When the car arrived at the entrance of the army, Lu Cheng's mood was up and down. There was even a moment when he didn't even have the courage to get off the car. Three years had passed, and nothing had happened in these three years. In fact, he knew that the thing he was thinking about would not happen. But he was still nervous, conflicted, and even afraid.
It was evening now, the sun had already set, and it was time for dinner.
Lu Cheng did not go home immediately, but turned around and went to find the soldier on guard.
"Captain Lu." The soldier saluted.
Lu Cheng nodded: "During the time I was on the mission, how was everything at home? Did anything happen?"
The soldier was the one who could see Lin Qingqing going to and from get off work every day, so he said, "No, Comrade Lin goes to and from get off work every day, and he looks energetic. Little Lu Haici also goes to school with his friends every day, and he is very well behaved."
Hearing this, Lu Cheng felt a little relieved. If Lin Qingqing could still go to get off work and come home every day, it meant that she was still herself. After confirming this, Lu Cheng couldn't wait to go home. He was just walking quickly at first, but as he walked, he started to run.
Behind Lu Cheng, the soldier watched Lu Cheng run and couldn't help but say to the person next to him: "Captain Lu is so good to Comrade Lin. The first thing he did when he came back from the mission was to show concern for Comrade Lin."
Another soldier said, "Comrade Lin is so good. If I had a wife like Comrade Lin, I would also care about her three times a day."
Soldier: "Why three times?"
Another soldier: "Morning, noon and night, three meals a day, exactly three times."
Lu Cheng hurried home, not even bothering to greet passers-by. At this moment, Lu Cheng had only one thought in his mind: he wanted to find Lin Qingqing, he wanted to see Lin Qingqing, he wanted to...
Lu Cheng stopped walking. He saw that the door to his yard was open and saw smoke coming out of the kitchen chimney. He thought, she is inside.
Lu Cheng walked over step by step, carefully and nervously. He walked to the kitchen door and saw Lin Qingqing at first glance. He looked behind the stove and said in a gentle voice he had never heard before: "I'm back." His heart was pounding as he said this. I'm back, we...
"Dad, you're back?" Suddenly, a little head popped out from behind the stove, and a child looked at him with happy eyes.
Lu Cheng: “…” He wanted to curse, “Where’s your mother?” All the joy and tenderness in his heart disappeared at this moment.
When Lu Haici heard his father ask this, he became unhappy: "Dad, why did you come back just now? Mom still has to fetch water every day, it's so hard."
Hearing this, Lu Cheng understood: "She went to fetch water?" Without waiting for Lu Haici's reply, Lu Cheng turned and ran. But he didn't run, because he saw Lin Qingqing carrying water and appeared at the gate of the yard. He looked at Lin Qingqing stupidly, his eyes locked on her tightly, and he even forgot to go forward to help fetch water.
"You're back?" Lin Qingqing also saw Lu Cheng, and there was deep joy in her eyes. Different from the usual joy and cheerfulness, this time... there was emotion.
"I… "
"Mom..." Lu Cheng was about to speak when he was interrupted. Then a little bastard slipped past him and said attentively, "Mom, you've worked hard. I'll help you." As he spoke, he ran to Lin Qingqing and carried water with her. He also glanced at his father, who had no tact at all.
Lu Cheng felt a headache. This child had been very clever since he was young, and he never forgot to put on trouble everywhere. But... puff... Lu Cheng laughed out loud. At this moment, all the worries and tensions were gone. It was still his familiar home, his familiar scene, his familiar son, and his familiar... girl.
Lu Cheng strode forward and took the bucket from his son and daughter-in-law: "I'll do it."
Lu Haici snorted and made a face. His father was really... so passive, he didn't look like a gay man at all.
Lu Cheng kicked him and said, "Go light the fire, don't get in the way." This was something he would never say before. But now, he said it confidently. While saying it, he didn't forget to look at Lin Qingqing.
Lin Qingqing: “…” Feeling a headache, “You just came back, why don’t you go and rest for a while? I’ll call you after dinner.”
"No, I'm not tired." Lu Cheng flatly refused. How could he take a rest? On the first day of being a couple, he had to behave himself well. Otherwise, what if he was disliked
Lin glanced at him gently and knew his character: "Then you can do whatever you want. I'll cook first."
Lu Haici returned to the kitchen and shouted, "Mom, the hot water is ready. I'll pour it into the kettle."
"Okay, Haici is still sensible." Lin Qingqing began to wash the vegetables, then looked at Lu Cheng, "Shall we make noodle soup tonight?"
Lu Cheng squatted beside her and washed the vegetables diligently: "It's up to you to decide."
