Chapter 120: Husband, You Are So Good

Si Rong followed behind.

After chasing for two streets, she finally caught up to Jiang Cheng, panting for breath.

The thief had already been subdued by Jiang Cheng; a fruit knife lay on the ground, showing that a fierce struggle had just taken place.

Seeing that Jiang Cheng was not injured, Si Rong asked a passerby to help call the police.

Then, she quickly checked the important money and documents in her bag.

Fortunately, everything was there.

The police arrived very quickly and put handcuffs on the thief.

"Comrades, we really owe it to you," the police officer said gratefully. "This guy has been committing crimes around Jing Shi and is also involved in a murder case; we have had a bounty out for a week. The reward is five hundred yuan; you can come with us to the station to fill out the paperwork and collect it!"

"No need," Jiang Cheng flashed his military officer ID. "Just a matter of convenience."

"So it is a Division Commander," the police officers' postures straightened significantly in an instant. "I have noted your serial number and will report it to the military leadership later."

"No need for that, just take the criminal away!"

If they delayed any longer, it would be dawn, and he still had to go watch the sunrise with his wife.

Sitting in an embrace on the peak of Zijin Mountain, Si Rong leaned against Jiang Cheng's shoulder.

"Husband, you were so handsome today!"

Especially when he subdued the thug, it made her feel very safe even while experiencing such things in a strange land.

This was the first time Si Rong had addressed him this way.

The corners of Jiang Cheng's mouth lifted. "Call me that again."

"I won't!"

Si Rong laughed, sweetly revealing a pair of small dimples.

For some reason, she felt a sense of being deeply moved while watching the sunrise, unconsciously intoxicated by the uncanny workmanship of nature.

She was watching the sunrise, and Jiang Cheng was watching her.

In the distance, a young man out collecting inspiration recorded this beautiful scene with his camera.

"Hello," the young man approached the two to greet them. "I am an intern student from the Art Academy, here to paint the sunrise today. I think this photo of you two has a great atmosphere, and I would like to paint it to enter a competition. May I?"

He showed the photo he had taken to Si Rong and the other.

The angle was captured very well.

With the sunrise at the peak of Zijin Mountain as the background, a man and a woman were embracing.

Although it was only their backs, one could still feel the beauty from the photo.

"Of course you can."

Si Rong didn't think much of it, and in her heart, there was even a sense of joy at being recognized.

After the sun had completely emerged, the two of them went down the mountain.

One in front and one behind, Jiang Cheng's hand was holding hers.

In fact, when the two of them were together, it was mostly Si Rong doing the talking.

She liked to talk, expressing her feelings about various things and people.

In the past, Shen Lan always found her annoying.

But Jiang Cheng was a very good listener; he would appropriately throw out questions when it was time to speak, or lead the conversation forward.

On the way down the mountain, Jiang Cheng only actively brought up one topic.

"Call me husband again!"

Si Rong:...

"No!"

She trotted to the front; that "husband" from just now had been an outburst of emotion in a specific situation, but now, in broad daylight, how could she bring herself to say it.

Consequently, that night, biting the corner of her quilt, she sobbed as the man forced her to call him husband many times.

The next day, they met the owner of the courtyard house and exchanged money for the house.

The owner's whole family was immigrating, so they left the old furniture in the house to them.

They certainly wouldn't be able to live in this house for the next few years, so they went to a hardware store to buy a new lock, intending to leave it for now.

Waiting for it to appreciate in value.

Over the next few days, the two of them climbed the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace; they also visited the zoo and watched a movie in Jing Shi.

It wasn't until a week later that they booked train tickets back to Huaiyang.

While packing their luggage, Si Rong looked at the little black cat in the corner and fell into deep thought.

Over these past few days, she had built a bond with this little kitten.

She even gave it a rebellious name—Xiao Bai.

Si Rong knew that once she left, the little black cat would likely return to the life of being chased by wild dogs and wandering as before.

And it might never understand why, just because it was born a black cat, it had to suffer so much unprovoked rejection.

"Jiang Cheng, let's take it back to Huaiyang!"

Once this thought arose, the sadness of separation in Si Rong's heart immediately lessened quite a bit.

Seeing Jiang Cheng remain silent, Si Rong pulled on his sleeve, tugging and swaying it. "Is that okay? Husband?"

