Jiang Jie's mind went blank. Even though she and Yu Zhou had been married for several years and were considered an old couple, their relationship had always lacked emotional interaction.
Now, Yu Zhou was staring at her with such an intense gaze that even though she knew Yu Zhou's intentions, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
The current Yu Zhou was different from before. He was now a man who shouldered responsibility and was dependable.
Regardless of what he was thinking, it was absolutely true that Yu Zhou had started to find Jiang Jie attractive.
However, their current positions were in a rather awkward situation.
Subconsciously, Jiang Jie's face began to blush.
"You... move back a bit, you're pressing on my hair."
Jiang Jie didn't know how to ease the current awkwardness and wanted to find an excuse to forcefully change the subject.
However, this tactic seemed to no longer work on the current Yu Zhou.
In the dim light, Yu Zhou simply reached out an arm and pulled Jiang Jie into his embrace. His undisguised gaze made Jiang Jie feel like she was going to be at a disadvantage today.
"Wife, you're so beautiful..."
Yu Zhou whispered.
The warmth in his tone seemed infectious, making the atmosphere in the entire room feel strange.
Instantly, Jiang Jie's face turned pink at a visible speed.
She dared not look at Yu Zhou again, burying her entire face into the pillow. Her adorable demeanor made Yu Zhou forget everything for a moment.
He only wanted to pull her out from under the pillow to see her embarrassed expression.
"Don't move it!"
Sensing Yu Zhou's movement, Jiang Jie, whose heart was already pounding, felt too embarrassed to face him.
But she didn't have Yu Zhou's strength.
In just a moment, Yu Zhou saw her very red face, which was exceptionally beautiful under the moonlight.
Even in his previous life, Yu Zhou had never seen his wife's face up close like this. Her long eyelashes were impeccable, her eyebrows were like willow leaves, and she had a flawless oval face.
Unconsciously, Yu Zhou was mesmerized.
"Mwah!"
Unable to resist, Yu Zhou gently kissed his wife's cheek.
Jiang Jie felt even hotter. Even in the dead of winter, did they need such a thick quilt?
Just as Yu Zhou was about to make further moves,
a crisp, clear voice made the atmosphere in the room even more peculiar.
"Mommy smells stinky..."
Good heavens, the couple turned around in shock.
They saw their little dumpling, Yu Xiaoyu, staring at them with her big, shining eyes.
Well, Mommy always said that Daddy smelling her before bed would make her smell stinky. She wasn't wrong! Now Mommy smelled stinky, would Little Yu dislike her?
"Yu Xiaoyu! You're not sleeping in the middle of the night, are you an owl?"
Yu Zhou felt like crying. He had finally managed to get out of sleeping in the living room, and this little girl was here to ruin it.
Fine, Yu Zhou had no choice but to bang his head against the wall.
He felt so bitter.
"Hmph!"
In the dim light, Jiang Jie shot her husband a glance and turned to hug her daughter to soothe her to sleep.
"Mommy, Little Yu's body is fragrant. If Mommy holds Little Yu to sleep, the stinky smell will be covered up."
"Mm, Little Yu doesn't dislike Mommy..."
Yu Zhou and Jiang Jie both had dark lines on their foreheads. Good heavens, this girl was even finding fault with her mother.
Any further intimacy was definitely impossible.
Yu Zhou closed his eyes, ready to go to sleep.
The next day, while Jiang Jie went to complete her employment procedures, Yu Zhou stayed home to take care of the child and pack.
He took out a cotton quilt from the wardrobe, carefully unstitched it bit by bit, and put all the family's more than 30,000 yuan inside.
He only left a thousand yuan for household expenses and sewed three to five hundred into his own cotton-padded clothes.
Nowadays, whether traveling by train or car, it was not a safe journey.
And most people who traveled would sew their money into their clothes, so strictly speaking, even inside a cotton-padded jacket, it wasn't completely safe.
After thinking for a long time, he thought of sewing it into the cotton quilt and then carrying it in his backpack.
After all, even if there were thieves on the train, if they knew someone had sewn money into their clothes, the loss wouldn't be too great if they were caught.
If all their savings of over 30,000 yuan were lost on the train, Yu Zhou would have nowhere to cry.
The onboarding procedures went very smoothly, especially since Song Qing had personally given the go-ahead.
However, Jiang Jie did not get the position of Design Department Manager. She was assigned a nominal position as Deputy Director of the Design Department.
A fixed salary of two hundred yuan a month, plus performance bonuses.
In 1991, this was already considered a very high salary.
It was a pity that state-owned factories that underwent public-private partnerships did not have permanent staff, only contract workers. Otherwise, Jiang Jie would have woken up smiling in her dreams.
"Are you all ready? Are you really leaving tomorrow?"
Although Jiang Jie yearned for the big city, she was still worried about Yu Zhou going to Wanghai.
After all, she had never even left Jiangbei, and Wanghai was an unfamiliar place.
"This trip to Wanghai is very important, but don't worry, it will be at most a week, and at most ten days, and I'll be back."
"Then we should be home before the new year. By then, don't complain that I'm annoying and just loafing around at home."
Yu Zhou smiled and said jokingly.
Jiang Jie immediately rolled her eyes.
Yu Zhou quickly added, "Besides, Da Biao is going with me. It might not be safe for me alone. Don't you trust Da Biao?"
"That guy, can three or four people get close to him?"
Alright, hearing Yu Zhou say this, Jiang Jie's expression eased slightly.
She was different from Yu Zhou; she didn't strive for great wealth. As long as the family was together, happy and healthy, it was enough.
Of course, if they could truly become rich, that would be even better.
Jiangbei Train Station.
With his backpack on, Yu Zhou, dressed like a demobilized soldier, and Wu Dabiao looked at the surging crowd and regretted not arriving earlier.
Good heavens, it was the end of the year, and although the travel rush during the Spring Festival had not yet shown its full force in this era,
buying a train ticket was still an extremely troublesome matter.
There were dozens of people queuing ahead, and if Yu Zhou and Wu Dabiao hadn't taken turns, they would have had a hard time getting to their turn.
"Excuse me, excuse me, please make way."
In the crowd on the left, a powerful male voice was clearing a path for a woman while holding a large bag.
Yu Zhou instinctively looked back and his eyes lit up.
The woman behind the man looked very familiar? It seemed like he had seen her somewhere before, but he couldn't recall where.