After a busy day, Cheng Su returned home to darkness and silence; Qi Taiguo wasn't there.
"Is he working the night shift?" she muttered to herself.
She glanced at the small clock, it was nearly seven. He should have had dinner in the canteen by now, right?
The weather was getting hotter, and Cheng Su didn't feel like eating. Since Qi Taiguo wasn't there, she decided not to cook. Besides, she was tired from the day's work. She just wanted to lie down and sleep since she had to go to Sister Wang's place to grade pineapples tomorrow.
After eating a washed apple, Cheng Su went to wash up and then to bed.
However, Qi Taiguo wasn't on duty as Cheng Su thought; instead, he was sitting in his office, flipping through a book. But an hour passed, and he was still on the same page.
"Report, company commander, it's almost eight o'clock. Do you want me to get another portion of dinner for you?" Xiao Zheng, the radio operator, knocked and came in to ask.
