B5SB -Chapter 76 Women’s Bicycle

Gu Yihan didn’t know that Qi Shuhui was from the future of this timeline, while she herself had traveled from a parallel universe.

Gu Yihan noticed that besides being a strict and stern soldier in public, Lu Huailin still showed some childishness when he was with her.

She looked at his side profile with amusement and said, “You dislike Qi Shuhui so much, yet you didn’t even save face for Colonel Lin.”

The two of them walked side by side. By the time they entered the house, Lu Huailin still hadn’t said a word.

Gu Yihan ignored him too. Whatever—she was angry as well and directly walked past him toward the bedroom.

Like a leopard, Lu Huailin moved swiftly, lifted Gu Yihan onto the bed, flipped over, and pinned her down, his eyes full of grievance: “I hate the way he looks at you.”

Gu Yihan felt uncomfortable under his pained gaze but realized it was just possessiveness acting up, so her anger dissipated.

She wrapped her arms around Lu Huailin’s neck, a small smile on her lips: “He’s already married, and he really loves his wife. Why are you jealous?”

Lu Huailin looked down at her fair face: “It’s because my wife is too beautiful. The guys in the army are all rough men, they haven’t seen much of the world.”

Hearing his words, Gu Yihan recalled a saying from the future: “Three years in the army, and a sow competes with Diao Chan.”

She quickly shook the thought from her mind.

Seeing that Gu Yihan could still be distracted, Lu Huailin leaned down and gently bit her earlobe.

Before she could react, he relaxed his grip and held her close, calming the agitation in his heart.

Gu Yihan shrank her neck from the bite. She instinctively wanted to push him away, but his weight pinned her down, almost suffocating her.

She raised her hand and patted his back: “Are you trying to murder me? Planning to get a new wife?”

Lu Huailin: “……”

He hugged her and rolled sideways: “You’ve been tired from traveling today, so I’ll let you off.”

“Let’s sleep early. Tomorrow I’ll take you to buy a bicycle so you can ride it to work,” he said, then closed his eyes pretending to sleep.

Gu Yihan looked at his handsome profile. Seeing his face, she compromised and let him hold her.

The next morning, Lu Huailin first took Maomao to the military dog training base. After breakfast at the mess hall, they took the army supply truck into the city to buy things.

Department Store Bicycle Section, Kun City

A female sales clerk smiled at them: “Looking to buy a bicycle?”

Gu Yihan, seeing her friendly demeanor, smiled and asked, “I want to buy a women’s bicycle. Could you recommend one?”

The clerk replied, “Comrade, women’s bicycles are rarely purchased here. At the moment, we only have one Phoenix brand left.”

She led Gu Yihan to the bicycle and said, “You can try riding it.”

Lu Huailin wanted to buy two outfits for Gu Yihan, so he pulled out some money and handed it to her as she prepared to try the bicycle: “Wife, you try it first. I’ll check out the counter over there.”

Gu Yihan nodded: “Go ahead.”

She tried the Phoenix women’s bicycle. It was fine—at least it was easy to mount and dismount. Her height allowed her to handle it; she couldn’t manage a larger men’s “28-inch double-cylinder” bicycle.

“Is Colonel Lu’s wife planning to buy a bicycle?”

Gu Yihan turned to see a woman in her forties wearing dark gray, looking at her.

She came up to Gu Yihan’s bicycle and said, “Call me Sister Li. My husband is Commissioner Li, in the same regiment as your husband.”

Gu Yihan, not very familiar with her, kept her tone cool: “Sister Li.”

Sister Li didn’t mind Gu Yihan’s indifference and said, “You’re young. For a bicycle, it’s better to buy one convenient for men. The women’s bike you’re buying may be convenient for you, but the men in the household won’t have room to ride.”

Gu Yihan, laughing in disbelief, said: “It’s my own money. I can buy whatever I want. Why do you get to decide?”

Sister Li frowned: “Good intentions taken the wrong way… I really don’t know where Colonel Lu found such a wasteful—”

“Shut up! Who do you think you are? Do I even know you? Coming over here to nag, just because your family lives by the sea, minding everyone else’s business?” Gu Yihan snapped.

Lu Huailin, having just bought clothes for Gu Yihan, hadn’t yet reached her side.

Hearing her icy voice, he thought she had been bullied and strode over, checking her over: “What happened? Are you hurt?”

Sister Li, seeing Lu Huailin, immediately said: “Colonel Lu, I wasn’t talking about you. Buying this women’s bicycle is useless. The wife you married is really unfit for managing a household. She can’t even stretch a leg in the kitchen like my younger sister-in-law can.”

Lu Huailin’s face darkened instantly: “Sister Li, I’m happy to spend money on her. You were a child bride and no one cared for you, but my wife is not like that. I worked hard to win her over. No matter how much I spend, I’m willing to.”

He then handed the money to the sales clerk: “We’ll take this women’s bicycle.”

The clerk happily took the money and said: “Please wait a moment. I’ll make out the receipt right away.”

Sister Li, seeing them pay immediately, felt her heart twist. She had long had her eye on Colonel Lu and wanted to marry him off to her younger sister-in-law.

Her sister-in-law was like a daughter she had raised, but now a wild girl from the countryside had taken him instead.

“Colonel Lu, having such a wasteful woman, you’ll regret it later,” Sister Li said angrily, then left.

Even the most patient Gu Yihan was fuming. She turned to Lu Huailin: “What kind of people are these? I buy something and still have to watch someone’s face?”

Seeing her chest rising and falling with anger, Lu Huailin’s eyes darkened slightly. He patted her back: “Tomorrow I’ll speak to Commissioner Li and have him control his wife.”

“Don’t be mad. Let’s go get the bicycle stamped and registered. Later, we’ll ride home ourselves, not with them.”

The stamping and registration were done quickly. They came out of the police station soon after.

Lu Huailin handed Gu Yihan the clothes he had bought: “We didn’t get you clothes when we got your marriage certificate. Here are two outfits to wear first.”

Gu Yihan took the clothes, thinking about the wedding feast they hadn’t held. She didn’t want to cook. In this era, they couldn’t host at a state-run restaurant, or they’d be called bourgeois.

She hugged his waist and said: “I’m not good at cooking. Can we skip the wedding banquet?”

“Skip it? We didn’t even have a proper wedding. Not having a banquet would be unfair to you,” Lu Huailin shook his head.

“I don’t feel wronged. Neither of our elders can attend anyway. Whether we hold a banquet or not doesn’t matter. What matters is that we live well ourselves.”

As she spoke, her hands traced along his waist and abdomen—he felt really good.

Unable to resist her teasing, Lu Huailin said: “Whatever my wife wants, we’ll do at home. It’s all up to you.”