Chapter 53

Jiang Nian's eyes widened in shock. The touch on her lips clearly told her what Lu Yu was doing. She felt her heart almost jump out of her throat.

Jiang Nian subconsciously wanted to reach out to resist, but Lu Yu grabbed her wrist, forcing her to be unable to move. She passively and helplessly endured Lu Yu's strong kiss.

"Deputy Captain Lu..."

Zhu Jun's voice came from far outside the ward. Jiang Nian's breath tightened. Before she could react, Lu Yu took a step back. The man's eyes were dark, and there was Gu Qiannian who could not be seen in them, which once again set off a wave of shock in Jiang Nian's heart.

Lu Yu had just helped Jiang Nian lie down when Zhu Jun came in from outside, holding two aluminum lunch boxes in his hands. Seeing Jiang Nian wake up, the sadness on his face disappeared immediately: "Sister-in-law, you finally woke up!"

He put the lunch box on the table and said, "This meal was made by Sister-in-law Feng. Sister-in-law Feng specially killed a chicken for Sister-in-law to supplement her."

Zhu Jun couldn't tell what he was laughing at, but he glanced at Jiang Nian's lips in confusion. He felt that Sister-in-law's complexion recovered so quickly. In just one night, not only her face was rosy, but her lips were also rosy. Lu Yu coughed lightly, She said to Zhu Jun, "You go back first."

Zhu Jun said, "Okay."

As soon as Zhu Jun left, the ward became quiet again.

Two elderly people stayed in the bed next to her last night. They passed away early in the morning. The quilts were neatly stacked. Jiang Nian's eyes were darting up and down, looking at the window, then at the IV bottle, but she didn't dare to look at Lu Yu. The kiss just now seemed like a dream, but it was real.

Suddenly, the scene in front of her eyes went dark. Jiang Nian was startled. She turned her head to see Lu Yu hugging her again. She was shocked: "You..."

"I'll hold you up and eat first."

Lu Yu glanced at Jiang Nian's almost red face, his eyes filled with smiles. He helped her sit on the head of the bed and opened the lid of the aluminum lunch box. The fragrant smell of chicken soup instantly filled the ward. Jiang Nian had been hungry for a day and a night. The smell of chicken soup made her feel sick to her stomach.

She never dared to look up: "I'll eat by myself."

Jiang Nian wanted to reach out to take the aluminum lunch box, but she found that there was an IV tube in her other hand. Lu Yu's voice seemed to be hoarse than before: "I'll feed you."

If there hadn't been a kiss just now, Jiang Nian could still be calmer, but what just happened had already happened, and she couldn't ignore it.

Seeing a piece of chicken picked up by Lu Yu and passed to her mouth, Jiang Nian hesitated before opening her mouth. This time Feng Mei seemed to have added enough seasoning, and the chicken was much more fragrant. The ward was quiet, with only the sound of Jiang Nian chewing food.

Jiang Nian ate a lot this time and drank a lot of chicken soup.

Lu Yu didn't stop until she said she was full. He fed her. Lu Yu fed Jiang Nian and wiped her mouth. He looked at Jiang Nian's still rosy face, and his eyes deepened: "Jiang Nian."

The man's voice was low and magnetic, and Jiang Nian's heart felt itchy and trembling.

She pursed her lips, looked at the IV tube on the back of her hand, and whispered, "Hmm?"

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian's drooping head and said, "I know what you are thinking about, and I know that you may still be unable to let go of your elder brother. In everyone's eyes, we are uncle and sister-in-law, but everyone also understands one fact, we are not real uncle and sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian blinked, endured the violent heartbeat, and listened to Lu Yu continue, "I won't force you, nor will I push you too hard. I will wait until the day you open your heart and truly accept me."

"But..."

Lu Yu reached out and stroked Jiang Nian's hair: "Can you please not make me wait too long?"

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment, a little overwhelmed by Lu Yu's sudden confession. She didn't expect that Lu Yu would have such a big change after she woke up from coma.

"I..."

Jiang Nian curled her fingers, and the words didn't come out.

Jiang Nian's head was dizzy, and the voice of Captain Song came from outside: "Lu Yu."

Footsteps came in.

Lu Yu withdrew his hand, stood up and looked at Captain Song who came in. Captain Song met Zhu Jun on the road. He heard Zhu Jun say that Jiang Nian woke up, so he hurried over to see her. If it weren't for Jiang Nian this time, Xiangdong would be gone.

To the Song family and to his father, Jiang Nian is the Song family's savior.

Captain Song said, "Jiang Nian, how do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Jiang Nian smiled and shook his head, "I'm fine."

Captain Song sighed, wiped his face, his eyes a little red, "Jiang Nian, I really want to thank you this time. I want to bring the entire Song family to thank you. If it weren't for you, Xiangdong would be gone. Don't talk about me, Mei Zi doesn't know what to do, this family may collapse."

Jiang Nian said, "Xiangdong was also implicated by me, just don't blame me."

When this was mentioned, Song Xiangdong got angry and snorted, "It was the good sister-in-law of that bastard You Guoqiang who did such a wicked thing. I have been worrying about Xiangdong's affairs all night. When I go back, I will settle this account with the You family and Hou Jia! "

Lu Yu had been accompanying Jiang Nian the whole night and didn't know about those things. When he heard what Captain Song said, he frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

Captain Song was obviously furious and blurted out, "What else could it be? My Mei Zi said that You Guoqiang's wife brought her sister Hou Meng to find your sister-in-law Feng, wanting Hou Meng to meet Song Bai. Your sister-in-law Feng didn't like Hou Meng, so she said that Song Bai already had a girlfriend. I don't know what got into Hou Meng, but she thought that the girl Song Bai was dating was Jiang Nian, so she tried to push Jiang Nian into the water, but ended up pushing my Xiangdong in. If Jiang Nian hadn't jumped in and saved Xiangdong, I would have taken a knife and killed all the Hou family members!"

