Chapter 118: That Little Thing About Women

Sister Xiao Mei opened the door for us with a face full of sadness. Cousin-in-law He Zhi leaned on the bed, with an infusion needle in his wrist. Seeing us come in, he greeted Sister Xiao Mei to serve tea and water with a full face of smiles. Uncle stood at attention, gave a standard military salute, then rushed over, held Cousin-in-law He Zhi's hand with both hands, and said seriously, "Secretary He, why don't you pay attention to your health?"

Cousin-in-law He Zhi looked at Uncle suspiciously. He didn't know the background of this unfamiliar soldier at all.

My aunt gently massaged Cousin-in-law He Zhi's wrist with the infusion needle and said, "Brother, he is my husband, Zhang Ziming, serving in the boat bridge troops."

Cousin-in-law laughed and said, "Look, I, this brother, actually don't recognize my little sister's husband, is it irresponsible?"

My aunt hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Brother, it's our fault, we should have come to see you earlier. You don't blame us, we are satisfied."

Huang Weiwei seemed to be very familiar with Cousin-in-law He Zhi. She carefully tucked the quilt for He Zhi and said sweetly, "Secretary He, my parents originally planned to come today, but something happened at home and they were delayed. However, I am carrying a task, Secretary He, you have to let me complete the task." Her words carried a spoiled tone, making people feel very comfortable.

He Zhi looked at her with interest and said, "Little Huang, what task did you bring?"

Huang Weiwei acted spoiled and said, "Secretary He, you promise me first and then say."

He Zhi nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I promise you, you say."

Huang Weiwei stretched out a finger, hooked He Zhi's little finger and said, "Hook the hook, and stamp it." She pressed her thumb against He Zhi's thumb, and then said happily, "Whoever goes back on their word is a puppy."

After finishing, she felt that she had said the wrong thing, blushing with embarrassment, and wanted to explain in a panic.

He Zhi was generous and said, "Okay, whoever goes back on their word is a puppy." After finishing, he laughed loudly, which affected the needle of the infusion, making him twitch the corner of his mouth inadvertently.

Huang Weiwei said apologetically, "Secretary He, my parents want to invite you to sit at home. Your time is so precious, how can you spare time."

He Zhi said heartily, "Little Huang, even if your parents don't invite me, I will find a time to sit down. Minister Huang is our municipal committee standing committee member, managing more than 3,000 cadres in the city, working hard and forgetting to eat and sleep. As an organization, I should go to see him. Besides, Deputy Director Chen Yazhi, I saw her once when I came to take office, and haven't seen her since. Now the province wants to build an expressway, and our Hengyue City is a key section. This work still needs your mother to take the burden, so the organization wants to talk to your mother. So, your task is completed."

Huang Weiwei smiled happily and said, "I knew Secretary He would help me."

After greeting for a while, I followed Sister Xiao Mei downstairs to help serve tea. Compared to my aunt and the others, I am the person most familiar with cousin-in-law's house.

Sister Xiao Mei asked me carelessly while directing me to find a bag of Longjing tea from the cabinet, "Huang Minister's daughter is your girlfriend, right?"

I immediately denied it.

Sister Xiao Mei smiled and said, "Don't deny it. Based on a woman's intuition, she is your girlfriend."

I was surprised and asked her, "What woman's intuition?"

Sister Xiao Mei said, "A woman's look at a man."

I was puzzled and said, "How to look?"

Sister Xiao Mei covered her mouth and smiled, "From the moment she followed you in, her eyes never left you. If a woman is not interested in this man, she doesn't even have the idea of looking at him directly."

I was shocked, and my heart became much sweeter. It is a blessing for a man to get a woman's favor! Although I have half a family now, and my lover is still lying on my small bed, having another beautiful woman admire me makes a man's small vanity hidden in the bottom of his heart expand immediately, expanding into a huge balloon, rising to the clouds in the void.

"She is Minister Huang's daughter, you are Secretary He's nephew, a perfect match. It's just that she is a cadre of the Municipal Women's Federation now, and you are still a rural township official, there is a little distance." Sister Xiao Mei is a nanny in a big cadre's house, and she speaks clearly.

I hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "Sister Xiao Mei, where is Brother Xiao Deng?"

Xiao Mei smiled lightly, "Went back. It's been a few days since the New Year, he has to go back to see the children, and pay New Year's greetings to his parents, and in a few days, he will start working."

