Su Ting had a lukewarm reaction to He Dongchuan shaving his beard, but He Yan was just the opposite. He was very happy to see his father become younger and more handsome. Before going home, he even took his father for a stroll in front of his friends.

He no longer stole glances at his father's chin or openly showed his disdain, and as a result, the father and son were finally able to have a good chat before going to bed at night.

The content of the chat basically revolved around Su Ting.

It’s not that He Dongchuan cares much about his newlywed wife, but he mainly wants to know from his son how Su Ting and He Yan got along during the time when he was away from home.

Although he noticed that He Yan was very close to Su Ting during dinner, and guessed that they got along well, he did not want to make a decision too arbitrarily when it came to He Yan, and wanted to hear his son's specific thoughts on Su Ting.

It would be best if they got along well, but if not, or if Su Ting said one thing to his face and another behind his back, then he could only consider sending He Yan back to the capital.

In fact, He Dongchuan had not planned to bring He Yan to Pingchuan Island so early. Although he married Su Ting, he did not have a good impression of her and could not completely trust her. But after his mother persuaded him for a long time, he had to change his mind and bring the child over.

Cheng Xiaoman asked him to take the child to her side mainly for two reasons.

First, she knew that there was no emotional foundation between her son and Su Ting, and thought that having a child would provide a buffer if there were any conflicts between them. She also knew her son well, and as long as Su Ting treated He Yan well, he would not remain indifferent.

Second, He Yan is such a sensible kid that it makes people feel distressed.

When they talked on the phone two years ago, he would often ask his father when he would come back, but maybe he had been disappointed too many times, or maybe he knew that his father was busy with work and couldn't come back often, so he hasn't asked such questions for a long time and no longer says he misses his father.

But Cheng Xiaoman knew that he missed his father. Every time the neighbors took their children to play in the yard, He Yan would secretly look out the window, his eyes full of envy.

This is also the main reason why Cheng Xiaoman urged her son to find another one in the past two years. Once he gets married, he can arrange for her to follow the army, and then he can take He Yan over, and the relationship between father and son can slowly improve.

So as soon as the marriage was confirmed, Cheng Xiaoman mentioned this matter to He Dongchuan. In her opinion, this matter should be done as soon as possible.

However, He Dongchuan did not ask how Su Ting was doing, but asked He Yan if anything had happened at home during this period.

He Yan immediately thought of Su Ting's change, but he liked her the way she was now, and it wasn't a big deal, so he shook his head and said, "Nothing happened?"

He Dongchuan noticed his pause and asked, "Really?"

He Yan lay on the bed, tilting his head to look at his father with a confused expression on his face.

"What were you hesitating about just now?" He Dongchuan reminded him, and before He Yan could speak, he said, "Dad is busy with work and can't be with you every moment, but when I'm away, I'm always thinking about you, so Dad hopes that if you have anything to say, you can tell me directly, so that Dad can be more assured when he goes out in the future."

Although He Yan did not fully understand what He Dongchuan said, he was not stupid. He could tell that his father was worried about him. After thinking for a while, he said, "I think my mother seems to have changed."

Just by hearing these words, He Dongchuan knew that He Yan had also changed - he had never heard him call her "Mom" before he went on the mission.

But this also indirectly reflects that Su Ting is very good to He Yan, otherwise, with his personality, he would not change his words so quickly and call him so smoothly.

So He Dongchuan asked in a gentle tone: "What has changed about her?"

He Yan turned over, crawled forward on the bed, climbed to the position close to He Dongchuan's shoulder, put his hands to his mouth, and whispered in his father's ear: "I think Mom likes me now."

He Dongchuan: “…”

He felt that his son had become narcissistic.

…

Su Ting opened her eyes and turned her head to look at the curtains hanging on the window.

The curtains were dark blue, without any patterns, not very pretty, and not thick enough to block out much light. She had always disliked the curtains since she had worn them, thinking they were neither pretty nor practical.

But no matter how disliked they were, they had to be used. In that era, cloth coupons were needed to buy cloth, and having curtains was a symbol of a wealthy family. Many families used waste paper shells to cover their windows.

Looking at the light reflected on the curtains, Su Ting estimated that it was getting late. She reached out for the watch on the dressing table and squinted at it in the dim light.

Sure enough, it was already 7:20.

Su Ting put down her watch, rubbed her eyes, turned over and sat up. In the dim light, she picked up the shirt and skirt that were hanging at the end of the bed last night and put them on. Then she opened the curtains, walked around the bed, opened the door and walked out.

It was bright outside.

The door of the next room was open. Su Ting took a look inside. The quilt on the bed was folded like tofu blocks. It was obviously the work of He Dongchuan. He Yan, like her, didn't like to fold the quilt.

There was no one inside or outside the house. I wondered if He Dongchuan had gone to the camp.

Su Ting thought about it, walked into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, squeezed toothpaste, collected water, brushed her teeth and washed her face.

After washing her face, Su Ting was twisting the towel when she heard footsteps outside. She quickly twisted the towel to wipe her face and took a half step back to look outside.

I didn't see anyone, so I asked, "Are you back?"

He Dongchuan responded: "Yes."

Su Ting wiped her face, put the towel in the basin and rubbed it briefly, then wrung it dry, hung it on the rope and walked out.

He Dongchuan was putting food on the dining table. When he saw her coming out, he turned his left hand and waved the aluminum lunch box in his hand: "I bought breakfast and brought it back. You can eat it."

