Chapter 60

"Okay."

There was a silence on the phone.

The two of them were silent. After a while, Lu Yu said, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon."

Jiang Nian wanted to ask him specifically which day and where, but thinking of his mission and military secrets, she gave up the idea: "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Nian's depressed mood became much happier.

She went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some sugar, planning to go back and make some sweet potato shreds. It was snowing heavily at this time. Jiang Nian patted the snow on her head. As soon as she walked to the intersection of the regiment headquarters and the family compound, she ran into Tang Ze and Song Bai. They were from the same regiment. Now it was just breakfast time, so they should go to the cafeteria together.

Tang Ze greeted her: "Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian nodded and smiled: "Yes."

Song Bai glanced at the sugar in her hand, hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is there anything missing at home?"

Jiang Nian shook her head quickly: "Nothing."

Since Lu Yu left, Song Bai often came to help her, and brought her some snacks every time. Even if she refused, Song Bai still sent them, just asking her to eat more and not lose weight, so that Lu Yu would come back and punish her. She felt embarrassed every time. Whenever Song Bai came, she would make more delicious food for him to take back to the dormitory.

This was the only way to repay him.

Song Bai looked at the snow on Jiang Nian's eyelashes. She was wearing a red scarf, which made her face look even whiter and more beautiful. Her black hair was draped with some snow on it. Song Bai tried hard to restrain his gaze from going too far.

Jiang Nian stamped her feet coldly, breathing out white air: "I'll go back first."

Tang Ze waved his hand: "Okay."

Song Bai looked at Jiang Nian's jogging figure and couldn't help but said: "Run slower, be careful not to fall."

Jiang Nian didn't turn around: "Got it."

Tang Ze bumped Song Bai's arm with his elbow and raised his eyebrows: "Do you like your sister-in-law? You have been so attentive these few months."

Song Bai dodged his eyes, unbuttoned two buttons on his collar, and said: "Let's go to dinner."

"Did I guess right?"

Tang Ze squeezed Song Bai's shoulders: "Speak, if you really like your sister-in-law, wait for Lu Yu to come back and ask Lu Yu for marriage."

Song Bai: ...

He glanced at Tang Ze: "How about we practice tonight?"

Tang Ze let go of him: "Forget it, let's wait for Lu Yu to come back, and you two can practice."

Song Bai raised his eyebrows and looked Tang Ze up and down, which made Tang Ze tense: "I really want to go back and accompany my wife earlier! Who is like you, a bachelor!"

Song Bai: ...

The

snow this year is intermittent, not as heavy as last year.

Jiang Nian ran back home, turned around and closed the gate. Just as she was about to go to the stove, she caught a glimpse of a touch of red on the wall. It was a piece of red cloth that was cut into strips and hung on the wall. Some of the strips were hanging in Jiang Nian's yard, with patterns of embroidered sparrows on them.

She was in a hurry to go out in the morning and didn't notice it.

But it was definitely not there yesterday. Seeing a layer of snow on the red cloth, she guessed that it was hung last night and deliberately hung in a conspicuous place for her to see.

Jiang Nian: ...

This Sun Ying is definitely sick.

Thinking of the author's description of Sun Ying in the book as a beautiful, kind-hearted, and cute little girl, Jiang Nian felt disgusted.

However, the embroidery on the curtains was bought by Chen's wife in exchange for meat, so it was theirs and they could do whatever they wanted with it.

Jiang Nian cooked porridge in the morning, fried a dish, and made a portion of candied sweet potatoes. She sat by the window, looking up from time to time at the snow in the yard. A layer of snow had already fallen. She planned to sweep the snow in the yard after dinner to prevent Song Bai from running over and bothering him again.

After dinner, Jiang Nian warmed her hands and began to sweep the yard. The snow accumulated more and more, and it was a bit strenuous. After she finished sweeping the west wall of the yard and walked towards the house, she was startled by several red cloth strips hanging from the wall.

Jiang Nian: ...

Although it's none of her business, the red cloth fluttering on the wall is seeping into people's eyes.

She swept half of the snow, and ran back to the house to warm her hands because she was cold. She continued sweeping in the afternoon. She sat in front of the embroidery frame to embroider. Last time Zhang Xiao came and said that Peng Yin had opinions about her again recently, saying that she would have a big belly by then, and whether she should work or have a baby. The embroidery house is a place to embroider quietly, not a place to listen to the crying of babies.

