Gu Yanjun couldn't bear to watch any longer and tried to pull Jiang Jiang away, but the little guy was very persistent.

As if determined to prove herself superior to Yueyue today, her feet seemed nailed to the ground, refusing to move an inch.

"Yueyue, you're so domineering! If it really doesn't work, how about we take turns being number one?"

"How can we take turns? Besides, my brother and I have been playing together since we were born, so I should be first!"

Gu Yanjun tried to pull it twice but couldn't budge it, feeling embarrassed and helpless.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you again."

Xie Mingzhu watched from the side and couldn't help but laugh. Upon hearing this, she looked up with a smile.

"Why are you being so polite with me again? These two kids are quite adorable; I find them rather amusing."

Xie Mingzhu turned her head to the side, and the setting sun shone directly on her face, the soft light making the girl's brown eyes bright and clear, like a crystal bead.

The smile on her face was as gentle as the sunlight overhead, and it made people feel warm.

The moment their eyes met, Gu Yanjun was momentarily distracted, staring blankly into space.

A strange feeling welled up inside me.

Has he... seen her somewhere before?

Xie Mingzhu didn't pay much attention to Gu Yanjun; her attention was quickly drawn to the two children, and she watched them and laughed.

Yueyue and Jiangjiang argued back and forth, and then someone suddenly said something—

"Who says there can only be one most important thing?"

The two kids looked at each other, blinked, and almost instantly quieted down, realizing what had happened.

"Oh right, so we're all Yangyang's best, best friends?"

I think it's a good idea!

An argument ended in such a lovely way.

Gu Yanjun listened speechlessly, while Xie Mingzhu was both amused and exasperated, and couldn't help but rub the three children's heads vigorously.

"What's going on in that little head of theirs all day? They even made up in the end..."

Jiang Jiang scratched his head sheepishly, then stuck out his tongue with a smile.

On the way back, Jiang Jiang thought about how she had gained Yang Yang's approval and was now Yang Yang's best friend, and she jumped up and down with joy, shaking Gu Yanjun's hand.

"Gu Yanjun, why have you been spacing out since you got back? What are you thinking about?"

After saying this, Jiang Jiang realized that Gu Yanjun seemed not to have heard her at all, still lost in a daze.

Jiang Jiang's clever little eyes darted around, and as if she instantly understood something, she opened her mouth wide in an exaggerated way.

"I know, you don't actually like Aunt Mingzhu, do you?!"

Jiang Jiang practically shouted these words, and Gu Yanjun snapped back to his senses and immediately rushed over to cover his mouth.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

This reaction, on the contrary, made Jiang Jiang even more certain.

Jiang Jiang proudly put her hands on her hips.

"Don't deny it, something's definitely not right about you!"

"Tell me honestly, have you fallen for my Aunt Mingzhu?"

Jiang Jiang raised her eyebrows dramatically at Gu Yanjun: "My Aunt Mingzhu doesn't have a boyfriend yet, I specifically asked her! If you really like her, you have to seriously pursue her and show her your sincerity!"

Jiang Jiang, the little kid, looked like a seasoned old man and wagged his index finger.

"My aunt is so wonderful, you can't just casually try to be her match!"

Gu Yanjun gave him a speechless look.

"I don't know who taught you all this."

This little kid is acting like a relationship expert.

Seeing that he was ignoring her, Jiangjiang relentlessly grabbed his hand and shook it wildly.

"Gu Yanjun, tell me honestly, do you like my Aunt Mingzhu or not?"

Gu Yanjun said expressionlessly, "I don't like it, and I don't plan to date."

Jiang Jiang immediately puffed out her little face.

"You're lying! Gu Yanjun, you're a cooked duck!"

Gu Yanjun: ?

"A cooked duck? What does that mean?"

Jiang Jiang: "The only thing I'm tough about is my mouth!"

Gu Yanjun: ...

Gu Yanjun ignored him, so Jiang Jiang followed behind and talked.

"Don't think I don't know that you come to pick me up every day just to see my Aunt Mingzhu. Otherwise, I could have gone home by myself."

“In the previous military region, I always went home by myself after school. Even when I went to my friends’ houses, you never picked me up!”

"There's only one truth—you just wanted to talk to my Aunt Mingzhu a little more, didn't you!"

"I'm sure I'm not wrong, because I go to Yangyang and Yueyue's house every day just to see Aunt Mingzhu more and talk to her more. You can't hide it from me!"

"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely. Tell the truth!"

Gu Yanjun pursed his lips, his Adam's apple bobbing, before speaking after a moment.

"No."

Jiang Jiang snorted.

"Of course not! You adults really do love to lie."

Sooner or later, he will make Gu Yanjun admit it himself!

-

Time flies, and Shuying's belly has been getting bigger lately.

She followed her plan and had a prenatal checkup once a month.

Originally, she didn't want to bother her elders and planned to go by herself.

Unexpectedly, the elders on both sides seemed to have sharp eyes, and no matter how secretly she went out, she was always discovered immediately.

What was originally a prenatal checkup for one person turned into a process where four elders accompanied her.

Upon arriving at the hospital, she didn't even need to say a word; Huang Meiling went directly to register, and Yang Wan helped her all the way to the obstetrics and gynecology department.

The two elders even prepared a cushion for her. After she sat down, they would ask her if she was thirsty or hungry, and they also prepared fruit and water.

Even Xie Mingzhu, no matter how busy she was, would always put down what she was doing and follow along, worried about him.

With nothing else to do, Xie Mingzhu sat beside her and chatted with her.

Shu Ying was always left speechless, both amused and exasperated.

"Mom and Dad, sister, you're all too nervous. I can actually come to the prenatal checkup by myself. I'm not that far along in my pregnancy yet, and I can move around easily."

"Besides, I am a doctor myself, and I often take my own pulse to check my condition. I am well aware of my own physical condition, and I eat selectively and in moderation. There is really no need to worry about me."

She has been extra careful since becoming pregnant. She drinks spiritual spring water regularly and even controls her work, resting when she is tired and never overworking herself.

My current physical condition is under control, so there's really no need to be so cautious.

Given her current physical condition, along with the spiritual spring water in her space and the medicine she had prepared in advance, even if it really is a cesarean section, she can ensure that she can get through it smoothly and that her wound heals quickly.

And with the pain-relieving pills she developed, the childbirth and subsequent recovery process won't be too painful.

She had even planned that after giving birth and personally testing the pills, she would promote them to other pregnant military wives, so that no one would be so afraid of pregnancy and childbirth because of the pain.

However, since it involves space and spiritual springs, she can't talk about it for the time being.