Chapter 10 is my wife
As night fell, I boarded the train and saw a vendor selling food. Without hesitation, I spent a large sum of money to buy a roast chicken.
Of the ten eggs Wu Caifeng gave her, she ate two last night, two this morning, and two more at the train station this afternoon.
Just as it was getting dark, she got hungry and ate two more.
Now, out of ten eggs, only two remain inside.
But she was still hungry.
But she no longer wants to eat eggs.
She felt like every breath she took tasted like eggs.
So I just wanted to eat a roast chicken to satisfy my craving.
But a roast chicken costs five yuan.
So Xie Zhizhi drooled with heartache while desperately tearing at the roast chicken in her hand.
Meat smells so good!
It's possible that this body had been eating poorly before. She was eating eggs and roast chicken all day, and then Xie Zhizhi started running to the toilet frantically.
Having eaten and relieved herself, Xie Zhizhi fell asleep on the clattering train in the middle of the night.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already past seven o'clock the next morning, and the train had already arrived in the provincial capital.
Carrying her bag, Xie Zhizhi followed the crowd off the bus, asked someone for directions, boarded a bus, and transferred three times. Finally, around lunchtime, Xie Zhizhi arrived at the Seventh Military Region where Zhou Lin was stationed, looking disheveled and thin.
“I’m looking for Commander Zhou. I’m his wife. My name is Xie Zhizhi. I’m from Zhanghoutun Village,” Xie Zhizhi said, her hair a mess, as she leaned out of the communications room window.
Upon hearing that it was a family member, the communications officer in the communications room quickly invited them in.
First, she poured someone a glass of water, and then called Zhou Lin using the name Xie Zhizhi had provided.
As soon as the call connected, the communications soldier asked, "Is this Regiment Commander Zhou?"
"This is the communications room. Your wife has come from the countryside. Would it be convenient for you to come and pick her up?"
"If it's inconvenient, we can arrange for someone to take your sister-in-law there."
Upon hearing that Xie Zhizhi had arrived, Zhou Lin tightened his grip on the microphone.
He was silent for a moment before saying, "It's inconvenient, I... I'll have someone pick her up later."
"Okay, I'll tell my sister-in-law!"
After hanging up the phone, the other party told Xie Zhizhi, "Sister-in-law, Commander Zhou is busy right now. He will arrange for someone to come and pick you up in a while. You need to wait here for a bit."
Xie Zhizhi was sipping her tea when she heard this, so she immediately put down her teacup and nodded, "Mhm, I'm not in a hurry."
The other person was a young man. Seeing that she was easy to talk to, he asked with concern, "Sister-in-law, have you eaten?"
Xie Zhizhi swallowed and nodded, "Yes, I've already eaten. I ate on the way here."
The other party didn't ask any more questions.
Xie Zhizhi continued sipping her tea.
She had taken three buses that morning, and now she was not only hungry but also extremely thirsty.
I feel embarrassed to eat someone else's food, but drinking water...
Xie Zhizhi held the teacup, blowing on it as she drank.
In Zhou Lin's office.
As soon as Zhou Lin hung up the phone, the man sitting opposite him, with a pair of captivating eyes, asked with a smile, "Who are you picking up?"
Who's here?
"What's wrong with you?"
"Or, shall I go pick it up for you?"
Looking at Wen Jinzhou, whose eyes were filled with curiosity, Zhou Lin truthfully replied, "She's my wife!"
Wen Jinzhou asked, puzzled, "Then why don't you go pick it up yourself?"
"Aren't you alright?"
"In a hurry to eat?"
Wen Jinzhou's expression: Are you still this kind of person?
Although Zhou Lin and Wen Jinzhou are three years apart in age, with Zhou Lin being three years older than Wen Jinzhou, they have a very good relationship.
Although Wen Jinzhou came from the capital, I heard that he was a young master who came down to gain experience.
However, Wen Jinzhou's abilities are far superior.
Not only are they highly capable, but they also possess excellent personal qualities.
Zhou Lin was able to become friends with Wen Jinzhou because Wen Jinzhou approached him himself.
