Chapter 156: What, I Can’t Come Over?
Worried her mother would be concerned, Fu Mingxue immediately called back in a loud voice, "Mom, it’s me! I’m back."
Then, as she pushed open the main gate, she turned her head and shot the man beside her a fierce glare.
She then entered the courtyard.
The corner of Qin Wenhao’s mouth quirked up.
He didn’t really mind the glare she’d just given him.
He had excellent eyesight. Even with only the moonlight—he could still make out the expression on her face.
Still, that moment just now when he was standing behind her had been an accident.
He had thought a shadowy figure was lurking suspiciously by his gate and had crept closer to see what they were up to.
By the time he was behind her, he had already realized that the person was his young wife.
He was just about to back away and call out to her when she suddenly turned around.
’But why would his wife come to the military base?’
’Shouldn’t she be at Beijing University right now?’
’And she just called out for "Mom," so—did his mother-in-law come too?’
Suppressing the questions in his heart, he walked into the courtyard and closed the main gate behind him.
"Keep your voice down, my mom is—"
Before Fu Mingxue could finish what she was saying to Qin Wenhao, Mrs. Fu had already walked out of her room.
"Daughter, who were you just talking—" Before she could finish her question, her eyes landed on her son-in-law, who was supposed to be away on a mission.
She was instantly overjoyed. "Son-in-law, you’re back too?"
Qin Wenhao nodded. "Mom, I’m back."
"Oh, that’s wonderful! It’s good that you’re back. By the way, son-in-law, are you injured?"
Qin Wenhao was very moved by his mother-in-law’s sincere concern.
"Mom, I’m not injured. By the way, when did you two get here?"
"We just got here the day before yesterday. It’s a long story; let Mingxue tell you about it. I’ll go make you something to eat."
Qin Wenhao was about to say she shouldn’t trouble herself, but before he could get the words out, his traitorous stomach let out a very enthusiastic growl.
Qin Wenhao was a little embarrassed, and the tips of his ears turned slightly red.
As he turned his head, his eyes met Fu Mingxue’s teasing gaze.
He gave a light cough to ease the awkwardness, then asked, "—Why did you come here?"
Hearing this, Fu Mingxue couldn’t help but ask in return, "What, am I not allowed to come?"
"Of course you can. But I’m sure you didn’t come here just to be a military wife."
Qin Wenhao was no fool.
If she had wanted to join him on base, she wouldn’t have come directly to the barracks without waiting for him to return.
Besides, wasn’t she supposed to be attending Beijing University?
’Could it be that someone spread a rumor that I was seriously injured?’
Fu Mingxue didn’t waste any more words and said directly, "I was transferred here for work. I’m now working at the engine factory over here as an engineer."
Qin Wenhao: ...?
’Why couldn’t he seem to understand what she meant?’
"You’re saying you were transferred to the engine factory here to be an engineer?"
It sounded as unbelievable as a fairy tale.
It was all so hard for him to wrap his head around.
"Yes," Fu Mingxue nodded.
There was a hint of smug pride on her face.
"I’m also the team leader of their new research and development group."
Her mindset at that moment was no different from that of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old—her rebirth had made her childish again.
Qin Wenhao: ...?
He was finding it a little hard to digest this information.
’Her, an engineer? A research team leader?’
’What on earth was going on?’
"—Weren’t you supposed to go to university? Now that you have this job, what about your studies?"
He wasn’t so presumptuous as to think she had specifically come all the way here to work just for his sake.
From the moment he’d met her to the day she suddenly proposed they get married—he had never once seen any hint of affection for him in the young woman’s eyes.