Fire Chief vs. Surgeon: A Tale of Relentless Pursuit-Chapter 731: Wishing to Have Eight Hands
"Mmm, that’ll work!"
This certain tone from the man excited everyone present.
"Yeah, yeah, Captain Jiang says it’s good."
"Then, that’s how we’ll arrange it from now on, right, instructor?"
Old Qin also hummed in agreement:
"If Captain Jiang says there’s no problem, then there definitely isn’t one. Starting tomorrow, you guys will follow this new plan."
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
The three young officers didn’t stay long, and turned to leave the office right away.
Now, it was just Jiang Ye and Old Qin left.
Old Qin offered a cigarette:
"Wanna smoke?"
Jiang Ye decisively shook his head:
"No, thanks."
Suddenly, Old Qin remembered and said with a laugh:
"Look at me, I’ve been so busy I forgot—your Doctor Lu is pregnant."
Secondhand smoke is harmful to anyone, let alone a pregnant woman.
Moreover, the damage from secondhand smoke is not trivial—there’s a high risk of birth defects.
It’s really not worth the price, just for a smoke.
Old Qin snuffed out his own cigarette as well, and then the two of them got down to serious business.
There were so many things happening at the station—assessments, and with the New Year’s Spring Festival coming up, there were all sorts of arrangements to be made.
For a firefighting unit like theirs, holidays were especially tight.
Especially during the Spring Festival. Although the government had already banned fireworks, many people still set them off secretly.
Last year on New Year’s Day, they had more call-outs than usual, with over twenty incidents in one day.
There were house fires, trash bin fires spreading to green belts, factory fires, and fires started by people who forgot about the food they were cooking while playing mahjong... and so on, and so on.
Remember, during the Spring Festival, everyone had to be on duty—those on leave had to return.
And Jiang Ye had to deal not only with these work matters but also his own wedding, which was almost upon him, right before the Spring Festival.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime wedding, and he couldn’t handle it carelessly.
Although he had left most of the preparations to his family, there were still many decisions that Jiang Ye had to make himself.
He really wished he could grow eight hands, but even though he was exhausted, his heart was filled with excitement and joy.
Tired yet happy!
....
That night, the lights in the office building stayed on almost until two or three in the morning before they gradually went out.
The captain’s office was the last to turn off its lights.
By the time Jiang Ye got home, it was well past three in the morning, way past the hour.
The soft sound of ’sisi susu’ woke the sleeping woman in bed:
"Jiang Ye?"
"Mhm, it’s me. Go back to sleep."
"Why are you back so late?"
"There’s been a lot of work lately."
Lu Jing didn’t go back to sleep. Instead, she sat up and looked at him with wide eyes:
"Why is there so much to do?" she questioned.
How was he supposed to explain?
There was just a lot to do; what else could be done?
Jiang Ye just smiled:
"Worried about your man, huh?"
Psh.
But, it seemed like she really was worried.
Lu Jing clicked her tongue a few times:
"I’m going to sleep."
She chose to ignore it entirely.
What could Jiang Ye do?
He couldn’t exactly wake her up and demand answers, could he?
After a quick wash-up, he lay down on the bed.
As soon as he lay down, his whole body relaxed.
After such a tiring day, he was no ironclad fortress; his flesh and blood body was beyond fatigued.
Still, he habitually pulled her into his arms before contentedly closing his eyes.
Lu Jing hadn’t fallen asleep, but she didn’t resist either.
She had grown used to sleeping in his arms; without it, she’d feel something missing.
Sure enough.
By the time they woke up again, it was already daylight. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
With a man by her side, her sleep quality really did go through the roof.
When Lu Jing opened her eyes, she smelled the fragrant scent of porridge drifting in from the kitchen.
