Inferior A After Having a Baby with the Top Boss 65

Chapter 65: Ming Fei’s Heart Skipped a Beat

As their eyes met, a smile bloomed in Ming Fei’s eyes, and the dimple on her right cheek appeared.

“Jiejie.”

She put down the black simulation gun, took off the dark goggles, and walked towards Zhu Yiqiao, like a cat encountering catnip, her metaphorical tail wagging happily.

“Weren’t you supposed to arrive tonight?”

Zhu Yiqiao had taken off her Trial Court uniform jacket, revealing a fitted white shirt underneath. The pistol at her waist had been put away in the safe upon entering the villa, but she still wore white gloves.

She explained, “The recently arrested criminal has been very cooperative, and the progress is faster than expected.”

Ming Fei didn’t pry further: “That’s good.”

Zhu Yiqiao looked at her: “So, do you need one-on-one private tutoring?”

Ming Fei teased, “Will Chief Judge Zhu charge tuition?”

“Mm.”

“How much?”

Zhu Yiqiao walked to the training platform, reassembled the black simulation gun with smooth and elegant movements, aimed at the high-difficulty, randomly moving target, and fired a shot. The ten-ring in the center of the target was directly pierced, and the entire moving target fell off the track.

Ming Fei applauded Colonel Zhu, who still held the world sniping record, her eyes sparkling, her face showing four words—eager to try.

“Jiejie must have heard countless praises during your service,” she continued, “But I still have to say, that was amazing!”

Zhu Yiqiao said calmly, “Pay the tuition first.”

Ming Fei walked to her side and asked expectantly, “How should I pay?”

Zhu Yiqiao’s gaze swept over her eyes, nose, cheeks, lips, and neck, her voice low and husky, like pine branches burning in a snowy night, silently enticing the cold deer.

“Change the way you address me.”

Ming Fei smiled and said, “Teacher.”

She said it frankly, as if it were a matter of course, without any hint of intimacy, her half-crescent almond eyes bright and clear.

After saying that, she asked again, “How should I pay Colonel Zhu’s tuition?”

Zhu Yiqiao: “You’ve already paid.”

Ming Fei didn’t understand until Zhu Yiqiao took her hand and helped her adjust her grip on the gun. She suddenly realized that the word “Teacher” was the tuition fee for Colonel Zhu, who was initially internationally renowned for her sniping skills.

A calm voice sounded beside her ear. Zhu Yiqiao approached her from behind, her outstretched hand as if embracing her from behind.

“Adjust your breathing.” Zhu Yiqiao asked, “Are you nervous?”

Ming Fei subconsciously shook her head: “No.”

The tips of her ears, visible from the corner of Zhu Yiqiao’s eye, were slightly red. Zhu Yiqiao didn’t say anything. After adjusting the scope, a cheerful and festive song suddenly echoed throughout the villa.

“We are good friends~ la la la~ Good friends walk together forever~ la la la~”

Hearing the familiar melody, Ming Fei smiled, the last trace of shyness disappearing.

She explained proactively, “Jiejie, it should be 008 playing the song. It and 0619 are always competing to play songs. 008’s songs are all about friendship, and 0619’s are about love.”

“Friendship and love?”

“Mm.” Ming Fei turned her cheek slightly. “Jiejie, do you find it noisy? I can ask them to turn it off.”

The melody of “Good Friends Walk Together Forever” was truly cheerful, but Zhu Yiqiao didn’t seem to be affected by this cheerfulness, saying ruthlessly,

“Turn it off.”

Ming Fei didn’t overthink it: “Okay.”

After becoming Colonel Zhu’s student, Ming Fei’s final results were impressive: six bullseyes, two nine-rings, and two eight-rings out of ten bullets.

Even though it was a simulation gun, the recoil wasn’t weakened. By the end of the practice, Ming Fei’s entire arm was a little numb. Zhu Yiqiao stopped at the right time and took her out of the shooting range to the bar.

At this moment, the chef in the kitchen had arrived, Ming Zaozao was still playing with Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan on the second floor, and the two robots were patrolling the garden.

Ming Fei, having put on her cardigan again, seemed less sharp than she had been in the shooting range, more gentle and approachable.

She drank a cup of warm tea and, looking at the snow scenery outside the window, said, “Jiejie, I’m going to see Xue Xun Jiejie tomorrow.”

“Mm.”

“Tomorrow is a public holiday, Jiejie, are you resting?”

“Yes.” Zhu Yiqiao put down her teacup. “I’ll go with you.”

Ming Fei smiled: “Okay.”

As the snow fell harder, Ming Zaozao came downstairs from the second floor and, seeing Zhu Yiqiao, ran towards her.

“Pretty Auntie is back!”

Zhu Yiqiao caught her: “Mm.”

“Baby missed Auntie so much!” Ming Zaozao drew a large circle in the air. “This much!”

Ming Fei answered a call from the lab, confirming that the data were normal before hanging up. When she returned, Ming Zaozao had finished chattering and had gotten down from Zhu Yiqiao’s arms.

“Mommy~”

“What’s wrong, Zaozao?”

Ming Zaozao showed her the video on her smartwatch: “Baby wants to go to this, can we?”

Ming Fei looked down and saw that it was a multi-format event jointly organized by a toy company, an amusement park, and a theme park, scheduled for tomorrow. She pinched Ming Zaozao’s chubby cheeks and said with a smile,

“Okay, then we’ll go play in the morning and visit Auntie Xue Xun in the afternoon, okay?”

Ming Zaozao happily gave Ming Fei several kisses on the face.

“Yay!”

