Received A Wife From The Civil Affairs Bureau Ch.48

Shen Yumo slept soundly until suddenly her breathing was getting difficult. It felt like something was biting her and her eyes flew open to see a beautiful face looking down at her. She leaned back, “What are you doing?”

“Your alarm is about to go off, I thought I should wake you.” Jiang Ziquan wasn’t deterred as she leaned in again with a smile, “How are you feeling?”

Shen Yumo looked at her and then shut her eyes to sleep a little longer, but Jiang Ziquan was not going to waste this opportunity. She kissed her gently, pressing her lips against her face until finally, Shen Yumo opened her eyes again, her face a blushing mess, “Why are you so sweaty?”

Jiang Ziquan coughed embarrassedly and moved to the side. Earlier, she wasn’t feeling sleepy as she had enough sleep already but didn’t want to disturb Teacher Shen either. So she played with the other person’s hair and traced a finger against Shen Yumo’s face. When it was almost time to get up, she couldn’t help but kiss Teacher Shen gently on the lips. However, this simple action apparently triggered the array as her entire body was set aflame and she couldn’t help deepening her kiss. 

“I’m going to take a shower.”

Shen Yumo felt confused at her abrupt exit and rubbed her dizzy head. She got up and made her bed when she found the hated sleep mask lying on the blankets. Remembering her previous grievances, she threw it onto the bedside table with annoyance. 

Since her bathroom didn’t have any of Jiang Ziquan’s toiletries, it was a bit inconvenient for Jiang Ziquan. Jiang Ziquan could only return to her room with her wet hair, and she called out as she walked by, “Wait for me, I’ll send you to work.”

“It’s so close, why bother? I can walk by myself, you don’t need to escort me.” Shen Yumo stopped her movements and looked at her with eyes full of suspicion, questioning Jiang Ziquan’s motives. 

Jiang Ziquan was busy blow-drying her hair and the machine overpowered Shen Yumo’s voice. She didn’t hear her words and even sped up her hair drying process as she didn’t want Shen Yumo to be late. 

“Why are you escorting me to work?”

Jiang Ziquan tugged at her stubborn hairs that continued to quirk up and smiled, “No reason, I just wanted to be with you a little longer.” 

“….let’s go.” Shen Yumo didn’t argue with her, instead, she felt a little pleased in her heart. After taking a few steps, she noticed the wild strands of hair on Jiang Ziquan’s head and asked, “Why didn’t you dry your hair?” Her tone was a bit scolding when she said that. 

“Cough, isn’t it because we were in a hurry? Doesn’t matter anyway, the weather isn’t cold today.” Jiang Ziquan grabbed Teacher Shen’s hand and tried to change the subject.

At this time, the students were still at school so the flow of people at the city center was sparse and quiet. Even the street vendors were sitting lazily at their stalls, basking in the sun.

Jiang Ziquan happily held Shen Yumo’s hand and although the cold wind blew at her wet hair, she wished that the road was longer so that she could walk with Teacher Shen for just a little longer. 

“I’ll pick you up tonight.” Jiang Ziquan reluctantly let go as they arrived at the gates and said with a smile. 

Shen Yumo didn’t respond but nodded when she saw that pair of burning eyes looking at her. She didn’t mind anyway because it seemed like Jiang Ziquan isn’t busy lately so it wouldn’t be an inconvenience for her. 

“Alright, I’m leaving then.” Jiang Ziquan stole a kiss on her cheek and then quickly ran away before she got kicked in the shins. 

A blushing mess, Shen Yumo glared at her retreating back when she heard someone calling out to her. 

“Teacher Shen!” Xu Yan ran over and smiled, “Teacher Shen, you and your wife are so cute together. 

Alarm bells rang in Shen Yumo’s heart but Xu Yan gently patted her shoulder, “Everyone is an adult here, no need to be so shy.”

Her words had the opposite effect and Shen Yumo blushed even harder, her embarrassment causing her to be unable to meet Xu Yan’s eyes. 

“Uh, Teacher Shen, when’s the wedding?” Xu Yan smiled sheepishly, “I need to prepare your gifts in advance.”

“Should be after the college entrance exams.”

“That’s a few months from now! Well, well, well, I guess some congratulations are in order.”

“Thank you.”

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After Jiagn Ziquan returned home, she immediately called Lin Cuo to come over. Then she proceeded to take photos of a few things in Teacher Shen’s bedroom and bathroom. 

“Plain Water, wouldn’t Teacher Shen get angry if she finds out about this?” Lin Cuo watched her scurry back and forth to take pictures and thought that Jiang Ziquan was probably doing this without Teacher Shen’s permission.

“She won’t, we live together after all.” Jiang Ziquan ignored the envious gaze sent her way and checked her photos, “Let’s go, time to make a trip to the supermarket.”

When they arrived at the supermarket, Lin Cuo finally found out why she was dragged along. Turns out she was only here to help carry the bags. She complained: “Why do you need so many toiletries for? You don’t even use these brands.”

Jiang Ziquan checked her list and said, “Teacher Shen uses these brands, so I’m buying two sets.” After seeing her list was basically done, she asked, “Do you know anyone who sells beds?”

“You want to buy a bed?”

