Chapter 989: To Lose Face


    Jiang Yao giggled. She really did reach out and touch his abdomen like a hooligan. His abdomen felt


    good to the touch. She lingered around for a few more pats until she thought that he seemed to react to


    it. Then, she quickly withdrew her hand and rushed back to the room.


    "You only care about lighting the fire, not extinguishing it." Lu Xingzhi snorted unhappily. Then, he


    grabbed the mop and went to the balcony. He thought about how his wife would wait for him that night!


    By the time Lu Xingzhi had tidied the house, it was already past four in the afternoon. Then, he told


    Jiang Yao to get ready to go out.


    The two of them did not expect to run into such a coincidence. However, when the couple opened the


    door and were about to go out, there was a person in the opposite unit.


    A pregnant woman stood at the door; she looked to be four to five months along. When she saw


    movement, the pregnant woman turned her head to look at them. She said, "Sergeant Lu? This is your


    wife?"


    "Yes," Lu Xingzhi replied, but he had no intention of introducing two of them.


    Jiang Yao smiled at the woman. They were about to go downstairs when the woman''s mother-inw


    spoke in an impatient tone. "Why are you fumbling around? Don''t your legs work? You''re even more


    useless than an old woman like me!"


    "Mom, I just wanted to say hello to Sergeant Lu and his wife," the woman exined in a gentle voice;


    she sounded a little aggrieved.


    The mother-inw walked out of the house and nced at the two people who were headed


    downstairs. She pulled her daughter-inw through the door while she scolded, "Why are you in such a


    hurry to say hello to someone when he doesn''t even want to greet you? You''re always making me lose


    face."


    Then, the door mmed shut.


    "Let''s go." Lu Xingzhi was already used to it, so he was not affected in the slightest. He held Jiang


    Yao''s hand, and they went downstairs.


    Jiang Yao understood what the mother-inw had meant. Lu Xingzhi was only a sergeant, but the


    major was a battalionmander. Therefore, Lu Xingzhi should have been the one who greeted the


    battalionmander''s family first. Those with a lower status should take the initiative to wee


    someone of higher status; those with higher ranks would lose their status if they were to speak first.


    The older woman had put on airs like an official mother by the way she spoke and treated other people.


    "I won''t stay here even if I''m transferred to the Special Forces after the New Year. It doesn''t matter if


    they want to stay here forever; we only need to endure it for a little bit more time." Lu Xingzhi was


    afraid that Jiang Yao would be unhappy, so heforted her.


    "It''s fine. I''ve endured people like that. Furthermore, we''re different families, so they have nothing to do


    with me. As long as you treat me well, and Mom and Dad treat me well!" Jiang Yao smiled lightly. Then,


    she moved closer to Lu Xingzhi''s ear and said in a low voice, "Before I came here, Mom gave us a big


    red envelope."


    "Yeah, I know. You are trying to remind me that I have to give you a red envelope during the New Year,"


    Lu Xingzhi teased happily.


    Jiang Yao shook her head proudly, but she did not say anything. The smile in her eyes betrayed her


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    When they arrived at Colonel Lin''s house, he was not at home yet; only his wife was home.


    "Oh, you''re here! My husband will be back in a short while." Mrs Lin weed them into her home and


    brought them slippers that they could wear.


    "Where''s Xiao Wei? He should be on winter vacation, right?" Jiang Yao asked when she did not see


    Xiao Wei.