Chapter 68 Chapter 68 Confrontation

Seeing Zhang Chunyang was stunned and silent, Shu Niannian thought that Zhang Chunyang didn't know the address. She said in distress, "If I had known that you, a native, couldn't find the location, I should have asked Zhou Wengang to take me to the No. 1 compound on Yongchun Road and then report back to the Second Army."

Half an hour ago, when Zhou Wengang saw that Zhang Chunyang posed no threat, he proposed to go back to the Second Army to deliver an important document to Division Commander Li Tingshun on behalf of Ye Jinhong.

Shu Niannian thought that Zhang Chunyang had lived in Haicheng for decades, so it was impossible for him not to know how to get to No. 1 Yongchun Road. But who would have thought that Zhang Chunyang really didn't know?

Zhang Chunyang saw that Shu Niannian had misunderstood, and hurriedly waved his hands, "No, no, no! I know the address of No. 1 Yongchun Road."

Although she had been there once many years ago, Zhang Chunyang still had fresh memories of the military compound where power was concentrated. When Shu Niannian heard Zhang Chunyang say that she knew how to get to the compound at No. 1 Yongchun Road, she did not think much about it and immediately asked Zhang Chunyang to carry the wild delicacies prepared by her mother Li Guifen and followed her to the department store.

On the way, Shu Niannian briefly told Zhang Chunyang about her personal situation. "Eighteen years ago, my grandfather saved Lu Jianjun's father's life, so Commander Lu arranged a marriage between me and Lu Jianjun. Half a year ago, I found out that Lu Jianjun was having an affair with my cheap cousin who was not related to me by blood, so I proposed to cancel the engagement. After the marriage was canceled, Ye Jinhong came to propose marriage. My parents saw that he was steady and reliable, so they arranged a marriage for us. Ye Jinhong is Lu Jianjun's uncle."

The reason why Shu Niannian told Zhang Chunyang all these things was to let Zhang Chunyang have a basic understanding of her affairs.

They are now doing business together in Haicheng, and they will inevitably be in the spotlight in the future. In Haicheng, there are not only Lu Jianjun and Shu Meilan, but also Liu Qin who covets Ye Jinhong.

Now that everyone is gathered together, it is obvious that the days ahead will definitely not be peaceful. If those who want to make her uncomfortable come to her door in the future and exaggerate these things on some very important occasion, Zhang Chunyang will inevitably be at a loss under the strong impact.

It would be better for her to tell Zhang Chunyang the truth now, to avoid Zhang Chunyang being caught off guard when he suddenly hears about these things. Not to mention anything else, it would be bad if these things affected their business.

Shu Niannian thought Zhang Chunyang would be very shocked. After all, a minute ago, Zhang Chunyang was very shocked when he found out that her new partner was in the compound at No. 1 Yongchun Road.

Who would have thought that after Zhang Chunyang found out that her boyfriend was her ex-fiancé's uncle, she accepted it so well.

Huh?

That's a bit abnormal.

Zhang Chunyang received Shu Niannian's inquiring look and scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "When I was a child, I liked reading picture books. There were many things like this in the books. As long as it does not violate morality or the law, it is your right to marry anyone."

In the picture books he read, there were many pictures of women marrying their fiancé's uncle, and even marrying their fiancé's biological father.

Harmful!

What's so strange about this?

Emotions are sometimes out of control.

Seeing that Zhang Chunyang accepted it well, Shu Niannian didn't say much. The two of them went to the department store, and Shu Niannian bought four boxes of fine biscuits, four bags of brown sugar, and four bags of fruit, which were packaged in two portions.

In the countryside, carrying these things when visiting relatives would definitely make you look good, but carrying these things to the No. 1 Yongchun Road compound would always seem not impressive enough.

Zhang Chunyang looked at Shu Niannian, who seemed to be hesitant to speak. Shu Niannian instantly understood what he meant, but she didn't say much. The two returned to Miaoshou Huichun. Shu Niannian asked Zhang Chunyang to help carry the mountain delicacies prepared by Li Guifen and the ones from the department store. She carried the two sets of facial creams and toners she had prepared earlier, and walked to the compound at No. 1 Yongchun Road.

