Ling Ruoke had just finished dressing when she rushed out. "Huo Qingfeng, what's wrong?"

"Something happened. Wait for me at home or take a walk downstairs. I'll be right back." With that, he turned and ran off before Ling Ruoke could say anything.

After standing there for a while, Ling Ruoke closed the door and went downstairs.

In the military, doors are never locked. So you just pull the door shut; there's no need to lock it or use a key—it's very convenient.

Because she had eaten too much, Ling Ruoke walked down slowly, afraid that the bumps would make her throw up.

When she got downstairs, Ling Ruoke heard a commotion coming from a certain direction in the residential area. She guessed it was because Huo Qingfeng had rushed out. She intended to walk in that direction, but after taking a few steps, she stopped and slowly circled around the area, waiting for him to return.

About twenty minutes later, Ling Ruoke saw Cai Yaqin and two other people helping a woman who looked quite disheveled. They walked towards the door, which happened to be not far from where Ling Ruoke was. As they passed by, Ling Ruoke saw the disheveled woman and felt that she looked somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.

Cai Yaqin nodded to her without saying anything.

Ling Ruoke watched them leave silently. A while later, Huo Qingfeng returned. His face was pale, and he showed signs of having just lost his temper. "What happened?"

Huo Qingfeng didn't answer, but asked her instead, "Do you want to walk around some more, or go back now?"

"Let's go back." She had been walking around here for half an hour, and her stomach didn't feel uncomfortable anymore.

Huo Qingfeng took her hand and led her back to the dormitory without saying a word the whole way. Once inside, he released her hand and hugged her tightly.

Ling Ruok could sense his emotional turmoil and gently patted his back. It seemed something had happened to one of his soldiers. But this was the family quarters; could it be a family matter?

She frowned, thinking, when suddenly a thought struck her—she remembered where she had seen that woman before. It was the woman who had been having an affair on Cuiping Peak that day! She was He Jingwen's wife, a soldier under Qingfeng!

She sighed inwardly and said, "I just saw Wang Shumei."

Huo Qingfeng released her, paused for a moment, and then matched the name she mentioned with the person in question. A murderous glint flashed in his eyes. "She attacked He Jingwen with a kitchen knife."

Ling Ruoke was stunned. She never imagined that a woman would turn on her husband with a knife. Besides, it was she who had cheated, not He Jingwen, so why would she resort to violence?

It turned out that shortly after Ling Ruoke and Huo Qingfeng met Wang Shumei, He Jingwen had performed a great service in a mission. Although he almost lost his life, he was rewarded with a promotion. He was promoted to the rank of company commander, which made him eligible to accompany his unit. He immediately applied to join the unit, and that's how Wang Shumei came to work there.

Unexpectedly, Wang Shumei remained incorrigible and continued to contact her lover. The two were video chatting online, and it was a nude chat, which was caught red-handed by He Jingwen upon his return. Thus, what just happened occurred.

Ling Ruoke, having learned the whole story, could only sigh inwardly. She knew her colonel felt sorry for his soldiers. His soldiers fought valiantly on the battlefield, yet had to face such humiliation; no one could bear it. The colonel had always treated every soldier as a brother he would risk his life for, so it wasn't surprising that he was so moved.

But this was someone else's family matter, and it wasn't appropriate for her to offer her opinion. Besides, she wasn't good at giving advice on such things, so she simply kept quiet. All she could do was hug him.

"Go to sleep early, I'm going out for a bit." Huo Qingfeng kissed her, turned and left. His emotions were about to explode, so he needed to vent.

Ling Ruoke watched him disappear through the door, paused for a moment, then turned on her computer and began writing. The events that had just transpired were now written into her novel, filled with anger and sorrow. Angry at a woman's infidelity, and sorrowful at the breakdown of her marriage.

When she finished writing, she realized it was already late at night. She looked out the window and door again and again, but still couldn't see the colonel. She turned off the computer and read in bed, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep against the headboard.

Huo Qingfeng returned after venting his frustrations and found his wife asleep against the headboard. But she woke up as soon as he entered the room.

