The Little Military Wife of the Seventies

In the summer of 1972, Su Ruo was packing her luggage, in a few days she was going to Qing University to study, where there was also a fiancé waiting for her.

But when she woke up, she becam...

Chapter 25

Su Ruo is not stupid.

Whether he was expressionless as usual or had a gloomy face showing unhappiness, she could still feel it.

In fact, she had already discovered something wrong on her way back.

He was also particularly silent at night, with a low pressure all around him, which only eased when he talked to Guoguo.

But he said, "You misunderstood."

Su Ruo looked at him carefully and whispered, "You are unhappy now."

After thinking for a while, he said, "You went to the town to pick me up today. Is there something in the army that makes you unhappy? If it is inconvenient, then I won't tell you. But, I hope you can be happier. It would be better if I can share some of your burden."

After that, he sighed and said, "You have been helping me since I woke up, but I also hope to do something for you... Although I also know that there seems to be little I can do."

Han Zecheng looked at her.

Then he lowered his eyes to look at her hand pressing on the door frame.

Slender and white as snow.

She has always been very protective of her hands and cooks very carefully, but in the beginning she would occasionally get hurt or splashed with oil.

In fact, she didn't like cooking. When she was in Hanjia Village, she would rather give food and money to her mother than cook for her.

He said, "So, you insist on making dinner every day for me?"

Su Ruo was stunned, then felt a little uncomfortable, and her ears turned slightly red.

She said: "I have to learn to do it. These are daily life skills."

After that, he smiled and said, "Besides, I can't do it for long. When I go to school, I won't be able to do it anymore, so this is the only time I can do it."

Han Zecheng felt a little bit upset as he listened to what was going on.

The latter sentence, however, tore apart the confusing mist that was created with great difficulty in the previous part.

Han Zecheng looked at her, and the previous tenderness in his eyes slowly disappeared, and his eyes became cold.

He said calmly, "Then go read a book. Today seems to be the first time we talked about your favorite major, right? I just realized that when you talk about your favorite major, your spirits are particularly high. Work hard for your favorite major and career, fight for it, and study with like-minded classmates. This is what you like, and it is also the life you originally planned, right? Don't do unnecessary work out of unnecessary guilt, concentrate on reviewing, and talk about it after you get into college."

Su Ruo leaned against the door frame, raised her head slightly and looked at him intently.

This was supposed to be words of advice to her to study hard, but when he said it like this, she just felt it was a bit weird.

I also felt that he was not in a good mood when he said this.

Why?

Study and learn with like-minded classmates...

Su Ruo suddenly thought that all his abnormal behavior today should be after he saw her talking to that male educated youth...

Something flashed through her mind.

So was he jealous because I was talking to that male educated youth?

She is a little slow in emotions, but not that slow.

In the past, Yuan Chengyang would always get jealous and angry for no apparent reason. After so many times and being told so many things, she always knew something about it.

But he is different from Yuan Chengyang.

He doesn't look like he's jealous now.

He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would get jealous... She thought about the time they had spent together and felt that if she thought he would be jealous, wouldn't that be wishful thinking?

Su Ruo was a little confused.

She was silent for a while, and finally didn't know what to say, so she just said according to the literal meaning of his words: "Well, it seems like I have gone around in a big circle and finally returned to the starting point. It really feels like a dream... The key is that I don't remember anything yet. It always makes people feel unreal."

After saying that, I found that the air became a little colder.

The person on the other side also became a little colder.

She didn't know why she suddenly felt a little depressed. She lowered her head and said, "But everyone is very motivated to study and has made great progress. I hope I can pass the exam this year. To achieve this goal, I should work harder... Then I'll go out and read a book."

I was going to come over and ask him why he was unhappy.

The result was that I left in frustration.

Su Ruo was flipping through a book in the study. Normally, she could concentrate on reading as soon as she sat down, but today, for some reason, his gaze and words just now kept lingering in her mind, making it impossible for her to concentrate on reading.

She sighed, not knowing what was wrong with her.