Zhang Xiao said that Zhu Jun would be promoted to platoon leader after the Chinese New Year. At that time, he would apply to the higher authorities to be approved a yard in the family compound, and then he could come to see her every day. Jiang Nian didn't say it, but she knew in her heart that when Lu Yu came back, he might not stay long and they would leave.

Captain Song has been transferred and left, and Lu Yu will be here soon.

When it was dark, there was a knock on the courtyard door. Jiang Nian stood up to open the door. From the corner of her eye, she saw a few red cloth strips hanging on the wall. She was so scared that her heart skipped a beat and she couldn't help but scream. Although she knew there was red cloth hanging on the wall and was mentally prepared, she was still startled by the suddenness.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?!"

Song Bai's worried voice came from outside the courtyard door.

Before Jiang Nian could say anything, Song Bai came in from outside the wall and saw Jiang Nian standing blankly under the tree, looking frightened, with a pale face. He opened the gate first before walking over, frowning and asking, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

When Jiang Nian saw Song Bai, the fear in her heart faded a lot: "Nothing." I'm

really impressed!

She has endured enough of Sun Ying!

If she doesn't treat Sun Ying this time, Jiang Nian feels that she will be suffocated to death!

"Jiang Nian."

Xu Yan came in from the door and saw that Jiang Nian's face was not very good. She thought she was sick: "Did you catch a cold?"

Song Bai noticed that Jiang Nian's eyes were staring at the east wall from time to time. He turned his head and saw a few red cloths floating on the wall. At first glance, it was quite permeable. He was tall and level with the wall. When he stretched out his hand to pull down the red cloth, he also pulled the red cloth on the other side of the wall. The red cloth was stained with snow, damp and cold, and was cut into strips by scissors.

Song Bai's cold eyes looked over the wall at Tang Ze who walked out of the house: "Tang Ze!"

Jiang Nian heard this and came up with a plan. He whispered to Xu Yan: "Go and call Captain Tang and Sister Chen. I'm afraid Song Bai and Tang Ze will fight."

She deliberately said it was so serious, just to attract Captain Tang and Chen Fang.

Xu Yan glanced at Song Bai's stern face, and felt that something was wrong, so she ran away.

Tang Ze was stunned by Song Bai's yelling, and heard Sun Ying in the house saying that her stomach was uncomfortable, so he said to Song Bai: "Don't make a fuss, you scared my wife."

Then he went back to the house.

Song Bai held the red cloth tightly, looked down and saw the tattered embroidery pattern of sparrows on the red cloth, glanced at Jiang Nian's pale and injured face, turned around and ran out of the yard. After a few seconds, there was a "bang" from the gate next door! Jiang Nian

was startled, and when he ran out, he saw Song Bai directly kicking open the gate of Tang Ze's house.

Jiang Nian: ...

If it was Lu Yu, he would have used another method to help her solve the problem.

If it was her, she would have solved it in a way that was beneficial to herself, but she never expected that Song Bai would come to Tang Ze's house to settle the score so directly and rudely. The gate of

the courtyard opened with a bang, and the noise also made the surrounding neighbors run out to see the excitement.

Even Liu Qiang, Liu Jianye, and Liu Jianwu came out.

Inside the room, Tang Ze helped Sun Ying sit up. Hearing the noise outside, he frowned and stood up to go out. Sun Ying grabbed his hand tightly: "My stomach is uncomfortable."

Tang Ze patted her hand and coaxed her: "I will be back soon."

"Tang Ze!"

Song Bai's voice penetrated the window, scaring Sun Ying. Tang Ze's face turned blue with anger, and he stood up and ran out. Sun Ying wanted to catch him but failed. She was actually a little guilty, afraid that this matter would be a big deal and it would not be good for her.

Sun Ying walked to the window anxiously and looked out.

In the courtyard, Song Bai threw the red cloth cut into strips to Tang Ze. Tang Ze's face turned black: "What the hell are you crazy about?!"

"Look at what this is for yourself!"

Song Bai looked at Tang Ze coldly as he tore off the red cloth on his head: "It's just a piece of tear--"

The words stopped abruptly.

Tang Ze flipped the red cloth and saw the unevenly cut embroidery of the bird. His face changed. He looked up and saw Jiang Nian standing at the gate of the courtyard. Her face was a little pale. He didn't know if she was angry. Tang Ze subconsciously clenched the red cloth and turned his head to see Sun Ying lying on the window. Sun Ying suddenly bumped into Tang Ze's line of sight and shrank back in fear.

