"Is anyone here? He Yan is being bullied!"

Su Ting was cleaning the house when she heard a noise outside. She put down her broom and strode out. She saw Chen Shaomei's son running in breathlessly. She hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Chen Shaomei's son shouted, "He Yan had a quarrel with someone, and my mother asked me to come!"

Su Ting hurried back to the house, put down the broom and closed the door. As she walked out, she asked, "Where is He Yan arguing with someone? Who is the other person?"

"The one who was arguing with him at the gate was... was..." Chen Shaomei's son held up his finger and thought for a long time before he remembered who Yu Hongzhi was. "It was Qian Honghong's mother! He Yan was so angry!"

When Su Ting heard that it was Yu Hongzhi, her eyebrows knitted up: "I'll go over first."

As he spoke, he quickened his pace and ran to the back. In the middle, he passed a yard and saw a bamboo pole leaning against the wall. He walked in and said to the person sitting in the yard, "Can I borrow the bamboo pole?" He took it and ran out.

She came and went in a hurry, and the people sitting in the yard were so scared that they jumped up from their stools: "What is she doing with a stick? Is something going to happen?" They hurried to see.

Su Ting walked quickly with a bamboo pole in her hand. As soon as she reached the edge of the open space, she saw the group of military wives. Without thinking anything else, she raised her pole and rushed in, "Let's see who dares to bully my son!"

The wives of the soldiers who were standing in a circle heard the noise and looked back. Then they all widened their eyes in unison and retreated to both sides in an orderly manner, leaving He Yan and Yu Hongzhi in the middle.

Yu Hongzhi did not recognize Su Ting's voice, and unlike the military wives standing in the outer circle, she could not see people by turning her head or raising her head. Therefore, when she saw them all making way just now, she was quite puzzled.

It was not until the crowd dispersed and there was no obstacle ahead that Yu Hongzhi saw Su Ting holding a bamboo pole and rushing towards her with great momentum not far away that she realized the situation was not optimistic.

Yu Hongzhi took a few steps back, raised her hands and said in horror: "Don't be impulsive!"

He Yan had the opposite attitude to Yu Hongzhi. When he turned around and saw Su Ting, his eyes lit up instantly. He jumped on the spot and shouted, "Mom!"

It only took a dozen seconds from the time Su Ting shouted to the time she rushed over.

But these ten seconds were enough for Su Ting to understand the current situation. The quarrel was real, and He Yan might have been angry, but he was not beaten.

Therefore, after rushing to He Yan's side, Su Ting stopped and did not swing the bamboo pole down, but instead she directly stuck it into the ground.

However, she did not estimate the force well, and the ground was a little harder than she thought. Although a hole was poked out, the bamboo pole also cracked into two strips from the bottom, splitting into a herringbone shape.

The military wives who were watching were weeping.

Yu Hongzhi trembled: "You, you, if you have something to say, please speak properly."

Su Ting sneered, "Talk nicely? Have you ever talked nicely with me? Do you think you're interested in bullying a six-year-old kid?"

In front of Chen Shaomei and other non-participants, Yu Hongzhi was able to put on a righteous attitude when explaining, but she was scared in front of Su Ting, especially when Su Ting was holding a bamboo stick in her hand. She gritted her teeth and said unconfidently: "I, I really didn't bully him, I just thought he was fun and teased him."

Chen Shaomei asked angrily: "You tease children about their parents' divorce. Are you immoral?"

A military wife echoed: "Yes, are you lacking moral integrity?"

Yu Hongzhi felt wronged: "I guessed about the divorce, but it wasn't me who yelled about you sleeping in separate rooms, so you can't blame me entirely for this."

"You said it yourself, so who else should I blame? Yes, He Yan's father and I have slept separately, but that was because we had only known each other for a short time and I was shy," Su Ting said, hugging He Yan's shoulders. "Also, Xiao Yan had just arrived in a strange place and was not used to it. He did not sleep well at night, so I let his father sleep with him. But that was during the transition period. After Xiao Yan adapted to the new environment, his father moved back to the master bedroom."

