Chapter 3

“I don’t know. The old man suddenly sent a telegram saying that she would come over to join the army.” Shen Beichuan curled his lips coldly.

“But Sheng Huan is really pretty, with a fair complexion and a voluptuous figure…”

Qin Chaoyang just sighed a few words when he was interrupted. “What waves are you talking about? What does it have to do with you?” Shen Beichuan turned his head and glanced at him coldly, with dark currents surging in his eyes.

Qin Chaoyang touched his nose subconsciously and spoke thoughtfully:

“Brother Chen, sister-in-law is pretty good. It seems that she has a good impression of you. You have to be more enthusiastic towards sister-in-law, don’t be cold.”

Shen Beichuan stood there, his hands in his trouser pockets, his expression indifferent, his black eyes as deep as the night, without any emotion fluctuations.

He responded coldly: “Her good feelings are not worth mentioning.”

Qin Chaoyang pursed his lips, thinking about something, and he suddenly thought of the time when Shen Beichuan was hurt by a woman.

This happened five or six years ago, when they were still in the capital, and Shen Beichuan had just returned from abroad and joined the army with him.

No matter how hard or tiring the training was, Shen Beichuan always ran to the mailbox to get the mail. When he read the letter, the tenderness in his eyes made Qin Zhaoyang very curious.

Once, he took a sneak peek and found that Shen Beichuan was replying to someone named Little Princess!

At that time, he chased after Shen Beichuan and asked what was going on, but Shen Beichuan was too tight-lipped and didn’t tell him a word.

So, he took advantage of Shen Beichuan’s closed training to sneak a peek at his reply, only to find out that he was writing a love letter to someone named Little Princess.

He was particularly impressed by this incident because after he was caught peeking at Shen Beichuan’s love letter, Boss Shen gave him a “free dental service” and he almost lost his two front teeth.

At the same time, Shen Beichuan confessed to him that he was writing to someone called Little Princess, and that he knew who she was, but she didn’t know who he was.

Later, due to the situation, they had to be transferred to the troops heading south.

Two days before leaving, Qin Chaoyang saw Shen Beichuan dressed very formally, and thought that he should be going to meet that woman.

He didn’t come back until late at night on the day he was leaving. Qin Chaoyang smelled a certain smell on him at that time, but he didn’t know what it was until several years later.

Later, they had already arrived in the south city. Around the second year, the girl never wrote to Shen Beichuan again, but Shen Beichuan went to the army’s communication room every day without fail to wait for the letter that would never come.

After a while, Shen Beichuan asked for a few days off, saying that he had something to do at home and had to return to the capital.

Qin Chaoyang knew clearly that something had happened at his home, and he must have gone to find that “little princess”.

Sure enough, Shen Beichuan came back a week later, but he was terribly silent, as if he had been blown by a cold wind.

Qin Chaoyang’s heart sank, and he thought: It’s over, he was dumped.

Sure enough, his idea was verified late that night.

Qin Chaoyang saw Shen Beichuan sneak out that night and throw all the letters sent by the girl into the fire barrel. While burning, he punched the ground a few times, as if he was struggling with the air. The scene was so sad.

Since then, Shen Beichuan has completely frozen himself. Apart from missions and training, he has never been moved by any woman, thus becoming the youngest group leader.

Everyone thought Shen Beichuan was an iron-blooded leader who was not interested in women and was cold and ruthless.

Only Qin Chaoyang knew that Shen Beichuan had frozen himself because he was heartbroken by a girl called “Little Princess”.

At the moment, Shen Beichuan was acting extremely indifferent to Sheng Huan, and Qin Chaoyang couldn’t help it, so he decided to persuade him:

“Boss, don’t judge all women by the same standard just because you were hurt in love when you were young. I think my sister-in-law is actually quite good.”

Hearing this, Shen Beichuan gently touched his back teeth with the tip of his tongue, glanced at the supply and marketing cooperative, and laughed coldly: “Emotional injury? I forgot it long ago.”

Qin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, and rolled his eyes in his heart: Forgot? Your behavior clearly shows that you haven’t gotten over it, and you’ve even lost interest in other women.

Thinking of the scene of burning the letter that night, and the waving fists illuminated by the firelight, it was almost as if the words “deeply saddened” were written on the ground.

“Oh, that’s good, just forget it.” Qin Chaoyang smiled awkwardly, but didn’t expose him. After a pause, he pretended to ask casually: “Was the last time you went back to Beijing to see her?”

Shen Beichuan pursed his lips tightly and did not answer.

Qin Chaoyang didn’t give up and continued to inquire: “Boss Shen, what kind of person do you think the little princess will become when she grows up?” To be honest, Qin Chaoyang also wanted to meet Shen Beichuan’s first love.

Shen Beichuan sneered and answered simply: “Chameleon, love to pretend.”

