Chapter 38: Young Man, Be Careful!

Although Jiang Yue was very displeased with Gu Ye waking her up while she was trying to sleep, she didn’t just throw together a quick breakfast to get rid of him.

Jiang Yue was very skilled at making fried rice, especially egg fried rice.

She cracked three eggs, beat them, and poured half of the egg mixture into the rice. The rice was leftover from yesterday, stored in a bucket and frozen in the well overnight. The grains were a bit hard, so Jiang Yue had to put in a lot of effort to make sure all the rice was coated with the egg mixture.

She set aside the remaining egg mixture for later, chopped half a carrot and half a cucumber into small cubes, and then chopped a handful of green onions.

She heated the pan and poured in the rest of the egg mixture, stirring it until it was cooked through and scrambled. Then, she added the rice coated with egg and fried it until it began steaming and the grains were separate. Next, she added the chopped carrot and cucumber, stirred them in evenly, then added salt, and finally, a little soy sauce to enhance the flavor. Jiang Yue’s exclusive secret recipe for egg fried rice was now ready.

Gu Ye had already smelled the fragrance and didn’t need Jiang Yue to call him. He came out on his own.

“The rice is in the pot, you can eat it yourself. I’m going to sleep!” Jiang Yue yawned; she needed to quickly catch up on her sleep.

It seemed she couldn’t stay up late at night from now on. A few days ago, when she went to bed early, her complexion had improved visibly. But after staying up all night last night, her complexion looked as bad as a ghost’s today.

This couldn’t continue! She had planned to recover her beauty as soon as possible and use her charm to seduce Gu Ye!

With messy hair and bleary eyes, Jiang Yue was lost in thought, planning how to seduce Gu Ye, just as she brushed past him. Then she heard his voice close to her ear: “Jiang Yue, aren’t you going to eat?”

“Leave me some, I’ll eat when I wake up!” Jiang Yue mumbled with her eyes closed. She just wanted to sleep now and wasn’t interested in eating.

Gu Ye watched as Jiang Yue staggered toward the wall, and quickly reached out to pull her back.

“What are you doing?” Jiang Yue turned her head.

“The door is over here!” Gu Ye pointed.

Jiang Yue looked confused. She tilted her head and glanced at Gu Ye, then at the door’s location. “Oh!” She wasn’t stupid; of course, she knew where the door was!

When Gu Ye heard Jiang Yue’s soft muttering, he twitched his lips. He should have just let her run into the wall!

But despite what he said, Gu Ye still followed closely behind her, and just as Jiang Yue nearly tripped over the doorframe, he quickly supported her to prevent her from falling.

“Thank you!” Jiang Yue didn’t even turn her head as she dashed towards her room.

At that moment, all she could think about were four words: she wanted to sleep! Gu Ye’s handsome face was going to have to wait.

She finally crawled into bed, letting out a satisfied sigh. She closed her eyes, ready to sink into a peaceful slumber.

“Jiang Yue!” Gu Ye’s voice came again.

“What, what, what, what, what?!” Jiang Yue was absolutely furious. Was she never going to be allowed to sleep? This was the first time she found Gu Ye so annoying!

“We’re going out for field training today, and I won’t be back for lunch!” Gu Ye seemed surprised by Jiang Yue’s sudden outburst. After a short pause, he spoke again.

“Got it, got it!” Jiang Yue pulled the blanket over her head, responding irritably. But in the next second, she threw the blanket off and shouted loudly: “Is that all? Say it all at once!”

Gu Ye stood at the door of the main room, thinking for a moment. “I think that’s everything!”

Jiang Yue almost rolled her eyes. What did “I think” mean? Gu Ye was definitely doing this on purpose! As soon as she fell asleep, he would definitely call her up again with that annoying voice!

She had been so pleased the other day thinking that Gu Ye’s attitude towards her had changed, but in reality, nothing had changed at all! Gu Ye was probably still angry at her for mistreating Ningning, calling him a “second marriage old man” who didn’t deserve her…

Jiang Yue had originally planned to stay awake until Gu Ye left, but within a few seconds of lying down, she lost consciousness. She didn’t even know when Gu Ye had left.

When Jiang Yue finally woke up again, it was almost 9 o’clock. She stretched lazily, feeling much better after a full sleep and in a much better mood.