He Dongchuan just moved back to the master bedroom last night, but Su Ting deliberately blurred the concept of time, so the military wives who were watching thought that they had slept together a long time ago, so Su Ting's explanation became reasonable.

It is normal for children to dislike the new environment and want to sleep with their parents. This also happened when they first came to the island with their children, but they usually sleep together as a couple.

But the situation in the He family is special. He Dongchuan is getting married for the second time. At the beginning, his mother and stepson were not familiar with each other and were unwilling to sleep together. How normal.

If they had never known each other, there would still be room for others to talk, but looking at how close Su Ting and He Yan were, no one would think that they were mother and son not getting along.

What does this mean?

Time reveals a person's true character. After spending more than a month together, the two of them have a good relationship.

This was a happy ending that everyone liked to see, so they naturally believed Su Ting's explanation and all agreed, "Yes, yes."

As everyone echoed her, Su Ting continued, "Even if Xiaoyan's father and I really don't have a good relationship, that's our personal matter. I'm surprised that you, an outsider, are so worried about it. If you really want to worry, can you tell me about it? Tell the child, are you deliberately trying to sow discord between our families?"

Yu Hongzhi's face froze. She did have the intention of provoking him.

But she was not mentally ill and knew she couldn't admit it. She pinched her thigh with her hand, squeezed out two tears and said, "I didn't. I just heard that you two slept in separate rooms and I was worried about you. I didn't think much about it..."

Su Ting chuckled: "You didn't think too much? I think you think too much! And I have reason to suspect that you are making malicious assumptions."

Yu Hongzhi raised her voice slightly: "Comrade Su, you are going too far. What do you mean by malicious speculation? I have no grudge against you, why would I speculate about you like this?"

"It's not malicious speculation, it's just pessimism. People with pessimistic ideas usually don't have a happy life. Comrade Yu, is your relationship with your husband okay?"

Su Ting's tone was not harsh, but every word she said hit Yu Hongzhi's pain points.

Why can't she see others doing well? It's because her own life is not going as planned.

As for why her life was not going as she wished, the reason was family. Having four daughters was one reason, and her relationship with her husband was also a factor.

Yu Hongzhi was so angry that her face turned red, but she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of everyone, so she said stiffly: "We are fine, no need for you to worry!"

"You two have a good relationship, which is the best thing. Comrade Yu, you see, I am not like you, always hoping that others will have a bad life." Seeing that Yu Hongzhi was about to deny it, Su Ting said first, "Yes, yes, you have no bad intentions, you just thought of it naturally, but I think——"

Su Ting looked at Yu Hongzhi and asked without a smile in her eyes, "When you saw that my husband and I had separate rooms, you thought that our relationship was bad and we wanted to get divorced. Then when I saw that you gave birth to four daughters and sent the first three back to your hometown to be raised, can you guess that you favored sons over daughters and gave birth to so many children because you wanted to have a son, and you didn't raise the first three daughters because you didn't want to see them. Your mother-daughter relationship is very bad?"

"you--"

Su Ting didn't wait for her to finish, she raised her hand and said: "It's a bit harsh, but I think you won't mind, Comrade Yu. After all, what I said is not a malicious guess, but a natural thought, don't you think?"

Although Su Ting did not use a single dirty word in her words, the military wives who were watching felt very happy after hearing it.

Previously, when Yu Hongzhi spread rumors that Su Ting and He Dongchuan were having relationship problems and were getting divorced based on the fact that they were living separately, no one thought there was anything wrong with her and everyone just focused on gossiping.

But after Su Ting's analysis, it seems that Yu Hongzhi has big problems!

If they were really divorced, you would just say it, but they have only been married for a month and you are spreading such rumors. Aren’t you jealous of others?

Thinking about the fact that Yu Hongzhi never said anything in front of adults and just bullied He Yan, a six-year-old child, everyone's impression of her plummeted.

Yu Hongzhi didn't expect that she had kicked the iron plate.

It was clear that in the previous few contacts, Su Ting was just an ordinary girl. She was frowning because of the cold relationship with her husband, and she was full of complaints when talking about her stepson.

But suddenly one day, Su Ting became smart and ignored her.

