Chapter 65 A Little Trick, A Small Plan
The dumplings full of fillings are poured into the pot and the flavor goes around the whole house, making everyone’s mouth water.
Soon, the dumplings are done. Mei Ruo gives a big bowl of soup to Xia Ning and Yi Yunrui respectively and puts several dishes of dumplings on the table.
Mei Ruo gets a dozen kinds of sauces prepared on the table and smiles, “In fact, I haven’t made dumplings for a long time. I am not sure if they taste good. I hope you two can make do with them.”
“Commissar Mei is too kind.” Even the look of the feast alone can earn ninety-nine points out of one hundred.
“Come on. Let’s have a taste.” Mei Ruo says and picks a dumpling for Xia Ning.
“Thank you.” Xia Ning takes a bite. It is tasty and smells wonderful.
Mei Ruo smiles and eats herself. Seeing Yi Yunrui drink the soup and have not tried the dumplings, she picks one for him, “Commander, this is your favorite mushroom pork dumpling. Have a taste.”
Yi Yunrui glances at the dumpling, “Hum. I haven’t had any for a long time.”
Mei Ruo is glad and picks several more for him, “Have more if you like. They are freshly made.”
Yi Yunrui nods and takes up the chopsticks. His phone rings the moment when he picks up the dumpling.
He takes out his phone and looks at it. Then, he puts down the chopsticks and says, “Excuse me.” He goes away to answer the phone.
Mei Ruo’s eyes darken.
“Commissar makes really delicious dumplings.” Xia Ning speaks, “Thanks to Commissar Mei, or, I really don’t know that he likes dumplings.”
It seems that she really doesn’t know her husband well.
Remembering the past, Mei Ruo’s eyes become soft. She unconsciously says, “Rui liked dumplings and used to come here together with others. They all had fun and were happy. But now they are all transferred to other departments. We don’t have many old friends. In fact, Rui doesn’t make intimate friends with others. He is always lonely.”
Hearing Mei Ruo call Rui instead of Commander, Xia Ning feels uncomfortable. She eats the dumplings quietly and listens to Mei Ruo.
“Anyway, it is all right. Though Rui is unsociable, he still can talk with me, his commissar…” Mei Ruo smiles softly, “I still remember that one time when we were both drunk, Rui did a very funny thing.”
Mei Ruo stops here. Xia Ning is curious, “What’s that?”
Mei Ruo’s face freezes slightly. She shakes her head, “No. I did not say anything.”
Xia Ning frowns. Instinctively, she feels that there is something unusual concerning the “funny thing” mentioned by Mei Ruo.
“Ning.” Yi Yunrui comes to her and he looks serious, “Let’s go to see your friend Baoer.”
Xia Ning loses color, “What happened to Baoer?”
Yi Yunrui shakes his head, “Nothing serious. Let’s go and see.”
“OK.” Xia Ning responds and stands up. Seeing the full table of dumplings, she gets embarrassed, “But…”
Yi Yunrui turns to Mei Ruo, “Commissar Mei, we are going to see Ning’s friend. Something is urgent. Sorry. We have to go now.”
“Err…is it urgent?” Mei Ruo says and she looks uneasy.
Yi Yunrui’s face darkens, “I owe you one. Next time, I will invite you to my house for dinner.”
Saying this, Yi Yunrui takes Xia Ning’s hand and heads for the door, not waiting for any responses.
Mei Ruo looks at their leaving hurriedly. She clenches her fists tightly.
Seeing Yi Yunrui and Xia Ning get on the car with serious looks, Feng Le is surprised, “Commander, Mrs. Yi, do you finish the dinner so soon?”
“No questions! Start the car.” Yi Yunrui says coldly.
Feng Le sticks out his tongue and starts the car.
“Rui, what happened to Baoer?” Xia Ning asks anxiously after getting on the car. She almost ran the way out.
“Calm down. I will tell you later.”
Hearing this, Xia Ning is more anxious, “Rui, please tell me now. What on earth happened to Baoer? No, I have to call her.”
Saying this, Xia Ning takes out her phone. She is going to dial the number of Li Baoer when Yi Yunrui stops her.
“Why?” Xia Ning is confused.
Yi Yunrui stares at her and says slowly, “Wait for a moment. Be good. OK?”
Xia Ning feels her heart is stuck. She bites her lips and holds the phone tightly.
Ten minutes later, they come back to the downtown. Yi Yunrui suddenly says, “Stop by the road.”
“Yes, Sir.” Feng Le responds. The car is slowed down and stopped by the road.
“Now, can you tell me?” Xia Ning asks.
Yi Yunrui nods. But he doesn’t speak. Instead, he starts to take off his clothes.
Xia Ning and Feng Le are shocked by his move.
Xia Ning blushes and holds out her hands to stop him. She says in a low voice, “Rui, what are you doing?”
“Commander, I remember I have some other things to do. I will be back soon.” Saying this, Feng Le is going to get off the car.
“You boy sit here.”
Yi Yunrui shouts and Feng Le feels sweats flow from his forehead. What does the Commander want?
