Chapter 499
Her heart skipped a beat. "If I didn't want you to, would you just not come?"
She was going to be mad! If this older man dared to say he wasn't coming, she would be furious!
Zhou Yueshen chuckled softly. "No, I have to come."
Si Nian was both annoyed and exasperated. "You're still laughing. I'm mad."
"Niannian, I miss you so much."
Si Nian paused, suddenly at a loss for words.
After a long while, with red eyes and a crying tone, she finally said, "I miss you too. I want you to come right now."
There was a long silence on the other end of the line.
"Wait for me."
Zhou Yueshen arrived the very next afternoon.
When Si Nian walked out of the school and saw her man standing at the gates, she was stunned, thinking her eyes were playing tricks on her.
After all, transportation wasn't very advanced nowadays. Taking the train took ages, and plane tickets were hard to buy and required advance booking. So how did he get here?
She stood in a daze for quite a while, even reaching up to rub her eyes to see if she was mistaken.
Naturally, Zhou Yueshen spotted her too. Seeing her reaction, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Did this silly girl think she was hallucinating?
He called out, "Niannian, come here."
Si Nian finally snapped out of it.
Her eyes widened, and she rushed over to him. "How did you get here?"
"You wanted me to, so I came." Zhou Yueshen reached out to pull her into his arms, gently patting her head.
Si Nian's eyes instantly welled up. "Did you drive here last night?"
Although driving was slightly faster than the train, it still took almost a whole day and night.
When he said to wait for him last night, Si Nian thought he meant in a few days.
She never expected that he would set off the very same night.
To arrive so quickly, he must have started driving right after they hung up.
"Mhm." He just hummed, a casual, indifferent hum.
As if there was nothing extraordinary about it at all.
Si Nian, however, was both touched and angry. "Why were you so impulsive? It's so dangerous to drive alone!"
"It's not dangerous."
Back in his army days, he frequently drove through the night. He had driven for days and nights on end, so this was nothing to him.
Si Nian sighed, feeling her heart swell to the brim. She knew it was filled with joy and excitement.
Seeing his travel-worn appearance, she couldn't bear to blame him anymore. If she hadn't cried and told him how much she missed him last night, he wouldn't have been so impulsive.
When they got home, Zhou Yueshen parked his car at the door, and Si Nian told him to go take a shower.
Then, she went to the kitchen to cook him some noodles.
Having a man in the house brought so much more life to it. Looking at the dusty car parked outside, Si Nian felt both moved and amused.
Her waist tightened as the man's hands wrapped around her from behind, his chin resting on top of her head.
Si Nian set the noodles aside and turned around. "Eat your noodles first."
Zhou Yueshen lowered his head and kissed her delicate face. "I don't want to eat noodles right now."
Si Nian blinked. She naturally understood what he meant, but she played dumb. "Then what do you want to eat?"
"Will you give me whatever I want to eat?"
"Mhm, whatever you want."
Zhou Yueshen's dark eyes deepened as he lowered his head and captured her lips.
Zhou Yueshen stayed for two days. By then, Si Nian had finally finished her work. She carried her packed belongings, which weren't much—mostly books she had accumulated over her years at the school. She couldn't bear to throw them away and planned to bring them back for Eldest Child to read.
Getting into the car, Si Nian prepared to leave, feeling a bit sentimental. Her years in Beijing felt like a dream.
She looked at Zhou Yueshen's car and asked, "What about our car? Are we leaving it here?"
Zhou Yueshen replied, "I'll hire someone to drive it back."
Si Nian immediately brightened up.
This car was the Chevrolet Zhou Yueshen had given her, the second vehicle she had ever owned in her life.
The first one was a bicycle.
There was no way she could just leave it here.
Cars were incredibly expensive in this day and age.
But truth be told, Si Nian had hardly ever driven it herself.
After all, she had a driver now, so why would she need to drive?
Her eyes darted playfully. Under Zhou Yueshen's confused gaze, she got into the back seat.
Zhou Yueshen began to wonder if he had done something to make her angry.
Instead, Si Nian quipped, "Bosses always sit in the back. Master Zhou, please drive."
Zhou Yueshen paused for a second before letting out a helpless, amused laugh. "Alright, Boss Si."
Si Nian was happy, but then a wave of melancholy hit her. "We're really leaving."
Looking at the bustling traffic outside, a subtle feeling welled up in Zhou Yueshen's heart too.
Back then, he had unhesitatingly left everything behind, bringing his whole family and Si Nian to Beijing to build a life.
Looking back now, even he was a little surprised.
It turned out there really was someone he couldn't let go of, even for a moment.
"We can come back whenever you want. We have a house here, so it's convenient," Zhou Yueshen comforted her.
Si Nian thought about it and realized he was right. Getting excited, she leaned forward against the front seat and said, "Right now we have trains and planes. Even though it's not very convenient, I believe that one day, there will definitely be faster and easier ways to travel. We won't have to buy plane tickets weeks in advance. We'll be able to leave whenever we want and arrive in just a few hours. Don't you think so?"
Zhou Yueshen listened quietly. Imagining such a scenario in his mind, he nodded in agreement. "There will be."
They still had children at home. Although Eldest Child and Second Child had grown quite a bit, parents could never completely stop worrying.
However, they hadn't managed to get train tickets for that day, only for early the next morning. So, Si Nian and Zhou Yueshen simply found a hotel near the train station to rest for the night.
Beijing was as muggy and crowded as ever, especially around the train station. Whenever there was a holiday, it was a sea of people.
Since they had money now, they naturally stayed in a more expensive hotel that looked relatively clean.
But the only amenity was a fan.
Si Nian turned on the fan and pointed it right at her face. Zhou Yueshen walked out after taking a shower. Seeing this, he stepped forward, moved the fan a bit further away, and said, "Don't blow it directly at your head, it'll give you a headache."
Si Nian watched him fresh out of the shower, shirtless and wearing only a pair of boxer shorts.
She smiled.
This man was getting more and more uninhibited. In the past, he always kept himself tightly covered up.
At most, he would wear a tank top.
She reached out to touch his pectoral muscles. They were cool to the touch from the shower, and with the breeze from the fan, it felt incredibly comfortable.
"I wonder if Little Four has been crying for his mom."
She let out a comfortable sigh, thinking about how Little Four was probably throwing a tantrum since she wasn't home.
After saying that, she turned to blame Zhou Yueshen. "Are you mean to him?"
Because Little Four spent all day with his dad, yet she never heard him say he missed his dad.
Zhou Yueshen reached out and pinned down her wandering hand.
"What do you consider mean?"
Although sometimes he did bring Little Four along to social engagements. In the past, there were always women trying to approach him, but ever since Little Four started tagging along, the little guy had acted as quite the shield.
Because he was often busy late into the night, the little guy would just tilt his head and fall asleep on the sofa or a chair.
Suddenly, he felt a bit guilty.
Seeing Si Nian's suspicious gaze, he coughed softly. "Of course not."
With that, not giving Si Nian a chance to respond, he pulled her into his arms, lowered his head to kiss her, and his hands grew increasingly bold.
Vaguely, Si Nian thought she heard him whisper something in the heat of passion. She couldn't hear it clearly and wanted to ask, but the man gave her no chance.
Tonight, once again, it was just the two of them...