"What's going on? Why are they fighting?!"

Chen Fang's voice came before she arrived.

Tang Ze's face changed, and his hands holding the red cloth tightened, with a helpless look on his face. Song Bai didn't expect Chen's sister-in-law to come over, and even Sun Ying in the room heard Chen Fang's voice and her heart skipped a beat.

"What's going on?"

Captain Tang also came, and he and Chen Fang ran over and saw Jiang Nian at the door. Seeing Jiang Nian's pale face, and seeing Song Bai and Tang Ze playing chess in the courtyard, Captain Tang guessed that this matter was probably related to Deputy Commander Lu's sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law, it's okay."

Tang Ze hid the red cloth behind him, but the sharp-eyed Chen Fang still saw it. Chen Fang glared at him and said, "Show it to me."

"It's just a piece of cloth, nothing to see."

Tang Ze didn't give it to Chen Fang. Captain Tang saw the cloth strips blown up by the wind behind Tang Ze, with black silk embroidery on it. He immediately thought of the embroidered window curtains that Chen Fang asked Jiang Nian to embroider when Tang Ze got married. Captain Tang frowned and looked around the room, intending to go up and pull Chen Fang.

If it was really about the window curtains, the family's shame should not be exposed to the public, so it was better to talk about it behind closed doors.

Chen Fang stubbornly waved away Captain Tang's hand and snatched the red cloth from Tang Ze's hand. She looked at the curtain that was cut into strips and the embroidered painting of sparrows. It was so terrible that Chen Fang was so angry that her face turned ashen and her hands were shaking. She had paid for this embroidered painting of sparrows by Jiang Nian out of her own pocket and spent two kilograms of meat and three kilograms of eggs, and now it was being ruined like this!

"Sister-in-law, don't be angry, I--"

"Was it Sun Ying who did it!"

Chen Fang glared at the room angrily, then thought of Jiang Nian at the door, turned her head and looked at Jiang Nian: "Jiang Nian, tell me, what's going on?"

Song Bai said: "Sister-in-law Chen, you don't need to ask her, I know."

Tang Ze frowned, with a warning in his eyes, asking Song Bai to take it easy. Song Bai ignored him and said in a deep voice: "This red cloth is hanging on the wall. Lu Yu's sister-in-law was scared when she came out. I pulled the cloth down."

Captain Tang rubbed his forehead in annoyance: It's over, the family will be uneasy.

Chen Fang's hands were shaking. She asked Jiang Nian, "Is Song Bai right?"

The military wives who were watching the excitement outside all looked at Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian pursed her lips and said "hmm". Xu Yan beside her also said, "I can testify."

Chen Fang laughed angrily. Captain Tang wanted to grab her and go back first, but Chen Fang shook him off: "Don't pull me!"

"I, Chen Fang, am the daughter-in-law of your old Tang family. I am not your parents' biological daughter, nor Tang Ze's biological sister! I treat Tang Ze as my own brother. I took care of him when he got married for the first time, and I took care of him when he got married for the second time. I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy red cloth, silk thread, cut two pounds of meat, and bought three pounds of eggs. I asked Jiang Nian to help me embroider two pairs of mandarin ducks, just so that your brother Tang Ze's curtains would be the most beautiful when he got married! Did I ask him for the money? No!"

"Yes, my family is poor. Over the years, your Tang family has been supporting my family. So I work like a slave for you without any regrets and treat your brother as my own brother. My family is not as rich as Sun Ying's family. Sun Ying's parents are the directors of the factory. My family can't compare to them. But no matter how good Sun Ying's family is, you can't hurt people's feelings like this!"

Chen Fang said. She started crying. Captain Tang felt sorry for his wife and pulled her, but Chen Fang shook him off: "Don't pull me!"

She tore the curtains and threw them on the ground, then looked up and glared at Tang Ze: "Your wife doesn't like the curtains, so tell me. Why did you cut them? And after cutting them, you hung them on the wall for others to see? Jiang Nian? It's not enough to ruin me alone, but

you also want to ruin Jiang Nian?" Tang Ze lowered his head guiltily: "Sister-in-law, don't be angry."

"Don't talk to me!"

