Ning He couldn't help but was choked by He Shaochuan's words.

She coughed lightly, and He Shaochuan's expression tensed. He reached out and patted her back to help her breathe more smoothly.

"Drink slowly, there's still plenty, no one's going to snatch it from you."

Ning He finally recovered. She glanced at He Shaochuan unhappily and said, "Why are you so picky with your own son?"

"I'm teaching him to do his own thing."

Qianlin curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

He stood up and reached out to take the spoon to scoop the soup, but Ning He took the spoon first and scooped a bowl of soup for Qianlin.

"Drink it, Linbao."

Qianlin nodded happily: "Mom is still the best to me!"

Children's happiness is easily satisfied. He happily finished a bowl of soup and finally started to eat.

Ning He also started eating. After lunch, she would write down all the recipes and give them to Ma Xiaohui tomorrow.

After finishing lunch quickly, Ning He sat at the table and began to write.

He Shaochuan took the initiative to take on the job of washing dishes.

After washing the dishes, he entered the main room and found Qianlin was the only one painting there.

He Shaochuan walked back to the inner room and saw Ning He sitting at the table writing something seriously.

He closed the door gently. Ning He put down his pen and turned around to look at him when he heard the door closing.

"You haven't joined the army yet?"

"Yeah." He Shaochuan came in front of Ning He and lowered his eyes to the table.

When He Shaochuan saw the flowing handwriting on the paper, his expression looked a little strange.

"What are you writing?" he asked.

"This is the recipe I wrote for Xiaohui. I plan to give the snack stand to her and I won't run a stall anymore."

Ning He's words puzzled He Shaochuan: "Why? Don't you want to set up a stall to make money? What about the car if you don't set up a stall?"

She raised her eyes and met his gaze. Looking into the man's bottomless eyes, Ning He said, "I plan to sell the car to Ma Xiaohui. She can't afford so much money now. I'll let her pay me back slowly when she makes money."

"I don't plan to set up a stall for the rest of my life, so do you feel better after listening to me?" Ning He saw through He Shaochuan almost at a glance.

This male protagonist is just a dull person.

How could Ning He not know what He Shaochuan was thinking? He didn't really want Ning He to set up a stall from the beginning.

But at that time, He Shaochuan saw that Ning He was very interested in setting up a stall, so he agreed to let her try it.

He Shaochuan didn't expect that Ninghe's street stall business could actually succeed.

But later on, the incident between Ma Xiaohui and He Dazhuang happened.

He Shaochuan didn't want Ning He to be involved in this kind of thing again, and he didn't want Ning He to earn so much money to support that man.

He Shaochuan, whose little thoughts were seen through by Ning He, did not look embarrassed at all.

He looked at Ning He, the emotion in his eyes gradually intensified: "Ning He, believe me, I will let you live a good life, you don't have to work so hard, I will let you have what others have."

Ning He shook his head: "You never know what I really want."

He Shaochuan's brows tightened, and he quickly asked, "Whatever you want, I will give it to you."

"All I want is someone who can stand by my side without hesitation." Ning He looked at He Shaochuan calmly.

Obviously, he is not.

He Shaochuan was suddenly stunned.

"When you brought He Dazhuang here, you were prepared for both situations, right?"

He Shaochuan's silence was also a silent acknowledgement.

He did make preparations for both scenarios.

He couldn't defy military marriage laws.

But He Shaochuan knew Ning He's stubborn nature better. Once things became uncontrollable, such as threatening the relationship between him and Ning He, he would stand by Ning He without hesitation.

Therefore, Ning He was not his first choice, but a compromise he had to make because he was afraid of losing Ning He.

Ning He sighed, looked at the man's gloomy face, and spoke to him in all sincerity.

"I know that our marriage was not consensual. You have no feelings for me, and I have no feelings for you either."

When Ning He said this, He Shaochuan's heart sank a little.

His dim eyes concealed the dark currents in his pupils.

Ning He, however, felt that it was very necessary for the two of them to communicate frankly.

She continued, "You suggested that we start by dating, so I think we both need to be honest."

He Shaochuan nodded.

Yes, they are husband and wife, and husband and wife should be honest with each other and trust each other.

"From the incident between He Dazhuang and Ma Xiaohui, I realized the distance between us. You are a soldier, and it is your duty to obey military orders. I can understand all this. But I am a woman, a woman with a family, children, and a husband. What I want is very simple. I just want a harmonious family and someone who can trust me unconditionally, stand by me, and fight side by side with me."

He Shaochuan looked at her with a complicated expression: "Do you think I don't trust you?"

Ning He nodded: "Qianlin said that you asked him what I have been doing during this period of time and how I met the chief's wife."

He Shaochuan admitted straightforwardly: "Yes, I did ask, but I was just worried about you."

"What are you worried about? Are you worried that I'll be used by someone with ulterior motives? Or are you worried that I'll do something bad to you?"

"We are husband and wife, I won't harm you." He Shaochuan said seriously.

Ning He admitted this, he would indeed not harm her.

But the lack of trust between the couple is enough to gradually alienate their relationship.

"Yes, you won't hurt me, but if we continue to get along like this, we won't get far."

If you can't go far, it means divorce.

He Shaochuan stopped talking. He just stood there quietly, his eyes gradually becoming darker.

Ning He sighed. She didn't want to make their relationship so bad.

"Let's try again, shall we?" Ning He raised her eyes and looked at him with bright eyes.

The man was slightly startled. There was a serious look on his face, which was so close to him. His deep and dark eyes also showed a glimmer of light when he heard Ning He's words.

He nodded: "Ning He, don't worry, what happened today will never happen again."

Ning He looked at He Shaochuan, who looked like he was about to swear an oath to her. She couldn't help laughing, "Comrade He Shaochuan, there's no need to be so serious. Now is the era of reform and opening up, and we advocate free love. To put it in a bad way, even if we tried once and still couldn't be together, it doesn't affect our right to pursue happiness."

"At that time, it can only mean that we are not suitable, but for Qianlin, we are still his only parents. At least our love for Qianlin will not change because of our relationship."

"Ning He, I said that I will only get married once in my life." He Shaochuan looked at Ning He steadily.

Those bottomless eyes contained some emotions that Ning He could not understand.

Ning He said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing."

She finally realized that when men get serious, they are more terrifying than women!