On the night of her wedding, the husband left for a mission as a soldier. For three years, Su Yueya dutifully took care of her mother-in-law. Just as she finally waited for her husband to be promot...
"Something's wrong with the body?" Bai Xiuhui couldn't help but raise her voice and immediately questioned, "Lu Anguo, you didn't mention such an important matter to me at all?"
Lu Anguo: "..."
I should have known he was secretly talking to his son about this. I blurted it out without thinking, and sure enough, my wife confronted me about it.
After all, Bai Xiuhui was so desperate back then that she wanted to follow her son in death. If she had known such a big flaw, she certainly wouldn't have wanted to die and would have been determined to find out the truth.
"No, honey, I only had suspicions at the time. Without solid evidence, how could I dare to tell you so casually?" Lu Anguo quickly explained.
Given Bai Xiuhui's state of mind, if he had just blurted it out back then, and after investigation he found that his suspicions were just wishful thinking, wouldn't that have been a second blow to Bai Xiuhui?
Given the circumstances, Lu Anguo dared not gamble.
"Dad, you have a sharp eye!" Lu Zhengjun said, thinking to himself that he almost gave himself away. If that had happened, something unexpected might have happened.
“The length of the corpse’s legs was suspicious. I suspected it wasn’t you, but I didn’t dare to say anything until I was sure. So I investigated secretly. Unfortunately, every time I found something, the clues would mysteriously disappear… Now that I think about it, it must have been the military’s doing,” Lu Anguo said.
Since the military sent Lu Zhengjun to be an undercover agent and gave him a new identity, they naturally had to ensure that his faked death would not be exposed.
"You made me so sad!" Bai Xiuhui couldn't bear to blame her son, but she could blame her husband. She immediately turned her anger on him, "If you had given me a heads-up, I wouldn't have been so sad back then. At least I would have had something to hold onto, right? Stop trying to argue. It was you who was wrong!"
"Yes, yes, it's my fault, it's all my fault!" Lu Anguo quickly admitted his mistake and stopped arguing. "I promise, I'll tell you everything from now on, don't be angry."
A smart man never argues with his wife; he simply admits his mistakes.
Looking at Lu Anguo like this, Su Yueya couldn't help but chuckle to herself, realizing that Lu Zhengjun had truly inherited all of Lu Anguo's good qualities.
"I'll trust you this once," Bai Xiuhui said. She was in such a good mood that she didn't want to argue with her husband at this moment.
Lu Siyuan and Lu Si'an ran around and played in the living room, while the four adults sat and talked about the undercover operation.
The couple were particularly interested in what their son had experienced over the past three years.
"Was it that dangerous? Are you hurt?!" Bai Xiuhui asked anxiously.
Although she was relieved to see her son alive and well, she was still very worried about whether he had any hidden injuries or whether they would affect his future.
"Mom, it's okay, I'm perfectly fine!" Lu Zhengjun said, patting her chest.
He was glad that he waited until his face had recovered before returning, otherwise Bai Xiuhui would have been heartbroken to see his red, swollen, and allergic face.
“Mom, Zhengjun didn’t lie to you. The first thing he did when he came back was to take him for a full physical examination,” Su Yueya said.
It's true. After returning to the space, she pulled the person onto the instrument for examination and confirmed that all indicators were normal before she could truly breathe a sigh of relief.
“Okay, since Yueya said so, then Mom believes you!” Bai Xiuhui said happily.
Lu Zhengjun: "..."
So what he said is not credible?
"Mom, listen to this yourself, where is your heart biased?" Lu Zhengjun joked.
"So what if I favor Yueya? When you weren't around, Yueya was the one taking care of me and your dad in your place, and she even gave birth to these adorable twins for our family. Of course I favor Yueya!" Bai Xiuhui said righteously.
It is said that true friendship is revealed in times of adversity. When Lu Zhengjun was in trouble, Su Yueya's actions provided great comfort to the elderly couple.
In Lu Anguo and Bai Xiuhui's hearts, Su Yueya was no longer just a daughter-in-law; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her their own daughter.
"Fine, you guys favor Crescent Moon, but Crescent Moon favors me," Lu Zhengjun said smugly.
Su Yueya glanced at him, too lazy to even say anything.
"Mom and Dad, you two have a good talk with Zhengjun. I'll go to the kitchen to prepare the food first, and we'll have a nice lunch together!" Su Yueya said, getting up very sensibly to give her parents the time.
Bai Xiuhui usually prepares meals with Su Yueya, but today, looking at her son who had just returned, she really couldn't bear to part with him.
"Crescent Moon, thank you for your hard work." Bai Xiuhui said apologetically.
"What are you saying! If you keep being so polite, I'll get angry." Su Yueya thought it was perfect; with Bai Xiuhui not in the kitchen, it would be much easier for her to change the spiritual spring water.
Lu Zhengjun chatted with his parents, mostly talking about his experiences as an undercover agent. He mostly talked about things that weren't dangerous, but Lu Anguo wasn't so easily fooled.
Three years undercover, a complete change of identity—the hardships and dangers involved are unimaginable, far more complex than Lu Zhengjun's current understatement.
But he didn't investigate further, since the person had returned safely.
For men, scars are honors, and experiences are glory.
The meal was very lavish. Su Yueya and the others had brought their own ingredients. The good news of Lu Zhengjun's return gave Lu Anguo and Bai Xiuhui a huge boost, and the couple were noticeably in much better spirits than before.
"It's good that you're back..." Everyone raised their glasses at the dinner table.
"Cheers!" The two little ones, holding their drinks, were especially eager to clink glasses with everyone.
Lu Si'an was very strict. When she realized that her cup hadn't touched her grandfather's and that he was about to drink, she stood up in a panic.
"Don't drink, don't drink, we haven't toasted yet!" Lu Si'an quickly grabbed her glass and ran to her grandfather's side, insisting on clinking glasses with him.
"Grandpa, cheers!" Lu Si'an said in a childish voice.
"Okay, cheers!" The old man was so pleased with his daughter that he couldn't stop smiling. He adored his eldest granddaughter.
Lu Siyuan sat obediently in his seat and didn't need anyone to take care of him. He could eat independently and even directed the adults to put this and that on his plate, which made him very easy to manage.
The sight of this family eating together in harmony made the elderly couple very happy, and they knew that such good days would continue to come.
"well!"
The family of four didn't go home until evening.
Su Yueya's week-long leave is over, and she will have to return to work at the military base as usual.
I've never felt this way before, but this time I'm actually a little reluctant to part with it.
"Just say you can't bear to part with me," Lu Zhengjun said glibly.
Su Yueya didn't refute it. It was indeed because of Lu Zhengjun. After all, he had just returned. Not to mention the two little ones hadn't recovered yet, Su Yueya herself hadn't recovered either.
Several times she woke up in a fright and found that the person lying between the two children was Lu Zhengjun, whom she had been longing for day and night. She felt that all of this was so beautiful that it was extremely unreal.