Perhaps, after she slowly got over the initial fear of losing her memory and began to adapt to her current life, she began to feel a little uneasy about his care and dedication to her.

Then what did he mean by what he said just now?

Does that mean that once she gets into college and her life gets back on track, they will end their relationship?

This made her feel confused and a little aggrieved.

Before, she deliberately avoided thinking about this issue between them, thinking that she would talk about it after the college entrance examination, but today, for some reason, this issue was brought up again.

Now I can't calm down.

She was upset and finally gave up reading and went back to the living room. She saw Han Zecheng taking Guoguo to take a bath. She stood at the bathroom door for a while and asked him if he needed a towel or Guoguo's clothes, but he was already ready.

After Guoguo finished taking a bath, she went to tell Guoguo a story, but Guoguo looked at her and said that he wanted his father to play checkers with him and let his mother watch.

He played chess with him and she watched them.

She watched him do all this, thinking back to the days they had spent together, and thought to herself, he is really a very good father and a very good husband.

It seems that with him around, I don’t have to worry about anything and my heart is at peace.

But now she always felt something was wrong.

Guoguo fell asleep.

The two of them left Guoguo's room one after the other. He turned around to look at her and said, "Let me run the water for you to take a bath."

Su Ruo said, "I can do it myself."

But he had already gone to the bathroom.

At that time, Su Ruo suddenly felt that she was actually taking care of her like a son.

But her father never did this for her.

Her father pays little attention to his life and he even needs someone to take care of him.

After taking a shower, Su Ruo saw that there was no one in the living room and the lights in the bedroom were off, so she knew that he should be in the study.

She opened the door and saw him reading a book at his seat.

No matter when he sat, his posture was always straight and stiff.

His expression was also firm when he was reading.

It seems like nothing can affect him at all.

It's as if nothing happened before.

Only Su Ruo was wandering around like a headless fly.

There is no way. When it comes to concentration, who can compare with him?

This made Su Ruo suddenly feel a little uncomfortable.

I felt like he made me upset, but he himself seemed completely fine...the same thing happened during that kiss.

Then she thought about what he had told her when she just woke up, that after she was admitted to university, if she met the right person, they could discuss divorce.

Does he still think so now?

He didn't care about her at all.

I was nice to her just because she happened to be Guoguo's mother.

If she divorced him, he would definitely remarry like her father did. He would also be nice to others like he was to her, and maybe even have a few more children.

Who is irreplaceable?

Just like Yuan Chengyang, he was very good to her back then, but when she went to the countryside to become an educated youth, didn’t he turn around and get together with Su Jia?

Thinking of this, Su Ruo felt even worse.

She felt that with his personality, if he divorced her, he would definitely forget about her immediately.

The more she thought about it, the more upset she felt. She threw the book away, walked to his desk, and said to him, "Brother Han, the educated youth today and I are just ordinary study group members. We have a mutual learning relationship, and we will not have any other relationship in the future."

Han Zecheng paused, turned to look at her, and said, "I know."

Su Ruo couldn't finish what she wanted to say.

He said this as if she was really being sentimental.

She felt even worse.

She looked at him, handsome as a stone sculpture, with almost no expression except for his slightly droopy eyes. She bit her lip and said, "Brother Han, I want to ask you, are you treating me like this now because of responsibility? Because I am your wife and Guoguo's mother, so you treat me well?"

"If it was someone else, you would do the same to her, right?"

Han Zecheng frowned.

He had no idea what she meant by going around in circles and saying this.

How could someone else be Guoguo’s mother?

This assumption is not valid at all, and her subsequent conclusion is naturally not valid either.

Also, she still seems unhappy.

Why is she unhappy?

Seeing that he didn't say anything, but just frowned at her, as if she was being unreasonable, Su Ruo simply said, "Brother Han, what you meant before was that after I get into college and my life is on track, if I meet someone suitable and you don't need to be responsible anymore, we can separate and discuss divorce... I remember that's what you said to me when I just woke up."