These words were heavy, but whose son is not the lifeblood of his parents?

It's not surprising that Captain Song was so angry. If it was anyone else's child who was almost killed, which parent would be able to endure it?

Captain Song said to Jiang Nian: "You should have a good rest and get well. When you return, we will welcome you and Xiangdong to our house."

After Captain Song finished speaking, he went to see Song Xiangdong.

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian, as if he had made a promise: "I will seek justice for you in this matter."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and nodded directly.

This time, Hou Meng caused her and Song Xiangdong to suffer an unprovoked disaster. She would not feel comfortable if she didn't get revenge.

Jiang Nian glanced at the unopened lunch box on the table and whispered: "Eat your meal quickly."

Lu Yu smiled and said: "Okay."

He sat on the bench beside the patient, opened the aluminum lunch box and buried his head in eating. Jiang Nian pinched her fingers to pass the time, and looked at Lu Yu from time to time. He ate very quickly and finished in a short while. After eating, he took away the remaining rice from Jiang Nian.

"Hey--"

Jiang Nian didn't have time to stop him, Lu Yu had already eaten in the same place where she had just drunk soup.

After eating, Lu Yu took the aluminum lunch box to the bathroom to wash it. Jiang Nian lay on the bed, looking at the sun outside the window, a little absent-minded.

"Deputy Colonel Lu."

She heard Sun Ying's voice, and Jiang Nian frowned.

Outside the corridor, Sun Ying, wearing a white coat, mustered up the courage to run in front of Lu Yu to block his way. After being ruthlessly hurt by Lu Yu last time, she originally thought that she would never see Lu Yu again, but after she went back, she dreamed about Lu Yu from time to time.

The other person's figure seemed to be engraved in her consciousness. Seeing Lu Yu again, Sun Ying couldn't help but want to see him: "Can we talk? Just ten minutes."

"I don't have anything to say to you."

Lu Yu walked past Sun Ying and entered the ward: "This is the last time. If there is a next time, I will go directly to see your leader."

Sun Ying's face turned pale, and she looked at Lu Yu walking into the ward, her eyes red with anger again.

"What are you looking at?"

As soon as Lu Yu walked in, he saw Jiang Nian stretching his neck to look outside. Jiang Nian was still thinking about Sun Ying, and was caught by Lu Yu out of the blue. Her face turned red immediately, and she coughed and said, "I just heard the voice of that female nurse."

Lu Yu said, "I have nothing to do with her."

Jiang Nian replied, "I know."

Lu Yu was holding an aluminum lunch box in his hand, looking at Jiang Nian with his head down, and suddenly said, "Jiang Nian."

This time he didn't even call her sister-in-law, but just called her by her name.

Jiang Nian looked up at him, and then she heard Lu Yu ask, "Do you care if I talk to her?"

"Do you care now?"

The man repeated it again, his dark eyes closely following the changes in Jiang Nian's expression. Seeing Jiang Nian stunned for a moment, and his eyes dodged twice quickly, Lu Yu smiled, "I already know the answer."

He continued, "I have to go back to the team and come to see you in the afternoon. Sister Feng will be here soon."

Until Lu Yu left, Jiang Nian didn't know what Lu Yu "knew the answer"?

She exhaled, raised her hand and touched the place where Lu Yu had just kissed her.

"It's time to change the IV."

A female nurse came in. Jiang Nian came back to his senses and looked up at the bottle of drops. It was almost empty. It must be the nurse that Lu Yu had just called.

After changing the IV, Jiang Nian just stared at the window in

a daze. At noon, Feng Mei and Xu Yan came, along with Song Bai. Feng Mei went to see Song Xiangdong next door first. Song Xiangdong was lying on the bed, still a little dazed. The child had a fever off and on last night, but it had subsided this morning. He caught a cold after being washed with water. He kept coughing and his nose was still stuffy.

Feng Mei touched Song Xiangdong's head and saw that he had opened his eyes. She smiled and said, "Xiangdong, look what food your mother brought you."

Feng Mei held a bag of peach cakes. Song Xiangdong's eyes were filled with surprise, but his face was still sluggish. He said, "Mom, give it to Aunt Jiang first."

Xu Yan smiled and said, "This child is thoughtful."

Song Bai took the biscuits and a bottle of milk and put them on the table. He looked down at Song Xiangdong and said, "Xiangdong, tell your second uncle how Aunt Jiang saved you yesterday?"

Song Xiangdong perked up when he mentioned this.

He said, "I couldn't see anything after I fell into the river. Then I heard Aunt Jiang calling my name. I saw Aunt Jiang swimming towards me and hugging me. I didn't know anything after that. I only vaguely remember Aunt Jiang carrying me on her back and singing to me. It was a nice song, but I don't know what song it was."

Song Xiangdong took a breath and continued, "Aunt Jiang told me not to sleep and kept calling my name, saying Mom and Dad were waiting for us in front, and then I really saw Dad."

Feng Mei's eyes turned red, and she wiped away her tears and said, "Our Song family really owes Jiang Nian a great favor."

Song Bai lowered his eyes and was a little absent-minded. In the dark night last night, the scene of the frail woman carrying Song Xiangdong on her back once again broke into Song Bai's thoughts. She fell fragilely into Lu Yu's arms, and at that moment she was like a fragile porcelain.

"Second uncle."

Song Xiangdong called out several times but Song Bai didn't respond. It was Feng Mei who pushed Song Bai and the man came back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

Feng Mei was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with you?"

Song Bai shook his head: "Nothing, you stay with Xiangdong first, I'll go see my sister-in-law."

