Jiang Yao giggled. She really did reach out and touch his abdomen like a hooligan. His abdomen felt good to the touch. She lingered around for a few more pats until she thought that he seemed to react to it. Then, she quickly withdrew her hand and rushed back to the room.
"You only care about lighting the fire, not extinguishing it." Lu Xingzhi snorted unhappily. Then, he grabbed the mop and went to the balcony. He thought about how his wife would wait for him that night!
By the time Lu Xingzhi had tidied the house, it was already past four in the afternoon. Then, he told Jiang Yao to get ready to go out.
The two of them did not expect to run into such a coincidence. However, when the couple opened the door and were about to go out, there was a person in the opposite unit.
A pregnant woman stood at the door; she looked to be four to five months along. When she saw movement, the pregnant woman turned her head to look at them. She said, "Sergeant Lu? This is your wife?"
"Yes," Lu Xingzhi replied, but he had no intention of introducing two of them.
Jiang Yao smiled at the woman. They were about to go downstairs when the woman's mother-in-law spoke in an impatient tone. "Why are you fumbling around? Don't your legs work? You're even more useless than an old woman like me!"
"Mom, I just wanted to say hello to Sergeant Lu and his wife," the woman explained in a gentle voice; she sounded a little aggrieved.
The mother-in-law walked out of the house and glanced at the two people who were headed downstairs. She pulled her daughter-in-law through the door while she scolded, "Why are you in such a hurry to say hello to someone when he doesn't even want to greet you? You're always making me lose face."
Then, the door slammed shut.
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