Chapter 284: “my Wife Always Smells So Good”
Meng Jiusi had heard about Qian Bao almost getting into trouble before, and it wasn’t strange that Zhaozhao saw the culprit and got furious.
“This time it’s fine, I won’t write to father and mother, but if there’s a next time…” He curled his lip in threat.
Deceitful!
Lin Zhao looked at him incredulously, exclaiming, “Youngest brother, you’re almost thirty! How can you still complain?!”
“Wasn’t it you who said that no matter how old, they’re still father and mother’s child?” Meng Jiusi softly retorted.
He glanced lightly at Lin Zhao, “I said it, do you have any opinion?”
Lin Zhao quickly shook her head, “No no no!”
“Youngest brother is father and mother’s darling, your words carry a lot of weight, I wouldn’t dare have any opinion.”
Meng Jiusi reached out and lightly flicked her forehead, “Even more mischievous than Yu Baoheng Bao.”
Seeing this, Yu Bao hurriedly protected her, saying, “Uncle, don’t hit my mommy’s head, my mommy just felt dizzy!”
“Yeah yeah, my mommy was so dizzy she couldn’t walk, it was my daddy who carried her onto the train.” Heng Bao said casually.
Sun Yeli couldn’t hold back, “Pfft…”
Lin Zhao: “…”
“Gu Zhiheng, you talk too much!” she said angrily.
She would sooner or later teach this loose-tongued Er Zai a lesson.
Heng Bao looked innocent, “What did I do? I didn’t say anything wrong, why is mommy angry?”
Gu Chenghuai patted his son’s head, “Go go go, you’re the one who talks a lot, go tidy your own room, don’t expect me to help you.”
Heng Bao made a funny face, “Mao Dan’er and the others will help us, brother and I don’t need your help.”
He pulled Yu Bao and the others toward their room, muttering, “Such a domineering adult!”
Gu Chenghuai didn’t indulge him, following up with, “Such a chatty little friend.”
Heng Bao turned back to look at daddy, his eyes full of grievance.
“Daddy!” he accused, “You’re an adult, how can you bully little friends?”
“Didn’t you say you’re a big friend?” Gu Chenghuai looked at him leisurely.
“In front of daddy and mommy, I’m a little friend. Daddy can’t bully us!” Heng Bao argued reasonably.
Gu Chenghuai didn’t say anything more.
Heng Bao walked lightly as if he had won.
Sun Yeli found it really amusing, “Your two treasures are really clever.”
His words didn’t hide the envy.
“Envy huh?” Gu Chenghuai turned his head to look at him, “If you envy, go on blind dates, join those social gatherings, get married early, and you’ll have them too…”
Sun Yeli covered his ears.
Don’t listen don’t listen, it’s like a turtle chanting scriptures.
“You get busy first, I’ll head out.” He gave a thumbs up and nodded toward the door.
“Thanks for the trouble today, I’ll treat you to a meal another day.” Gu Chenghuai thumped his shoulder.
“I’m waiting.” Sun Yeli replied, said goodbye to Lin Zhao and Meng Jiusi, then left.
Knowing that group of gossipy guys were waiting for news from him, he deliberately walked very slowly, completely unlike a soldier’s walking speed, it would be bad if he stepped on ants on the road.
As Sun Yeli was walking, two figures jumped out from behind a thick tree, extremely agile, one on each side hugging his arms.
“You did it on purpose, right! Knowing we were waiting, you walked so slowly on purpose!” one of them said.
The other was hot-tempered, asking, “Did you see the battalion commander’s family and their twins? How are they?!”
Sun Yeli slapped the arms of his two comrades that were like iron rods, coughed, “Let go! Let go! You two fools, do you want to strangle me?!”
The two young men quickly let go.
“Speak quickly, or we’ll strangle you again!” the hot-tempered one said.
“Old Gu’s family… you’ll know when you see them.” Sun Yeli teased a little, before the two comrades could get anxious, he added, “The twins are as Old Gu said, clever and filial, very likable.”
“When can we see the two treasures? Did the battalion commander say?” The two young men were extremely curious about Gu Chenghuai’s family and children, asking impatiently.
“Wait, they sat on the train for several days, they need to rest.” Sun Yeli said.
“…Fine.”
…
Gu Chenghuai placed the freshly brewed brown sugar water on the table, asking Meng Jiusi who was packing the medicine box, “Is Zhaozhao’s wound okay?”
“It’s fine.” Meng Jiusi said, “The medicine was applied diligently, no inflammation, healing well, a few more days and she can move freely, watch her these few days!”
Gu Chenghuai nodded, “I will.”
Lin Zhao: “…”
She wasn’t a child.
Gu Chenghuai turned to look at his wife, curving a faint smile, “You lost a lot of blood, drink some brown sugar water to replenish.”
“Wait till it’s cooled.” Lin Zhao said casually.