Ling Ruoke rubbed her eyes sleepily, looking at him with half-closed eyes. "Honey, you're back." Her soft, sweet voice melted his heart.

"I woke you up. Go back to sleep, I'm going to take a shower."

"Mmm," Ling Ruoke responded and lay down. Because he was there, she fell asleep almost as soon as she lay down.

Huo Qingfeng silently gazed at her serene face by the bedside, feeling the turmoil in his heart gradually subside. There are plenty of good women in the world; it's not worth getting angry over such a fickle and shameless woman.

He bent down and gently kissed her forehead. There were still women as wonderful as his darling in this world. That disgusting woman was gone; He Jingwen could find someone even better! Weren't all of his darling's employees quite nice? He could ask her to introduce him to someone!

After a long while, Huo Qingfeng went into the bathroom to wash away the sweat.

Returning to the bedside, feeling refreshed, he decisively slipped under the covers and pulled his wife into his arms. Ruoke liked to wear his oversized t-shirts; because of her petite stature, the t-shirts reached her knees, so she usually didn't wear pants. Her long, smooth legs pressed against his, challenging his self-control. He hadn't wanted to disturb her sweet dreams, but ultimately couldn't resist kissing her awake, and they engaged in a passionate, tumultuous lovemaking. Then, embracing each other, they drifted off to sleep.

Ling Ruoke had intended to stay a few more days, but the next morning she received a call from Xia Mo saying that a client had visited stores in H city and discovered several problems, and had already sent an email to complain. She immediately opened her email and, sure enough, saw the client's complaint email.

After thinking it over, Ling Ruoke asked Xia Mo to book a flight for tomorrow morning; she wanted to fly to H City herself to take a look. If there really were so many problems, they needed to be rectified immediately, otherwise the entire project would be ruined.

As the client, they are the customers, they are the gods. So no matter how well a project is done, if a major problem arises, they may reject it entirely, which is very dangerous.

Ling Ruoke carefully replied to the email and formulated her next action plan. She also called the city's responsible person to thoroughly understand the relevant issues and urge him to make rectifications. She concealed the fact that she would personally go to H city for inspection.

Huo Qingfeng actually came back with lunch at noon.

Ling Ruoke then told him about this.

Huo Qingfeng hugged her and asked, "Isn't it too tiring? Why don't we let Xia Mo do it? It'll be just as good if he does it."

“I can’t just abandon this as the boss. This is a big client, so I should go there myself. Xia Mo also has a lot to do.” Ling Ruoke looked up at him, reached out and touched his chin, feeling his stubble.

Huo Qingfeng looked down at her, helpless; she had her own ideas. "Then be careful. I'll have Xuan Yuanqi find someone to go with you."

Ling Ruoke initially wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, if it would put his mind at ease, why not? After all, she wasn't going to do anything private; it was just having someone else with her. "Okay. Can I call him Scarface?"

She and Scarface were already quite familiar with each other; at least they could exchange a few words. It wasn't awkward for them to walk in silence together.

"Okay. I'll call him later." He said, kissing her lips. He saw a deep reluctance in her eyes. Not to mention her, he was reluctant to part too. Although they weren't together all the time, the thought of coming home at night and being able to hold her as she slept was incredibly tempting.

Ling Ruoke smiled, pressed her face against his chest, and said in a muffled voice, "But I want to be with you, I don't want to leave."

Huo Qingfeng hugged her tightly, lowering his head to nuzzle her cheek. "Wife, wait for me a little longer. I'll stay with you every day until you get tired of seeing me, okay?"

"I won't get tired of looking at you. It must be because I'm old and faded, and you're tired of me," she said somewhat shamelessly, completely unreasonable.

"How could that be? Don't forget, I'm much older than you. I'm even afraid that someone better will come along and you'll look down on this old man."

Ling Ruoke laughed, looked up at him and said, "Then you'd better try your best to be good to me, otherwise, hehe..."

