Chapter 18 Chapter 18 There is no most embarrassing, only more embarrassing...
When she woke up, she found herself covered with a thin blanket. Liu Mianmian went to the kitchen to thank Aunt Liu, but Aunt Liu blinked and said ambiguously, "Wei Zhou covered you with this."
Liu Mianmian muttered: "Mind your own business, don't bother with what others do, it's no use meddling in other people's business..."
Amid the sizzling sound of cooking, Aunt Liu didn't hear clearly and turned around curiously: "What do you care?"
Liu Mianmian: "A glimpse of the leopard through a tube reveals a lot."
Aunt Liu said she didn't understand and waved her hand to send them away: "Get out, get out! It's all fumes. If you're hungry, go have some chicken soup first. The dishes and chopsticks are on the table."
During dinner, Uncle Wang asked with a smile, "I heard that the old man praised Xiao Liu? The old man has always been strict with others and himself, and he doesn't praise others easily." Uncle Wang used to be a soldier under Grandpa Shen.
Liu Mianmian couldn't help but complain: "It seems that he is not very strict. His grandson is unhygienic and his granddaughter is uneducated, but he doesn't take good care of them." Grandparents are close to each other, and even a wise and brave old general like the old man is no exception.
Shen Bokang choked on the chicken soup and looked at Liu Mianmian with a complicated expression.
Shen Feifei's academic performance was average, her mind focused on other things, so it wouldn't be unfair to say she was unlearned and incompetent. However, the label of Shen Weihong being unhygienic was simply forced upon her.
Several people in the family already knew what Liu Mianmian had done "over there". Hearing her say this, they were speechless but couldn't help laughing.
Seeing them like this, Liu Mianmian guessed that her "glorious deeds" had probably spread far and wide. She glanced at the somewhat guilty Shen Weiyun and said confidently, "I told you before, I'm not a polite person."
Yu Wan smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I told you before, your father will take care of it if anything happens."
Shen Bokang looked at his wife helplessly, but nodded: "Well, tell me if there is anything, I will go talk to the old man."
Not saying, but saying.
It's obvious that he is protecting his own shortcomings.
Liu Mianmian sighed again, how nice it is to have cheap parents-in-law!
Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang are also very nice people.
Although Shen Weiyun was a bit awkward, she was actually quite nice. She was very good at judging the situation. She didn't say much when she was "over there" and didn't bother to interrupt her. Anyway, she was much cuter than Shen Feifei.
Shen Weizhuo...forget it, no comment.
Yu Wan turned her head and looked at Shen Weizhou, then asked, "Hasn't he gone for this month's routine checkup yet?"
Shen Weizhou paused while picking up the food, then nodded: "Okay, I'll go when there's free time in two days."
"Is the research institute still busy? No matter how busy you are, you should make time to go there." Yu Wan glanced at Liu Mianmian and asked tentatively, "If Mianmian is free, can you accompany Wei Zhou to the hospital? If not, it's okay. I will take a leave to accompany him."
Liu Mianmian did not refuse and nodded readily: "I'm free, I'll accompany him." Every time her stepmother-in-law spoke to her so cautiously, Liu Mianmian felt guilty and ashamed, and wished she would agree to whatever she said.
Besides Aunt Liu, she is indeed the one with the least time at home, after all, her working hours are only five hours.
Yu Wan was very happy: "Then I'll trouble you Mianmian."
These words made Liu Mianmian feel that Shen Weizhuo was not twenty-six years old but six years old.
Just then, Shen Weizhou looked towards her, and Liu Mianmian raised her eyebrows slightly at him: "Little friend, I'll take you to the hospital in a few days." Thinking of this, Liu Mianmian suddenly laughed, her eyebrows and eyes curved with a smile.
Shen Weizhou was stunned and wanted to say something, but he saw her roll her eyes again and turn her head to eat seriously.
All right.
He has a very bad temper.
After dinner, Liu Mianmian and Aunt Liu sat in the yard and chatted.
Aunt Liu cooked salted peanuts, and Uncle Wang quietly poured wine into an enamel cup while Aunt Liu wasn't paying attention. He ate a few peanuts, took a sip of wine, and said that the peanuts were quite tasty. If Liu Mianmian hadn't been sitting close to him and smelled the wine, she would have thought he was tired of the salt and wanted water.