Chen Fang pushed Tang Ze away and shouted into the house: "Sun Ying, I tell you, I am not someone who can be easily messed with. Everything I eat and use belongs to the Tang family, to my husband, not to your Sun family. You are pregnant, and I asked me to take good care of you. If you want to eat something, I asked me to cook it for you. Don't forget that I am also a daughter-in-law, and we are all the same. Why should I be used to you? From now on, I, Chen Fang, will never have any contact with your family again! Don't come to my house to eat for free in the future!"

After saying that, she wiped away her tears vigorously. When she left, she saw Captain Tang still standing there and sneered: "What's wrong? Don't you want to go back?"

Captain Tang: ...

He said to Tang Ze: "Your wife's behavior is too unkind."

Then he followed his wife away.

Chen Fang has been with him for so many years and has suffered so much. As a husband, he is not blind to it.

Chen Fang walked to the outside of the door and said to Jiang Nian, "You should go back. Sun Ying is not a good person."

Jiang Nian watched Captain Tang and his wife walking farther and farther away in the snowy night. She turned to look at Tang Ze. Tang Ze rubbed his face irritably and glared at Song Bai, "Why aren't you leaving yet? Do you think it's not noisy enough?!"

Song Bai:...

He glanced at the window and said in a bad tone, "Take good care of your wife in the future. If Lu Yu was here today, this matter would not be so easy."

Tang Ze knew in his heart that although he and Lu Yu were not from the same group, they got along well and understood each other. If it was Lu Yu who was in charge of this matter today, he would not be able to explain it. Everyone in the family compound knew that Lu Yu cared most about his sister-in-law.

Not to mention that his sister-in-law's embroidery was cut, it was also hung on the wall to annoy and scare people. Who would feel comfortable if this matter was put on them?

Song Bai and Jiang Nian left, and the military wives outside also dispersed.

The commotion of the Tang family tonight would spread throughout the family compound the next day. Not only did Tang Ze's wife not tolerate his sister-in-law, but she also annoyed Lu Yu, his sister-in-law.

Tang Ze stepped over the broken red window curtain and closed the courtyard door, then turned back to the room. Sun Ying heard the door open and was so scared that she sat on the edge of the bed and dared not speak. She just wanted to annoy Jiang Nian. The more unhappy Jiang Nian was, the happier she was. But who knew that Song Bai would come out to speak up for Jiang Nian and even call in his sister-in-law and eldest brother to strip her face.

She hated Jiang Nian so much that

she wanted to stab her face with a pair of scissors! Why did so many men stand up for her as a widow?

Now that Lu Yu was gone, Song Bai showed up, and all of them were following her!

"Yingying..."

Tang Ze closed the door and looked at Sun Ying with a complicated look: "Even if you don't like the curtains, you can fold them up and put them at the bottom of the box. Why cut them and hang them on the wall to cause trouble?"

Sun Ying hid the impatience in her eyes, raised her head and looked at Tang Ze with tears in her eyes. Tears rolled out of her eyelids and slid across the red mole, making her look even more pitiful. Although Sun Ying was a little fuller than before, her face was still pretty. Tang Ze never thought that she was ugly when she was fat. On the contrary, he thought that as long as she was a little fatter and had a healthy body, it was good.

"I'm sorry."

Sun Ying stood up and walked to Tang Ze, hugged him, buried in his arms and said, "I was just afraid of Yanyan, so I cut it with scissors."

Tang Ze's eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, and he didn't react much to Sun Ying's initiative. He couldn't understand, even if Sun Ying didn't like Yanyan, even if she cut it, why did she have to hang it on the wall to annoy Jiang Nian? To scare Jiang Nian?

He was silent for a while and asked, "Do you have any grudges with Jiang Nian?"

Sun Ying didn't say anything, and said no after a while, but Tang Ze noticed that her body was stiff for a moment. Thinking of the first time he met Sun Ying, she asked him to help her sign, and wanted to go in to find Lu Yu, but was finally ruthlessly driven away by Lu Yu, Tang Ze suddenly had a thought that he had never thought of before.

Sun Ying was still thinking about Lu Yu.

Her targeting of Jiang Nian was also related to Lu Yu. Every time she was intimate with him, she covered his face. Who did she think he was? Tang Ze didn't want to think about it anymore.

He looked at the messy bedding on the bed, as if he thought of something, and there was a trace of self-mockery between his eyebrows. He still said two sentences: "Yingying, I won't ask you about anything before you married me, but after you married me, I hope you can recognize your own identity. I will go to the cafeteria to get you food in the future, so don't go to your sister-in-law's house. It's late, go to bed quickly."

