In the teaching office, several female teachers gathered together to chat.
"Something happened at Teacher He's house."
"Which teacher He?"
"As for Xiaozhan's boyfriend, they were talking about marriage—"
"Ah? What about her then?"
Ye Fangjing said at the side: "What can we do? He has nothing to do with the He family anymore. Teacher Zhan has already found someone else."
"Zhan Aiping is beautiful, educated and smart, and many people like her. Her new partner is her childhood sweetheart. Oh, it's really enviable. They grew up together, know each other very well, and the two families are very familiar with each other. Why don't I have a childhood sweetheart?" Ye Fangjing said enviously. She felt that Zhan Aiping had made a good change of partner. It was better to marry into a family that she had known since childhood than to marry into a troubled family.
"Really? Childhood sweethearts."
Chen Jiabao interrupted, "I don't think it's a good idea. Zhan Aiping's new boyfriend is a soldier. I can tell he's not a cultured person. He's completely different from Teacher He. She must have made a random choice out of second choice."
"When a woman marries, it's like being reborn a second time. She can't just marry randomly. They grew up together, but there's been no romance for so many years. How can anything good come of them getting together randomly now?"
"You women, who doesn't like a handsome, educated, and romantic guy? Even though I'm a man, I understand the twists and turns here."
Zhang Yi, a female teacher nearby, chimed in: "That's true. Soldiers are probably fat and rough."
"What do you mean by fat head and big ears? Don't say that." Ye Fangjing glared at her and said, "He has a good background, a family of old revolutionaries, and he is the child of a leader. He is not an ordinary soldier, he is an officer."
"So what? The conditions sound so good. They haven't been able to be a couple before. There must be something seriously wrong with this guy. If nothing else, he must be ugly."
Chen Jiabao agreed very much: "He is not just ugly, he is just good at family and work. Men who rely on their parents are not reliable at all."
Chen Jiabao had always been jealous of Zhan Aiping next door for finding a partner with better conditions. However, when something happened to the He family, she was fine and even found a partner with even better conditions.
How is this possible
"I've seen people marrying the son of a factory director before. Is this factory director's son that good? He's ugly and short. He's just lucky to have a good father."
"Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, wait and see at our wedding banquet."
Ye Fangjing glared at them with disdain: "Why don't you expect others to do you a favor?"
Zhang Yi rolled his eyes: "Ye Fangjing, why are you speaking for Zhan Aiping recently? I just can't stand her. She is fickle. Just now it was the He family, and now it's someone else. How shameless."
Zhang Yi married badly and was bullied by her mother-in-law. Before, when Zhan Aiping was about to get married, the mother-in-law of the He family was also very powerful. Zhan Aiping dared to confront her family head-on. People around her laughed at her: Why don’t you learn from Zhan Aiping? You act like a bullied little wife, complaining to everyone everywhere.
"She married better than you!"
Zhang Yi was laughed at, and he hated Zhan Aiping instead. He hated people who had things and laughed at people who had nothing, and he just wanted to see the fun in her.
Ye Fangjing chuckled, "You are shameless. You are just jealous that Zhan Aiping got married well. Even though she lost this family, she still has a devoted childhood sweetheart brother waiting to snatch her away."
"Whether he's a childhood sweetheart or a piggy, we'll know when we meet. Ye Fangjing, let's make a bet. If the guy is ugly, you have to give me all your salary, meal tickets and meat tickets for next month."
Ye Fangjing was stunned. A month's salary, meal tickets and meat tickets were not a small amount of money. If she really lost, she would have to live a hard life.
"What's wrong? You don't dare to gamble anymore." Zhang Yi was very proud when he saw her expression.
Ye Fangjing was furious: "Let's bet, I'll bet with you! If you lose, give me all your money."
"Okay."
Chen Jiabao said from the side: "Wait, I'll come and join in the fun, I'm on Teacher Zhang's side."
"Teacher Xiaoye, we'll leave you a few dollars to live on when the time comes."
Zhang Yi was smiling smugly at the side. She didn't care whether they won or lost the bet, because they would definitely win. Didn't Ye Fangjing have a good relationship with Zhan Aiping? If Zhan Aiping knew that they had bet on her man and Ye Fangjing had lost, she would be sick to death facing that ugly "pig horse" at home.
She just wanted to make things difficult for Zhan Aiping. Why could she marry the son of a leader's family after having a falling out with the He family
*
Ye Fangjing was so anxious that she made a bet on impulse. She felt very disappointed. She also guessed that Zhan Aiping, her "childhood sweetheart", was just average looking. She hoped that he was not too ugly.
Lose the battle but not the personal defeat.
Without waiting for the wedding banquet, Ye Fangjing went to find Zhan Aiping with a dead heart to face the truth in advance.
When she found Zhan Aiping, Zhan Aiping was giving acupuncture to a female teacher in the activity room. The teacher was pregnant and had severe morning sickness, which seriously affected her life. She had tried many methods, but none of them worked. The teacher couldn't hold on any longer and was about to have an abortion. When Zhan Aiping saw this, she suggested that she try Chinese medicine.
