Su Yue's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't Su Xiaomei missing? How did she end up at the military base?
She also told Zhang Lanhua about why she and Fu Shen got together.
She was certain that no third person knew about her carrying Fu Shen up the mountain.
Su Xiaomei wondered if she had also been reborn.
But even if she were reborn, she wouldn't know what happened in this life.
With a feeling of unease, Su Yue asked, "Aunt Zhang, what did she say?"
Zhang Lanhua said with a complicated expression, "She said you should have been Jiang Huaidong's fiancée..."
That day, she went to town to buy things and came back early.
From afar, Su Xiaomei was seen anxiously speaking to the guard: "Soldier, my name is Su Xiaomei, Su Yue is my cousin, I need to see her, could you please let me in?"
The guard was not Zhao Jian, so he didn't recognize Su Yue and didn't let her in.
The guard didn't recognize her, but Zhang Lanhua did. She quickly stepped forward and asked with concern, "What do you need Su Yue for? I can pass on a message for you: you can't see her, she's not in the army."
Upon hearing that Su Yue was not in the army, Su Xiaomei's anxious expression instantly dimmed. Without saying anything more, she turned around and prepared to leave.
Then, as if remembering something important, realizing that he might not be able to return for a while, he slowly stopped and looked directly at Zhang Lanhua.
"Promise me that what I'm telling you will only be told to Su Yue."
Zhang Lanhua patted her chest and said, "If you trust me, then tell me; if you don't trust me, then don't."
Later, Su Xiaomei still told him.
She began her story by recounting how she returned to her village from Jianghuaidong, and how she met an old woman on the train while visiting Bincheng. The old woman said her son was also in the same military unit. It was her first time traveling so far, and she was quite scared. When she heard the old woman tell her that her son was also serving in the army, she naturally believed her.
So, after getting off the train, I followed the old lady.
It was too late when she realized she had been tricked, because she had followed the old woman onto an oxcart and arrived at her home.
And so, she was ruthlessly locked in her aunt's cellar.
A few months later, they inquired everywhere to see if anyone was looking for a lost daughter or a new wife, but they hadn't heard of any. So they began to prepare a banquet for her mentally challenged son.
In the village where the old woman lived, although it was poor, there were many complicated rules. A banquet had to be held before a new member was considered to have been truly accepted.
Fortunately, this rule existed, and she was not violated during those long months.
On the day of the official banquet, she was strictly forbidden from appearing in the crowd.
The old woman would tell everyone she met that she was a mentally challenged girl who would make a scene whenever there were many people around, unlike her well-behaved son who could sit quietly.
Locked in the room, she trembled with anger upon hearing these words, yet she was helpless.
Because at this moment, her hands and feet were tightly bound, and a rough cloth was stuffed into her mouth.
Just as the banquet was reaching its most lively moment, she suddenly heard someone outside shout, "Chen Bin, didn't your aunt say you were too busy with work to come to your cousin's wedding? Why are you showing up now?"
Then the person replied, "My mom twisted her ankle when she went out, and my dad took her to the hospital. There was nothing I could do, so I had to come in her place."
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