Chapter 243 - 241: My Baby is Very Scheming Too

Chapter 243: Chapter 241: My Baby is Very Scheming Too

After dinner, everyone else went back to the dorms to rest. After all, they still had military training in the evening and needed to conserve their energy.

Only Jiang Xia and Lin Yanwan were left, holding hands and enjoying some time alone in the small garden near the dorm building.

"Who’s Song Qingshu?" Lin Yanwan suddenly asked. Su Qing’s voice had been quiet, but she had still heard.

Jiang Xia was slightly surprised but quickly regained his composure. There was no reason to hide something like this.

"A classmate of mine. Seems to be from Shanghai, and his family is probably well-off. During his self-introduction, he said he was just using Tsinghua as a stepping stone to study abroad in the future. He’s probably been spoiled since he was a kid, the type who thinks the air in foreign countries smells sweeter and looks down on everything in China."

’So naive,’ was all Jiang Xia could think about people like that.

"If you can’t stand him, want me to deal with him?" Lin Yanwan blinked mischievously. "Like, find a chance to write a little exposé and post it online or something."

Jiang Xia didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. For this era, weren’t such tactics from the future a bit too advanced? Besides, if they prematurely ignited a war between the sexes, the two of them would become public enemies.

"I don’t remember my baby being so scheming," he said, laughing as he pinched her cheek. "Writing exposés... Are you trying to completely ruin him?"

Lin Yanwan blushed slightly but retorted confidently, "Isn’t that how all the web novels from our past life went? Which reincarnator ever gets bullied by the locals? They just go around showing off and putting people in their place until they slowly become number one in the world."

Seeing his wife’s adorable expression, Jiang Xia couldn’t help but tease, "Then why don’t you mention how the protagonists in those novels all have tons of female confidantes and end up with a harem?"

"You dare!" Lin Yanwan’s eyes shot him a fierce glare as her hand expertly reached down and grabbed his family jewels.

Jiang Xia sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

"If I hadn’t been reborn too, you’d have been planning this all along, wouldn’t you?"

She continued her analysis for Jiang Xia’s benefit, "For example, Chen Yao is so outstanding, and she was your deskmate. Even if it was just to make up for some past-life regrets, you would have tried every way possible to bring her into your harem, right?"

Jiang Xia was speechless. What was this nonsense? One second they were talking about that delusional little brat Song Qingshu, and now the topic had somehow inexplicably turned on him.

"Baby, you’re just using this as an excuse to get back at me. Chen Yao is doing just fine over at Peking University. Why are you bringing up all this nonsense?"

"See? See? You’re getting flustered."

"..."

Speechless, Jiang Xia just pulled her into his arms and gave her a deep kiss. "Let’s go, let’s go. We’ll go make a baby tonight. And from now on, I’ll hand over all my nightly duties to you. Eight or ten times a night will definitely be enough."

Hearing this, she immediately blushed beet-red. "Pah! In your dreams."

’Eight or ten times... he didn’t even ask if I could handle it.’

"So, are you going to keep spouting nonsense?" Jiang Xia said menacingly, giving her a firm pat on the butt.

"Waaah, I’m going to call Mom and tell her you’re bullying me!"

Jiang Xia was instantly dumbfounded, muttering under his breath, "You’re the one bullying me."

Lin Yanwan couldn’t help but laugh to herself.

’This isn’t bullying. It’s just playful teasing.’

"By the way, don’t actually go writing any exposés. As long as that guy doesn’t do anything disgusting, we can just ignore him. Your husband here is a bona fide reincarnator, the future number one animation king of the whole world. You think I’m afraid I can’t handle him? He’s not even on my radar, okay?"

"Alright, alright, I get it, future animation king." Lin Yanwan couldn’t help but laugh.

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At seven o’clock, the sun was setting in the west. The sky hadn’t completely darkened yet as the freshmen gathered once again at their respective training grounds.

