Chapter 82

Her earlobe was pinched until it felt hot. This was the first time that Lu Yu did this kind of intimate thing to her in front of outsiders. Jiang Nian blushed slightly. She wanted to ask him why he came back only today, but when she thought of the outsiders, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

She should ask him again when she got back. Maybe Lu Yu would not be able to tell her.

Lu Yu looked past Jiang Nian at Gu Shizhou and Yu Liang lying on the hospital bed. Seeing that both of them had one arm in a sling, he frowned slightly: "What happened to you two?"

Gu Shizhou said: "It's about Kuang Sheng's family."

Yu Liang told Lu Yu everything that happened at Kuang Sheng's house yesterday. Finally, he said angrily: "Thanks to Deputy Commander Kuang for sending his mother back, otherwise a lot of trouble would have happened again."

Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's hand and talked to Gu Shizhou and Yu Liang for a while before leaving. Before leaving, he said to Gu Shizhou: "Take good care of yourself. Come to our house for dinner in two days. Nian Nian and I will treat you well."

Jiang Nian: ???

She looked up at Lu Yu and was really surprised.

Lu Yu only called her Nian Nian when they were doing that. He had never called her so intimately in front of outsiders.

Gu Shizhou smiled and said, "Okay."

Yu Liang said, "Then I'm in for another treat."

The two left the clinic. Lu Yu kept holding Jiang Nian's hand. It was hot in the summer, so Jiang Nian wore a thin shirt with a waistline that outlined her slim waist. Lu Yu took off his military uniform and put it on her. The wide military uniform instantly covered her small body, and the hem did not cover her thighs. Jiang

Nian looked up in confusion and said, "I'm not cold."

Lu Yu's eyes were a little dark, and he pinched her fingers: "It's a little windy here, don't catch a cold."

Jiang Nian: ???

She looked up. It was a sunny day with the sun shining in the sky. Where did the wind come from?

"Captain Lu is back."

It was just after lunch time. There were people coming and going on the road. They greeted Lu Yu when they saw him. Lu Yu nodded, said a few words to them, and then took Jiang Nian back. As soon as they walked to the family building, they ran into Luo Chengyi and Luo Xiaoyue. It was unknown what the father and daughter were talking about. Luo Xiaoyue lowered her head and didn't say a word.

Hearing the footsteps, Luo Xiaoyue looked up, then smiled at Jiang Nian and said, "Aunt Jiang." Then she shouted, "Uncle Lu."

Lu Yu nodded and said, "Are you after school?" Luo Xiaoyue

said, "Yes, after school."

Luo Chengyi talked to Lu Yu for a few words and took Luo Xiaoyue back home. When Jiang Nian reached the door of her house, she turned her head and looked over there. Her fingers suddenly felt heavy. She looked up and met Lu Yu's lowered gaze: "What's wrong?"

Lu Yu said, "What are you looking at?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and shook her head lightly. She just guessed that Luo Xiaoyue's personality might not be right, and she had no real evidence. She didn't want Lu Yu to think that she was suspicious of others, so she didn't say anything else and just went into the house in silence.

Lu Yu's eyebrows slightly wrinkled, and his eyes gradually deepened as he looked at Jiang Nian's back.

Jiang Nian hung Lu Yu's military uniform on the hook on the wall, and she went into the bathroom

to wash her hands: "Have you eaten?" Lu Yu unbuttoned his collar with one hand and walked towards the bathroom: "No."

The light in the cramped bathroom suddenly dimmed, and Jiang Nian ran into Lu Yu's tight arms before she could get up. She grabbed Lu Yu's arm. She hadn't seen Lu Yu for 20 days, and now she inexplicably wanted to get close to him.

But it was still daytime, and it was lunchtime, and Lu Yu hadn't eaten.

Jiang Nian whispered, "There's still some bone soup. I'll cook you two more dishes. Eat something first."

Lu Yu lowered his head and said, "I'm not hungry yet."

This place was too close to the door. Jiang Nian was afraid that people outside would hear anything, so she whispered, "Let's go inside."

Lu Yu's voice was hoarse, "Okay."

After a long time, Lu Yu suddenly asked, "How many times have you cooked for Gu Shizhou during the days I was away?"

Jiang Nian: ???

Her chaotic mind suddenly became clearer. She opened her blurry eyes and looked into Lu Yu's dark eyes. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, his neck was taut with blue veins, and his breath was different from when he was calm.

