Can't Take My Eyes Off You

It was unbelievably warm when he lay back in the room after being away from his own bed for a long time.

The smell of the sun filled his nostrils. When he turned around, he could smell his wife once more.

Jiang Yao had washed her hair and taken a shower before returning home. She still had a faint odor on her at the time. Lu Xingzhi wrapped his arms around her and sighed in contentment.

"I feel much better when I am home." After Lu Xingzhi said that, he lowered his head and kissed Jiang Yao. He was in a relaxed state at home.

Even in the hospital, Lu Xingzhi always maintained a high level of vigilance when people came to the hospital to visit him. With Jiang Yao by his side, he had to constantly pay attention to whether or not anyone would break in.

However, he was now in the army base. That place was unlike a hospital, where anyone could enter. Therefore, he could sleep peacefully with Jiang Yao in his arms.

It was supposed to be a nap, but they were lying together. Neither of them closed their eyes to sleep first.

Lu Xingzhi remembered the matter that Mrs. Lu had mentioned before she left, and his good mood vanished.

That issue had been bothering him for two days. The words had reached his throat several times, but he could not open his mouth to ask Jiang Yao.

Mrs. Lu might have said something to Jiang Yao, but Lu Xingzhi could not see any results from Jiang Yao's expression and condition during those few days.

"Did Mom say anything to you that morning at the hospital when she asked you to go shopping with her?"

The absence of some details did not imply that the problem did not exist.

The fact that the railing was not raised did not imply that it did not exist.

Lu Xingzhi finally had some mental preparation to ask Jiang Yao since Mrs. Lu was no longer in the army base.

He reasoned that without Mrs. Lu's exceptional eloquence, Jiang Yao might not waver. Even if she hesitated, he might be able to persuade her.

"She did say one thing." Jiang Yao was not surprised that Lu Xingzhi would ask that. She thought he would hold it in for so long before asking her.

"Mom said she wants you to think about it carefully." Jiang Yao turned around and lay face to face with Lu Xingzhi, saying, "Mom wants you to transfer or retire. With your connections, your position won't be too bad. Even if you retire, it won't be too bad. Our family doesn't lack money. Mom has a point."

"What do you think?" Lu Xingzhi thought about it and changed the way he asked, "What do you think?"

"That is the choice that Mom gave you. Why are you asking me? If I tell you, will you listen to me?" Jiang Yao's tone was somber. "Actually, I know what you want me to say. You want me to tell you that I will support you no matter your decision."

After Jiang Yao said that, she smiled bitterly. "But this time, I'm on Mom's side."

"Yaoyao..." Lu Xingzhi was a little flustered. "Didn't you say before..."

"That's in the past! Now is the present. People change. Their hearts also change with experience," Jiang Yao harshly interrupted Lu Xingzhi's words. "In the past, I hoped you would do what you liked because that was you, Lu Xingzhi. You were someone else's hero, and you were also mine. But now, I dare not think that way anymore because that is all built on you risking your life."

When Jiang Yao said that, her eyes reddened. "It has happened twice. This is the second time, Xingzhi!"