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Chapter 35 Then I'll wait for you to come home.
In this era, Tsinghua and Peking Universities were extremely prestigious, with only a select few able to cross the narrow bridge of these top-tier institutions.

"Even if you're first in the school, you still can't get into university?" Zhu Jing asked curiously.

Her ancestors were imperial chefs and her family was relatively well-off. Her family encouraged her to take the high school entrance exam, but her grades were too poor and she failed to get in.

Later, I often heard that the top student in the whole school eventually went to Tsinghua or Peking University.

Wen Ci shook his head: "The school resources are different. The school I went to was a rural school. The top student in the provincial capital should be able to get in."

"Aren't you planning to go to work?" Wen Ci asked.

"I want to go, but I feel sleepy when I go to the literacy class."

The Northwest Military Region doesn't offer many jobs to family members. Apart from the canteen kitchen, which doesn't require literacy, all other jobs require being literate.

Moreover, passing the literacy class exam also requires being assigned a job.

You won't get a job right away.

Wen Ci chatted with her older sisters until it was time for dinner, and they all planned to go home and cook. Wen Ci also stood up from her stool, intending to go home as well.

Huo Jingyuan would come back from the cafeteria every day at noon.
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Wen Ci had just arrived home when Huo Jingyuan arrived with food. He hung his coat by the door, head bowed, and said, "I probably won't be able to go to the hospital with you tomorrow."

Wen Ci didn't ask why, knowing that his inability to accompany her must be due to arrangements made by the military. However, her tone sounded slightly disappointed: "It's okay, the hospital isn't far away, I can go by myself."

"There's a meeting that needs to be held in the group," Huo Jingyuan explained to her.

"Uh-huh."

Wen Ci didn't really care, but she couldn't help feeling nervous, as if she had returned to the time before the apocalypse when she went to the company to find an internship.

Suddenly she asked, "If I don't do a good job, will I embarrass you?"

"will not."

Huo Jingyuan believed in his wife's abilities.

As a frequent visitor to the military hospital, he knew how simple the nurses' job was; usually, if someone had a cold or fever, all they had to do was take their temperature.

If someone is injured, all you need to do is bandage them.

The important work is done by doctors.

"By the way," Wen Ci said, eating the food she had gotten from the cafeteria. Remembering Zhu Jing's cooking skills, she asked, "I know a sister who is an exceptionally good cook. Her ancestors were imperial chefs."

"The Imperial Chef?" Huo Jingyuan placed a few pieces of lean meat into Wen Ci's bowl. "What's her name? I'll go to her place next time and get you some food."

"Sister Jing does not work in the cafeteria kitchen."

"Ok?"

Huo Jingyuan frowned. Almost all the staff in the canteen kitchen were family members of the residents of the family compound. Only people whose ancestors were imperial chefs would hire someone to cook.

But Wen Ci said that she did not work in the kitchen.

"What's his name? I'll have someone ask him later."

"Zhu Jing".

Huo Jingyuan nodded: "I understand."

The chefs in charge of the kitchen need to pass the group's assessment and reach a level of truly deliciousness before they can be assigned to the position. He had heard Wen Ci mention it once before.

Wen Ci brought it up again today, saying that he felt such talent should not be missed.

"So, are you staying home for a nap at noon?"

"No, thank you." Huo Jingyuan ate quickly. He had a meeting at the military base at noon, and a nap would take up too much time. "Please wash the dishes, Madam. I need to go back to the military base."

"understood."

Wen Ci's ears turned red.

She couldn't bear to hear Huo Jingyuan say the word "Madam," even though they were already married, those two words were full of extreme ambiguity.

"Will you be back tonight?"

"I want to come back." Before getting married, Huo Jingyuan couldn't understand the warmth his married comrades had described about their wives waiting for them at home. After getting married, he couldn't wait to go home as soon as he got off work.

"Then I'll wait for you to come home."
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Huo Jingyuan didn't return until late at night. Hearing the noise in the living room, Wen Ci woke up and rubbed her sleepy eyes.

The man didn't turn on the light. He moved very quietly to the bedside and saw that Wen Ci was already awake. "Was the noise too loud and woke you up?"

"No," Wen Ci replied.

She thought Huo Jingyuan wouldn't be coming back tonight.

Wen Ci reached out to the man for a hug, her voice still a little childish from just waking up: "Why are you back so late?"

"I promised you I'd come back," Huo Jingyuan said.

The military office was some distance from the family compound. The meeting ended close to 1 a.m., so the Youth League Committee told him to sleep in the dormitory.

Huo Jingyuan refused.

He promised Wen Ci that he would go back.

Wen Ci hugged Huo Jingyuan's arm, the man feeling cold: "You're a little cold, go to bed and warm up first."

"I'm going to wash up."

The man washed up very quickly, finishing brushing his teeth and washing his face in less than two minutes. He took off his coat and snuggled into the warm bed, still carrying the scent of Wen Ci.

Even the most exhausted body felt refreshed in that instant. He reached out and put his arm around Wen Ci's slender waist. "Go to sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow."

Wen Ci placed her hand on his chest. "I'm not sleepy, but I'm still a little nervous."

Huo Jingyuan smiled and said, "No need to be nervous."

With the man's comfort, Wen Ci felt much more relaxed. She moved her head and rested it on Huo Jingyuan's chest. "So, are you leaving very early again tomorrow?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Ci heard the man's even breathing.

She looked up at Huo Jingyuan; he was already asleep.

On Friday night, Huo Jingyuan rushed to Hai City, which took a lot of time. The next day, he attended various meetings and was extremely tired.
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The next day.

Wen Ci was awakened by the sound of Huo Jingyuan getting up. Even the morning exercise horn hadn't sounded outside. She reached out and grabbed Huo Jingyuan's wrist, her voice still muffled as she asked:
Why did you leave so early?

"Yes, the meeting from last night hasn't finished yet."

As Huo Jingyuan put on his clothes, he said, "I'll have Xue Li bring you breakfast in a bit."

"No need," Wen Ci refused.

She's not incapable of walking. The cafeteria is closer to the hospital, so she plans to go to the hospital after breakfast without bothering Xue Li.

"I'll go to the cafeteria to eat by myself in a bit, so there's no need to trouble Xue Li."

"it is good."

Wen Ci released Huo Jingyuan's wrist and said coquettishly, "Can I have noodles made by you tonight? I'm kind of craving them."

Having been in the Northwest Military Region for several days, Wen Ci had been eating incredibly well. She suddenly found herself missing the noodles that Huo Jingyuan used to make for her when she was in Beijing.

"You want to eat the noodles I made?"

"Mm." Wen Ci nodded.

Huo Jingyuan hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be fine. Should I pick you up after get off work?"

"No need~"

After Huo Jingyuan left, Wen Ci took another nap. When she heard the bugle call for morning training, she slowly got out of bed and put on a color-blocked shirt.

She opened the inner room door, and outside, a hazy gray fog enveloped her. She put on Huo Jingyuan's military overcoat and went out. She ran into Zhu Jing and a few others as soon as she left the family compound.

Wen Ci called out, "Jing-jie, are you going to the cafeteria too?"

Zhu Jing, holding two bowls, said with a smile, "My little rascal can't wake up, so I have to bring him the porridge back."

(End of this chapter)