Lin Qingqing was going to make vegetable and egg noodles. This was what she had planned. Now that Lu Cheng was back, she just washed some more vegetables. "Did the mission go smoothly? Did all the comrades return safely?" Lin Qingqing knew that she couldn't ask about the details of the mission, so she didn't ask.
Lu Cheng also knew that she was concerned about the safety of the comrades, so he said, "Everyone is fine, but two comrades were slightly injured. They will be fine after two days of recuperation."
Hearing this, Lin Qingqing felt relieved.
While washing vegetables, Lu Cheng looked at Lin Qingqing. He seemed to want to say something but never opened his mouth.
Lu Cheng squatted in front of Lin Qingqing, his eyes were direct and enthusiastic, but with a hint of forbearance. Lin Qingqing was so close to him that she naturally felt it. In fact, over the past three years, Lu Cheng's eyes had become more and more suppressed when he looked at her, and she naturally understood it. But today, his eyes became direct. "Do you have anything to say?" Lin Qingqing had a direct personality, and she felt a little helpless when he looked at her like that. Over the past three years, the two of them had always been very well-behaved and got along as friends. Now that the three-year agreement has passed, the constraints between the two of them naturally disappeared. So, they can get along frankly.
However, their relationship suddenly changed and both of them were a little shy.
Lu Cheng looked at her, his handsome face blushed a little: "I... I want to ask, what do you think about our relationship?"
Lin Qingqing: "What do you think?" Do you even need to ask this
Lu Cheng chuckled and then stood up: "Wait a minute." As he said that, he quickly walked into the house.
Lin raised his eyebrows gently and wondered, what is he going to do
But after a while, Lu Cheng came out, holding the tin box that he had given to Lin Qingqing three years ago: "Are you willing to accept it now?"
Lin Qingqing: “…”
Lu Cheng looked at her with a firm and serious look in his eyes: "Comrade Lin Qingqing, are you willing to be my revolutionary partner? I will listen to you in everything."
Lu Haici finished filling the water bottle and was speechless when he heard his father's words in the kitchen. He knew that his father and mother had been sleeping in separate rooms for the past three years, although he didn't quite understand it. But his mother said that if they slept together, they would have a little brother and sister, and she didn't want to have a little brother and sister so early. Although Lu Haici didn't understand what his mother meant, he always listened to her.
But, didn't his father always listen to his mother? Why did he say that now? Lu Haici didn't understand. He felt that adults were really hard to understand, not as easy to understand as children.
No, it’s not easy for children to understand either, like Chen Zhou. Sometimes he doesn’t understand him, and the look in his eyes when he looks at him is very complicated, more complicated than a math problem. But sometimes he is very easy to understand.
Lin Qingqing looked at his tin box. Three years ago, after they had made things clear, she returned the tin box to him. Later, he would give her half of his monthly salary for their living expenses, and she would also take out her own salary as the expenses for their cohabitation.
Lin Qingqing didn't take the tin box. Lu Cheng was a little nervous: "I... You can ask for anything, I will try my best to do it." Because of nervousness, his voice was a little incoherent.
Lin Qingqing took the tin box: "Then I will accept it for now. If you make me unhappy next time, I will still return it to you." She accepted the tin box and put it in her room, without forgetting to "threaten" him.
Lu Cheng stared at the room Lin Qingqing walked into, thoughtfully.
After dinner, Lin Qingqing packed up and took Lu Haici for a walk as usual. She asked Lu Cheng, "Are you going?" In the past, when Lu Cheng was not on a mission, he would go for a walk with them. Today, Lu Cheng had just returned from a mission, and Lin Qingqing thought that Lu Cheng might be too tired to go.
Sure enough, Lu Cheng's eyes flashed and he said, "I'm not going. I'll take a shower and go to bed later."
Lin Qingqing said: "Okay, you have a good rest."
Seeing Lin Qingqing taking Lu Cheng for a walk to help digestion, Lu Cheng immediately took action and moved all the things in his room to Lin Qingqing's room. Then he took a shower and slept on Lin Qingqing's bed. Lu Cheng was decisive by nature. Since three years had passed, his definition of himself had naturally changed. He had been thinking about this bed for three years, and now that he could sleep on it, how could he be willing to delay
Especially when he got on the bed and smelled the familiar scent, he fell asleep in a short while.
Lin Qingqing and Lu Haici came back from a walk of one and a half hours. Lin Qingqing said, "Haici, go take a shower first."
Lu Haici: "Mom, I know." He prepared some water and carried it into the bathroom, then went to the room to get some clean clothes. As a result, "Mom... Mom... Come quickly."
Lu Haici is eight years old this year. He sleeps in the same room with Lu Cheng, not like when he was a child, when he slept with Lin Qingqing. Now he went to get some clothes to change, but he was shocked to see the empty room.
