything about this matter. She also didn't come back to look for you. This proves that her wallet wasn't stolen. She just made it up."
"I don't know if she will come to see you again, but I hope you can see her true face and not be fooled by her appearance."
Jiang Ling nodded, "Don't worry, Sister Wanyue, we all know how unscrupulous she is and she won't be fooled."
The two chatted in the room for a while, and then the door was pushed open. It was Song Guanshu who came back.
When he walked into the main room, he put down the food in his hand.
When he entered the bedroom and saw Tong Wanyue sitting on the kang, his expression was obviously stunned.
Jiang Ling looked up at the clock on the wall and asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"
"I didn't have anything to do this afternoon, and since it's your birthday, I wanted to come back early."
Song Guanshu was holding a square box that was exactly the same as the one Tong Wanyue had just held.
There is only one Western restaurant in North City that can make cream cakes, and the cake boxes all look the same.
When he put the cake on the cupboard, he saw a box already on the cupboard that was exactly the same as the one he was carrying.
Tong Wanyue was the only one at home, and it was obvious that the box of cake was brought by her.
The boxes look the same, even the size is the same.
"You bought a cake, and so did Sister Wanyue." Jiang Ling said, "You two have a pretty good understanding of each other."
Song Guanshu and Tong Wanyue both thought angrily in their hearts, who wants to have a tacit understanding with him/her.
Song Guanshu said with a fake smile, "You have to have a cake for your birthday. I should have told Tong Gongan in advance and told her that I bought it so she can save some money. This cake will cost her more than three months' salary."
Jiang Ling was a little surprised. She knew it might not be cheap, but she didn't expect it to be so expensive.
Tong Wanyue paused while eating. Was he mocking her low salary?
She retorted, "Although we are paid a fixed salary, which is not as much as those who work in the entertainment industry, we can still afford a cream cake. I am willing to spend any amount of money to buy things for Jiang Ling."
Jiang Ling heard obvious tension in their conversation, and she tried to ease the atmosphere, "Song Guanshu thinks it's not easy for you to make money, you work hard in the wind and rain to earn money. After all, you have already bought a cake, and it's difficult to finish two cakes at once today. When you eat them the next day, they are not as good as those made on the same day."
She pushed Song Guanshu to the kitchen, "Okay, go cook. Sister Wanyue is here today, so let's eat early."
Song Guanshu would not refuse Jiang Ling's instructions, so he went to cook obediently.
Under normal circumstances, when Song Guanshu was cooking, Jiang Ling would stay outside with him. She would not do anything, but just light the fire or pass the soy sauce.
Today is not an exception because it is her birthday and is a special day.
But she couldn't leave her guests behind to help in the kitchen. Since she and Song Guanshu had already gone to the kitchen, Tong Wanyue would definitely have to go there to help as well.
Tong Wanyue is already very tired from work, so it would be bad to make her even more tired when she visits.
Song Guanshu cooks very quickly. He was busy for more than an hour, and the hot dishes were served on the table one after another.
Two birthday cakes were placed in the middle.
"By the way, doesn't Chen Xiangyang also live near your house? We definitely can't finish this big table of food. Why don't we invite him over to join us?"
Tong Wanyue thought that Jiang Ling and Chen Xiangyang had a good relationship, so she made this suggestion.
Jiang Ling handed her the bowl and chopsticks and filled the cup beside her with a drink. "He is busy and has no time."
How does this say, "What are you doing?"
Jiang Ling was overjoyed. "He's busy in class, um, with the third graders."
Tong Wanyue didn't understand what she meant.
Jiang Ling had no choice but to continue explaining to her, "He didn't finish primary school before, and didn't understand a lot of the content, so Song Guanshu enrolled him in the primary school attached to the cotton mill."
Tong Wanyue found this content a little unbelievable. "He's almost twenty years old. How can the school still let him go to school?"
"Perhaps they were moved by his spirit of pursuing education at an advanced age and were willing to make an exception and admit him."
Tong Wanyue nodded, "Reading is a good thing."
"Well, he will be back in the evening, so should we wait for him to finish school and have dinner together?"
The elementary school is over now, and he will probably be home in a while.
Jiang Ling continued to laugh, "He doesn't go home for dinner after school, but eats something near the school because he has to attend literacy classes in the evening. It's too troublesome to go home for dinner, and it's also a waste of time."
Tong Wanyue asked in a lost voice, "He has to go to literacy class at night?"
Perhaps she felt that her behavior was a bit inappropriate, so she smiled and said, "Then he is quite ambitious."
Then there was no need to wait for Chen Xiangyang to eat together. She opened the shell of the birthday cake she bought and inserted the birthday candles. "Come on, turn off the lights, blow out the candles and make a wish."
Song Guanshu on the other side also opened the birthday cake he bought. It was exactly the same as the one Tong Wanyue bought, in size and appearance.
He also put candles on the cake that were given by the store.
They both looked at Jiang Ling, as if asking, whose candle are you blowing out?
Jiang Ling: ...
She held one of them in each hand and asked them to sit down beside her. "Let's blow out the candles together, okay?"
After blowing out the candles, it’s time to give out gifts.
Song Guanshu still remembered that last year, Tong Wanyue said that he had not prepared a birthday present for Jiang Ling. As soon as he turned on the lights, he couldn't wait to take out the gift he had prepared long ago.
"Open it and see if you like it."
Of course Jiang Ling knew this brand, and it was a very famous watch even decades later.
Seeing that Jiang Ling's mouth was almost stretched to the back of her ears, Song Guanshu deliberately asked, "Do you like it?"