Feng Mei said: "Okay, I'll go over later."

Liu Jianye also came with them. Liu Jianye and Song Xiangdong were talking. Xu Yan looked at the smile on Liu Jianye's face and suddenly realized that it had been a long time since her eldest son had smiled so happily?

Nurses and family members were walking back and forth in the corridor, and everyone passing by looked at Song Bai in his army green uniform.

Song Bai walked to the next ward and knocked on the door: "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian turned around and saw Song Bai coming in. He pulled out the bench beside the bed and sat down, putting the things in his hands on the table: "How do you feel?"

Jiang Nian smiled: "I'm fine."

Song Bai smiled, his eyes fell on the infusion needle on the back of Jiang Nian's hand: "Sister-in-law, thank you for saving Xiangdong."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and smiled: "You're welcome. I would save other children too."

Even if it was a strange child, she couldn't bear to see a little life disappear in front of her eyes. Fortunately, she could swim, otherwise she and Xiangdong would have drowned in that river.

Song Bai smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, are you trying to stop me with words?"

Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment before she realized what he meant. It was what Song Bai said in the car when they came back from the city a few days ago.

She explained, "That's not what I meant. Don't get me wrong."

Song Bai looked at her, "I know."

He asked again, "Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. What do you want to eat? Rice dumplings with fillings? I'll bring them to you."

Jiang Nian blinked in confusion. Are there still rice dumplings with so many kinds of fillings in this day and age?

She was a little curious: "What are the fillings?"

Song Bai said: "Red dates, peanuts, and red beans."

Jiang Nian responded and smiled: "It's okay, you don't have to bring it to me. I'm fine. I will be discharged from the hospital tonight. I will make the dumplings myself when I go back. You can come and try them then."

"What are you in such a hurry for?"

Feng Mei and Xu Yan came over. Hearing Jiang Nian's words, Feng Mei continued, "You don't have to wrap the dumplings. I'll do it and give them to you when they're done."

Seeing Feng Mei coming, Song Bai stood up and said, "Sister-in-law, then you stay with Lu Yu's sister-in-law. I'll go back to the team first."

Feng Mei said, "Let's go back."

After Song Bai left, Feng Mei sat on the bench and Xu Yan sat on the bed. The two of them asked about Jiang Nian's well-being. Feng Mei wanted to hold Jiang Nian's hand and not let go, "Jiang Nian, you are my Feng Mei's great benefactor. If you need my help in the future, I'll be there for you."

Jiang Nian almost laughed out loud.

Feng Mei looked at her and tried to hold back her laughter, she was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong? Isn't that what they say about sticking through fire and water for one's benefit? I see Old Song often says that."

She looked at Xu Yan, who shook her head: "I don't know either."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "That's right."

Feng Mei and Xu Yan sat for a while, and Xu Yan went back first. Liu Jianwu was at home, so it was just right for her to go back and help look after Song Xianghong. Feng Mei stayed here to take care of Song Xiangdong, and she could also chat with Jiang Nian to relieve her boredom.

Feng Mei said, "Our Old Song said at the beginning that Hou Meng was a shallow-minded woman and a bad person. This is really bad, and she has a vicious heart. Guess what she was doing before I came here?"

Jiang Nian guessed, "Did she go to Deputy Commander You's house?"

"Yes!"

Feng Mei slapped her thigh and shouted with her neck raised, "I rushed to their house with a rolling pin. Xu Yan went with me. I held Hou Meng and beat her. Hou Lian wanted to come up to help, but was pulled away by Xu Yan. Chen Fang was usually close to Hou Lian, and this time she didn't come up to help them. She just watched from the side. If the other military wives hadn't pulled me away, I could have beaten Hou Meng to death. Damn it, she almost killed my son."

Jiang Nian didn't expect so many things to happen in one afternoon.

Feng Mei snorted: "Old Song was also angry. After Xu Yan and I went back, guess what happened? Old Song said that as soon as he came back he knew that Xu Yan and I went to Deputy Commander You's house, but he pretended not to see it. He just wanted me to beat Hou Meng up and make a scene at You's house. After I finished beating him, he, Deputy Commander Lu, and the political commissar all went to Deputy Commander You's house."

Jiang Nian thought of what Lu Yu had told her when he left, that he would ask for an explanation for her.

Feng Mei said in a relaxed tone: "Don't think you'll have an easy time this time. Deputy Captain You has also suffered a lot."

Feng Mei sat for a long time, and heard the nurse next door say that the dressings next door needed to be changed, so she got up to check on Song Xiangdong. When she went over, Liu Jianye was playing with Song Xiangdong. When he saw Feng Mei come in, Liu Jianye called out obediently: "Auntie Feng."

Feng Mei smiled and said, "Go ahead and play."

When it was pitch dark, Lu Yu came over with an aluminum lunch box in his hand. He had changed his clothes and was wearing a white shirt and army green pants, the same as when she first met him, with cold and handsome eyebrows and thin lips. When she met Lu Yu's gaze, Jiang Nian subconsciously avoided him.

"I brought dumplings."

Lu Yu opened the aluminum lunch box. Jiang Nian no longer needed an IV. She took the aluminum lunch box and said while eating dumplings, "I want to go home."

Lu Yu lowered his eyes and looked at her: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Nian said, "I'm fine, I just caught a cold. I just need to go back and take some medicine."

She really had enough of the hospital.

Lu Yu put the lunch box lid on the table for her: "Observe for another day tomorrow, and I'll take you home if everything is fine."

Jiang Nian wanted to continue, but Lu Yu stopped her: "Be obedient."

Jiang Nian: ...

Lu Yu brought a lot of dumplings, and Jiang Nian couldn't finish them. She ate a dozen and put them on the table. Lu Yu took a look and frowned: "Would you like to eat more?"

