Chapter 685: Presents

Fu Mingxue washed her hair and took a shower, feeling much more comfortable afterward.

When she came out with her hair dried, Mrs. Fu had already cooked a bowl of noodles for her.

"Come on, have some noodles to tide you over. You can eat more at dinner."

"Okay!" Fu Mingxue walked over and saw the large bowl of noodles was topped with two fried eggs. "Thanks, Mom!"

Mrs. Fu couldn’t help but roll her eyes at her. ’All day long it’s "thank you." She’s really picked up some foreign habits.’

"How long are you staying this time? Just a month?"

"Yes, one month. Then I’m heading to the base." She had a lot of things to test, which required her to be in a harsh environment.

"Will you be back for the New Year, then?"

"I should be." Her two children and her mother were at home.

Qin Wenhao’s situation was uncertain.

If she didn’t come back, wouldn’t it just be her mom and the two kids celebrating the holiday at home?

Mrs. Fu: ...?

’Should be?’ That was just another way of saying it wasn’t certain.

But thinking about her daughter’s job, she didn’t press the issue.

"Oh, right. I think Wenshu is getting married at the end of the year. They originally planned to do it earlier, but his fiancée’s work got busy, so they moved the wedding to year-end."

Hearing this, Fu Mingxue looked up. "They’ve already picked a date?"

Mrs. Fu nodded. "Yes, December 28th. You haven’t called home, so the Qin family is probably waiting until it’s closer to notify you."

"Actually, Wenshu and his fiancée have already registered their marriage. They’re just waiting to hold the wedding ceremony."

Fu Mingxue was utterly shocked. It was a good thing she had already swallowed the noodles in her mouth.

Otherwise, she would have done a spit-take.

"—They already registered their marriage?"

Mrs. Fu nodded. "Yes, they did. It was probably at the end of last month."

Fu Mingxue: ...?

She had to admire Qin Wenshu. ’He’s really got some skill, managing to convince Doctor Xie to actually register their marriage.’

’He’s truly something else.’

’For someone as outstanding as Doctor Xie—to fall for Qin Wenshu.’

’Does this mean Qin Wenshu has shining qualities that others can’t see?’

Then again, Qin Wenshu’s face was quite handsome.

After all, the Qin family had good genes; none of them were particularly ugly.

"Alright, I’ll stop talking. Hurry up and eat your noodles."

Mrs. Fu went back to the kitchen to get busy.

After Fu Mingxue finished her noodles, she got the gifts for her two children.

"Come, these are the gifts Mommy brought for you. See if you like them."

"Mommy, is this the airplane Auntie talked about?" Qin Hao’s eyes were immediately drawn to the wooden airplane carving.

"That’s right. My Hao Hao is so smart." She had later bought the wooden airplane from Wang Lihong.

She hadn’t expected Wang Lihong to know how to carve airplanes.

When she had seen it, she’d asked about it. It turned out the young woman had once seen an airplane flying very low and had memorized its general appearance.

"I love it! I love it so much! Thank you, Mommy!" Qin Hao was ecstatic, hugging his big airplane.

Qin Keke’s gift was a stuffed teddy bear.

Fu Mingxue had drawn a picture and asked their neighbor, Wang Xiang, to make it.

She had discovered that Wang Xiang’s needlework was quite good.

Qin Keke was also overjoyed when she received the teddy bear.

"Thank you, Mommy. Keke loves the little bear, too."

"I’m glad you like them!" Fu Mingxue then gave each of them two pieces of candy.

She left the rest for her mom to distribute.

After all, children shouldn’t eat too many sweets, or it would ruin their teeth.

She also took out some local specialties she had bought at the market.