Who's to blame for number 102?

During the few days she wasn't feeling well, Molly stayed home with the children, taking photos of them and Grandma Ji with her new camera.

Ji Hefeng has been going home every day recently, and every day he brings Molly something, mostly food. Sometimes it's snacks from Beijing, sometimes it's imported chocolates from Friendship Store, and sometimes it's fruit sold on the roadside.

On this day, Ji Hefeng was stopped halfway back.

"Ji Hefeng, it's been a long time."

"Sha Jin, it's been a long time."

Seeing Sha Jin, Ji Hefeng was not surprised at all, after all, besides He Pan, there were three bandits involved in what happened that day.

Sha Jin and Ji Hefeng went to a private restaurant, where Sha Jin had booked a private room in advance. As soon as they sat down, someone came to pour tea. Sha Jin waved for her to leave and personally poured a cup for Ji Hefeng before saying, "Hefeng, you've been back in Beijing for a while now. Why haven't you had a get-together with your old classmates and friends?"

Ji Hefeng picked up his teacup, drank it all in one gulp, poured himself another cup, and replied irrelevantly, "I sparred with my men a few times today, and I sweated a lot. I'm thirsty."

"I'd also like to meet you, this all-around king of soldiers. I wonder when you'll have time, He Feng?" Sha Jin's eyes gleamed with fighting spirit. Ji He Feng, the newly promoted division commander, was currently enjoying great success in Beijing. Many former classmates and friends had come to him, but he had reportedly turned them all down.

Upon hearing this, Ji Hefeng took off his coat, leaving only a round-neck short-sleeved shirt. With his tall, slender figure, broad shoulders, narrow waist, and fair skin with a radiant glow, he didn't look like someone who trained all day; rather, he resembled a scion of a feudal family.

"There's no time like the present. I see this courtyard is quite large, let's go out and have a friendly spar."

“Okay.” Sha Jin stood up and took off his coat.

The two walked out one after the other.

"He Feng seems to have grown taller again." Sha Jin remembered that he and Ji He Feng used to be about the same height, but now Ji He Feng should be 1.9 meters tall.

"I've gone through a second growth spurt," Ji Hefeng said seriously. Not only had he grown taller, but his arms had also become longer, and remarkably, he was much more agile. His former teachers had said that his development was unconventional.

But what does it matter whether they get along or not? Becoming stronger is what he wants.

Putting everything else aside, his wife is extremely satisfied with his current physical condition.

Sha Jin could only look on with envy, "I also wish I could have a second growth spurt."

Ji Hefeng glanced at him, shook his head and sighed, "You're over thirty, you've missed your chance."

Sha Jin: "......."

He was clearly young and promising, so how come he was considered old in his thirties in Ji Hefeng's words?

"Putting height aside for now, why do I feel like you're getting younger and younger?"

"Really?" Ji Hefeng smiled. "It's good to be young. I don't want to keep getting older, otherwise people will suspect that my wife and I are father and daughter when we go out together. But even if you compliment me on my youth, I won't go easy on you."

"...You don't need to hold back, just unleash your full power."

Ji Hefeng fulfilled Sha Jin's request, but before Sha Jin could even see how Ji Hefeng did it, he collapsed.

Sha Jin was filled with terror. He considered himself quite capable; otherwise, he wouldn't have reached his current position in his thirties. He knew Ji Hefeng was powerful, but this powerful—

It's terrifying.

"You're very strong! No wonder you were able to win two first-class merits on the battlefield." Sha Jin was convinced.

Ji Hefeng's expression hardened, and he turned and walked back to the private room. "Speak, what is the purpose of your meeting with me today?"

“I thought you knew.” Sha Jin dusted off his hands. “That day, someone saw you go to He Pan’s place, and someone else saw you take a woman away from there. The two of you also went to the Friendship Store and then went home together.”

Ji Hefeng's expression remained unchanged. "You, as the deputy director, are indeed quite capable. But so what? I was just picking up my wife from get off work. My wife is learning car repair from He Pan."

"Those three bandits said that a beautiful woman injured them and killed their leader." Sha Jin stared directly at Ji Hefeng, not missing a single subtle change in Ji Hefeng's face.

But Ji Hefeng was too composed. He remained unhurried and said the same thing again, "So what?"

“There’s only one woman with He Pan, and that’s your wife. I have every reason to suspect that the woman who made the move was your wife.” If it were anyone else, Sha Jin would have gone straight to their door, but this was Ji Hefeng, so he couldn’t help but have some reservations. First, there was Ji Hefeng’s identity; second, there was their relationship; and third, He Pan had made it clear that he wanted to protect that woman.

"So what if she's my wife, or she isn't? Has the woman you're talking about broken the law? You have time to investigate someone who rescued He Pan instead of investigating the person who kidnapped him. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? Or is the power behind the bandits too great, scaring you, Sha Jin?"

"Monsoon!"

"Don't be angry, I'm just stating the facts."

Sha Jin exhaled a breath of stale air and stood up. "For your sake, I can let that woman go, but I hope there won't be a next time."