"No, I'm full."

Jiang Nian turned around, got out of bed and put on her shoes: "I'll go see Xiangdong."

Without waiting for Lu Yu to speak, Jiang Nian ran out of the ward. Lu Yu looked back at the figure that disappeared at the door of the ward, and pursed his thin lips for a few minutes.

Song Xiangdong has been much better, Feng Mei said to take another look tomorrow, and he will be able to be discharged soon.

Jiang Nian sat there for a while before she stood up and walked back to the ward. She walked to the door of the ward and saw Lu Yu standing in front of the window. The man had his hands in his pockets and stood straight. Lu Yu's figure was reflected on the window, and the man's wrinkled eyebrows and dark eyes could be vaguely seen. Seeing

Jiang Nian's shadow on the glass, Lu Yu turned around and said, "You're back."

Jiang Nian nodded, "Yeah."

She lowered her head and walked into the ward without saying anything else.

She saw Lu Yu walking towards her from the corner of her eye, and her heart suddenly lifted up. The hand on the bed also curled up slightly. The footsteps passed in front of her. Jiang Nian just breathed a sigh of relief, and then she heard the sound of the door closing. She was stunned for a moment, raised her head and saw Lu Yu walking towards her.

Jiang Nian felt that her breathing was clear.

She swallowed nervously and looked at Lu Yu who pulled out the bench and sat opposite her, his eyes level with hers.

"You don't have to be afraid of me."

Lu Yu looked into Jiang Nian's eyes: "I apologize for what I did to you today."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, wanting to say that she was not afraid of Lu Yu, but she had some grudges in her heart. Before she sorted out these grudges, she didn't know what identity and what feelings to use to face Lu Yu.

"Jiang Nian."

Lu Yu spoke again.

Even though the man was sitting on the bench, his body was still straight, his legs apart, and his palms on his knees. Jiang Nian looked at him, waiting for his next words. Lu Yu said: "I don't regret what I did to you today."

Not only did he not regret it, he also wanted to get closer to her again.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu did it.

He reached out and held Jiang Nian's hand: "Don't be afraid of me. I won't do anything beyond your rights before you agree to it."

"I'm not afraid of you."

Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu's bony hands and curled his fingers: "I want to ask you something, and I hope you can answer me truthfully."

She raised her head and looked at Lu Yu, who also looked at her: "You ask."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, and mustered up the courage to ask: "Are your feelings for me mixed with your gratitude to the Xu family?"

Lu Yu did not hesitate at all: "No, not at all."

He tried to squeeze Jiang Nian's fingers open, wanting to hold her fingers, but Jiang Nian kept curling her fingers, just like her closed heart, preventing him from getting in.

"I will remember the Xu family's kindness to me for the rest of my life, but my love for you has nothing to do with the Xu family's kindness."

Lu Yu never felt that he was so shameful. He coveted his eldest brother's wife, wanted to possess his eldest brother's wife, and even wanted to marry her.

Even though he knew that Jiang Nian still had his elder brother in her heart, he had a mean thought, wanting to completely remove his elder brother from Jiang Nian's heart, so that she would only have him in her heart. At

first, he just treated Jiang Nian with the sense of propriety of uncle and sister-in-law, but as they got along, he gradually realized that Jiang Nian might be completely different from the sister-in-law at that time. He didn't know what secrets Jiang Nian had hidden, but he didn't care about them. In

Lu Yu's heart, he believed that all the secrets would be revealed one by one in the future.

As long as Jiang Nian didn't say it, he would never force her.

Lu Yu's sincere and bright eyes made Jiang Nian feel guilty. She looked away and her tightly curled fingers loosened slightly. A light flashed in Lu Yu's eyes. He squeezed Jiang Nian's fingers and interlocked theirs. At the moment their palms touched, Jiang Nian's throbbing heart trembled suddenly.

She seemed to... have thoughts about Lu Yu that she shouldn't have.

Jiang Nian kept looking out the window, her cheeks gradually flushed. It was hot now, and their palms were pressed together and sweat gradually seeped out, but neither of them thought of letting go of the other's hand. She pursed her lips, looked at the two figures reflected in the glass, and whispered: "Lu Yu, if one day you find out..."

She paused, a little scared, and didn't dare to continue.

She was afraid that one day Lu Yu would find out that she was not the real Jiang Nian, and she didn't know if he would still like her, or start to hate her.

The shadow on the glass suddenly leaned towards her. Jiang Nian turned her head subconsciously and saw Lu Yu close at hand. The man's free hand was inserted into Jiang Nian's long black hair, and his breath was very close to her.

Jiang Nian's breathing tightened and her body suddenly froze.

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian's curled eyelashes and those bright eyes: "You are Jiang Nian, and you will always be just Jiang Nian." Jiang Nian

's eyelashes burned, and when she met the man's dark and deep gaze, a terrible thought came to her mind.

Did Lu Yu already suspect that she was not the Jiang Nian before?

Once this thought took root in her heart, it continued to grow like a weed. Jiang Nian avoided the topic. Once this matter was exposed, she didn't know how to continue.

Was Lu Yu a character in a book?

Was she a person from the new century who traveled into this book?

Jiang Nian wanted to turn her head to look at the window, trying to avoid Lu Yu's eyes that could see into people's hearts, but the hand covering her head was heavy, and her eyes suddenly darkened. Lu Yu's lips pressed down without warning. Jiang Nian sat stiffly on the bed, forgetting to react.

Lu Yu thought he was very self-disciplined, but after meeting Jiang Nian and falling in love with her, he broke the self-discipline again and again, wanting to get close to Jiang Nian, wanting to greedily breathe her breath, wanting to get closer.

