Chapter 174: Major Progress—Holding Hands
Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Major Progress—Holding Hands
Fu Xiaoxiao also curiously looked at Lu Chen, wanting to hear his answer.
"Just look at that bad guy next door! Doesn’t he bully Aunt Chen Xiu? What if you end up like him in the future?" Lu Chen blinked, eyes sizing up Lu Feng.
"...You brat, are you itching for trouble lately?" Lu Feng squinted his eyes dangerously.
Feeling Lu Feng’s murderous aura, Lu Chen threw himself into Fu Xiaoxiao’s arms. "I’m just saying ’what if’. My brother and I are so well-behaved, surely only you will make mom angry."
"Why aren’t you afraid of making me angry?" Lu Feng raised his eyebrow, only remembering that Fu Xiaoxiao would get mad, but what about him?
"...What happens if you’re angry?" Lu Chen blinked and asked.
"How about I treat you to bamboo shoots stir-fried with meat?" Lu Feng’s mouth curled into a mischievous smile.
"...Mom, what’s bamboo shoots stir-fried with meat? Is it tasty?" Lu Chen turned his head to Fu Xiaoxiao, feeling it should be delicious, but looking at his dad’s expression, it didn’t seem like it.
"Silly, it means spanking you with bamboo sticks." Lu Lin kindly explained Lu Chen’s confusion.
Lu Chen covered his little bum, he definitely didn’t want bamboo shoots stir-fried with meat.
"Heh." Lu Feng sneered.
"Good dad, you’re the best." Lu Chen hugged the neck of Lu Feng, who was driving, obediently flattering him.
"Heh, only now you know to butter me up? Too late." Lu Feng smirked, his mouth refusing to admit being swayed, but the smile in his eyes betrayed him.
Fu Xiaoxiao chuckled, seeing for the first time that Lu Feng could also playfully tease a child with such mischief.
"Good dad..." Lu Chen, afraid Lu Feng would really settle the score with him, hugged Lu Feng, snuggling and kissing.
As they drove on the familiar road, Fu Xiaoxiao watched as the army gate got closer. Returning to the base felt a bit novel.
The car slowly pulled up to the house, and just as Fu Xiaoxiao was about to open the door to get out, Lu Feng opened the car door first, holding her hand as she disembarked.
On the other side, Lu Lin and Lu Chen didn’t get such a treatment; Lu Feng led Fu Xiaoxiao down and then ignored them.
"What are you looking at? Jump out by yourself." Lu Lin had already jumped out of the car himself, looking back at Lu Chen, who was still inside, seemingly waiting to be carried, Lu Lin said teasingly.
Lu Chen huffed lightly. "I’ll jump out by myself then."
Saying that, he jumped down from the car himself, holding his clothes and strutting into the house with pride.
Fu Xiaoxiao opened the door, everything was still the way it was when she left. Lin Qiu came out of the house smiling, and upon seeing Fu Xiaoxiao, approached her.
"You’re back?" Lin Qiu smiled.
"Sister Lin Qiu, thank you for your hard work." Seeing her clean room, the quilt already aired out with a pleasant fragrance.
"You’re being too polite now, aren’t you?" Lin Qiu lightly patted Fu Xiaoxiao, as if there was no need to thank her for such a small matter.
"I brought back a lot of things; later let’s call Xiao Xue and Fu Cheng over, and have a gathering." Fu Xiaoxiao smiled.
"Okay." Lin Qiu nodded with a smile.
Lu Feng carried their stuff back to the room, taking a big sack to the kitchen.
"How’s it been these days?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked next door and asked.
"Are you talking about him? He really brought it on himself, making a mess out of a good home." Lin Qiu sneered, she just felt Li Si deserved it.
"After you took the kids away these past two days, he actually came back, but with no one waiting for him at home, making noise and wreaking havoc." Lin Qiu said slowly.
Even though Li Si allowed the children to go with their mother, his reputation in the army was tarnished. He redeemed a bit, but most people still gave him no face.
