After Zheng Jianming left, Lin Sisi complained to Gu Mingzhou.

"Look at Brother Zheng, and look at you. He treats his wife so well at home, but look how you treat me at home!"

Gu Mingzhou was furious after being lectured by her, "If you think he's so great, then go with him."

"You. I just wanted you to learn from others. Even if you can't come back and cook for me like they do, at least be gentler with me and care about me a bit."

Gu Mingzhou said coldly, "Lin Sisi, don't give me that crap. I asked you to divorce me back then, but you refused no matter what. You brought this on yourself, so what grievances do you have to complain about?"

"But, but do you know what? You can't have children at all; you're a man who is infertile."

After Lin Sisi finished speaking, Gu Mingzhou's expression froze.

Then, frowning, he asked Lin Sisi, "Wh-what? What did you say? What do you mean I can't have children? How do you know I can't have children?"

Lin Sisi gave a bitter smile: "Gu Mingzhou, do you know? In order to get pregnant with your child, I secretly punctured the condoms we used. Every time you gave me birth control pills, I would secretly vomit them up when you weren't looking."

I thought I'd get pregnant soon, but over a month passed and I still wasn't pregnant. I went to the hospital for a checkup, and the doctor said there was nothing wrong with my body. "Then there must be something wrong with your body; otherwise, I wouldn't be unable to conceive."

At this moment, Gu Mingzhou's eyes were wide open, and his face was ashen.

If you didn't care much before, now you're really hurt.

At the same time, I couldn't believe it.

Being unable to have children means he cannot reproduce, and it also means that his dignity as a man has been shattered.

His self-esteem and self-confidence suffered a severe blow.

"No, that's impossible. If you can't have children, there must be something wrong with you. I definitely won't have any problems."

"You're not a doctor, how can you be so sure you're fine?"

Gu Mingzhou thought about his performance on the kang (heated brick bed) every night and regained his confidence.

"I'm sure I'm fine. Don't you know how strong I am at night?"

Lin Sisi remained noncommittal. She had never met any other men, so how would she know if Gu Mingzhou was strong or not?

"Mingzhou, listen to me, go to the hospital to get it checked out. Once you're cured, we can have a child."

“I’m not going. I’m not sick. I’m definitely not sick. You’re the one who’s sick. I don’t think that doctor’s diagnosis was accurate. You should go to another hospital. Don’t try to shift the blame for your infertility onto me.”

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something and glared at Lin Sisi.

"Fine, I haven't settled accounts with you yet. I told you not to get pregnant with my child, and you secretly punctured the condom and even spat out the birth control pills behind my back."

"Lin Sisi, how dare you! You forced me to marry you, then conspired with my mother to drug me, and now you're tampering with my contraception. Who do you think I am, someone you can toy with as you please?"

“Mingzhou, it’s not that I’m in a hurry to have a child, it’s just that they’re pressuring me.”

"Alright, you don't need to say anything more. I was glad you were infertile before, otherwise I would have been really upset if you got pregnant with my child. Since you are infertile, we don't need to do any more contraception."

"Mingzhou, why don't you go to the hospital and get it checked out?"

“I told you, I’m not sick. And you, you’re not allowed to go to the hospital anymore, or you’ll be infertile.”

Lin Sisi felt like she was going to vomit blood.

What a ridiculous statement!

But what could she do to Gu Mingzhou?

That night, Gu Mingzhou had no more inhibitions and held Lin Sisi for a minute at a time, making love to her several times throughout the night.

After calming down, he remembered what he had heard from others during the day about Lin Qingyan going to receive an award.

Lin Qingyan was like a phoenix spreading its wings, soaring higher and higher, becoming more and more beautiful, and gradually shining with boundless brilliance.

But I haven't made any progress.

He felt increasingly distant from her, and he felt less and less worthy of her.

He will strive to improve himself and do his best to keep up with her.

The group has a new mission recently, and he will volunteer to participate tomorrow.

He began to fantasize about one day surpassing Lu Zhengting and taking Lu Zhengting's place beside Lin Qingyan.

...

The next morning, Lu Zhengting and Lin Qingyan were taken to the airport by a vehicle sent by the military and flew to Beijing.

Meanwhile, the Dong family had not yet found Granny Lin, and Old Master Dong sighed repeatedly.

"Old woman, you've gone out again. All you ever do is wander around. You're in good health; you could live another twenty or thirty years without a problem. But these old bones of mine are failing. Can't you stay home and spend more time with me?" After saying that, she sighed heavily.

Dong Wenhua was overjoyed.

After searching for so long without finding the old woman, she must have run far away this time.

Lin Qingyan won't see the old woman when she returns. With the old woman not at home, what reason does she have to contact the other members of the Dong family? If she goes back to the military region in a couple of days, she'll be separated from the Dong family again. As for reuniting with her relatives, that'll be a long time coming.

Two hours after Lin Qingyan and Lu Zhengting took off, the plane landed at Beijing Capital International Airport.

Mr. and Mrs. Lu took the day off to pick them up, and Lu Xinping came with them.

Lin Qingyan saw that both of Lu's parents had arrived, along with a young woman she had never seen before.

However, judging from the resemblance between the other person and Lu Zhengting, as well as Lu's parents, she figured that she must be Lu Zhengting's older sister.

It was the first time Lin Qingyan had met Lu Xinping, and it was also the first time Lu Xinping had met Lin Qingyan. She was immediately captivated by her sister-in-law's beauty.

"My goodness, my sister-in-law is so beautiful. Did my third brother go to heaven and win over a fairy?"

Lu Zhengting and Lin Qingyan approached the three people. Lu Zhengting said, "Mom and Dad, sister, you're all here."

Lin Qingyan quickly greeted them, "Dad, Mom." Then she looked at Lu Xinping and asked, "This must be my older sister."

“Mmm, mmm.” Lu Xinping quickly replied, “Hello, Qingyan, I am Zhengting’s older sister, Lu Xinping.”

Hello, sister.

Mrs. Lu quickly took the luggage from Lin Qingyan's hands: "Let's go home."

Lu Xinping held Lin Qingyan's hand, still unable to help but admire Lin Qingyan's beauty.

"Qingyan, you are so beautiful. Tell your sister, how did you fall for my third brother's tricks and get him to take you away?"

Lu Zhengting immediately walked over to Lu Xinping and pinched her arm.

"What are you saying? How did my wife get into trouble with me? You might as well say I took advantage of you."

"Hahaha, since you've already admitted it, I don't need to say anything more. Qingyan, then tell your sister, how did you fall for this pig?"

"Sis, I'm not a cabbage."

"Well, I'm not a pig either." Lu Zhengting chuckled; it was still his wife who sided with him.