Chapter 7: Flirting with Him

If she could pass his test, their engagement would continue.

When he received her letter, her argumentative tone in the letter made a deep impression on him.

Although they had never met, Shen Jichuan didn’t have no impression of his fiancée.

Now that he had met her, that impression became concrete.

He had to admit, she was a beautiful woman with ideas and depth.

A very attractive woman.

But when they reached the hotel reception, Xia Keqing was stopped.

Xia Keqing’s expression was a bit awkward.

She forgot the special circumstances of this era.

Men and women couldn’t check into a hotel together without a marriage certificate. Red Star Hotel was a state-owned hotel, and they weren’t allowed to stay together without a marriage certificate.

“Can’t I just go in to have a look?”

She argued.

Looking back, she saw that Shen Jichuan’s ears were red.

Xia Keqing found it very amusing, “Comrade, he is my fiancé, I, as his fiancée, just want to see what kind of hotel my fiancé stays in.”

The hotel receptionist was a middle-aged woman, she laughed when she heard this.

“Young lady, he’s your fiancé?”

Xia Keqing nodded, “Yes.”

The middle-aged woman looked at Shen Jichuan in his sharp military uniform, with a face full of envy, “Young lady, you have good taste.”

Xia Keqing was even a little embarrassed by the praise.

“Can I go in then?”

The middle-aged woman refused to budge, “No, we have regulations here, don’t make things difficult for me.”

Shen Jichuan coughed awkwardly, feeling a little uncomfortable, “Let’s go, I’ll bring you here next time.”

Xia Keqing was stunned, Shen Jichuan had already taken long strides out.

But he walked very slowly, clearly waiting for Xia Keqing to catch up.

Xia Keqing quickly followed.

She hooked her arm around his, her slender, fair fingers grabbed his.

Shen Jichuan froze even more.

Actually, the original owner’s hands were not delicate.

She was the eldest in her family, and she also helped her parents with farm work and took care of her younger siblings.

Although her family was poor, her parents were quite loving towards their three children.

After going to college, the original owner was supported by Shen Jichuan, her fiancé, she didn’t have to do farm work, and she also had money to buy ointment for chapped skin, so her fingers had become much more delicate.

But compared to a man like Shen Jichuan, who had been training in the army since he was young, the girl’s fingers were delicate beyond compare.

He had never been so intimate with a girl.

Of course, in Shen Jichuan’s eyes, Xia Keqing was not an outsider.

They were engaged, she was his partner.

His future wife was already considered part of his own.

But this kind of action was a bit too intimate.

But Shen Jichuan couldn’t bear to let go of her hand, he could only hold it stiffly, but gradually he got used to it.

Since they couldn’t go to the hotel, Xia Keqing couldn’t take Shen Jichuan to her dorm.

The dorm she was staying in was a four-person room, besides her, there were three other girls.

What’s more, she had things to talk to Shen Jichuan about, going to the dorm would be awkward for her roommates, so she simply went to the square park.

The park facilities in this era were not as complete as those in the future, but there were stone tables and benches. Shen Jichuan held Xia Keqing’s hand and walked into the park, the two of them looked like a couple in love in the future.

Xia Keqing was thick-skinned, anyway, Shen Jichuan’s appearance completely met her aesthetic, she was his fiancée, the “original wife,” it was reasonable and didn’t violate morality.

She almost wanted to stick to this man.

If she wasn’t afraid of scaring him, she would have directly flirted with him.

In fact, Xia Keqing felt that she was very restrained, but in Shen Jichuan’s eyes, he was being flirted with quite a bit.

He almost forgot the test he had set for his fiancée.

Shen Jichuan was a very principled man.

He let go of Xia Keqing, and with a surprised look on her face, he curled his lips and said, “I’ll go buy some candied chestnuts.”

On the streets of the 1980s, there weren’t many pedestrians, and the occasional passersby were on bicycles, there were very few cars.

Even if there were, they were those square-shaped Santanas.

Square Park was the largest park in the provincial city, and it was indeed more lively than other places.

There were people selling candied chestnuts, you could smell the sweet aroma of candied chestnuts from afar.

There were also people selling cotton candy and candied haws.

There were also some stalls that Xia Keqing didn’t know what they were selling.

But you could see the signs when you got closer.

It was similar to the stalls selling snacks in the future.

Xia Keqing immediately got hungry, she smiled with narrowed eyes, “Brother Shen, then buy a lot, I love eating candied chestnuts.”

Shen Jichuan was stunned, “Okay.”

Because of her one sentence, Shen Jichuan bought a whole big bag of candied chestnuts.

Xia Keqing didn’t stand on ceremony with him at all.

Girls can’t resist this kind of sweet and delicious treat.

She was very skilled at peeling chestnuts.

She first used her nail to gently pinch a mark on the thin-skinned chestnut, then pinched it with two fingers, with a “pop” sound, the bright yellow chestnut kernel completely fell off.

Freshly cooked candied chestnuts are the easiest to peel.

When Shen Jichuan wasn’t paying attention, Xia Keqing directly stuffed one into his mouth.

The girl’s fair and delicate fingers brushed against the man’s warm lips, Shen Jichuan was stunned.

“You…”

Shen Jichuan’s eyes deepened, at this time he didn’t know that the girl was actually doing it on purpose.

Such a perfect man, if you don’t flirt with him, are you going to leave him for someone else?

He gritted his teeth, “I have something to ask you.”

Xia Keqing ate the candied chestnuts, raised her fair face, her eyes were clear and innocent, most importantly, she still had a chestnut in her mouth, it was bulging, making her look like a simple little deer.

Shen Jichuan had been on the battlefield, he had a fierce aura from the battlefield, which was completely different from ordinary people.

When he was serious, his gaze pierced the depths of people’s souls, making it impossible to lie in front of him.

Xia Keqing also realized what he wanted to ask.

She calmed down and said softly, “Just ask.”

Shen Jichuan asked his doubts.

“I believe you’re a good girl, but I have this doubt.”

“I need a reasonable explanation.”

Xia Keqing took a deep breath.

She thought, here it comes.

She still had to clean up the mess left by the original owner.

So, men are mostly rational, it’s not like you can just act cute and get away with it.

If you can get away with it, it’s because they’re willing to be fooled by you, they’re willing to pretend to be oblivious.

But it was clear that Shen Jichuan was the kind of true man who couldn’t tolerate sand in his eyes.

He had his own pride, you could also say that he had the typical chauvinism of men in this era.

He hoped that his wife’s heart was pure, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Xia Keqing was fearless, the original owner was the one who was naive, what did it have to do with her, Xia Keqing?

She looked at Shen Jichuan frankly, “Brother Shen, I’m already engaged to you, I will never develop feelings beyond friendship with other people of the opposite sex.”

“I hope you can rest assured about this.”

Xia Keqing was silent for a moment.

“But I do have a lot of common hobbies with him, so it’s inevitable that we would feel a kinship, we are soulmates.”

After saying that, she laughed self-deprecatingly, “But maybe only I think so.”

“I only realized now that maybe he had bad intentions from the beginning, wanting to seduce me.”

Xia Keqing, without any psychological burden, blamed everything on the scumbag.