He Minmin stood beside Wu Botian and said calmly, "You saw it."

"They have a very good relationship with each other."

Wu Botian glanced at He Minmin who was making sarcastic remarks, with an unpleasant expression on his face.

The two of them walked behind the crowd, following not too close but not too far away, and could hear the teasing and laughter of the crowd.

He Minmin had a calm expression on her face, but her eyes, which were carefully observing Wu Botian, revealed her nervousness at the moment.

They are classmates and she likes Wu Botian.

She was ecstatic when she was assigned to work in the same place. She thought that after having more opportunities to spend time together, the two of them would naturally develop feelings for each other. However, she did not expect that as soon as she arrived at the research institute, Wu Botian's attention was occupied by Jiang Tingxia.

He Minmin looked at Jiang Tingxia's back and sighed in her heart. She was too beautiful. It seemed that Wu Botian was bewitched by her good looks and he kept hanging around Jiang Tingxia all day long. Even though she finally reminded Wu Botian clearly that Jiang Tingxia was married, he still rushed in as if he didn't care.

He Minmin's words were like a poisoned knife pointing directly at Wu Botian's heart. She wanted to use the most direct expression to pull him out of the quagmire and make him sober.

"You heard what they said!"

He Minmin continued, "A man like her lover is a real man, a real hero. Jiang the Translator will not want him, but you!"

"That's impossible. Wake up."

Wu Botian clenched his fists. Jiang Tingxia’s lover pushed the door open and looked at him for a moment. He was almost frightened by his aura.

After that, he never dared to meet his eyes again and stood dejectedly in the crowd.

I thought Jiang the translator's lover was a rough guy, a soldier, a big and strong man with rude behavior and words, but I didn't expect it to be like that.

Not to mention other aspects of the man, his appearance and his pair of bright, sharp and alert eyes made him pale in comparison.

Wu Botian loosened his fists, but before he did anything, he felt that he had been completely defeated.

He Minmin saw Wu Botian's reaction and only hoped that after this incident, he would give up on Jiang Tingxia and stop hanging around her.

……

The sun outside the house slowly set. Jin Xiaobao came back, put down his schoolbag, and looked around the house. His uncle was cooking today.

He didn't find it strange because his uncle often did this job and he was used to it.

He just sat at the table for a long time. He finished today's homework and didn't see his aunt come home. He looked at the people in the room curiously.

No one asked about his aunt, and he was too embarrassed to ask.

His sister and younger sister were fiddling with balls of thread, and his uncle was cooking at the stove, but he looked a little absent-minded, cutting vegetables on the chopping board with his hands, but his eyes were misty and no one knew what he was thinking.

Li Changpu was cutting vegetables, thinking of how Jiang Tingxia was always happy when she talked about her new job these days. She also talked about the little things at work. She also said that the new students were very interesting and loved to tell jokes. Jiang Tingxia would tell them to him, but before she finished, she laughed again.

He now had doubts in his mind. He had always assumed that the person who loved to tell jokes and tease her was a girl, but now it seemed more likely that she was a man.

After cutting the cabbage, Li Changpu threw the kitchen knife away. Jin Xiaobao and Jin Xiaowen looked in surprise as the knife stabbed diagonally into the chopping board. The two children looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

Li Changpu had already prepared the rice. While waiting for the rice to simmer, he suddenly called Jin Xiaobao, "Xiaobao, go and call your aunt to come back for dinner."

Jin Xiaobao said "oh" and stood up from the stool and asked Li Changpu, "Where is my aunt? I'll go find her."

Jin Xiaowen blurted out, "My aunt said she's not at home today. She's having a party with her friends. Why are you still inviting her to dinner?"

Jin Xiaowen didn't think much about it, but Jiang Tingxia told her about this, and she thought her uncle didn't know about it, so she reminded him.

Li Changpu had no expression on his face and replied directly, "I can't find something, so I need to ask your aunt where she put it."

After hearing what Li Changpu said, Jin Xiaowen nodded. So that's how it is.

Jin Xiaobao stood beside Li Changpu, waiting for his uncle to answer his questions. After knowing where his aunt was, he ran errands to find her.

But Li Changpu did not answer. He looked at the steam rising from the black iron pot, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Forget it."

"Don't go."

He said to the children, "Eat."

……

When Jiang Tingxia came out of the research institute, it was already dark. The research institute was built a little far away from the family living area. She gathered her clothes and walked with several colleagues.

After walking a few steps, I heard some noise ahead.

Jiang Tingxia looked up and saw a familiar figure on the pitch-black road.

She looked at it and smiled.

A colleague who was walking with me said curiously, "There's someone in front."

"Who is it, still out here so late at night?"

Jiang Tingxia said, "I love you."

When everyone looked closely, they saw that the man was big and wearing a dark green uniform, which matched the image of Jiang Tingxia's lover they saw in the afternoon.

He seemed to be a cold person who never smiled, but he was actually so gentle and caring towards Jiang the translator.

Everyone cheered in joy.

"Your lover even came to pick you up."

She ignored their laughter, her heart had already flown to Li Changpu.

Jiang Tingxia took a step forward and said goodbye to everyone, "I'm leaving."

She walked towards Li Changpu with a cheerful step.

Jiang Tingxia asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"

She had a probing face, but Li Changpu refused to tell the truth and said stubbornly, "I came out for a walk to help digest my food."

Jiang Tingxia looked at him and said, "That's quite a coincidence."

"I just ran into you after the party."

Li Changpu stomped his frozen feet.

As luck would have it, he had been waiting for a long time, and just walked back and forth and sat down on the road she had to take to go home, pretending that it was a coincidence.

She came to Li Changpu's side and said, "The road is so dark, I don't dare to walk."

The two walked side by side on the road, and Li Changpu used a flashlight to light the way for Jiang Tingxia.

It was late at night and there were only two people on the road. It was quiet except for the occasional barking of dogs from people's homes on the roadside.

He finally couldn't help but pretend to ask casually, "What are you doing at the party?"

He added, "Why so late?"

Jiang Tingxia replied, "Listen to records and dance."

Li Changpu's flashlight shone under her feet, forming a round bright circle. Jiang Tingxia became playful. She stepped on the flashlight created by Li Changpu and danced, tapping her toes on the ground as she danced gracefully.

She was still not satisfied, so she held Li Changpu's arm with one hand and put her other hand on his waist, moving forward and backward towards him.

"Jump like this."

Li Changpu, who had been watching Jiang Tingxia playing with a gentle expression, suddenly opened his eyes wide when he heard this, "Hug each other! So intimate!"

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