Chapter 9: Honeymoon
When Xia Ning opens her eyes and sees what is in front of her, she is so surprised that her mouth becomes an ‘O’ shape!
What in front of her is a military helicopter!
And she is in the broad arms of the commander. Her small face is pressed against his chest, and she hears his steady and powerful heartbeats clearly!
Now, she is wearing his military coat in addition to her pajamas.
What happened? What is the current situation?
Yi Yunrui bows his head towards her who is in perplexity, “You can sleep a little more.”
Sleep a little more? How can she fall asleep?!
“Where are we going?” Why helicopter? Will it be an emergency evacuation?
“Suzhou.”
As the saying goes, “There is Paradise above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below”. An hour later, the helicopter lands at the Suzhou Millitary Commander’s Airport.
Then Yi Yunrui carries her in arms and puts her into a black Audi.
After twenty minutes, they arrive at a five-star international hotel.
Yi Yunrui, under the watchful eyes of people, still carries her in arms into a presidential suite.
Until Yi Yunrui carefully places her on a big bed, the commander had already held her for an hour and a half.
“After your washing, put on this suit.” Yi Yunrui puts a new set of clothes on the bed and leaves, “I will report to the headquarter for duty first. I’ll come back twenty minutes later.”
This time what Yun Yunrui prepares for her is a set of silver and white sportswear, and a pair of Adidas sneakers.
Will they go hiking or something like that?
Xia Ning sits on the bed, staring at everything in front of her. Her mind is still absent!
The clock on the wall shows it is seven o’clock in the morning.
Commander Yi says that he will come back in twenty minutes!
Without time to think much, Xia Ning quickly washes her face, brushes her teeth and changes her clothes…
At 7:20, Yi Yunrui returns to the room on time.
“Com… Rui,” Xia Ning still has difficulties in calling him by name. For the sake of accuracy, the word ‘Rui’ seems too close for her to say. “Why are we in Hangzhou? An order?”
Looking at the cute girl in sportswear, Yi Yunrui’s expression is gentle, “We are here in Suzhou for a honeymoon.”
Honeymoon… Xia Ning’s heart is touched. Turning aside her face, she says bashfully, “There is no need to use a helicopter.”
“There is.” Yi Yunrui walks up to her, raises his hand, and wants to put on her face, but it falls on her shoulders, “We only have a one-day honeymoon.”
“Uh?”
“I just received an order from the headquarter that I have to return to C City tomorrow.”
“Oh.” The schedule is really full. No wonder why the commander used a helicopter…
But the question is why do we come to Suzhou for a honeymoon?
Yi Yunrui seems to have arranged everything well. Having breakfast, going shopping, visiting the tourist spots…
Yi Yunrui is eye-catching in the crowd, and girls all look at him! Yi Yunrui is indifferent to their ogling, always holding her hand tightly.
It feels very good and very comfortable to have their fingers interlocked. At this moment, Xia Ning completely ignores his prominent identity of commander. The man walking next to her is her husband.
The Love Lake in August is beautiful and picturesque.
Yi Yunrui and Xia Ning sit in a small boat, rowing on the vast lake. A breeze gently passes, in this dreamy landscape, Xia Ning feels happy.
There is a story about the Love Lake that a beauty left her beloved one and went for revenge on her own for the sake of the country, who finally left away with her lover by rowing on the Love Lake. Xia Ning often imagines that she and Ou Yixuan travel together on the Love Lake…
The ridiculous thing is that it is not Ou Yixuan but Yi Yunrui who is traveling to Love Lake with her.
“The brimming waves delight the eyes on sunny days. The dimming hills present rare view in rainy haze. Love Lake may be compared to Lady of the West. Whether she is richly adorned or plainly dressed.” Xia Ning recites the poem in a low voice and sighs secretly in her heart.
The gap is really big between reality and fantasy.
“It is a good poem.” Yi Yunrui, the “boatman” praises it.
“Well, it’s a good poem, but it’s a pity that it is not written by me.” Xia Ning jokes.
“Ha ha ha!” Xia Ning’s joke amuses Yi Yunrui.
Xia Ning is attracted by his laughter.
His face without expression is already handsome enough, but when he laughs… Xia Ning’s heartbeat is faster, feeling something special grow in the heart.
“Are you tired?” Yi Yunrui says and he hands a grape to her.
Xia Ning takes over and thinks about saying something. At this time, her phone is ringing, “My boyfriend gets married, but his bride is not me…”
The atmosphere suddenly becomes awkward.
“Answer it.”
Xia Ning nods, and it is Li Baoer.
“Hey, where are you now?”
Xia Ning looks at Yi Yunrui, “I am in Suzhou.”
“What?!” Li Baoer is shocked in a high-pitched voice, “When did you go to Suzhou?? Alone?”
“No,” Xia Ning is a little embarrassed, “He is here.”
“Oh…” Li Baoer’s “oh” word is very meaningful, “Good, you should have done this long time ago. Enjoy yourself.”
“Yeah.” Yi Yunrui is watching her. Xia Ning is a little awkward, “Anything happened?”
“Do you think I bother you? Anyway, I want to tell you that the Wondertime TV station is ordered to suspend business for rectification because of false reports. Oh, it really works off my anger!”
Wondertime TV station is ordered to suspend business for rectification?!
As Xia Ning does not answer, Li Baoer is impatient, “Okay, okay, I don’t bother you, Enjoy yourself! Bye!”
“I am not…hey, hello!” It’s really fast! She is not bothered by her!
“Do you want to go back, or to play in Suzhou for a few more days?” Yi Yunrui asks.
Xia Ning thinks for a while and says, “The Wondertime TV station is ordered to suspend business. Is there something to do with you?”
“As a government agency, it must be responsible for its reports. If its reports are untrue, it should bear the corresponding legal responsibility.”
His words make Xia Ning stunned. She doesn’t know how to retort upon him.
From another point of view, is it an avenge… Or is it for her?
Thinking of this, Xia Ning tentatively asks, “How do you know that the events reported by Wondertime Daily are not true?”
“I know what my wife’s character and personality are.”
Sure enough, it is related to that thing!
Xia Ning feels a touch of sweetness in heart, but she still says, “I know you for just a few days, how do you know that my character is not like this? How much do you know about me?”
It seems that his little wife wants some facts.
Yi Yunrui narrows his eyes, gets close to her, and says one word by one word, “Xia Ning, 26 years old, graduated from the Department of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, UK. You’re born with hypoglycemia, likes to eat sweets, loves caramel Macchiato, loves to eat sweet and sour pork ribs and wax apple. The goal of your life is to be a chief editor of a TV station. Am I right?”