Chen Shouwang’s submission pleased Hualing greatly. After being reprimanded by Cheng Su, she didn’t cling to the issue. Seeing Chen Shouwang giving in, she gracefully stepped back and naturally apologized, allowing Chen Shouwang to relax as well. The couple considered the matter settled.
And just a few days later, Chen Shouwang secretly visited the hospital where Hualing worked to get a check-up. Once the results came out, both breathed a sigh of relief; there were no problems with either of them. Their childlessness was probably due to their past pattern of frequent separations combined with their recent daily arguments, which significantly reduced their intimate moments, and thus, the delay in having a child.
Hualing reflected on her behavior and had another in-depth conversation with Chen Shouwang. She promised to try to control her temper from now on. Once she opened up, Chen Shouwang himself felt somewhat guilty.
He thought of Liu Li.
Perhaps, going to the small bar was no longer an option!
There were no fertility issues for the couple, and to clear up any misunderstandings, Hualing specifically showed Cheng Su the report, partly to restore her husband’s dignity.
Cheng Su was overjoyed, and she shared the news privately with Qi Taiguo, remarking that both were stubborn, complicating their otherwise good life needlessly.
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As the days grew shorter and nights longer, time flew by, and as the year drew to a close, Cheng Su, looking at the account books, gave her restaurant staff a generous bonus. She then chose a date to gather everyone for a year-end feast.
Since it was the restaurant’s first year, Cheng Su decided to close on the twenty-ninth of the lunar year, and to reopen for business on the eighth day of the lunar month, allowing everyone to have a joyous holiday. In the future, if the restaurant grew larger in scale, she anticipated there would be no holidays, just a rotation of shifts for rest instead.
As the New Year approached, the calls from home grew more frequent; there were constant inquiries about when Qi Taiguo and his family would return, especially from Mother Qi, who even told Qi Taiguo in private what to buy for the trip back.
To coordinate with Cheng Su’s restaurant holiday schedule, Qi Taiguo’s shifts at the military unit were until the evening of the twenty-eighth of the lunar year, and his official holiday started on the twenty-ninth, but because of military regulations, the holiday could only extend until the fifth day of the lunar month.


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