108: Chapter 25 Preparing to Entertain Guests 108: Chapter 25 Preparing to Entertain Guests Shen Chi furrowed his brows when he ca back and heard Lin Xiaoguai’s words, “Are you sure you won’t tire yourself out?”
He knew Wanwan well.
Although she seed to have plenty of free ti, looking after her son and with him helping as much as he could with the household chores, it didn’t an she had idle hands.
Between gardening, writing, painting, making clothes, knitting, and reading, her life was never dull.
Yaya was just soone else’s child and not the easy-going type.
He liked the kid, but he didn’t want Wanwan’s life to be disrupted.
“It won’t.” Lin Xiaoguai said as she folded clothes, “The child may seem mischievous, but actually has a sensible side.”
Shen Chi took the clothes she handed him and put them in the wardrobe, but he didn’t quite agree with her.
He had noticed that while Wanwan might quickly beco impatient with him, she was exceptionally tolerant with children.
In her eyes, there were no inconsiderate children, just adults who hadn’t taught them properly.
“Then you take care of them for now, and if you get tired, send the child back ho.”
Lin Xiaoguai nodded, “Don’t worry, I can handle it.”
Shen Chi was indifferent as he pulled a bottle out of his pocket and placed it in Lin Xiaoguai’s hand, “Keep this.”
“Is this honey?” Lin Xiaoguai asked with surprise, “Where did it co from?”
“The rascals scraped it off beehives during an exercise.
It’s pure wild honey.” Shen Chi then put a blanket that had been sun-dried and folded into the closet.
Lin Xiaoguai examined the honey in the glass jar, which had a tempting rust-red sheen, and smiled, “How did it end up with you?”
“I confiscated it.
Why should these grown n be eating such sweet stuff?” Shen Chi stated as if it were a matter of course.
Despite Shen Chi’s deep and calculating nature, he was always capable of mingling with his subordinates.
His experiences on the battlefield had made him cherish his soldiers, and since he couldn’t exploit his rank to their disadvantage—no interests clashed—he was welcod by the n for being neither arrogant nor too formal in his approach.
Although he had seized the soldiers’ honey this ti, he often spent his own money to take his n out to restaurants on their days off; hence, no one truly minded the confiscation of one jar of honey.
Lin Xiaoguai simply smiled and said nothing, but then she rembered sothing, “By the way, I heard from Xiao Miao that Wang Guozhong sotis brings his soldiers ho for als.
Since you’re new here, don’t you think you should make a gesture?” Xu Jinjun and Zhou Huai Country’s visit didn’t count, as it was just a coincidence.
Even if she wasn’t familiar with military customs, she knew commanders often looked after their subordinates, inviting them ho for als was not unusual.
The reason Yu Xiaomiao’s household was strained also involved such duties—soldiers, aware of her family’s situation, often made excuses to decline invitations.
“Do you want to host them?” Shen Chi was taken aback and touched his nose as he spoke, “I’ve already taken them out to restaurants.” He believed that anyone he would invite to his ho would be at least an officer, and not a single soldier was a light eater.
A couple might be fine, but a group would really worry him for fear that Wanwan would get worn out.
Besides, he thought that Wanwan, who preferred quiet, probably wouldn’t like having too many people at ho.
Lin Xiaoguai paused upon hearing his words, and with downcast eyes said softly, “Next ti, invite them to our house for a al.
You’ve just arrived; it’s the right ti to win over your subordinates.” There was a softness stirring sowhere inside her heart.
Shen Chi hesitated at her words, but happiness eventually prevailed, and he nodded with so excitent, “Okay, how about tomorrow?”
He couldn’t wait to declare his claim over Wanwan to others and to make other n envious of his marriage to her.
“…Alright, I’ll go grocery shopping early tomorrow,” Lin Xiaoguai replied after a mont’s hesitation.
Was it her imagination?
Shen Chi just then, he seed really happy.
She felt sowhat estranged from this version of him; throughout the ten years of their marriage in her previous life, Shen Chi was mostly a heavy, even despairing presence that beca suffocating.
A strange emotion rose within her, and Lin Xiaoguai thought, maybe the deeper the scher, the more touching their genuine smile is.
Early in the morning, Shen Chi had gone to the army base, and Lin Xiaoguai, after feeding Little Niangao, pushed the stroller to the marketplace to buy groceries.
The military compound’s marketplace was small: a pork vendor, a stall for chicken and duck, a fishmonger, and a few scattered private vegetable stalls made up the modest marketplace.
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