When he raised his head, his eyes became deeper: "How many times?"

Jiang Nian said: "Just this time, Sister Tian asked me to help look after Gu Shizhou and Yu Liang. I thought that both of them had injured arms, so I cooked some bone soup and made some cakes to send over. It was also a way for me to thank Gu Shizhou for watering and weeding the private plot these days."

She looked at the man's increasingly dark eyes with some curiosity: "Are you... jealous?"

The man's voice was hoarse and sharp: "Yes, jealous."

This was the first time Lu Yu lost control since she came out of the hospital last time.

He covered Jiang Nian with a quilt and said, "Have a good rest, I'll go cook."

Jiang Nian pulled the quilt to cover her face, and her voice came out from under the quilt: "I want to eat noodles."

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Okay."

He got up, drew the curtains and opened the window. The wind blew in, gradually dispersing the air in the room.

Lu Yu finished cooking and came over to pick up Jiang Nian: "It's time to eat."

"Yeah."

Jiang Nian hugged Lu Yu's shoulders, resting his chin lazily on his shoulder, tilted his head to look at the stubble on Lu Yu's chin, reached out to shave, and his fingers were itchy. She smiled and said, "It's time to shave."

Lu Yu laughed from his throat: "I'll shave after dinner."

He held Jiang Nian and sat on the stool, and brought the bowl to her. Jiang Nian was full after eating a bowl of noodles, while Lu Yu ate three bowls. After washing the pots and bowls, he went to the bathroom to shave. When he came out, he was the same Lu Yu as before, with a cold and tough temperament.

He picked up Jiang Nian: "Go to sleep for a while, I'll go to the group and come back in the evening."

Jiang Nian felt a little itchy and nodded: "Okay."

She found that after Lu Yu came back, she was like a useless person with limited mobility. Whether she was eating or doing anything else, she was held by Lu Yu. The man held her on the bed, covered her with a summer quilt and left.

In the afternoon, He Yue came over. Jiang Nian was sleeping in a daze. When she turned over, she felt a little tired. She took out dry clothes from the cupboard and put them on, then walked out of the door.

He Yue saw Jiang Nian's slightly messy hair and smiled: "Are you taking a nap?"

Jiang Nian smiled unnaturally: "Yeah, I just woke up."

He Yue saw some marks under Jiang Nian's unbuttoned collar. The mother of two children blushed shamelessly. They all knew that Captain Lu had returned. With such a beautiful young wife staying at home, any man would want to hug her when he comes back.

She changed the subject: "My mother said that the fish pond in their village needs to be changed with water, and we can catch fish tomorrow. I came to ask if you want to go. If we go, we can go together. The fish in the brigade is cheaper than that in the food station. We can just buy a few to eat."

Jiang Nian remembered the time when she followed Xu Yan and Feng Mei to catch fish last year, so she smiled and said, "Go."

Finally, He Yue said that she would go to see Kuang Xiu, and Jiang Nian went with her. When she closed the door and was about to leave, she was stopped by He Yue, who said a little embarrassedly, "Button up your collar."

Jiang Nian was stunned: ? ?

She opened the door and went home. She walked to the mirror and took a look. There was a blue mark in the middle of her neck.

Jiang Nian: ...

She pursed her lips and buttoned her collar angrily, just to cover it up.

Jiang Nian suspected that Lu Yu did it on purpose, otherwise how could he have kept the distance just right?

Thinking of He Yue's eyes just now, Jiang Nian felt a little embarrassed. She patted her face, and when she left, He Yue's expression had returned to normal. The two went to Tian Mai's house to see Kuang Xiu.

Tian Mai had been watching over her since yesterday. Without the old lady at home, Kuang Xiu's condition was much better. She dared to talk to Kuang Qian while sitting on the bench alone. When she saw Jiang Nian and He Yue coming, she just lowered her head and didn't say anything, nor did she hide.

It was hot today, and the two children were wearing short-sleeved shirts. Their arms were all pinched, which made He Yue furious: "This old lady is such a jerk!"

Jiang Nian also felt that she was not worthy of being a mother or a grandmother. Fortunately, Deputy Head Kuang sent her away, otherwise Kuang Xiu would have jumped off the building once and for all, and there was no way to prevent it.