"Okay, I'll try my best to be good to you, only to you." He readily agreed, treating his wife's words as gospel. "Wait for me to come back. I'll take the night off to take you home; I'm worried about you being alone."

He had already had her little Beetle towed to a repair shop and fixed it.

Ling Ruoke nodded. "Okay."

In the afternoon, Ling Ruoke dealt with some company matters and wrote several thousand words. Before she knew it, it was past four o'clock. She went to the brigade leader's house to find Cai Yaqin and wanted to ask her about buying groceries.

"I'll take you there; I need to buy some too." The military base does have a place to buy groceries.

Ling Ruoke went with her and bought three simple dishes, some lean meat, and a fish.

Cai Yaqin had jokingly said she would come over for a meal, but when she heard that Ruoke was going back that night, she refused to come. Soldiers don't get to spend much time with their wives throughout the year, so they wanted to give the couple more time together and naturally didn't want to disturb them.

Ling Ruoke didn't insist, since the ingredients weren't plentiful, and thought she'd buy more good food next time before inviting them over. But she insisted on stuffing several pieces of fruit into her sister-in-law's basket from the bag she bought.

Back home, Ling Ruoke started cooking rice and began preparing the ingredients.

She was all ready, but Huo Qingfeng still hadn't returned. So she sat down at her computer again and started writing her novel. She was becoming more and more experienced at writing; the plot and writing style had improved significantly, and she wasn't always lacking inspiration. So, no matter what you do, talent is secondary; the most important thing is perseverance!

But even as darkness fell, Ling Ruoke didn't see Huo Qingfeng return. Instead, another soldier showed up. He said his captain had ordered him to escort his sister-in-law home, and he insisted on taking her all the way.

Ling Ruoke knew that Huo Qingfeng must have received a last-minute mission. Although she was a little worried, she was used to it. Smiling, she told the soldier to wait a moment; she had already prepared the dishes and put them in the refrigerator. If his mission was short, he could eat them when he returned. She also specifically instructed the soldier that if their captain hadn't returned by tomorrow, he should remember to reheat the dishes.

Ling Ruoke arrived home late at night. She was indeed tired and sleepy, so she took a quick shower and went to bed.

The next day, as I was getting ready to leave, I saw Scarface waiting outside the door. Seeing her, he obediently called her "sister-in-law" and opened the back door for her.

Ling Ruoke sat down. She had gone to bed late last night and wasn't quite refreshed. "Scarface, I'm going to sleep for a bit. Wake me up when we get there."

"Okay, sister-in-law."

After getting off the plane, Ling Ruoke was surprised to find that Scarface actually had a car. She raised an eyebrow, and considering Xuan Yuanqi's abilities, it wasn't surprising. Well, having a car is much more convenient.

Ling Ruoke and Scarface arrived in H City, ate a meal to satisfy their hunger, and then headed straight to the various supermarkets where the operation would take place. She had the specific addresses of each supermarket, and although Scarface didn't know the way, the car had GPS, so he could find the places accurately.

After visiting several stores, Ling Ruoke was relieved to find that although problems still existed, they had clearly been rectified. At least, the person in charge in H City had a good attitude. When someone has a good attitude, things won't be too bad.

Ling Ruoke corrected the problems one by one on the spot, ensuring that the salesperson had done as required, before taking photos and leaving.

Ling Ruoke was a little tired after leaving a Walmart. Looking at the sky, she realized it was getting late. So she called the Meng family, the person in charge in H City, and arranged to meet at a nearby restaurant.

Scarface, afraid of frightening people, sat at another table to eat, not at the same table as Ling Ruoke. But sitting opposite her, he warily looked around at the people.

A frightening scar on his face, coupled with his expressionless face and constantly shifting eyes, startled some of the customers. The owner wanted to kick him out but was afraid of offending him, so he subtly hinted at it a few times, but the scarred man didn't understand. He'd always been a straightforward person, and he couldn't comprehend anything more subtle.

