After chatting for a while, Jiang Yuli said she had to go back, "Since you've already made preparations, I'll head back now."

"Oh? You're going back already? Have dinner before you go back. I'll have my brother come over tonight so he can take you home." Ruan Ruan checked the time. It was neither early nor late; it was only a little past three, almost four o'clock. Going to cook now would be an awkward time!

"I won't eat. I only took a few hours off. I have to work tonight, and I need to go back now to hand over my duties to my colleagues." With that, Jiang Yuli stood up, finished the water in her cup in one gulp, and prepared to leave.

“Hey, sister-in-law, wait a minute. I’m worried about you going back alone. Come on, I’ll go with you to the military headquarters to find my brother and have him take you back.” Ruan Ruan then pulled Jiang Yuli toward the military headquarters. Along the way, Jiang Yuli felt that she could go back by herself and didn’t need Gu Jinghe to take her.

So one insisted on seeing her off, while the other declined. The two of them, one holding the bicycle and the other pulling her, arrived at the gate of the military headquarters.

"Comrade, could you please call Huo Haocheng and Gu Jinghe for us? We'll tell them their wives are looking for them," Ruan Ruan said to the young comrade as she arrived at the guardhouse. Since things had come to this, Jiang Yuli didn't insist any further and obediently waited for the two at the guardhouse.

"Sisters, wait a moment, I'll call someone for you right away," the young comrade said as he ran towards the training ground.

"Battalion Commander Huo, Battalion Commander Gu, your wives are looking for you. They're waiting for you at the gate. Battalion Commander Huo, Battalion Commander Gu!" The young comrade shouted as he ran, and now everyone on the training ground heard him.

"What are you shouting for? Mind your discipline!" Commander Gu had nothing to do at the moment and was training with them on the training field. Just as they finished, he heard the young comrade shouting loudly and immediately spoke up to stop him.

"It's the commander, I was just too excited." After realizing his mistake, the young comrade stopped in front of Commander Gu, scratched his head awkwardly, and was extremely nervous.

"dad"

"Commander, let's go check on them first." Huo Haocheng and Gu Jinghe came over after hearing the voice. They were worried that something had happened to Ruan Ruan and Jiang Yuli. Moreover, Jiang Yuli should be working at the hospital at this time. Why would she be at the military base? Something must have happened.

"Let's go, let's go see her." Commander Gu hadn't seen his darling niece for several days, and he had heard before that his son, who had been a bachelor for ages, had found a girlfriend. But his silly son hadn't mentioned bringing her back for him to meet. Now that she'd found her way to his doorstep, it would be good for him to go and see her.

After speaking, Commander Gu straightened his clothes and walked out first. Huo Haocheng glanced at Gu Jinghe and followed behind. After a while, the group saw two people sitting on a bicycle by the door, chatting and laughing. They didn't know what Ruan Ruan and Jiang Yuli were talking about, but they could hear her laughing very happily.

"Ruan Ruan, what brings you here today?" Commander Gu interrupted them.

"Uncle, what brings you here? I was planning to come find you later!" Ruan Ruan greeted Commander Gu as he came along, then gestured to Gu Jinghe with her eyes, and looked at Jiang Yuli, urging him to quickly introduce people to Commander Gu.

Hearing Ruan Ruan call out "uncle," Jiang Yuli guessed that this was Gu Jinghe's father. However, she hadn't prepared anything and was meeting the parents like this, which made her feel quite awkward. But no matter what, the man was right in front of her, and it wouldn't be good for her to turn around now. So she followed Ruan Ruan a few steps forward and looked at Gu Jinghe.

Only then did Gu Jinghe realize Ruan Ruan's intention. He stepped forward and approached Jiang Yuli, introducing her to Commander Gu: "Dad, this is my girlfriend, Comrade Jiang Yuli, a surgeon at the military hospital." "Xiaoli, this is my father, Comrade Gu Wenpeng." After introducing them, Gu Jinghe looked at Huo Haocheng, as if to say, 'What do we do next? I have no experience.'

"Uncle, my sister came to tell me today that someone has started investigating me at the hospital and is worried I'll get into trouble. So she came to let me know. I originally wanted her to stay for dinner before going back, but she said she has work to do later, so I thought I'd ask my older cousin to take her home so I could feel more at ease."

Ruan Ruan felt that Jiang Yuli had come for her today, and now that she was suddenly meeting the parents, she also felt responsible. So she took the lead in explaining to them why Jiang Yuli had come and why they had come to see them.

"Comrade Jiang Yuli, thank you so much for making this special trip. Ruan Ruan's consideration is reasonable. Let Gu Jinghe take you home. Whenever your parents have time, we can sit down and meet so both families can get to know each other."

After hearing Ruan Ruan's explanation, Gu Wenpeng, who originally thought that Gu Jinghe's choice of partner was not bad, now thought even more highly of her. In a family like theirs, all they hoped for in a wife was someone who would be obedient and docile. But now he felt that Jiang Yuli was someone who could stand by him through thick and thin, and that such a daughter-in-law could shoulder the responsibilities of the Gu family's eldest daughter-in-law.

“Okay, Uncle, I’ll go home and ask my parents. Then I’ll tell Comrade Gu Jinghe.” Jiang Yuli went to see Gu Jinghe first, and seeing that he just smiled foolishly, she felt that it was useless to ask him to make the decision at this time. So she decided to do it herself and directly told him her decision.

"Alright, then you can tell this silly boy later. It's getting late, and since you have things to do, have him take you home early. You can come over to visit whenever you're free."

They all saw the way Jiang Yuli looked at Gu Jinghe just now, and they couldn't bear to look at Gu Jinghe grinning like an idiot either. Fortunately, his daughter-in-law didn't look down on him. Now, seeing his silly son like this, Gu Wenpeng felt that Jiang Yuli was blind. But this is his own son. Oh well, let's prepare more dowry, oh no, bride price. After all, it's unfair to their daughter.

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