Chapter 57: An An, I miss you so much...
In the evening, in the Qi family courtyard.
Zhu Lijuan walked over to the door and took Ruan Anan's wrist affectionately: "Oh, I've been waiting for you to come!"
She looked past Ruan Anan and fell on Xu Yancheng who was carrying something behind her, and greeted him.
"Xiao Xu, why don't you come in?"
Ruan Anan turned her head and saw that Xu Yancheng's face was expressionless. She couldn't help but gently push his arm, "What are you standing there for? Are you waiting for Principal Zhu to invite you?"
A barely perceptible embarrassment flashed across Xu Yancheng's face, and he quickly handed the thing in his hand forward.
Two shiny, heavy pieces of bacon and two bottles of plum wine covered with red paper.
Zhu Lijuan caught the bacon and her hand sank suddenly.
This weight...Is it probably about ten kilograms?
These days, who can be so generous when visiting?
The young lady from Hai City is really generous!
Zhu Lijuan hesitated. "This is too valuable, Comrade Ruan, I...I can't accept it!"
Ruan Anan's face immediately turned stern, revealing a hint of innocent unhappiness. "Principal Zhu, you're not right! Xu Yancheng told me that you're the most amazing female comrade on Nansha Island! For those uneducated girls on the island, you've gone from house to house, talking your mouth off, worrying about them. What are these two pieces of bacon? They're not enough to express my gratitude. I just want to spend more time with you in the future and learn from your spirit. If you don't accept it, how can I have the nerve to visit you in the future?"
As she spoke, she naturally took Zhu Lijuan's arm and half pushed and half pulled her into the house.
"Xiao Xu... am I really telling you this?" Zhu Lijuan's heart suddenly felt soothed and comfortable.
Compared to Commander Qi’s wife, she was happy that others recognized her real contributions as the principal.
Ruan Anan's words hit her right in the heart.
"Of course not!" Ruan Anan held her arm and quickly scanned the commander's building.
The house was much bigger than Xu Yancheng's, but the furnishings inside were much simpler.
It's far less tidy and neat than Xu Yancheng's little house.
She had a clue in her mind, but she kept saying, "Which of those girls who can go back to school wouldn't remember you? When Xu Yancheng told me that, I thought, Principal Zhu, you might be the reincarnation of a kind-hearted bodhisattva, who came to our island specifically to do good deeds. Seeing you today, isn't that true? It warms my heart."
Her voice softened, with a hint of intimacy and grievance, "Principal Zhu, you know I'm an orphan. If I come here often to bother you and enjoy your blessings, please don't think I'm annoying!"
"Oh! Silly child, what are you talking about! You can't even say welcome!"
The last bit of worry in Zhu Lijuan's heart was completely dispelled by these heartfelt words.
She stuffed the bacon into the arms of Qi Changan, who had been unable to get a word in. "Old Qi, take it! Comrade Ruan's kind gift, we accept it!"
Qi Changan held the bacon and approached Xu Yancheng, his tone full of praise and reassurance: "Xiao Xu, you found a good wife! She is a sensible person, knows how to deal with things, and speaks to the point."
He patted Xu Yancheng's shoulder and teased him with a hint of eldership, "Unlike you, who can't even get out of anything even with three sticks. I used to worry that you were too straightforward and stubborn in the army, and that you'd suffer in the future. Now that she's by your side, you've got a bright future ahead of you!"
Xu Yancheng still looked calm and honest. "Commander, how can I rely on my wife for my future? I, Xu Yancheng, am a soldier. I have to fight for my future with real swords and guns to be sure of it!"
Zhu Lijuan pulled Ruan Anan to sit on the sofa, and glared at Xu Yancheng with a mixture of anger and amusement, "You are so focused on training and fighting that you don't understand that in this world, besides guns and cannons, there is also the weight of human hearts. Lao Qi is just worried that you are too pragmatic and there is no smart person around to guide you. Now that you see Comrade Ruan,"
She patted Ruan Anan's hand with satisfaction, "He can finally put his heart at ease."