Qin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment. The amount of information was quite large! What this meant was…

Did they meet again later? It’s been six years, and they still met!?

Qin Chaoyang asked hurriedly like a wild civet jumping up and down in a melon field: “Is her real name Little Princess?” As long as he knew her name, perhaps he could find her.

Shen Beichuan glanced at the supply and marketing cooperative indifferently, licked his lower front teeth with the tip of his tongue, and spit out two words: “No, little liar.”

“…….” Qin Chaoyang choked and his mouth twitched. Call him a little liar? Are you trying to trick him? Can we still have a normal chat?

However, he soon discovered that Shen Beichuan’s eyes were always drifting towards the supply and marketing cooperative, and he couldn’t help but smile secretly.

No matter how abstinent he is, Shen Beichuan is still a 26-year-old man full of vigor and vitality. He has a legitimate wife who can warm the bed, so why not use her?

Although Sheng Huan had not come to South City in the two years since they got married, Shen Beichuan had been back to Beijing. They were both married, so he must have tasted that feeling a long time ago.

Qin Chaoyang thought about it in his mind. It should have been seven or eight months ago since Boss Shen last returned to the capital. A short separation is better than a new marriage. He probably couldn’t wait any longer, so he kept looking over there.

He patted Shen Beichuan’s shoulder with a wicked smile, and said jokingly: “Boss Shen, it’s not dark yet, why do you want to go to bed so soon?”

Shen Beichuan did not respond, his dark eyes stared at Sheng Huan who was busy directing the salesperson to pack goods in the supply and marketing cooperative, his eyes were complicated and difficult to read.

Finally, he said calmly: “Go in and help her take the things out.”

“…” Qin Chaoyang was complaining in his heart: Is your woman still mine? Why should I bring it up?

Walking into the supply and marketing cooperative, Qin Chaoyang looked at the pile of things on the counter and his eyes suddenly widened.

There was a big bag of clothes, several pairs of shoes, and all kinds of vanishing creams and other bottles and jars that he couldn’t understand, a bunch of cosmetic things, as well as biscuits and malted milk.

This woman really knows how to spend money…

Before he had digested his surprise, he heard her ask calmly, “Brother Qin, I want to buy a box of chocolates. Do you know where to buy chocolates?”

He grew up in a military compound in Beijing and had only eaten chocolate three times, and yet his sister-in-law asked him in a very casual tone!

You have to know that chocolate, a “luxury product” from a foreign country, cannot be purchased here.

To buy chocolate, you need to go to state-owned stores in big cities, or use foreign currency to buy it in places where there are Friendship Stores.

She really knows more about luxury than this playboy. She is worthy of being a capitalist lady and is good at spending money.

Qin Chaoyang forced out a stiff smile with difficulty.

“It’s not sold here. If you want to buy it, ask Brother Chen to take you to the Friendship Store when he returns to Beijing on vacation next time.”

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Qin Chaoyang wanted to eat Shen Beichuan’s meal, so he suggested going to a restaurant to welcome Sheng Huan.

So the three of them went to the state-owned restaurant.

There is a small blackboard in the restaurant with today’s menu written on it.

Sheng Huan looked at the menu, wondering what to eat.

“Do you have your meat ticket?” Qin Chaoyang suddenly asked. He went out today without the meat ticket, and if he wanted to eat meat, he couldn’t order meat dishes without the meat ticket.

Shen Beichuan also shook his head and asked back, “You didn’t bring it?”

Qin Chaoyang was suddenly speechless and looked lost.

Sheng Huan raised her eyebrows, “I have them, consider it my treat.” When she was looking for her hairpin, she took out four pieces of paper with the words “Meat Supply Tickets” printed on them from her pocket. They should be the meat tickets they were talking about.

“You should bring the meat ticket when you go out! Sister-in-law is so thoughtful.” Qin Chaoyang couldn’t help but praise her. Thinking of eating braised pork, he swallowed his saliva.

Sheng Huan wanted to show off, with a smile on his face, and took out two cute green and red rectangular pieces of paper that looked like train tickets from his trouser pocket one by one and placed them on the table.

The denominations are 250 grams, 500 grams, 1 kilogram, and 800 grams respectively.

Shen Beichuan glanced at it and frowned: “These tickets of yours are from Beijing and Shanghai, they can’t be used here, Nancheng needs to use the meat tickets issued by Nancheng.”

Meat coupons can usually only be used in the area where they are issued and cannot be used across regions.

Moreover, each meat ticket is marked with the name of the issuing area, and sometimes a specific year is also marked, indicating that the ticket can only be used in a specified time period and area.

When Shen Beichuan saw that the date of the meat tickets in Shanghai was the most recent, his eyes darkened a little, and his hands under the table suddenly clenched into fists and then unclenched.

The corners of Qin Chaoyang’s mouth twitched, and he felt even more disappointed. It seemed like the meat was almost in his mouth, but it flew away!