Han Zecheng's expression changed suddenly.

The pen in his hand tightened suddenly, almost piercing the paper, and veins on his hand were exposed.

What does she mean?

But he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

Su Ruo also felt his sudden tense expression.

She also became a little nervous and felt that she might have said something wrong.

But once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Once the words are spoken, they must be finished.

She murmured: "But you don't have to do this for me. I am an independent person... I mean..."

She felt the atmosphere growing colder and colder, and when she saw the veins bulging on his hands, she finally couldn't continue.

In fact, she didn't even know what she was expressing.

She meant to say that he didn't need to be so nice to her out of responsibility.

He didn't owe her anything.

Instead, she owed him now.

But for some reason she felt aggrieved.

Then the words he said seemed to have a different tone, as if he was blaming him...

She shook her head, turned her face away in annoyance and frustration under his sharp gaze, and reached out to press the paperweight on his desk, as if this would make it less embarrassing.

He didn't say anything, just looked at her like that. She couldn't bear it anymore, so she whispered again, "I'm sorry, I just want to say that I don't want you to be responsible, and I don't want to take advantage of your kindness to me just because you are my wife... I..."

"So, you want to break up with me now?"

He finally spoke, his voice tinged with sarcasm.

Originally, he thought that the two of them would just live in peace for the time being. After she went to college, if she really had other thoughts, it would not be too late to discuss their relationship then.

But I didn't expect that she couldn't wait any longer.

Su Ruo's eyes suddenly turned red.

Except when she just woke up, he had never spoken to her in such a sarcastic and cold tone.

She bit her lip, feeling uncomfortable in her heart... She had never felt so uncomfortable before.

She lowered her head and said, "No."

After saying that, she turned around and looked at him, and saw that his face was ashen, and his expression was several degrees colder than usual.

Her heart tightened, and she explained, "I'm not trying to distance myself from you. I don't want you to be nice to me just out of responsibility. This would make me feel guilty, as if I owed you something."

Han Zecheng: ...

No matter how good his self-control was, he was still so angry at her that his heart ached.

He said in a cold voice: "Okay, if you feel that my being nice to you will put you under pressure, then I will be a little cold to you in the future. There are still a dozen days before the college entrance examination. You should be quiet these days and don't let your mind wander. Wait until the exam is over before we talk."

After he said that, he didn't want to stay here anymore and stood up to leave.

However, he had just turned around and hadn't taken a step when someone grabbed his clothes.

He frowned and turned to look at her, only to see her biting her lip with red eyes while tugging at the corner of his clothes, looking stubborn and aggrieved.

She feels wronged. Why does she feel wronged?

He didn't expect that her personality would become so weird after losing her memory.

But thinking of this... he finally remembered that after those five years she was actually just a teenage girl now. He was already in his thirties, why should he bother with a teenage girl?

But thinking of this made him even more annoyed.

He suppressed his anger and said to her calmly, "Go read a book. If you feel stressed about seeing me, I..."

He couldn't just move to the single dormitory. What would others think if he did that? What does Guoguo think?

He doesn't care about others, but he can't ignore Guoguo, nor can he let her be criticized.

He took a deep breath and said, "I will try to leave early and come back late in the future. I will eat in the cafeteria at night. You can just make your own and Guoguo's."

"That's not what I meant."

Of course, Su Ruo didn't mean that.

She impulsively went forward and hugged his waist, her face pressed against his back, and said, "That's not what I meant."

Han Zecheng: ...

He was stunned at first, then he put his hand on hers, turned slightly and looked down at her, and saw that she was biting her lip and looked like she was about to cry.

He looked at her for a long time and wanted to pry her hands apart, but slowly he seemed to understand something. His eyes darkened and something began to well up in his eyes.

He reached out and touched her cheek, and the tears that had been unshed in her eyes began to fall, dripping onto his dry hands and spreading out.

He had been restraining himself, but at this moment he couldn't control himself anymore. He pushed her back, pinched her chin, lowered his head, pried open her lips and kissed her.