Bumping into walls everywhere in the army, Li Si could only vent his frustration at home.
Fu Xiaoxiao nodded. "He really deserves it."
Luckily, the kids’ situation is resolved; if he wants to act like a big shot, let him do so as much as he wants.
"Alright, enough about him. How are you and Fu Cheng doing?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Lin Qiu, more curious about their current progress.
"What progress could there be, just like this!" Speaking of Fu Cheng, Lin Qiu blushed and didn’t know what to say.
"Is this the progress you’re talking about? At what stage are you?" Fu Xiaoxiao asked curiously.
"The other day, he...he took the initiative to hold my hand." Lin Qiu lowered her head shyly, and Fu Xiaoxiao was taken aback.
Seeing Lin Qiu’s bashful and sweet expression, Fu Xiaoxiao thought they’d already gone further, but it was just holding hands, and it made her so happy?
Fu Xiaoxiao patted her own head, forgetting this was a pure era, for them, holding hands was indeed a big step.
"That’s really a big step." Fu Xiaoxiao nodded affirmatively.
"What about you and Lu Feng? What stage are you at?" Lin Qiu looked at Fu Xiaoxiao, full of curiosity.
"Uh..." Fu Xiaoxiao blushed, being asked like this did indeed feel a bit embarrassing. "Kiss...probably kissed."
Unexpectedly, Lin Qiu widened her eyes, looking at Fu Xiaoxiao in disbelief. "You guys are so bold, aren’t you afraid of getting pregnant?"
"Uh...huh?" Fu Xiaoxiao paused, feeling something was off.
Kissing? Lead to pregnancy?
"Sister Lin Qiu, you and that...haven’t slept together?" Fu Xiaoxiao looking at Lin Qiu’s confused expression, became more certain of her suspicion.
"With Liu Qiang? We slept together!" Lin Qiu patted Fu Xiaoxiao, laughing.
"How did you sleep?" Fu Xiaoxiao asked again.
"How else? Of course, on the same bed?" Lin Qiu thought for a moment. "Liu Qiang in one quilt, and myself in another."
"Is there anything wrong with that?" Seeing Fu Xiaoxiao’s complex expression, Lin Qiu hesitated, what’s wrong?
"Liu Qiang never kissed you? Never held your hand?" Fu Xiaoxiao thought her suspicion might be right.
"He would never touch me; he hates when I touch him, he hits me when I do." Lin Qiu shook her head.
Fu Xiaoxiao didn’t know what to say. After ten years, Liu Qiang and Lin Qiu hadn’t done anything? Just shared a quilt to sleep?
"My former mother-in-law scolded me all the time for not being able to have kids, but we slept in the same quilt! Just not sure what went wrong." Lin Qiu still felt wronged, having done everything as told, yet being blamed for not having kids was unfair to her.
Fu Xiaoxiao patted Lin Qiu. "It’s not your fault; really, it’s not your fault."
Liu Qiang must have a problem somewhere, but that’s good.
"I knew it wasn’t my fault." Lin Qiu smiled, hearing Fu Xiaoxiao’s words.
Fu Xiaoxiao nodded. "I’ll head to the kitchen to handle some ingredients; Sister Lin Qiu, you go pick some vegetables in the backyard."
"Alright." As Lin Qiu turned to the backyard, Fu Xiaoxiao turned away.
"Oh my gosh, really..."
She really didn’t know what to say anymore.
Who would’ve thought! Even after ten years of marriage, still a virgin, turns out there really are such ridiculous things!
"What’s wrong?" Lu Feng came to the kitchen to help. Seeing Fu Xiaoxiao’s complex expression, he couldn’t help but ask.
Fu Xiaoxiao shook her head. "Nothing, just feeling contemplative."
Lu Feng looked at Fu Xiaoxiao as she nodded and shook her head, looking very much in the moment, and found her extremely adorable.