Ying Mingcheng waited outside the room, cigarette between his teeth. Not long after, the colleague in charge of the interrogation came out and patted his shoulder with a smile. "Alright, Deputy Battalion Commander Ying, it's just like you said, a pair of desperate lovers. Guess where the thing is hidden?"

"Pregnant belly?" Ying Mingcheng twirled the cigarette between his fingers and put it back in his pocket. He just recalled that the woman's belly was too big.

"That's right," the colleague nodded with a smile, and couldn't help but say, "We caught a big fish this time. You've done a great job again."

Ying Mingcheng patted his shoulder and said, "We'll need your efforts in the future. Capture the others as soon as possible so we can pack up."

"Okay, okay, until you get married, you're itching to go home, right? I'll risk my life to accompany you, brother. Just hold on tight tonight, I don't believe they won't confess!"

Ying Mingcheng exchanged a few more pleasantries with him, then dragged his tired body back to the room. His mission was temporarily over, and he could take a good shower and have a good sleep. Unexpectedly, he was surrounded by his colleagues who were waiting for him as soon as he returned.

"Mingcheng, I heard that you were the one who asked to arrest that couple. How did you find out?"

"Yeah, they passed by me when they were entering the dock, and I was thinking about whether I should help them. They looked so loving!"

"I was lucky too," Ying Mingcheng said modestly, and then shared his thoughts with them, "At first I just thought there was something wrong with the way my wife looked at the man. She was in her advanced stage of pregnancy, and her husband had supported her all the way here. The chairs on the stall were relatively low, and she was practically held by the man to sit down."

"This..." Several officers in the room looked at each other, "This doesn't sound wrong, does it?"

"Lao Wang and I were squatting next to the stall, and then I noticed that the pregnant woman started to adjust her cotton-padded jacket as soon as she sat down, especially the places where her husband had held her. She patted them again and again."

Ying Mingcheng paused, then heard Lao Wang slap his thigh, "Are you saying that woman actually dislikes her husband?!"

"Yes," Ying Mingcheng felt that the two of them acted very affectionate, but the details didn't match up. "What made me even more certain that they weren't a loving couple, and that the woman might not even be pregnant, was that the man gave her a lot of side dishes."

The noodle stall's meat soup noodles were 50 cents a bowl, a bit pricey, but since you didn't need food coupons and got four free side dishes, business was pretty good. A man buying a large bowl of meat soup noodles for his wife was understandable, and adding a lot of side dishes was considered frugal and a sign of thriftiness. But one thing he absolutely shouldn't have done was to include a cold purslane dish among the side dishes.

"Purslane? Sowweed? What's wrong with that?" The young officers were confused, while the older ones seemed to be thinking deeply. It was finally Lao Wang who revealed the answer. "Purslane, ouch! Antweed, right? Pregnant women can't eat this. It can cause miscarriage! When my wife was pregnant with our second child, she went to dig wild vegetables and craved this, and my mother-in-law scolded her!"

"That's right," Ying Mingcheng nodded. "When I walked over to their table, I saw the man pick up a small dish for her with his chopsticks. It had everything in it. If they were really in love, how could he not even know that pregnant women can't eat it?"

The room was silent for a moment, and then burst into loud applause. Lao Wang patted his partner's shoulder vigorously, "You kid, you can do it!"

But the applause gradually became mixed with strange cries and jokes, and something seemed wrong.

"If they were really in love, how come they didn't even know pregnant women can't eat purslane?" Xiao Zhao, who used to go to the same training base with him, pinched his throat and confessed to the people around him. "Wife, don't worry. When you get pregnant, I will definitely be a good husband and a good father in the future!"

"Okay, Mingcheng, you are so nice to me," Xiao Li, who was beside Xiao Zhao, lowered his head pretending to be embarrassed, raised his hand and shyly hit Xiao Zhao.

Everyone in the room burst into laughter. Old Wang chuckled and reached out to Xiao Zhao and Xiao Li, saying, "Hey, this mission was a success, thanks to the strength of us married men!"

"Go to hell, Lao Wang, you've been married for so many years and you still haven't noticed. If it were me," Xiao Zhao winked at Ying Mingcheng, "This is the power that only a loving newlywed couple can have! Brother Ying, you're getting married so soon, when will we be able to meet your sister-in-law?"

"Come on, Ying Mingcheng took leave to get married before the mission. The couple hasn't had enough of each other yet. If you want to see him, go line up!" Old Wang waved his hand, and there was laughter in the room again.

Ying Mingcheng's ears burned from the teasing. When he was asked when he would take Mu Huaixi to the military district party, he suddenly bowed and said, "Brothers, please help me complete this task as soon as possible so that I can go home and spend my wedding night!"

"Oh, you're already noticing pregnancy before the wedding night even ends?" Xiao Li was even more curious about who Ying Mingcheng's lover was. However, Ying Mingcheng, who had always been a rude person, was very humble, so the brothers still put their best efforts into it, speeding up the interrogation and tracking so that the groom could be returned as soon as possible.

Mu Huaixi didn't know that Ying Mingcheng was about to return. She was guarding the two pots on the rocky beach. She had a rare moment to relax and enjoy the scenery of the lake.

Unlike the clusters of flowers in Jiangcheng Park, the scenery here is casual yet free. The distant mountains are like ink splashed on the horizon, the lake is rippled with golden light, and the calls of soldiers rowing boats to fish can be heard from afar. The clumps of reeds in front of you point high into the sky like flags fluttering in the wind.

Mu Huaixi couldn't help but want to go forward and pick one. If she could put it in the house, she would feel the breeze all the time.

"Doctor Mu," Wang Xiaohua suddenly called her, pointing in the direction they came from and said in surprise, "Look, Doctor Jiang is here!"

Mu Huaixi turned around and saw Dr. Jiang rushing towards her anxiously. Worried that something had happened in the clinic, she hurried to meet him. However, it seemed that Dr. Jiang was not looking for her. He looked around all the way. Even when she walked up to him, he was still looking at the lake.

"Doctor Mu," Jiang Wenyuan touched his nose, glanced at Wang Xiaohua beside the stove, and chose to ask the person in front of him, "Doctor Mu, have you seen the instructor of the Women's Independent Company? His last name is Luo, and he's about this tall..."

Seeing that he was about to gesture, Mu Huaixi quickly raised her hand to interrupt him, "I have seen her. We just talked. She went fishing with the boat. If you want to find her..."

"What?!" Jiang Wenyuan's voice suddenly rose. He realized that something was wrong and changed the subject to ask about the ginger soup. "Is there sugar in the ginger soup? Do you want me to get a few more packets of brown sugar?"

Mu Huaixi was acutely aware of Jiang Wenyuan's abnormality. She gave him a meaningful look and said, "Is there a female soldier on her period? I put enough brown sugar in the Five Gods Soup I cooked."

"Yes, ah no," Jiang Wenyuan touched his nose again and explained for no reason, "Luo Rui and I are childhood friends, I..."

He probably realized that no matter how he explained it, it was strange. A strange blush appeared on his dark face. He coughed and changed the subject, "Well, I came here to discuss the free clinic before the New Year with you."