Chapter 13 Saying Goodbye to My Sister-in-Law

"We don't have any firewood at home, we'll go and get some tomorrow."

"That's the bad thing about the courtyard; you have to light a fire to keep warm, otherwise it's freezing cold."

A person rubbed their arms; they had just taken off their cotton-padded coat and were still quite cold.

"We also need a big water tank. The battalion commander can handle it, but I'm a woman and I need more water."

"Sister, don't be afraid. We'll take turns coming to fetch water for you every day, so you don't have to fetch it yourself."

Several comrades chattered amongst themselves, but Chu Lulu didn't make any requests; they had created a lot of trouble for themselves.

She can keep warm in the space, where it's spring-like all year round. The herb garden requires strict temperature control, and she has to check it every day.

What she needed wasn't a house, but a legitimate reason to be present in the military region.

Unexpectedly...

These people are so enthusiastic.

Huang Chendong remained silent, simply walking around the courtyard and making notes in his notebook.

She wasn't familiar with the people there, so it wouldn't be appropriate for her to go and visit them.

Might as well give up!

Want to boil water?

No kettle, no stove—that's convenient!

Huang Chendong adjusted his glasses, took notes for a while, and finally put his notebook away.

"Comrade Chu, I'll take you to the guesthouse. Can I borrow the key for one day?"

"There's nothing here; we need to buy some things."

"The battalion commander left in a hurry, so I'm in charge of this matter."

Aside from family members, the Northeast Military Region only had female comrades in the medical clinic and the cultural troupe, and their independent battalion rarely interacted with female comrades.

He wondered if his tone was a bit too businesslike.

I changed my tone and adjusted my sentences.

"Comrade Chu, our battalion commander doesn't care much about the living conditions. It's freezing outside, and there's nothing inside the house."

"Take a look and see what you like, or what your favorite color or shape is?"

"I'll try my best to arrange it according to your preferences."

Chu Lulu couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at him.

"You don't need to be nervous."

"Just communicate the same way you normally do; there's no need to change anything for me."

She won't change for anyone else anyway!

"I don't have any particular favorite colors, you can arrange them as you see fit."

Huang Chendong breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that they could communicate.

I'm afraid of people making a lot of demands that they can't explain clearly.

"Comrade Chu, I'll take you to the guesthouse for the night. You can stay here tomorrow."

Chu Lulu handed him the key and refused, saying, "It's already a lot of trouble for you to clean up the yard. The guesthouse isn't far, I can go there myself."

"Then... I'll leave first?"

Wherever she goes, she carries her little shabby bag with her.

After all, all her personal belongings were in the space.

Each building is actually an independent space; some are laboratories, some are performance halls, some are training grounds, some are medicinal gardens, some are computer rooms...

The spaces are all arranged according to professional directions, but Master Wu has set up a special area in each building, which is her living area.

"Comrade Chu seems easy to communicate with?"

Huang Chendong looked at the group of people who were very familiar with each other, pushed up his glasses, and guessed.

Wang Ziqiang, who had followed Xiao Jinli to rescue people that morning, walked over and shook one finger from side to side.

"No, no!"

"Little Huang, let me give you some advice."

"Never underestimate our sister. If you don't mess with her, she's like a cat; but if you do, she turns into a tiger, the kind that eats people."

Thinking of Wang Chengjun's miserable state, a schadenfreude was clearly visible.

Huang Chendong listened to his address without any expression on his face. "Okay, Wang Ziqiang, you're in charge of getting the stove and pots. Here's the list. Make sure you get them all by tonight."

"Seriously? The hardest category, you want me to do it?"

Wang Ziqiang pointed to his nose and saw that Huang Chengdong had already gone to make arrangements for others. He snorted coldly, "Stingy! Little Huang, if you're so stingy, you'll never find a wife."

Then he stormed off...

The news of Wang Chengjun's arrest has been kept secret by those in the know, and there has been no sign of it.

Before going upstairs, Chu Lulu greeted the receptionist.

Wang Chengjun's application form, while cleverly inventing a name, mindlessly used his own handwriting.

She has already had Xiao Jinli hand him over to the Public Security Bureau.

She's going to the city tomorrow to check out hospitals and pharmacies; she needs to find a job and earn money as soon as possible.

Since awakening her memories, she has decided to leave everything in the Chu family to her younger sister.

My younger sister is Chu's biological daughter, so it's only right that she stays with her.

And thinking about what she looked like when she was a child, her younger sister is her only family.

"Sister-in-law, thank you for taking care of me these past few days."

"You haven't been sleeping well lately. When you finally fall asleep, you often wake up with a dry mouth and throat, and you don't have any energy during the day, right?"

Seeing her sister-in-law's wide eyes, Chu Lulu's own eyes sparkled, and her little mouth remained curved like a crescent moon.

He took out a celadon porcelain bottle from the tattered bag and placed it directly on the front desk.

"These are pills I made myself. If you trust me, take one pill three times a day, and your symptoms will lessen after three days."

"This small bottle contains a course of pills. After taking them, you will be able to fall asleep normally."

When she received the lunchbox yesterday, she took her sister-in-law's pulse.

Whether it was the application form or the hot meals that were always served to her no matter what time she went downstairs, she wanted to repay her sister-in-law.

My master said that one should be grateful and repay kindness.

"Oh, Xiao Chu, are you a doctor?"

My sister-in-law smiled and held the medicine bottle carefully in her hand. "I'll definitely take it, but if I finish it, where will I find you?"

This is a chronic problem she has.

It didn't have much of an impact before, so we didn't take it seriously.

As she got older, she slept less and less soundly. She went to the hospital several times and took a lot of medicine, but it didn't help much, so she eventually stopped going.

Chu Lulu's gaze fell on her sister-in-law's hand holding hers. She didn't seem to dislike being touched by others.

"I need to stay in the Northeast Military Region for a while. My sister-in-law has run out of her pills, so she can come find me there."

Developing potential customers is good for her business.

Her medical skills may have been inherited from her mother's talent. Although she had no master to teach her, she had been learning on her own by watching her mother's images.

While in prison, her favorite class was medical class. It was only during class that she saw what her mother looked like, and how gentle her mother's smile was.

She liked living in the medical building, which was the closest place to her mother.

The sister-in-law was delighted to hear this, "The Northeast Military Region? My husband is also in the army, and I live there too."

"I can't leave the guesthouse; I only go back once a month."

"Xiao Chu, I'll treat you to a meal whenever I have a day off."

"My cooking skills are no joke; they can definitely feed you to your heart's content."

Looking at her thin little face, I just wanted to fatten her up.

She's always smiling, and her chubby little face is even cuter!