If Su Ting had always been so smart, she might not have provoked her, nor would she have sought a sense of superiority from her, and she would not have been so anxious to see Su Ting make a fool of herself after this sense of superiority no longer existed.

There wouldn't be the current series of events.

Yu Hongzhi regretted it very much, but regret was useless. Facing everyone's pointing fingers, she could only deny it frankly: "No, it's not like that."

In the end, Yu Hongzhi left in a panic and Su Ting won a great victory.

…

In the evening, as soon as He Dongchuan entered the family compound, he was stopped by the military wife who was chatting at the stone table.

He was a little puzzled. He was busy with work and didn't interact much with the military wives. Not to mention that he had met those military wives before but had never spoken to them much.

But no matter how unfamiliar they were, they all lived in the same family compound. He Dongchuan stopped and asked, "What can I do for you?"

"It's nothing serious," the military wife in the middle wearing an old military uniform said with a smile, "Just this morning, your wife and Yu Hongzhi almost had sex. Did you know about this?"

He Dongchuan had just returned from the military camp, so of course he didn't know about this.

But he already knew who Yu Hongzhi was, and his eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously as he asked, "Is my wife okay?"

Another military wife rushed over and said, "Of course it's okay. Captain He, you don't know that Comrade Su was so impressive today! He rushed in holding a bamboo pole and scared Yu Hongzhi so much! She was stunned!"

He Dongchuan was stunned: "Bamboo pole?"

"Of course not! I heard that the bamboo pole is that thick!" The old military wife made a circle with her hands. "Comrade Su rushed to Yu Hongzhi with the bamboo pole and stuck it into the ground. The bamboo pole split. Look, the hole made by the bamboo pole is still there."

The circle she made was at least as big as a fist, and she exclaimed: "Comrade Su is really strong!"

He Dongchuan: “…”

Although he had not seen Su Ting charging forward with the bamboo pole in hand, he still had some understanding of her strength. She was not so strong that she could not lift it with her hands, but she was not really that strong.

Moreover, the radius of that pit was at least half smaller than the one measured by the military wife.

I don’t know if she was exaggerating or if what she heard was an exaggerated version.

But even if it was exaggerated, the truth should be the same. Anyway, his wife was definitely not wronged, so he nodded in agreement and found an excuse to leave and go home.

…

Although it is a bit exaggerated to say that Su Ting is a military wife wearing an old military uniform, it is true that Su Ting became famous overnight.

The whole day, the family was talking about what happened in the morning. Even when the children played war games, they held up bamboo poles or branches and rushed forward like Su Ting.

Su Ting herself was teased the whole day. Everyone who saw her would ask her, what was going on in your mind when you rushed out with the bamboo pole?

idea?

Of course I can't say that.

Although she looked aggressive when she rushed towards Yu Hongzhi, she was actually frightened inside.

After all, Yu Hongzhi was neither short nor thin, and women of that era were very good at fighting. If a real fight broke out, even she, who had lived for more than 20 years and had experienced many fights, might not be able to win.

Because she couldn't do anything about it, she would borrow the bamboo poles from other people's yards when she passed by and use them to scare people!

As a result, Yu Hongzhi was even more frightened than her.

Obviously, these words cannot be said outside as they will damage your image.

She now looks very majestic. After coming back from the gate, He Yan looked at her with starry eyes. His admiring look made her heart flutter.

But when He Dongchuan returned home, this feeling of floating suddenly turned into an embarrassment that made him want to dig his toes into the ground.

Because He Yan is too good at bragging!

Before He Dongchuan entered the room and asked Su Ting about what happened in the morning, He Yan stopped him and took the initiative to tell him the whole story.

When he was complaining that Qian Honghong's mother bullied him again, the tone of the story was still normal, but after Su Ting appeared, the direction of the story changed.

"'I want to see who dares to bully my son!' As soon as my mother finished shouting, everyone made way. Then I turned around and saw my mother rushing towards me with a stick in her hand. Dad, you don't know, my mother was so cool at that time!"

In order to make himself look more imposing, He Yan found a small stick and rushed towards his father with it.