Zhou Lin's individual combat ability has always been number one, which Wen Jinzhou greatly admires, so he specially sought him out and pestered him to become friends.
Zhou Lin is an introverted person and has very few close friends.
Most importantly, he's also quite arrogant.
There are many things I can't stand.
For example, he doesn't like second-generation rich kids like Wen Jinzhou who have been given a gilded education.
After several encounters, he discovered that Wen Jinzhou had a very straightforward personality and was very hardworking, unlike the second-generation rich he had met before. That's when he got much closer to Wen Jinzhou.
After they became friends, he discovered that Wen Jinzhou was also a rare person with very positive values, and the two gradually became close friends.
Therefore, he understood Wen Jinzhou's character, and Wen Jinzhou also understood his character.
Seeing Wen Jinzhou's expression, Zhou Lin decided not to hide it from him.
He lowered his eyes, picked up the pen on the table, and slowly began to spin it.
As he twirled the pen, he spoke slowly, recounting his situation with Xie Zhizhi.
I didn't go into every detail; I just gave a brief overview.
He then shared his guess as to why Xie Zhizhi had come.
That's because Xie Zhizhi divorced him because he didn't arrange a job for her sister's child in the county government.
Even though it was just this one thing, Wen Jinzhou still frowned, "Is my sister-in-law really that confused?"
Zhou Lin frowned as well, "She... is easily influenced!"
Upon hearing this, Wen Jinzhou couldn't help but laugh. "Is it that your sister-in-law is easily swayed, or that you have a soft heart?"
Zhou Lin's ears turned red from his teasing. "Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Go pick up the person for me!"
"Then I told her... that I was on a mission and wouldn't be back for half a month."
"If she can wait, she can wait here; if she can't, she should go back first."
"If she's willing to go back, I'll need you to help her buy a train ticket and give her this fifty yuan." Zhou Lin opened the drawer next to him and took out a few ten-yuan bills.
Zhou Lin knew how much Xie Zhizhi could support her family, so he also knew that Xie Zhizhi definitely didn't have much money on her.
I won't give her much, but I'll reimburse her for the expenses of this trip.
"A mission?"
"But aren't you leaving the day after tomorrow?" Wen Jinzhou asked in surprise.
Zhou Lin has a mission to go on, but he won't be leaving until the day after tomorrow!
"I'll be leaving in a bit!"
"Give her another two weeks to cool off. If she still insists on divorcing me over this after two weeks, then... I'll agree."
Wen Jinzhou nodded, "Yes, that's truly the best we can do."
Taking the money from his hand, Wen Jinzhou stood up. "Okay, then I'll go find your sister-in-law as you said."
"Yes, thank you for your hard work," Zhou Lin said, patting his arm.
Wen Jinzhou put the money in his pocket. "Why are you saying this to your brothers?"
Wen Jinzhou packed up the money and prepared to leave.
But as soon as he lifted his foot, he stopped again. "What if my sister-in-law doesn't leave?"
Not leaving?
Zhou Lin hadn't really thought about it.
Zhou Lin had mentioned to Xie Zhizhi several times that she should come and join the army, and he really thought that Xie Zhizhi was just easily influenced.
He thought he was easily swayed and that staying away from those accomplices would be the best course of action.
But Xie Zhizhi was only swayed by her family and regarded his words as a monstrous threat.
Whenever he mentions it, Xie Zhizhi scolds him and makes a scene.
At best, they would hang themselves; at worst, they would drink pesticide.
Therefore, he never thought that Xie Zhizhi would stay.
"If she's not leaving, I've left the key at the logistics office. Could you help her take her there?"
If she doesn't want to stay at my place, could you help take her to a guesthouse? She probably won't stay for more than a few days.
"What if your sister-in-law doesn't leave?" Wen Jinzhou asked again.
But this time Zhou Lin was very certain that "there is no such possibility."
Wen Jinzhou shrugged. "Alright, I'll go."
"Okay, I'm leaving too," Zhou Lin tidied up his desk and left the office.
He needs to go back and pack his luggage.
Since he told Xie Zhizhi he was going on a mission, he couldn't let Xie Zhizhi find him, otherwise Xie Zhizhi would make a scene.
So he had to leave early.
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