Before long, they arrived at the Meng family's house. The Meng family member was a woman in her thirties. Her complexion was quite good, but her figure was severely out of shape, and her belly looked like she was several months pregnant. She was wearing a tight black undershirt underneath, but she took it off because it was hot in the restaurant, revealing her round belly.

Ling Ruoke covered her mouth and smiled slightly. After exchanging pleasantries, the two began discussing the execution of the plan.

Before Ling Ruoke, Meng Jia had already personally visited each store. She also took a notebook and recorded the problems one by one.

The two had a lively discussion and largely agreed on many points, so they enjoyed the conversation and the meal. By the time the meal ended, more than two hours had passed, and it was quite dark.

After a long day, Ling Ruoke was exhausted, so she declined the Meng family's invitation and went back to the hotel with Scarface to rest.

The next day, I went through the remaining stores again and found that there were no major problems. In the afternoon, I took a plane back to Z city.

She prepared a detailed store visit report, showcasing the results of the rectification efforts. She also sent a sincere and confident email reply, finally resolving the issue. The client's representative responded to the email and praised her efforts.

Life has returned to its usual routine. Every day is a monotonous commute between home and the office, with occasional visits to Tan Peishi's place. I miss the Colonel, but can only hear his voice on the phone. However, I've adjusted my emotions and mindset; I'm no longer as listless as before. I am, on the other hand, physically tired and easily fatigued.

That day, Ling Ruoke went to the supermarket to buy supplies. When she saw sanitary napkins, ABC, and other menstrual products, she suddenly remembered that her period hadn't come yet! She had missed two or three months before, but back then, she hadn't had sex or the colonel had used protection, so she usually didn't worry about it. But now it was different; this thought touched a nerve again.

Passing by the pharmacy, Ling Ruoke bought some pregnancy tests. Given her previous experience, she bought three at once, choosing the most expensive ones. However, after her previous disappointment, she didn't dare to have too high hopes, fearing that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Her period was late, most likely due to her recent busy work schedule and poor health.

When I got home, I couldn't resist taking a pregnancy test first.

Standing in front of the sink, looking at the stick lying in front of me, watching the liquid seep into the observation area, first a red line appeared, and then slowly another red line appeared. Although the second line wasn't as red as the first, it was already very obvious.

Ling Ruoke stared at the two lines, her feelings a jumble of emotions! It was so obvious, it must be real, right? She checked it several times, convinced it was true. She ran outside, grabbed the phone, and dialed the colonel's number, but the call ended before it connected. She thought, "Wait a minute, I'll test again later."

Suppressing her restless emotions, Ling Ruoke forced herself to go to the kitchen to cook and eat. Throughout the process, her mind was filled with those two red lines, and her heart never stopped racing. If her knife skills weren't already quite good, she probably would have chopped off her finger and cooked it with the vegetables because of her distraction.

She was originally only going to cook two dishes, but then she thought about it and made herself a soup too. She needs to eat more and get her health back. She's been very busy with work lately and has lost some weight, so she needs to regain it.

Just as the soup was about to be taken off the heat, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist, startling Ling Ruoke into a scream. Luckily, a large hand caught her hand and also held the spatula, preventing it from falling and splashing hot soup that would scald her.

"Don't be afraid, it's me." Huo Qingfeng's deep, magnetic voice whispered in her ear.

Ling Ruoke calmed down and turned to look at him with a smile. "You're back. Why didn't you call ahead?"

He kissed her lips a few times. "I wanted to surprise you, but it turned into a shock. Don't get so distracted next time, it's dangerous. What if you were chopping vegetables and cut your finger off?"

Ling Ruoke dared not disobey him, so she playfully stuck out her tongue and said coquettishly, "I won't do it again next time. Go wash your hands and eat, this is the last dish."

Because she hadn't cooked much rice, she made a big bowl of noodles, added large chunks of cured meat, and sprinkled it with cilantro. It smelled delicious.

At the dinner table, Ling Ruoke almost brought up the positive pregnancy test several times, but she held back, afraid of causing him to be disappointed. Luckily, she threw the pregnancy test in the trash can and put something else on top of it so he couldn't see it.