He Yan stopped when he was three steps away from him, and poked the stick down. He looked down and saw that it was broken. He said with an embarrassed expression: "I am weak, but my mother is super powerful. She poked a hole in the ground in one go, and the stick broke. When Qian Honghong's mother saw it, she was so scared that she kept backing away and said that you should talk nicely. My mother scolded her, saying that she bullied me and that she was immoral. She scolded her until she cried."

Su Ting's forehead twitched when she heard this. She emphasized, "What do you mean by scolding her to tears? I was just reasoning with her. There was not a single dirty word in my words."

He Yan now admires Su Ting. He believes whatever she says. Hearing this, he immediately said, "Yes, Mom and Qian Honghong's mom talked about many truths. Everyone said Mom was good and Qian Honghong's mom was not good. Dad, you didn't see that Mom was really great today!"

Su Ting couldn't stand the compliment and said modestly, "It's OK."

Looking at her humble yet proud look, He Dongchuan's lips curled up: "It's a pity that I wasn't at home and didn't see it."

Su Ting thought to herself that it was a pity that you were not at home, otherwise I would not be able to be so rude to you in front of you. She still cares a lot about her image.

…

Today it was Su Ting's turn to tutor He Yan, so she was put last in the bathing order.

However, after He Yan finished showering, He Dongchuan came in to clean up. The bathroom was a little wet but still looked quite clean. Su Ting sat on a pony stool to take a shower.

At that time, women used bathtubs to take a bath, but Su Ting was used to taking a shower. Except for the first two days when she used the bathtub, she would fill a bucket with hot water and scoop it up with an enamel cup to wash herself.

Su Ting didn't have any special thoughts when taking a bath. It would only take about ten minutes like usual. But after getting dressed and opening the bathroom door, she saw the orange light coming from the open master bedroom, and she remembered something -

He Dongchuan moved into the master bedroom.

She should be nervous, after all, sleeping together means kissing and making out.

But Su Ting's nervousness and shyness had all run out last night. She now had full confidence in the self-control of men in the seventies. Her mind was temporarily unable to produce any yellow waste, and she couldn't feel as nervous as she did last night.

Therefore, Su Ting walked into the master bedroom without hesitation and walked out after three seconds.

What did she see?

He Dongchuan's voice came from inside: "What's wrong with you?"

Su Ting: Shouldn’t I be the one asking you what’s wrong?

I was wearing a slim-fitting sweatshirt yesterday, but today I’m wearing a vest.

Moreover, the vest that He Dongchuan was wearing was not the loose old man's vest style, but a very ordinary I-shaped vest. When he wore it, the shape of his abdominal muscles looked more obvious than with a sweatshirt.

If he had done nothing last night, Su Ting would definitely suspect that he was seducing her.

"Nothing." Su Ting patted her face, walked in, deliberately not looking at He Dongchuan lying on the bed, walked along a right angle to the dressing table, picked up the toothbrush, toothpaste and enamel cup, and walked out with her head down.

Normally Su Ting takes five minutes to brush her teeth, but today she took a little longer. It was not until He Dongchuan went to the toilet that she quickly rinsed her mouth and washed her face, then walked past him and returned to the master bedroom.

When Su Ting sat in front of the dressing table, she had calmed down.

Actually, it was nothing big, just abdominal muscles, she had seen them before, not to mention that He Dongchuan was wearing a vest.

But when she saw He Dongchuan walking in from outside through the mirror, her throat couldn't help but move.

What a great figure.

There are many men with abdominal muscles, but having abdominal muscles does not mean having a good figure.

Many people try to build muscle intentionally in order to develop muscles, but end up with abdominal muscles, thicker necks, and fatter cheeks.

But He Dongchuan has none of these problems. His face is neither too thin nor bulky, his lines are very smooth, and he looks a bit stern when he is not talking.

His neck is not thick, and his head-to-shoulder ratio is good. From shoulder to waist, it is a typical inverted triangle. His arms are muscular, but not too thick. His palms pass through his crotch, and down are long legs.

With his physique, if he were born fifty years from now, he would be able to walk on the catwalk directly.

As she watched, Su Ting realized something was wrong and turned around to ask, "Why are you standing there?"

