“I don’t know if she has delusions, but don’t you know what you did to her?” Su Xiaonuan reminded Jiang Yi. “Gossip is a fearsome thing. If this news gets to the military compound, would you still dare not marry her?”
Back then, it was precisely because of the power of gossip that Su Xiaonuan's incident caused her family, who valued their reputation, to lose their jobs and comfortable lives.
Jiang Yi was a witness to this incident, and he knew better than anyone the implications of it.
"No, I have to warn this woman." Jiang Yi panicked and scratched his head. "Xiao Nuan, you have to believe me, I really didn't do anything to her, don't listen to her nonsense."
"It's no use me believing you. You have to make the people in the military compound believe you. Otherwise, you'll be a heartless man who abandons women after starting a relationship, and a scumbag who plays with women. If you don't shut Xiang Qiuyun up, your fate will be even worse than mine."
Are you trying to scare me?
"Do I need to scare you?" Su Xiaonuan sneered. "My parents are an example. If what Xiang Qiuyun said gets around the neighborhood, your parents will definitely force you to marry Xiang Qiuyun for the sake of their reputation."
"I really didn't do anything to her?"
"Don't tell me this. Go tell Xiang Qiuyun." Su Xiaonuan warned him. "You have to shut Xiang Qiuyun up."
"I'm going to find Xiang Qiuyun right now, she's such a despicable woman!" Jiang Yi realized the seriousness of the situation.
Although he is a man, he is not one to take matters of the heart lightly.
Su Xiaonuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiang Qiuyun won't see Jiang Yi for the next few days, and Jiang Yi will keep looking for her. Letting them play hide-and-seek will keep them from bothering her. It's a win-win situation, solving two big problems at once.
At least, she can have a few days of peace and quiet.
After closing the door at night, Su Xiaonuan, along with Xiao Hong and Zhong Ling, carefully patrolled the premises to prevent anyone from hiding inside.
She wasn't afraid of things being stolen from the store; she was worried that someone might try to take advantage of the two girls.
She only left after confirming that it was safe.
Just as he was about to ride the tricycle, he discovered that the tricycle parked outside was gone. After searching around, he found Xiao Moran standing in the corner, looking at him and smiling.
"What are you laughing at?" She punched him in the chest.
He groaned in pain. "You troublemaker, you actually got Jiang Yi and Xiang Qiuyun fighting."
"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't do anything."
“No matter what you did, your husband will support you.” He pulled her into his arms, gently pressing her head with one hand and kissing her earlobe. “Who told Xiang Qiuyun to spread rumors about you back then? This is a grudge that must be avenged.”
"Xiao Moran." She didn't break free from his embrace, poking his chest with her finger. "Didn't you leave? How do you know all this?"
He hugged her tighter. "Can't you come back after you leave? Xiang Qiuyun is acting suspiciously outside; she's definitely not up to any good."
"Oh, so you were just watching from the sidelines?"
"Didn't you take care of everything?" Xiao Moran grinned mischievously. "Only my wife has the intelligence to manipulate two fools like that. Guess what I saw?"
"What did you see?"
"Jiang Yi and Xiang Qiuyun are playing a cat-and-mouse game, it's really exciting." Xiao Moran laughed out loud.
Did the cat catch the mouse?
"We caught her. Xiang Qiuyun's pig-faced face is now even more swollen, her eyes are practically gone."
"Serves her right!" Xiao Nuan felt relieved, finally getting Jiang Yi to deal with that wicked woman Xiang Qiuyun.
"However, Jiang Yi is so eager to clarify his relationship with Xiang Qiuyun. He's got his eye on my wife. I'll have to find a way to teach him a lesson sometime."
"Who's your wife?" She broke free from his embrace.
"Okay, okay, if she's not my wife, then she's the mother of my child, is that alright?"
The child's mother?
Su Xiaonuan was somewhat familiar with this word; it was what her father called her mother in her previous life.
For a moment, she was stunned.
Seeing that she didn't object this time but remained silent, Xiao Moran assumed she agreed and happily said, "Okay, honey, let's go home."
Overwhelmed by a sense of familiarity, the child's mother obediently let Xiao Moran pull her into the car.
Seeing her actions, Xiao Moran realized that the title "the child's mother" was convenient.
When he got home, he kept calling her "the child's mother."
Su Xiaonuan had absolutely no objection to this way of addressing her.
Hearing that they had returned, the two children who were playing on the big bed ran out.
"Mother."
Why aren't you all asleep yet?
"Mom, I don't want to go to school tomorrow," DouDou said.
"Mom, tomorrow's the weekend, our school is closed," Guoguo said. "Do you have a day off tomorrow? Little Li asked when you're taking us to the zoo. She and Little Tian miss you a lot."
"How about Mom takes you to the zoo tomorrow?" She then remembered her promise to the two children. If Guoguo hadn't brought it up, she would have been too busy to remember it.
"Yay! Mom is taking us to the animals tomorrow!" DouDou and GuoGuo jumped up and down, making peace signs.
"Then you guys go to sleep now, okay?"
"Mom, we need to tell Brother Xiaotian and Sister Xiaoli so they can be prepared, otherwise they won't know about this," Guoguo said worriedly, tilting her head up.
"Go and call them again tomorrow morning. Don't tell them tonight. If they find out, they'll be too excited to sleep and won't be able to go play tomorrow." She guessed that Aunt Chen and the two children were already asleep.
"Okay, let's go to sleep now and wake them up early tomorrow." Guoguo obediently took Doudou's hand.
Goodnight, Mom!
Goodnight, Dad!
Goodnight, Grandma!
Goodnight, Grandpa!
The two children waved their little hands to say goodnight to the four adults. These were new words that Su Xiaonuan had taught them: to say good morning to the teacher in the morning, good evening to the teacher in the evening, and goodnight to the teacher before going to bed.
You can remember it after being taught it only once.
They are two very clever children.
Ye Mei followed them inside; she now wished she could stay by the children's side every step of the way.
“Honey, have you noticed? We’re feminists in our family. They say goodnight to Mom first, and when it’s Grandpa and Grandma’s turn, they say goodnight to Grandma first,” Xiao Moran said sourly. “Our son is definitely only close to his mother. No, we need to have a daughter in the future. One daughter isn’t enough. We need to have twin daughters to make it work.”
Su Ming touched his nose and awkwardly retreated to his room.
After Ye Mei coaxed the two children to sleep, she went back to her room and didn't come out again.
The elderly couple were sensible; they knew their son-in-law had brought back a larger bed, and that the young couple would definitely make some noise that night.
Ye Mei sat on the edge of the bed and sighed. "The children said they would sleep on the floor, but now that we have a big bed, they probably won't sleep on the floor anymore, right?"
Su Ming relayed what he had just heard to Ye Mei, and she immediately smiled. "If that's really the case, then I'm overthinking it. As long as they have a good relationship, that Jiang Yi won't have a chance to interfere in their marriage. Otherwise, I'll be very anxious."
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