"I like it." He couldn't wait to replace his original watch and couldn't help touching it again and again.
Jiang Ling raised her wrist and looked left and right, "So beautiful."
The strap has a silver cold luster, the dial is white mother-of-pearl, dotted with twelve diamonds representing the twelve hours, and the outer ring of the dial is engraved with Roman numerals.
It was a very delicate and small women's watch, worn on her slender white wrist, as if it was tailor-made for her.
Tong Wanyue is different from Jiang Ling. Jiang Ling just thinks that this watch is expensive, but Tong Wanyue knows the specific price of this watch.
Although she is just a poor police officer and can never afford this watch with her current monthly salary of a few dozen yuan, it does not affect her knowing the price.
Well, for the sake of money, Tong Wanyue's impression of Song Guanshu changed slightly.
In her previous life, she often heard young people say, "Where there is money, there is love."
Regardless of whether Song Guanshu spent money on Jiang Ling sincerely or insincerely, his willingness to spend such a large sum of money to buy a watch for Jiang Ling was much better than not buying one at all.
Song Guanshu looked at Tong Wanyue with a smile on his face, his intention of provocation was obvious, "What gift did Tong Gongan prepare?"
Jiang Ling felt that this was not a good idea. Tong Wanyue was not related to her. It was enough for her to remember her birthday and celebrate it with her.
"Sister Wanyue gave me a bouquet of flowers. They are very beautiful. I like them very much."
The smile on Song Guanshu's lips drooped.
After dinner, Tong Wanyue did not stay long. She still had to go to Xihe Police Station to ask her former colleagues about Zhong Xuenu.
There were two birthday cakes in total, and the three of them ate three quarters of one cake. Jiang Ling asked Tong Wanyue to take the untouched cake home to eat.
"We will deliver the remaining quarter to Chen Xiangyang in the evening."
Tong Wanyue: "No, my family is small, and it would be a waste if I took the cake home. You have a large family, and they can finish it in a day or two. If I take it home, I probably won't be able to finish it in a week."
If it were someone else's house, they would not only fight over the cream cake, but also argue over who gets the bigger piece.
It is rare for them to be so humble.
"Or give some to your colleagues."
Tong Wanyue disagreed to take the cake away, Jiang Ling took a step back and told her to take the remaining quarter away, "Eat it for breakfast tomorrow."
Tong Wanyue is going to Xihe Police Station later. If she takes the food with her, she will have to share it with her colleagues. It would be better to keep it for herself, even if it is just for Song Guanshu to eat.
Even though Chen Xiangyang, the real glutton, was not there, there was still a lot of food left on the table.
After Chen Xiangyang finished class, Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu took some packed food to Chen Xiangyang's house to wait for him.
Jiang Ling had the key to Chen Xiangyang's house, so the two of them opened the door and waited for him in the room.
Jiang Ling rubbed her arms and looked around, "It's a bit cold at their house." Of course it was cold. Chen Xiangyang was used to a hard life. He would not return home until nine or ten o'clock in the evening. The stove in his house was not lit during the day. After school, he would either light the stove or heat the kang.
If he feels lazy, just sleep on it for a night, since the silly boy has lots of energy anyway.
Hearing Jiang Ling say that she was cold, Song Guanshu put the lunch box in his hand on the table and went to light the stove without complaint.
He had a meal near the school in the evening. He had consumed a lot of energy studying and was a little hungry. He opened the lid of the lunch box on the stove and said in surprise, "What a good day today! Why are there so many delicious foods?" They were all meat dishes.
Jiang Ling asked him to eat the cake first and then the vegetables.
Song Guanshu said, "Today is Jiang Ling's birthday."
"Happy birthday!"
Chen Xiangyang said with surprise, but he couldn't laugh the next second.
Song Guanshu smiled, "Today is Jiang Ling's birthday, you didn't fail to prepare a gift for her, did you?"
Jiang Ling: Why do I feel like I've heard this sentence somewhere before?
Chen Xiangyang took two steps back in fright. Not only did he not prepare any gifts, he didn't even know that it was Jiang Ling's birthday today.
"I, I, I, I'll make it up to you tomorrow."
Song Guanshu said softly, "Jiang Ling's birthday is today. Tomorrow, her birthday will be over. Even if she gives a gift, the meaning will be different."
Chen Xiangyang broke out in a cold sweat.
Jiang Ling pushed Song Guanshu and asked, "Why are you teasing him?"
"He was just joking with you, don't take it seriously. We are all doing well, and this is the best gift for me." Jiang Ling said, "Eat quickly, or the food will get cold."
Chen Xiangyang was not the type of person who would think too much. Upon hearing that, he ate the cream cake spoonful by spoonful without any care.
He chewed and chewed. "You know what, this thing is really delicious."
He was indeed a big glutton. A quarter of a cream cake and a whole lunch box with vegetables and rice were all eaten by Chen Xiangyang as a midnight snack.
After eating, he burped and said, "It's delicious. I wish Ling could have a birthday every day."
He knew that someone's birthday at home was not enough for Song Guanshu to cook so many delicious dishes, only Jiang Ling's birthday would do that.
Jiang Ling rolled her eyes at him and said, "Then you have to prepare birthday presents for me every day."
It was almost ten o'clock when I came out of Chen Xiangyang's house.
Before going to bed, Song Guanshu just spread out the quilt and then stopped.
Jiang Ling turned to look at him, "Why don't you make the bed for yourself?"
After Jiang Ling pointed it out, he silently began to take off his clothes.
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