I said "Oh," looking at this elegantly decorated, spacious villa-style small building, thinking that the two of them, she and Cousin-in-law He Zhi, are at home every day, and the feeling of loneliness and solitude can be found everywhere.

"Loving a woman requires carefulness, loving a woman requires patience, and loving a woman also requires a broad mind." Sister Xiao Mei said lightly, "Secretary He is a good man. Such a big official, your cousin-in-law and others don't come home, he comforts them instead."

I didn't want to hear her talk about cousin-in-law's family affairs. Anyone's family affairs are like a mess of hemp. Even if you have thousands of skills, in front of family affairs like winding fingers, you will eventually turn into helpless sighs.

"Why did my cousin suddenly get sick?" I asked her. Two days ago, he was fine, and he drank a bottle of wine with me. In a blink of an eye, he was like an eighty-year-old man, lying weakly on the hospital bed, listening to the sound of the gears of life ruthlessly rolling over his heart.

"Secretary He made a phone call home last night, and after the call, he felt a bit uncomfortable. I went to his room this morning and found that Secretary He had a very high fever. I hurriedly called the health doctor, the health doctor just left, and your call came." Sister Xiao Mei said mysteriously, "I accidentally heard a few sentences yesterday, it seems Secretary He was angry on the phone, I don't know who he was scolding, anyway, he had a dark face all night."

I stopped her, "Don't ask about the leader's family affairs, don't spread rumors. Sister Xiao Mei, you are the person my cousin trusts the most. In his heart, he probably treats you as family. Take good care of my cousin, you are a hero. Our whole family will thank you!"

I said it sincerely and vividly. Although she is just a nanny, I understand that cousin-in-law letting her husband stay at home for the New Year is treating her as a relative.

"Don't worry, I know." Sister

Her graceful figure moved before my eyes, flitting through the flowers like a colorful butterfly. Sister Xiao Mei had beautiful skin, moist and smooth, and the unique beauty of a young married woman was vividly displayed in her. She always wore flat cloth shoes, making her look all the more pitiful and endearing.

The tea was delivered to Uncle He Zhi's bedroom, a place where one shouldn't be drinking tea.

Uncle apologized to us, saying, "It's not appropriate for you to sit here and keep an old man like me company. You go down first; I'll come down once I finish this IV drip." He then arranged for me, "Xiao Feng, you help me look after things."

Everyone said goodbye to Uncle and went downstairs. Huang Weiwei followed behind me, tugged at the corner of my shirt, and whispered, "I've actually met your aunt before, at a karaoke bar. I just remembered it now, I'm so embarrassed."

I smiled and said, "It's not like it was just you who didn't remember; Aunt doesn't remember it either."

Aunt, who was walking in front, turned back and said with a smile, "That time Xiao Huang didn't call me Aunt, so it didn't count as knowing each other. Today she called me Aunt, so it counts as a new acquaintance."

"You women and your trivial matters, always so fussy and full of thoughts," I said, walking straight downstairs and stretching out on the living room sofa.

"What? You don't like women being fussy? If it weren't for these fussy women, you, Chen Feng, would be living your life alone," Huang Weiwei said with a smile. "Why don't you just go be a monk?"

I put on a sanctimonious face and said, "If I become a monk, there will be one more resentful woman in the world. If I become a monk, who will save the women of the world from their suffering? Buddha could offer his flesh to the eagle, so I, Chen Feng, can naturally sacrifice myself for others."

My words made them all laugh. Xiao Mei, who was busy nearby, took over the conversation and said, "If you become a monk, you'd be a lecherous monk."

Sister Xiao Mei's words made me blush deeply. My words were already glib, and with her adding that pinch of salt, they became bitter and hard to swallow.

Huang Weiwei glanced at Xiao Mei in surprise, her eyes unreadable, and after a long while, she said, "A nanny should do her own work and not interrupt others' conversations. Professional ethics are still necessary."

Xiao Mei's face turned red with shame; she smiled apologetically and turned to go into the kitchen.

Outside the door came Chen Meng's voice: "Weiwei, are you there?"

Huang Weiwei got up very reluctantly to open the door. Chen Meng stood outside in a black trench coat, looking graceful and charming, and shouted, "I saw your car, so I came to ask; sure enough, you're here."

She cast a glance into the room, clearly seeing me, and wanted to say something but held back, pulling Huang Weiwei down the steps. Through the sparse branches, I saw the two women talking about something, and Huang Weiwei kept shaking her head.