Gancheng, military family compound.
Recently, Song Xue and Meng Yuming have been getting very close. The two of them are practically inseparable, just like a couple, except that they haven't officially established a romantic relationship.
The reason Song Xue didn't commit to a relationship was that she wanted to keep Meng Yuming hanging for a while longer. After all, the "more than friends, less than lovers" state was the most tantalizing. Besides, men always take what they have for granted.
The whole unit was buzzing with the news.
Huo Beian, as his superior, naturally knew about it, and that evening he told Song Ning about it.
"Meng Yuming may be dating Song Xue."
Upon hearing this, Song Ning was almost speechless with shock. These two people, who seemed to have nothing in common, were going to fall in love?
In comparison, she had visited Meng Yuming's home, and it was very poor.
It's truly unexpected that Song Xue, a person with such high aspirations in her previous life, would be willing to marry down.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Song Xue was willing to marry someone as unreliable as Zhao Liang in order to avoid going to the countryside, while Meng Yuming, as a soldier, was much more reliable than Zhao Liang. Wasn't he the best solution for Song Xue?
"But as far as I know, Song Xue is already married."
"What? Then I have to tell Meng Yuming that as a soldier, he can't break up other people's families."
"After I called Gu Tingzhou that day and asked about Zhao Liang and Song Xue, I realized that Song Xue's situation was not simple, and I don't know if Meng Yu knew about it or not."
Song Ning said thoughtfully.
Huo Beian frowned: "You called Gu Tingzhou?"
"That's not the point. The point is that Song Xue is already married, brother."
Song rolled her eyes at him.
"Can't I let someone else do it?" Huo Beian was indeed jealous.
"I'm not familiar with other people, am I?"
"But you can tell me, and I'll have my dad investigate."
"Okay, don't be jealous. I won't hit you next time, okay?"
This Huo Beian is truly jealous all the time.
"My wife is so good."
Huo Beian held her in his arms. "Wife, I'm not jealous. I just know that Gu Tingzhou has feelings for you. Please forgive me for not being able to be magnanimous."
"Okay, okay. I'll do whatever you say."
...
After training that day, Huo Beian called Meng Yuming to his office.
"Battalion Commander Huo, what do you want with me?"
Huo Beian pointed to the seat, indicating that he should sit down.
Meng Yuming felt a little uneasy, his mind racing as he tried to recall if he had done anything wrong recently.
"Xiao Meng, do you remember when you asked me to help you break off your arranged marriage?"
"I remember. Battalion Commander Huo, you don't still suspect that I have feelings for your sister-in-law, do you? I swear I, an immortal, absolutely do not."
"Of course, it would be best if you didn't, but I want to remind you that you care so much about your future, and you always prioritize relationships. Don't let things go wrong."
Meng Yuming frowned immediately; he couldn't quite understand what he was saying.
"Battalion Commander Huo, just say what you want to say. Don't do this, I'm scared."
"To put it simply, you're dating Song Xue, right? Do you know anything about her background?"
"Yes, I know her. She's a pitiful but kind and gentle girl. Battalion Commander, is there a problem?"
"Song Xue is already married. Her husband is Zhao Liang."
"What?"
Meng Yuming was instantly struck dumb, as if by a bolt from the blue; his whole body was utterly stunned.
"That's all I have to say. I'm just trying to kindly remind you not to become a mistress without realizing it. As a soldier, breaking up someone else's family will also affect your promotion."
Upon hearing this, Meng Yuming's mind went blank; he didn't even know how he left the office.
I felt like the sky was about to fall.
That evening, when Meng Yuming picked up Song Xue and took her home, he directly questioned her as he dropped her off at the family compound.
"Song Xue, why did you hide this from me? You're already married, and your husband is Zhao Liang, isn't he?"
"How...how did you know?"
Song Xue thought she had concealed the truth perfectly, but how did he find out?
"Never mind how I know, just tell me if it's true or not."
Meng Yuming was quite disheartened; judging from her answer, it seemed to be true.
Song Xue immediately bit her lower lip, her whole body trembling. Then tears rolled down her cheeks, making her look pitiful and tearful as she cried.
"I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's just... our marriage was a sham, and we'd be divorced sooner or later, so I didn't tell you. Besides, I'm so pitiful. I only came up with this idea because I had nowhere to go and didn't want to go to the countryside. Little did I expect to be entangled with Zhao Liang's family, who are like bloodsuckers..."
She cried as she told Meng Yuming everything about how Zhao Decai and Zhao Liang had bullied her.
After hearing this, Meng Yuming was still in a daze.
This is a lot of information...
Song Xue was still crying pitifully, "I'm really miserable. If I hadn't been struggling to make ends meet, why would I have come here... Since I came here, you've been the best person to me. To be honest, I've fallen in love with you. If even you're going to abandon me, then I won't live anymore."
He was actually very happy to hear Song Xue say that she had fallen in love with him.
After all, Song Xue had always been rejecting him before, so he thought she didn't like him.
After saying that, Song Xue was about to bang her head against the telephone pole. Meng Yuming didn't expect that Song Xue would actually do it. He thought she was just pretending. Soon, Song Xue hit her head and got a big bump, and then she fainted.
Meng Yuming quickly hugged her, "Song Xue, are you alright? Wake up!"
After a long time, Song Xue finally opened her eyes, her vision blurred with tears. "It's my fault. I'm a bad woman... I deceived you. I don't deserve you. I'm sorry... Go away. Let me fend for myself."
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