Su Ting nodded, but her eyes were fixed on his military uniform.

He was still wearing the blue-gray military uniform today, but the material was much lighter and thinner, like a summer outfit.

In Su Ting's opinion, the color of the military uniform is a bit dull, and it is easy to look old without good looks. But he is good-looking, and after shaving his beard, he looks less shabby and looks very energetic.

Su Ting's admiration for He Dongchuan stopped here. She suddenly realized that her idea was very dangerous. Her eyes quickly slid down from his face and finally landed on his right hand.

In his hands he held a few ropes with a silvery-white sea fish and a few crabs tied up in a knot.

Su Ting tried to find a topic to talk about, "Did you go to the seafood supply station?"

"I'll go for a walk." He Dongchuan said as he put down the lunch box and walked past Su Ting to take the fish and crabs into the kitchen.

Su Ting said "oh" and walked to the dining table to open the lunch boxes one by one.

There were two lunch boxes, one of which was stuffed with two steamed buns and two steamed breads, which were slightly deformed by the lid because they were large. The second lunch box was filled with three-fresh noodles.

Su Ting turned around and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

“No.”

No wonder, she said that she was alone and he couldn't buy so much food.

But there was a lot of food in these two lunch boxes. Looking at how much he ate yesterday, Su Ting suspected that there must be more. She didn't know whether he didn't eat enough last night and was actually eating a lot, or whether he had a misunderstanding about her appetite.

Su Ting put down her lunch box and walked into the master bedroom while undoing the braid she had tied last night. But as soon as she reached the dressing table, she stopped.

etc!

Just now...did He Dongchuan see that her hair was all blown up while she was sleeping?

Su Ting couldn't help but cover her face, but then she changed her mind and realized that it was okay for He Dongchuan to see her embarrassing appearance just now. Even if she performed perfectly in every way, according to the original plot, the probability of him falling in love with her was not high.

As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, Su Ting's heart skipped a beat. She keenly realized that her idea was a bit dangerous.

All I can say is that looks are too damaging to those who love beauty.

Yesterday she thought it wouldn't be a problem to keep calm in the next three years, but today she couldn't help but think about all sorts of things.

Su Ting sighed, then cheered herself up, unscrewed the cap of the vanishing cream, put a little on the palm of her hand with her fingers, emulsified it, and applied it to her face.

As she wiped, Su Ting's movements gradually slowed down and she began to admire herself in the mirror.

The face in the mirror was 80% to 90% similar to her in her previous life, except that she looked younger, with fair and smooth skin. More importantly, there was not a single wrinkle on her face. This was probably the only benefit of traveling through time.

With her good looks, she doesn't look ugly even with her hair frizzy, and she even has a kind of casual lazy beauty.

Su Ting was touching her face, and before she knew it, she met He Dongchuan's eyes through the mirror as he walked to the door. She immediately turned from touching her face to covering her face.

He Dongchuan asked calmly: "You don't want to eat breakfast?"

After all, she had been a social animal for so many years. Although she was full of narcissism and embarrassment at being caught, under the hypnosis of the Ah Q mentality of "If you don't tell me, I can pretend that this thing never happened", Su Ting quickly calmed down: "I'll come out to eat after I tie my hair up."

But as soon as she finished speaking, Su Ting wanted to bite off her tongue. Why was she lifting her hair for no reason?

Fortunately, He Dongchuan didn't pay much attention to his hair and just urged him, "Hurry up, the breakfast is getting cold."

Su Ting responded and quickly unbraided her hair, divided it into two halves, combed it smoothly and tied it into two thick, black and shiny new braids, which she then tied with a hair tie.

After tying her hair into a braid, Su Ting did not stay in the room any longer. She went out and sat at the dining table, picked up a pickled vegetable bun and took a bite.

Seeing this, He Dongchuan pushed the lunch box in front of him, which still had half of the noodles left, and said, "There are still noodles."

Su Ting was silent for a moment, and said honestly: "...I don't eat noodles."

"Huh?" He Dongchuan looked up in surprise. Noodles are a good thing these days and few people don't like to eat them.

Su Ting hesitated and said, "I just don't like it. I prefer rice noodles."

He Dongchuan knew that people in Hu Province often ate rice noodles, but he had seen them eat noodles twice before at the Su family's house, and from what they said, the main reason they ate less rice noodles was that wheat was not grown in the area and the countryside did not have the same supply as in the city, not because they did not like it.

But he really didn't know whether Su Ting liked to eat or not. Although the two of them were quickly married, he didn't really understand her thoughts at the time, so he could only say, "Eat a few bites at least."

Su Ting refused: "I really don't like it. I can't swallow it."

Su Ting not only disliked noodles, she also disliked steamed buns. She didn't touch any of them. She only ate one and a half buns and couldn't finish the remaining half.

The last lunch box of noodles, two steamed buns and half a dumpling all went into He Dongchuan's stomach, so much so that Su Ting kept watching him eat during the second half of breakfast.

Su Ting felt that He Dongchuan's stomach was like a bottomless pit. Not to mention the bowl of noodles, which weighed at least 4 taels, and the steamed buns weighed 1 tael each. He ate 6.5 taels of staple food for breakfast!

What’s more important is that even though he ate so much, he didn’t get fat at all!

Envy and jealousy.

After this breakfast, He Dongchuan had a new understanding of Su Ting's picky eating habits.

What surprised him even more was that even though she ate so little every day, she still had some meat on her body.

I admire you.