Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 288 Return My Instant Noodles_1

"You really took Miss Mengmeng as your daughter?"

In the dim candlelight of the French restaurant, Furukawa Shizuka cut up the pan-seared flounder on her plate, making conversation.

"Of course," Xiao Ming sipped his white wine, "it’s my honor."

Furukawa Shizuka put a piece of fish into her mouth and said emotionlessly, "If I may ask boldly, Mr. Xiao isn’t a lolicon, is he?"

Xiao Ming laughed heartily, "Shizuka can rest assured about that. So far, I consider myself a man with normal psychology.

As for Mengmeng, such a beautiful and adorable child, the joy I feel each time she calls me ’Daddy’ is second only to hearing my wife say ’I do’."

Furukawa Shizuka’s delicate eyebrows lifted slightly, "Mr. Xiao loves your wife very much?"

"You don’t believe it?"

"Sorry! The way you behaved towards me last night hardly convinces me that you’re a man deeply in love with his wife."

Xiao Ming shook his head, "First of all, I need to clarify that I don’t have a habit of being rough with women.

In my eyes, everyone in this world, apart from the people I love, is equal, regardless of their age or gender. If someone deserves a beating, they’ll get it, and I don’t care about the other person’s age or gender.

Secondly, the reason I acted that way last night was precisely because of my love for my wife."

Furukawa Shizuka frowned, "I don’t understand. Does your wife like to see you cheating?"

"No, no, no, what I mean is, if it hadn’t been you last night, if it hadn’t been someone uninterested in men like you, then I definitely would have acted differently."

Furukawa Shizuka was stunned, then her face revealed an expression of sudden realization mixed with disbelief.

"You... you bullied me not because you were interested in me, but because I like women and wouldn’t cling to you, bringing trouble to your family?"

"Exactly."

Xiao Ming nodded, "To be honest, I’m a person who doesn’t like restraints, but marital morality must be respected.

So, I’m sorry, it’s just that when I met you, a beautiful girl without any threat, I couldn’t resist the urge to tease you.

That’s also why I’ve always stressed being friends with you, not friends with benefits."

Furukawa Shizuka got angry, slapping her knife and fork on the table with a snap, "How can there be such a shameless man in the world!"

Xiao Ming shrugged indifferently, "Whether I’m shameless or not, what does it matter to you? After all, you’re not going to give in to me.

As friends, it’s not a big deal, right?"

Furukawa Shizuka thought about it, and it was true.

Xiao Ming wasn’t interested in her body, sparing her the heartache, which was also good for... her father.

Suddenly, her expression froze, and her gaze shifted to the handbag beside her, hesitating.

"If you’re worried that our conversation just now was overheard by others, you really don’t need to," Xiao Ming said as he took out a device the size of a POS terminal from his pocket.

"This is a wireless signal jammer that I specifically asked Jianwei for. It works very well within a radius of one meter."

Furukawa Shizuka let out a sigh of relief, remembering the camera he had hidden in his tie last night, and couldn’t help but smirk, "You’re also the most cautious man I’ve ever met."

"You say that as if you know a lot of men," Xiao Ming said disdainfully shaking his head.

"Let me reiterate once again, I’m not a sadist, and I don’t plan to pry into the secrets of your day-to-day life. I just want to have a not-so-small ally when I look to enter the Fusang market in the future, so I’m not completely in the dark and get tricked by others.

So, you can eat in peace.

Tonight is Christmas Eve, and being happy is what matters most."

Furukawa Shizuka was silent for a moment and then showed her first smile of the evening, "My impression of you has been updated again."

"What is it?"

"A different kind of gentleman."

"The kind that hits women?"

"That’s why it’s called different."

"Haha! Now that’s good news worth a drink."

The clinking of glasses echoed as the two toasted and smiled at each other.

Inside a sedan outside the restaurant, Jianwei stared fixedly at the camera lens, his expression quite odd.

"Master, this isn’t any important or dangerous mission. Why do we have to keep watch?" Sitting at the driver’s seat, Jiang Yang was bored to death, his face the picture of gloom.

"How can you say it’s not important? Xiao Ming has never had professional training, and the person sitting across from him is a professional spy," Jianwei said without turning his head.

"So, we’re here to protect him?" Jiang Yang snorted, "If I remember correctly, his skills are better than either of ours. If something went down, who would be protecting whom?"

Jianwei suddenly whipped around, snapping harshly, "Do you even know what support means?"

"Got it, got it. Don’t get mad. Are you hungry? I’ll go make you a bowl of noodles!"

Jiang Yang looked pleadingly at him, and only once Jianwei had turned back to continue his surveillance did he shake his head in wry amusement.

Even if he was a little slow, he had picked up on the irregularity of his master’s attitude towards Xiao Ming.

An ordinary date that didn’t need any bloody support, was the charming and lady-killer Xiao Ming unable to flirt with women now?

It was pure jealousy, only satisfied by keeping a watchful eye personally.

Poor me! I have to spend Christmas eating instant noodles, wondering if the new graduate in the analysis team has been asked out by someone tonight.

The more Jiang Yang thought about it, the more depressed he became. He had just poured hot water from the thermos into the noodle cup when Jianwei announced, "They’re about to come out. Get ready to drive."

"But the noodles have just..."

"Eat what? Are you going to starve to death?"

Jianwei snatched the cup and tossed it into the trash outside the window.

After settling the bill, Xiao Ming picked up Furukawa Shizuka’s coat to help her on with it, and they left the restaurant together.

"Thank you for dinner," Furukawa Shizuka said, offering a polite gratitude.

"No need. You can treat me next time," Xiao Ming waved it off and asked, "Where to next? If you’re not busy, join me for a stroll in the mall! I still haven’t bought Mengmeng’s Christmas gift. It’s my first time being a father, and I have no idea what to get. Help me choose, will you?"

Furukawa Shizuka considered for a moment and nodded, "There’s a big mall just ahead. Let’s walk."

"That’s perfect."

Xiao Ming offered his right arm, and after a moment’s hesitation, Shizuka took it.

The street wasn’t wide, and Jianwei and Jiang Yang could hear everything clearly. Naturally, it was impossible to follow by car anymore.

"Wait here and be on standby for immediate support," Jianwei said as he stepped out of the car and walked away.

Jiang Yang was on the verge of tears: My instant noodles!

Christmas is a holiday for the young and a favorite of retailers, who usually stay open late, and the mall was no exception.

Perhaps it was the absence of psychological pressure, but walking alongside Xiao Ming in the brightly lit mall, listening to Christmas music, and brushing shoulders with the crowd, Shizuka became increasingly relaxed.

She would often stop to point something out to Xiao Ming or giggle at one of his jokes, no different from any ordinary girl out on a date.

Not far behind, the solitary Jianwei grew increasingly bitter as he watched on, deeply regretting taking this mission from his superiors and completely forgetting the vow he once took to dedicate his life to his duties.