There was no way out. Zhang Chunyang's family was extremely poor and they didn't even have a bicycle. Although he had earned some money in the past six months, he didn't have a bicycle ticket. In that era of material scarcity, if you had money but no tickets, if you wanted to own a bicycle, you had to buy it from the black market at a high price.

But Zhang Chunyang couldn't bear to do so.

After crossing most of Haicheng and walking for 50 minutes, the two finally arrived at the military compound at No. 1 Yongchun Road.

Zhang Chunyang stood in front of the solemn No. 1 Military Family Compound, feeling inexplicably nervous. Shu Niannian was quite relaxed, and she took the initiative to greet the guard on duty, "Comrade, do you know where Ye Jinhong's home is?"

The round-faced guard looked at Shu Niannian suspiciously and nodded, "Although I know, I can't just let you in. There are so many people looking for the leader every day. If I let everyone in, will the leader still be able to live?"

"Then how can I get in?"

"If you have made an appointment with the leaders in advance, the leaders will tell us the name of the visitor, or if you enter the gate with the leaders, we will not stop you. Moreover, if you are really a relative of the leader, you must know the leader's home phone number. You can spend money to go to the phone booth to call the leader, and I can only let you in if the leader asks me to let you in."

Shu Niannian frowned slightly. The round-faced security guard provided three ways to enter the door. It seemed that she could only try her luck. Should she try the first one?

Zhang Chunyang stood behind Shu Niannian with a nervous look on his face. When he heard Shu Niannian call out his name, he was even more nervous than Shu Niannian herself.

The round-faced guard returned to the guard booth and looked around. He came back and saluted Shu Niannian. After the salute, he said in a loud voice, "You are Captain Ye Jinhong's fiancée, Shu Niannian, right? Captain Ye Jinhong has greeted us. You can come in."

Then, the round-faced guard reported the detailed address of Ye Jinhong's house, and then said, "It's easy to find. Just walk along this main road, turn left at the second to last alley, and the first house you see is Captain Ye's house."

The round-faced security guard explained in great detail. Shu Niannian gratefully took a handful of fruit candies from her pocket and stuffed them into the round-faced security guard's hands. The round-faced security guard waved his hand to refuse, but Shu Niannian was still quick enough to stuff the fruit candies directly into the round-faced security guard's hands.

Zhang Chunyang's palms were sweating from nervousness. He only dared to secretly wipe the sweat off his palms on his coat after entering the gate. However, Shu Niannian was not nervous at all. She quickly found Ye Jinhong's house according to the description of the round-faced guard. Shu Niannian knocked on the door politely, and soon a woman in her 50s came to open the door for them. The woman looked up and down at Shu Niannian and Zhang Chunyang who was standing behind her, and then asked in a cold voice, "Who are you looking for?"

The elder sister's indifference was too obvious. Shu Niannian easily saw the contempt and disdain in her eyes. Shu Niannian replied calmly, "Excuse me, is this Ye Jinhong's home?"

"This is the Ye family." The eldest sister looked at Shu Niannian warily and replied.

Shu Niannian exhaled lightly. It was good that it was Ye Jinhong's family. She was about to introduce herself and say that she was Ye Jinhong's fiancée, but the elder sister mocked her, "Oh, how can some people be so shameless? Relatives who are not related at all have the nerve to come to this military compound to visit relatives with a few bags of broken candy. They really don't care about their shame just to ask for some benefits."

Shu Niannian originally didn't want to argue with her elder sister, but since her elder sister spoke so harshly, she really wanted to teach her a lesson.

She replied in a cold voice, "Excuse me, who are you to this Ye family?"

The eldest sister was a little panicked, "Who do you care about me?"

Shu Niannian sneered, "Although you are in the Ye family, you don't look like someone from the Ye family. You are wearing coarse linen clothes and cloth shoes that look clean and hygienic. You should be the nanny of the Ye family. Judging from your familiarity with the Ye family, you should have been a nanny in the Ye family for a long time. Aunt Lin should have been nice to you, so she allowed you to be so rude and neglect guests on behalf of the host family as a nanny."

The nanny blushed after hearing what Shu Niannian said. She was ashamed and angry. She was indeed the nanny of the Ye family, but in the Ye family, whether it was the master and the mistress, or the young master who only came back once or twice a year, they were all very polite to her.

Those who come to ask my wife to do something, which one of them doesn’t dress nicely and give her money and gifts? Just hope that she can say a few more nice words in front of the wife?

