Chapter 232 Be Careful
On the way home to the family hospital
Lu Huailin's strong and powerful legs propelled the bicycle both fast and stable.
"Honey, you have tomorrow off. Do you want to go to the city with the military's procurement truck?"
Gu Yihan was still pondering the possibility of acquiring a courtyard house in Beijing from Master Chu.
She didn't hear Lu Huailin speak to her at all.
Lu Huailin noticed that his wife hadn't replied to him.
He raised his voice slightly and called out, "Wife."
"Huh?" Gu Yihan stared at Lu Huailin's retreating figure, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that his wife hadn't heard him at all, Lu Huailin sighed and repeated himself.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan said "Oh" and then said, "I have something to do tomorrow and can't go to the city. Maybe next time."
"What's up?"
Gu Yihan nodded, then suddenly remembered that she was sitting on a bicycle and Lu Huailin couldn't see her nod.
He then said, "I'm going to see a colleague."
When Lu Huailin heard that his wife had gone to see her colleagues, he didn't press her for details and simply hummed in agreement.
At the entrance of the courtyard
Gu Yihan jumped off her bicycle before Lu Huailin could stop it.
Looking at Zhou Yan, Zhang Xia, and Grandma Gu at the door, all three of them were chatting enthusiastically while holding children in their arms.
She smiled slightly and said, "Grandma, Hao Hao has several playmates now."
Grandma Gu looked up at her granddaughter, disagreeing with her words.
The girls next door who are the same age as Hao Hao are all girls, how can they play together?
She changed the subject, saying, "My family made you your favorite pork ribs."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan looked at Grandma Gu with sparkling eyes and nodded repeatedly.
At this moment, Zhou Yan glanced at Lu Huailin, who was pushing a bicycle, out of the corner of her eye.
She saw the corners of his mouth turn up, and his eyes looking at Gu Yihan with tenderness.
A hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes, but seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she became more audacious in her gaze towards Lu Huailin.
After feeling the gazes directed at him, Lu Huailin's expression gradually turned cold.
Zhou Yan stared dreamily at Lu Huailin's hard profile, completely captivated.
Even if the other person stands with a cold face and a straight back without saying a word, they can still attract her attention.
Then, her gaze shifted to Gu Yihan, who was smiling and talking to Grandma Gu, and she couldn't help but feel jealous.
She's really lucky. Like me, she's a country girl, but she managed to snag a relationship with the exceptionally capable Lu Huailin.
"Sister-in-law, Commander Lu has been working all day, and you still make him pick you up from get off work? That's so inconsiderate."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan looked at Zhou Yan in surprise. Was this person sick?
Before she could even speak, Lu Huailin's angry voice rang out: "I'm picking up my own wife, what's it to you?"
"I... I just feel a little sorry for him, no, I was just asking."
Zhou Yan swallowed hard, her heart pounding as she was glared at by Lu Huailin's fierce eyes.
At this moment, Lu Huailin was like a leopard. If Zhou Yan said anything wrong and his wife misunderstood, he would dare to slap her across the face.
Anyway, he wasn't wearing his military uniform today.
Gu Yihan stopped Lu Huailin, gave Zhou Yan a deep look, and then took Lu Huailin's hand and raised it high.
She boasted, "He's my lover, and it's legal."
"Those female comrades who secretly fawned over him like maggots have no chance."
"Even if those shameless maggots were to evolve into flies, it wouldn't matter. Disrupting a military marriage would result in being sent down to a farm."
Zhang Xia chuckled at Gu Yihan's words. She hadn't had much contact with her, but she hadn't expected Gu Yihan to be so eloquent in her witty remarks.
Lu Huailin turned his head and looked at his smug wife, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
Zhou Yan was so angry that her face turned red when Gu Yihan compared her to a disgusting fly.
No matter how thick-skinned she is, she is still a young girl, and she was laughed at in front of everyone.
Feeling embarrassed, with tears in her eyes, she hugged her child and ran back home.
After Zhou Yan's figure disappeared, Gu Yihan shook off Lu Huailin's tightly gripping hand.
He snorted coldly.
He went straight to Grandma Gu, took Hao Hao from her, glared at him, pushed open the courtyard gate, and went home.
As Lu Huailin pushed his bicycle home, he looked at Grandma Gu with pleading eyes.
I hope she will speak well of me to her daughter-in-law.
Grandma Gu laughed and said cheerfully, "Xiao Han isn't a petty person."
Wang's family
Zhang Xia giggled as she breastfed her daughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Deputy Battalion Commander Wang casually tossed the towel he was using to wipe his feet onto the ground.
Zhang Xia didn't look up, but smiled and said, "Commander Zhou's sister, Zhou Yan, has taken a liking to Commander Lu."
Commander Lu?
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang didn't react immediately and asked in confusion, "Where in our military region is there a single regimental commander with the surname Lu?"
Zhang Xia glanced at Deputy Battalion Commander Wang and said, "Did I say I was single?"
Not single?
The only married regimental commander was their neighbor, Lu Huailin.
Thinking of this, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang got so excited that he almost kicked over the foot bath water, pointing to the house next door.
"Zhou Yan likes Lu Huailin?"
Zhang Xia nodded and told Deputy Battalion Commander Wang what had happened that afternoon as a joke.
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then smiled meaningfully: "Lu Huailin usually takes good care of Regiment Commander Zhou."
"His sister might have been a factor in how he, an airborne regimental commander, quickly established himself in the military."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xia frowned slightly.
Knowing that Deputy Battalion Commander Wang had misunderstood, she didn't want to remind him, since the Wang family didn't treat her as family.
She herself should also be careful.
"By the way, you promised to give me 10 yuan after I get paid. Where is the money?"
Zhang Xia knew that Deputy Battalion Commander Wang had received his salary today, so she stretched out her hand in front of him, indicating that she wanted to give him the money.
Upon hearing this, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang's face stiffened, and a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes.
He hesitated for a moment, then took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Xia: "This is all I have for you this month."
Zhang Xia clenched her fists tightly, hiding the few paper tickets in her palm.
Her tears fell down in a flash.
This was the first time she had ever touched money in over a year since she married Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, and she wanted to remember this feeling forever.
When Deputy Battalion Commander Wang saw Zhang Xia with tears in her eyes, he assumed she was upset that he hadn't given her enough. Without thinking, he jumped up.
He sneered, "That's all. Take it or leave it."
With tears in her eyes, Zhang Xia looked up at Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, who had inexplicably become angry, and choked out, "Who said they didn't want it?"
"You have to give me 5 yuan every month from now on!"
She didn't want more; 5 yuan a month would amount to 60 yuan a year, which was quite a lot.
Upon hearing this, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang was stunned and tentatively asked, "Really? Only 5 yuan?"
Zhang Xia nodded quickly and gave a heavy nasal "Mmm".
She was afraid that if she replied too slowly, she wouldn't even have the 5 yuan left.
When Deputy Battalion Commander Wang saw Zhang Xia nod, he was filled with joy, knowing that this would allow him to give Lan Cao 10 yuan a month for pocket money.
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