Aunt Liu talked about her two sons serving in the army. The eldest, two years older than Shen Weizhou, was already a deputy battalion commander, but he hadn't yet resolved his personal problems and was almost a bachelor.
The second son is young and has served in the army for a short time. Apart from his slightly irritable temper, there is nothing to worry about.
Thinking of the upcoming million-man troop reduction, Liu Mianmian asked tentatively, "I read in the newspaper that the military has been streamlining and reorganizing in recent years. The leaders also said that they want to reduce military spending and strengthen national infrastructure. This should be the general trend. Have they considered the issue of military transfer?"
Aunt Liu looked bewildered, and Uncle Wang interjected, "That's the rumor. Some people also say that even more people will change careers in the next few years."
"If that's the case, it's better to transfer early than late." Liu Mianmian reminded.
Uncle Wang nodded thoughtfully, raised the enamel cup, took another sip, and smacked his lips.
Aunt Liu keenly sensed something was wrong: "What's in your cup?"
Uncle Wang was startled and said immediately: "Water, what else could it be? Your peanuts are too salty. I want a sip of water. Hey, hey, hey, what are you grabbing..."
Aunt Liu snatched the cup away from him before he could react, and then there was a commotion.
Liu Mianmian watched a good show and returned to the east wing with satisfaction.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw a very familiar caterpillar-shaped bulge on the outside of the bed, which I hadn't seen for a while.
Shen Weizhuo actually went to bed so early today.
After washing up, Liu Mianmian observed Shen Weizhuo first and confirmed that he was motionless and most likely asleep. So she gave up the idea of asking him to move aside and resigned herself to rubbing the corner of the bed to prepare to cross the mountains and ridges.
As a result, just when she stepped down, Shen Weizhuo suddenly bent his legs, and the quilt under his feet was pulled and moved with his movements. Liu Mianmian lost her balance and sat down with a thud.
With a bang.
Shen Weizhou sat up, and their eyes met in mid-air. Liu Mianmian glared at him fiercely. Shen Weizhou explained, "I want to make some room for you so that you can go in."
Liu Mianmian said bitterly, "Mind your own business."
Despite the harsh words, he still had to use all four limbs to crawl in.
And Shen Weizhuo, this shameless guy, actually laughed!
Liu Mianmian remained in the "bed" position with her limbs on all fours, turning her head to look at Shen Weizhou in disbelief. She suspected that she had misheard. After all, she had hardly seen Shen Weizhou smile in all the time she had been here.
However, the fact is that Shen Weizhuo was indeed smiling.
She is good-looking to begin with, and this smile even gives people the illusion that the ice and snow are melting and all things are reviving.
Liu Mianmian was distracted for a moment. She didn't know whether she was driven by embarrassment, anger or some other emotion, but her mind suddenly jumped and she turned around and pounced on Shen Weizhuo.
In my previous life, when I was in school, roommates would get into a fight in the dorm, and that's what happened: I'd pounce on whoever's bed, pin them down, and tickle them until they begged for mercy.
Her actions were faster than her thoughts. Liu Mianmian only realized after she rushed over that although they were roommates, the roommate in front of her was completely different from her roommate in her previous life!
Shen Weizhou had never expected Liu Mianmian to react like this.
She said "Mind your own business," and he guessed it.
But he didn't expect that she would be so angry that she would completely disregard the time, place and occasion... If he hadn't been shocked and stunned for a moment, she would probably have been slapped against the wall by him.
Shen Weizhuo tried hard to suppress the conditioned reflex developed in another world, but at the same time he had no idea how he should react. Avoid her, push her away, or catch her?
Before Shen Weizhuo could make a decision, Liu Mianmian had already knelt down in front of him.
“…”
He made a misjudgment and forgot that he had just retracted his legs, so there was a large area of space under the quilt.
The two looked at each other, a trace of silent awkwardness floating in the silent air.
Shen Weizhou lowered his eyes, then quickly looked away. He cleared his throat uncomfortably and said, "There's no need for such a grand ceremony."
Liu Mianmian subconsciously followed his gaze and saw that his collar was slightly open because of his current posture. She realized what was happening and her face turned red.
