Chapter 926: Helping Out in the Kitchen

North Suburb Hongshankou

Ding Ding Qiunan, dressed in a blue floral-padded cotton jacket, stood on tiptoe by the bus stop sign, looking around.

Cao Cao Weiguo pedaled his bicycle up to the stop: "Ding Qiunan-jie waiting for the bus? Where are you headed? I'll give you a ride!"

Ding Ding Qiunan looked at Cao Cao Weiguo in surprise, her heart thumping faster and faster.

The two of them couldn't help but recall that scene that had to be kept in the dark.

Ding Ding Qiunan said shyly, "I need to go to the Xiyuan Supply and Marketing Cooperative."

Cao Cao Weiguo laughed, "Xiyuan? Hey, that's right on my way—I'll take you there."

On the way?

On the way, my ass!

Cao Cao Weiguo had come here to find Nan Yi, heading toward the machine repair shop at the North Gate.

Xiyuan, on the other hand, lay to the south—the exact opposite direction from his destination.

But the moment he ran into the pretty young matron Ding Ding Qiunan, Cao Cao Weiguo's heart just wouldn't behave.

Real business could wait; helping others came first.

"Then sorry for the trouble!"

Whether it was the cold outside or the bus being too long in coming, she couldn't tell.

At those words, Ding Ding Qiunan, as if bewitched, walked over to Cao Cao Weiguo.

She sat sideways on the back seat, her pretty face reddened from the cold.

Cao Cao Weiguo pedaled with Ding Ding Qiunan on board, turning around to head toward Xiyuan.

After riding a while, he spotted a patch of woods ahead.

Somehow, the bicycle's wheels drifted off course.

"Cao Weiguo! Where are you going?"

"Into the woods. I've got something to show you!"

Soon the bicycle entered the woods on the west side of the road.

Cao Cao Weiguo parked the bike, took Ding Ding Qiunan's hand, and plunged deeper in.

Seeing the spot was secluded enough, Cao Cao Weiguo pulled Ding Ding Qiunan into his arms.

Ding Ding Qiunan, who had long been mentally prepared, responded passionately without restraint.

In the freezing-cold woods, the two clung together, kissing each other with abandon.

After a good while, their heads parted; Ding Ding Qiunan, her face flushed, cooed in mock annoyance:

"Knew you were up to no good!"

Cao Cao Weiguo drew her into his embrace: "Yes! My heart is sick! It's filled with nothing but you!"

Ding Ding Qiunan, half shy and half delighted, nestled in the warm embrace: "You're always lying to me."

Cao Cao Weiguo murmured softly, "Ding Qiunan! Really! Ever since that time! My heart has missed you every moment…"

While sweet-talking, his hands were restless too.

Quietly slipping beneath the floral-padded cotton jacket, they reached a warm-as-spring immortal's blessed land…

"Mm!"

Ding Ding Qiunan, bashful to the point of melting, her pretty face flushed crimson, went limp all over like a noodle.

Cao Cao Weiguo let out a wicked chuckle and, rustling and rustling, launched his assault.

In the freezing woods, a pair of lovers frolicked in secret; a bout of passion, accompanied by vows as steadfast as mountains—who would have thought that amid this biting wind there could be such enchantment… truly, love firmer than gold, fearing neither cold nor heat!

……

Half an hour passed, and the wind, rain, and singing gradually faded away!

Ding Ding Qiunan nestled in Cao Cao Weiguo's arms, her cherry lips slightly panting, a pair of apricot eyes hazy as if drunk, fragrant sweat dampening the fine hair on her forehead, her heart adrift, as if floating up to the clouds.

Cao Cao Weiguo said gently, "Ding Qiunan, you're so beautiful!"

Ding Ding Qiunan shot him a glare: "All you know how to do is wear a person out!"

Cao Cao Weiguo took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat from Ding Ding Qiunan's forehead.

The two straightened their clothes, hand in hand, and returned to where the bicycle was parked.

Cao Cao Weiguo pedaled with Ding Ding Qiunan on board, riding toward Xiyuan like a couple.

Arriving at the Xiyuan Supply and Marketing Cooperative, the bustling, shoulder-to-shoulder crowd drove away the cold.

Cao Cao Weiguo bought Ding Ding Qiunan a woolen coat, cotton boots, vanishing cream…

The big and small packages made Ding Ding Qiunan's arms ache from carrying them, but the smile on her face couldn't be hidden no matter what.

After buying their things and leaving the cooperative, Cao Cao Weiguo took Ding Ding Qiunan to a restaurant.

At an old-established eatery, they had a steaming-hot pot of mutton hotpot.

By the time the two returned to the machine repair shop at Hongshankou, it was already past four in the afternoon.

At this hour, Cui Cui Dake and Nan Yi hadn't gotten off work yet.

Cao Cao Weiguo boldly cuddled and clung with Ding Ding Qiunan in the room.

Though nothing too outrageous happened, he took every chance to take liberties with her.

When Cui Cui Dake came back, Ding Ding Qiunan's face still bore a flush.

"Brother Cao Weiguo, when did you get here!"

"You came and didn't even go to the factory to call me!"

The moment Cui Cui Dake got home, he saw Cao Cao Weiguo sitting in the room drinking tea.

After his surprise came a face full of smiles and warmth.

Cao Cao Weiguo laughed and said, "I just got here too. Your sister-in-law was home, so I chatted with her for a bit. Knowing you were about to get off work, I didn't want to disturb you at the factory."

Cui Cui Dake said, "Hey! I'm just a janitor now — what's there to disturb?"

Although he had returned to the Machine Repair Factory, Cui Cui Dake's life was not going as he wished.