Even the Miss Liu who just came in, she is the niece of the commander of the Second Army. Didn't she give her a box of vanishing cream when she saw her?

How could she be like the shabby country girl in front of me?

If you don't understand the ways of the world, what's the use of being good-looking?

In her opinion, he is just a peasant who is not presentable enough! The Madam has several distant relatives from the countryside, but she doesn't think highly of those people. Even if she doesn't let this country girl in today, she probably won't know. To take a step back, even if she knows, she can still make an excuse. Today the family is entertaining distinguished guests, what if she casually lets a country girl in and disturbs the distinguished guests?

She had already left a way out for him, so she said to Shu Niannian with a stern face, "It's none of your business who I am, but now I'm inside the door and you're outside. You just need to know that at this moment, if I don't let you in, you can't come in, that's all."

She glanced at Shu Niannian with contempt, then turned around and closed the door.

Shu Niannian turned around and left, but Zhang Chunyang was so angry that he took a step forward and was about to knock on the door, but was stopped by Shu Niannian, "Don't knock, this is the military compound, and if we quarrel here, it will be embarrassing for the Ye family."

Although Zhang Chunyang was unwilling, he finally put his hand down. He muttered, "This is too infuriating! A nanny from the Ye family dares to do this to you! Maybe it was arranged by the owner."

What if Ye Jinhong likes Shu Niannian even if he likes her?

Shu Niannian and Ye Jinhong's family backgrounds are too different. It may also be that Ye Jinhong's parents could not change Ye Jinhong's determination to marry Shu Niannian, so they came up with this humiliating method to hurt Shu Niannian.

Shu Niannian smiled and said, "No, uncle and aunt are both very good people, you think too much."

Facing Shu Niannian's rebuttal, Zhang Chunyang remained silent. He didn't think he was overthinking. Instead, he felt that Shu Niannian was overthinking.

At the age of 18, he has not experienced much and tends to think positively of others. Forget it. In the future in Haicheng, he will just take care of Shu Niannian.

Shu Niannian didn't expect that Zhang Chunyang could think of so much in just a few seconds.

She wasn't a person with a good temper, but she was actually resisting the idea of ​​causing so much unpleasantness on her first visit.

There is a long way to go. Sooner or later, she will return the blow given to her by the nanny today.

Shu Niannian and Zhang Chunyang were walking in the military compound when a jeep came towards them. Shu Niannian took a look and felt that the two jeeps looked indescribably familiar, but she did not think much about it. After all, all jeeps in the army were of the same standard. She couldn't just expect Ye Jinhong to be sitting in a jeep when she saw one, right?

Shu Niannian retracted her gaze and walked to the side of the road to make way for the jeep. Unexpectedly, the jeep stopped when passing by Shu Niannian. The moment the window rolled down, Ye Jinhong's stern face was revealed. He frowned and looked at Shu Niannian and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you find the place?"

He quickly got out of the car and strode towards Shu Niannian, took the things from Shu Niannian's hand, and said with a smile, "The houses in this compound all look the same, so it's hard to tell them apart. Come on, I'll take you home."

Shu Niannian smiled and said nothing. She handed the things in her hand to Ye Jinhong. Shu Niannian said nothing, but Zhang Chunyang, who was standing next to her, said angrily, "How could we not find a place? We found a place, but were turned away by a woman in her 50s."

After hearing what Zhang Chunyang said and looking at Shu Niannian's indifferent expression, Ye Jinhong's face suddenly turned ugly. "What's going on? Please tell me in detail."

Zhang Chunyang was waiting for Ye Jinhong to say this. Although he was not talkative, he had good eloquence. In just a few words, he explained clearly how he and Shu Niannian had worked hard to visit him, and how they ridiculed being turned away.

"Nian Nian remembered that your mother liked to eat wild delicacies, so she brought them all the way to Haicheng. We walked for an hour from Miaoshou Huichun to the military compound. Who would have thought that we couldn't even get into your house?"

Ye Jinhong looked at Shu Niannian distressedly, his eyes dark. He took Shu Niannian's hand and walked back. The hollow iron door was opened again. The nanny saw Ye Jinhong standing at the door and quickly bowed to greet Ye Jinhong in a flattering manner, "Hey, Master is back? Master, you have worked hard along the way."

