It was late at night, and Chen Xingling tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
Gu Qi, who was soundly asleep, noticed her and reached out for her hand in a daze.
"Xing'er...?"
Chen Xingling turned sideways and looked at the outline of his lover's handsome face in the darkness.
"I...can't sleep."
Gu Qi opened his eyes and reached out to stroke her cheek.
"Are you still scared?"
Chen Xingling smiled bitterly and explained, "Every time I close my eyes, my mind is filled with the scene of Hu Zi being taken away by that crazy woman. My heart is in knots, and I feel uncomfortable and scared."
Gu Qi frowned, came over and hugged her in front of him.
"No, Tiger is fine."
Chen Xingling leaned against his flat, firm chest, staring blankly without saying a word.
Gu Qi stroked her short hair and whispered, "Don't force yourself if you can't sleep. Let's chat together."
"No need." Chen Xingling played with his Adam's apple and laughed softly: "I'm not, I just need some time to adjust."
Gu Qi leaned down slightly and kissed the back of her hand.
"You are so brave today. Huzi is lucky to have a mother who fights for him. He should be proud to have a mother like you."
"You're not scared by me, are you?" Chen Xingling asked with a smile.
Gu Qi shook his head: "I was a little scared at first, worried that you would suffer. In the past few days, Guo Jiayue has pushed and insulted several children. They saw that she was like crazy, and they were all very scared. I heard that a mother who went to the kindergarten to pick up her child was scared by her and fell off the bike. Her leg was seriously injured. When I heard the news, I immediately ran downstairs, worried that you would be in trouble."
The crazy woman had long lost her sanity, and the workers living in the factory were all worried about their own safety. He only reminded his wife not to let the children enter the factory, but forgot to remind her that Guo Jiayue was already crazy.
"Fortunately you didn't..." Gu Qi whispered softly.
Chen Xingling leaned against his shoulder and asked in a low voice: "If I was beaten or injured, what would you do? She is a woman, and you, a grown man, would not fight with her, right?"
"Men can't hit women." Gu Qi said calmly: "But as a husband, I must protect my wife and children. If she hurts you, I will never show mercy to her."
Chen Xingling couldn't help but ask: "Beat her?"
"No need to fight, just kick her away." Gu Qi whispered, "Even if you are not injured now, I will not let her go."
Chen Xingling laughed softly and hugged his arm.
"With you around, I feel safe. When I encounter bad things, there is someone to share the burden with me and to carry it with me."
"This is how a couple should behave." Gu Qi said gently, "If you have to shoulder everything by yourself, and you have to work hard at home and outside, then what use is there for me? A husband and wife are one, and the husband should be more responsible for the family than the wife."
Chen Xingling laughed and started joking.
"If we continue to live in different places, when the day comes when I can't stand my mother-in-law anymore, I might take little Tiger and run away, abandoning my husband but not my son."
"I can't bear to be separated from you forever." Gu Qi stroked her back and whispered, "I always... miss you a lot."
Chen Xingling pinched his slightly red ears and asked, "Then tell me - what would you do if I was forced to stay in my hometown?"
"Then I will try to go back earlier." Gu Qi said sincerely: "If you stay in your hometown for the sake of your children and the elderly, then I will find a way to transfer back earlier."
Chen Xingling was stunned, remembering that in the original book, Gu Qi had indeed been trying to find ways to transfer back to his hometown, but unfortunately the shipyard refused to let him transfer, until finally he had to apply for early retirement.
He was not just talking empty words, he really wanted to be reunited with his wife and children as soon as possible.
Chen Xingling's heart moved freely, and she raised her neck and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"Fortunately..."
Gu Qi's eyes flickered slightly, and he embraced her slender waist emotionally.
Chen Xingling held his chin and said coquettishly, "Not tonight! These few days are my ovulation period."
Ever since she had recovered from her illness, he, who was young and energetic, had been pestering her a lot. But now she had to study and start a business, so she really didn't have the time to have another baby.
Gu Qi took a deep breath and pushed her away a little.
"…Then go to sleep first."