After leaving Tian Mai's house, Jiang Nian went to the food station. Lu Yu was back, so she had to cook two more dishes tonight. Lu Yu had lost weight again in the past twenty days, so she had to give him more food.

He Yue accompanied Jiang Nian to the food station. Jiang Nian bought a pound of meat and a few ribs, and then went to the vegetable station to buy some vegetables. He Yue said, "Anyone is coming to your house?"

Jiang Nian thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask Political Commissar Gu and Battalion Commander Chen to come to my house for dinner. They helped water and weed when Lu Yu was not around. I should at least treat them to a meal to thank them."

He Yue said "Yes."

When they came out of the vegetable market and walked outside the army, they saw a middle-aged woman wandering at the door. She was dressed in a simple way, with her hair tied behind her head and hanging down, and a small cloth bag on her body. Jiang Nian looked at her and felt familiar, but couldn't remember who she was at first, until He Yue pushed her shoulder and whispered that it was Luo Xiaoyue's mother. Then she realized.

Luo Xiaoyue didn't look like Luo Chengyi, but looked like her mother.

The woman also saw Jiang Nian and He Yue, frowned, and turned away from them. He Yue whispered, "Why is this woman here again?"

The two walked into the army, and Jiang Nian asked, "Does she come often?"

He Yue said, "Yes, she comes at least four times a month. She says she can't bear to leave her daughter and wants to come and see her, but everyone knows it well. She just doesn't want to make Deputy Captain Luo and Guan Lu have an easy time, so she deliberately annoys Guan Lu. Every time she comes, she asks Deputy Captain Luo to come and sign to bring her in. Later, after Guan Lu made trouble a few times, Deputy Captain Luo ignored her and asked Luo Xiaoyue to go out to see her."

Jiang Nian felt that Luo Xiaoyue might not be as simple as she seemed.

He Yue added: "I have lived here for seven years, and was a neighbor of Deputy Captain Luo's ex-wife for four years. This woman has a very strange temper. Whenever Deputy Captain Luo talks to a military wife, she thinks that the other person is seducing Deputy Captain Luo. As a result, everyone avoids Deputy Captain Luo every time they see him."

This is just suspicious and has a strong desire for control. She doesn't want Luo Chengyi to come into contact with any member of the opposite sex. If this continues, no one can stand it after a long time. No wonder they ended up getting divorced.

He Yue said: "After the two divorced, the child followed Deputy Head Luo. A year later, someone introduced Guan Lulu to Deputy Head Luo." At this point, He Yue smiled with a wicked sense of humor: "Deputy Head Luo is quite popular with women. He is a man in his thirties, and he married a young wife like Guan Lu, who is in her early twenties, and she is a first-time bride."

Jiang Nian smiled.

The old cow eats the young grass, but this young grass doesn't seem to be very happy at home.

On the way back, Jiang Nian met Luo Xiaoyue who was running with a schoolbag on her back. Seeing Jiang Nian and He Yue, Luo Xiaoyue smiled sweetly: "Aunt Jiang, Aunt He."

He Yue smiled and said, "Going to see your mother?"

Luo Xiaoyue's face froze for a moment, and she nodded: "Yeah."

Back to the family building, he met Yue Qiao and Guan Lu at the stairs. Yue Qiao was standing at the door, talking to Guan Lu about something, both of them had smiles on their faces. Yue Qiao saw Jiang Nian and He Yue, and waved to them: "Sister Jiang, Sister He, come and sit for a while."

Yue Qiao was very enthusiastic, and Jiang Nian couldn't refuse her kindness. He put his things back home and went to Yue Qiao's house with He Yue.

This was the first time Jiang Nian sat with Guan Lu. Guan Lu crossed her legs, held the enamel cup in her hands, lowered her eyes and blew the hot water in the quilt. There was a hint of melancholy between her eyebrows and eyes. She had a bookish temperament, which was completely different from the temperament of Luo Chengyi's ex-wife.

Jiang Nian was a little confused. With Guan Lu's temperament and appearance, she could definitely find a suitable husband. Why did she marry Luo Chengyi, who was divorced and had a child?

Her gaze was too direct. Guan Lu had to raise her head to meet Jiang Nian's eyes. Jiang Nian smiled. Guan Lu was stunned and smiled at her, then lowered her head to drink water, trying to deliberately avoid talking to her and He Yue.

Guan Lu didn't seem to want to deal with too many people.