The man's hand tightly grasped Jiang Nian's head, savagely, with the explosive power that had been suppressed for a long time, greedily demanding her breath.

The sound of dripping water echoed in the ward, and was then covered by the footsteps outside the corridor.

The numbness of her fingertips and the shivering sensation that penetrated her blood vessels caused Jiang Nian to hum uncontrollably and hum in a way that was not normal. It was not until her tongue and roots became numb and her breathing became thin that Lu Yu reluctantly let her go. Jiang Nian clearly saw bloodshot eyes in Lu Yu's eyes, like a beast lurking in the dark. When it hunted its prey, the madness suppressed in its blood suddenly erupted.

Jiang Nian was frightened by Lu Yu's gaze.

She lowered her head in panic, her lips feeling a little cold and slightly swollen.

Lu Yu frowned, suppressed the dark color under his eyes, and when he spoke again, his voice was hoarse and sharp: "Jiang Nian, let's get married."

"I'll file a marriage application report when I get back."

"No!"

Jiang Nian said, and then she realized that she refused too quickly. She had never thought about getting married, let alone getting married. In the new century, she had never even had a relationship. It was too fast to get married all of a sudden.

And even if she wanted to marry Lu Yu, it was not now. She had to wait until his military transfer order came down. She didn't want Lu Yu to become the topic of the whole family compound or even the army because of her.

She lowered her head, avoiding Lu Yu's gaze, and whispered, "I, I'll think about it again."

Lu Yu knew that he was too anxious. He had finally gotten Jiang Nian to give in. He was afraid that if he pushed her too hard, she would scare her away again. He rubbed Jiang Nian's head gently with his fingers and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll wait for you."

Hearing footsteps approaching the ward door outside, Jiang Nian suddenly shook off Lu Yu's hand and sat up straight, fearing that someone would see what was happening in the ward, which would have a bad impact on Lu Yu.

The warmth in his palm suddenly left him. Lu Yu lowered his eyes and glanced at his palm. It was warm and still had the scent of Jiang Nian. He resisted the urge to hug Jiang Nian and talked about today's events. "Hou Meng's matter has been dealt with."

Jiang Nian lowered his head for a while, then raised his head with a red face and looked into Lu Yu's dark and deep eyes. "How? Was it dealt with?"

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian's cheeks flushed, and a smile appeared in her eyes: "Deputy Colonel You and his wife have written a self-criticism, and Hou Meng was taken away by the police for intentional injury and detained. She is not allowed to visit relatives in the future."

Jiang Nian smiled: "Thank you."

Since she came to this era, she saw Lu Yu for the first time and followed him to the army. All the dangers and troubles were solved by him one by one.

Feng Mei came over after a while. Song Xiangdong fell asleep. She was sitting alone and bored, so she wanted to come over and talk to Jiang Nian.

When Lu Yu stood up and walked out, Jiang Nian called out, "Lu Yu."

Lu Yu turned around and looked at her, with a gentle smile in his eyes that was difficult for others to detect: "Hmm?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and smiled: "Go slowly on the way."

The man smiled and said, "Okay."

Feng Mei said, "What about Hou Meng? Do you know?"

Jiang Nian nodded: "Lu Yu told me."

"Hmph!" Feng Mei was still angry: "I think locking her up is too light. I really want to push her into the river and let her have a taste of what it's like to be with you and Xiangdong. It's so infuriating. How can such a person have the nerve to look at Song Bai? She doesn't even look in the mirror to see what kind of character she has. She has such a vicious mind!"

Feng Mei cursed for a long time and waited for sleep. She didn't go back to accompany Song Xiangdong until she fell asleep.

The next morning, a doctor came to check. The doctor who came in this time was Director Wang from before. When Director Wang saw Jiang Nian, he was stunned: "Huh, it's you again?"

Jiang Nian: ...

She didn't want to come to the hospital either. Since she was spread here, she has been to the hospital many times.

Director Wang examined Jiang Nian and saw that she was fine. Seeing that she wanted to be discharged, he asked her to wait for her family to come and complete the discharge procedures. Song Xiangdong was also fine. Headmaster Song, Song Bai, Lu Yu, and even Xu Yan came over to pick her and Song Xiangdong up from the hospital.

Headmaster Song said, "Let's go, have lunch at our house today. We will help you and Xiangdong get rid of bad luck."

Although feudal superstitions are not allowed now, Feng Mei still lit a brazier in the yard as soon as she got home. She asked Xu Yan to close the gate and let Jiang Nian and Song Xiangdong step over the brazier to get rid of bad luck. Feng Mei started cooking as soon as she got home, and Xu Yan helped her.

Jiang Nian returned home and prepared to go to the kitchen to light a fire to take a bath, but Lu Yu had already heated up the water.

He walked into Jiang Nian's room carrying a bathtub, and then went to the kitchen to fetch some hot water and poured it into the basin. After pouring the water, he glanced at Jiang Nian who was sitting on the bed, his eyes full of tenderness: "You will go to Sister Feng later, Song Bai and I will go to the team first, and we will come back to have lunch together at noon."

Jiang Nian nodded gently: "Okay."

After Lu Yu left, Jiang Nian got up and locked the gate, then went back to the house, took off his coat and started to take a bath. He was washed by water the day before yesterday, and stayed in the hospital for a day and a night yesterday. His body was sticky and uncomfortable, and Jiang Nian felt that he was smelly.

After taking a shower, she was looking for clothes in the cupboard when she saw the fabric she bought from the department store. She decided to spare some time to make clothes every day in addition to embroidering, and made two white shirts for herself. Just as she put on her clothes, Xu Yan's voice came from outside the house: "Jiang Nian, come and taste the fish soup stewed by Sister Feng. We always think it tastes a little bit bad."

"I'm here."

