You don't need to go to the city to buy train tickets in Bincheng; you can buy them at the town's bus station.
Fu Shen picked up a piece of meat and placed it in Su Yue's bowl gently, his tone mild: "After buying the train ticket, I went to tell Political Commissar Yang that I'm going back tomorrow."
Su Yue: "He didn't agree?"
“No, I’m on leave now, so the military can’t control me. As long as I don’t do anything illegal, I can go anywhere. He told me that the day we went to the city, a deputy commander from the provincial capital came over…” Fu Shen paused slightly, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
Hearing this, Su Yue already guessed that it might be Zhou Sheng. Fu Shen looked at her but said nothing.
"What are you doing here?" Su Yue couldn't help but ask.
Fu Shen: "He came over to Political Commissar Yang to inquire about my personal situation and wanted to meet me in person. Political Commissar Yang told him that I was already married and that I was not in the team today because I had taken my wife to the city to buy clothes."
Su Yue: "..."
Fu Shen glanced at Su Yue, and seeing that she had no reaction, continued, "When Deputy Commander Zhou heard this, he didn't believe it and went to ask someone. When he opened the door, he saw Jiang Huaidong outside. He then asked Jiang Huaidong if I was married. According to Political Commissar Yang, Jiang Huaidong looked at him as if he wished I had already given birth to ten children. He then told Deputy Commander Zhou that I was indeed married."
Su Yue's lips twitched involuntarily. Ten children.
She sighed helplessly, "My godfather really knows how to describe things."
Fu Shen agreed, "When I heard him say that, I was speechless, but he said that Jiang Huaidong is just that exaggerated."
Su Yue chuckled, a hint of mockery in her eyes: "Jiang Huaidong doesn't think that by saying this, Deputy Commander Zhou will choose him as his son-in-law, does he?"
Fu Shen hesitated for a moment: "Vice Commander Zhou really does have this plan. Political Commissar Yang said that Vice Commander Zhou is just passing through Bincheng and came here specifically to take a look..."
He hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped himself.
Su Yue replied, "It's up to you."
Fu Shen glanced at Su Yue, unable to discern her thoughts.
Feeling a little flustered, he put down his chopsticks and reached out to hold Su Yue's hand. "I never thought about becoming the son-in-law of some high-ranking leader. It's all other people's business and has nothing to do with me."
If Yang Guohua had told him before that a high-ranking leader had taken a liking to him, and that high-ranking leader was Zhou Sheng, he wouldn't have dared to even think about it.
Fortunately, he didn't have the qualities of someone who would live off a woman, and he promptly declined Yang Guohua's offer.
Otherwise, he would be unable to defend himself now.
Su Yue smiled. "I know, I won't overthink things for irrelevant people. Tell me, what happened next?"
Seeing Su Yue's openness, Fu Shen breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "She just came to see me and found out I was married. She then asked if Jiang Huaidong was married. Political Commissar Yang hadn't received Jiang Huaidong's marriage application, only saying that he might have a wife back in his hometown. When Deputy Commander Zhou heard this, he was unhappy, fearing he would miss out on a son-in-law again. So he went to talk to Jiang Huaidong. Later, he told Political Commissar Yang that he thought Jiang Huaidong was a good person and told him that as a leader in the army, he shouldn't be prejudiced against his subordinates and should treat everyone equally."
Su Yue: "...Isn't Deputy Commander Zhou a bit stubborn? After just a few words, he thinks Jiang Huaidong is a good person?"
Even with the protagonist's halo, this shouldn't be the case.
To demote someone's intelligence, to demote a deputy commander's intelligence.
Fu Shen shook his head. "I've never met him. Political Commissar Yang didn't care anymore after hearing what he said."
Su Yue: "Why should I care? He's set his sights on Jiang Huaidong as his son-in-law. If he doesn't seriously verify the facts, he'll regret it later, and he'll have to accept it himself. But I don't think he'll regret it."
Fu Shen frowned: "Why?"
Su Yue: "Have you forgotten the dream I told you about? In the dream, Jiang Huaidong found a high-ranking leader to be his father-in-law, and his life went smoothly."
Fu Shen: "That was just a dream. How can you compare a dream to reality?"
Thinking of her own plan, Su Yue nodded, "You're right. Jiang Huaidong still fantasizes about becoming the son-in-law of a high-ranking leader. He's dreaming."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
