Sweet slice-of-life love story: Wife, Let's love again
Chapter 199 - 196: New Moon, Lakeside, Movie, Western Dinner

Chapter 199: Chapter 196: New Moon, Lakeside, Movie, Western Dinner

His girlfriend lay in his arms, seriously teaching him how to chase after her. The feeling was...

a bit magical.

Qin Guanglin’s thoughts fluttered as he dazedly listened to her speak.

"...If I hold your hand, it probably means that I can confess my feelings, got it?"

"Uh... got it."

"Such a dope." He Fang leaned in to peck him on the lips, then laid back down and snuggled against him again. "Let’s just watch the movie."

On the computer screen.

"Wait for me a sec."

After their intimacy, Tim, not quite satisfied with his first time, stood up, said something to Mary, and ran to another room to activate his time-traveling abilities, returning to redo the past fifteen minutes.

"Wow, this guy is awesome!" Qin Guanglin’s eyes widened in amazement at the protagonist’s slick move.

"Hmph, typical man."

He Fang rolled her eyes at him, finding it ridiculous to use such an invincible power for such things.

"If I could do that..." Qin Guanglin clicked his tongue.

"Please stop your unrealistic fantasies," she said, noticing him getting lost in thought and pinched his waist with her small hand.

He was always thinking about nonsensical things.

"My parents will be here any minute. Don’t let them know I gave you oral sex, they wouldn’t like it."

Mary cautiously instructed Tim, who confidently promised not to slip up.

As Mary’s parents arrived, Tim composed himself and greeted his father-in-law, "She didn’t give me oral sex."

"..."

"..."

"Ha ha ha... What are you looking at me for?" Qin Guanglin burst out laughing at the scene, noticing He Fang staring at him and feeling puzzled.

"Nothing." He Fang crinkled her nose and turned her attention back to the movie.

"Hey hey hey, about that oral—"

"Shut up! Don’t even think it!"

"..." Qin Guanglin was bemused for a moment. "I wasn’t going to say I wanted it; I meant it’s disgusting, like how they can kiss each other afterward..."

"... How should I know?"

"Jeez... foreigners really know how to have fun."

After the movie ended, Qin Guanglin got up to cook in the kitchen, while He Fang lay in bed a little longer before getting up, looking for clothes in the wardrobe, combing her hair in front of the mirror, casually tying it with a band, and sitting on the couch watching him cook.

"Why did you get up? I was going to bring it to you in bed."

"I’m not on maternity leave."

"Didn’t they say you can’t get out of bed for several days?" Qin Guanglin asked, confused.

"Who told you that?"

"It’s written in a novel..."

"Shh, are you silly or what?" He Fang rolled her eyes. "If you don’t know, just stay put and cook. What rubbish novels are you reading..."

"If I understood this stuff, that would be really strange... Hey, you seem a bit different." Qin Guanglin, holding a spatula, ran out and crouched in front of the sofa to examine her closely.

"What’s different?" He Fang was puzzled.

"... It’s just a feeling, you look different."

Not sure if it was an illusion, but the lines on that small face appeared softer, her brows and eyes looked gentler than usual. Sitting on the sofa with her hair tied up, she had a womanly charm that was absent in her girlish image before.

"Go make your food, are you trying to starve me?"

"Alright, alright, it’ll be ready soon."

Qin Guanglin bounced back to the kitchen, a sense of indescribable satisfaction rising within him.

Teacher He, she was his.

...

September 24th.

The morning weather was gloomy, but by the afternoon, the clouds suddenly parted, and a golden sunshine poured down, penetrating the glass onto one side of the table.

Qixi Festival fell on a workday, not the weekend, and Qin Guanglin, sitting in his company office, was distracted all day, occasionally glancing at his watch, just waiting for work to end.

"Big boss got a date tonight?" Jiang Lingling saw him checking his watch and guessed.

"Yes."

"Where do you plan to go?"

"I haven’t decided yet, got any suggestions?" Qin Guanglin asked.

"... No, find your own place."

Jiang Lingling rolled her eyes sneakily. He expects a single dog to recommend a place for his date, is that even decent?

Is it?

Finishing his work early, Qin Guanglin placed his phone on the desk, looking up strategies.

When in doubt, ask Baidu.

If Baidu is no help, turn to Sogou.

On the last Valentine’s Day on May 20, they didn’t do anything, not even flowers, just gifted a lousy hairband and ended up with a stomachache from eating watermelon. This time, he had to do his research properly.

As the shaft of sunlight on the corner of the desk slowly moved, hitting the center of the desk, it signaled that it was almost time to call it a day.

"I’m off." Sun Wen was already waiting at the time clock, calling out to Qin Guanglin, ready to leave on time.

"There are still five minutes, look at you, so anxious." Though Qin Guanglin was also eager, he wasn’t as extreme as Sun Wen.

Mainly because sometimes He Fang finished teaching early and would wait for him downstairs at his office. In that case, they’d be together right after work with no time to prepare flowers or anything.

It was less meaningful to buy them with her there. It was better to sneakily purchase them and then surprise her with them out of the blue.

Luckily, He Fang didn’t come today, and Qin Guanglin hadn’t received any messages on his phone. He walked downstairs with peace of mind, looking around to make sure He Fang didn’t suddenly pop out to surprise him, and then headed towards the bus stop.

"Hey, Yueyue..." Sun Wen was on his way when his phone rang, he answered with a smile, listening to the voice on the other end, and gradually, his smile faded.

"Will it be very late?" He paused in his steps to ask, and after a moment, let out a light sigh. "Alright then, I’ll make it up to you tomorrow."

