Yue Yihan let his adoring gaze linger on Xie Changning for a while before getting up to do other things.

When the two aunties from next door came out, they saw Yue Yihan put down a broom only to pick up a rake. In short, he was never idle, keeping their home neat and tidy.

The two aunties’ eyes met, and they both nodded in unison.

’Not bad. Xiao Xie found herself a supportive husband. Not bad at all!’

As they thought this, they couldn’t help but feel that Little Yue was the truly lucky one. To marry such a good wife... others would die of envy if they knew.

Xie Changning slept wonderfully. She wouldn’t have woken up if she hadn’t suddenly been struck by a pang of hunger.

"Yue Yihan, I’m hungry..."

Before she could finish, Yue Yihan walked in wearing an apron, and her voice trailed off.

The moment Yue Yihan saw Xie Changning, his eyes seemed to fill with starlight. "Honey, you’re awake? I made those pork ribs you love. Go wash your hands; it’s time to eat."

"Great!" Xie Changning loved Yue Yihan’s braised pork ribs, so hearing he’d made them, she went happily to wash her hands.

The two of them sat down, and Xie Changning waited for Yue Yihan to bring the dishes to the table.

"It’s been a little hot lately, and there are more mosquitoes. I’ll go buy you a mosquito net later. You be careful at home by yourself." After the meal, Yue Yihan turned into a nagging mother hen.

Xie Changning nodded repeatedly, like a little chick pecking at rice.

No matter what Yue Yihan said, she just nodded. Finally, Yue Yihan shook his head helplessly, picked up a woven basket, and left the house.

Yue Yihan was gone for the whole afternoon. At home, Xie Changning was either lying down or hunched over her desk, drawing and adding new ideas to further perfect the printer’s design.

When Yue Yihan returned, he was carrying a lot of groceries.

After they ate, Xie Changning got ready to take a bath. Yue Yihan filled the large tub with water for her, and she sat inside to wash.

When she was done, Yue Yihan handed her a towel from outside for her to dry off.

"The floor is slippery, be careful."

"I know!" ’He’s such a nag!’

After Xie Changning’s bath, Yue Yihan went to take his own. When he came out, Xie Changning was sitting in a chair, listening to the radio.

Hearing the door open, Xie Changning instinctively looked over.

And there was Yue Yihan, walking out of the simple bathroom she had set up, bare-chested with a towel draped over his shoulders—

Xie Changning’s gaze couldn’t help but fall on Yue Yihan’s upper body.

Yue Yihan’s muscles weren’t the bulging, overly developed kind. Instead, he was perfectly lean, his musculature beautifully defined and pleasing to the eye.

’His eight-pack abs were like a checkerboard, making me want to... ahem!’

’Chief Engineer Xie, wake up! Don’t get lost in his good looks!’

’Even as I’m scolding myself,’ she thought, ’my eyes keep straying back to him. The last time I slept with him, I didn’t notice he was this muscular...’

Yue Yihan saw Xie Changning’s reaction as clear as day.

He couldn’t help but look down at his own torso, and then it hit him: ’My wife likes my body!’

This discovery was somewhat exhilarating for Yue Yihan.

Recently, he had sensed a hint of distance in Xie Changning’s attitude toward him. He had originally thought it would take more time and effort to open his wife’s heart.

’I never expected to find a shortcut today!’

Just as Yue Yihan was feeling elated, he saw Xie Changning’s baby bump, and his excitement instantly deflated.

’So what if I’ve discovered this? My wife is pregnant. I can’t have her focusing on my body under these circumstances, can I?’

While Yue Yihan’s mind was racing, Xie Changning’s gaze couldn’t help but drift downward.

’Ooh, he has a V-line too!’

’What a captivating physique...’

Xie Changning mentally wiped away some non-existent drool and tore her gaze away. "Go put a shirt on, or you’ll catch a cold." ’If he stays out here any longer,’ she thought, ’I won’t get any sleep tonight.’

Yue Yihan had only meant to tease Xie Changning for a moment, so he turned and left.

Now that they were back in the staff housing, they returned to sleeping in separate rooms. Yue Yihan tucked Xie Changning in before getting up to leave for his own room.

「The next day.」

When Xie Changning woke up, she stretched lazily. ’Last night’s sleep was just wonderful!’

Xie Changning lazed in bed for a while before getting up to wash up.

When Xie Changning got up, Yue Yihan had just finished making breakfast. He was a little surprised to see her awake. "You didn’t sleep in a little longer?"

’It’s still early; she doesn’t have to be at work so soon.’

"I just woke up suddenly. I feel really energetic right now." A good night’s sleep always put Xie Changning in a good mood. She sat at the dining table, waiting for Yue Yihan to bring her breakfast.

After a harmonious breakfast, Yue Yihan walked Xie Changning to the factory.

"I’ll come pick you up later," he told her.

"Okay."

Xie Changning certainly wouldn’t refuse a ride, so she waved goodbye to Yue Yihan and headed straight into the factory.

The first thing Xie Changning did at work was contact Fang Heng from First Automobile Works and ask him to fax over the rankings from the entrance exam.

Fang Heng readily agreed and went to handle it immediately.

After taking care of it, he asked Xie Changning, "Director Xie, are you free sometime soon? There are still a few things we don’t quite understand in that German document you translated. We were hoping to invite you over to clarify them for us and maybe give us a small lesson."

It contained a lot of information about patents.

They didn’t really understand what patents were yet, but he could tell that Xie Changning did.

It would be perfect if Xie Changning could come and clear things up for them.

"I have some time, but—"

"We can send a car to pick you up, as long as you’re willing to come to our factory."

Fang Heng spoke to Xie Changning with a great deal more respect than before.

’It seems First Automobile Works places great importance on this German document; they’re determined to understand it completely.’

Xie Changning thought for a moment, then said to Fang Heng, "The day after tomorrow, then. I’ll have time." ’If I take their car to Chuncheng, I can also stop by the plastics factory to check on my buttons!’

At the thought, the corners of Xie Changning’s lips curved up again.

"Great. I’ll have someone come pick you up the morning after next."

Not long after she hung up the phone, the fax machine whirred to life. The ranked results of the children’s entrance exams appeared right before her eyes.

Over a thousand students had taken the entrance exam this time, with over a hundred competing in each subject, but fewer than four hundred would be admitted.

The fax machine printed for a long time before stopping. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Xie Changning walked over to the fax machine and quickly scanned the rankings, using a red pen to circle the names of the students from her own factory to make it easier for the kids to see.

Once she had done all this, she went to the publicity department’s bulletin board to post the rankings.

Many workers were arriving for their shifts just then, and as they passed by, they couldn’t help but stop to see what Xie Changning was posting.

When they saw it was the entrance exam rankings for the Chuncheng First Auto Technical School, they couldn’t help but crowd around. "Whoa, so many students from our factory made the list?"

"One, two, three, four... Thirty!?"