There is no most shameful thing, only more shameful.
Maybe it was because it was so embarrassing, and two negatives made a positive, Liu Mianmian suddenly felt that it was actually nothing.
It's just a nonsensical action that happened out of brain damage.
It's just that I accidentally let out some light.
As long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
Liu Mianmian raised her hand and patted Shen Weizhou's quilt as if nothing had happened. She said to save face, "I want to see if your quilt is warm enough. If you catch a cold later, your mother will worry again."
She appeared calm on the surface, but immediately, using both her hands and feet, she swiftly moved to her own half of the bed. She flung open the quilt, crawled into bed, and turned to face the wall. Her movements flowed seamlessly, and in the blink of an eye, Shen Weizhou was momentarily stunned before he could see only her quilt-wrapped back.
“…”
Shen Weizhou wanted to laugh for some reason.
But he held back, because he had a premonition that if he dared to laugh out loud at this moment, she would probably lift the quilt and pounce on him again, dying together with him.
Lying down again, Shen Weizhuo reached out and pulled the light cord at the head of the bed. With a click, the light went out and the whole room fell into darkness.
Shen Weizhuo opened his eyes and looked at the void in the darkness. Soon, his eyes adapted to the darkness. Staring at the ceiling that became dim in the night, Shen Weizhuo's consciousness gradually became blurred and he fell into a deep sleep.
When he woke up the next morning, Shen Weizhuo couldn't even remember how he fell asleep.
It was the first time since his rebirth that he fell asleep so quickly, and there was no blood so thick that it was frightening, no zombies, and no monsters in his dream.
In the next few days, Liu Mianmian continued to work as usual, while Shen Weizhuo maintained the frequency of going to the research institute every other day.
On days when he wasn't at the institute, Shen Weizhou would lock himself in his study. According to Aunt Liu, he would spend his days writing and drawing things that no one else could understand.
During this period, Liu Mianmian asked him when he would go to the hospital for a check-up, but Shen Weizhuo always found various excuses to shirk responsibility.
Liu Mianmian observed him quietly for a while and felt that either there was nothing wrong with his body and he didn't need to go to the hospital in a hurry, or he was already very old and was about to pass away, so he was racing against time to research the things at hand.
It’s hard to say which one it is.
Looking at his appearance, he seems like the first type, but considering the plot of the original book, he feels like the second type.
Anyway, he himself didn't want to go to the hospital, and Liu Mianmian couldn't drag him there, so she could only secretly complain to Aunt Liu and ask the elders to recite the "tightening curse" for him.
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"The guy from the neighborhood office came to our restaurant again yesterday for a blind date. Oh, and this time the girl is a teacher at Zhijiang Primary School. She's quite pretty, but a bit soft-hearted. I even made her cry."
"Do you know who this guy is? He always sits at table eight, wears a suit and tie, and shows his watch when he orders. He's the sales manager at the fertilizer factory! I heard fertilizer is hard to come by these days, and there's a long line outside the factory every day. To get their hands on fertilizer, they have to ask him to come to our place for dinner."
"There's a Meihao clothing store on Gongren Road. All the clothes are from Guangzhou, and some even from Hong Kong. They're really trendy. Do you want to go check it out with me on one of our days off?"
…
Liu Mianmian had never eaten staff meals in a Western restaurant before, but later she became familiar with her colleagues and occasionally went to the restaurant early to eat and chat with everyone.
Just like today, she enjoyed listening to these gossips as a side dish.
"By the way, Sister Liu, when you were off duty yesterday, the first sister from the 'Street Office' who arranged a blind date for you came to see you and told you to go back to the family compound when you are free because she has something urgent to discuss with you." Tian Miaomiao remembered and said to Liu Mianmian.
The "street office" was truly bizarre, and the people at the restaurant were deeply impressed by him. Yet, he himself was oblivious to the situation, choosing this South City's fanciest and most expensive restaurant for every blind date. He had no idea the restaurant staff had already ranked his blind dates one, two, three, four, and five, calling them "Sufferer Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5."
"Okay, got it. Thank you, Miaomiao."