"Mm, goodbye."

Qin Guanglin stood under the bus stop sign waiting for the bus when he saw Sun Wen come over after taking a call, looking dispirited. He couldn’t help but ask curiously, "What’s wrong?"

"My girlfriend’s company is making her work overtime." Sun Wen shrugged his shoulders, grumpily saying, "What a crappy company, making people work overtime every day. It’s such a waste of my candlelight dinner..."

"It’s not that you had a fight?"

"No, her job just requires a lot of overtime right now. Sometimes she has to stay really late. I’ll persuade her to find another job someday."

"That’s good, you save money, and she earns money." Qin Guanglin patted his shoulder consolingly.

"Tch, I’ll make it up to her tomorrow. Can’t really save on that," Sun Wen shook his head, then lifted his chin, "Your bus is here, hurry up and go find your little student."

"She’s working now, not a student anymore. I’m off."

Half an hour later, Qin Guanglin was standing energetically some distance from the school entrance when he saw He Fang come out, looking left and right. He hurriedly waved to catch her attention.

"Over here!"

He Fang walked over with her bag, stopping a few steps away, suspiciously scrutinizing him, "Why are you standing so far away today?"

She smelled a plot, plus with today’s special occasion, she became wary, afraid that this fool might spring some kind of straightforward-guy surprise—more accurately, a shock.

"Hehehe, come over here," Qin Guanglin glanced behind her towards the school gate, smiling with his hands behind his back, "Come on, a little closer."

"What... are you... doing..."

"Ta-da!"

Two bundles of bright red roses appeared before He Fang’s eyes. She was startled for a moment, but a smile gradually spread across her eyebrows and eyes, "Is that it? You were so secretive, I thought you were going to give me some kind of fright."

"Do you like them?" Qin Guanglin grinned and passed the flowers into her hands, "I didn’t want your students to see and think it was inappropriate, that’s why I stood so far away."

A school teacher being shown love publicly, especially at the school gate, would definitely affect He Fang’s work. After a short consideration, he gave up on the idea and waited around this corner for her to come.

"I like them. It’s thoughtful of you."

He Fang brought the flowers to her nose and smelled them, happily linking arms with him to walk forward, "They smell so good... But why two bundles?"

Others usually sent a single bunch, or an armful, or flowers with meaningful numbers like 66 or 99. The two bundles from Qin Guanglin made her wonder about the meaning behind it.

That couldn’t be right... Since when did this guy start using such tactics?

"They’re a make-up for last time."

"..."

Sure enough, there was no hidden meaning; this guy simply knew you were supposed to give flowers on Qixi, so he did, and because he didn’t last time, he added another.

"Don’t you think carrying two flowers is a bit strange?" He Fang commented helplessly, "It looks like I’ve accepted flowers from two different people."

"Does it?"

"Doesn’t it?"

"Then give me one." Qin Guanglin reached out his hand, "I haven’t received any flowers. You give me one, I give you one. Perfect."

"Here."

"Thank you, Teacher He, for the flowers. A kiss."

He shamelessly moved in with a smack and then pulled her around the corner, "Let’s go, we’re eating out tonight."

"Where to?"

"You’ll know in a moment."

...

A crescent moon hung faintly in the sky, and the open-air restaurant sat beside the lake, with ripples shimmering on the surface. In front of their table for two on the shore, Qin Guanglin wore an expression that begged for praise as he looked at He Fang.

"Eating Western food?"

"Yeah, it’s a date. Has to be ceremonial."

"Will you be full?" He Fang asked.

"That’s not important. If I need to, I can eat something else later." Qin Guanglin gestured around, towards the ripples on the lake, asking, "How do you like the setting?"

"It’s nice."

"Good, just right. Later we’ll go watch a movie together." He was very pleased with the place he picked out, believing a date should look like a date.

"Formalism." He Fang smiled slightly, playing with the rose in her hand, "In fact, whether it’s cooking at home or going for hot pot and grilled fish, they’re both pretty nice. Western food is expensive and not filling..."

"It’s different."

"What’s different?"

"That’s how other people date, with candlelight dinners, red wine, and steak." Qin Guanglin stated as if it was obvious, "Of course, we should do the same—

what others have, you must have too. Can’t say I’m not full and skip it, anyway, you’ll be full. I kind of have to bring you to try it out, and if you don’t like it, next time we’ll go somewhere else."

"Alright, I really like it." He Fang reached out her hand, "Where’s my gift?"

"Huh?"

"Didn’t you say it? If others have it, I should have it too. Everyone else gets gifts, where’s mine?" She watched Qin Guanglin with a smile, "Stop hiding it, bring it out for me to see."

"The gift is a kiss, do you want it?"

"Yes."

"Then close your eyes."

"They’re closed."

"Don’t open them..." Qin Guanglin sneakily retrieved a small wooden box from his bag, opened it, and while watching her closely, he pulled her hand over.

The pure white bracelet with hints of green slid smoothly onto He Fang’s joined fingers as she laughed softly with closed eyes, allowing him to adjust it.

After Qin Guanglin made sure it fit perfectly, he happily leaned in to give her a kiss, "There."

"I thought you said the gift was a kiss. What’s this?" He Fang fiddled with the bracelet on her wrist, looking up at him with a smile.

"That’s a free extra."

"Isn’t it too expensive?"

"Not at all." Qin Guanglin threw the empty box away, not intending to let her take it off again, "Haven’t you said?"

"What?"

"What’s mine is yours."

"..." He Fang bit her lip and poked him with a finger, "You just wait."

"For what?"

"Wait till we get back and I’ll pay you back."