"Brother, I'm sorry. It was my negligence at home that led my wife to do such a foolish thing. Don't worry, I've already talked to her, and she won't dare to do it again." Deputy Chief of Staff Xu quickly expressed his apologies.
"I hope so, otherwise, Brother Xu, if something really happens to my family, I'll blame you." Li Huai said, half-jokingly and half-seriously.
Deputy Chief of Staff Xu immediately filled his glass and drank three glasses as a punishment. "Don't worry, I'm a man of my word, I always keep my promises."
The two stopped mentioning the matter after that and simply drank together.
Inside the house, Sanwa, who had been eavesdropping the whole time, finally let go of his fists.
Good grief, that woman even dared to go to Dad's office. Luckily, Dad didn't disappoint her.
Perhaps out of shame, Deputy Chief of Staff Xu drank quite a bit, and in the end, he was so dizzy that Li Huai had to help him get home.
Tao Ailian was naturally unhappy to see this, but seeing Li Huai's cold face, she dared not say anything, still feeling guilty.
Upon seeing her, Li Huai was too lazy to even speak. He figured it was enough to explain things to Deputy Chief of Staff Xu, a sensible person, and he didn't want to waste his breath on Tao Ailian.
Since Tao Ailian wanted to cause trouble for his family, he didn't mind adding a little more medicine to Xu, the deputy chief of staff, in return.
If Deputy Chief of Staff Xu can't control his wife, he'll make other plans.
Tao Ailian should also be glad that her husband drank too much.
When he woke up in the morning and saw his wife, Deputy Chief of Staff Xu remembered what had happened the night before.
"Pack your things and go back to your parents' house right now, my little temple can't hold you anymore."
Tao Ailian was shocked. "Old Xu, what's wrong with you?"
"You have the nerve to ask me what happened? I thought you were just playing a supporting role, but I didn't expect you to be the main one. Dr. Jiao told me everything."
"What did she say?" Tao Ailian asked, unconvinced.
"People say that without you, they wouldn't have done those shameful things."
"You believe her, an outsider, but not mine?" Tao Ailian said, feeling wronged.
"I trust my own eyes, and I also believe that Li Huai wouldn't frame you for no reason."
After one or two times, he stopped believing what his wife said.
"Old Xu, I'm so much younger than you, and I married you at such a young age. Over the years, what have I done to wrong you? How could you treat me like this?" She started bringing up old feelings.
In the past, whenever she brought up these things, Lao Xu would always back down no matter what, but this time it didn't work either.
"Am I sorry for you? You know how I've treated you all these years. If you keep acting like this, I'll be dragged down with you. Go back to your parents' house and calm down. Come back when you've figured out your own issues."
No matter how much Tao Ailian cried and begged, she was eventually forcibly sent away by her husband.
To handle his family matters, Deputy Chief of Staff Xu didn't go to the office in the morning and took leave instead.
After watching his wife leave, Deputy Chief of Staff Xu sighed and went home.
This time, let his wife stay at her parents' home for a while longer, and let her realize the seriousness of the problem. He had spoiled her too much in the past, which made her increasingly out of line.
If this continues, we're really going to cause a huge disaster.
Fortunately, Li Huai was mindful this time and didn't confront him directly. He had spoken to him first, otherwise, if the other party had made a scene and sought justice, he would have been implicated.
Having stayed in the military for so long and reached his current position, the military is his home, and he doesn't want to lose it because of this.
After seeing his wife off, Deputy Chief of Staff Xu returned to the military region and made a special trip to see Li Huai.
Knowing that Tao Ailian, that restless woman, had been sent away, Li Huai was satisfied.
Old Xu seems to be clear-headed. Since he can control the situation, let's leave it at that.
After all, he still had to work with Lao Xu, so it wasn't appropriate for him to make enemies.
It's not that he's afraid of anything, it's just that things haven't gotten to that point yet.
With Tao Ailian gone, Dr. Jiao realized her limits, and Li Huai was finally able to live a peaceful life.
However, he learned his lesson and decided to stay far away from all women outside his family in the future to avoid any further problems.
He was already cold-hearted towards outsiders, but became even colder from then on, especially towards women.
Sanwa also learned that Tao Ailian was not there. After observing carefully for a few days, Dr. Jiao also did not appear. Sanwa also communicated the situation with his older brothers and sisters.
The brother and sister, who were about to go home for the holidays, felt a great sense of relief.
Their hard-won happiness has been preserved.
Because they all had a painful experience in their youth, they cherish their current homes very much.
Zhao Qinglan had been a good mother at home for many days, and finally her second child took the college entrance examination.
This carefree child wasn't nervous at all even on the day of the college entrance exam; he just hoped to finish the exam quickly and be free.
Seeing his expression, Zhao Qinglan couldn't bring herself to say the words of comfort she had been preparing for so long. Instead, she made promises to Erwa, offering him delicious food and fun activities.
The second child entered the examination room full of energy.
Da Wa and Xiao Duo went home for the holidays before Er Wa took the college entrance exam, and accompanied Zhao Qinglan to send their younger brother into the examination hall.
Seeing Erwa's proud and arrogant demeanor, everyone couldn't help but chuckle.
"Erwa is so easy to please, he'll do anything for a treat," Xiaoduo remarked.
"That's right. If he weren't smart, I'm afraid he would have been tricked by someone with delicious food." Zhao Qinglan smiled helplessly.
The second child, a test taker, was not nervous at all, and everyone accompanied him through the few days of the college entrance examination in a relatively relaxed manner.
When Erwa finished his last exam and came out of the exam hall, it was as if there was a great commotion of gongs and drums, and red flags were waving, announcing to everyone that Li Yanxun had finally escaped his misery.
These wild horses, which had run free, roamed freely for three days before Zhao Qinglan, their mother, finally reined them in.
"Erwa, that's enough! Everyone has put up with you for three days already. Now your status as a college entrance exam candidate doesn't matter anymore."
The older and younger children nodded in agreement; they couldn't resist any longer, their hands were itching to get started.
Seeing that he had angered the public, Erwa finally calmed down.
“Qinglan, the children are all on holiday, and Erwa has finished his exams. You should go to Guangshi. Your son-in-law and Sanwa will definitely miss you,” said Madam Sun.
"Yes, we are very grateful for the time you have spent with us these past few days," Grandpa Dou said with a smile.
"Uncle Dou, my sister said we should all go out for a walk together. We'll go out after Qinglan and the others leave," Sun said with a smile.
"Alright, I'll just enjoy my old age with you guys."
With her aunt around, Zhao Qinglan felt more at ease about her mother and grandfather, but she still made a phone call to her aunt.
Knowing that her aunt had made all the arrangements and would come to pick up her mother and the others in a few days, she felt relieved and left with the children.
She had been here for a month and missed her husband and youngest son quite a bit, but there were some things she needed to figure out first, that was her principle.
She hoped her husband wouldn't disappoint her, he absolutely wouldn't.
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