Yue Qiao poured hot water for Jiang Nian and He Yue. Jiang Nian learned from Yue Qiao that she and Guan Lu grew up in the same compound. They knew each other since childhood. They didn't expect that they would marry into the same army after growing up. What's more, they became neighbors.

He Yue smiled and said, "You two are so lucky."

Jiang Nian sat for a while and then went back. She washed her hands and cooked in the kitchen. Lu Yu came back when it was getting dark. Jiang Nian's braised pork was just about to be cooked. The room was filled with the rich aroma of rice. The smell drifted out of the window and spoiled the neighbors upstairs and downstairs.

Lu Yu hung the military uniform on the hook and looked at the apron on Jiang Nian. It was the one he bought again. It was looser and didn't show her waist very much. He walked over and hugged Jiang Nian from behind and kissed her earlobe: "What did you cook? Rice?"

Jiang Nian tilted her head and said: "Rice, braised pork and Chinese cabbage, and a soup."

"By the way."

Jiang Nian held up the spatula, turned his head to look at Lu Yu, and pinched his collar button: "Did you do that on purpose?"

Lu Yu laughed softly: "On purpose."

Jiang Nian: ...

Jiang Nian tightened her hand holding the spatula, pushed Lu Yu away, and asked him to serve the meal quickly. While eating, Lu Yu said: "Gu Shizhou and Chen Yao will come to our house for dinner the day after tomorrow."

Jiang Nian nodded lightly: "Okay." He continued: "I will go to the next village to catch fish with Sister He tomorrow. If I don't come back at noon, you can go to the cafeteria to eat."

Lu Yu: "Okay."

The next day, Jiang Nian got up late, and He Yue almost broke the door. She hurriedly got up and ran When she went over and opened the door, she saw He Yue with her hands on her hips, glaring at her with fierce eyes: "The sun is shining on your butt, why are you still sleeping?"

Jiang Nian: ...

She embarrassedly adjusted her hair: "I couldn't sleep last night."

He Yue saw through it but didn't say anything. She swept her ambiguous eyes over her: "Hurry up and pack up, we are going to my mother's village to catch fish. If we are late, we won't be able to catch any."

Jiang Nian: "Okay."

She went back to the house to wash up, and saw breakfast warming in the pot. It was prepared by Lu Yu. She ate a few bites, then put on the backpack and went downstairs with He Yue. At the stairs, she met Yue Qiao and Guan Lu. They were holding vegetables in their hands, as if they had just returned from the vegetable market.

Yue Qiao saw He Yue and Jiang Nian greet each other and asked He Yue: "Where are you going?"

He Yue said: "To my mother's village to catch fish."

She paused, glanced at Guan Lu, and asked: "Do you want to go?"

He Yue just wanted to ask politely. In her eyes, Guan Lu was not the same kind of person as them. Every time they saw them, they would lower their heads and walk away without saying a word.

Yue Qiao said: "Go, you wait a moment, Guan Lu and I will go get the backpack." After that, she took Guan Lu away.

The two waited in the corridor for a while, and Yue Qiao and Guan Lu came out together, carrying a backpack. The four of them walked out of the army. The next village was far away from the army, and it took more than 40 minutes to walk there. Yue Qiao and He Yue were talkative, and they talked all the way. Jiang Nian interjected a few words, and Guan Lu also said a few words occasionally.

A few people arrived at the fish pond of the commune. At this time, there were already people from the brigade and educated youth in the fish pond catching fish. He Yue pulled Jiang Nian and said, "Hurry up, or you won't be able to catch any

fish if you're late." Yue Qiao had been living in the compound since she was a child and had never caught any fish. Guan Yulu was even less capable than him. The two followed He Yue and Jiang Nian into the fish pond. The mud under the pond was very slippery. Guan Yulu slipped and was caught by Jiang Nian's arm in time to help her stand up. She looked at Jiang Nian gratefully and said, "Thank you." Jiang

Nian smiled and said, "It's okay. I almost slipped the first time I went to the fish pond." Guan Yulu

looked at the smile in Jiang Nian's eyes, and the alienation in her eyes faded a little. She lowered her head and followed He Yue to learn how to catch fish. He He Yue turned her head and glanced at Jiang Nian. Seeing that she was very skilled in catching fish, she was stunned for a moment: "Hey, Jiang Nian, you can catch fish?"

Jiang Nian said: "I went fishing with some sisters-in-law before, and they taught me."

