Liu Xinlan and Shen Qiaoyue stared at Li Qingming's back.

"How did these two get married?" Liu Xinlan had never understood. "Although Li Qingming is very outstanding and is now a battalion commander, I didn't see that Xiaoli had any feelings for him before. Now all the wives in the family compound are saying that Xia Xiaoli married Li Qingming for money, and they say all sorts of things!"

"There are always a lot of rumors, there's nothing to say about it. Besides, people who know Xiaoli well wouldn't believe it's true." Shen Qiaoyue knew what was going on, but it was Xia Xiaoli's private matter, so Shen Qiaoyue didn't say much.

Shen Qiaoyue gently patted Liu Xinlan's shoulder and said, "Didn't you see that Li Qingming is quite nice to Xiaoli?"

"I can tell. If you wanted to cook for Xiaoli, just say so. Why add that it's for your own mother? Aunt Zhang doesn't like seafood and is allergic to high-protein foods. Do you think I don't know that?" Liu Xinlan said.

Shen Qiaoyue helped Liu Xinlan back. There was something she was curious about, and after thinking for a moment, she finally asked, "Why did you help Xiaoli like this?"

"Logically speaking, Xiaoli joined the hospital late, so she shouldn't meet the requirements to be assigned there?"

"Xiaoli looks a lot like my mother. My mother was forced to marry my father because of her physical disability, but they were not happy together. After giving birth to me, my mother did not die, but went abroad with the man she loved!"

After Liu Xinlan finished speaking, Shen Qiaoyue looked at Liu Xinlan in disbelief.

Their eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

“Before my mother married my father, she already had someone she liked. Her sweetheart said that once she settled abroad, he would come back to take my mother abroad for treatment! It would take several months for her sweetheart to travel abroad and back and forth. All the letters he sent were burned by my maternal grandfather, which made my mother think that her sweetheart had abandoned her. Heartbroken, she married my father with a dowry of one hundred yuan! But my paternal grandfather's family was well-off and could pave the way for my mother's younger siblings, so she married into the family, had children, and her sweetheart came back.”

A tear welled up in Liu Xinlan's eyes as she looked at Shen Qiaoyue and gave a bitter smile.

"After clearing up the misunderstanding with my sweetheart, we finally agreed to elope together. My father didn't like my mother either. After learning about this, he discussed it with my maternal grandfather and said that my mother had passed away due to illness. Later, I went abroad to find them and saw that their family was very happy. I also met my mother and she told me about her life. Her hand was healed, she had a lovely son with her beloved, and she ran a restaurant. She was living a wonderful life!"

When Liu Xinlan saw Xia Xiaoli, she remembered that Xia Xiaoli had been abandoned by her parents because of her leg injury, and they forced her to marry to earn a dowry. From that moment on, Liu Xinlan also wanted to help Xia Xiaoli from the bottom of her heart.

"Xiaoli is very lucky; she met cousins ​​like Zhang Dali and Xiang Shulan!"

Shen Qiaoyue looked at Liu Xinlan. She was very open-minded and did not resent her mother who had abandoned her.

Liu Xinlan said with a smile, "Xiaoli is also very promising. She has a strong learning ability. It's nothing for me to help her! It's perfectly legitimate for her to come back from studying in Beijing."

Shen Qiaoyue stared at Liu Xinlan, this gentle and kind girl who had lost her beloved in her past life.

"You're such a good person, you and Brother Xu must be happy, otherwise I'll be very sad!" Shen Qiaoyue's blessing was sincere, after all, she really hoped that they could be happy for a lifetime.

Liu Xinlan said affirmatively, "Of course, we already have our own child. It's wonderful to have a happy family. I will definitely be happy. Thank you for your blessing."

Shen Qiaoyue smiled and looked at Liu Xinlan.

Xia Xiaoli arrived home around 5 p.m. after returning from Beijing. After taking a shower and having breakfast, she lay down to rest.

My mother-in-law rested all day today, but she was very quiet and didn't disturb Xia Xiaoli.

Li Qingming returned from outside in the afternoon, his whole body covered in sweat from the sun. After taking a shower, he went back to his room.

After blowing a fan around, Li Qingming quietly approached Xia Xiaoli, who was still fast asleep, just wanting to check on her.

He was somewhat mesmerized as he stared at Xia Xiaoli.

Li Qingming noticed that Xia Xiaoli looked beautiful even when she was asleep.

Xia Xiaoli rolled over and lay flat on her back, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin on her shoulder.

Li Qingming swallowed hard. Under these circumstances, he felt tempted and his body reacted.

Half-asleep, Xia Xiaoli knew someone was watching her. She opened her eyes and saw Li Qingming.

"Brother Qingming?" Hearing that soft voice, Li Qingming kissed Xia Xiaoli's lips.

Xia Xiaoli closed her eyes, but a shy expression appeared on her face. She stretched out her hands and wrapped them around his neck.

At this point, Li Qingming couldn't hold back any longer. A man full of youthful vigor has a certain possessiveness towards his wife.

He lifted the blanket and wrapped his arms around Xia Xiaoli's waist.

"Brother Qingming, this is broad daylight, no way!" Xia Xiaoli was instantly jolted awake from her daze.

Li Qingming didn't give Xia Xiaoli a chance and sealed her lips with his.

Zhang Hehua and some of her older friends from the family compound returned from the city around three or four o'clock. It was almost time to cook, but when she heard the commotion from her son and daughter-in-law, she, being an experienced woman, felt embarrassed and decided to take her basket and go buy groceries instead.

"Li Qingming, someone's home!" Xia Xiaoli had finally managed to rest, but all her strength was gone, and she didn't dare to make a sound.

Li Qingming pinched Xia Xiaoli's chin and whispered, "Mom's gone out!" Then he leaned down and kissed her.

Xia Xiaoli desperately wanted her mother-in-law to come back, so that Li Qingming would have something to hold back.

"Mmm!" Xia Xiaoli was so dizzy from the kiss that she was enveloped in passionate love and couldn't escape at all!

I quickly became exhausted from this high-oxygen exercise, and my legs were trembling.

Exhausted, she could only collapse into bed and fall asleep immediately. Before drifting off, Xia Xiaoli murmured, "Li Qingming, I want... to sleep in separate rooms!"

Li Qingming heard it clearly, but smiled helplessly and pulled the blanket over Xia Xiaoli.

His wife couldn't withstand the abuse at all; the red marks on her body were really obvious.

"I disagree!" Li Qingming whispered in Xia Xiaoli's ear.

Time always flies by, and people choose to forget many unhappy things. Some things, as time changes, can only be slowly hidden in the heart.

From the moment Li Qingming chose to take responsibility for Xia Xiaoli, he had already decided to protect her for the rest of his life and strive to become a husband who could protect her.

Xia Xiaoli also deserves to be loved. Their relationship started by chance, but the perfect ending is enough.

As the days went by, the time Chen Qiaoyue spent apart from Lu Chen increased from one month to two months, then three months, and finally half a year to a year.

For a year, they could only express their love through letters, and Shen Qiaoyue missed Lu Chen more and more.

The children would ask where their father had gone and when he would be back.