Chapter 41 - The Start of a Relationship (I)

So Qin Zhenyang’s attitude was also very tough, “The bed in the study is too hard, and I couldn’t fall asleep if I sleep alone… The ointment is purely Chinese medicine anyway, so it doesn’t matter even if I got some on my body. Taking a shower in the morning will be enough to wipe it up.”

In the end, Qin Zhenyang slept in the bedroom. Ji Xiaoli, who was covered with black ointment all over her body, shrank at the corner of the bed, but was still caught in Qin Zhenyang’s arms. At first, she tried to push him away. Later on, lying against the man’s spacious chest, she did not refuse him again, and soon fell asleep.

Tao Xiaoning left after having breakfast the next day, and a week later, as he said, the scabs disappeared. The new flesh was supposed to be pink, but because of the frequent use of the ointment, the color was almost the same as the surrounding skin, and it was almost impossible to tell the difference.

It was fair to say that the ointment was effective. After verifying the efficacy of this medicine, Qin Zhenyang called Tao Xiaoning to reserve some more for him. Although it was not needed now, it was necessary to use such a good product at home for fear that someone accidentally got hurt.

Tao Xiaoning, however, was quite busy these days. The leaders at the provincial level came to inspect. All kinds of work were waiting for him. And the surgeries were expecting him as well. He could fall asleep right after his head touched the pillow, so he got no time to deal with the ointment…

But this “monster” asked him to do this favor at this time. Tao Xiaoning was desperate.

Because of this, Ji Xiaoli felt that the man beside her was much better than she thought he was. He insisted on applying ointments for her in person and made her feel like she was spoiled.

In fact, she was the only one who thought about it in that way. In Qin Zhenyang’s view, it was not a troublesome thing at all. Applying the ointment gave him a good chance to get close to her and led to their intimate contact. Not to mention he could also flirt with her. Of course, he wouldn’t give this chance to others.

During the whole week, Qin Zhenyang couldn’t do anything to her except applying the ointment. He couldn’t even bear holding his desire toward her all the time.

However, given her wound was still recovering, he didn’t dare to make further movements, fearing that the wound would get worse and dehisce. So even if his desire was strong, he had to bear it alone.

Although he had also controlled his desire in the last 30 years or so before marriage, he had no girlfriend at that time, so he could masturbate when he had the urge. But now, the situation was different. With a beauty in his arms, how could he still wank? Therefore, when her wound was finally cured, Qin Zhenyang’s eyes were full of lust.

Ji Xiaoli, on the contrary, had no idea what he was thinking about. She was in a good mood since he stopped “torturing” her at night in the last days. So she was even energetic at the daytime.

Even if she felt it was strange that Qin Zhenyang behaved obediently recently, she didn’t bother herself to ask. In fact, Qin Zhenyang only did so because he was expecting to give her a final “shot”.

Why did his idea sound like he was expecting to kill a pig after he raised it up?

It was indeed a good period for them to stay together. Auntie Wang went back to her hometown to attend her niece’s wedding, so there were only an hourly employee and a cook left. Without noticing Ji Xiaoli, Qin Zhenyang allowed the two to have a day off. Finally, there were only him and her in the house.

He had thought about this for a long time. Now everything was exactly the way he wanted.

After eating breakfast on that day, Ji Xiaoli strolled in the back garden. The garden villa of Qin Zhenyang was in a good location. There were no people around, and the environment was quiet and elegant. It must be the most suitable place for people to live in.

After walking around, however, Ji Xiaoli finally realized that there was nobody left except her and Qin Zhenyang. Even the hourly employee who was supposed to be here at this time was not here right now.

Auntie Wang who always liked to talk with them at breakfast was gone as well. With doubts in mind, Ji Xiaoli went to the kitchen. As expected, the cook was absent as well.

Was it possible that Qin Zhenyang couldn’t afford to pay their salaries, so they all left? But that didn’t sound possible.

“Auntie Wang and the cook are both not here. They asked for leave?” Qin Zhenyang was now holding a cup of coffee casually, sitting on the sofa and reading a military magazine.

He hadn’t lived such a comfortable life for a long time. Since he joined the army, he was always on a mission. Even if he was not, he’d rather stay in the army and join his fellows to get trained. But now, things were different. He got married and finally had a beloved wife. As the saying went, finding a moment of leisure in a busy life. He was now quite satisfied with his life.

Hearing that his wife asked him as expected, he pretended that he didn’t even realize it. Glancing at her for a second, he replied slowly, “I didn’t even realize it until you ask me. Auntie Wang went back to attend her niece’s wedding, which would be held tomorrow. She wanted to get there early, so she left today. As for Cook Li, he had a stomachache, so he asked for a sick leave today.”

Ji Xiaoli didn’t feel anything wrong, nodding while asking, “What about the hourly employee?”

“He, well, he is absent today.” It was not hard for Qin Zhenyang to tell a lie. Although this was the first time he lied, he said that as if he was telling the truth.

Ji Xiaoli didn’t respond. With no other people in the house, it seemed that she had to make their meals. She checked the refrigerator and found nothing inside. Well, that was reasonable to get such a result.

