Chapter 154: The Gentleman Has You in His Heart

"Comrade, are you alright?"

Jiang Cheng immediately squeezed the brakes, and the beam of the flashlight held in his left hand swayed along with the motion.

This person had simply collided with him out of nowhere.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," came a soft female voice; only after walking closer did Jiang Cheng realize that the person he had hit was an acquaintance.

"Wang Caiyun? Didn't you return to Jing Shi?"

It seemed to be around the two days of his birthday, or perhaps Rongrong had mentioned it in passing.

Wang Caiyun felt a slight joy in her heart; as expected, Jiang Cheng still remembered her.

Taking advantage of Jiang Cheng coming to help her up, she hurriedly embraced him.

For these past days, she had been waiting for such an opportunity, an opportunity to throw herself into Jiang Cheng's arms just like this.

The touch of a strange girl made Jiang Cheng subconsciously react with a counter-maneuver.

Wang Caiyun only felt herself being flipped over in an instant, her back hitting the ground heavily, her internal organs aching.

She couldn't quite catch her breath, but she didn't forget to confess, "Division Commander Jiang—no, you are already Deputy Army Commander Jiang now—I like you. I have liked you since the first time you told me to come to the table to eat."

"I don't want a title, and I won't fight with your wife over anything; as long as you can spare me some love, that is enough."

"Wang Caiyun! Please have some self-respect!" Jiang Cheng said sternly, "I love my wife, and I love my family very much. You are still young; you will meet someone suitable for you in the future."

He looked at Wang Caiyun lying on the ground, not daring to easily help her up again.

But letting a girl walk away like this in the middle of the night wouldn't do either. After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng said, "It is better to tell your mother first."

Wu Ma was a decent, honest person, and he did not want this matter to cause any misunderstandings.

Moreover, he did not intend to hide it from Si Rong.

Hearing Jiang Cheng say he was going to notify her mother, Wang Caiyun felt a bit afraid. She wanted to crawl up and leave, only to find she couldn't get up.

Jiang Cheng, what a truly heartless man!

Didn't the books say that it's easy for a woman to pursue a man? Why was her ending so miserable when it was her turn?

Yes, Wang Caiyun was miserable. She had jumped out in the middle of the night to confess to a married man, was first hit by a bicycle, then thrown over the shoulder, and finally ended up in the hospital.

Wu Ma was practically angered to death by her. The moment the doctor pushed Wang Caiyun out of the operating room, she wanted to break her daughter's bones again.

"Mr. Jiang, I am truly so sorry. It is my fault for not disciplining her well," Wu Ma said, her old face so ashamed she couldn't bear to look at Jiang Cheng, "Later, once you find a suitable servant, I will leave."

She had no face left to stay.

Jiang Cheng could not make the decision on this matter for the time being; he still had to go home and ask Mrs. Jiang for instructions.

Si Rong found out about this the next day. She looked at Jiang Cheng with her apricot eyes shimmering, and suddenly asked with some curiosity, "At that time, were you really not moved at all?"

She put herself in Jiang Cheng's perspective: a young girl confessing in the middle of the night, and furthermore, because her pregnancy belly was now too large, Jiang Cheng had been abstinent for some time.

Had he really not had any other thoughts?

It wasn't that she insisted on maliciously speculating about Jiang Cheng, but men were naturally like that, and there were so many examples around her—Luo Sheng from before, Shen Lan, and she had even heard her mother talk about some of her father's romantic affairs when he was young.

But she didn't expect that this joking remark of hers would make Jiang Cheng angry.

Jiang Cheng only replied coldly with "No," and then went to the military unit.

On the surface, there was nothing, but Si Rong just knew he was unhappy inside.

Perhaps it was because they had been together for a long time that they could perceive each other's emotions from the micro-expressions in their brows and eyes.

But she didn't know why Jiang Cheng was unhappy.

For several days in a row, this was their first cold war since marriage.

But it was different from the cold war of ordinary couples; they still slept in the same bed, and Jiang Cheng would still respond to her words one by one.

Yet Si Rong just felt that he had a knot in his heart.

As for Wu Ma, Si Rong intended to let her stay.

In a few more months, she would be giving birth, and it wasn't that easy to find a servant who was to her liking.

……

"Tell me, what exactly is he unhappy about?"

Under the flower trellis, Si Rong sipped warm goat milk and asked Ming Zi, who had come to see her.

"Maybe he regrets it."

"Regrets it?"

Ming Zi smirked, "Maybe he wasn't moved at first, but the moment you reminded him, he became moved."

Si Rong: ……

"I'm joking with you," Ming Zi took a sip of tea, "It's possible he's sad. After all, he kept himself pure for you, guarded his 'male virtue' on a dark and windy night, and wanted to go home for you to praise him. It's nothing; today when he gets home, you just climb on top of him and give him a fierce kiss, and I guarantee there won't be any issues."

Si Rong's face turned a little red; she should be proactive occasionally.

Sometimes the relationship between a husband and wife needs to be reconciled.

She prepared to accept Ming Zi's suggestion.

"Your Jiang Cheng is just a 'closet pervert,' unlike Shen Qinghe who is an 'outspoken pervert,'"

She analyzed it logically, "By the way, Shen Qinghe proposed to me."

"Is the happy event near?"

Si Rong was already considering what wedding gift to send her friend when she saw Ming Zi wave her hand, "I refused. I don't want to get married, I only want to date. If he can accept that, we'll be together; if he can't, he can get lost."

"Think about it, what are the benefits of a woman getting married? Besides gaining a mother-in-law and a bunch of gossiping aunts and relatives, what else is there?"

"I have my own house, money, and child; I have plenty of confidence. Why should I marry into their Shen family and suffer grievances?"

Si Rong: ……

That made so much sense.

"According to what you say, marriage is indeed not a good thing,"

She could not help but think again of how she was now heavily pregnant and unable to go anywhere, staying at home every day like she was in prison, yet Jiang Cheng was actually still giving her the cold shoulder?!!

Before the grievance in her heart had dissipated, she saw Jiang Cheng, who had just returned from work, at the doorway.

He must have heard the sentence she said, as his expression was somewhat dejected; after nodding to Ming Zi in greeting, he went into the house.

"Alright, your brooding husband is back, I'm heading home now."

Ming Zi seemed to have oil on the soles of her feet, as she slipped away very quickly.

Si Rong watched with endless envy; she now had to be supported by Wang Ma just to get up from the lounge chair.

"Miss," Wang Ma only addressed her this way when speaking from the heart, "don't be influenced by Miss Ming's words. Her situation is different from yours. Her husband was never good to her from the start, and now that she has three children, even considering the children, being single has more benefits than being married, but you are different, Miss."

"Sir has you in his heart; he is not the type of person to mess around, and now you two even have this hard-won child. A married couple is meant to spend a lifetime together; how could there not be times when you bicker? It is the same whoever bows their head first."

Wang Ma scratched her head, "Miss, let this old woman teach you a trick."

Si Rong was a bit curious about how Wang Ma would teach her.

"I've been watching TV dramas with Wu Ma these past two days and discovered that young people nowadays all confess their feelings. You just go and tell Sir, 'I love you,' and Sir will surely stop being angry."