Qin Fang informed Du Yunying and then submitted their marriage application.

When the higher-ups saw the marriage report, they were stunned. They had tried to persuade him countless times when he was young, but he remained unmoved. This 44-year-old man was actually getting married. It was terrifying.

The fact that she married a divorced woman who was under thirty and from a rural area made it all seem unusual.

They just found their long-lost daughter, and the paternity test results are still on the table.

Why are you getting married again now...?

The higher-ups kept calling to inquire about Qin Fang, asking if he had been pressured by his family to marry an illiterate, divorced woman from the countryside...

"Thank you for your concern, boss. I just suddenly met the right person and wanted to get married. There was no pressure involved."

"If you don't get married when you meet the right person, you'll be buried in the ground..."

When the leader heard him say that, he was relieved. He checked Du Yunying's information in Xingfu Village and, finding no problems, stamped the document.

The marriage was thus agreed upon...

The news of Commander Qin's upcoming marriage quickly spread throughout the area, and the military wives strolling near the compound whispered among themselves.

"I knew it! How could that fair-skinned girl be a nanny? She doesn't look like someone who does nanny work. We've all misunderstood."

"She didn't come here to take care of Chief Qin's daughter, but for our Chief Qin. She hooked up with him in just a few days. With Chief Qin's looks and figure, even though he's a bit older, he has all the power and status he could have. What innocent girl couldn't he find?"

"If I had known that Chief Qin wouldn't mind dating a girl from the countryside, my niece would be better off than a divorced man, since she's still unmarried and fair-skinned."

"It's like a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung."

The mother and daughter, who were walking hand in hand to buy groceries, were extremely displeased when Du Yunying heard the military wife's comments.

"What do you mean? So I'm the dung heaped on you? Why don't you say Qin Fang is an old cow eating tender grass?"

Su Ying pulled Du Yunying away, who looked ready to fight. "Don't mess with them. We're new here, let them say whatever they want."

"They're just sour grapes. I never imagined my dad would be so popular; even at his age, so many people still have their eyes on him."

"That's right. Even if he doesn't truly love your dad, with such a powerful figure as a backer, what's a little girl to sacrifice? Luckily, your dad isn't the kind of person who gets lustful at first sight, otherwise I wouldn't have married him."

"We'll take a detour and not bother with them."

Du Yunying nodded. With the good days approaching, she didn't want to cause trouble. After all, Qin Fang's position was what it was, and his position as her son-in-law was also quite high.

He rose to the regimental level at the age of twenty-two, a promising young man with a bright future.

Her husband and son-in-law are too outstanding, so only by keeping a low profile can she live up to her current status.

"Fine. I don't want to have too much to do with these gossipy women."

But just because they don't provoke others doesn't mean others won't provoke them.

Just as Su Ying and Du Yunying were about to leave, the group of gossipy military wives who had gathered around them started making sarcastic and sarcastic remarks.

“I gave her directions just a couple of days ago. Turns out she didn’t come here to be a nanny, but to seduce someone. In just a few days, she managed to get the highest-ranking official in our area to marry her. What amazing skills she has.”

With good intentions, he reminded Su Ying, "Child, be more careful. Having a stepmother means having a stepfather. Comrade Du is only twenty-eight years old this year, only nine years older than you. How can you call someone nine years older than you 'Mom'? That's not proper."

Su Ying didn't want to pay attention to them in the first place, but now their words were getting more and more outrageous.

What's this about having a stepmother? Both parents are the original parents, there's no such thing as a stepmother...

“Sister-in-law, you’re wrong. I’m already married and I don’t live in the same room as my father. How could Comrade Du bully me?”

The military wife in the black checkered uniform waved her hands repeatedly, "I didn't mean that. Don't misunderstand, I was just worried you would be bullied, I was just trying to remind you out of kindness, but you took my good intentions for granted."

"Thank you for your kindness. No one can bully me. To put it another way, I'm already married. I have my own husband and my own family."

"I have no say in what kind of life my father leads in his house, and I don't want to."

“My father has been single for half his life. He finally ended his single life with the support of his superiors. Do you still have any objections? Is he an eyesore to you? I respect my father’s thoughts. It is his freedom to choose who he wants to marry. I have no right to interfere.”

"Besides, the higher-ups have no objections, so why are you worrying about it?"

The military wife in the floral top warned, "You can't be too careful. This Comrade Du escaped from home and has already caused the death of one of her husbands. Commander Qin will inevitably bring bad luck if he marries her."

“We have a niece who is just twenty years old this year. She is clean and innocent, still young. Maybe she can give you a younger brother next year. That would be better than this widow.”

Su Ying slapped the man across the face without hesitation. "How dare you talk like that? You actually dared to curse my father! Don't you want to die? This is feudal superstition. Do you believe I'll report you?"

"No, no, no... Miss Qin... that's not what I meant. What I meant was, if you're looking for a stepmother, I have a lovely niece... she'd be perfect for your father..."

Su Ying slapped the other person again without any politeness, "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by sending someone about my age to my father?"

"Does she want everyone in the area to know that she married someone about the same age as her daughter?"

Do you think my dad chose a wife because she was young?

The military wife bit her lip. Isn't that what it means?

Chief Qin is almost fifty years old. At this critical juncture, isn't getting married just to carry on the family line and have a chubby, healthy son?

Could it be for true love?

These words might fool young people, but they're all too old to have ever seen what love is.

"Isn't that right? Men are very devoted; they will always love eighteen-year-old girls."

Su Ying snorted coldly, "My dad isn't that kind of person. He got married because he truly loved her."

The military wife rolled her eyes, not believing Du Yunying's behavior at all. "She's only been here a few days, and she's already liked you after only meeting you a few times? If you say that, not only will the military wives in our area not believe it, but even a ghost won't believe it."

Su Ying was speechless, "Think what you want, it's none of your business anyway."

Another military wife said sarcastically, "Could it be that she took advantage of her spare time while working as a nanny to sneak into bed with him, leaving Chief Qin with no choice but to marry her?"