"Yaoyao, why don't we rest first? You can come and talk to me again tomorrow. Look at Xiaonian, he's already asleep!" Shen Qiaoyue said, already yawning. It was already midnight.

Xiao Nian in Shen Qiaoyue's arms was already asleep.

Jiang Jinyao, with tears in her eyes, looked at Shen Qiaoyue and asked, "Aren't you worried about my brother at all? Is he doing well over there? Is he eating well?"

Looking at the child in Shen Qiaoyue's arms, Jiang Jinyao said sadly, "If only I had tried harder to get pregnant, maybe my child would have been born by now. Then I wouldn't be thinking about An Lude anymore. I could have focused on the child and wouldn't be so lonely."

"But childbirth is very painful, extremely painful, yet you're still willing to give birth?" Jiang Jinyao suddenly came to her senses.

"Why not?" Jiang Jinyao was immersed in pain. "When you loved your older brother, he wouldn't let you have a second child, but you still said you wanted to. Wasn't it because you experienced the pain of childbirth that you didn't want to have one? I'm just like you were back then. I can rely on An Lude, but when we get old, there's no one to rely on. He goes out on a mission and I have no one to rely on. I have no one to talk to at night. I'm all alone!"

Jiang Jinyao was unwilling to have children before because she experienced an unhappy family life and her parents' divorce.

Things are different now. She loves Anlude, and their love is mutual and based on free choice.

“An Lude is a soldier after all, he is in danger at all times. If I get pregnant sooner, I can leave an heir for the An family in the future!” Jiang Jinyao misses her husband. They are now a million miles apart.

Shen Qiaoyue saw that Jiang Jinyao was crying so sadly because she had lost her mother and her husband was not by her side, and she was lonely at night.

Shen Qiaoyue handed the child to her mother, Chu Wanfang, and sat down next to Jiang Jinyao to comfort her: "Don't cry. Send a telegram to An Lude tomorrow to see how things are going there and if you can visit him. If you can, you can go with my sister-in-law. Don't cry! My sister-in-law misses my brother terribly. If you keep talking like this, she'll cry along with you tomorrow. Who should I comfort first?"

Jiang Jinyao sniffed and stared at Shen Qiaoyue, saying, "Your sister-in-law is different. She has Yuanyuan, but I only have myself!"

"If all else fails, you can take Da Nian back to sleep!" Shen Qiaoyue was so sleepy that she couldn't comfort her anymore.

"Really?" Jiang Jinyao stopped crying and stared intently at Shen Qiaoyue.

"It's definitely not possible today. This is my child. He's already asleep. How about you sleep with me tonight?" Shen Qiaoyue couldn't stand Jiang Jinyao's nagging any longer, and the more she tried to comfort Jiang Jinyao, the harder she cried.

"Okay, let's go to sleep then." Jiang Jinyao pulled Shen Qiaoyue into the room to rest.

Helpless, Shen Qiaoyue yawned and changed the pillowcase on her own pillow for Jiang Jinyao to use as a cushion.

Shen Qiaoyue was finally able to lie down and get some rest.

In her dream, Shen Qiaoyue began to dream about Lu Chen's life in his later years.

Lu Chen did not marry Jiang Jinjing. It was Jiang Jinjing who plotted to frame her elder brother, Shen Qiaoyu, for defiling her in order to force Lu Chen to marry her. In order to protect Shen Qiaoyu's reputation, Lu Chen agreed to marry Jiang Jinjing. After stabilizing Jiang Jinjing, he exposed her scheme at the engagement banquet.

In his later years, under Qian Luoshui's meticulous care, Shen Qiaoyu slowly regained consciousness, but unfortunately, he passed away a few years later.

"Brother!" Shen Qiaoyue was startled awake from her dream.

Sitting up in bed, Shen Qiaoyue was stunned.

"What's wrong? Brother is having so much fun! He's been able to stand up slowly lately!" Jiang Jinyao came in from outside, supporting Da Nian as he walked.

When Chu Wanfang returned from grocery shopping, she saw Da Nian being helped to stand up by Jiang Jinyao and said anxiously, "The child can't stand yet. Let him crawl for another two months."

"Auntie, why?" Jiang Jinyao asked, puzzled.

“It’s not good for a child to stand up too quickly; it will make their balance unstable.” Chu Wanfang came in anxiously and picked up Danian and put him on a mat. “Danian is only ten months old now. It would be better if he waited another two months or so before learning to walk.”

Seeing that her elders were all angry, Jiang Jinyao could only listen silently.

“This child grew up by the sea. Some elders used to say that children should go out to sea to fish when they grow up. If they learn to walk too young, they will get seasick when they go on a boat and will not be able to become fishermen. Although we will not be fishermen, our child will join the army in the future. He will need to ride in cars, fly fighter jets, or be in the navy. He will definitely need a strong and well-balanced physique!”

Chu Wanfang has high hopes for her grandson's generation.

Shen Qiaoyue got up, changed her clothes, and came out, saying, "Mom, one from back then is enough. My husband is never home, and you expect my future child to be away from home every day. I'll be all alone and miserable in the future. You really have a lot on your mind!"

"Fine, fine, you think you're right, okay?" Chu Wanfang couldn't talk too much with her daughter right now, or they would easily argue.

Seeing that her mother wasn't arguing with her anymore, Shen Qiaoyue didn't continue the conversation.

"Did you send a telegram to Anlude? Weren't you waiting to chat with Anlude?" Shen Qiaoyue was even more concerned about Jiang Jinyao's situation. "I don't have the time or energy to coax you. I'm working every day now, and I'm exhausted!"

Going to work is really tough, it feels like I'm going to die from exhaustion.

Shen Qiaoyue simply couldn't bear such torment any longer.

“I’m waiting! I don’t know when Anlude will be back. It takes time for me to call, and it would be embarrassing to send a telegram if I whispered something to too many people. I’ll just write a letter!” Jiang Jinyao had so much to say to Anlude, so she could only choose to write a letter.

Shen Qiaoyue sighed helplessly.

How wonderful it would have been if this person had thought that way yesterday.

"By the way, I saw Xia Xiaoli and Li Qingming come back this morning. They said Lu He got a job in Beijing and won't be coming back for a while," Jiang Jinyao said to Shen Qiaoyue.

This was not unexpected for Shen Qiaoyue.

“It’s good that you’re staying in Beijing. Your second uncle will be lonely in his old age, and he’ll always have someone to take care of him. Besides, Lu He’s household registration is in Beijing, so it’s normal for her to be assigned a job there.” Shen Qiaoyue poured herself a glass of water and drank it.

Jiang Jinyao played with the child, then said to Shen Qiaoyue, "Li Qingming and Xia Xiaoli seem to have a good relationship. Xiaoli has also been assigned a job willingly; she's working at the military hospital, isn't that right..."

“Xinlan opened the back door for me. I can’t learn anything at the clinic. Sister-in-law Xu Miaoya is working at the hospital recently, so it’s good for Xiaoli to be by her side.” Although Xia Xiaoli lacks experience, she has studied for a long time and the training period has been long enough.

Do you think she might get pregnant during this period?

It's no wonder Jiang Jinyao had this method, since most of the women in the family compound who were able to conceive got pregnant within six months of getting married.

"Probably not. Xia Xiaoli cherishes this opportunity. Getting pregnant isn't out of the question, but she should wait until her job is stable." Shen Qiaoyue still believed that Li Qingming could understand Xia Xiaoli.