After giving her acupuncture once, the teacher felt much better. Zhan Aiping took care of her for another two days. Today, she gave her acupuncture again, and the two sat and chatted.
"I didn't expect that you, Teacher Zhan, also know Chinese medicine."
"I learned some basic knowledge of Chinese medicine from the old military doctor in our yard."
"Is Chinese medicine's pulse diagnosis really useful?"
"It is useful, but not that useful. It still depends on observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation." To be a good doctor, one must have good eyesight, be meticulous and observe carefully.
Zhan Aiping chatted with the female teacher for a few words, and then Ye Fangjing came. The female teacher said hello and left. Ye Fangjing looked at Zhan Aiping. She was shy and couldn't speak for a long time.
"Just say whatever you want to say, or I'll give you two injections." Zhan Aiping held three needles between her fingers and waved them towards Ye Fangjing.
Ye Fangjing's heart trembled: "Put it away quickly, put it away quickly, don't scare me."
"Teacher Xiaozhan, you, you, it's you—" Ye Fangjing pushed her with her elbow: "Do you have that, photos?"
Zhan Aiping was puzzled: "What photos?"
Ye Fangjing lowered her head and twisted the hem of her clothes: "I just want to see your infatuated childhood sweetheart."
Zhan Aiping was stunned: "What?!"
A lovelorn childhood sweetheart
"What else could it be? Just your childhood sweetheart."
Zhan Aiping: “Puff—”
She never imagined in her life that Gu Sheng would have a relationship with her "infatuated childhood sweetheart".
Oh my god, this is so horrible, it's a ghost story.
"Stop laughing and take a look."
Zhan Aiping couldn't help laughing: "The date is coming soon, why are you still looking at photos? Just see it with your own eyes when the time comes."
"No, Teacher Zhan, I'm sorry." Ye Fangjing hesitantly told Zhang Yi and the others about the bet she had made.
Zhan Aiping thought to herself, you guys are really too idle. You have nothing to do after eating, and yet you still want to make a bet.
"Don't worry, my childhood sweetheart, my childhood sweetheart, he has no other advantages. He only has one advantage, which is his good-looking face."
If he was not good-looking, Zhan Aiping would not have instigated his younger sister to call him "sister". When Gu Sheng was young, this face could really fool a few girls. Even though he got older, he did not shrink in height and was still a handsome old man with long legs.
Ye Fangjing: “…”
This man has only one advantage—he has a good-looking face
Wouldn’t that make him a gigolo
Teacher Zhan is so amazing, and she wants to marry a gigolo
"Just wait and collect your food coupons. Let them bleed and then give me half of it." If they dare to bet with her man, she can't let them bet in vain.
"Okay!" Ye Fangjing was very excited.
*
"Mom, my sister is really crazy. She is crazy. She is crazy."
"Oh my God, I heard that it was my sister who said it herself, saying that Gu Sheng had liked her since he was a child and would not marry anyone else but her." Zhan Aija really thought that Zhan Aiping was crazy, completely crazy. What was the point of her telling such a big lie
"Who would believe this if I tell others?" Before Zhan Aijia could finish her words, she noticed that her mother's hands had stopped moving. She looked back and saw Zhan Aiping standing by the door.
Zhan Aiping said calmly: "Go on, keep talking."
Zhan Aijia: “…”
"Gu Laowu and I grew up together. If he doesn't like me, how could he like you?" Zhan Aiping glanced at her sideways with amusement, her tone full of sarcasm.
"Zhan Aijia, you stole his photo from me before. Could it be that you like him? That's a pity. He is your future good brother-in-law."
Zhan Aiping sneered as she said this: "I'm warning you for the last time, Zhan Aijia, you'd better keep your hands and eyes under control. Gu Sheng is my man, your brother-in-law. If you dare to look at him for more than two seconds, be careful or I'll dig your eyeballs out."
Zhan Aija was completely stunned.
After Zhan Aiping finished speaking, she found it quite funny and almost made herself laugh. Her sarcastic tone really made her sound like a female villain in a TV drama. To be honest, it felt quite refreshing to say it like that.
Crazy, crazy, really crazy.
Zhan Aijia stared blankly at Zhan Aiping's back. Why could she speak so confidently? Did Gu Sheng really like her since childhood? And he wanted to marry her? Was Gu Sheng an infatuated childhood sweetheart
How is this possible
Zhan Aiping is just waiting to be embarrassed. No matter how beautiful the lie is, it is still a lie after all. She is just waiting to be embarrassed on the wedding day!
*
On the day of the wedding banquet, Zhan Aiping got up very early and rushed to the place where she and Gu Sheng had agreed to meet. Although they had not been in contact since then, she knew that this guy would not break his promise.
Sure enough, under the gloomy sky, Zhan Aiping saw a tall figure.