He Yue smiled and said, "I really didn't realize that."

Yue Qiao grabbed the fish anxiously, and cried out: "What? I can't catch it, it runs away quickly."

Guan Lu grabbed the fish for a long time and got her hands full of mud. Jiang Nian walked to her and taught her how to catch fish. Guan Lu pursed her lips and tried to catch fish according to the steps Jiang Nian said. She actually caught one, but when she threw the fish into the backpack behind her, her hand slipped and the fish ran away again. Seeing this, Jiang Nian bent down, grabbed the fish and threw it into her backpack.

Guan Yulu smiled and said, "Thank you."

When she smiled, there was a gentle temperament between her eyebrows. It can be seen that the environment she grew up in was different from the others. Jiang Nian became more and more curious. How could a woman like Guan Yulu marry Luo Chengyi?

The four of them finally caught a few fish and lined up to go to the brigade to weigh them. After paying the money, they walked back with the baskets on their backs. After the fishing, Guan Yulu talked more on the way back and took the initiative to say a few words to Jiang Nian. They didn't catch

lunch in time, and it was almost afternoon when they returned to the army.

Several people were covered in mud and ran all the way to the family building. On the way, they met Chen Yao and Jiang Zhou. Chen Yao's eyes fell on Jiang Nian and he was stunned for a while before he dared to recognize her: "Sister-in-law?"

He looked at Jiang Nian, holding back a smile on his face.

After knowing each other for such a long time, this was the first time I saw Jiang Nian covered in mud. She looked like she had just rolled out of a quagmire. The three sisters-in-law beside her were not much better. Even Jiang Zhou couldn't help laughing.

Jiang Nian:...

She pursed her lips and smiled, then lowered her head to look at the dried mud on her hands: "We went fishing."

He Yue said: "Yes, we caught a lot."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Chen Yao and the others. Chen Yao looked at Jiang Nian and smiled: "Sister-in-law, will there be braised fish tomorrow?"

Jiang Nian said: "Yes, enough."

After returning to the family building, Jiang Nian put down the backpack and went to the bathroom to take off her clothes. She changed three basins of water before she was clean. As soon as she walked out of the bathroom, the door opened from the outside. Jiang Nian, who was wearing a small She was wearing a vest and shorts. Seeing Lu Yu coming in, she blinked: "Why are you back so early today?"

Lu Yu closed the door: "Nothing happened in the group today."

He asked again: "How many fish did you catch today?"

Jiang Nian smiled: "Three."

Lu Yu smiled: "I'll go clean the fish."

Jiang Nian went to the kitchen to eat something and then went back to the house to embroider. This embroidery will be completed in ten days. Yue Qiao came over when it was dark and gave Jiang Nian some hot sauce. It was her mother's specialty and it was delicious with rice.

Compared with Yue Qiao's enthusiasm, Jiang Nian didn't know how to respond for a while.

She decided to make some cakes and send them to Yue Qiao tomorrow as a courtesy.

After Lu Yu finished processing the fish, he cleaned up the house and finally went to cook dinner. There was a noisy sound coming from the corridor outside. It was Fang Xia, Fang Guo and Luo Xiaoyue who had finished school. It was getting dark. Jiang Nian looked up at the man's clean-shaven chin: "Zhang Xiao is going to give birth next month."

The man held her hand and looked down at her: "Are you going?"

Jiang Nian nodded: "I promised Zhang Xiao that I would go to see her."

Lu Yu's dark eyes smiled: "I will take a leave to accompany you, and we will go back together."

"You-"

Jiang Nian paused, looked at Lu Yu's stern face, and asked: "What are we going back with?"

Lu Yu said: "We haven't invited Captain Tang and Zhu Jun to a wedding banquet for our wedding, so we'll make up for it this time."

Jiang Nian understood immediately that now that Lu Yu was no longer there, she and Lu Yu didn't have to hide the fact that they were going back to invite them to a wedding banquet like before. Even if they talked about it behind her back, they wouldn't be able to hear it. At least they knew that she and Lu Yu were married. They

were no longer uncle and sister-in-law, but husband and wife.

She remembered that Lu Yu had said before that he would take her back, and now was a good opportunity.

Jiang Nian once again dreamed of her home in the New Century. She opened the door as usual, and it was the same scene, but Jiang Nian was not there. She called her parents and grandparents, but they didn't notice anything. She returned to her room, and the bed was neatly laid out. There was a diary on the bedside cabinet.