"What do you mean 'don't let it happen again'? Shouldn't He Pan have been saved? The thugs killed two bodyguards, didn't they deserve to die?" Ji Hefeng was furious, and his powerful aura made the entire private room feel colder.

Sha Jin choked, utterly helpless. "That's not what I meant. I meant that I'll ask her directly next time."

"There will be a next time? Isn't protecting He Pan your responsibility? If you had caught the person behind this and brought him to justice, none of this would have happened!" Ji Hefeng was even angrier. Those people had guns. No matter how strong his wife was, how could her body withstand gunfire?

Sha Jin was speechless. Fine, it was all his fault.

After autumn arrived, the weather became dry. Molly had her car repaired by He Pan for a month. After Master Ding told her she could graduate, she stopped going.

The children can now sit up steadily and have started eating solid foods. Molly weaned them from breast milk, and now they drink formula and eat rice cereal, egg custard, and minced meat every day.

Ji Hefeng has been busy with something for a month and hasn't come back.

But the cars he bought arrived, delivered by a large truck—a sedan and an SUV, both black. There was also a television, a very large color television.

That evening, the whole family ate dinner early and went to the living room to watch TV. When colorful people appeared on the screen, the children excitedly shouted.

The day after the car arrived home happened to be the day Guo Lin was to marry Wen Xiaofu. Grandma Ji arranged for Molly to drive her cousin Guo Lin to pick up the bride.

Molly naturally had no objections. That day, she changed into the green cheongsam her aunt had made for her, draped with an apricot-colored long-sleeved cardigan. Her jet-black hair was styled with a translucent white jade hairpin, revealing her slender, fair neck. Her face was snow-white with a healthy pink hue, without a trace of makeup. Her eyebrows were perfectly shaped, her nose was straight and slightly upturned, and her lips were naturally red...

"She didn't dress up deliberately, but she looks so beautiful. Won't she steal the bride's thunder?" Mrs. Ji was a little worried.

Grandma Ji hesitated as well.

"I'm back."

Ji Hefeng, who hadn't seen her for a month, rushed back, still wearing his military uniform. He immediately spotted Molly in the room, his eyes lighting up instantly. He exclaimed, "Beautiful!"

Molly, who was used to being praised for her beauty and remained calm, blushed slightly at the simple word "beautiful," making her appear even more radiant.

"Oh, you're finally back." Ji's mother breathed a sigh of relief and urged Ji Hefeng, "Go change your clothes quickly, and drive with your cousin to pick up the bride in a little while."

Ji Hefeng drove a sedan, while Molly drove a larger SUV. The family went to their aunt's place first.

When they arrived at their aunt's house, there were already quite a few guests. When they saw the two new cars arrive, they all curiously gathered around.

The car drove ahead, and Ji Hefeng got out first, opening the door for his family. Inside were his grandparents, grandfather, and son, Ji Liangyou, each holding two children. The children, dressed in red outfits, looked cheerful and their big eyes scanned the people around them without fear. Instead, they grinned, revealing their two newly grown baby teeth—they were incredibly cute.

Immediately afterwards, the doors of the SUV opened, and Ji's mother, Mo An, Lu Lu, and Mo Chuyang got out of the car one by one, each holding a baby dressed in a red outfit.

The children were fair-skinned and chubby, with big, bright eyes that blinked as they looked around curiously.

Finally, it was Molly's turn. When she opened the driver's side door and stepped out, the noisy crowd fell silent.

The driver was a woman!

She's still such a beautiful woman!

These days, not to mention women, even men who can drive are extremely rare. So when Molly, a beautiful woman who looked to be under twenty, stepped out of the driver's seat of this massive SUV, the scene was incredibly impactful.

"Guo Lin's mother, which relative is this?" someone asked the aunt.

The aunt laughed, "That's my nephew's wife. See those six children? She gave birth to them all, six in one pregnancy. That's amazing. She's a lucky woman. Today, we're borrowing a few of her children to help my Guo Lin and Xiao Fu roll around in their new bed."

After the eldest aunt finished speaking, she strode towards Grandpa and Grandma Ji, called out to them one by one, and invited the Ji family members inside.

"Keep an eye on the time when you go to pick up the bride, so you don't miss the auspicious hour," Grandma Ji reminded her.

The eldest aunt glanced at the small women's wristwatch on her wrist and smiled, "Thanks to Mother for reminding us. It's almost time; we should set off."

"Linzi looks very handsome and energetic today," praised Mrs. Ji.

Guo Lin grinned foolishly upon hearing this.

The aunt laughed too, "This child has been laughing like a fool since he got up this morning."

The Ji family laughed when they heard this.

"Are you envious? How about we have a wedding ceremony?" Ji Hefeng asked with some regret.

Molly shook her head. "Troublesome."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Ji Hefeng's eyes. "Then we'll make it up when you want to."

The two were whispering to each other when the aunt urged Guo Lin, "Stop dawdling, go with your cousin to pick up Xiaofu."

Guo Lin readily agreed and said to Ji Hefeng, "Thank you for your trouble, cousin."

"Is Linzi going to pick up his bride? I, as his cousin, should go with him."