“Yesterday Teacher Shen fell asleep in my bed and said it was too small. So I wanted a bigger one.” Jiang Ziquan pretended to be nonchalant on the surface but her heart was all giddy. She especially felt like laughing after seeing Lin Cuo’s annoyed expression, “I guess it’s too small for two people to sleep in.”

Lin Cuo glanced at her coldly and snorted: “I don’t know anyone.”

“Aw, come on, please? I’ll stop teasing you~ So is there anyone you know?”

Lin Cuo sighed, made a quick phone call, picking out the biggest bed there was: “I’ll have it delivered tonight.”

“Anyhow, I remembered that Teacher Shen’s bed is pretty big, why can’t you guys sleep in that one.”

Jiang Ziquan put on a sad face: “The atmosphere in that room isn’t right.” She didn’t want to tell her it was actually because she was afraid of the eight-trigrams array and then teased: “But a single dog like you probably doesn’t understand what I mean.”

Lin Cuo “…..”

During the trip, Jiang Ziquan forgot about the time and realized she wouldn’t be able to pick up Teacher Shen on time, so she sent a message telling her to directly go home.

“Do you want to eat at my place tonight?” Jiang Ziquan asked, her arms full of things. She set them down as she took off her shoes. 

“Sure, I haven’t tried Teacher Shen’s cooking yet.” Lin Cuo nodded. After being used as a mule all day, she should at least get a free meal out of it, “Though, Teacher Shen doesn’t eat meat, so the food at your house isn’t all vegetarian, is it?”

“Not at all.”

Shen Yumo heard voices coming from the door and saw them carrying an armful of bags, “Why did you buy so much for?”

“To have an extra set in each room so we don’t have to trouble each other by going back and forth.”

Lin Cuo followed Jiang Ziuquan into her bedroom. She had been in there many times already and could tell something was off, “Did you change your layout or something?”

“Teacher Shen probably cleaned up the room.” Jiang Ziquan stowed the things away one by one and glanced around the room. It seemed to be a little bit cleaner than usual. 

“Hey, Plain Water, I just thought of something. If you’re following Teacher Shen’s sleep schedule, when are you going to draw in the future? I know Teacher Shen probably has a regular sleep schedule so how are you going to do your random 3 am painting sessions? Won’t you disturb her sleeping if you start drawing next to her in the middle of the night?” Lin Cuo, ever the voice of reason reluctantly brought this up. 

Jiang Ziquan’s hands paused and she thought about it, “I guess what you said makes sense.”

“Of course it does. You might as well move into Teacher Shen’s room and use this one as a study instead. One room for sleeping and one room for drawing, wouldn’t that be great?”

Jiang Ziquan thought so too, but she really didn’t want to deal with the eight-trigrams scroll and waved her hand, “I’ll think about it later.”

Shen Yumo heard a knock on the door and opened it. 

“Hello, your order of a king-sized bed is here. We are at your service, where would you like to put it?”

“What?”

“Teacher Shen, that’s the bed I ordered. Didn’t you say that the bed was too small?” Jiang Ziquan hurriedly explained and then said to the delivery man, “Please, come this way.”

“Anyway, I had nothing else to do, so I just bought one on a whim. By the way are you tired? You should go take a break, I’ll go take a look at the installation process.”

With the large bed in the room, the once originally neat layout became a little crowded and looked like utter chaos. 

“Eh, I’ll fix it later.” Jiang Ziquan said dejectedly. Forget it, she might as well go talk with Teacher Shen first. 

“You’re crazy, you know?” Lin Cuo glanced at her and then went to go help Shen Yumo cook. 

While Lin Cuo and Teacher Shen cooked, Jiang Ziquan stood blankly to the side, bored out of her mind as she waited for the food. 

“Did you know that Plain Water’s cooking is straight-up poison? During college, she tried to learn from one of your classmates and even though she followed each step perfectly, somehow the entire floor still ended up with food poisoning.”

“Pfft.” Shen Yumo laughed and asked, “And did she receive a lot of confessions too during college?”

“Yup.” Lin Cuo winked and continued, “Back in those days, college boys liked to confess under the window and would light up candles as they sang a song or recited a poem for everyone to hear. You probably already know that Ziquan likes to sleep with a sleep mask, so during the confessions, she would take one look at them and if she didn’t feel anything, she would put her mask directly back on. That way, no light would peek through the windows and ruin her sleep. Hilarious, right?”

“Very hilarious.” Shen Yumo laughed. So it turned out Jiang Ziquan’s rejections were this harsh. 

Jiang Ziquan was sulking in the corner at having her ugly past revealed. However, when she saw Teacher Shen smiling, she naturally started to smile as well. 

She walked over to them and lifted herself up on the counter, “Teacher Shen, you must have experienced countless confessions as well, right?”

“Yes.” Shen Yumo continued her chopping and only nodded a little: “It’s always the same thing. They’ll give you flowers or love letters, but none of them were as high-profile as you.”

“Hey, that’s not right~”

“Eh?” Shen Yumo looked up, “How so?”

“I gave you my jade at that time.” Jiang Ziquan said with a smile. 

“En, like I said, high-profile.” Shen Yumo continued and then added, “I actually liked yours the best.”

Now punished to the side, Lin Cuo sighed and complained: “I thought we were talking about Plain Water’s embarrassing past, why am I subjected to eating dog food again?”

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T/N notes: 

The third wheel feels~

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