"Husband, husband, husband, husband..."

Jiang Cheng couldn't handle her pestering and smiled with a helpless expression. "Will it know how to ride the train?"

Si Rong looked at Xiao Bai. "It probably will!"

Xiao Bai had likely been hurt by people when it was wandering before, which led to its extreme distrust of humans; for these ten days, it had only let Si Rong hold it.

There were so many people on the train, and its eating, drinking, and bathroom needs would all be problems.

Si Rong thought for a good while, then she took out a piece of soft cloth and wrapped Xiao Bai up.

"So, do you think it's okay to hold you like this?"

Watching her hold the cat in the same posture as one would hold a baby.

Jiang Cheng:...

However, he did not want his wife to have any regrets about this travel wedding.

"I'm going out for a bit to think of a way."

"My husband is so good!"

Si Rong couldn't help but praise him; whenever she called him husband, Jiang Cheng would be full of energy, and she hoped Jiang Cheng could think of a good way to let her bring Xiao Bai back to Huaiyang together.

An hour later, Jiang Cheng came in to tell her that the train tickets had already been refunded.

He had borrowed a car from a comrade-in-arms to drive back to Huaiyang.

"Borrowed a car?"

Si Rong was happy at first, but soon worriedly added, "Then will you have to come back to Jing Shi to return it later?"

"Mm."

Jiang Cheng nodded, "As long as you are happy, that's all that matters."

In fact, his comrade-in-arms happened to be going north to handle some business and would be passing by near Huaiyang.

But he liked this well-behaved and ingratiating look of Si Rong's; it made him especially want to bully her.

"Husband, thank you." Si Rong put down Xiao Bai and turned to hug Jiang Cheng instead.

Jiang Cheng's lowered eyes swept over the little black cat; competing with him for her attention? He had plenty of strength and means.

Oh no, it seemed he had been corrupted by Jiang Yu.

Unlike the peaceful atmosphere on Si Rong's side, the Shen household was once again in chaos.

After returning from Kongque Zhen, Shen Lan and Li Xuan had a huge fight.

After a few days of the silent treatment, Li Xuan asked Shen Lan for living expenses, and the two erupted into another argument.

A poor couple is destined to be sad.

"I really don't understand! How can you spend money so easily? Didn't I just give you one hundred yuan last month?"

Shen Lan was emotionally broken; he only had a salary of a little over one hundred now.

But he was unwilling to just be someone who sorted stinky eggs; he only wanted to save money to find an opportunity to return to his rightful position.

"It's not enough! Of course it's not enough! How did I end up marrying such a useless man like you!"

Li Xuan accidentally blurted out the honest thoughts she had been holding in for days.

She might as well say more honest thoughts, "Look at Si Rong, she's on her second marriage, and Jiang Cheng gave her a bride price, took her to get wedding photos, and now they are even going on a travel wedding. What have you given me?"

"It's so hard just asking you for living expenses; if I had known, I would have been better off marrying Jiang Cheng!"

Yes, this was indeed Li Xuan's true thought.

Through the test of time, Jiang Cheng was superior to Shen Lan in every aspect.

Although Jiang Cheng liked Si Rong, a woman chasing a man is like piercing a layer of gauze; she wasn't afraid that Jiang Cheng wouldn't give in.

If she had been willing to marry Jiang Cheng, then the one living a good life now would be her.

Neither of these two noticed that while they were arguing, Shen Yuan had slipped out.

Since returning from Kongque Zhen, her mental state had been fluctuating.

At this moment, she was clear-headed.

Shen Yuan wanted to return to school; her life could not be ruined by Si Rong just like that.

Before that, she prepared to go find Jiang Zhi first to borrow her study materials from this period.

"Please wait a moment." Wu Shen did not open the door immediately and went into the house to call Jiang Zhi.

At this time, Jiang Zhi was answering the phone.

It was the very one her aunt had placed on her bedside table when she left.

"May I ask, is this Si Rong?" After a strange noise came from the receiver, a voice that was incomparably familiar followed.

Very familiar, so familiar that she heard it every single day.

A chill suddenly rose up Jiang Zhi's back; it seemed as if the person on the other end of the phone was another her!!!

What was going on?