Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire-Chapter 278: What Meng?

Chapter 278: Chapter 278: What Meng?
"Of course not. I mean, would taking leave so frequently affect you negatively? What if someone has an opinion about you and s you, what then?"
Although Cheng Jinyun’s uncle is the top leader of the Beijing Military District, his frequent requests for leave to return home are still not in line with the rules. What if it affects his promotion?
Confirming that Lin Xiang wasn’t upset with him, Cheng Jinyun secretly sighed in relief and then explained, "I didn’t request leave. I just finished a mission and according to the regulations, I have a three-day leave. So, I came home."
Three days of leave isn’t long. For soldiers stationed far from home, it only means the difference between a late wake-up and an early one; they can’t make it home.
But Cheng Jinyun is different. His home is so close, of course he would come back.
Lin Xiang furrowed her brows slightly, "Another mission? You were injured before, and your wound isn’t fully healed, right? Aren’t you afraid... pshaw pshaw pshaw, I mean, there’s no need to risk your life for military merit; safety is the most important."
Cheng Jinyun held a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, "I know, so I only participate in missions that aren’t dangerous."
Lin Xiang didn’t believe Cheng Jinyun’s words at all.
However, thinking it over again, Cheng Jianping cares so much about Cheng Jinyun, his nephew, that he definitely wouldn’t let him participate in life-threatening missions.
With this thought, she also relaxed a bit.
"On my way home just now, I passed by the East Gate and saw the building is completely finished. So, when are you planning to open your store?"
"Tomorrow."
Cheng Jinyun was taken aback, the watermelon he just cut almost dropped to the ground: "So soon?"
"Soon? How is it soon? It’s not soon at all!" Lin Xiang grabbed the watermelon from his hand and happily took a bite. "The building was finished last week, and the tables, chairs, pots, pans, and everything else have already been moved in. I thought the house might smell after construction, so I purposely let it air out for a week."
Since tomorrow is the weekend, there’s no way they wouldn’t open the small restaurant.
Otherwise, they’d have to wait another week.
Cheng Jinyun suppressed the words he wanted to say, "It’s just as well I’m on leave these days, I’ll help out tomorrow."
Lin Xiang, not noticing his expression, nodded, "Alright, then let’s have watermelon first and after we’re done, we can go to the market to get some supplies."
By early morning tomorrow, the doors need to be open, and some things can’t be bought last minute. With Cheng Jinyun as her muscle, Lin Xiang knew he’d feel uneasy if she didn’t make full use of him.
The small restaurant already had two ice boxes installed, which Cheng Jinyun had arranged for before his return to the base.
At this time of day, they could only buy vegetables at the market; meats would have to wait until the next morning to be fresh.
Although it’s just a small restaurant, Lin Xiang believes that food safety and hygiene issues must be handled well from the source.
On the way back, Lin Xiang couldn’t help sighing, "Why isn’t there a vegetable market near Huaqing University? It would save us so much hassle for future grocery shopping."
Cheng Jinyun: "There are fewer residents near Huaqing University, and there are no nearby rural areas either. For farmers to come here to sell vegetables, the journey is long, and they wouldn’t sell much, so it’s not worthwhile."
Lin Xiang turned her head to look at Cheng Jinyun, noticing his earnest expression. Clearly, he was analyzing the problem for her based on reality.
But he didn’t realize that Lin Xiang just casually complained, seeking emotional satisfaction rather than reasonable but ineffective solutions.
Noticing Lin Xiang’s gaze, Cheng Jinyun looked at her, "What’s wrong?"
Lin Xiang shook her head, "Nothing. Let’s head back quickly, my hand is about to be crushed."
Hearing this, Cheng Jinyun, disregarding Lin Xiang’s objections, resolutely took all the bags from her hands. He carried them himself and seeing her standing there bewildered, he turned back, "Come on, weren’t you in a hurry to go back home?"
"Oh."
The two of them first went to the small restaurant and put the vegetables they bought into the ice box.
Lin Xiang picked up a broom to clean up, but the broom was snatched by Cheng Jinyun, "Why don’t you sit and rest for a bit? I’ll clean."
"No need, I don’t usually do chores when I’m attending classes, and you have it tough in the army. Take a good rest during your leave."
"It’s not that difficult, and I’m used to doing this sort of thing."
Left with no choice, Lin Xiang sat on a stool watching Cheng Jinyun busying about.
"Hey, do you still remember Shi Lemeng?"
Cheng Jinyun dumped the trash into the bin and turned to ask Lin Xiang, "Which ’Meng’?"
"Shi Lemeng, the female comrade we met before in Mianyang Town."
Cheng Jinyun apparently had little recollection of her, holding the broom, he racked his brain for a moment before finally recalling who Shi Lemeng was.
"Are you talking about the one whose cousin you saved, but her aunt repaid kindness with ingratitude, helping that Deng guy intercept your college acceptance letter, that ’Meng’?"
Lin Xiang: "..."
Though a bit awkwardly phrased, the relationship was indeed like that.
But, the girl is clearly supposed to be the heroine, the one who would walk through life hand in hand with him, is describing her like this really okay?
Ever since arriving in Beijing, Lin Xiang had devoted most of her time and energy to studying and earning money, and hadn’t heard the prompt for affection points in her dreams for a long time.
She had even gradually forgotten about her 200-square-meter big apartment, only thinking about making more money to hurry and buy a couple of courtyard houses.
To the extent that she forgot to think of ways to progress the bond between the protagonists.
To the extent that male lead Cheng Jinyun, even nearly forgot about female lead Shi Lemeng.
Needless to say, is this direction right?
Even though this is a world in a book, Lin Xiang is also afraid that if the plot deviates too significantly from the book, and the world collapses, she would neither be able to go back nor stay, what would she do then?
"Hey, when I went back to Mianyang Town last time, I ran into Shi Lemeng. She even asked me about you, wondering how you were doing in the army and when you might return..."
"Why is she asking about me?" Cheng Jinyun was baffled, "I’m not even close with her, and we haven’t been in contact for ages."
"But even ordinary friends would show this kind of concern, right? Let alone that your situation is not ordinary..."
"Knock knock—"
Lin Xiang hadn’t finished speaking when there was a loud knock on the door.
Cheng Jinyun leaned the broom against the corner and instructed Lin Xiang, "You sit tight, I’ll go check it out."
Cheng Jinyun opened the door and before he could speak, a hand covered in wrinkles immediately swung towards his face.
Cheng Jinyun reflexively dodged, intending to stop with his right hand, but seeing that the attacker was an elderly person, he merely shifted his body aside, without making contact with them.
"You must be the one who took over my family’s house, right? I’m warning you, get out of my house immediately, or else see how I’ll deal with you!"