Xu Manzhi gave herself acupuncture, and her cough gradually subsided.
She is pregnant now and cannot take medicine or supplements indiscriminately. However, a severe cough can easily disturb the fetus, so some special measures have to be taken.
Once she felt a little better, she went back to the stove and stewed a pot of meat for herself.
Nutritional supplements are necessary.
Yan Lin wasn't home. Her cooking skills weren't great, but she could still stew and cook. As long as it provided energy, the taste was secondary.
Thinking of Yan Lin, Xu Manzhi stared at the silent phone at home.
She really wanted to tell him that she was pregnant with quintuplets.
He must be overjoyed.
But that won't work right now.
If he sees how weak she is, he'll take her to the hospital. And once the doctor discovers she's deficient in nutrients, Yan Lin might choose her over the child...
She admitted that she was selfish.
Her child was her greatest wish.
Even the child's biological father cannot stop it.
She decided to wait until her belly was bigger and everything had settled before telling Yan Lin.
Beep beep beep.
The phone rang.
Xu Manzhi was overjoyed, guessing it was Yan Lin calling. She quickly ran to the table, picked up the receiver, and said with a sweet smile, "Yan Lin, you finally remembered to call me..."
Military region.
A group of people stood around Yan Lin, each staring at him with icy eyes, waiting for his every word.
Yan Lin felt as if his heart was being pierced by needles when he heard his wife's sarcastic words.
His eyes were filled with pain. He suppressed the impulse in his heart, took a deep breath, and forced himself to remain calm, saying, "I have to give speeches here every day and receive commendations from the organization. I'm exhausted."
"Giggle giggle—"
His wife's cheerful laughter came through the phone, so loud and clear, her joy seemed to burst forth from the airwaves, instantly enveloping him...
Zou Xiaozhou and Liao Yu, who were standing beside him, were deeply saddened, and tears streamed down their faces involuntarily.
Yan Ge was in so much pain, but he couldn't tell his sister-in-law a single word.
Yan Lin had a smile on his lips.
He asked in a deep voice, "What happy thing do you want to tell me?"
"There are happy things, but I want you to come back so I can tell you in person whether you sleep well without me by your side, whether you've been applying face masks every day, and whether the scars on your face will have healed by the time you return..."
"Um."
As Yan Lin listened to her rambling words, he looked up and found his face already covered in tears.
His throat felt sore, and his Adam's apple bobbed.
A powerful, relentless grief overwhelmed him, almost suffocating him, but he didn't want to reveal his emotions. He swallowed all the bitterness and said softly, "Okay, I'll listen to you and apply the medicine every day. When I get home... I'll give you a surprise."
"Okay, okay, I can't wait! You have to come back soon, and go straight home as soon as you get off the bus, okay?"
"Um."
After the call ended, Zou Xiaozhou and Liao Yu couldn't hold back their sobs and burst into tears.
"Brother Yan, sob sob sob, my sister-in-law is such a good person, she can't be a bad person, I don't believe it—"
I don't believe it for a hundred reasons.
The two covered their faces, losing control of their emotions.
Even with a group of people monitoring their every move and military discipline in place, nothing could stop the pain in their hearts at this moment.
Yan Lin slowly stood up.
He picked up the cigarette pack on the table, took out a cigarette, lit it, and silently smoked it.
Amidst the swirling smoke, his face became ethereal and detached.
The myriad emotions swirling within me seemed to have become indistinct...
Haicheng.
Yan Zhouzhen and Wang Cui were stopped at the train station.
“Secretary Ling, we want to see Manzhi. I’m a man who has been through a lot, do you think I can’t see what kind of person she is? If you don’t let us see her today, I’ll just kill myself right here!” Yan Zhouzhen said angrily.
It's true that he returned to his village to farm.
But that doesn't mean he's lost all his fighting skills.
He immediately realized he was being secretly followed and called several old friends in Haicheng, but they were all vague and evasive...
He had a vague feeling that something had happened.
So, disregarding everything else, he took Wang Cuier and rushed to Haicheng.
But as soon as he got off the train, he was intercepted by Secretary Ling.
Ling Danian remained calm and said seriously, "Aye was also implicated. How could I not feel heartbroken? But all the evidence points to Xu Manzhi. My uncle was going to act recklessly, which alerted the Xu family's informants. If we hadn't brought them all down, I would be a sinner against the country."
When faced with such a momentous event, how can we treat it lightly?
Yan Zhouzhen laughed.
He scoffed, "Heh, I didn't see that you were heartbroken."
Wang Cuier was also extremely anxious.
She pleaded, "Da Nian, please be lenient with us. We are just two farmers, we don't know anything, we just want to visit our daughter-in-law. Our son isn't home, so we just wanted to help out."
Ling Danian said without any mercy, "You have already broken the law by leaving the village without permission. I am only letting it go because we are all relatives."
Yan Zhouzhen was furious.
He clenched his fist and said sternly, "Ling Danian, don't be arrogant. Don't think that just because you've become someone's lackey, you can act lawlessly. You'll get your comeuppance one day."
After saying that, he grabbed Wang Cuier and left.
"Let's go back."
Wang Cuier couldn't wait.
She hadn't even met her daughter-in-law yet, and didn't know if Manzhi had been wronged, and she was just leaving like this, so how could she help her?
But the next second, she caught a glimpse of her boss glaring at her, and she instantly understood.
So she said indignantly, "Fine, let's go home then, or we won't go."
The two left hand in hand.
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