Auntie Wang didn’t want them to eat leftovers, especially overnight food. Even if they put the food in the refrigerator to keep it fresh, she always told the servant to buy the ingredients as properly as possible. It would be better if they ate the food up, but if not, she preferred to advise them to throw away the leftovers rather than heat them up the next day.

So Ji Xiaoli had to go out to buy some ingredients right now.

It reminded her of the days since they got married. She barely cooked in person. Although it was nice to be served, she felt like she was about to be spoiled as a lazy woman.

“I’m going to buy some vegetables from the supermarket.” Ji Xiaoli went upstairs to get changed. But when she was about to go out, she found him tagging along.

“You are coming, too?”

Of course, Qin Zhenyang was dressed up to go out. Qin Zhenyang nodded, “I have nothing to do at home. I’d like to be your driver as we go out.”

Ji Xiaoli got into the car with a smile, and they went straight to the United Supermarket in the urban area within a quarter of an hour.

“What would you like?”

Looking at the rows of fresh dishes and meat, Ji Xiaoli felt that she was a little hungry again. Since the chef didn’t come today, she should cook herself. It was also a good chance to let Qin Zhenyang taste her dishes.

Since she asked, Qin Zhenyang answered honestly and briefly, “Meat!”

It was already hard for a person to hold his desire back, not to mention a man who could only think of flesh at this time.

Ji Xiaoli was not a procrastinator. She put everything she liked in the shopping basket: potatoes, eggplants, beef, celery, pork… Not too many, but when they were all put in the basket at a time, she had a feeling that she took too many of them.

“Are these too many for us to eat?” Ji Xiaoli muttered. After checking these vegetables and meat products, she also found that she seemed to have bought too much. After all, if they couldn’t eat them up, they would have to throw all the leftovers.

Qin Zhenyang didn’t take it seriously, “Not at all, we can eat them all!”

Needless to say how much he could eat before. Since his wife was about to make dishes with these, he would eat them up no matter what, and there would be nothing left after their meals!

Seeing the greedy gaze of her husband, Ji Xiaoli also had a feeling that she thought too much. He was a man who was able to eat three bowls of dishes each time. How could he waste any food?

It was rare that a couple came to the supermarket to shop together, especially on workdays when fewer people came here for shopping. Therefore, a handsome man and a beautiful woman together had drawn the attention of people in the supermarket for a time.

Although Ji Xiaoli’s appearance was not particularly delicate, she was good looking. Otherwise, she couldn’t become the top beauty of the financial department at that time. She was quite presentable. Qin Zhenyang was the same. With perfect family genes, his face was no worse than the idol stars on TV.

Plus his 1.88-meter figure and the imposing manner of long-being a soldier, he was also very attractive to the public.

“That man is so handsome. He looks virile. Girls would feel secured to be with him!”

“I hear you. Last time when I watched the chief male actor of the No. 1 Special Troops, I thought he was already very cute, but this man looks even cuter than him. He is also with that sense of charm… Who is that woman beside him? His girlfriend?”

“The lady killers nowadays have either girls or boyfriends. What are we gonna do? We are left alone….”

Ji Xiaoli felt it funny that a number of beautiful women looking at the man beside her, so she whispered to Qin Zhenyang while pulling his arm, “See? We just come out for a little while, and someone has already fallen for you.”

Qin Zhenyang didn’t take that to his heart at the very beginning. After all, when he was still a playboy, he always went to the nightclubs. It was quite normal that some women would chase him, only they were dumped by him in the end. But now, since his wife said so, something suddenly occurred to him.

“Are you jealous?” Qin Zhenyang surely had noticed there were other men who fixed their eyes on his wife. He stretched out his arms to hold her waist, claiming his ownership of this woman.

Seeing his complacent face, Ji Xiaoli pinched his waist secretly.

“Are you trying to murder your husband, honey?”

Ji Xiaoli stared at him, beckoning him to stop messing with her in public.

Qin Zhenyang didn’t even feel angry to be stared at, but felt happy. When he was about to check out, he immediately noticed something on the goods shelf. Then he walked there unhurriedly.

“Wait a sec! We still have something in need!”

Having no idea what he was talking about, Ji Xiaoli turned around and found he was walking towards the contraceptives. Seeing him finally stopping before the shelves of small boxes, she blushed somehow.

“Why are you taking these?!”

Qin Zhenyang reminded calm and answered, “Of course we are going to use them.”

He knew that having a baby was not in his wife’s annual plan yet, so these were necessities for the time being. Now that those at home were almost used up, they needed to buy more.

When Ji Xiaoli saw the stuff in his hand carefully, she noticed the words “Ribbed & Dotted Condoms” on the box.

Seeing nobody around, she put it back and said, “Even if you want to buy this, at least choose something normal. This one…”

Qin Zhenyang tittered inwardly, but he pretended to be indifferent about what she just said, taking the stuff she put back just now and once again put it into the shopping basket, “We haven’t used it yet. How do you know it is not normal? How about we try it tonight?”

As he asked, he took a few more boxes. There was ultrathin style, and even condoms for extra pleasance with scales on it. Ji Xiaoli stood beside him, stunned. She blushed out of embarrassment.