Chapter 28

Meng Hechuan walked to Bai Yan, and Bai Yan shook her head, “I’m fine.”

She didn’t lie. When Huang Ya and the others were about to take action, Bai Yan saw Meng Hechuan turning around the corner.

So she wasn’t afraid at all.

Even so, Meng Hechuan still glanced at Huang Ya coldly, with a few sharp cold rays in his eyes.

He heard all the dirty words Huang Ya said to Bai Yan just now.

For some reason, Meng Hechuan’s heart suddenly became angry.

When he was leaving with Bai Yan, his strong shoulder bumped into him twice, scaring Huang Ya so much that he didn’t dare to look up.

Lu Jili clapped his hands, and he and Meng Hechuan walked with Bai Yan on either side, “Sister Yan is so beautiful. It’s really dangerous for her to go out alone.”

Bai Yan saw that they were somewhat complaining. Looking at the bulge in her trouser pocket, she couldn’t help but ask, “What did you do just now?”

The two men looked at each other, their faces filled with embarrassment, not knowing how to explain.

Fortunately, the mutton soup stall was just in front. Lu Jili’s eyes flashed, and he took Bai Yan and turned over with ease.

He was obviously a regular customer. As soon as he sat down, the proprietress came over to greet him, “Captain Lu, Chief Engineer Meng.”

“Hey, this lesbian is a new face?”

“This is Sister A Yan, she is our Chief Engineer Meng’s—”

Lu Jili deliberately prolonged his tone and looked at Meng Hechuan with slanted eyes, as if he was enjoying a good show.

Meng Hechuan didn’t respond, and introduced politely and distantly: “It’s my team member, Bai Yan.”

The proprietress praised Bai Yan enthusiastically, then turned back to prepare the mutton hotpot as Lu Jili usually did.

A hot copper pot was brought up, bubbling with tender mutton soup.

Bai Yan swallowed her saliva. Seeing that they had all started eating, she no longer hesitated and started eating with them.

Lu Jili was a chatterbox. From the moment he sat down, all he talked about was food. He talked about all sorts of things and brought the topic to Bai Yan.

“Sister Ayan, why do you want to come to Jingzhou?”

Bai Yan paused with her chopsticks picking up the meat and hesitated for a second. “My family is poor, and I didn’t get into college, so I thought about coming to Jingzhou to find a job to support myself.”

She glanced quickly at Meng Hechuan, and he didn’t refute.

It seems that she will not tell others that she escaped from her marriage and came to Jingzhou, nor will she express her doubts about herself in front of Lu Jili.

Bai Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she didn’t think running away from marriage was a shameful thing, she felt that staying in the team was just a transition and there was no need to let others know too much about her.

It is enough to have Meng Hechuan who is always wary of himself and doubts himself.

Bai Yan didn’t want another person to misunderstand her for no reason.

“Now you have joined the brigade and become a translator. This job is incredible. When you stay here for a long time and have family leave, you can bring your parents over.”

Bai Yan turned her attention back to the mutton soup pot and said calmly, “Let’s talk about it later. When the project ends in a year, I might leave the team.”

Lu Jili poked his big head out from the white mist, very surprised, “Leaving? Why? Didn’t the team say that you and our Chief Engineer Meng had such a relationship? If you leave, what will happen to him?”

“Relationship? What kind of relationship?”

Meng Hechuan stopped eating and glanced at him unhappily, “Can’t I stop your mouth even when eating?”

Lu Jili shrank his head and didn’t dare to ask any more questions.

Being interrupted by this, Meng Hechuan didn’t know what he remembered and never picked up the chopsticks again.

Although he didn’t eat it himself, he was always paying attention to Bai Yan.

Seeing her using chopsticks to scoop up the mutton tripe several times, he simply stood up and brought the plate of mutton tripe in front of Lu Jili to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan was a little embarrassed, but Master Meng was frank. “I hope you can remember that our team motto is to clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. If you can do your job in a law-abiding manner, the organization will not treat you unfairly.”

He paused, his eyes becoming slightly sharper, “But if you have second thoughts, not only the Space Brigade, but I will not let you go easily.”

Bai Yan was wondering in her heart whether Young Master Meng was taking this opportunity to give her a lesson and give her a warning.