After saying that, he grabbed Sun Ying's hand and let it go.

Sun Ying's heart sank when she heard Tang Ze's words. Almost in an instant, she thought about whether Tang Ze knew about her and Wu Youshan.

She turned around and looked at Tang Ze taking off his shoes and lying outside the bed, closing his eyes and no longer talking, and she was a little undecided.

.The

lights were on in the courtyard next door. Liu Qiang and Xu Yan were sitting in the courtyard. Song Bai was sweeping the snow with a broom. Jiang Nian asked him to go back. Song Bai said, "I'll leave after I finish sweeping."

"Jiang Nian," Xu Yan held Jiang Nian's cold hand, "Let's not bother with that kind of woman."

Jiang Nian nodded, "Yeah."

Liu Qiang glanced at Jiang Nian and said, "If you have anything in the future, just look for Xu Yan. You two are companions."

Jiang Nian said, "Okay."

Song Bai left after sweeping the snow, and didn't stay for a moment. Liu Qiang and his wife didn't leave until Song Bai left, just to avoid being gossiped about.

Jiang Nian tossed and turned in bed at night, and didn't fall asleep until midnight.

The next day after lunch, Xu Yan came and Feng Mei left. Xu Yan became the second person to pass on the news of the family compound to Jiang Nian. She said that now the family compound is saying that Captain Tang’s wife is not only evil-minded, but also ruthless, and it is unfair for Captain Tang’s wife to be so good to her.

Xu Yan sat in front of the brazier and warmed herself by the fire, and smiled: "You don’t know, the rumors outside are so fierce now. Captain Tang couldn’t even raise his head when he went to the canteen to get food in the morning."

In fact, Tang Ze was also implicated.

But Jiang Nian didn’t regret doing this. Sun Ying had bullied her to the doorstep of her family. If she didn’t fight back, she would really become a soft persimmon.

When it was dark in the evening, the gate of the compound was knocked again.

Jiang Nian thought it was Song Bai again. As soon as she reached the door, she heard Tang Ze's voice: "Sister-in-law, it's me, Tang Ze."

Jiang Nian opened the gate: "What's wrong?"

Tang Ze said: "I'm here to apologize to my sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian was a little surprised and stunned for a moment: "Nothing."

Tang Ze smiled and turned away.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year. In ten days, it would be New Year's Eve. Lu Yu never called again.

He has been away for almost half a year this time.

The old man in the embroidery was only a little bit left to finish. Jiang Nian endured the whole day, packed up the embroidery after finishing it, and sent it to the embroidery shop tomorrow. Liu Qiang stayed at home for a month and passed away. On the day he left, he came to tell her to take care of Xu Yan more.

The next morning, Jiang Nian finished her breakfast, and walked out of the house with a small cloth bag. As soon as she turned around, she bumped into Sun Ying who was walking out.

Sun Ying's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and she looked at her with eyes that made her want to kill her with a knife.

Jiang Nian: ...

She just glanced at Sun Ying coldly, and said as she passed by her house: "Those who do too much evil will eventually die."

"You!"

Sun Ying held her bulging belly in anger, watching Jiang Nian's figure gradually receding, and angrily threw her lunch box on the ground, slammed the door and went home.

Xu Yan looked outside the door and said, "You deserve it."

When Jiang Nian left the army and went to the station to wait for the bus, he met Zhu Jun and Song Bai.

The three of them were stunned.

Zhu Jun came back to his senses and glanced at Song Bai first. Seeing Song Bai's brows slightly wrinkled, he didn't dare to say much. Song Bai asked, "Sister-in-law?, where are you going?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "I'm going to the embroidery shop to deliver an embroidery painting."

Zhu Jun said, "Then I'll take my sister-in-law there."

"No, no." Jiang Nian wanted to refuse, but Song Bai stopped him: "It's okay, we both happen to be going to the city, so I'll take you there." Jiang

Nian was actually a little curious about what Song Bai and Zhu Jun were doing in the city. Logically speaking, the two were not in the same group, and it was impossible for them to bump into each other if something happened. After a moment of thought, he asked, "What are you doing in the city?"

Song Bai said, "Talk to the public security comrades about something, and come back after that."

Jiang Nian understood: "Oh."