The nanny stretched out her hand as she spoke, trying to take the things Ye Jinhong was holding. Ye Jinhong measured his body and moved his arm to the side. The nanny's hand reached out empty, and her face froze. Then she saw Shu Niannian behind Ye Jinhong. Shu Niannian smiled brightly and greeted the nanny politely. The nanny had a look on her face as if she had seen a ghost, and quickly looked at Ye Jinhong for help. Ye Jinhong didn't even look at her, and pulled Shu Niannian straight in. Zhang Chunyang followed behind Shu Niannian with a lot of bags. He saw the nanny's panicked expression, and he felt so relieved.

When the nanny saw Ye Jinhong leading Shu Niannian into the living room, she didn't care about her blushing face and hurried after him, "Master, the mistress is meeting a guest in the living room. It's a very important guest. It won't look good if you rush in with your relatives from the countryside."

"Sister Wang."

The nanny's surname is Wang, and Ye Jinhong usually calls her Sister Wang, but before that, he always called her Sister Wang in a gentle tone.

But today, at this moment, Ye Jinhong's words "Sister Wang" revealed an indescribable sense of oppression. Even a slow-witted person like Zhang Chunyang had already sensed Ye Jinhong's anger, but the nanny Sister Wang was still relying on her seniority and said, "Master, although everyone who comes is a guest, there are also differences in closeness and distance, high and low, and some unimportant people and things can be dealt with later. Don't rashly take them to the living room now. Don't you know who is in the living room now?"

Sister Wang looked at Ye Jinhong and said as if to take credit, "She is the niece of the Second Army Commander, Miss Liu Qin."

Ye Jinhong held Shu Niannian's hand tightly and whispered in Shu Niannian's ear, "This has nothing to do with me. I just arrived at the military area. When I heard Zhou Wengang say that you were back, I put down the things in my hands and went to Miaoshou Huichun. When I saw that Miaoshou Huichun locked the door, I guessed that you must have come here. I really caught up with you, didn't I?"

Sister Wang didn’t know what Ye Jinhong and Shu Niannian were whispering to each other, but when Ye Jinhong and Shu Niannian held hands together, it was very dazzling to Sister Wang!

She deliberately stood behind the two and said, "Miss Liu Qin is educated, fashionable, has a good family background, and is very particular." She touched her hand. She only lightly applied a layer of the vanishing cream Liu Qin gave her, and her skin became much smoother. She accepted Liu Qin's favor, so she would naturally speak for Liu Qin. "I think Miss Liu Qin and you are a good match!"

She said these words, which completely angered Ye Jinhong. He shouted coldly, "Sister Wang, whether I am worthy of someone or not is my own business. It is not something you, a nanny, should worry about."

Ye Jinhong's words were extremely serious.

Sister Wang felt as if struck by lightning, her face flushed with embarrassment. She had been in the Ye family for so many years, and had never been treated with such harsh words!

However, Ye Jinhong didn't want to let her go. He put the things in his hand on the ground and said, "Sister Wang, you are just my family's nanny. A nanny should do what a nanny should do. The host is having a party, why are you rushing to join in the fun? You have no manners at all. Go take these mushrooms to the kitchen, clean them up, and then go to the market to buy an old hen, stew a pot of mushroom soup, and buy some other hard dishes. My family will entertain guests at noon."

Sister Wang opened her mouth and wanted to say something to explain, but Ye Jinhong didn't even look at her. He pulled Shu Niannian straight to the living room. Sister Wang looked at Shu Niannian's back, her cloudy eyes seemed to be filled with poison. She blamed Shu Niannian for all the humiliation she had suffered today.

That stupid country girl made her look bad today. I'll see if she doesn't give her a good lesson later.

Ye Jinhong brought Shu Niannian to the living room. Lin Xuanyin in the living room was also fidgeting. Since Liu Qin sat down in the living room, she kept talking about Ye Jinhong. Lin Xuanyin was not stupid. She listened to what she said and naturally knew what Liu Qin meant.

To be honest, if Ye Jinhong had any interest in Liu Qin, Lin Xuanyin would actually prefer to become relatives with the Liu family. However, Ye Jinhong not only did not like Liu Qin at all, he was even very repulsive to her, not to mention that Ye Jinhong was already engaged to Shu Niannian and was just waiting for Ye Jinhong to come back and choose a good day to get married.

