Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 1227

Chapter 1227: Chapter 1100: Returning from a Business Trip

After washing up and changing into a clean set of clothes, Zhang Guoqing couldn’t help letting out a long sigh.

— It’s still best at home!

And at the same time, Zhou Jiao was wondering why she’d been busy like a dog these past days.

— Just because there was no him.

"I dream of you every night."

Zhou Jiao smiled at his words. An old married couple, and he was still firing sugar‑coated shells.

"You don’t believe me? Is it that you basically don’t believe a word I say?"

Zhou Jiao, amused, patted his shoulder and went on rubbing his damp hair with a dry towel. "Word is Vice Minister Zhang handles a thousand affairs a day and often works late into the night."

Through the big mirror on the dressing table, Zhang Guoqing could easily see her relaxed smile. He sidestepped the topic. "Mostly for show. How are the kids doing?"

Zhou Jiao knew this business trip must have been tough on him. Hearing the question, she followed his lead and started talking about their sons. "Ping’an and Liu Yi sometimes come home once a week, sometimes once every two weeks, and May 1st comes home every week."

"Ping’an and Liu Yi are both in good shape. If they don’t come back on the weekend, I send some things over and leave them at the school’s reception office. The two brothers say they get along very well with their classmates."

"With you away, I’ve been to May 1st’s school four times. He really has the same bearing you had back in the day. Student union, Youth League branch, all that stuff—he handles it very smoothly. Right now he’s rubbing his hands together, getting ready to join the Party."

When Zhang Guoqing heard that the boy had truly thought it through and decided to give up taking the graduate school entrance exam this year, he felt relieved. This was better; at least he wasn’t foolish enough to be bent on making a name for himself. For a family like theirs, too big a reputation wasn’t necessarily a good thing. At this stage, what mattered more was building connections and having a beautiful résumé.

"Wife, you’ve worked hard."

"Worked hard how? I just went to take a look, and dropped off some things while I was at it."

Zhang Guoqing patted her back in comfort.

How could it not be hard? With him not at home, of course she had to keep an eye on the children. Going to the schools was probably also because she was worried the kids might be easily affected by their surroundings.

"Tomorrow morning I’ll go to the office first, then visit the old coach in the afternoon."

At his words, Zhou Jiao broke into a bright smile. "Be sure to ask after the boys while you’re there."

Zhang Guoqing chuckled and nodded. See? She’d been thinking of them all along.

Once he had an idea, Zhang Guoqing was the kind to act on it at once. And after being away on this trip, he missed his sons even more.

The next day, after handling official business and grabbing a simple lunch at work, he used the pretext of a private visit to a superior and made a trip to the military academy himself.

In the office of his old instructor—now the vice president of the academy—he secretly met with the two brothers, Ping’an and Liu Yi.

"Dad?"

Looking at his two sons, now more and more steady and restrained, Zhang Guoqing sighed inwardly. He wasn’t even forty yet, but he really did feel old.

The old coach glanced at them in satisfaction. "A tiger father has no dog sons. Keep working hard. I’ll leave you alone for a bit."

As soon as he left, Ping’an and Liu Yi broke into radiant smiles and leaped to Zhang Guoqing’s left and right sides. Gone was any trace of the steadiness from moments before.

Their three sons shared about eighty percent of the same features: the same sharp, handsome and hard‑edged face, thick black sword‑brows, deep eyes, a high straight nose, and thin lips.

Unlike the gentle, refined handsomeness of May 1st, who always gave people the sense of being bathed in a spring breeze, Ping’an and Liu Yi outwardly carried nothing but a wild, chilly arrogance.

Seeing them clowning around like this now, Zhang Guoqing couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

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