Fortunately, their kind drill instructor only made them stand at attention for an hour. Once the sky was completely dark and the field’s floodlights turned on, the instructor had them sit cross-legged to rest and began teaching them well-known military songs.

From "Green Flower in the Army" to "Returning from Target Practice," then "For Whom," "My Old Squad Leader," and finally, "Unity is Strength."

One military song after another fired up the freshmen’s spirits. Even for someone like Jiang Xia, who had gone through military training twice, his heart was filled with emotion.

"Alright, our platoon is done with drills for tonight. One by one, in order, you’re all going to go up and perform something for everyone to relax. If you don’t know anything else, just sing a song. See that? The girls are right over there. If you put on a good show... I don’t need to explain what ’preferential mating rights’ means, do I?"

The instructor was clearly a fun-lover, probably bored out of his mind from the usual monotony of military life; otherwise, he wouldn’t have come up with such an idea.

Seeing that no one objected, he started calling out names from the beginning of the line, curious to see what kinds of talents these top students from Tsinghua possessed.

Jiang Xia was five-foot-ten. He wasn’t particularly tall in the formation, but he wasn’t short either. He was the fourth person in the third row, so it would be a while before his turn to perform.

It had to be said, the students who got into Tsinghua were outstanding in more than just academics. One person casually performed a martial arts routine. Another picked up a branch and went through a set of sword forms. Someone even danced the Latin. Things like street dancing, beatboxing, and backflips were performed with ease.

Of course, most people just sang. They probably hadn’t expected this situation tonight. If they had prepared in advance, they likely would have seen even more experts, such as those whose performances required musical instruments.

Jiang Xia finally understood why the upperclassmen had warned them not to be overconfident at Tsinghua. You never knew in which field your classmates might possess extraordinary talent.

Showing off too early, before you knew what others were capable of, could easily lead to a humiliating slap in the face.

Probably seeing the guys having fun, the girls’ platoon across the field also started their own talent show. Their acts were even more impressive. A variety of dances blew everyone away, and someone even performed a segment of traditional opera. Amidst the countless cheers, the atmosphere in the field gradually reached a climax.

Before he knew it, it was Jiang Xia’s turn to perform. Besides drawing, he didn’t have any other talents.

So, he stepped forward from the line and said with a calm smile, "Hello everyone, my name is Jiang Xia. I don’t really have any special talents, so... I’ll just sing a song."

After speaking, he let out a soft breath, turned to the side to face the other platoon, and his gaze found Lin Yanwan in her familiar spot. His expression softened with affection.

I want to see you laugh, I want to see you play

I want to hold you in my arms

One second, we’re arguing with flushed faces

The next, we turn around and make up

He began to sing slowly, his voice gentle and pleasant. The fiery atmosphere of the field quickly quieted down.

Many people had never heard this song before, but both the boys and girls were now watching Jiang Xia. In his lyrics, they could almost see a couple madly in love.

They laughed, they teased, and even when they fought, they could make up just as quickly.

Lin Yanwan met his gaze. Seeing his bright, smiling face, her nose suddenly tingled.

She knew Jiang Xia was singing this song just for her.

The "one second" was their past life; the "next second" was now.

In their past life, they had argued and bickered their way to a divorce. Now, they were sweetly and lovingly together.

Thinking about everything they had been through, Lin Yanwan’s eyes grew misty with tears.

The invisible wall in her heart quietly crumbled.

I’m not afraid of your tears, I’m not afraid of your shouts

Because you are my pride

My eyes follow you wherever you run

And my heart has long been ready

Once is enough, I’ll take you to see the ends of the earth

To laugh with abandon on sun-drenched days

To bicker playfully in the carefree air

Do you know you’re the only thing I want?

The world is still small, I’ll go with you to the ends of the sea and sky

To stop searching in a corner free from worries

To grow old slowly in carefree times

Do you know that my every heartbeat

Beats for you