Chapter 58

The island, although not small, couldn’t rule out the possibility of running into acquaintances on the street.

To avoid being exposed, Jiang Muning and Jiang Heng decided to stay home for the next few days.

Jiang Heng’s rented house was a two-story adobe house with a backyard.

Although it looked old, it was clean.

Plus, Jiang Heng had a mild case of OCD and kept the house spotless.

Before returning, Jiang Heng bought a lot of meat, and Jiang Muning bought a lot of daily necessities before returning to the rental house.

At noon, Jiang Muning cooked. Jiang Heng looked at the boiled fish, spicy hot pot, and spicy potato shreds in front of him and sighed, “You really can’t live without spicy food.”

Jiang Muning ate the food with gusto: “Such delicious food, it would be a shame to waste it.”

To satisfy her craving for chili peppers, Jiang Muning even planted an acre of chili pepper field in her space, enough to meet her needs.

Both Jiang Heng and Jiang Muning were from the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai region, but Jiang Muning loved spicy food, while Jiang Heng, like most residents of coastal cities, preferred a lighter taste.

Jiang Heng ate while scooping rice to relieve the spiciness, and he asked with a hint of sarcasm, “Didn’t Qin Muye say anything about you eating all this spicy food? He doesn’t eat spicy food.”

Hearing this, Jiang Muning was surprised: “Doesn’t eat spicy food? No, I saw him eating quite well. He finishes every meal, not a single bit wasted.”

Jiang Heng widened his eyes in shock: “He eats spicy food? Impossible! I remember a scene in the book where the female lead later took Qin Muye to eat Sichuan cuisine, and he only ate one dish of vegetables that meal.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Muning vaguely remembered that there was such a scene.

“So he doesn’t eat spicy food. He only ate it because it was cooked by me, and he even finished everything.” Jiang Muning said in a daze.

Jiang Heng sighed: “He really loves you. Every action of his is telling you that he loves you.”

Seeing his intoxicated expression, Jiang Muning showed a look of disdain.

But this realization made her happy.

After lunch, Jiang Muning and Jiang Heng each went back to their rooms to rest.

Two days later, Jiang Muning came to the community where the rental house was located and dialed the phone number Qin Muye had given her.

The phone rang for a while before being answered, and a slightly familiar voice came from the other end: “Hello, this is the communication room of the stationed naval fleet.”

Hearing Xiaotao’s voice, Jiang Muning smiled and said: “Hello, I’m Qin Muye’s wife. I have something to talk to Qin Muye about. Can you please call him for me?”

Hearing her self-introduction, Xiaotao hesitated for a moment before saying, “Captain Qin should be training now and doesn’t have time to answer the phone.”

Hearing this, Jiang Muning smiled faintly and replied: “Okay, then please tell him that Jiang Muning is looking for him and ask him to call me when he’s free.”

“Okay.” Xiaotao simply replied and ended the call.

Jiang Muning paid the money and politely said to the village head: “Comrade, my name is Jiang Muning. I live at No. 20, Hebaotian Road. If anyone calls looking for me, please let me know.”

“Okay.” The village head said with a smile.

Jiang Muning turned and left. She felt that she wouldn’t receive a call.

Sure enough, for the next few days, Jiang Muning never received a call.

So, on this day, Jiang Muning dialed the communication room again.

“Hello, I’m Qin Muye’s wife…”

Xiaotao calmly said on the phone: “I’ll tell him.”

“Okay, thank you.” Jiang Muning smiled and hung up.

Xiaotao hung up directly and muttered with disdain: “She must have done something and was sent back to the countryside. She’s deliberately trying to play the victim and come back to join the army again.”

“What are you doing, Xiaotao?” A colleague asked curiously.

“Nothing.” Xiaotao answered casually, “An army family member keeps calling, it’s so annoying.”

“She must have something important. You can tell her later. By the way, Captain Qin came to ask just now if there were any calls for him.”

These past two days, Qin Muye had been coming to the communication room every few days to ask.

Thinking of the call just now, Xiaotao denied it: “No.”

“Okay, I’ll tell Captain Qin later. It seems like Captain Qin is waiting for someone’s call, it must be quite important.”

Hearing her colleague’s words, Xiaotao didn’t care. He felt that Qin Muye deserved a better girl, like Gu Manli.

Thinking about this, Xiaotao continued working.

Half a month later, Jiang Muning made a call.

Another half a month later…

Calculating the time, she had been ‘gone’ for a month. If she didn’t return, she was worried that Qin Muye would call her mother-in-law to ask about the situation, so she packed her bags and went back.

But her destination wasn’t the family housing area, but the military district.

Qin Muye, who had been hanging on to hope, rushed to the gate of the military district as soon as he heard that Jiang Muning had returned.

He saw the familiar figure standing there from afar.

“Ningning.” Qin Muye’s eyes were filled with undisguised joy. He was about to hug her, but saw Jiang Muning step back.

Seeing her action, Qin Muye’s heart tightened: “Ningning, what’s wrong?”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Jiang Muning with red eyes accusing him: “Qin Muye, don’t you want me anymore? Don’t you like me anymore?”

Hearing this, the guard standing nearby pricked up his ears curiously.

Qin Muye was stunned: “I didn’t.”

“You’re lying to me. I called you so many times, and you didn’t answer. You just don’t like me, you don’t miss me at all.”

Thinking about the sad things again and again, Jiang Muning finally squeezed out a few tears.

Seeing her tears, Qin Muye panicked instantly: “I didn’t not answer your calls, you didn’t call me.”

“You’re lying, I clearly called you…” Jiang Muning said as she counted on her fingers: “Once, twice… I called you four times, and you didn’t answer!”

Qin Muye was full of shock: Four calls?

Seeing her red eyes, like a wronged rabbit, he comforted her: “Be good, don’t cry. I really didn’t receive your calls, I’ve been waiting for your call.”

Jiang Muning choked back a sob: “I don’t believe you, you’re lying to me. Qin Muye, you don’t like me, I don’t want to be with you anymore.”

This time, Qin Muye was really anxious, losing his usual composure: “I really didn’t receive your calls, I’ve been waiting for your call…”

“I called several times, why don’t we go to the communication room.” Jiang Muning said truthfully.

Qin Muye remained silent for a few seconds before replying: “Okay.”

He also wanted to figure out what was going on.

Qin Muye took Jiang Muning to the communication room. Seeing her appear again, Xiaotao’s eyes flashed with surprise.

“Captain Qin, what’s going on?” A colleague asked curiously.

“I want to ask if there were any calls for me during this time.” Qin Muye asked in a calm voice.

“No.”

“I made four calls in the past month.” Jiang Muning pointed at Xiaotao, “Comrade Xiaotao, you answered all of them, right?”