Jiang Nian opened the door and walked out. Seeing Xu Yan lying on the wall, she tied her hair up and ran out. When she walked into Feng Mei's house next door, she smelled the strong aroma of meat. Feng Mei was busy with an apron. When she saw Jiang Nian come in, she immediately pulled her and said, "Help me adjust the taste quickly. Why can't I make the taste of yours?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Wait a moment."

She ran back to her house again, got the seasoning, and readjusted the taste of the fish soup stewed by Feng Mei. Seeing the several dishes on the table and a full bowl of meat, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Sister-in-law Feng, you spent a lot of money this time."

Feng Mei said, "I don't feel sorry at all."

Jiang Nian is the great benefactor of their Song family. They don't feel sorry at all to give their great benefactor a few bowls of meat.

Seeing that Jiang Nian had prepared the tea, Feng Mei tasted it first and her eyes lit up immediately: "How did you prepare it? I see that our seasonings are almost the same, why is the taste so different?"

Feng Mei asked Xu Yan to taste it again, and Xu Yan's eyes lit up as well: "It smells so good!"

"Mom, I want to drink it too."

Song Xianghong ran over but was driven out by Feng Mei: "Go? Go? Go? Go, go out and play. You can drink it when the meal is ready."

Song Xianghong pouted and walked away hand in hand with Liu Jianwu. Song Xianghong and Liu Jianwu are about the same age and can play together. Liu Jianye and Song Xiangdong are the same age, and the two children are doing homework in the room.

Xu Yan sat in front of the stove and lit a fire. There was a wound on her neck. Jiang Nian frowned: "What happened to your neck?"

Xu Yan raised her hand and touched it, snorted coldly: "I was beaten by that woman Hou Meng."

Feng Mei also said: "I didn't beat her enough. If you let me see Hou Meng again, I will beat her face."

For lunch, several kinds of vegetables were cooked, chicken soup, and fish soup. Jiang Nian cooked the meal herself. Feng Mei helped to cook, and Xu Yan was responsible for watching the fire. It looked lively and festive. Feng Mei said: "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the afternoon to buy some glutinous rice and make rice dumplings tomorrow." Xu Yan

said: "Okay."

Jiang Nian nodded: "Okay."

"Cough cough--"

The three people coughed because of the snorting. Feng Mei wiped her tears: "Jiang Nian, how much chili did you put?"

Jiang Nian also shed tears because of the snorting: "A small handful."

"Cough cough cough..."

There was a lot of coughing, and the smell of chili did not dissipate until lunch was ready.

Jiang Nian specially prepared two spicy dishes for Lu Yu and his family. Last time when Lu Yu invited them to dinner at home, she found that the spicy dishes were eaten up very quickly by several people. Xu Yan stood up and looked at the dishes on the chopping board, and said, "Jiang Nian, I think you don't need to embroider, you can make money as a chef in a state-owned hotel."

Feng Mei agreed, "I think so too."

After lunch was ready, Xu Yan and Feng Mei walked out with the dishes. There was only one table in Feng Mei's house, so they went to Jiang Nian's house to move the table and benches. The two of them As soon as I walked into the house, I heard the loud voice of Captain Song: "Hey! This smells so good, I can tell it's not made by plums."

Feng Mei walked out with chopsticks and said with a smile: "You really guessed it right, it was made by Jiang Nian, Xu Yan and I helped. How about it, does it smell good?"

Captain Song said, "Yes!"

Also coming over were Zhu Jun, Captain Lu and Lu Zhijun. As soon as Lu Zhijun arrived, he went to play with Liu Jianye and the others. Lu Yu didn't see Jiang Nian, and asked, "Sister-in-law Feng, where is my sister-in-law?"

"She went back to move the table."

Feng Mei pointed to their yard.

Hearing this, Lu Yu turned around and walked over. Song Bai followed him. Seeing that Captain Lu and Zhu Jun were also going, Captain Song said, "Why are so many people going? Why would we need four grown men for half a table?"

So Zhu Jun and Captain Lu sat in the yard and did not go.

In the next yard, Jiang Nian put the long bench upside down on the table, and she and Xu Yan each lifted one end to move it over. Suddenly, the hand that was lifting the table was covered by a big hand. The man's fingers squeezed her five fingers and shook them. When Song Bai and Xu Yan were not paying attention, he lowered his head and smiled at her: "I'll lift it."

Jiang Nian:...

She coughed lightly, pulled her hand out from Lu Yu's fingers, and ran out with Xu Yan with a red face.

Xu Yan glanced at Jiang Nian and said, "Huh?" "Why is your face so red?"

Jiang Nian fanned himself with a fan: "It

's because I was cooking and the chili peppers stung me." Xu Yan said, "But the chili peppers are really stinging."

Lu Yu listened to Jiang Nian's cover-up with a smile on his lips. Song Bai glanced at him and raised his eyebrows: "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing."

Lu Yu held four long benches in his hands and said to Song Bai, "You move the tables."

At dinner time, the men sat at one table, and the women and children sat at another. Captain Song was talking about the group's affairs, while Feng Mei was chatting about what to fill with dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow. Xu Yan said, "I got some peanuts from my mother's house during the Chinese New Year. I'll fill them with peanuts tomorrow."

Feng Mei ate a piece of meat and said, "I still have red beans at home. We planted them last year and haven't eaten them all. "

She asked Jiang Nian, "What kind of filling do you want to make?"

Jiang Nian thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the vegetable market in the afternoon to see what's available. I'll check then."

She actually wanted to make two kinds of fillings, a sweet rice dumpling and a salty one, but in the New Century, salty rice dumplings are eaten in the south, and sweet rice dumplings are eaten in the north. She bought two kinds during the Dragon Boat Festival before, and she thought the salty rice dumplings tasted pretty good. There was meat flavor in it, and the aroma of meat and glutinous rice mixed together, and it was delicious and sticky.

