So Jiang Yuan has saved up some money in the past two years.
After thinking for a moment, she leaned close to Xu Ningyan's ear and whispered, "Do you have enough money to buy a house? If not, Mom will help you out."
Xu Ningyan blinked and gave Jiang Yuan a sweet smile: "Thank you, Mom! But we still have enough money to buy the house for now. If I want to buy another house in the future but don't have enough money, I'll ask you for help."
Jiang Yuan liked Xu Ningyan's unpretentious and informal manner.
He patted his chest and assured her, "Don't worry! Mom will get a bonus at the end of the year. The more surgeries I do, the more subsidies I'll get, and I'll give you more money!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were very affectionate, pointing at the map and discussing how to arrange this courtyard and how to renovate that storefront. They were talking enthusiastically.
Jiang Zhiyuan pulled Jiang Zhixing into the courtyard and said in a deep voice, "Gu Yong is coming back."
"What?" Jiang Zhixing almost cried out.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly, covered his mouth, and turned to look inside. His mother and sister-in-law were still chatting animatedly and hadn't noticed the two brothers at all, which put his mind at ease.
His face darkened: "How could he come back? Wasn't he wrongly convicted? Even though he didn't do those things, didn't he take the blame for his eldest son? How can he come back like that?"
Jiang Zhiyuan glared at Jiang Zhixing: "Calm down, what kind of behavior is this?"
Then he added, "He has a few comrades who have risked their lives for him. We can't just watch him suffer on the farm, can we? His previous problems have been investigated and found out that he didn't do them. Plus, he changed his story and said he was just taking the blame for Gu Dajun. Now that the case has been cleared up, it's not unexpected that he can come back."
Jiang Zhixing frowned: "So, if he comes back, will he still be the army commander? Or...?"
Jiang Zhiyuan pondered for a moment: "It's not certain yet! But it's probably unlikely that I'll be able to get back to the position of army commander! It's very likely that I'll be given a sinecure and my original rank and benefits will be restored."
Jiang Zhixing scoffed, "The happiest people about his return are probably Gu Daikui and the others, right? They haven't had a good time these past few years. His wife and Gu Dajun's wife both divorced and ran away! Fang Dani also remarried—"
At this point, he chuckled again: "Now that you mention it, it's good that he's back! I definitely have to go see his face then! I want to see how he reacts when he finds out his beloved first wife has remarried!"
"And then there are his two daughters-in-law divorcing their son, and his good parents, over eighty years old, still have to raise a bunch of great-grandchildren. That filial son, I wonder if he'll be heartbroken to death. Tsk tsk tsk, suddenly I'm looking forward to his return—"
Jiang Zhiyuan couldn't help but roll his eyes, wanting to say something, but then he thought about what Jiang Zhixing had said.
To be honest, he was starting to look forward to it too.
However, I still had to remind him: "Don't get too cocky! He might come back and come looking for us! I'm not worried about anyone else in our family. He definitely won't come looking for your sister-in-law, and he probably won't have the face to come looking for Mom either. He can't get into my place, but you—"
Jiang Zhixing immediately stated his position: "I am now just a weak and helpless college student who can barely make ends meet with school subsidies. I need to study hard. How can I have time to see unimportant people!"
"Aunt Mei and her family need to be careful, in case he hears you gave birth to twins and then tries to come and claim them as his grandchildren! That would be bad luck—"
"What bad luck?" Jiang Yuan, who had just arrived, overheard the last sentence.
Jiang Zhixing wanted to change the subject, but Jiang Zhiyuan honestly told him about Gu Yong's desire to be exonerated.
Jiang Yuan sneered after hearing this: "That's all? I already knew about it."
"Huh? Mom, how did you know?" Jiang Zhixing asked in surprise.
“Your Uncle Bian told me! He called me today! I was planning to tell you when I got back, but I heard you bought a house, so I forgot! Anyway, it's not a big deal!” Jiang Yuan now completely disregards Gu Yong.
"Uncle Bian?" Jiang Zhiyuan looked at Jiang Yuan with suspicion.
Jiang Yuan was very frank: "Yes, it's Bian Jiang, the one you know, Uncle Bian. I not only know that Gu Yong is coming back, but I also know that after he comes back, he has two choices: either stay in his original unit, although he will still be at the rank of general, but he can forget about becoming a division commander and will be given a sinecure."
"Or, you could go down to a lower-level unit, at the corps level, and become an acting corps commander."
Xu Ningyan followed behind and, upon hearing Jiang Yuan's words, didn't seem to care much about Gu Yong's return. However, she was curious about something else: "Mom, why did Uncle Bian tell you this news on his own initiative?"
Jiang Zhiyuan and Jiang Zhixing both looked at Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan blushed slightly, but remained frank: "Bian Jiang used to pursue me, but I chose Gu Yong, and he married someone else. Bian Jiang has been widowed for many years and has never been interested in finding someone. But now that I've divorced Gu Yong, he's been having those kinds of feelings."
"Then, Mom, do you want to marry his mother?" Jiang Zhixing asked nervously.
Jiang Yuan shook her head: "He may have those kinds of feelings, but I don't! I've figured it out now. I finally escaped that hellhole, why would I jump back in?"
"Putting everything else aside, the Bian family has quite a few sons and daughters, and they're all getting old. What would I gain from marrying him? His age? Or would I want to be a stepmother-in-law? I've already been hurt by being a stepmother-in-law, let alone a stepmother-in-law?"
“You two brothers are both grown up now. The eldest one goes without saying, I don’t need to worry about him. The second one, you’re a college student now, the organization will naturally arrange a job for you after graduation, I don’t need to care! I don’t need Lao Bian. On the contrary, as for the Bian family, although Lao Bian is a good person, his son and daughter are not good people. Why would I give up my own proud and honorable life to marry into a family where I’d be subservient to others?”
"People might even think I married him for Lao Bian's sake!"
"Furthermore, my son and daughter-in-law are both so outstanding. In the future, what if the other family's children want to benefit from your success and take advantage of your influence? Why should they? My son and daughter-in-law worked so hard to climb up the ladder so that they could enjoy a life of luxury?"
"Sister Mei also mentioned that her son and daughter wanted to leave the child with Lao Bian to take care of. Lao Bian is a big man, and he's busy with his own things. Where would he find the time? If I marry into the family, wouldn't they just naturally leave the child with me? I can't even take care of my own Pingping and An'an. How would I have the energy to take care of them?"
"If I marry into that family, I won't enjoy a single day of happiness, but I'll only cause a lot of trouble! I was fooled by the Gu family when I was young and ignorant, but now that I'm this old, would I fall for that again?"
These words left the Jiang brothers and Xu Ningyan speechless.
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