Chapter 296: His Desire
Chapter 296: Chapter 296: His Desire
Su Zhaozhao was busy in the kitchen. Watching the gentle way she moved, Xie Huaizheng felt a current of warmth flow through his heart.
Then, Xie Huaizheng walked up to Su Zhaozhao, reached out, and carefully wrapped his arms around her.
Su Zhaozhao had known for a while that Xie Huaizheng was awake, so she wasn’t startled when he appeared behind her and hugged her.
She simply turned her body to look at Xie Huaizheng. "You’re awake? Did you sleep well?"
"Mhm, very well," Xie Huaizheng said in a low voice.
Hearing the lazy, just-woken-up tone in his voice, Su Zhaozhao said to him, "Why don’t you go wait outside? I’ll be done soon."
"I want to watch you," Xie Huaizheng said.
The main thing was, they had been apart for a month. For Xie Huaizheng, even a single day of separation felt like a year, let alone such a long time.
But there was nothing to be done about it.
So now, he cherished this time of reunion, which felt sweeter than a honeymoon.
But the kitchen wasn’t large to begin with, and with Xie Huaizheng’s tall frame in it, Su Zhaozhao felt it was especially cramped.
Su Zhaozhao turned and glanced at him. "You should go. I can’t get anything done with you in here."
With such a big guy standing there like a statue, Su Zhaozhao felt genuinely flustered.
Hearing this, Xie Huaizheng chuckled. "Alright then, I’ll wait for you."
Although Xie Huaizheng left the kitchen, he deliberately picked a spot where he could see inside and watched Su Zhaozhao intently.
Even if it was just her back, he could sit quietly and watch for a very, very long time.
Xie Huaizheng suddenly thought, ’Maybe I should go buy a camera.’
’That way, I can capture moments with Zhaozhao from time to time.’
’My wife is so beautiful, so of course, I have to take tons of photos to remember this.’
’I’ll buy one when I go back to Beijing. I have to capture all of Su Zhaozhao’s beauty.’
Soon, Su Zhaozhao finished cooking. Xie Huaizheng went over to carry the dishes to the table, and once everything was set, the table was full of food.
Su Zhaozhao deliberately got a large bowl to fill with rice for Xie Huaizheng.
She said to him, "Honey, you probably haven’t been eating well recently, have you? Here, eat up."
"Mhm, don’t worry about me. I’m already used to it."
This wasn’t the first time he’d been on a mission. When they were out on training exercises, they all subsisted on dry rations.
He was long used to it.
But at this moment, looking at the table laden with delicious food, Xie Huaizheng was still filled with emotion.
Previously, after finishing a mission, he would either go to Liu Guocheng’s place for a free meal, eat by himself in the canteen, or go out to a restaurant with a few comrades.
But now, when he came home after a mission, there was someone to cook a full spread of food for him.
And he knew that Su Zhaozhao was very worried about him.
Xie Huaizheng picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and placed it in Su Zhaozhao’s bowl. He said to her, "Zhaozhao, you should eat more. Why do I get the feeling you’ve lost some weight recently? Have you not been eating properly?"
The man’s brows furrowed. He took a careful look at Su Zhaozhao.
Seeing her sharp, delicate chin, he couldn’t help but frown.
In his eyes, Su Zhaozhao looked far too thin right now.
She was already slender, but now her face looked even smaller.
He thought about how Su Zhaozhao had been all alone recently. Although he had asked Zhou Xiaoyun and Wang Anning to look after her, she couldn’t possibly go to their homes for dinner every day.
’When she was alone, did she just eat whatever?’
Su Zhaozhao thought for a moment. When she was by herself, her cooking was indeed a bit more casual. She wasn’t a big meat-eater, so she’d basically have meat for lunch and none for dinner, or she’d just whip up a bowl of noodles or a plate of dumplings to get by. It was just another simple meal.
Besides, her appetite wasn’t very big to begin with.
Most of the time, she only ate more when she was eating with others.
"I’ve been on a diet! Do you think I’ve lost weight? That just means my diet was a success!" Su Zhaozhao said to Xie Huaizheng with a grin.
But even though she said that, Xie Huaizheng wasn’t happy.
He put a lot of meat in Su Zhaozhao’s bowl. "Eat more. You worked so hard cooking. And, for the next little while, you’re going to eat more. I’ll be supervising. The weather is so cold now, it’s the perfect time to store up some fat to stay warm. What if you get sick from dieting?"
This was also what Xie Huaizheng was worried about. Being too thin wasn’t healthy, and in such cold weather, it would be easy to get sick.
This was West State. It wasn’t like Jiang City, where even in the coldest part of winter, the wind didn’t feel like it was cutting you with knives.
But in West State, the wind was full of sand and very dry. When it blew, it felt like your face would crack.
Especially with a face like Su Zhaozhao’s—so fair and delicate.
But looking at Su Zhaozhao’s face now, it seemed to be fine, no different from before.
Xie Huaizheng sometimes found Su Zhaozhao quite strange. Her skin was so delicate that even the slightest pressure would leave a mark.
Yet the winter wind here was bone-chilling, and still, her skin remained just as delicate.
This girl of his was as soft as water, but sometimes, Xie Huaizheng could also sense a certain resilience in her.
Faced with Xie Huaizheng’s concern, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but smile. "Alright, alright, I’ll eat a little more."
Xie Huaizheng urged her on, and Su Zhaozhao really had no way to refuse.
She ate two whole bowls of meat before finally putting down her chopsticks.
Seeing that Su Zhaozhao had eaten it all, Xie Huaizheng was finally satisfied.
After dinner, Xie Huaizheng took care of the dishes and cleaning up while Su Zhaozhao went to take a shower.
When she came out, Su Zhaozhao saw Xie Huaizheng sitting on the edge of the bed, his eyes sparkling as he watched her.
In those dark eyes was a palpable craving.
Su Zhaozhao immediately knew what the man was thinking.
"Didn’t you just take a nap? You want to go to sleep already, this early?"
She pretended not to understand him.
A slight smile played on Xie Huaizheng’s thin lips. He reached out and pulled Su Zhaozhao into his arms.
"Zhaozhao, you know what I want."
The man’s voice was hoarse and deep, strained from suppressing his desire.
His arm wrapped around Su Zhaozhao’s waist. Feeling the softness of her body, the fire in his heart instantly spread through his entire being.
He desired Su Zhaozhao so much, it felt like his body was about to explode.
All the longing from their time apart coalesced, at this very moment, into a single kiss.
Xie Huaizheng adjusted Su Zhaozhao’s position, settling her onto his lap to face him directly.
Then he leaned in and kissed her lips.
The kiss, as tempestuous as a violent storm, left Su Zhaozhao dizzy and breathless.
The feeling of suffocation, along with the man’s cool, pine-like scent, nearly overwhelmed her.