"Let me show you a little longer." He Dongchuan said seriously.

Su Ting's cheeks were slightly hot, and she said stubbornly, "Who looked at you?"

He Dongchuan thought, he is not blind, how can he not know whether she looked at him or not? But he is not stupid, he knows there is no need to argue with his wife on this matter, otherwise he will be the one who gets mad, so he said: "Oh, maybe I saw it wrong."

Su Ting: “…”

He Dongchuan lay down on the bed, but did not pick up the book he had just read. Instead, he turned his head to look at Su Ting.

Su Ting unconsciously slowed down the pace of applying the cream, but she didn't dare ask him why he was staring at her, for fear that he would imitate her and say "Who's looking at you?", so she could only speed up and apply the cream evenly.

After applying the vanishing cream, Su Ting took off her braid and was combing her hair when He Dongchuan asked, "Are you scared?"

Su Ting paused: "What?"

"Were you scared when you rushed out with the bamboo pole?"

Su Ting was stunned. Today everyone was praising her for how great she was and how powerful she was. He Dongchuan was the first person who thought that she might be afraid.

Her heart softened unconsciously, and she stopped trying to save face and honestly told me what she was thinking at the time: "I was afraid, that's why I picked up the bamboo pole. But when I ran to the gate and saw so many people surrounding them, I was no longer afraid. I couldn't beat them even with the bamboo pole, and there were people helping to separate them."

While Su Ting was talking, He Dongchuan stood up from the bed, walked over to her and sat down. After she finished speaking, he asked, "Are you really going to fight her?"

"If Yu Hongzhi makes a move, I will definitely fight her, otherwise she will think I'm afraid of her and will bully Xiaoyan even more."

Su Ting has been working in society for so many years and has already realized one thing: when you go out, you must never be nervous.

No matter how angry you are inside, at least you can't show it on the surface.

If you are scared, others will think you are easy to bully and step on you no matter how good you are. If you act strong, even if it is just bluffing, others will not dare to bully you easily.

The posture must be shown.

Su Ting smiled and said, "But Hongzhi is more bullying than I thought. She got scared when I rushed over with a bamboo pole. If it weren't for the fact that her husband is also a soldier, I would have scolded her and made her cry today."

"Didn't you just talk reason with her today?" He Dongchuan still remembered what she said in the evening and asked jokingly.

Su Ting looked at him sadly. Can you please see through it but not say it out loud?

He Dongchuan laughed softly.

As he smiled, his voice gradually faded away. He lowered his head slightly, looking intently into Su Ting's eyes.

Su Ting's cheeks felt slightly hot when she was looked at. She wanted to lower her head, but he had already leaned over and put his nose against hers. He asked in a low voice, "I want to kiss you."

"you……"

Obviously, He Dongchuan's words were only meant to inform, and he had no intention of asking. As soon as Su Ting opened her mouth, her mouth was blocked, and the sound disappeared between her lips and teeth.

He Dongchuan's kiss was somewhat different from his personality in front of Su Ting. He looked serious and a little cold, but in fact he was very sensible, polite, and even a little gentle.

But his kiss was strong, like conquering a city.

Su Ting was forced to raise her head, and her body leaned back until it pressed against his palm. He leaned forward and held her in his arms.

After the kiss, Su Ting's breathing became rapid.

As he continued to move downward, his warm breath brushed over her slender neck and passed over her heaving chest.

He asked again in a low voice: "Can I?"

Su Ting was dazed and unsure whether he was telling her or asking for her advice this time. She bit her lip and said nothing. He Dongchuan took her silence as consent, and the following events went smoothly.

Su Ting never expected that the man who had been so serious yesterday and had been lying in bed with her peacefully all night, would become so... crazy tonight.

…

Listening to the rustling of leaves in the night breeze and the sound of waves hitting the rocks, Su Ting closed her eyes tiredly.

Before she fell into a deep sleep, her dizzy mind was rarely clear. Thinking of the difference between He Dongchuan and the past two days, an idea suddenly popped up in her mind -

He behaved so well last night, it must be to paralyze her!

Sure enough, a man's mouth is a lie.

She was naive.