An hour after hanging up with her mother, Chen received a call from Chen's father, who had just been called out by his boss. The call was about their daughter's relationship.

Most importantly, the family of his daughter's boyfriend is quite extraordinary, to the point that even the political commissar in their unit was somewhat cautious when talking to him.

The thought that the old general, famous for his fearlessness in battle, might one day become a relative of his family made Chen Tiejun's head buzz.

My legs felt like they were walking on cotton, and in the end, I didn't even know how I got out of the political commissar's office.

So if Chen Shuning is lazy and delays going to town to call his mother for a day, his mother's attitude might not be so pleasant.

Of course, Chen Shuning had no idea that in this era, if a soldier submitted a dating report, the military would conduct an investigation at the woman's home.

If she had known, she would have taken the initiative to confess during her phone call with Chen Ma in order to try and get leniency.

Little did she know that the Chen family in Beijing had already been thrown into chaos because of her. What was originally a solo trip to Heilongjiang Province with only her younger brother Chen Jiandang had now become a trip for two with Chen's mother.

By the time Chen Shuning received the telegram, his mother and younger brother had already boarded the train to Heilongjiang Province, and the train would arrive the very next day after he received the telegram.

This made Chen Shuning, who had been excitedly thinking about whether to have Chinese or Western food for breakfast, and whether it should be Beijing-style or Hong Kong-style, panic instantly.

The first thing that came to her mind was that her relationship had been exposed. After all, the He family was from Beijing, and now that they knew, the only reason her mother would suddenly drop everything and travel all the way here was because of this.

Otherwise, why would my mother, who hadn't mentioned coming over the phone a few days ago, suddenly show up?

The more Chen Shuning thought about it, the more she realized it made sense. She felt flustered, but the person was already on their way. Even if she were to tear her heart out right now, it wouldn't change the fact that her mother was coming.

We should probably pull ourselves together and start preparing.

First, she needs to tidy up her room and put away some things that shouldn't be there.

Then there's her mother's and brother's place. This room was built specifically to be small because the brigade leader was afraid that other educated youth would be arranged to live there.

Her small kang bed can only fit two people. If Brother Chen comes over, the kang cabinets and tables on the kang might have to be moved to the ground.

Also, I need to go to the brigade headquarters later to ask the brigade leader to hire a car. Chen Ma and the others' train will arrive at the station around 1 p.m. tomorrow, and they can take the village's oxcart.

After doing everything I could think of, it was already past four in the afternoon.

Chen Shuning, who had little appetite, ate a piece of cake and went to bed early.

She didn't fall asleep until late at night, and the next day she went out with dark circles under her eyes.