She went to the backyard to use the bathroom and also emptied the toilet.

When she had just arrived those first few days, she wasn’t used to using the bathroom inside, but getting up in the middle of the night to go to the backyard was extremely inconvenient.

Their house was already in a remote location, and there were no other houses nearby. It was peaceful, yes, but it could be terrifying at night.

Especially in the middle of the night, with no light, when Jiang Yue went outside with a flashlight to use the bathroom, she always felt like the trees in the corner by the wall were standing there like people. One time, she even heard crows calling above her head. It scared her so much that she cried on the spot and ran back inside, never daring to go outside at night again.

Although the toilet was in the backyard, it didn’t affect the fresh air of the area. The fruit trees that had scared her at night, during the day, were laden with fruit, and there was a row of bamboo growing along the wall.

Jiang Yue had noticed that several bamboo shoots had started to sprout a few days ago, but they were too small, so she hadn’t touched them. Today, seeing that they had grown a little bigger, she decided they were ready to be harvested.

Without wasting any time, Jiang Yue cleaned the toilet brush, set it aside to dry, then grabbed gloves and a shovel. In no time, she had dug up a bag of tender bamboo shoots.

Hey! Tonight, they’d have fresh spring bamboo shoots to eat!

It was a shame that she had slept in too late today and didn’t make it to the market to buy meat. Otherwise, in this late spring, early summer season, a plate of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots would make her mouth water just thinking about it.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yue was happily peeling the bamboo shoots at home.

Out in the field, Gu Ye had just finished a 5-kilometer loaded run with his troops and was taking a break when he ran into Regiment Commander Zhao, who was also conducting field training.

“Gu, I see your devilish regiment is going to come out on top again in this big competition!” Regiment Commander Zhao observed that Gu Ye didn’t look tired at all and felt a bit envious. Young people were strong—after running like that last night, today he was still full of energy, personally leading his men in a 5-kilometer loaded run.

Gu Ye noticed the envious and jealous look from Regiment Commander Zhao, but he didn’t give it much thought. He just assumed that Regiment Commander Zhao was jealous of how strong his soldiers were.

It wasn’t just Regiment Commander Zhao who was jealous of their regiment; Gu Ye had gotten used to it by now.

The two moved to the side, and seeing that no one was around, Regiment Commander Zhao nudged Gu Ye with his arm and asked in a low voice: “Gu, are there a lot of mosquitoes in your courtyard?”

“Yeah, quite a few!” Gu Ye replied, tilting his head back to drink from his water bottle.

“Don’t you guys get bitten by mosquitoes at night?” Regiment Commander Zhao winked.

Gu Ye swallowed his water, his Adam’s apple moving, and casually responded: “If we’re afraid of mosquito bites, we just light mosquito coils.”

“You kid, you’re quite the expert!” Regiment Commander Zhao thought back to what he had heard at Gu Ye’s door last night and couldn’t help but feel a bit envious. “Back in my day, when I was in my twenties, I was as strong as you! Haha! Just didn’t know how to do it as well as you!”

Gu Ye took this as a compliment to his training methods and happily accepted it. He put down his military water bottle, smiled smugly, and even threw a bit of shade at Regiment Commander Zhao. “But I heard when you were in your twenties, you couldn’t even run a 5-kilometer without throwing up! Is that what you call strong?”

Regiment Commander Zhao’s expression froze, and he immediately denied it. “Nonsense! That’s not true! Who told you that? Was it Old Cui? I’ll go talk to him!”

Gu Ye watched as Regiment Commander Zhao stormed off, then suddenly turned back. He raised an eyebrow. “Is there something else?”

Regiment Commander Zhao clicked his tongue. Though he hesitated to say it, he eventually spoke in a roundabout way: “Your sister-in-law’s health isn’t great, so take it easy on her! Cough cough…”

After saying that, Regiment Commander Zhao turned and walked away, shaking his head as he went. Young people didn’t understand moderation; by the time he reached his age, he’d know how hard it was when you couldn’t keep up anymore!

Gu Ye was left confused. He knew Jiang Yue wasn’t in great health—he had only a few days ago witnessed her running into a wall and almost drowning.

But what did that have to do with him taking it easy? What was he supposed to take easy?