"Jiang Nian, the rice you cooked is so delicious!"

Captain Song smacked his lips and said regretfully, "It would be even better if there was a sip of wine."

They had to go to the team in the afternoon and could not drink alcohol, otherwise they would be punished.

Zhu Jun also said: "Sister-in-law, this is the second time I've eaten your fish, and it still tastes the same."

Song Xiangdong added a piece of fish meat to Jiang Nian: "Auntie Jiang, you should eat more."

Song Xianghong also said: "Auntie Jiang, you should eat more."

Jiang Nian smiled and said: "Okay, eat more."

This time Jiang Nian really ate too much. After the meal, he burped and rubbed his stomach uncomfortably. He

was full again.

After the meal, Lu Yu and the others went to the team. The three of them took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen and asked Jiang Nian to sit there. Feng Mei and Xu Yan washed the pots and bowls, and the three of them moved the table and stools over. Jiang Nian washed his face and went to the supply and marketing cooperative and the vegetable market with Feng Mei and Xu Yan. On the way, he met Chen Fang.

Chen Fang smiled awkwardly and asked Feng Mei: "How is Xiangdong?"

Although this matter had nothing to do with Chen Fang, if Chen Fang hadn't brought the Hou Lian sisters to the river to find her, Xiangdong would not have gotten into this situation. When it came down to it, Chen Fang was the initial fuse, so Feng Mei didn't have a good face to her: "Much better."

Chen Fang looked at Jiang Nian again: "Xiao Nian, how are you?"

Jiang Nian had a faint smile on his face: "I'm fine."

Chen Fang couldn't stay any longer and left in a hurry.

Feng Mei snorted coldly: "I'm so angry when I see her now."

Several people went to the vegetable market first, then to the meat market. Jiang Nian bought a pound of meat. Finally, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative. Jiang Nian bought some red dates and honey. Several people returned to the family courtyard with things in their hands. The reed leaves picked the day before yesterday were brought back by Xu Yan. They soaked the reed leaves in a basin of water and soaked them until the evening before starting to make dumplings.

After soaking the reed leaves, they soaked the glutinous rice in advance. Jiang Nian returned to the house to cut meat. Feng Mei and Xu Yan both planned to make zongzi with Jiang Nian today. Seeing her chopping meat, they asked curiously: "Why are you cutting meat?"

Jiang Nian said: "Making meat zongzi."

"Meat zongzi?!"

Feng Mei and Xu Yan were both a little shocked.

In fact, it is not their fault that they were shocked. In this era, every household was very happy to have a bite of meat. They wanted to save the meat scraps for the next meal. They had never heard of eating rice dumplings. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Yes, it tastes very good. You can try it when it is wrapped."

The rice dumpling leaves and glutinous rice were almost soaked. Jiang Nian pulled a lot of silk threads. Several people sat in the yard to wrap rice dumplings. When it was dark, the rice dumplings were almost wrapped. The three of them divided the work and cooperated to cook the rice dumplings, light the fire, and cook the vegetables.

Several children were playing in the yard. When Captain Song and them came back, the rice dumplings were cooked and the vegetables were cooked.

Jiang Nian scooped a little honey into each person's bowl. The peanut dumplings, red bean dumplings, and red date dumplings were marked. Each dumpling was tied with a thread of a different color, and the meat dumplings were tied with a small piece of red thread as a mark.

Feng Mei moved their table and stools over. There were only Zhu Jun and Captain Lu's family missing for dinner tonight.

The dishes and dumplings were served on the table, but before she took the chopsticks, Jiang Nian went to the stove room, walked to the cabinet and opened the door. As soon as she closed the door, she saw the shadow cast on the cabinet. The tall and slender figure of the other person completely enveloped her.

Jiang Nian's heart skipped a beat, and she tightened her grip on the chopsticks.

She pursed her lips nervously, turned around and saw Lu Yu walking towards her. The man was tall and had long legs, blocking the light above her head and hiding her in a dark corner. Jiang Nian blinked: "I, I'll take the chopsticks."

"Yeah."

Lu Yu glanced at the chopsticks in Jiang Nian's hand, and his bony palm easily wrapped around Jiang Nian's slender hand. Jiang Nian's breathing paused for a moment, she raised her head to look at Lu Yu, and then carefully glanced at the door of the kitchen: "Are you crazy?"

She found that after Lu Yu made it clear to her in the hospital yesterday, he really wanted to be close to her all the time.

"I'm here to get the chopsticks too."

Lu Yu's fingers slid across the back of Jiang Nian's hand, and he held the end of the chopsticks. The man was facing the light, and the dark color hidden in his eyes was like a scarlet spider web, trying to wrap the person in front of him tightly, restrain him by his side, and embed him in the seams.

Jiang Nian blushed and her heart beat fast when he looked at her. She really couldn't understand why the serious and upright Lu Yu would be like this when he was emotional.

"I'll go out first."

Jiang Nian let go of the chopsticks and ran past Lu Yu.

She was afraid that if she didn't go out, Lu Yu would do something more outrageous. There were people everywhere outside, and if she wasn't careful, the shameful things between her and Lu Yu would be made public. Jiang Nian didn't dare to think about the impact on Lu Yu at that time.

The lights were on in the yard, and it was hot and noisy.

Song Bai saw that Jiang Nian's face was a little red, and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Nian shook her head quickly: "I just heated up the rice I was cooking."

"It's just that, now the weather is getting warmer, and it will be even hotter in the summer."

Feng Mei peeled a meat zongzi and ate it. After taking a bite, she said, "I've eaten sweet zongzi for so many years, but this is the first time I've eaten salty ones. Although it's meat, it feels a bit strange."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "That's because you're not used to it."