Song Bai went to talk to the public security, so Zhu Jun should have gone to see Zhang Xiao.

The New Year is coming soon. There are many people in the car, and there is only one empty seat. Song Bai helped Jiang Nian to sit down. Next to her was an older woman who was eating dry food in her hand. She must have left the car without eating breakfast.

It was cold in the car, especially when the car started, and the wind blew in through the window slits.

Jiang Nian felt sleepy as soon as she got on the car. She leaned on the car seat and felt drowsy. Halfway through the sleep, she was so cold that she hugged the cloth bag unconsciously. Song Bai grabbed the handle above, looked down at Jiang Nian, unbuttoned his cotton jacket and covered Jiang Nian with it.

The middle-aged woman sitting by the window glanced at Jiang Nian who was sleeping comfortably, then looked up at Song Bai who was only wearing a thin sweater, and asked in surprise: "Young man, aren't you cold?"

Song Bai smiled and said, "No."

The middle-aged woman: ...

It's really killing me, I feel cold just looking at her.

When the car arrived at the station, the harsh braking sound and noisy voices woke up Jiang Nian. She opened her eyes and saw a touch of military green. Her first reaction was that Lu Yu was back. She raised her head happily and saw that it was Song Bai. Song Bai smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, we're here."

Jiang Nian quickly lowered her eyes to hide the disappointment in her eyes, stood up and handed the clothes to Song Bai, and looked at the young man who was only wearing a thin sweater with some guilt. Song Bai said: "You don't have to cover me. If you catch a cold, you won't be able to get out."

Song Bai took the clothes and put them on neatly: "My body is strong and can resist cold."

The two of them sent Jiang Nian to the Xiuzhuang. Zhu Jun went in to see Zhang Xiao, talked to Zhang Xiao and left. Before leaving, Song Bai said: "Sister-in-law, we will come to pick you up later."

Jiang Nian wanted to say no, but the two had already left.

She frowned and moved her eyes from Zhu Jun to Zhang Xiao: "Didn't Zhu Jun come to see you?"

Zhang Xiao was already showing signs of being fat. His bulging belly could be seen through his clothes. Although it wasn't big, it was still noticeable. She smiled and said, "What's so good about me? I'll be with him in the army after the Chinese New Year. There's no need to see him every day."

Jiang Nian took out the embroidery without saying anything. Lu Xiaojing and Zhai Peipei also came. When they saw Jiang Nian, they started talking happily. After a while, Peng Yin came. Zhai Peipei said to Jiang Nian, "We'll go in first."

Zhang Xiao also sat in front of the counter in a proper manner.

Since the last incident, Peng Yin no longer found fault with the three of them, but he was still not easy to get along with.

Today was the date for the embroidery to be handed in. Not only did Peng Yin come, but Director Wang also came.

Director Wang looked at the embroidery on the table that looked like a photo. The old man's expression and the wrinkles around his eyes were all embroidered. Seeing how vivid it was, Director Wang couldn't put it down and said in amazement: "Jiang Nian, I really admire your embroidery skills."

Peng Yin stood by and didn't dare to say anything.

Director Wang said: "Comrade Deng will come tomorrow and will be very satisfied when he sees this embroidery."

Jiang Nian smiled and said a few humble words, then glanced at Peng Yin. After the last incident, Peng Yin was afraid of Jiang Nian from the bottom of his heart. When he met Jiang Nian's eyes, he looked away awkwardly.

The embroidery was completed perfectly. When Director Wang wanted to give Jiang Nian a new embroidery, Jiang Nian refused.

Peng Yin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Jiang Nian anxiously, with a pleading look in her eyes, begging her not to make trouble.

Jiang Nian: ...

Director Wang frowned: "What's wrong? Tell me."

Jiang Nian said: "I have to go to East City recently, and I don't have time to embroider the picture for the time being. I'll talk to you when I'm back."

Hearing this, Director Wang and Peng Yin both breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Nian did plan to go to East City. If Lu Yu couldn't come back in time, she would go there in person to help Captain Song avoid the disaster in his previous life.

Jiang Nian didn't plan to wait for Song Bai and the others. She went to the station by herself to catch the afternoon train. When she passed by the state-owned hotel, she saw Zhu Jun buying three boxes of lunch. Jiang Nian's eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. She didn't know why, but she felt something was wrong. She had felt something was wrong since she saw Zhu Jun and Song Bai at the station this morning.