She sized up Gu Chenghuai, the man subconsciously straightened his shoulders. What was Zhaozhao looking at him for? Did she think he was even more handsome?!
“You’ve gotten darker.” Lin Zhao said.
Gu Chenghuai: “…”
Always stating blunt truths.
And fourth brother-in-law, can you mock people less obviously?
“Training under the sun every day, impossible not to get dark.”
Lin Zhao’s watery eyes swept over the man, smiling sweetly, “Still so handsome!”
Hearing this, Gu Chenghuai was slightly stunned, corners of his mouth unconsciously lifting.
“Gu Chenghuai, I want to take a bath.” Lin Zhao stated her need.
“I’ll go boil water.” Gu Chenghuai headed to the kitchen without a word, even forgetting to remind his wife to be careful with the wound.
Meng Jiusi stared at his brother-in-law’s back of the head, a speechless expression on his face.
He had to tell Lin Zhao himself, “You can bathe, but keep your arm dry.”
Lin Zhao glanced at her well-bandaged arm, nodded, “Got it. Can I walk now?”
“…Go ahead.” Meng Jiusi waved his hand, carried the medicine box back to the main house, and put it in the cabinet.
He introduced to Lin Zhao, “This is your and Chenghuai’s room. The medicine box is under the cabinet, your wound still needs medicine, remember to apply it.”
“Got it.” Lin Zhao agreed.
She looked around the room, original wood color double bed, covered with peony bed sheet, two pillows placed side by side, large double wardrobe, also new, but no smell. Dressing table with drawers, a large mirror on the surface, pull open the drawer, several boxes of cold cream and pretty hair ties and hairpins. Curtains a bit dopamine style, spliced from fabrics of different colors, irregularly pretty…
Move-in ready with luggage.
“All prepared.” Lin Zhao said in surprise.
She didn’t expect Gu Chenghuai to do this much, she had heard the man mention it, but she thought he prepared things like bed and cabinet, curtains, table, even water bottle, etc., she’d have to do them herself, her man was too thorough.
“Hearing you were coming, he was so excited, every day besides training he was buying things.” Meng Jiusi said slowly.
“Fool, what was the rush, didn’t know to wait for me to tidy.” Lin Zhao felt sweeter than drinking brown sugar water inside, but said.
Meng Jiusi looked at her smiling face, paused for a few seconds, shook his head.
Contradictory Lin Zhao treasure.
Lin Zhao didn’t know what youngest brother was thinking inside, otherwise she would explode.
“Rest well, this afternoon have Chenghuai take you to my place, I’ll host a welcome for you.”
Lin Zhao readily agreed, “Is there meat?”
“Yes. Everything you like to eat.”
Lin Zhao’s eyes curved in a smile, “Then I’ll go.”
Meng Jiusi smiled, then left. Knowing the two sons were excited, he didn’t call the children, letting them stay.
After looking around their own room, Lin Zhao feared she’d lie down uncontrollably, walked out to the little ones’ room.
Yu Baoheng Bao lay sideways on the bed head to head, feet touching feet, swinging their little feet, even more relaxed and lively than at home.
“Gu Yu Bao, Gu Heng Bao, have you bathed and changed clothes? You two are lying on the bed, so dirty, you two dirty kids!” Lin Zhao said with a headache.
The two little friends quickly sat up, slipped off the bed, smoothed the bed sheet with small hands, then placed hands in front, as obedient as could be.
Covering their ears while stealing the bell to the end.
“Mommy, our room is exactly the same as at home, no need to worry about insomnia at night.” Yu Bao blinked his black eyes, saying seriously.
Lin Zhao knew her son was changing the subject, but didn’t argue, using the chance to say, “Good, then you two sleep by yourselves tonight.”
On the train, these two said they were scared, took turns occupying her bed, making her back and waist ache every night, sleeping poorly.
If Yu Bao and Heng Bao knew she thought this, they’d probably cry feeling wronged, back ache wasn’t their fault, they didn’t sleep comfortably alone either.
Yu Bao wanted to sleep with mommy, but… glanced at Mao Dan’er and others, suppressed the thought with difficulty, raised his voice, “…Good! Heng Bao and I sleep by ourselves anyway!”
Heng Bao originally wanted to act cute, but hearing brother defect, glanced at him, said sullenly, “Okay.”
Lin Zhao looked at the little ones’ aggrieved little faces, couldn’t help laughing.
“Zhaozhao, hot water is ready, you can bathe.” Gu Chenghuai’s voice came from outside.
“Coming.” Lin Zhao responded, warned the two cubs again, “No bath no change of clothes, not allowed on the bed.”
Then looked at Mao Dan’er and others, “Mao Dan’er, Momo, you two watch Yu Baoheng Bao for me.”
The two big friends stood straight, “We will.”
Xiao Bai hesitated two seconds, obediently raised his hand, “Little aunt, what about me?”
Lin Zhao was melted by the fair tender little friend.
