Chapter 148: About Acting Cute 12_1
He Teng had been standing close to He Zhilan during the phone call. He could clearly hear everything He Zhongguo was saying on the other end of the line. At first, He Zhilan stood upright, but then, for some unknown reason, she leaned backward and rested against him. The woman on the phone, seemed unaware of this.
Without even lowering his gaze, He Teng could take in all the expressions on Zhilan’s face as she spoke on the phone. Her palm-sized face brimming with smiles, but her eyes silently reddening due to the longing for her father on the other end of the line. She spoke on the phone, with faint glimmers of unshed tears in her eyes.
Zhilan’s eyelashes were long. When she looked down, He Teng could distinctly see each one of them. They were curled beautifully, fluttering up and down as she blinked, appearing as playful as a butterfly ready to take flight.
Her skin had always been fair since childhood, even after moving to the capital city, which was hot as an oven, and undergoing military training, her skin remained fair and tender. The phone conversation switched to He Dongxue. He Teng wasn’t paying attention to what they were saying, but he noticed that He Zhilan suddenly brushed her hair to one side, casually exposing the back of her neck and the kiss marks he left last night.
For some reason, upon seeing the traces he left on his wife, He Teng, standing behind He Zhilan, involuntarily cracked a smile.
He Dongxue, constantly curious about He Zhilan’s military life after knowing her deployment, kept asking if it was fun, then began to inquire about He Zhilan and He Teng’s recent situation. At first, He Dongxue kept addressing her as Sister Zhilan, but later, she surprisingly started to call her Sister-in-law!
For instance, "Sister-in-law, is my brother living well in the military?"