Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1122 - 1121 Jinrui Receives a Letter 1

Chapter 1122: Chapter 1121 Jinrui Receives a Letter 1

Zheng Jinrui received the letter at noon, right when he took the letter to the state-run restaurant. He ordered a bowl of egg noodles and waited until they were served before opening the letter. As he read, eating along, he nearly choked on an egg once he grasped the content, his eyes as wide as the eggs themselves, his mouth open enough to stuff a double-yolk egg inside.

"So it was because I didn’t persist?" he hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth, incredulously reading the letter a second time.

After finishing, Zheng Jinrui, quite a big man, was so saddened that he almost shed tears, especially when he thought about how it seemed like he hadn’t confessed his love to Chen Xueniang for five years, merely watching her silently and helping her out.

If only he had confessed again five years ago—no, forget five years, even if he had done it four years ago, might he have won the beauty’s heart?

He had no appetite for food at that moment!

But then again, wasting food was shameful.

Zheng Jinrui wolfed down the bowl of noodles, sprang up, and charged enthusiastically out of the state-run restaurant, planning to find Chen Xueniang and confess. But after running only a dozen steps, he stopped.

Everyone was still at work; wouldn’t finding her now cause her trouble?

He’d better wait until after work to find her!

Zheng Jinrui took a day and a half off; most units were just passing time nowadays, many operations had been halted, and nobody cared or asked even if some people took off ten days or half a month.

Although the department store was booming, Zheng Jinrui was an official and didn’t have to sell goods, so he got time off quite easily.

Then, he went to the barber to get a haircut, shaved his face, and then went to the bathhouse for a wash, using some fancy soap especially for the occasion.

So when Chen Xueniang got off work and arrived at her front door, she was greeted by a neatly dressed Zheng Jinrui, who seemed more spirited and cleaner than usual, just like a groom.

"Do you need something?" Chen Xueniang asked.

Zheng Jinrui coughed and touched the watch he had prepared in his pocket for so long, "Comrade Chen Xueniang, I need to talk to you about something, oh, no, I mean, I need a little favor, can I come in to discuss it? It’s not quite proper to talk about it at the door."

Chen Xueniang had not received a reply from Feng Qingxue, so she did not think much of it at that moment. Since Zheng Jinrui had come to help out at her place so many times, she did not suspect anything. Having known what kind of person Zheng Jinrui was for so many years, she took out her keys, unlocked the door, and said, "Just tell me what it is. If I can help, I certainly won’t refuse!"

"You definitely can help!" Zheng Jinrui exclaimed.

Chen Xueniang scoffed, parked her second-hand bicycle bought from the flea market, and opened the living room door, "Alright, what is it?"

Zheng Jinrui followed her inside, took out the box with the watch, and presented it to her with both hands.

"What’s this?" Chen Xueniang felt stirred when she saw the ’Capital Department Store’ printed on the gift box.

Zheng Jinrui opened the box to reveal the Omega inside and spoke earnestly, "Comrade Chen Xueniang, you see, we have known each other for so many years. I understand your character, and you know my personality. How about we spend the second half of our lives together as revolutionary comrades in arms?"

All the sweet nothings he planned to say for over half a day culminated in this single sentence.

After saying it, he almost wished he could bite his own tongue off.

Chen Xueniang’s eyes bugged out. Could it be that Feng Qingxue, after receiving her letter, didn’t reply to her first but contacted Zheng Jinrui instead? Otherwise, how did this blockhead suddenly have an epiphany?