There were originally two beds side by side, but now there is only one bed. There were originally two chests of drawers, but now there is only one. The big desk is gone, but Lu Haici's small desk is still there. The wardrobe is also gone. In short, only Lu Haici's things are left in this room.
When Lin Qingqing heard Lu Haici's cry, she hurried into the house and saw the situation inside. To be honest, she was also shocked.
"Mom, there won't be a thief in our house, right?" No matter how smart Lu Haici was, he didn't expect that this was his father's masterpiece because it happened too suddenly.
Lin Qingqing knew what was going on at a glance, and she immediately went to her room... **What's going on with that mass
"Mom... How could Dad do this?" Lu Haici also followed Lin Qingqing to her room. He was furious when he saw his father sleeping in bed.
Lin Qingqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Even though she knew that Lu Cheng had a resolute character, she didn't expect him to do such a thing. He just came back today, is he so impatient
Wait, Lu Cheng is doing this now, so he won't think about this and that at night, right? Will he be so anxious? Probably not, right
But... Lin Qingqing often sees various comments about men on the Internet, such as, it is not good for men to hold back all the time. No, Lu Cheng is 31 years old this year, and he has been holding back for 31 years.
Lin Qingqing quickly shook her head to get rid of these messy thoughts. "Then wake up your father and ask him to come over?"
Lu Haici actually wanted to sleep with his mother, but he also knew that boys cannot sleep with their mothers when they grow up. Ji Yang, Qin Ming, Chen Zhou, they all don't sleep with their mothers. But now, seeing his father sleeping in his mother's bed, he was very angry.
But after thinking about it, he said, "Mom, let Dad sleep here. I want a little brother and a little sister." Ji Yang's mother almost divorced Ji Yang's mother because she didn't give birth to a little brother and a little sister. He was also worried that his father would divorce his mother if his parents didn't give birth to a little brother or a little sister, so... Let Dad sleep in Mom's bed, so that if they give birth to a little brother or a little sister, they won't divorce.
Lu Haici, who had his own ideas, suddenly became happy again. As long as Dad and Mom didn't divorce, what was wrong with letting Dad sleep in Mom's bed? So, his eyes became excited, and he looked at his father as if he was looking at some "rare treasure".
Lu Cheng had just fallen asleep, but they had only been out for an hour and a half. He took a shower and moved things, which took some time, so Lu Cheng's sleep was still light. As soon as Lin Qingqing and Lu Haici came back, he woke up when he heard the noise. Then when he heard Lu Haici's words, his whole body tensed up. Now Lin Qingqing and Lu Haici were watching him at the door, and he didn't dare to move at all. When he heard Lin Qingqing asking Lu Haici to wake him up, he felt a little "desperate". This was really something an unfilial son would do.
Fortunately, the unfilial son had some conscience in the end and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Qingqing heard Lu Haici say this and said, "Then go take a shower." She was not nervous. Anyway, she had decided to be a real couple with Lu Cheng, so this was an inevitable experience. Although they had been friends for three years, it was also equivalent to a three-year platonic relationship. In these three years, the two understood, respected, and got to know each other. It seemed that they had wasted three years, but in fact, they had not wasted any time at all.
The premise of marriage is love, and love is a process of mutual understanding. They just fell in love after marriage, which is a rare experience for them.
Lin Qingqing had already made a decision about her future life, so she had a very good attitude.
But Lu Cheng didn't know that he was worried every day that she would leave in three years. For him, it was a rare surprise that she was still there after returning from a mission. So at this moment, he was very nervous, afraid that Lin Qingqing would kick him out. However, he had to take this step, otherwise who knows if he would continue like he did three years ago. As a gay man, he needed to take the initiative to take this step before Lin Qingqing. He took this step first, which meant that he would bear all the responsibilities.
"Mom, I'm going to take a bath." Lu Haici thought that he would soon have a little brother or sister, so he hummed a song as he took a bath. It was a military song. "One, two, three, four... One, two, three, four..."
Lin Qingqing listened to his off-key singing, which could even be a modern tune. She shook her head and walked into the room. Lin Qingqing walked to the bedside, looking at Lu Cheng sleeping soundly, and she whispered, "Lu Cheng..."
Lu Cheng closed his eyes tightly and would never open them even if he died.
Lin Qingqing: "Lu Cheng, I know you are awake." Not to mention that they only took a walk to digest their food for an hour and a half, even if it was two and a half hours, with Lu Cheng's keenness, he would definitely wake up with the noise they made when they came back. But now... This person is sleeping like a dead pig, it's obviously fake.
However, Lin Qingqing was not absolutely sure, she was just guessing. Seeing that Lu Cheng still didn't wake up, she didn't continue to call him, and pulled the blanket over to cover Lu Cheng. She was actually very clear that she didn't have that much pressure on their relationship. Maybe it was because she knew that she was in a book, but Lu Cheng was different. He didn't know that this was a world in the book, and his personality was also professional, so he had pressure on their relationship.
