Chapter 48

The plump, white dumplings went into the boiling water. As the water swirled, the snow-white dough gradually became transparent and tightened, squeezing the filling, becoming firm and compact.

After rinsing them twice with cold water, Ji Wanqing used a slotted spoon to scoop the dumplings out. She then paired them with a secret dipping sauce. Jiang Che ate them one after another, the juicy and chewy meat filling was incredibly delicious. The satisfying feeling filled his stomach.

“I’ll be going to the military factory, we’ll have to eat a bit later,” Ji Wanqing said.

Jiang Che looked at her with apologetic eyes, “If you really don’t want to go, I can go and talk to them.”

He had seen clearly how they had been getting along these days. His wife was destined for a life of luxury.

“Forget it, just consider it a contribution to the country.” She had chosen to join the research department and show off to Chief Engineer Xiao, she didn’t intend to escape anymore.

Although she was a person who didn’t like to work and preferred to enjoy life, she felt uncomfortable thinking about how their country had been held back by the Americans for so many years.

Fortunately, she still had high-tech weapons from the apocalypse in her space, like armor-piercing machine guns, hypersonic cannons, photon tracking missiles, etc… Although she couldn’t build them yet, having the physical objects meant she could always study them.

Of course, all of this was on the condition that she had free time.

After dinner, Jiang Che cleaned up the house and went upstairs.

After their intimate encounter, he had become bolder. He wrapped his arms loosely around Ji Wanqing from behind and told her about what had happened in the afternoon.

After finishing, he concluded, “That Zhou Xi, he’s not a good person to deal with. Don’t have much contact with him in the future, you might get tricked by him one day.”

Heh.

Ji Wanqing, the apocalypse boss, twitched her lips. For years, the only people who could trick her were the zombie king from her previous life, who died with her, and her current husband, who was infatuated with her.

Zhou Xi, what a joke.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The couple talked about their daily lives in the bedroom, interspersed with Jiang Che’s occasional praise. He was surprised by how capable his wife was, and the envy and jealousy of his brothers in the camp that afternoon made him feel proud.

At the same time, he also sounded the alarm in his heart, not daring to relax. He had to work harder to make himself more worthy of his wife.

The next morning, Ji Wanqing went to see her coffee buddy and told her that she would be going to work from now on and invited her to have lunch together.

Ye Yaman was surprised, and even more shocked when she learned it was at the military factory’s research department.

Because that place wasn’t somewhere you could get into just because you were a military wife. You had to have real skills.

“Why did you decide to go to the military factory? I don’t think you’re the type who would willingly go to work.”

Ji Wanqing looked at Ye Yaman’s leisurely and elegant courtyard and said insincerely, “It’s boring to stay at home all day, why not change places and change my mood.”

Following the principle of “I’m busy, so you can’t be idle either,” Ji Wanqing smiled and said, “By the way, I saw a recruitment notice at the military camp’s broadcasting station yesterday. Do you want to try applying? I think your voice is really nice, especially when you read poems, it’s soft and powerful, with ups and downs, it’s perfect!”

Ye Yaman was moved, but she shook her head regretfully, “I have family members overseas, I won’t pass the political review. The instructor liked my education and asked me to organize documents in the political department, but I was rejected during the political review.”

This also made her feel restricted in the military wives’ circle.

“The political review requirements for the political department are different from the broadcasting station!” Ji Wanqing threw out an argument that Ye Yaman couldn’t refuse, “Do you know what the broadcasting station does? They need broadcasters to select excellent articles from domestic and foreign magazines to read on the radio. There are not only Chinese ones, but also Russian ones.”

Ye Yaman unconsciously widened her eyes.

What she craved most was to be exposed to the vast world outside.

“I’ll try!”

Even if she was rejected, it was just another humiliation.

Having dragged another person into the water, Ji Wanqing happily returned to the courtyard, sprinkled some spiritual spring water on the vegetable seedlings that had just sprouted in the courtyard, and had a simple lunch of tomato meatballs, mapo tofu, and wood ear and egg stir-fry.

This was Ye Yaman’s first time eating at Ji Wanqing’s house, and she was immediately impressed by her cooking skills.

“I thought that a beautiful woman like you wouldn’t touch anything in the kitchen. You really can’t judge a book by its cover.”

Since they weren’t in the same circle, Daniu didn’t have much of an opinion about the wife of Chief of Staff Ge, “Not only you thought so, I thought so too at first! Who would have thought she was such a good cook.”

Ji Wanqing’s arrival brought great changes to both of their lives, and all for the better. Who wouldn’t like it?

She raised her eyebrows, her already stunning beauty became even more vibrant and clear, “I can’t help it, outstanding people are hard to match in any aspect.”

Daniu laughed and scolded her, Ye Yaman also smiled gently, for a moment the atmosphere in the courtyard was excellent, until a clump of black mud wrapped in stones was thrown from next door, splattering on their pants, arms, and the dining table.

The laughter stopped abruptly. After a moment of silence, Daniu gnashed her teeth, “It must be that little rascal Little Tiger. I heard Little Hang say that he went fishing in the river a few days ago and his leg was scratched by a stone. He didn’t go to school and is recovering at home.”

Ji Wanqing wasn’t a kind person, she immediately took a rattan cane and went to the next door to knock.

“Coming, coming!” He Xiaomiao ran over hastily. They had just finished eating and were washing dishes in the courtyard, so she arrived in time.

“Uh, it’s Camp Commander Jiang’s wife, what’s the matter?”

After Ji Wanqing came last time, Old Lady Yan felt that her son’s position was higher than her neighbor’s, and she looked down on her in every way. So, He Xiaomiao had never chatted with her neighbor since then.

Ji Wanqing was strong, she pushed the door open and pushed He Xiaomiao, who stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

“What are you doing! How can you barge into someone’s house without saying a word?”

Daniu and Ye Yaman were also startled. They had been interacting with Ji Wanqing for so long, and she had always been gentle and smiling. This was the first time they had seen her with such a cold expression.

Ji Wanqing went straight to Little Tiger.

He had injured his leg, it was bandaged, and he was sitting not far from the wall, with black mud under his fingernails, and a mud pit next to him.

Now the evidence was clear and he couldn’t deny it. Ji Wanqing grinned and raised the rattan cane.

“What, what are you doing! My dad is the regiment commander, you dare to hit me?!” Little Tiger’s eyes widened in fear, he couldn’t believe that someone would actually come to his house and beat him up!

Wasn’t there a process of telling his parents first?!

—Swoosh!

Ji Wanqing didn’t hold back, she whipped the rattan cane twice on Little Tiger’s back as he was bending over to run away. The clothes didn’t tear, but the flesh quickly turned bruised and swollen!

Little Tiger let out a yelp and fell to the ground. The change was so fast that no one reacted in time to Ji Wanqing, an adult, beating up a child?!

He Xiaomiao let out a yelp and wanted to rush over to fight.

She had been hoping to marry Yan Chong and become the regiment commander’s wife! How could she tolerate her child being beaten under her watch!

Ji Wanqing raised the rattan cane in the air, the sound of it breaking the air was chilling, “What, do you want to try too?”

At this moment, Old Lady Yan heard the noise and rushed out of the house. Seeing her grandson lying on the ground, she felt dizzy and wanted to strangle this vixen!

“You damn scoundrel! You dare to come to our house and hit my child! What kind of person are you!”

Old Lady Yan’s fighting spirit was extraordinary. Her two yells echoed through the second alley.

Now, Aunt Yulan, Aunt Cui E, Sister Qiu Xia, and all the other onlookers came.