Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse-Chapter 396 - 392: The Relationship Must Be Open and Aboveboard

Chapter 396: Chapter 392: The Relationship Must Be Open and Aboveboard

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Although Mr. Xie had a drinking addiction, he drank with great restraint, therefore, the Xie family always drank a little along with him.

Especially in winter, drinking some medicinal wine is even beneficial for the body!

Yan Jinsu noticed that the dishes had gone cold and that they had been drinking for over an hour, so she suggested, "Okay, you’ve drunk quite a bit now, let’s switch to the table for some tea to refresh our minds."

"Wife, go upstairs and check on Xiaojiu and Xiao Shi, there’s nothing for you here." This was the first time Xie Jingchen disobeyed his wife in front of outsiders, merely lifting his glass to clink with Zhou Zhenghui opposite him—

At that moment, Zhou Zhenghui, feeling somewhat dizzy with a heavy tongue, managed to hold himself upright—a habit of his, regardless of how much he drank, he would never visibly show drunkenness in front of others.

It was only when he saw Xie Jingchen’s raised eyebrows and the unchanged expression on his face as he offered another toast, that he realized he had been foolish!

His cousin obviously intended to get him drunk; how had he not thought to pretend to be intoxicated!

Seeing her husband’s behavior, Yan Jinsu knew persuading was useless, so she could only helplessly shrug her shoulders and leave the table.

As she left, she took her mother-in-law along, "Mom, who knows how long they’ll keep drinking, let’s go sit in the living room. It’s getting late, why don’t we start by bathing the children first?"

After playing all afternoon and especially in the yard, they were covered in plenty of mud. Little Tiantian was never this dirty before—she started crying soon after playing, but fortunately, Wan Song had listened, asked, and took Little Tiantian away first.

Xiao Si and Xiaoqi had been wildly playing the whole afternoon and were drained of energy, having already started dozing off on the sofa half an hour ago.

There was nothing to be done, the adults were energetically drinking, what would these little kids understand.

Fortunately, there was a television in the house, otherwise these two little ones would likely have fallen asleep sitting there.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiuhua agreed and stood up alongside her daughter-in-law.

As for Jiang Xiaoying, she had already eaten and gone upstairs to watch the children.

Although they were infants and still unable to roll over, they still needed supervision. After all, she was the postpartum care helper; it was her duty to take care of the mother and infants.

Otherwise, her monthly salary of thirty yuan would not be for nothing.

Of course, she felt it sufficient to keep it to herself, and to the Aunt Xie, she mentioned receiving only twenty yuan a month.

It was presumably the client’s request.

In the county town, an average Level 3 worker’s salary was barely thirty-four yuan!

Her salary as a maternity nurse was indeed not low!

Since Sister Jiang was looking after the children upstairs, Yan Jinsu wasn’t worried about the two babies and simply joined her mother-in-law in bathing them.

Xiao Si was better off as he was already seven years old; with the weather being so hot, a cold bath was fine for him as long as his clothes were prepared. It was just Xiaoqi who needed help with bathing. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Zhou Xiuhua, being older, although healthy, didn’t have the meticulous patience of Xie Jingzi when it came to bathing children. Hence, Yan Jinsu, having seen Xie Jingzi bathe Xiaoqi, preferred her to do it whenever Xie Jingzi wasn’t available.

Later, when she was pregnant, Xie Jingzi always took charge of the bathing.

Now with Jiang Xiaoying around, she sometimes assisted and had bathed Xiaoqi before. With Xie Jingzi currently at the dining table taking care of the men’s drinking, and Sister Jiang upstairs, she was the only one available.

Fortunately, her back had recovered, and bending over slightly wasn’t too difficult for her.

Anyway, she was completely unaffected, with only her mother-in-law nagging beside her, and her husband being visibly nervous~~

Then, Xiaoqi got sleepy and didn’t want to play with water anymore. She washed up quickly in two or three times, dried her hair, and after being blown by the fan for a bit, it dried completely.

Children’s hair, even when it’s long, is thinner than adults, so it dries more easily.

Because of the hot weather, Xiaoqi’s hair had been cut very short, like a little boy’s, only half a finger longer than Xiao Si’s. If it weren’t for the family knowing, people would think she was a boy at first glance.

Fortunately, she looked delicate and wouldn’t be mistaken for a boy.

After sorting out Xiao Si and Xiaoqi, their hair dried up and Xiuhua rushed them to sleep.

By then, the drinking table had ’finally’ dispersed.

Xie Jingyang was drunk as a skunk; one could tell he was more intoxicated than Zhou Zhenghui.

Supported by Xie Jingchen, Xie Tiesheng entered the living room first, while Zhou Zhenghui, who was the last, was helped by Xie Jingzi to vomit by the trashcan next to the kitchen.

Xie Jingchen stopped only after he saw him vomiting.

Though he was drinking till he was nauseous and dizzy, aside from having a red face, Zhou Zhenghui was still coherent. Seeing him in this state and knowing his tolerance was not bad, Xie Jingchen thought it was about enough.

Given Zhou Zhenghui’s family background, not many people would dare to get him this drunk outside.

Of course, Xie Jingchen couldn’t see the condition of his younger sister from where he was, but his spiritual power enveloped them.

Seeing that Zhou Zhenghui was only helping his younger sister vomit without doing anything inappropriate, Xie Jingchen withdrew his spiritual power.

Right on time to get a glare from his wife.

Xiuhua didn’t need to speak out loud anymore, as Yan Jinsu prepared a lot of honey water for everyone. Whether it was for sobering up or not, she wasn’t sure, but she followed her mother-in-law’s suggestion.

Xie Tiesheng didn’t drink much, holding the honey water with a smile towards his spouse.

As soon as Xie Jingchen left the dinner table, he looked at his wife with a little amusement, but Yan Jinsu wasn’t in the mood to deal with him and went straight upstairs to nurse the baby.

Sending Sister Jiang downstairs to help, Yan Jinsu was just feeding the now awake twins.

Finally, after Zhou Zhenghui emptied everything from his stomach and met his little woman’s worried and dark, yet tender eyes, he embraced her, "Alright, now we are officially dating openly. If you dare to back out now, just see what I’ll do to you!"

"...Hmm." Petty uncle!

As they were at his future cousin’s house, the sensitive Zhou Zhenghui, always feeling ’nervous’, didn’t make any more intimate moves. He rinsed his mouth thoroughly with the lukewarm water she provided, clearing most of the nasty taste.

Hearing footsteps approaching from afar, he loosened the hand that was clasping the small woman’s waist and was stably helped by Xie Jingzi into the living room.

As for uncle’s constant subtle moves, Xie Jingzi could say she was ’used’ to them by now.

Their most frequent interaction when together was her reading in his arms, she reading hers and him his.

Of course, while he embraced her, there were no excessive movements, just leading to a feeling of very close physical intimacy between them.

Since that incident, their kissing could be counted on one hand.

Thus, Zhou Zhenghui was thinking of ways to make their relationship ’officially open’!