novelraw Chapter 252 It turns out they had a very good relationship.
Chapter 252 It turns out they had a very good relationship.
"You actually knew whether the person knocking on the door was male or female? How did you find out? Was it some kind of magic you practiced? That's amazing!" Li Chengsong became a curious child, asking a series of questions.
"Don't you care at all who's outside the door?"
"Knowing my wife was here, he still came to bother us. He's obviously clueless!"
Seeing no response from inside, the person outside knocked on the door a few more times and called out loudly, "Brother Li, my mom made some dumplings and wanted to bring some over. Could you open the door?"
"It's Political Commissar Gu's daughter, Gu Wenqian, from the cultural troupe. Political Commissar Gu asked her to deliver things to me twice before. Honey, I haven't really spoken much with her!"
"It's okay, I'll go open the door. Someone delivered dumplings today, so we won't eat at the cafeteria!" Tong Yuheng happily went out of the house, crossed the yard, and opened the outer gate.
"Hello! I am Tong Yuheng, Li Chengsong's wife. He is inside. Please come in!" Tong Yuheng greeted her warmly.
"Oh! Hello, sister-in-law! Hehe, I didn't expect you to be so young! My name is Gu Wenqian, and I work in the cultural troupe!" Gu Wenqian mustered her courage again and followed her into the house.
"Chen Song, it's Comrade Gu who's brought dumplings! We're in for a treat today!" Tong Yuheng called out loudly into the house.
"Hello, Comrade Xiao Gu. Thank you for thinking of us, sister-in-law. My wife is here, so please don't trouble her to keep bringing me food." Li Chengsong politely refused her request to bring food under this pretext in the future, and even deliberately raised his seniority.
He was partners with Political Commissar Gu, and was more than ten years older than this girl. It wouldn't be unreasonable for her to call him "uncle"! He always called Gu Wenqian "Comrade Gu," but next time he came, he would call her "niece"!
Tong Yuheng: You'd rather be called old, but I don't! This little girl is obsessed with strong men and good looks; she just needs a little guidance!
Gu Wenqian would occasionally come to deliver things, using her mother's name. Li Chensong would often pretend he wasn't home, or sneak out through the side gate of the back courtyard to avoid seeing her. If she delivered things to his office, she couldn't go upstairs at all; the security guards would stop her. He would even give any good food directly to his security guards.
He had thanked Commander Gu for this, and said that he could cook and ate in the canteen most of the time, so there was no need to trouble his wife. Commander Gu, of course, understood his meaning and also knew his wife and daughter's plans; he had already told them not to have any designs on Li Chengsong!
Division Commander Gu was also transferred here later, and he thought highly of this newly arrived deputy brigade commander; the man's abilities were undeniable. He had never met Li Chengsong's lover, and he couldn't find anything about Tong Yuheng's information—it was top secret—which told him she was definitely not an ordinary person!
I heard that Li Chengsong's wife will be coming to join him in the military in the next few days. He specifically told his daughter not to be so oblivious as to wander around in front of the young couple.
Her daughter wasn't so obedient. Gu Wenqian was nineteen years old, young and beautiful, with such a good family background; suitors lined up to pursue her, but she didn't fancy a single one!
When Li Chengsong arrived to report for duty, he stood tall and straight, with a handsome face and a vigorous and heroic air about him!
Gu Wenqian took a liking to this person at first sight. He looked to be in his early twenties. She never expected that he would be her father's partner, a high-ranking officer who was only half a rank below her father!
He's so young, he must not be married, right? When she got home, she asked her father, who told her that Li Chengsong was already thirty-two years old and married, and that she shouldn't have any designs on him.
In the past six months, Li Chengsong had only been to Gu's house once when they invited a few of his colleagues to dinner. Since then, Gu Wenqian had been sending meals to Li Chengsong under the guise of her mother, but he always avoided them or gave them to his bodyguards.
Because Yuheng wasn't around, he didn't ask for housing and stayed in the dormitory, taking a single room. Some of his comrades' wives asked him what his wife did, but since Tong Yuheng was still trapped in the barrier at that time, he could only say that his wife was temporarily unemployed at home and might come to join the army in a while.
His wife seemed to hear his thoughts; after they came out of the barrier, she discussed with him wanting to stay together for a while and also wanted to have a child. He was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night, and the next day he went to apply for housing. He specifically chose an empty house with a small yard.
Because the building housing the senior officers had been secured with an additional layer of security, he was worried that Tong Yuheng might find it bothersome. Besides, all the senior officers, except for him, were in their forties or fifties, and he was afraid that the age gap between Yuheng and their families would be too large, leading to a generation gap and communication difficulties.
After arriving at the house, he moved in with some simple belongings, lit a kang (heated brick bed), and repainted the entire house. He even specially found pink paint to paint the bedroom pink!
Tong Yuheng: Do you really treat me like a little princess? Or is this just preparation for having a daughter in the future?
Li Chengsong: The previous owner of the house moved out before the new year, having transferred to civilian life. His two mischievous sons had drawn all over the house, and my wife, who loves cleanliness, couldn't stand it. It had to be repainted!
Now that spring is in full bloom, Tong Yuheng has finished arranging her work and informed Li Chengsong that she was coming over! Unexpectedly, on her very first day, one of her husband's admirers came to provoke her!
"Little Gu hasn't eaten yet, has she? Why don't you join us for some? It's almost lunchtime!" Tong Yuheng said politely when she saw that Little Gu had put down the dumplings and showed no sign of leaving.
"Not yet... then I'll have to bother you!" Gu Wenqian actually agreed, and Li Chen thought to himself, "I've never seen anyone so clueless."
"You two sit and chat, I'll go get a couple of dishes, they'll be ready soon." Li Chengsong prepared two dishes that Tong Yuheng liked, not too many, and also asked the guard to get two dishes from the canteen, plus dumplings, which made for a decent lunch.
"Sister-in-law, aren't you cooking?" Her father never went into the kitchen.
"Whoever in our family is free cooks. But Chen Song likes to cook my favorite dishes, so he spends more time in the kitchen." During the years they were overseas, Li Chen Song would always cook delicious meals for her during the limited time they could spend together, which became the warmest and happiest time between them in their memories.
However, when Gu Wenqian heard this, it felt like a knife had been plunged into her heart! So their relationship was actually very good; Brother Li's wife wasn't some old and ugly woman sent down to the countryside after all! This thought made her feel a little dispirited.
Soon the food was served, and Li Chengsong first put two bites of his wife's favorite dish on his plate: "Try it, has my cooking gotten worse?"
"Mmm, delicious! It tastes just like before!" Tong Yuheng praised after taking a bite. "Xiao Gu, pick up your chopsticks!"