Liu Mianmian wondered whether she and Jiang Hongmei were not very familiar with each other. What could have happened that could make Jiang Hongmei run so far to find her?
I have to go to work in the evening, so time is a bit tight for a trip in the afternoon. If something really happens to Jiang Hongmei, I won’t have time to deal with it.
It just so happened that the part-time pianist had something to do on Sunday, so she switched shifts with her and would not be working tomorrow.
But she still had to go to the hospital with Shen Weizhou tomorrow. Ever since she secretly complained, the elders had been urging Shen Weizhou every day, and he probably couldn't stand it anymore, so he finally decided to go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow.
Before going to bed that night, Liu Mianmian and Shen Weizhou discussed: "Jiang Hongmei said there was something urgent, but I don't know what it is. How about I go to the military factory tomorrow morning and then go to the hospital with you when I come back?"
Shen Weizhou was leaning against the bedside reading a book. Hearing this, he said, "I'll go with you. The military hospital is in that direction."
Liu Mianmian gently rubbed the cream on her face. Looking at his tall figure of over 1.8 meters leaning against the wall, she felt a sense of grievance and couldn't help but secretly curl the corners of her mouth.
Although she was embarrassed last time, she took the opportunity to ask to "change beds" to the outside, and he agreed without saying a word.
From then on, she no longer had to worry about how to "climb mountains and cross rivers" to return to her own half of the bed.
Perhaps in order to avoid the embarrassment of "climbing mountains and crossing rivers", Shen Weizhuo washed up and went to bed early every day, and moved his bedtime reading directly from the desk to the bed.
Every time she saw him leaning against the head of the bed to read, Liu Mianmian felt a little embarrassed for occupying someone else's position, but more of a secret joy.
However, Liu Mianmian couldn't tell what she was secretly happy about.
After not hearing her say anything for a while, Shen Weizhou looked up at her: "Hmm?"
Liu Mianmian suppressed the corners of her mouth and nodded seriously: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Shen Weizhou's eyes fell on the corner of her mouth and nodded: "Then go to bed early." He put away the book and put it on the bedside table, then very consciously retreated to his half of the bed and lay down.
Looking at his extremely natural movements, Liu Mianmian couldn't help but wonder, they had never even held hands, so why did they act so naturally like an old married couple, as if they were going to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary tomorrow?
However, when she stood downstairs of the military factory's family compound the next day and saw Engineer Wang, who lived on the third floor, being chased from the third floor to the first floor by his lover waving a broom, Liu Mianmian immediately came to her senses and felt that she was overthinking.
Look, this is an old couple who are about to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary.
At most, she and Shen Weizhuo were short-term roommates who treated each other with respect.
Everyone in the building craned their necks to watch the excitement. Jiang Hongmei also poked her head out from the second-floor railing. Seeing Liu Mianmian and Shen Weizhou, she immediately shouted, "I'll be down now!"
Running down to the bottom of the building, Jiang Hongmei motioned for Liu Mianmian to follow her. She led her to the empty space behind the building before she said, "If you hadn't come today, I was planning to meet you at the western restaurant this afternoon."
"The day before yesterday, a man named Yu Guoliang came looking for you. I happened to run into him at the gate of the family compound. He said he was your brother from the countryside, and he came with the villagers to buy fertilizer, and he also brought you some things. He also said that his family had sent you things and wrote you letters before, but never received a reply from you. He was surprised to hear that you were getting married, and asked why you didn't send them a letter. Attending the wedding banquet was secondary, but at least he should give them some dowry or something."
In the past, Jiang Hongmei would not care about these affairs of the Liu family.
But Liu Mianmian helped her last time, and she felt that Liu Mianmian was not like what was said in the family compound, and she was not the kind of person who would deny her adoptive parents who lived in the countryside and worked as farmers because her biological parents were workers in the city.
"Comrade Yu said they have to queue up at the fertilizer factory every day and don't have time to come over. Since I'm free anyway, I agreed to help deliver a message to you." Jiang Hongmei asked Liu Mianmian, "Is this man your brother?"
Liu Mianmian frowned and nodded: "Yes."
However, in the original owner's memory, her adoptive parents wanted her to be exchanged for a wife for their son. After she returned to the city, they had not contacted her and did not care whether she lived or died.
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