Married to Officer, Pregnant Specialist becomes the Winner!-Chapter 20: Gu Jia Ning, the Scumbag Who Loves Everyone She Meets
"Comrade Ningning, I heard you got engaged today?"
Sheng Zexi walked over and saw two silhouettes from a distance. Both of them were side-facing him, one of which was the petite figure of his recently seen little fiancée, Gu Jia Ning.
And the other one, even if he turned to ashes, Sheng Zexi would recognize him.
Sheng Zexi’s eyes darkened, and his lips pressed into a straight line. She really met Wen Zhqing.
Why? Was it by coincidence, or was it something else?
Before he approached, he heard Wen Zhqing posing such a question.
Sheng Zexi stopped in his tracks, conveniently stopping in their blind spot. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
Suddenly, he was very curious about Gu Jia Ning’s answer.
After all, he knew that Gu Jia Ning used to like Wen Zhqing, and it was this affection that almost drove Sheng Zexi to jealousy, although Gu Jia Ning was unaware of it.
At this moment, waiting, Sheng Zexi felt his breath lighten, his heart hanging in the air, more nervous and uneasy than he’d ever been even on the battlefield.
"Yes, I got engaged." Gu Jia Ning’s voice came quickly, tinged with a hint of cheerfulness.
"So, is Mr. Wen here to congratulate me?" Gu Jia Ning smiled brightly, looking at Wen Zhqing.
The question and smile left Wen Zhqing momentarily stunned, unsure of how to respond.
It seemed that the answer was quite unexpected for him.
But Wen Zhqing quickly composed himself, lowering his eyes, and pretended to be saddened, "I... I thought that Comrade Ningning took care of me like that because you had some affection for me. It seems I misunderstood."
Gu Jia Ning still had a smile on her lips, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes. That’s just how it was; in the past life, Wen Zhqing used this pitiful, melancholy demeanor to make her feel guilty, then had everything he wanted handed to him in the name of purity and innocence.
Thinking of this, Gu Jia Ning’s eyes showed a hint of a mischievous tease, "No, you didn’t misunderstand, Wen Zhqing."
In Wen Zhqing’s astonishment, Gu Jia Ning said, "I did indeed have a crush on you before, and I even considered marrying you, but after meeting Brother Sheng, my thoughts changed."
"Brother Sheng is a promising military officer and a native of Beijing, whereas you, even though you’re from Hucheng, are just a cadre who doesn’t know when you’ll be able to return to the city. Brother Sheng receives a salary every month while you do not have a job, and can’t even earn full work points from field labor. Besides, Brother Sheng is more robust, taller, and quite handsome."
"So, I think Brother Sheng is better."
Originally, Gu Jia Ning considered exposing Wen Zhqing’s true colors, but thinking about the plan that followed, she decided against it.
So, for now, she played the role of a capricious girl who falls for anyone she meets.
Although Wen Zhqing was scheming, he was clearly stunned by her capricious words.
He didn’t expect that as simple as Gu Jia Ning was, she was so easily charmed by someone else.
Not far away, Sheng Zexi’s hand went from clenched to relaxed, and then clenched again.
Initially, he was elated when he heard Gu Jia Ning say she liked him more than Wen Zhqing, with a grin spreading across his face and his eyes sparkling with stars of elation.
But after hearing Gu Jia Ning’s capricious words, he was equally stunned.
He thought, if in the future this little girl meets someone more outstanding and handsome than him, wouldn’t she be lured away?
Sheng Zexi licked his molars with the tip of his tongue, feeling the urge to pin this little girl down and spank her.
But in his heart, he secretly made a note of it, telling himself that he must work harder to become even more excellent. His face also couldn’t be neglected.
Gently touching his face, Sheng Zexi, who previously didn’t care much, thinking it didn’t matter if a man had rugged features, now thought that he needed to take good care of his appearance.
Sheng Zexi’s mood had its own ups and downs because of Gu Jia Ning’s words.
"Mr. Wen, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving first. By the way, in future meetings, please call me Comrade Gu. I’m afraid my fiancé might misunderstand your previous terms of address."
After speaking, without acknowledging Wen Zhqing who seemed to want to say something more, and masking the hint of hatred in her eyes, Gu Jia Ning left.
As she walked away, it seemed like she caught sight of a grayish corner of a silhouette ahead, and thinking of someone, a plan began to take shape in Gu Jia Ning’s heart.
Wen Zhqing wanted to chase after her and say something, but he saw a tall, handsome man in uniform walking towards Gu Jia Ning from a distance.
The man’s gaze seemed to fall on him vaguely with a hint of challenge, stopping Wen Zhqing in his tracks.
When Gu Jia Ning intimately walked to the man’s side, he was certain that this man was indeed Gu Jia Ning’s military fiancé she got engaged to today.
Is he inferior to that officer?
Having been the praised child in everyone else’s family’s mouth since childhood, Wen Zhqing’s originally refined face slightly twisted.
Yet considering that the other was an officer, and his own current situation, it was best to avoid direct conflict for now.
Being flexible was always part of Wen Zhqing’s character.
Still, giving up on Gu Jia Ning was something he couldn’t easily accept.
"Brother Sheng, didn’t you return to the county town?" Gu Jia Ning’s round almond-shaped eyes were full of surprise, with a hint of guilt. She wasn’t sure if this person had seen her talking with Wen Zhqing.
Seeing the hint of guilt in Gu Jia Ning’s eyes, Sheng Zexi sneered coldly in his heart, but he wasn’t really bothered.
He didn’t intend to mention what had just happened.
Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Sheng Zexi’s unruly eyes and brows showed rare signs of shyness, "It’s nothing... it’s just that I forgot to discuss with you when we should take our wedding photos and get the certificate."
So that’s what it was.
Gu Jia Ning stopped dwelling on what had happened with Wen Zhqing, her mind drawn back by Sheng Zexi’s words.
"Then let’s take the wedding photos tomorrow, and after they’re ready, we’ll get the certificate."
"Alright." Sheng Zexi agreed immediately, fearing that a second’s delay would lead to Gu Jia Ning’s refusal. "I’ll come to pick you up in the morning to go to the photo studio in the county town."
"Okay." Then, as if remembering something, Gu Jia Ning said, "Oh, about the box your grandparents gave me..."
Gu Jia Ning whispered about the contents of the wooden box.
"... The items inside are too valuable, I can’t accept them."
Sheng Zexi’s gaze fluttered slightly, scrutinizing Gu Jia Ning. The little girl’s eyes were clear, the emotions in them not seeming to be fake.
She genuinely thought the items were too valuable to accept.
Wasn’t this little Pixiu usually known for only taking in and not giving out?
He knew that this little girl had a somewhat materialistic nature.
Yet he hadn’t expected her to be so clear-headed despite her materialism.
He didn’t think that loving material things was a bad thing.
A significant portion of those pieces of jewelry was originally part of his mother’s dowry. After that man remarried, upon finding out that the woman dared to misappropriate his mom’s jewelry, he created a ruckus and eventually retrieved his mother’s dowry back to his maternal family, including the shop and the house.
Now, Sheng Zexi felt there was nothing wrong with giving them to Gu Jia Ning.
Thinking this, Sheng Zexi also said so.
"... My mother’s things should either be passed to me or to you, as a couple is one. Now, giving them to you is the same. Plus, since my grandparents gave them to you, there’s no reason to take them back, so just accept them with peace of mind."
Ultimately, under Sheng Zexi’s persuasion, Gu Jia Ning had no choice but to accept them.
She planned to store the entire box in her system’s space after returning home so it wouldn’t be lost, considering it as carrying it with her at all times.