Yi Yunrui pats on Xia Ning’s hand and continues to unlock the buttons and takes off his army coat.
He wears a white sweater inside. He opens the box at the back of the car and takes out a white coat from it.
After putting on his coat, Yi Yunrui holds Xia Ning’s hands and says, “Let’s get off the car.”
Does the Army Commander just change his coat?
“Oh…” Xia Ning responds and follows him to get off the car.
“Commander, where are you going? What can I do with the car?” Feng Le pops his head out from the car and asks.
Yi Yunrui’s eyes look cold, “Do we need to report to you where we are going? Drive the car back and have a leave tonight.”
Feng Le’s eyes flash. He looks at their dressing and understands at once. He naughtily salutes, “Yes, Sir. Thank you, Sir.”
Seeing the car leave, Xia Ning is confused, “Rui, we don’t have car now, how do we go to see Baoer?”
“Well, Baoer.” Yi Yunrui speaks slowly and gives more force at his hand to pull Xia Ning into his embrace, “If you want to see her, we can walk slowly to see her later.”
Xia Ning is confused. Yi Yunrui said it was urgent. Didn’t anything happen to Baoer?
“Then you just…”
“In fact, I don’t want to have dumplings today.” Yi Yunrui shows a wronged look, “But I dared not refuse my wife’s order. So, I controlled myself and went there.”
Hearing this, Xia Ning understands immediately that what Yi Yunrui did just now was taking Li Baoer as an excuse.
“You, liar! How can you take Baoer as an excuse?” Xia Ning is upset.
“I did not.” Yi Yunrui looks innocent, “I just said that we would go to see her. Except that, I did not mention anything.”
Xia Ning is stuck. She tries to remember and finds that Yi Yunrui really did not say any other things.
Damn! She was fooled.
She curls her lips and is not happy, “It is a pity. So many dumplings there. It took Commissar Mei a lot of efforts to prepare them. She made them specially for you, Commander Yi.”
Yi Yunrui cocks his head, “Well, you are right. Let’s go back to eat the dumplings.”
Saying this, Yi Yunrui pulls Xia Ning’s hand and heads back, but he feels his hand is tightened.
Yi Yunrui turns his head and looks at Xia Ning curiously, “Why? Aren’t you saying we are going back for the dumplings?”
Xia Ning curls her lips. Honestly, she really doesn’t like to go back for the dumplings. She feels very uncomfortable with what Mei Ruo says.
Though Mei Ruo’s dumplings are delicious and it is a pity to waste it, she doesn’t want to go back.
Xia Ning doesn’t speak. Yi Yunrui says, “Who promised to have dinner at Commissar Mei’s home?”
“Well, well, Commissar Mei was just back and she was so nice to invite us. How could I refuse her?” Xia Ning is almost angry.
Yi Yunrui lifts his eyebrows and his eyes flash with pampering. The little woman was enraged.
However, she looks cuter now.
He smiles and hugs her lightly. He says in a low voice, “Ning, don’t push your husband to other women. Will you?”
Yi Yunrui’s words shock Xia Ning. It seems that she has not realized the seriousness of the thing…
“If I do push, will you leave?”
Unexpecting that Xia Ning will fight back, Yi Yunrui looks at her in surprise for some seconds, “What are you talking about? What do you think your husband is?”
“Huh, aren’t men all like that?” Xia Ning insists.
Yi Yunrui lifts his eyebrows, “What are all men like?”
“You know what they are like…Hum.”
Xia Ning has not finished her speech when she feels something flashes in front of her and her mouth is warm. Her lips are kissed by Yi Yunrui.
It bombs inside her head. Xia Ning widens her eyes as if there is something running up to her brain and her hand which is holding Yi Yunrui suddenly grasps tightly.
God. They are on the street!
“Hum…hum!” There are cars passing. Xia Ning struggles to push Yi Yunrui away.
Yi Yunrui keeps his lips on hers for quite a while. At last, reluctantly, he lets her go. He looks at her with his intense eyes and licks his lips, “It is so sweet.”
Xia Ning’s face looks like a ripe tomato. The kiss gets all her strength away. She leans weakly on Yi Yunrui’s chest and listens to his wild heartbeats.
Hugging her tightly, Yi Yunrui gasps. It takes quite a while for him to get the inner desire under control. He strokes her hairs, “You are not full. There is a catering street there. Let’s go for additional dinner.”
His desire has not completely faded away and his voice is still a little hoarse. It sounds so charming that Xia Ning is excited. She nods. She is going to step back but is pulled again back to his embrace.
Xia Ning blinks her eyes. Are they going to the catering street? How could she go in his embrace?
Yi Yunrui hugs her tightly for quite a while and takes a deep breath. He lets her go and holds her hand, “It will take us fifteen minutes to walk there. Are you hungry? Is it OK for you to walk?”
Xia Ning smiles and shakes her head. It is about six o’clock in the evening. She is really hungry, but not too hungry to walk.
Yi Yunrui looks at her gently and holds her hands tightly. “Then, we will walk there. We will find plenty of foods on the catering street. Sweetie, you have fifteen minutes to decide what we are going to have for dinner.”