Rebirth on the Doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau

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“Ha…” Xia Feng felt that Yu Dong looked particularly cute at this moment. He couldn’t help but continue to tease her: “Didn’t you once say on your program that two people who love each other should express their feelings more often?”

“I…” Yu Dong felt that the Xia Feng in front of her right now was a little strange. She was happy and a little embarrassed at his lovey-dovey words, but she was reluctant to let it continue.

“I found that ever since we came back from your village at the beginning of the year, you haven’t had the time to tell me your feelings, so I thought I’d change and be more proactive. I…” Xia Feng hadn’t finished talking when Yu Dong unexpectedly went ahead and kissed him.

Feeling that her heart was about to burst, Yu Dong couldn’t control herself. Standing on her tiptoes, tasting the lingering sweetness of orange juice on his lips, she felt her mouth getting sweeter and sweeter.

After the initial astonishment, Xia Feng wrapped his arms around Yu Dong and lowered his head, slowly closing his eyes with a smile.

His wife was right, the more loving a couple was, the more they should take the time to express their love to each other.

It was past 3:00 a.m. when they got home, but fortunately, neither of them needed to get up early.

Xia Feng went ahead and took a bath first, then waited for Yu Dong in bed with a book, wanting to fall asleep together.

About ten minutes later, a sudden ring startled Xia Feng out of his thoughts. Thinking it was the hospital, Xia Feng hurriedly grabbed his phone, only to find that it was his father calling.

Usually, when something happens, it was his mother that calls him. His father rarely takes the initiative to call him, don’t tell me something happened to his mother?

Xia Feng was a little apprehensive when he answered: “Dad!”

“Sorry, did I wake you?” Father Xia kept his voice down.

“I wasn’t asleep.” Since his father didn’t sound stressed and still had the time to ask whether he had woken Xia Feng, the phone call doesn’t seem to be about anything overly important.

“Are you still in the hospital?”

“No, just returned home.” Xia Feng then asked, “But how about you, why are you still up at such a late hour?”

“Cough…your mother forced me to buy tickets.” Father Xia’s voice sounded helpless.

“Tickets? Where are you going?” Xia Feng asked, puzzled.

“Back to Shanghai.” Father Xia explained, “Your mother just had a dream about a baby porcelain doll wearing glittering red garments and calling her ‘grandma’. She woke up in the middle of the night, and now she keeps saying that daughter-in-law is pregnant, so now we have to come back to Shanghai.”

“What?” Xia Feng laughed so hard he started tearing up.

“Boy, tell me honestly, is she pregnant?” Father Xia asked.

“Dad, if we were having a child, I would never be able to hide it from you.” Xia Feng had no words.

“I told her the same. Anyway, the plane is going to land tomorrow so come pick us up.” After Father Xia said this, he hung up without waiting for a reply.

At this time, Yu Dong opened the bathroom door, freshly washed. She saw Xia Feng holding his phone and smiling, so she asked: “What happened?”

Xia Feng turned and saw his wife’s alluring appearance. With a quiet swallow, his eyes darkened. Turning away to place the phone on the bedside table he slowly said: “My dad called just now to tell me that my mom dreamed she had a grandson and was clamoring to come back tomorrow.”