Xie Jiancheng panicked and didn't take the outstretched hand.
She hadn't told her family where the military base was, and given the long distance, how did she manage to get here?
Even when sending letters back to his mother, he didn't write his own address, but instead wrote down an address of a mountain village he knew.
Who was it? Who was it that bothered to tell her where she was?
He was just promoted not long ago, and his position hasn't even been firmly established yet. If this gets out, how will he ever get promoted again?
His father-in-law said that as long as he trains in the army for a few more years, he and his wife will be transferred back to Beijing, and then he will be a true Beijing resident.
Faced with the sparkling eyes of the military wives and the gloomy face of the commander, he dared not drive them away.
"You, you, how did you get here?"
His stammering showed how guilty he was.
Shishi pressed Xiao Xielin's little hand back, feeling wronged, "Honey, why don't you hug Linlin? He misses you every day."
Shishi: ...Hmph, she won't let bad guys hug her little stinky egg.
Xie Lin: ...Pah, I don't want to think about it at all.
“You sent a letter home asking me to take care of my mother-in-law, but children need their fathers. You haven’t come home to visit in so long. I’m taking care of both the old and the young by myself, and I’m exhausted.”
“The village kids always bully Linlin because he has no father to protect him. You have no idea how pitiful he is. You cry every time you talk about it.”
“I’ve made up my mind. I’m not leaving this time. I’ll bring my mother-in-law over later, and we’ll live here together.”
"no."
"no."
Two voices of fierce opposition.
One was Xie Jiancheng, and the other was Feng Qiulan, who came out of the kitchen.
What does this mean? It means that Feng Qiulan was in the know.
The gossip fire burned fiercely among the crowd.
Good heavens, she lets someone else take care of her mother-in-law in the countryside while she enjoys a happy family life with her husband and son here. What a shrewd scheme!
And Xie Jiancheng, he even had the nerve to write back to ask someone to take care of his own mother, while he himself was here with his beautiful wife in his arms.
The one-man-one-woman system was implemented not long ago, what was he thinking that made him not address it?
Is it really that hard to choose?
No, it seems his heart is with Feng Qiulan, and he can't see the old woman from the countryside at all.
All they want is a free nanny to take care of their elderly mother.
The woman who brought them in secretly sneered. Didn't they always say how loving the couple was? You only saw me, and I only had eyes for you. Now you've been slapped in the face.
Her son is older than Xie Hao's. In the old days, Feng Qiulan would be considered a concubine, bah!
Xie Jiancheng did write a letter not long ago. He had gone to the Xie family's old house before coming here. Shishi took out the letter and brazenly showed the address on the envelope.
"I... I'm illiterate. I had someone help me find the address. The person said it twice, and I wrote it down and came here. Hehe, the person looked like a bad guy, but I didn't expect the address to be correct."
Song Yunchao was nearby and immediately saw the address on it, letting out a cold snort.
"Young comrade, this address isn't the military base's address; it's a remote mountain village that takes almost half a day to get there by car."
Having just arrived, he had been traveling around these days, and coincidentally, he had been to this village before.
"Xie Jiancheng, what's this? You have another home in this mountain village? Ha, a whole family of wives and children, huh?"
This accusation was too much; Xie Jiancheng's heart was trembling. "Commander, no, no, I, I wrote it wrong."
Nobody would believe that.
How can two completely unrelated addresses be confused?
"Enough with the nonsense. Anyone with eyes can see that the little guy's face is a carbon copy of yours; he's your son. Don't try to deny it. Don't force me to open the letter and see what's inside."
"You treat your son like a treasure here, even celebrating his birthday. Why don't you ever ask about your son back home?"
"The child has already stretched out his little hands, and you won't even hold him once. Is this how you act as a father?"
"Their clothes are patched one after another, and their faces are sallow, while your wives and children here are dressed smartly and look radiant, haha."
"Xie Jiancheng, Xie Jiancheng, I wouldn't have bothered with you before, but things are different now. Do you have two men or two guts to dare to deceive your superiors and subordinates?"
The more she spoke, the colder her voice became, which frightened Xie Jiancheng and Feng Qiulan so much that their faces turned pale.
How dare they treat his benefactors, mother and son, like this? They won't get away with it.
"Get inside and cook them a meal. Make sure they have a hot meal. You just stand there and watch how miserable they are."
Feng Qiulan gritted her teeth, "Chief, we were wrong about this, but Jiancheng was forced into it. He didn't know how to handle the policy after it came down. Both of them are sons, and he has a hard time choosing between them."
"Oh, so you're saying that the decisions made by the higher authorities are wrong? That women's interests shouldn't be protected and their status shouldn't be raised?"
Song Yunchao didn't tolerate her. Anyone with eyes could see that she was in the know and was on the side of the beneficiaries. What right did she have to speak up?
In the past, this would have been considered favoring a concubine over one's wife, a practice that was most despised.
By indulging his concubine to the point of dominating his legal wife, Xie Jiancheng's future was effectively over.
Don't just let go and openly expel them; many people can do that, so why is it a dilemma for him?
Both of them trembled with fear at those words and dared not utter another word before leading the person into the house.
Perhaps still having some sense of shame, Feng Qiulan immediately closed the courtyard gate, shutting out the gossipy eyes of the people outside.
Although the line of sight was blocked, it couldn't stop people from talking. Before long, the news spread throughout the family compound, and they lost face big time.
Shishi, carrying Xiao Xielin, swaggered off to fetch water to wash her hands, then sat down at the dining table.
He patted the chair next to him and said, "Brother, you sit down too. The birthday dinner must be delicious. I've never had it before, and my son has never even seen it. You should try it."
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