Qin Yang looked up at him, his eyes brimming with a smiling expression, “You felt it? How is it? I can do even better.”
Lin Chuxia couldn’t help but burst into laughter at his serious demeanor, “Just because I gave you a motorcycle?”
“Um, you’ve given me so many gifts, and it seems like there’s nothing much I can give you in return, nothing I do is even one-tenth of what you’ve done for me, Xiaxia, will you despise me in the future?”
Lin Chuxia really couldn’t hold back this time, nearly spraying out the noodles in her mouth.
Finally swallowing them down, she bent over the table, laughing uncontrollably.
Qin Yang’s handsome face was serious and earnest, he truly harbored these thoughts.
His wife was beautiful and capable, and she even had money.
He had heard that after the market reform, some wealthy businessmen in the south had secretaries, commonly referred to as “Little Secretaries.”
Male bosses had female secretaries, female bosses had male secretaries.
Living apart, he wondered if his wife would despise him for not being able to be by her side at all times? Or perhaps grow tired of his face, not liking him anymore?
Although he felt that his wife really liked him now, what about later?
Distance could make the heart grow fonder, but distance and time could also dilute everything.
Lin Chuxia laughed for a while, nearly crying, and upon seeing Qin Yang earnestly asking her this question, she tried to make her demeanor serious as well.
“We are husband and wife, I enjoy the protection you bring me, you enjoy the fruits of my labor, isn’t that what should be expected? Why would I despise you, Qin Yang, marrying you was the best decision of my life.”
Seeing that his expression finally eased a bit, Lin Chuxia picked up a piece of meat for him, “Don’t think too much, eat up, as a husband, you’re already more than good enough.”
“I can always strive to do better,” Qin Yang smiled back, finally starting to eat with relish.
After dinner, Qin Yang once again got on his motorcycle.
This time Lin Chuxia didn’t need to take the initiative, he turned around with a spirited look, “Xiaxia, come on, I’ll take you somewhere.”
Lin Chuxia raised her eyebrows in interest; she had been to the Northwest several times before in winter but hadn’t really had the chance to go around with him.
After getting on the back of the motorcycle, Qin Yang drove her directly to the outskirts.
There were no famous landmarks here, and the natural scenery had not been overly developed by people. Qin Yang just took Lin Chuxia along the dirt paths between the mountains.
Passing by, the surroundings were all mountains and fields, with farmers at work and elderly folks herding.
It wasn’t until they passed over a small hill and the view suddenly opened up that Qin Yang finally stopped.
Lin Chuxia looked over his shoulder, frozen in place.
In the distance, a winding road coiled like a dragon among the mountains.
It crossed through deep forests, climbed over steep peaks, connecting several large mountains, extending into the far distance.
“This is your project.”
Even though it was a question, Lin Chuxia used a certain tone.
“Um,” Qin Yang pulled her to sit on a large stone beside him.
“We’ve been working here for nearly five years. I was stationed here right after graduating from college. I’ve watched it being built piece by piece, and now it’s almost complete.”
“You guys are amazing,” Lin Chuxia sincerely admired.
The construction of mountain highways has always been a crystallization of human wisdom and courage.
Turning a perilous path into a thoroughfare, they’ve always been doing things that seem ordinary yet are very great.
“When I first got here, the conditions were very difficult. The workers had only the most primitive tools. Back then, I didn’t even know what I could do for them. It seemed like what I learned in school was completely irrelevant to the environment here, and I even doubted whether my knowledge could contribute to the construction of our great nation’s landscape as I had envisioned in school. Later on, it was Old Bai who gradually brought me out of my shell and helped me to apply my knowledge.”
“It’s the case of the pupil surpassing the teacher,” Lin Chuxia added.
Qin Yang smiled, “They are all excellent too, every designer and every worker in the department is outstanding.”
“In my eyes, Comrade Qin Yang is the most outstanding.”
Lin Chuxia was not exaggerating. Although her love life was not smooth in her previous life, she had modest achievements during the booming development of the motherland and had tasted the dividends of national development, as well as enjoyed various conveniences brought about by the country’s rapid progress.
She was clearly aware of how great our country is, and among those who created these achievements, besides the scientific researchers, were the construction workers like them who fought on the front lines.
They turned many impossibilities into possibilities, and transformed impassable routes into thoroughfares.
Every time she witnessed such heroic feats, Lin Chuxia would be deeply moved.
In this life, having such a person by her side, how could she not be wholeheartedly devoted to him.
Even when they had just gotten married, she had thought that even if Qin Yang was a workaholic, to support his career, she would give her all to support and genuinely care for him.
Not for the man himself, but for his dedication to the nation’s construction work.
Even if they were very close, Qin Yang’s cheeks would turn slightly red from her praise.
“Is there really nothing bad about me in your eyes?”
Sometimes he truly felt that his wife adored him blindly. Clearly she was the more impressive one, yet she would always look at him with those sparkling eyes full of admiration.
Which made him feel a bit…
Qin Yang glanced at the deserted surroundings, leaned closer, and gently kissed her lips.
“Uh!”
Lin Chuxia’s eyes widened incredulously, darting around in disbelief.
When had this man become so bold?
…
When the two were riding the motorcycle back to the department, they happened to catch their colleagues leaving work, each of them carrying their meal bowls to the canteen.
The cool motorcycle with its roaring sound immediately drew the sideways glances of many people.
Zhang Dawei saw it was Qin Yang riding the motorcycle, and without even bothering to get his meal, he rushed over with his meal bowl in hand.
“Mr. Qin, where did you get this motorcycle? It’s new, too, and looks so cool.”
Qin Yang stopped, and Lin Chuxia got off the bike, standing aside, watching Zhang Dawei gleefully touch the motorcycle with shining eyes.
“Mr. Qin, you didn’t buy this motorcycle new, did you?”
Zhang Dawei had heard that motorcycles were available in the south, but given their location, getting a motorcycle to ride was simply too difficult.
But then again, even if motorcycles were available in stores, given his family’s circumstances, his dad wouldn’t take out savings to buy a motorcycle just for fun.
With his own salary, who knows how long it would take to afford one.
Though he didn’t have one himself, it was satisfying enough to look at someone else’s.
Qin Yang nodded at him calmly, “Bought it today, it’s a gift from my wife.”
There was a hint of pride in his voice.
Lin Chuxia silently glanced at him, her lips curbing a smile.
This man, really had no shame at all.
You should know that to some extent, men of this era still had a bit of machismo in their bones.
In their eyes, using a woman’s money and possessions was a highly disgraceful act.
Or to say, a household where the woman was more capable than the man, would make them feel ashamed to raise their heads.