If you want to praise her or reward her, can’t you just say it directly?

But he was tortured along the way from Jinling to Jingzhou, and was often captured by Meng Hechuan as a warning about his thoughts and work style.

Bai Yan was not surprised by his attitude, nor was she angry.

As Lu Jili grumbled and complained, he put the entire plate of mutton tripe into the pot.

After tumbling for a few minutes, he scooped them out separately and handed a bowl to Meng Hechuan, “I scooped them out with a serving chopstick.”

Lu Jili glared, and Bai Yan quickly poured another bowl and handed it to him, “This is for Captain Lu.”

Looking at the steaming lamb tripe in front of him, Lu Jili finally gave up.

As he sat down with great gusto, the things in his pocket fell to the ground with a thud.

Bai Yan just happened to look over and her eyes widened slightly. The bunny girl on the cover was wearing cool clothes and had a seductive pose.

The pornographic magazine “PLAYBOY” is popular all over the world.

Bai Yan’s expression was very different when she looked at Lu Jili again.

Lu Jili picked up the book and threw it at Meng Hechuan, “Sister Yan, don’t get me wrong, I didn’t buy this book, your Chief Engineer Meng asked me to find it!”

Meng Hechuan’s face didn’t look good either. He glanced coldly at the books that fell on him. It was not right to take them, and it was not right not to take them.

I don’t even know how to explain it.

Because it was indeed he who asked Lu Jili to find someone to buy the book.

“I…” His fair face twitched coldly, “I didn’t meet you before, so I asked someone to buy this book.”

What kind of ridiculous talk is this? You want to buy that pornographic magazine just because you haven’t met me?

Bai Yan unconsciously moved the stool back.

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

Meng Hechuan also reacted, looking embarrassed, “I’ve heard people say before that if you want to learn English quickly, this magazine is the easiest to get started with… Just now when we went to get the book, we realized that this book seemed to be wrong…”

In the 1980s, people’s customs had just begun to relax, and all boyfriends and girlfriends in the city could do was walk together, watch movies, and do some ballroom dancing.

Most people can only hold hands openly on the street after they get married.

Even when writing a love letter, they would still talk about work in a respectful manner, and would address each other by their first names, with the word “comrade” added at the end…

After getting the magazine, Meng Hechuan and Lu Jili were also shocked by the cool girl on the cover.

Even though Lu Jili had a bunch of beautiful sisters, he didn’t dare to read the contents of the book easily.

But this book cannot be just thrown on the roadside, and it is not easy to get it.

In addition, Meng Hechuan also wanted to figure out whether this book was useful, so he had to bring the book back first.

Bai Yan finally understood that Meng Hechuan had wanted to learn English by himself before, and someone had given him the stupid idea to find a way to buy Playboy to read.

Coincidentally, the proprietress came over with some burning charcoal to add to the fire. Bai Yan quickly picked up the book, moved closer to Meng Hechuan, and used the two of them to hide the book behind her.

“No need to add more, Madam Boss, we’re done eating and we’re leaving.”

Lu Jili did not dare to stay any longer and hurriedly asked for the bill. The three of them left quickly like thieves.

Finding a corner, Lu Jili cursed while reluctantly lighting a fire. A blushing and heart-pounding magazine was burned to ashes in the flames.

“This book is not for study at all. You’ve been deceived.” Bai Yan covered her nose. After understanding the whole story, she wanted to laugh but didn’t dare to. “Whoever told you this method, go and settle the score with him.”

Meng Hechuan nodded, still looking somewhat embarrassed, “You also taught yourself English? If you want to learn it by yourself, what book would be the best to read to get started?”

Bai Yan finally responded, “You also want to learn English by yourself? You want to attend a training class?”

She counted on her fingers, “There are many useful books, but I’m not sure what they are now. A dictionary is definitely necessary.”

Lu Jili stomped the sparks out with his foot and stood up. “That’s easy. Tomorrow is the weekend. Why don’t we take Sister Yan to Xinhua Bookstore and ask them to find you some English introductory books?”

The more he thought about it, the better he thought this was a good idea. Besides, he had just finished a month’s duty at Xiyuan Airport and had long wanted to go out for some fresh air.

“Xinhua Bookstore is next to Shichahai. After we go to the bookstore, we can go ice skating!”