chsdbacks Chapter 371 Never Smoking Again
Chapter 371 Never Smoking Again
Xu Sui thought about it and agreed; this matter should indeed be resolved as soon as possible.
"I'll call Director Xie tomorrow and have a good talk with her."
"If we can persuade her, with her help, this matter will be much easier to handle."
Qin Yunzhou grabbed Xu Sui's hand. "No, let me handle this myself."
"I'm already very busy with work, but I happen to have some free time recently, so I can handle this."
The last time he called Xie Yinfang, her attitude was not good at all; she almost scolded him to his face.
He couldn't bear to see Xu Sui suffer such injustice.
He can handle this kind of thing; besides, he brought this problem upon himself.
Xu Sui sensed something was wrong. She suddenly pushed away the man who was holding her, looked up and stared directly into Qin Yunzhou's eyes. After a long while, she asked:
"You haven't already called her, have you? What did she say?"
During those years in Beijing, Xie Yinfang and Chief Gu treated the mother and her children fairly well, and would buy them things or give them red envelopes during holidays.
However, Xu Sui did not take advantage of the other party. After all, the relationship between the two families was awkward, and who knew if they would fall out in the future and bring up these things again.
She didn't want to give anyone leverage against her, and besides, she and her husband weren't short of money.
So whenever the other party bought things for the two children and gave them red envelopes, she would also buy a lot of gifts to send back, never taking advantage of the other party in the slightest.
At first, they wouldn't accept it, but if they didn't accept it, Xu Sui wouldn't accept their things either, and she certainly wouldn't let the two children take their things.
Seeing that Xu Sui had already noticed, Qin Yunzhou sighed and stopped hiding it, briefly recounting how he had called Xie Yinfang back then.
"Did she really say that about you?"
Upon learning the general outline of the incident, Xu Sui couldn't help but feel extremely angry. However, she also knew in her heart that the woman was the wife of a high-ranking official and lived in a military compound.
To put it bluntly, if Xie Yinfang had even the slightest bad intention, or wanted to do anything wrong,
It's not certain that the four of them will be able to withstand it.
Qin Yunzhou was silent for a moment, then hummed in agreement, hugging his wife in his arms even tighter. He rested his chin on Xu Sui's neck and gently rubbed it.
"Don't worry, I'll handle this."
He could roughly guess what Xu Sui was thinking. To be honest, he had also considered and worried about this issue.
He wasn't afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that the Gu family would transfer him to a more remote and arduous place on the frontier.
He could stand that kind of environment, but his wife and children might not.
So even if it's just for his wife and kids, this promotion has to be his; even if it's not, he has to fight for it.
This incident made Qin Yunzhou realize with absolute clarity that the gap between himself and the Gu family was simply too vast.
If the other party wanted to do something to his family of four, he would have no chance to resist.
Little did he know any of this. All he could do was try his best to climb higher, complete tasks diligently, and strive to close the gap with the Gu family as soon as possible, so that they would no longer dare to act against them at will.
Thinking about this, Qin Yunzhou couldn't sleep again that night.
Late at night, he glanced at Xu Sui, who was already fast asleep beside him.
Move quietly and silently.
He got up, took his cigarettes and matches, and went downstairs to find a secluded corner to smoke.
Little did he know that Xu Sui woke up shortly after he left.
The first thing she did upon waking was to instinctively touch the man beside her.
However, they didn't touch anything.
Xu Sui suddenly opened her eyes, fully awake.
She glanced at the moonlight outside the window, then raised her wrist to check the time; it was already past midnight.
When I put on my clothes and went downstairs...
In a dark, deserted corner.
Qin Yunzhou was leaning there smoking, the smoke filling the air and making it a bit choking.
He had only recently learned to smoke and was still getting used to it. He coughed a few times from time to time, and perhaps afraid of disturbing others, he quickly covered his mouth and tried to suppress the cough, or coughed softly.
Xu Sui just got close.
Suddenly, the man let out a cold snort and asked a question.
"Who, who's there?" Qin Yunzhou suddenly looked up, his sharp gaze sweeping over.
The next second, when they saw who it was...
He paused for a moment, then quickly extinguished the cigarette butt and tossed it into a dark corner.
"Sui Sui..."
"I saw everything, you don't need to hide it."
Xu Sui glanced at the dark corner, paused for a moment, and then walked to Qin Yunzhou's side.
Even from outside, you can smell a pungent odor of smoke as soon as you get close.
It smells terrible.
"When...when did you find out?" Qin Yunzhou's body stiffened for a moment, his expression looking somewhat unnatural.
After regaining his senses, he quickly pulled the person aside to a place where there was no smell of smoke.
However, the atmosphere around them gradually fell silent, becoming somewhat oppressive and suffocating, making it almost impossible to breathe.
"Sui Sui, don't worry, I will never smoke again."
Seeing that Xu Sui remained silent for a long time, Qin Yunzhou thought she was angry, so she quickly made a promise and led her back into the house.
"Let's go upstairs first, it's cool outside."
It's already springtime in 1966, but the weather hasn't warmed up yet. The nights are still cold, with biting winds.
Especially at midnight, the cold wind sweeps in like a knife, scraping heavily against one's skin.
Xu Sui pursed her lips, glanced at the man beside her, and suddenly reached out to hug Qin Yunzhou's waist, burying her head in his chest, her voice muffled.
"Have you been under a lot of stress lately?"
This man used to not smoke at all, nor did he like drinking alcohol; he only loved drinking tea.
But lately, she has noticed that he sneaks out to smoke late at night.
Xu Sui is usually busy with work and doesn't have much time for her family.
Now that Xiaomei is married and the old lady has gone back to work, the family has also hired a nanny under the guise of a relative to help take care of the two children and pick them up from school.
Gradually, things seemed to calm down at home.
Qin Yunzhou was taken aback when he felt the soft body rush into his arms. He hadn't expected Xu Sui to not only not be angry, but instead to throw herself into his arms and hug him tightly.
"What pressure could I possibly feel? You and the child are by my side now, and that's enough." Qin Yunzhou lowered his head and kissed Xu Sui's eyebrows and eyes.
To be honest, his current life is indeed the happiest he has had in all these years.
With my wife, kids, and a warm bed, every morning when I open my eyes and see them, my heart feels instantly filled with joy.