She didn't call Zhu Jun, but followed him quietly.

Zhu Jun was a soldier and was more sensitive than ordinary people. Jiang Nian didn't dare to follow too closely, but just watched from a distance where he was going. It wasn't until she saw the city hospital that Jiang Nian came to her senses. Her heart was beating violently, and her first reaction was whether Lu Yu was inside?

After Zhu Jun's figure completely disappeared in the hospital, Jiang Nian ran over.

There were many people in the city hospital, so Jiang Nian searched floor by floor. She couldn't explain how she felt, but her hands and feet were shaking. She ran to the third floor and checked each ward until she put her hand on the wooden door of the fourth ward and heard Song Bai's voice.

"Sister-in-law is fine, I just worry about you." "

Deputy Commander Lu, you can rest assured and recover. Deputy Commander Song and I will personally send sister-in-law to Xiuzhuang."

"As long as she is fine."

It was Lu Yu's voice.

After half a year, his voice no longer came from the phone receiver, but from behind a door.

Jiang Nian took a breath and pushed open the door of the ward. She saw Lu Yu lying on the outermost bed. The man took off his military uniform and wore a ramie sweater she knitted. From her angle, she could only see Lu Yu's profile. She could tell at a glance that he had lost a lot of weight, and his angular profile looked even sharper.

He was covered with a quilt, and Jiang Nian didn't know where he was injured.

Several people heard the door open and thought it was a nurse. Zhu Jun looked up and was stunned: "Sister-in-law!"

Why is she here? !

The word "sister-in-law" made everyone look towards the ward.

Lu Yu frowned slightly, turned around and saw Jiang Nian coming in, his expression changed slightly, his throat seemed to be blocked by a strong charcoal fire, and he couldn't speak. Jiang Nian walked to the bed, looked down at him, and mist floated in his bright eyes: "Why didn't you tell me that you were back?"

Lu Yu sat up with his elbows on the bed. This action seemed to have exhausted all his strength. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead and his face was worse than before. Jiang Nian was so scared that he held his arm. However, Lu Yu grabbed his wrist hard with his backhand. The man's bony fingers exerted force for a moment and then released it. His low voice was a little hoarse: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Zhu Jun was a little embarrassed: "Sister-in-law, how did you know we were here?"

Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu, her voice choked: "I saw you coming out of the state-owned hotel and followed you secretly."

Zhu Jun:...

Lu Yu glanced at Zhu Jun, and Zhu Jun sighed helplessly. Who would have thought that he would be bumped into by his sister-in-law.

Song Bai glanced at the arm held in Lu Yu's hand and said, "I'll go see the doctor and ask about the situation."

Zhu Jun said, "I'll go too."

"Lu Yu, is this your sister-in-law?"

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

The men in the two beds inside greeted Jiang Nian. They all went out with Lu Yu this time. The man inside looked at Jiang Nian and smiled, "Hello, sister-in-law. My name is Chen Yao. I know you. I was with you when Lu Yu called you."

Jiang Nian remembered that when Lu Yu called her for the first time, there was indeed a man's voice on the other end of the phone, and it sounded very much like Chen Yao.

She nodded and smiled softly: "Hello, my name is Jiang Nian."

The other man smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, my name is Zhou Ji."

Jiang Nian nodded: "Hello."

"Sister-in-law."

Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's wrist and hid it under the quilt. His fingers slowly slid into Jiang Nian's palm, clasped her fingers and squeezed in. His eyes were mixed with strong emotions: "You have lost weight."

Her wrist was thinner.

He held it loosely with half of his palm.

"Sit here."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and sat on the window sill. Under the quilt where no one could see her, Lu Yu's hands kept holding her tightly.

He said, "I missed the noodles you made."

Jiang Nian's eyes turned red instantly. She bit her lower lip, trying to hold back her tears and looked into Lu Yu's eyes. The man's eyes darkened, "I'm fine. I'll be fine in a few days."

Jiang Nian sniffed and cried, "Where are you injured? Let me see."

Lu Yu coughed lightly, "No need to see."

Chen Yao smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you can't see this. Lu Yu is injured in the hip."

Jiang Nian was stunned and saw the smile in Lu Yu's eyes.

She pursed her lips and lowered her head. After a pause, she asked, "How did you get hurt?"

Lu Yu said lightly, "It was scratched by the quilt. It's not serious."

