Chapter 119: Meeting a Thief

Forty minutes later.

The throbbing gradually returned to calm.

Si Rong had only one thought in her mind: regret.

She shouldn't have been courting death by teasing the man; her wrists were so sore and tired.

Her last memory was of her hands being gently wiped by Jiang Cheng with a warm towel.

When she woke up, the daylight was already bright.

The beautiful sunlight filtered in through the window lattice, making one's mood feel quite good.

As soon as Si Rong opened her eyes, she saw Jiang Cheng watching her.

He seemed to really like watching her sleep in the early morning.

"Look at me!"

The camera in the man's hand clicked; Si Rong was dissatisfied, "I haven't washed up yet."

"You look very beautiful." Jiang Cheng preferred Si Rong without makeup like this; she possessed the cleanest and most primitive beauty.

Si Rong stretched her waist, "You go out first, I need to get dressed."

The man was already tidied up; he had likely already gone out for a morning run.

It must be said that those in the military are indeed more self-disciplined.

In any case, Si Rong couldn't manage to get up early every day.

"I'll wait for you outside the door."

Jiang Cheng did not insist, respecting her shyness.

After Si Rong finished dressing, a little black cat crawled out from under the bed, meowing.

"Kitty," Si Rong only then remembered it, crouching down to stroke its little head, "You are so cute, are you hungry?"

The little kitten couldn't speak, only blindly rubbing against her leg.

Si Rong felt soft inside.

She told the kitten, "I'll find you something to eat, okay?"

There was a breakfast shop diagonally across from the guesthouse.

Breakfast in Jing Shi was quite different from Huaiyang: douzhi, jiaoquan, sugar oil cakes, fried dough sticks, tofu pudding, stir-fried liver, and steamed buns.

They ordered two bowls of tofu pudding and took the opportunity to get two steamers of beef buns.

Jiang Cheng finished one steamer by himself.

Si Rong was quite impressed; a man who can eat well also has great strength.

She ate two beef buns, then took the rest back to feed the little black cat.

The little black cat couldn't fully trust them yet, so after snatching the food, it chose to hide in the corner of the wall to eat.

Watching the kitten finish its meal, Si Rong carried it to the entrance of the guesthouse, "Alright, you're safe now, run off and play!"

The little black cat looked back at her once, then turned and ran away.

Si Rong and Jiang Cheng also followed the plan they made yesterday to go look at houses.

They first found an agency.

Otherwise, being unfamiliar with the place, let alone finding a courtyard house, even recognizing the roads would be a struggle.

"You want to look at courtyard houses?"

The agent was wearing a suit and quickly sized up the two's attire.

Either rich or noble.

Although they were from out of town, they still looked quite capable.

"I have three sets on hand; none are too big, and the prices are all between 200,000 and 400,000."

Besides the more than 200,000 Jiang Cheng gave her, plus the betrothal gifts, dowry, and her own income from the dance studio, Si Rong had a total of over 250,000.

Let's look first and see if we can haggle later.

After seeing all three sets, Si Rong already had a general understanding in her mind.

One of them was slightly larger, but the location was not as good as the other two, so it was not considered.

For the remaining two, Si Rong and Jiang Cheng carefully compared them in every aspect, and after confirming the house they wanted, they began to bargain.

Actually, Si Rong didn't have much experience in bargaining.

After all, she hadn't really used this skill much since she was young.

However, she was lucky; the owner of this courtyard house was in urgent need of money and selling quickly.

The final price was settled at 235,000 to buy it.

The landlord wouldn't be able to rush back from out of town until tomorrow, so they first paid a deposit of 10,000 yuan.

After the major matter of buying a house was settled, the two began to plan the details of their trip.

That afternoon, they went to the Wangfujing Department Store and took the opportunity to buy some gifts for their family.

Si Rong bought a white tracksuit for Jiang Cheng.

She rarely saw him wear this style, and she also bought a white silk dress for herself.

For the younger generation like Jiang Zhi, she bought trendy toad-eye sunglasses.

For the mother-in-law and her mother, she bought cashmere scarves.

For the two fathers, she bought suits and ties.

For the two older brothers and the younger brother Jiang Yu, she bought men's hair mousse.

For the two sisters-in-law, Xu Yan and Ming Zi, she bought perfume.

It wasn't until evening that they returned home fully loaded.

Si Rong did not expect that the little black cat was still standing at the entrance of the guesthouse; seeing her return, it meowed and rubbed against the hem of her skirt.

"Little one, why are you still here?"

Si Rong handed everything over to Jiang Cheng, then picked up the little kitten herself.

The guesthouse staff told her that this little black cat was a stray from the neighborhood.

Because most people believed that black cats were inauspicious.

"How could that be? Back in our hometown, a black cat means attracting wealth."

Si Rong felt the little black cat was all the more pitiful.

Today at the shopping mall they had bought some milk, biscuits, and the like, so Si Rong carried the little black cat back into the room where they were staying.

After the little black cat had eaten its fill, it curled up in the corner to sleep just like it did last night.

"Forget it, while we are in Jing Shi, let's just take care of it for now!"

Si Rong said to Jiang Cheng while eating the oranges she had just bought.

Jiang Cheng had no objections, "I'll listen to whatever you say."

His wife was truly kind-hearted.

Si Rong held a segment of orange to his lips, her apricot eyes flashing with mischief, "Jiang Cheng, try this, it's so sweet!"

In fact, it was very sour.

Jiang Cheng did not suspect anything, ate it in one bite, and his expression froze instantly.

Of the sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy, what he hated most was sour.

"Hahahaha... is it sweet or not?"

Before Si Rong could finish her smug laughter, she was pulled in by Jiang Cheng and her red lips were kissed.

Glistening with moisture.

"Taste it yourself."

When the kiss ended, Si Rong nestled in his arms, feeling that her whole being was overflowing with the scent of happiness, "Jiang Cheng, let's wake up early tomorrow and go to Zijin Mountain to watch the sunrise, shall we?"

She had once read in some prose book that two people who watch the sunrise and sunset together are more likely to grow old together.

Past forty, they were not far from old age.

She felt more and more that growing old together was a very happy thing.

Although she reminded herself repeatedly before going to sleep to wake up early, Si Rong was still woken up by Jiang Cheng the next day.

When they got up, it was still dark outside.

Xiao Hei was still sleeping in the corner, and Si Rong covered it with a small blanket before heading out.

On the early morning streets, there were early-rising sanitation workers, aunties selling vegetables, and also thieves harboring evil intentions.

!!!

Si Rong could not believe that someone would suddenly rush out on the main street and snatch the bag from her hand.

Inside it were not only the money and identification she had brought to Jing Shi, but also the deposit receipt for the house they had bought yesterday.

Jiang Cheng immediately gave chase.