"That's right!" Ruan Anan gave Xu Yancheng a reproachful look.
But I sighed in my heart that people cannot avoid the word "human feelings" in their lives.
How many paths in this world can you take that can be taken forward purely based on your own abilities?
However, after this conversation, she felt relieved.
Qi Chang'an and his wife truly loved and cultivated Xu Yancheng.
There were bursts of laughter and joy downstairs, but in the shadows on the second floor, Qi Sisi was tightly gripping the cold wooden handrail.
Who is she, Ruan Anan?
Isn’t he just a poor guy who ran away from Hai City?
How could an orphan without a father or mother provide more help to Xu Yancheng than the daughter of a military commander like her?
Isn't it just... isn't it just that her face is a little bit seductive? Can beauty be used to make a living? Can it help him get promoted?
Gao Ruoyun leaned against the corridor at some point. She took in Qi Sisi's gnashing teeth and curled her lips in undisguised sarcasm, "Did you see that? This is what we call a match made in heaven, a talented man and a beautiful woman!"
Her voice was low, but every word pierced her heart. "In terms of knowledge, you can't compare to Ruan Anan, a serious college student. In terms of ability, she dared to come all the way from Hai City alone. In terms of appearance... Tsk, is there even any need to compare? You still want to show off your power? Don't you even consider your own weight?"
"You know shit!" Qi Sisi glared at Gao Ruoyun viciously.
"My dad is the commander of the Nansha Military Region! Xu Yancheng wants a good future. Who else can he choose besides being with me? That Ruan Anan, her family background is not clean! She's a capitalist! This background will be a stumbling block for him in the future and will kill him!"
Gao Ruoyun was too lazy to talk nonsense with her. She ran downstairs briskly and went straight to Ruan Anan.
She doesn't care what Qi Sisi is doing!
Although she didn't think Xu Yancheng was that good, since Ruan Anan was already married, she couldn't just watch her cousin interfere.
Besides, if a man cannot be promoted just because he didn’t marry the army commander’s daughter, that would be despised!
Seeing Gao Ruoyun go down, Qi Sisi had to suppress the anger and unwillingness in her heart and followed her down with a gloomy face.
"An'an!" Gao Ruoyun sat down next to Ruan An'an and held her arm affectionately, "I miss you so much!"
"Look at you, girl. You miss me like this after just one day of not seeing me?"
Zhu Lijuan joked with a smile, her eyes sweeping over her daughter's long face. She sighed inwardly, but still had to introduce her. "Comrade Ruan, this is Sisi, my daughter. She's... staying home for the time being."
She tried to be as tactful as possible.
"Mom!" Qi Sisi's face turned red instantly when she heard the words "stay at home".
"Can you blame me for not having a job? Isn't it because you guys are incapable of arranging one for me?"
Her tone was very aggressive, and the smile on Zhu Lijuan's face faded.
"Lao Qi, come with me to the kitchen and help. Comrade Ruan, if you young people have something to say, we'll excuse ourselves first."
This was clearly an attempt to avoid embarrassment for his daughter.
Ruan Anan smiled and nodded in agreement.
"I'm going too!" Xu Yancheng immediately stood up.
He had to privately inform the leader and Principal Zhu about the matter between Su Erhei and Lu He.
Qi Sisi's eyes seemed to be glued to Xu Yancheng's tall figure, and she reluctantly withdrew them only after he disappeared at the kitchen door.
How could Ruan Anan not see that the daughter of the military commander was interested in her man?
But she didn't think it was a big deal. The girl was in love, and Xu Yancheng was good-looking and capable, so it was normal for him to be noticed.
Her thoughts raced, but her face remained expressionless. She turned to Gao Ruoyun and asked curiously, "Ruoyun, you had such good grades in high school. It shouldn't be difficult for your uncle and aunt to find you a job on the island, right? Why do you have to go to the farm and suffer the hardship? It's so tiring there."
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