My Taoist nun girlfriend is from the Republic of China era, 1942.

Chapter 120 Jealousy (Part 1)

After returning from Thailand, life went back to normal.

Qi Lili is nearing her due date, and Lu Yuan and Chen Xiaomiao came to the hospital to visit her.

The new mother, Qi Lili, was wearing loose maternity clothes and was half-lying on the bed. Her belly was high and her face was slightly swollen, but she looked to be in good spirits.

Qi Lili smiled as soon as she saw Chen Xiaomiao and waved to her.

Is Thailand fun?

"It's alright, sister-in-law, you can go and have some fun when you have time..."

"I'm afraid I won't have time in the future."

Qi Lili touched her belly and sighed deeply.

"By the way, did you take any pictures? Let me see them, so I can also see the sea abroad."

"Oh, taking a picture?"

Chen Xiaomiao was stunned for a moment, looking completely bewildered: "I...I don't remember that..."

She was so busy looking around, eating, and playing that she completely forgot about taking photos to commemorate the occasion.

Qi Lili couldn't help but complain: "You're such a naive girl. Which girl goes out to play without taking a hundred or eighty photos to post on WeChat Moments?"

As Lu Yuan's girlfriend, Chen Xiaomiao wasn't obsessed with the so-called "release of a new album," which saved Lu Yuan a lot of trouble.

The two women chatted excitedly in the hospital room about their pregnancy and their experiences in Thailand, while Lu Yuan accompanied Zhao Qiang to the supermarket downstairs to buy supplies for childbirth.

Zhao Qiang pushed the shopping cart, holding the list Qi Lili had made, and threw each item into it one by one.

Lu Yuan followed behind and casually asked, "Did Yu Hongkai give you a long vacation?"

"Ah."

Zhao Qiang responded in a low voice, taking a large bag of cotton towels from the shelf: "They told me to focus on being there during childbirth and to wait until the baby is a month old before discussing anything else."

"Don't worry about it."

Lu Yuan patted his shoulder: "After your sister-in-law finishes her postpartum confinement, come to my place. Yu Hongkai knows what he's doing and won't blame you."

Zhao Qiang stopped, his dark face showing a complex expression.

During this period, he helped Qi Lili calculate the expenses. From prenatal checkups to delivery, and then to the baby formula and diapers after the baby was born, the expenses were simply a bottomless pit.

Now that his brother is willing to lend him a hand, he should let go of his pride.

After leaving the supermarket and getting into the car, Zhao Qiang fastened his seatbelt and suddenly spoke again.

"By the way, there's something I need to tell you."

"what's up?"

“Your parents are having a cold war lately. You should take some time to go back and talk to them.”

Lu Yuan started the car and asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Qiang suppressed a smile: "That day, your grandma came home from get off work and happened to see your grandpa dancing in the square with other old ladies."

Lu Yuan gasped.

Goodness gracious... this is quite serious!

After leaving the hospital, the two rushed back to their grandparents' house.

As soon as I entered, I could feel the unusually low pressure.

Lu Jianguo sat alone on the living room sofa, smoking silently, his ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts.

Sun Yumei's door was tightly closed, and there was not a sound from inside.
Lu Yuan and Chen Xiaomiao exchanged a glance and then went their separate ways.

"Grandma, don't be angry. Grandpa is getting old. He's just stretching his muscles. He definitely didn't mean anything by it."

"Is he just stretching? He's twisting his waist with more energy than a young man!"

……

"It's no big deal. Just go and apologize to Grandma, and it'll be fine."

"Why would I back down? I was just filling in for someone at the last minute that day! Why is she being so suspicious?"

……

After much persuasion, they finally managed to get the elderly couple to sit down at the dinner table together. The meal was freshly prepared by Chen Xiaomiao: four dishes and a soup, all home-style cooking.

The elderly couple remained silent, and the only sound they could hear was the chopsticks hitting the bowl.

"I apologize to you, but I have to emphasize one point."

Finally, Lu Jianguo couldn't hold back any longer and was the first to back down, saying, "I'll say it again, I was just temporarily filling in for Old Li. Our friendship is purely platonic!"

Sun Yumei sneered and slammed her chopsticks on the table: "A temporary replacement? Don't think I don't know that the old lady you danced with is your elementary school classmate, Wang Guixiang!"

Lu Jianguo blushed, his face turning pale with anxiety.

"That's a long way off."

"Anyway, you danced with her!"

"Sun Yumei, can't you be reasonable?!"

Seeing the flames of war reignite, Lu Yuan and Chen Xiaomiao exchanged a glance, their faces full of helplessness.

……

It was already completely dark when we left my grandparents' house.

The two walked under the streetlights in the residential area, their shadows stretched long.

Chen Xiaomiao breathed a long sigh of relief, then glanced back at the lit window with lingering concern.

"Lu Yuan, are we just going to leave like this? Is everything alright?"

"It's alright." Lu Yuan said calmly, "We've been married for over forty years. I guarantee we'll be back to normal within a week."

Chen Xiaomiao stepped forward and took his arm, saying with emotion, "We can't argue over such a small thing in the future."

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure!" Chen Xiaomiao raised her head, looking confident. "It's just dancing with some other old ladies, it's a small matter. I'm a magnanimous woman!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a sweet, delicate female voice was heard.

"Lu Yuan? Is it Lu Yuan?"

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl wearing a pink fluffy coat, a white skirt, and pigtails running towards them with delight.

The girl was sweet-looking, with light makeup, and looked like a delicate porcelain doll.

Lu Yuan squinted and stared for a long time, but still couldn't recognize it.

"You are……?"

"Oh dear, don't you recognize me?"

The girl ran up to him, her eyes crinkling with laughter, her voice sweet and soft: "We lived in the same courtyard when we were little! You remember, we used to play house! I'd be the mom, you'd be the dad, and Zhao Qiang would be our son!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan instantly remembered, and exclaimed, "Oh, I remember now, you are... Ding Tong?"

"That's right!" Ding Tong clapped her hands happily. "Long time no see! Zhao Qiang was right, you're getting more and more handsome!"

Lu Yuan laughed awkwardly, "Not at all, you've changed quite a bit too."

"Really? Have you become prettier?" Ding Tong took a step closer, blinked her big eyes, and half-jokingly asked coquettishly, "Then... do you feel even a little bit of attraction?"

"cough……"

Lu Yuan coughed lightly and subconsciously took half a step back.

He was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of Chen Xiaomiao beside him out of the corner of his eye, and swallowed his words back.

Ding Tong took out a fragrant business card from her small bag and stuffed it into Lu Yuan's hand, her fingertips intentionally or unintentionally brushing against his palm.

"I opened a murder mystery game shop nearby, come and play sometime!"

After saying that, she winked playfully at Lu Yuan, then skipped away and ran off, her pink figure quickly disappearing around the corner.

Lu Yuan turned around and met Chen Xiaomiao's deep gaze.

The girl took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress the anger rising in her chest.

She clenched her fist, then released it, repeating this several times, finally squeezing out two words through gritted teeth.

"Small thing!"

(End of this chapter)