It snowed last night and now it's clear, but there's still a thin layer of snow on the ground. Not only is the sky grey, but the roofs and roads covered by the thin snow are also grey. Occasionally a bird flies by, and the sound of Phoenix bicycles passing by makes a clanging sound.
Zhan Aiping was wearing an old military uniform. Although it was called old, she had never worn it before and it was the first time she wore it today. She had a hat on her head, and even though her clothes were dyed dark gray by the shadows around her, the red star on her head was shining in the shadows.
In the dim morning light, although the man's face could not be seen clearly, the dim light and shadow outlined his figure vividly. The light around him was grayish white, and his figure was black. The outline of his hat brim, the outline of his nose bridge, and the outline of his lips all formed a winding line. He stood straight, like a statue, or like a flag standing there fluttering in the wind.
Zhan Aiping looked at him quietly for a while, and suddenly her mind recalled how he looked when he carried the flag before. She trotted to his side and made a gesture to him. Gu Sheng naturally returned the gesture to her.
They looked at each other.
Gu Sheng: “…”
Zhan Aiping: “…” Really, it’s just like the meeting between two underground party members in the old society.
Zhan Aiping also said, "Don't you think we are like two underground party members meeting?"
Gu Sheng glanced at her and asked, "Wearing this, for the joint?"
Zhan Aiping: “…”
"Don't you have this?"
Gu Sheng: “…”
Gu Sheng sneered: "Then we will be arrested."
Zhan Aiping: "It's such a happy day, don't say such depressing words, slap yourself in the face."
"What happy occasion? Tell me."
"Ahem—" Zhan Aiping cleared her throat: "Comrade Zhan Aiping now announces that from now on, the two-person strategic alliance underground party group jointly formed by Comrade Zhan Aiping and Comrade Gu Sheng has been officially established in Shanghai."
Gu Sheng: "Would you like to burn some incense to celebrate?"
Zhan Aiping: "Have a cigarette."
This comrade had better have a cigarette and calm down.
Gu Sheng really took out a cigarette, and Zhan Aiping lit it with a match. Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes and looked at her: "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so attentive."
Zhan Aiping blinked her eyes: "I just want to remind Comrade Gu that it would be better to claim his identity first."
Gu Sheng blew out a smoke ring: "You say."
"Well, I've already told people that Gu Sheng has liked me since childhood and he wants to marry me." Zhan Aiping explained the past in a calm and calm tone, "They said you are my childhood sweetheart who lives next door. Comrade Gu, please always remember your identity as an underground party member and don't expose it."
Gu Sheng opened his eyes wide, staring at her, looking down at her: "Zhan Aiping, are you crazy? I have liked you since childhood? I will marry you only?"
"You're dreaming!"
Zhan Aiping looked up at him, not afraid of his gaze at all. She raised her hand and poked his chest, saying, "If you don't give me a betrothal gift or hand over my salary, I will do all the housework. Is this pie in the sky? You get such a beautiful wife for free?"
"You're dreaming!"
Gu Sheng: “…”
Zhan Aiping: “…”
The two glared at each other for ten seconds, and finally Zhan Aiping decided to appease the team members first, "Comrade Gu, think carefully, your good days are still ahead."
Gu Sheng: “…” Why does this sound so weird
"Okay." Gu Sheng put out the cigarette in his hand. He put his hands on Zhan Aiping's shoulders and lowered his body, with his nose against hers. The two were very close, and their breaths intertwined.
Zhan Aiping smelled the scent of tobacco on him.
"I have liked you since I was a child, and I will not marry anyone else but you. I am your infatuated childhood sweetheart who lives next door—" After saying that, Gu Sheng sneered, and then kissed those cherry red lips.
It's more like a bite than a kiss.
In the past, he felt disgusted no matter how he thought about two strangers putting their lips together and eating each other's saliva. But when he actually bit those lips, he did not feel the disgust he had expected. He just felt that they were very soft, and as if she had candy in her mouth, inexplicably sweet.
Let him subconsciously plunder that sweet fragrance.
The kiss didn't last long. The two separated and each looked at the sky, neither of them looking at the other.
Gu Sheng cleared his throat: "Comrade Zhan, as a member of the underground party group, you must be prepared to sacrifice your body at any time."
Zhan Aiping: “…” This is not some underground party, this is just a PLA actor.
"I hope Comrade Gu will also have this awareness."
They are an old married couple anyway.
Zhan Aiping thought there was nothing to be shy about, so she took the initiative to step forward, took Gu Sheng's hand, snuggled up to him, and acted intimately.
Gu Sheng's body stiffened: "..."
His hands stiffly rested on her slender waist and he found that her waist was as soft as her lips.
Gu Sheng's scalp tingled and he turned his head to look at the clouds in the sky. He was glad that Zhan Aiping was holding his right hand at this moment, because the area under his left ear was already red and burning.
Oops, he suddenly realized that his brother was quite feminine.
(End of this chapter)