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Su Yi noticed that he was still holding her hand, rubbing it in his palm repeatedly.
But he made no further move.
She couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly.
Zhou Jinchuan looked like a hot-blooded young man on the outside, but his heart was surprisingly innocent.
She pulled him to sit on the chair opposite her, “You sit down, I have something to discuss with you. You’re too tall, I’m getting a crick in my neck looking up at you.”
Zhou Jinchuan hurriedly sat down.
Su Yi tried to pull her hand away, but it was no use, so she gave up.
She just shifted slightly, sat up straighter, cleared her throat, and then spoke,
“That, our relationship, can we keep it a secret for now?”
Zhou Jinchuan paused his hand movements, looked up at her in disbelief, “Why?”
Su Yi tugged at the corner of her lips and said truthfully, “Our social statuses are vastly different, and the cafeteria is full of people gossiping. I’m afraid they’ll talk.”
Zhou Jinchuan lowered his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then said, “Then I’ll go file a marriage report tomorrow. That way, no one will dare to gossip.”
This time, it was Su Yi’s turn to be shocked, “Get married tomorrow?”
Zhou Jinchuan realized, “Oh, no, we’re on vacation. I’ll file the application immediately after the break.”
Su Yi: !!!
“Don’t you think it’s too fast?”
Zhou Jinchuan pursed his lips, “How can it be too fast? I still think it’s too slow. Our application needs to be submitted upwards, and it’s not even sure if it can be approved within a month.”
Su Yi gave up trying to communicate with him about getting married.
She took the initiative to share her thoughts, “Originally, I planned to open a restaurant in town this year. After I resign from the cafeteria and stop working in the army, we can go public then. What do you think?”
After hearing Su Yi’s words, Zhou Jinchuan fell into thought again.
After a while, he pulled her hand and said, “Alright, I know you won’t stay in the cafeteria for too long. Do whatever you want to do. If you don’t want to work in the cafeteria anymore, you can leave anytime.”
Su Yi chuckled dryly, “I was planning to leave sooner, but I just got my Household Registration transferred here thanks to the army. It might look a bit inappropriate to leave right away.”
Zhou Jinchuan smiled, “You’ll be a military spouse in this compound soon. These are your basic rights, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about.”
Su Yi thought about it and agreed, “Okay! After the New Year, I’ll go back and discuss it with Master Ma first.”
Then, she added, “Before that, can we keep it a secret for now?”
Zhou Jinchuan didn’t want to agree. He wanted to tell everyone he knew about their relationship right away.
But seeing her pleading expression, the first time he saw her acting so coquettish,
He reluctantly hummed, “Alright, I’ll listen to you.”
Su Yi was very happy that he agreed.
She also knew this was a bit difficult for him.
So, she took the initiative to kiss him on the side of his face, “Thank you.”
Zhou Jinchuan was stunned for a moment, then he felt the place where she kissed on his cheek getting hotter and hotter.
His Adam’s apple bobbed involuntarily. He pulled her hand, bringing her directly onto his lap.
His eyes, dark as ink, stared at her lips for a moment, then he lowered his head and gently landed a kiss on them.
Instantly, both of them were stunned, feeling like something exploded in their heads.
When they pressed their lips together again, it was significantly more passionate than before.
Su Yi, emboldened, reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck.
As the kiss deepened, she couldn’t help but trace his neck with her fingertips.
After the kiss, Su Yi felt a little lightheaded from lack of oxygen and was too embarrassed to look up.
She buried her head in his chest, gasping for breath in small breaths.
Above her, Zhou Jinchuan’s breathing also became heavy.
It took a long time for both of them to calm down slightly.
Su Yi worried that if they stayed like this any longer, they wouldn’t know what would happen.
So, she quickly stood up, used the excuse of being too sleepy, and slipped away.
Zhou Jinchuan watched her leave, then sat alone in his study for a while.
When he finally calmed down, he stood up and went back to his room to sleep.
On the other side, after Su Yi returned to her room, her heart was still pounding wildly.
She hurriedly undressed and got into bed, closing her eyes, she couldn’t help but recall the scene just now.
Unable to sleep, she took out the new watch she had bought from her bedside table and placed it by her ear.
Listening to the tick-tock of the clock, her heart filled with sweetness.
……
The next day, Su Yi woke up and groggily put on her clothes.
As she went out to wash up, she found Zhou Jinchuan already bustling about making breakfast, wearing the gray cashmere cardigan she had given him.
“You’re up. I saw there were a lot of dumplings left over yesterday, so I thought I’d fry them up. Is it okay to have fried dumplings for breakfast?”
Su Yi hummed in response and quickly went to fix her messy hair.
After breakfast, Zhou Jinchuan directly called Su Yi to the study.
At the mention of the study, Su Yi couldn’t help but think of what happened last night.
She glanced at the two children still at the table and glared at him.
[In broad daylight, in front of the children—]
Zhou Jinchuan, who had just stood up, quickly turned around and coughed violently.
“I was going to discuss opening a shop with you.”
Su Yi realized, hurriedly stood up awkwardly and followed him into the study.
Closing the door, Zhou Jinchuan took a passbook from the drawer and handed it to Su Yi.
“I don’t have much cash on me, so take this passbook.”
“I haven’t had any expenses before, so this is all the allowance I saved over the years, plus the bonus I received for my meritorious service. It’s not much—”
While listening to his explanation, Su Yi curiously opened the passbook and took a look.
Then she froze in place.
She had returned home and earned over 2,000 yuan using her space, thinking she was already a little rich.
But Zhou Jinchuan’s passbook had over 10,000 yuan in it!!!
How could that be not much?
Su Yi opened her mouth in surprise and quickly returned the passbook to him.
“I’ve already saved enough for opening a shop, and I plan to start small, it won’t need that much money.”
Seeing that she hadn’t listened to his explanation and just threw the passbook back, as if it were hot, Zhou Jinchuan couldn’t help but smile wryly.
“I know it won’t need that much, so how about this, just consider it like you’re holding it for me?”
Su Yi was shocked and scared, “This is not a small amount, aren’t you afraid I’ll run away with the money?”
Zhou Jinchuan smiled, his lips pressed together, “Run away? Where are you going to run to?”
“I’m very confident, you can’t run away.”
Su Yi pursed her lips and laughed, “That’s not necessarily true, maybe I’m intentionally trying to cheat you out of money.”
Zhou Jinchuan thought for a moment, then said with a serious expression, “I have another deposit at home in Beijing, wouldn’t it be a waste to run away now?”
Su Yi: “…”
In the end, Su Yi pushed and refused, but she couldn’t convince him.
Seeing that he was determined to give her the passbook, she could only agree to hold it for him for now.