Lu Yu came out of the kitchen. Jiang Nian didn't dare to look up, but even if she didn't look up, she could still feel Lu Yu looking at her.

Captain Song took a bite of the meat zongzi and said, "Hey," "This tastes delicious. After eating sweet zongzi for so many years, this is the first time I've eaten salty ones." I

cooked some zongzi today and saved some for the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow.

After dinner, Captain Song took the children home first. Feng Mei and Xu Yan helped Jiang Nian wash the pots and bowls. Lu Yu and Song Bai sat in the yard and talked about the group. Jiang Nian carried a bucket to the well to pump water. Lu Yu and Song Bai stood up together and prepared to go over to help.

"You sit down."

Lu Yu said, and walked over to pump water. Song Bai coughed lightly, sat on the stool, and looked at Jiang Nian who walked into the kitchen. He thought about the time when he came back from the New Year, and the first thing he saw when he entered the kitchen was Jiang Nian. She was white and beautiful. He was attracted by her bright and beautiful eyes at that time.

Song Bai retracted his gaze and looked at the ground. Sometimes he thought about it and he was quite jealous of Xu Cheng.

After washing the dishes, Feng Mei and the others left. Jiang Nian was busy all afternoon and was sweating all over. She also smelled of oil smoke. Her bath at noon was in vain. Lu Yu carried water and poured it into the pot to heat water for Jiang Nian to take a bath. Jiang Nian sat in front of the stove and lowered her head to light the fire.

She didn't dare to look at Lu Yu.

Lu Yu glanced at Jiang Nian, who was drooping his head, and turned around with a smile on his face to fetch water. Song Bai swept the yard and went to the door of the kitchen to wait for Lu Yu. Lu Yu filled an aluminum lunch box with a few zongzi and handed it to Song Bai, and then filled another aluminum lunch box with a few more zongzi: "Take it back and let Zhu Jun and the others taste it."

After the bath water was ready, Lu Yu poured the hot water and brought it into Jiang Nian's room.

Jiang Nian sat on the bed, looking at Lu Yu's military green uniform. When the man bent his waist and arched his back, his back muscles were tense, and even with clothes on, the well-proportioned muscle lines could be seen. When Lu Yu stood up, she turned her head to look out the window, pursing her lips and said nothing.

"Jiang Nian."

Lu Yu's voice was very low, and in the dimly lit room, it had a kind of alluring magnetism.

Jiang Nian blinked, and the fingers on his legs also half curled up, and turned to look at Lu Yu, and Lu Yu's dark eyes tightly wrapped around Jiang Nian: "I'm leaving, come back tomorrow morning."

Jiang Nian nodded: "Okay."

"Come out and lock the door."

"Okay."

When Lu Yu turned to go out, Jiang Nian got up and followed him out, holding the courtyard door with both hands, watching Lu Yu and Song Bai walk a few steps, and then quickly closed the courtyard door and bolted it, then ran back to the house and closed the door, leaning against the door alone for a long time in a daze.

Jiang Nian took a shower and lay down in bed. She couldn't fall asleep, so she got up, put on clean clothes, and embroidered in the light of the light bulb.

Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. I don't know if Captain Song will be transferred this year.

If Captain Song is transferred this year, then Lu Yu will be transferred soon.

But the plot in the book is all messed up, so we can only wait until that step to read it.

Jiang Nian embroidered for a while and then put the embroidery in the cabinet. After turning off the light cord, she lay in the quilt, looking at the dark beams and thinking about her and Lu Yu.

After Ge Mei's reminder, she found that Lu Yu treated her differently.

Moreover, after these two encounters, she could clearly see Lu Yu's feelings for her. Jiang Nian had never thought that one day she and Lu Yu would develop to this point. She turned over and reached out to touch her beating heart.

Jiang Nian slept very deeply this time and did not wake up until the next day when she heard the horn.

There were footsteps outside, followed by Lu Yu's voice: "Are you awake?"

"Are you awake."

Jiang Nian quickly got up and put on her clothes, walked over and opened the door. Lu Yu was standing outside the house. Seeing Jiang Nian's hair was furry and she looked sleepy, he reached out and rubbed her head: "Wash your face and eat." Jiang Nian

nodded, walked past Lu Yu and quickly ran to the well to wash.

Lu Yu walked into Jiang Nian's room, which had a faint scent of soap. He picked up the bathtub and poured the water into the drain. After washing, he sat at the table with Jiang Nian to eat. Today was the Dragon Boat Festival, and the group had tasks, so he might be busy all day.

Jiang Nian walked into the kitchen, wearing an apron and said, "You go to the team first, I'll wash the dishes."

Lu Yu put down his chopsticks and looked at Jiang Nian's waist. The apron was tight, outlining her thin waist, so thin that he could control it with one hand.

Jiang Nian realized that the person behind her had not left yet. Just as she turned her head to look, an arm suddenly hooked around her waist and quickly pulled her into his arms. Jiang Nian screamed in surprise, but before she could react, her chin was pinched and pulled back by rough fingers, and the next second her lips were firmly blocked.

"Um..."

Jiang Nian's back was tightly pressed against Lu Yu's steaming body, her chin was pinched by him, and she was forced to raise her head high to endure the sudden and strong oral sex.

Her lips and teeth were forcefully pushed open. Jiang Nian whimpered weakly twice. She heard footsteps passing outside the courtyard gate and was so scared that she wanted to break free from Lu Yu's arms. The man loosened his arms around her and turned her over. He then held her waist and lifted her up, taking her to hide behind the door.

The force of the mouth was as strong as the wind.

Jiang Nian leaned against the wall, the whole person was held in the air, and her legs were weak, hanging on Lu Yu's arms.