Between holding her grandson and Liu Qin, Lin Xuanyin decisively chose Shu Niannian.

After Liu Qin once again expressed her admiration for Ye Jinhong, Lin Xuanyin politely refused, "Hey, my Jinhong is not as good as you said, Miss Liu. He is just a bad boy. Although he is very motivated at work, isn't that what he should do? Let alone Jinhong, who among you Second Army is not motivated? He is just lucky and has achieved such a small amount of results. Actually, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart. I don't care how much he has achieved at work. At my age, I only care about whether he can let me hold my grandson sooner."

At this point, Liu Qin's eyes lit up. She was about to say that she was willing to marry Ye Jinhong right away, but she was a grown-up girl after all. Even if she had this idea in her heart, she couldn't say it out loud. But the next second, Lin Xuanyin interrupted her thoughts, "Jinhong got engaged some time ago. When he comes back this time, we will find someone to calculate the date and pick an auspicious time. Jinhong and my future daughter-in-law will get the marriage certificate right away."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Jinhong brought Shu Niannian into the living room. When Liu Qin saw Ye Jinhong and Shu Niannian holding hands, her face suddenly became very ugly. Her chest heaved violently in anger, like a wife who had caught her husband cheating in bed. However, she knew very clearly that she did not have the qualifications because Ye Jinhong had never acknowledged her from beginning to end.

But how could she be willing to accept this?

It would be fine if she lost to a woman of the same level, but she had been pursuing him for so many years, and in the end she lost to a country girl? !

Where would she put her face?

She is the niece of the commander of the Second Army. She has a good family background and academic qualifications. She thinks she is good-looking and is sincere to Ye Jinhong. Why is it that Ye Jinhong just can't see her?

Liu Qin could no longer control herself and started to mock Shu Niannian, "You are a country girl, relying on your pretty face to dream of climbing up the social ladder. Don't you even look at your own status? What do you have to get into this wealthy family?"

Lin Xuanyin looked at Liu Qin who was talking nonsense and felt really regretful. She regretted letting Liu Qin in today and regretted not sending Liu Qin away earlier. How could she accept that her future daughter-in-law suffered such embarrassment on her first visit?

She wanted to teach Liu Qin a lesson, but, Liu Qin was, after all, the niece of Liu Guoan, commander of the Second Army. Ye Jinhong worked under Liu Guoan, and although she did not have to rely on Liu Guoan for a living, it would not look good if things got too awkward.

Lin Xuanyin suppressed her anger, stood up and pulled Shu Niannian to her side, as if she had not heard Liu Qin's mocking words, and said, "Miss Liu, come, let me introduce you to my future daughter-in-law. Her name is Shu Niannian. This girl is not only beautiful, but also good at studying and very filial. Our whole family likes Niannian very much."

Although Lin Xuanyin did not directly reprimand Liu Qin for her remarks, Liu Qin was embarrassed. Liu Qin felt very embarrassed, but she did not expect that she would be even more embarrassed later. Ye Jinhong directly ordered her to leave. "Liu Qin, I like Nian Nian very much. I will never allow anyone to hurt her in the slightest, whether verbally or physically. We have worked together in the Second Army for more than two years. Today, you have completely destroyed the little comradeship that was left between us. Go away. I won't hit you this time, but if there is a next time, my slap will fall directly on your face."

Ye Jinhong's words were very unpleasant to the ear. Liu Qin burst into tears at the moment of humiliation. She had never expected that Ye Jinhong would put her face on the ground and step on it in front of Shu Niannian.

Liu Qin stood up and politely said goodbye to Lin Xuanyin. When passing by Ye Jinhong, Liu Qin smiled and said, "We are colleagues. I just said that a country girl is not presentable. Why did you embarrass me so much? Ye Jinhong, this time, I will remember it."

Liu Qin had a smile on her face, but her fingers gripping her handbag had turned white from the force. Although she still looked dignified and generous on the surface, she was so angry that her body was shaking.

She is a favored child of heaven. Since she was a child, she must get what she wants at home, and if she can't get it, she will destroy it. No matter what, she will never allow the things she likes to fall into the hands of others.

Of course, the same goes for people.