Because she was happy, Ming Zaozao sang a newly learned lamb song for the two of them, sometimes “tweet tweet tweet,” sometimes “baa baa baa.” Ming Fei recorded her singing and laughter with her camera. When the two robots, having finished patrolling the villa area, entered the living room, and 0619 started playing “Sweet Love” again, Ming Fei noticed that Zhu Yiqiao didn’t seem to mind, letting 0619 finish the song.

Ming Fei thought, perhaps it was because Ming Zaozao had sung first.

But when 008 was about to play its newly selected song “Friendship Supreme,” Zhu Yiqiao gave the command to switch to children’s songs.

Ming Fei blinked, a faint feeling of strangeness in her heart.

December 6th, sunny, suitable for going out.

The snow that had been falling all night stopped in the early morning, and Xi He City welcomed a rare sunny day since the beginning of winter. After washing up and getting dressed on the second floor, Ming Zaozao, dressed like a little lucky charm, skipped down the stairs, holding Ming Fei’s hand.

Less than a minute after they came downstairs, Zhu Yiqiao also came down.

The three had breakfast together. Ming Zaozao said goodbye to Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, as well as 008 and 0619. Two wide, noodle-like tears streamed down the usually exaggerated 0619’s display screen.

Ming Fei chuckled and switched 0619’s personality mode.

So, the two wide, noodle-like tears immediately disappeared, replaced by a worried frown.

“Bye-bye, see you tonight~”

The three took the hovercar to the event venue. Along the way, Ming Zaozao quietly watched cartoons between the two adults, Ming Fei on the left was reading, and Zhu Yiqiao on the right was working on documents.

The trip to Moli had been very fruitful. The Trial Court and the military had been lying in wait, and the research institute, unable to hold back any longer, finally revealed their tracks, and a core member was captured. The criminal identified the person behind the research institute as someone around sixty-five years old, with a tattoo on their left pinky finger, and naturally white hair.

With this clue, they conducted a comprehensive search with other countries, and currently, a total of 1665 people matched all the characteristics.

The investigation was still ongoing, and various countries had sent people to investigate these 1665 individuals one by one. The results hadn’t come out yet.

Zhu Yiqiao browsed the encrypted electronic document and, after signing her name at the end, the hovercar arrived at its destination—Xinghe Park.

“Wow~”

Ming Fei closed her e-book, got out of the car with Ming Zaozao, and walked side by side with Zhu Yiqiao on the pedestrian avenue. Because of Zhu Yiqiao’s presence, the citizens of the Independent State looked over and greeted them happily.

“Chief Judge Zhu!”

“It’s Chief Judge Zhu!!”

“Wow, they look so good together, and the child in the middle is so cute.”

Ming Fei could certainly hear these voices. She had already anticipated this situation, so she wasn’t surprised or nervous. But what surprised her was that, just as they entered, another hovercar stopped a few seconds later, and Lan Lubai and Min Man got out.

Lan Lubai was also clearly a little surprised. She and Min Man just happened to be passing by and stopped to take a look because it was so lively.

“Hi~ Teacher Xiao Fei.”

After greeting the two, she smiled and said to the citizens, “Have fun on your day off~”

The former Victory Column was reunited, and the citizens responded enthusiastically. But everyone knew to separate public and private matters, so no one took out their phones to take pictures, and no one crowded around them. They soon dispersed.

Lan Lubai was about to pick up Ming Zaozao and take her to play with Min Man, creating more opportunities for her friend, when Ming Zaozao looked at the Crane Bridge on the far right with sparkling eyes and asked crisply,

“Mommy, can we go take a look over there?”

Ming Fei, of course, agreed: “Okay.”

She led Ming Zaozao towards the Crane Bridge, Zhu Yiqiao following a step behind, and Lan Lubai and Min Man walking beside her.

“Crane Bridge?” Lan Lubai said thoughtfully, “Why does that sound familiar?”

Min Man said lazily, “I think it was opened last year.”

The five of them arrived at the White Jade Crane Bridge. Two motionless bionic cranes perched on either side of the bridge, unopened flower buds climbed along the railing, and there was a shimmering, strange floating stone in the center, with butterfly wind chimes hanging from the top.

Ming Fei led Ming Zaozao onto the Crane Bridge. Ming Zaozao looked at the floating stone, walked to the center, and placed her hand on it.

The floating stone didn’t react.

Lan Lubai glanced at the inscription next to it and read, “The Crane Bridge reveals a wondrous sight of cranes dancing, a hundred flowers blooming, and wind chimes ringing, but not everyone can witness this spectacle…”

Ming Zaozao, who couldn’t read many characters yet, was confused. She took back her hand, placed Ming Fei’s hand on the stone, and then took Zhu Yiqiao’s hand.

Lan Lubai read the last sentence of the inscription: “Only the true heart of someone in love can reveal the wondrous sight of the Crane Bridge.”

Just as she finished speaking, Ming Zaozao placed Zhu Yiqiao’s hand on the stone as well.

Instantly, the lifelike bionic cranes perched on both ends of the bridge soared into the sky, the flower buds climbing along the railing bloomed, a dreamlike scene. As a petal fell into the water, the butterfly wind chimes at the top fluttered, their clear and melodious sound like the ringing of bells and drums.

The wondrous sight and the sound of the wind chimes attracted the attention of the surrounding crowd, and those familiar with the rules of the Crane Bridge cheered for Chief Judge Zhu’s true heart.

Floral fragrance filled the air, the two cranes circled and danced, and the strange stone emitted a pinkish-gold light from within.

A sudden gust of wind carrying the scent of flowers swept past. The moment her eyes met Zhu Yiqiao’s, Ming Fei’s heart skipped a beat.