Chen Xingling's naughty little hands gently pinched the soft flesh on his waist, and asked with a sweet smile: "What's wrong? Has your self-control ability declined?"
"Stop it." Gu Qi turned aside, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and whispered lovingly, "I have always had good self-control, but you are the one who always breaks the rules and causes trouble."
She has such a strong ability to stir up trouble that no matter how good your self-control is, you can't stand her teasing.
Chen Xingling chuckled.
Gu Qi took another deep breath and closed his eyes.
"We are still young, so we can have one or two more children after you graduate. It is extremely harmful to a woman's body to abort a child after she becomes pregnant, so it is better to avoid it as much as possible. No, I will just bear with it."
Chen Xingling tried hard to hold back her laughter, and said in a deliberately coquettish voice: "Oh~~ Thank you for your hard work~~"
"Stop talking... go to sleep!" Gu Qi moved away again and again, avoiding the door in embarrassment.
Chen Xingling hugged the thin blanket and laughed.
…
The next morning, the family of three slept until seven o'clock.
Chen Xingling had just finished washing his face when he heard someone calling the door outside. He hurriedly dropped his towel and went downstairs.
"Girl Chen! Girl Chen!"
——It’s Uncle Liao who is here!
On his arm was a ragged basket, in which were a handful of green beans and a few small taro covered in mud.
Chen Xingling invited him into the house, and he casually took out a wad of money from the broken basket and handed it to her.
"The first installment is 3,000 yuan. Please count it for me."
Chen Xingling was stunned for a moment, then he started smiling.
"Ginger is still the best when it's old!"
Three thousand yuan is a huge sum of money. It is too big to put in a pocket, and it is easy to arouse suspicion if you hold it in your hand wrapped in cloth. When you go to the market to buy vegetables, you can just put it in the basket and take it. No one will suspect anything.
Uncle Liao laughed and said, "Hurry up, I'm in a hurry to go home and eat taro sweet soup!"
Chen Xingling quickly counted the amount and confirmed that it was three thousand yuan. He ran to the study, wrote a receipt, wrote the date and signed it, and then handed it to Uncle Liao.
"Yeah." Uncle Liao put it away with confidence and said, "That's it! I'm leaving first! I'll be waiting for you to start work!"
Chen Xingling saw him off, turned around to collect the money, and then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
After a while, Xiaohuzi's classmate came to the gate and called him.
Little Huzi ran out to open the door, with his knees and elbows covered in red medicine, which scared all his classmates.
"Ah! Are you hurt?"
"How did you become like this?!"
Little Tiger said in a low voice: "I'm injured and can't go to school."
Gu Qi walked out quickly, stopped and rubbed his son's hair.
"Children, Yinmo is injured and can't go to school these two days. Please tell the teacher that he needs to take two days off."
Several children nodded one after another and ran away quickly.
Little Huzi felt very aggrieved as he watched his brothers leaving.
"Dad, is it too much to ask for two days off? I want to go to school tomorrow, right?"
Gu Qi smiled slightly and said, "If the wound is calloused and does not get inflamed, you should be able to go tomorrow. However, you can't move around today and you can't let the wound get wet, otherwise it won't heal that quickly."
"Oh oh." Little Tiger replied quickly.
At this time, a man came on a bicycle and rang the bell on purpose, making a loud and crisp sound!
"Uncle Liu!" Little Tiger shouted.
Gu Qi turned his handsome face and saw Liu Xinnian riding a brand new bicycle towards him, and raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Liu Xinnian braked and got out of the car, putting the bike aside.
"Huzi is really good! How could you recognize your uncle from such a long distance?"
"Yes!" Little Tiger answered crisply.
Liu Xinnian's handsome face was filled with a loving smile as he gently stroked little Tiger's cheek.
"Does the wound still hurt?"
Little Tiger shook his head: "It won't hurt after I wake up."
Gu Qi invited Liu Xinnian into the house and asked his wife to pour him some tea.
Liu Xinnian waved his hand and said, "Don't bother me. We all have to go to work soon. I'll make it short."
Gu Qi's face darkened and he said calmly, "Brother Liu, Lao Guo asked you to come over, right? There's no need to ask for mercy."
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