Lu Yu noticed that Jiang Nian's hand was frozen. He rubbed the back of Jiang Nian's hand. If there were no two people in the ward, he would have wanted to hug her, to hold this lively person whom he had been thinking about for half a year in his arms.

Jiang Nian knew that Lu Yu must have been in a dangerous area for the past six months. It must have taken him a lot of effort to call her twice. Jiang Nian felt sore in her heart. She was more afraid that Lu Yu would get into trouble than ever before.

Jiang Nian wanted to hold back, but she couldn't help crying.

After not seeing each other for half a year, she finally saw him, but he was still lying in bed.

Chen Yao and Zhou Ji looked at each other, watching Jiang Nian biting her lower lip and trying to hold back her tears and sobs, and they both thought that Lu Yu, his sister-in-law, looked really pretty when she cried.

Chen Yao and Zhou Ji: ...

Chen Yao said, "Sister-

in-law, Lu Yu is really fine." Zhou Ji said, "Sister-in-law, Lu Yu is in good health."

Jiang Nian sat by the bed for a long time, their hands clasped together under the quilt, she gradually stopped crying, saw the aluminum lunch box on the table, and looked at Chen Yao and the others, they were eating with the aluminum lunch boxes in their hands, so she said to Lu Yu, "Eat first."

She pulled her hand away, but didn't.

Lu Yu held it tightly and reluctantly before letting go. Jiang Nian quickly pulled back her hand and twisted the aluminum lunch box, trying to help Lu Yu sit up, but he just sat on the head of the bed with his arms propped up. Jiang Nian was shocked: "Don't use force, or you'll hurt yourself."

"It's okay."

Lu Yu took the lunch box handed to her by Jiang Nian and asked her: "Have you eaten?"

Jiang Nian nodded: "I have."

After she finished speaking, she saw the man smile, and she frowned slightly: "What are you laughing at?"

Lu Yu shouted outside: "Zhu Jun."

Zhu Jun, who had just walked to the door, heard the voice and walked in: "Deputy Colonel Lu, what's the matter?"

Lu Yu said: "Take my sister-in-law to the state-owned hotel for lunch."

Jiang Nian: ...

You really can't hide anything from Lu Yu.

Jiang Nian followed Zhu Jun and Song Bai to the state-owned hotel. The three of them chose a seat by the window. Song Bai ordered four dishes and asked Jiang Nian: "Sister-in-law, do you want rice or steamed bread?"

Jiang Nian said: "Rice."

While eating, Song Bai asked Jiang Nian: "Sister-in-law, will you come back with us later or stay here?"

Jiang Nian said: "I'll go back and bring two sets of clothes for Lu Yu."

She just saw that Lu Yu's sweater was stained with blood, which looked very seeping.

Song Bai looked at Jiang Nian's bright and beautiful eyes and smiled: "Okay."

After dinner, they went to the hospital. Lu Yu had already finished eating. The aluminum lunch box was on the table. Zhu Jun took the initiative to wash it. Jiang Nian saw that Lu Yu was already lying on the bed. She stood beside the bed and said, "I will go back with Zhu Jun later. I will pack two sets of clothes for you to change at night and bring them to you tomorrow."

"No need."

Lu Yu looked at Jiang Nian's thin face and said, "You just stay at home and take care of them. I will go back to see you in a few days."

Jiang Nian shook her head and said, "I will come to see you tomorrow. It's settled."

She refused him stubbornly for the first time.

When Zhu Jun came in, Lu Yu told Zhu Jun to go back and ask if there would be a procurement vehicle coming tomorrow from the military region. If there was, Jiang Nian would come. If not, it would not work.

Jiang Nian: ...

She glanced at Lu Yu's pale face, turned around and followed Song Bai and Zhu Jun.

Chen Yao said, "Lu Yu, your sister-in-law is so nice to you."

Lu Yu smiled, "Yeah."

"By the way, is the mixed sauce noodles made by your sister-in-law really that delicious? I see you always say you want to eat her mixed sauce noodles."

Lu Yu looked at the window and smiled meaningfully, "It's delicious."

Chen Yao and the two said in unison, "Let's try sister-in-law's cooking when we have a chance."

Lu Yu: ...

Jiang Nian and Zhu Jun got on the bus, and it was already dark when they returned.

The Third Group had something to do, and Song Bai was called away by Tang Ze as soon as he got off the bus. Zhu Jun said, "Sister- in-law