Lin Qingqing didn't want to be passive when he was under pressure. Since he took the initiative, she should respond. Lin Qingqing covered him with a blanket and then touched his face. It must be said that handsome men are easy to be liked and accepted by people.
There was another reason why she could accept Lu Cheng calmly, and that was the reason for Lu Cheng's marriage to the original owner, which made her accept it calmly. "Lu Cheng, you are very good-looking." She touched his angular face and then walked out of the room.
After she left the room, Lu Cheng suddenly opened his eyes. He patted his face. It was hot and definitely red. But he didn't know how red it was and whether she had noticed anything.
However, thinking of her actions and her words, he smiled silently again. He was not a fool, so he naturally understood why she acted like that.
The more Lu Cheng thought about it, the happier he felt. He couldn't help wanting to laugh out loud, but he tried hard to hold it back.
Half an hour later, Lin Qingqing came back from taking a shower. She closed the door, got on the bed and said, "Lu Cheng, are you awake?"
In response to her, Lu Cheng remained silent.
Lin lay down gently and sighed, "What a pity. I was originally thinking whether we should have our wedding night today."
Lu Cheng's ears twitched, and he told himself not to be fooled. If he "woke up" now, wouldn't that be telling her that he was not asleep
Lin Qingqing was a little disappointed when she saw that he still didn't move. However, the two of them were sleeping together at this moment, and Lin Qingqing was still a little excited. She was excited and nervous, but it was different from the nervousness three years ago. Three years ago, she was nervous because she was afraid that he would find something wrong. Now she was nervous, like a boyfriend and girlfriend going to bed for the first time.
But... this man had his back to her, and she looked at his back, and she seemed to be less nervous. But... Lin Qingqing narrowed her eyes and looked at the scars on his back, and her heart was gripped. This was the first time she looked at Lu Cheng's back, and she didn't know that there were such deep scars on his back.
Lin Qingqing couldn't help but reach out her hand and touch his scars. These should be knife scars or something like that. Lin Qingqing sighed, retracted her hand, turned around, and began to sleep with her back to Lu Cheng. However, it was still early and she couldn't sleep, but she felt very relieved to have someone by her side.
Just as she sighed, an arm stretched out from behind her and crossed her waist. "What are you sighing about?"
Lin Qingqing's heart skipped a beat. This was probably the feeling of a fluttering heart. "You're not pretending anymore?" Lin Qingqing asked nervously.
Although she had been very calm before, she became nervous when Lu Cheng suddenly approached her, and a little shy in her nervousness.
"You found out everything." Lu Cheng said, "How are you so smart?" He moved closer, but did nothing, just stayed close to her. It was the first time for him to do something like this. Although he had been fantasizing about it for three years and had done it many times in his dreams, it was the first time for him to do it in practice. He was still a little cautious, afraid that she would refuse.
"Thank you for the compliment." Lin Qingqing said.
Lu Cheng chuckled: "No prize, you are the most special person I have ever met."
Lin Qingqing continued: "Thank you so much." Really, he felt embarrassed by the praise.
Lu Cheng: "Gently..."
Hearing him suddenly call her name gently, Lin Qingqing's heartbeat, which had just calmed down, started again: "Hmm?"
Lu Cheng: "Are you willing to be my wife?"
Lin Qingqing was speechless: "Didn't you ask before dinner? I have already taken your tin box."
Lu Cheng said frankly: "I always feel dazed and don't want to believe what is happening now."
"That's easy. I'll prove it to you." Lin said gently, stretched out his hand, and pinched Lu Cheng's hand hard. As a result... There was no soft flesh on his arm, so he couldn't pinch it at all. "Your hand is so hard to pinch."
Lu Cheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm so sorry, how about you try another place?"
Lin Qingqing was not fooled: "I don't want it, I'm going to sleep."
Lu Cheng grabbed her hand and said, "Didn't you say that we would have our wedding night today? Why are we going to sleep now?"
Lin Qingqing wanted to curse: "When did I say that? You need evidence."
Lu Cheng: "... I just heard it with my own ears."
Lin Qingqing: "You can't provide evidence, so show us the evidence."
Lu Cheng was helpless, but he also knew her character: "Okay, I lied, I want to have a wedding night, is that okay?"
Lin Qingqing: "…" Where is the gentlemanly demeanor you've maintained for the past three years? After three years, are you acting like a hooligan now? Can you not change so quickly
In fact, Lu Cheng was also nervous. When he was nervous, he spoke without restraint, but Lin Qingqing didn't know it. However, seeing Lin Qingqing like this, Lu Cheng felt very tough: "Are you scared?"