“You, wait till you’re a bit older, little aunt will assign you tasks, now, go eat small biscuits.” Her voice unconsciously softened.
“Yu Baoheng Bao, you two divide the things we brought, remember to wash hands before eating.”
After arranging everything properly, she turned and left the room.
“What were you saying inside, how long till you came out?” Gu Chenghuai asked casually, spreading out the cotton-linen light gray long skirt in his hand.
“How’s this skirt? Wear it after bathing?” He asked his wife’s opinion.
The skirt was bought by him, also washed, unsure if wife would like it, of course he had to ask.
Lin Zhao reached out to touch, the fabric strangely soft, definitely comfortable for home wear.
“Sure, feels very comfortable, you bought it for me?”
Gu Chenghuai saw Zhaozhao liked it, his suspended heart settled.
His stern black eyes without smile rippled with gentle laughter.
“Afraid you didn’t have spare clothes, so had some made.”
The clothes added to the wardrobe were all made by skilled villagers based on Zhaozhao’s measurements, all in his wife’s favorite style.
Lin Zhao cupped his face, rubbed a few times, eyes like holding a handful of bright starlight, tone light and upbeat, “Gu Commander, how are you so good~~”
Gu Chenghuai let her do it, thinking of her arm wound, carefully pulled down her arm, “Careful not to reopen the wound.”
Seeing Zhaozhao dissatisfied with his response, he lowered his head and restrainedly pecked her lips, voice husky, “Aren’t you feeling uncomfortable all over? Go bathe quickly, be careful with the wound.”
Lin Zhao licked her lips, eyes dazzlingly bright.
“Ow!”
Took the home skirt and towel into the bathroom.
Gu Chenghuai chuckled lowly.
Days with wife and sons around the warm kang were truly wonderful.
What to do? Zhaozhao just arrived, and he already couldn’t bear to let her leave.
“Daddy…” Heng Bao called his dad, first call, no response, second and third, still no response.
“Daddy!!” The little friend emphasized.
Gu Chenghuai came back to senses, looked down at him.
Heng Bao hugged his chest, tilted his head dissatisfied looking at him.
“What’s up?” Gu Chenghuai frowned.
“Daddy, why didn’t you respond just now, I called you several times!” Heng Bao said loudly.
“Oh, I didn’t hear.” His dad said flatly, then asked, “What did you want?”
“Where are our family’s scissors, mommy told me to divide the biscuits, I can’t untie the sack!” Heng Bao remembered the matter, said troubled.
“I’ll go look.” Gu Chenghuai walked toward where the luggage was.
Luggage laid flat on the table, the kids must have tried something, jagged small tear at sack mouth, looked like bitten by a kitten.
“You used your mouth?” Gu Chenghuai looked at Heng Bao.
Heng Bao’s face reddened, stubbornly quibbling, “How do you know it was me, why not my brother?”
Gu Chenghuai glanced at Er Zai, said nothing.
Directly hands on, slight force, the thin rope tying the sack mouth broke.
He looked at the rope in hand, raised a brow.
Where did Zhaozhao get this rope, not thick but very sturdy, quite useful.
“Daddy, there’s one more!” Heng Bao urged.
“What’s the rush.” Gu Chenghuai pinched his son’s cheek, slowly untied the second one, yes, untied, no more brute force.
Heng Bao’s face hurt, bared teeth and backed away from dad, looking puffed up.
Gu Chenghuai put away the rope, carried the luggage back to the room, took out the things one by one, food temporarily on the table, clothes hung in the cabinet, Lin Zhao’s face cream bottles placed on the dressing table, saw the twins’ baby cream, smiled helplessly.
Was this visiting relatives? Why did it look like accompanying the army?
“You two put away your face cream yourselves.”
Yu Bao took it, properly put in the drawer.
Heng Bao’s eyes flashed, little face close to dad’s, very near, “Daddy, am I fairer?”
Gu Chenghuai really seriously looked a few times, said, “…Seems fairer.”
On second thought, the two boys hadn’t run around for days, cooped up on the train, impossible not to get fairer.
Heng Bao beamed.
“Aren’t you dividing biscuits, what are you standing there for?” Gu Chenghuai said, “Hurry, wait for your mommy to finish, I’ll take you two to bathe, haven’t bathed for days, you smell.”
The smile transferred from little friend Heng Bao’s face.
As if catching a handle, he said milkily fierce, “Fine, you say mommy smells, I’m telling mommy!”
After the threat, he rushed out.
Gu Chenghuai stretched long arm, grabbed his collar, pulled him back.
“Naughty kid, so young and dare frame people, want a lesson?” He scowled to scare his son.
Heng Bao wasn’t scared at all, still chattering, “You said we smell! Mommy same as us, you say me and brother, that’s saying mommy smells!”
Gu Chenghuai pinched his mouth.
“I’m saying you two smelly boys, my wife is always fragrant.”
