“I’m going back to Shanghai. Who’s going to go back to our hometown with you? I’m taking our son with me too.”

"Dajun, don't worry, our son will always bear the surname Li. If you truly care about our son, then sign this document. Shanghai is not like the countryside!"

"Li Dajun! You choose whether your son should be a resident of Shanghai or a countryman!"

Zhu Haiming took the paper and pen and slammed them down in front of Li Dajun.

She excitedly went to the inner room and started packing her things.

She needed to go back to Shanghai immediately; she couldn't stand this wretched place any longer.

She is from Shanghai, she is a young lady, the eldest daughter of the Zhu family!

She has relatives abroad, so she won't be afraid of not having a job when she goes back. Now that the policies are gradually being relaxed, she will still be a young lady of Shanghai.

Finally... she had finally waited for this day!

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Zhu Haiming looked at the patched clothes in her hand and found them extremely irritating. She threw them to the ground.

Looking around, she was too lazy to clean up the junk; she wouldn't need these things once she got back to Shanghai anyway.

She picked up the mirror on the counter, looked at herself in it, and couldn't help but cry and laugh at the same time.

...

outhouse.

Li Dajun drank cup after cup, but for some reason, he couldn't get drunk at all today.

"Dad, please don't drink anymore."

Li Dajun pushed his son's hand away, picked up the bottle, and drank it all in one gulp.

Beside him, a boy with red eyes looked somewhat lost.

"Hongbing, do you want to stay with me, or with your mother?"

The boy shook his head, turned and ran out.

"Haha, good boy, good boy."

Li Dajun laughed for a while, then fell silent.

Looking at the papers on the table, he picked up the pen and signed his name with a trembling hand.

"Karma, it really is karma."

Li Dajun buried his face in his hands on the table and burst into tears.

If it weren't for a moment of weakness when he used someone else's photo for a blind date, he wouldn't be in this situation now.

He was about to be demobilized, and thinking of Zhuang Mingcheng, who was now a deputy division commander, he cried even harder.

He really harmed himself and others; he deserved it!

Inside the room, Zhu Haiming listened with growing annoyance.

She slammed the door shut, waiting to return to Shanghai with her son.

...

Military compound, Saturday.

Early in the morning, Xu Jinbu took her daughter to the entrance of the family building.

Upon seeing Xiao Ting come out, he quickly led his daughter and blocked Xiao Ting's way.

“Tingting, how have you been lately? My daughter said she missed you, so I brought her over.”

Xu Jinbu adjusted his glasses and revealed a gentle smile.

On the other side, Xiao Ting's face was full of mockery.

Her father had just been exonerated when this man and his daughter blocked her way. What a coincidence!

She has not forgotten at all the true colors Xu Jinbu revealed back then.

"Tingting, I came here this time because I wanted to... I wanted to..."

Xu Jinbu seemed a little embarrassed and looked down at her daughter.

The girl looked at Xiao Ting timidly and said, "Mom, Dad wants to remarry you. Mom, please agree. I want you two to be together."

"Ha, Xu Jinbu, you're still the same as before, still so shameless."

"Remarry? Fuck you!"

Xiao Ting gripped her daughter's hand and strode away with a cold expression.

"Hey? Tingting? Tingting?"

Xu Jinbu's face turned pale and then red, and finally she gradually became dejected.

Not long after marrying Xiao Ting, Xiao Ting's father was sent to the countryside.

Not many years after her divorce from Xiao Ting, her father was exonerated, and it seemed that he might even get a promotion after returning to his post.

He truly couldn't understand why he was so unlucky.

"How could this happen? How could this happen?"

Xu Jinbu muttered to himself, his fingernails digging fiercely into his flesh.

After becoming the regimental commander, he realized how difficult it was to get promoted.

Once Xiao Ting's father is exonerated and returns home, based on his actions over the past few years, will he still have any chance to advance further?

Let alone progress, maybe...

Shivering, Xu Jinbu hurriedly chased after Xiao Ting.

"Tingting, Tingting, I was wrong, I'm not human. Please give me another chance. Let's remarry. I'll treat you well from now on."

He grabbed Xiao Ting's arm, completely disregarding his dignity.

"Mom, Dad knows he was wrong, please give him another chance, Dad..."

"Get out! All of you from the Xu family, get out!!!"

...

In the military compound, the little wild donkey lowered its head and nibbled on a few pieces of pumpkin, then turned its head and looked over curiously.

Seeing that it was a familiar person, it wagged its little tail and went over to watch the excitement.

Nearby, several women were pointing and whispering.

Xiao Ting and Xu Jinbu had a falling out back then, and they still remember it.

"Donkey, donkey, come back quickly, we're going to the park, I'll fish for you to eat."

At the entrance of the family dormitory, Dandan and Qingqing each held a fishing rod and a bucket.

They were wearing sun hats, looking quite professional.

"Oh...ah..."

Seeing that Xu Jinbu and Xiao Ting had left, the little wild donkey wagged its tail and ran to the two children.

"Donkey, Mom said I should catch some small fish to bring home and fry. You can't eat them all today."

"Oh...ah..."

"Oh right, Mom also said we shouldn't drink too much soda. She brought me some cooled boiled water, so we won't buy any soda today."

"Oh...ah..."

The little wild donkey's two long ears drooped down.

It followed the two children listlessly toward the park.