It was what she saw in her last dream.

Jiang Nian walked over with curiosity and sat on the bedside, picking up the diary. Last time, because Lu Yu woke her up, she didn't see the content inside, and only saw the name of Jiang Nian in crooked handwriting.

Jiang Nian's hand pressed on the diary for a while. She wanted to see what 'Jiang Nian' wrote. She wanted to know what kind of connection existed between her and 'Jiang Nian'. Why did she appear in the new century and become her?

Jiang Nian turned to the first page of the diary. The words 'Jiang Nian' were written inside.

She opened the first page and there were only three sentences.

- I finally woke up.

- It's all fake.

- I saw Xu Chengcheng.

The handwriting was crooked, but the last sentence surprised Jiang Nian.

'Jiang Nian' saw Xu Chengcheng?

Is it the Xu Cheng of the new century?

She turned to the second page, which said that when Jiang Nian was helping her parents at the restaurant, she met a customer who looked very similar to Xu Cheng. She glanced at the time in the diary, then looked up at the calendar on the wall. It was three days ago.

Jiang Nian's hand holding the diary suddenly tightened, and a ridiculous thought suddenly came to her mind.

Did the characters in the book overlap with the real ones?

There were footsteps outside the door. Jiang Nian turned her head and looked at the closed door. As she watched the door slowly open, a familiar shadow appeared in her sight. Jiang Nian felt her arm a little heavy, and she opened her eyes in a daze. Lu Yu was close at hand. The man's eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and his eyes were dark.

Jiang Nian was stunned, and her voice was a little soft after she woke up: "What's wrong with you?"

Lu Yu said: "Who were you calling just now?"

Jiang Nian: ???

Did she talk in

her sleep? Seeing the surprise and confusion in her eyes, Lu Yu pinched her cheeks, looked into Jiang Nian's eyes with dark eyes, and said with temptation and coldness: "Did you dream about Xu Cheng?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and blinked her eyes, not knowing what to say.

She dreamed of 'Jiang Nian', but she saw Xu Cheng's name in her diary. Perhaps she accidentally said Xu Cheng's name and Lu Yu misunderstood her. Seeing the strange coldness between Lu Yu's eyebrows, she thought for a while and whispered, "I dreamed." She

couldn't say that she didn't dream, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the dream, and it would make Lu Yu feel guilty.

When she finished saying these three words, she obviously felt that Lu Yu's breathing tightened.

She looked at the man's dark and unclear eyes, bit her lip, lowered her eyes and whispered, "I dreamed that my father-in-law and Xu Cheng came to Yuan City to see us."

The arm holding her waist tightened again, as if to embed her into the bone seam, for fear that if it loosened a little, she would disappear.

Jiang Nian said, "Let's go back home at the end of the year and burn some paper for my father-in-law and Xu Cheng and visit them."

Lu Yu said, "Okay."

Jiang Nian let go of her hand and snuggled into Lu Yu's arms. Lu Yu hugged her tightly and said, "Jiang Nian."

"Huh?"

Jiang Nian raised her head from the man's arms, looked at Lu Yu's angular jaw in the dim light, waiting for his next words, but heard him say, "Go to sleep."

Jiang Nian slept well in the second half of the night, but Lu Yu did not close his eyes all night.

At dawn, Lu Yu pinched his forehead and looked at Jiang Nian who was sleeping soundly in his arms. She muttered Xu Cheng's name in her sleep in the middle of the night, which reminded him of Jiang Nian's abnormality in Xu Cheng's room last time. Although she was asleep this time, the numbness between her eyebrows could not deceive anyone.

He was afraid that the person in front of him would disappear. He

was afraid that she would become the same as before, no longer the Jiang Nian in front of him with bright eyes, smiling at him all the time.

Jiang Nian slept until she woke up naturally. When she woke up, Lu Yu had already left. Today, Gu Shizhou and his family came to her house for dinner. Jiang Nian started to prepare at home after breakfast. The dinner time was at noon. Gu Shizhou, Chen Yao, Yu Liang and Jiang Zhou were coming. There were not enough vegetables and meat, so she planned to go to the food station. As

soon as she left the house, she ran into Guan Lu.

Guan Lu was stunned for a moment, nodded to Jiang Nian, Jiang Nian also smiled, and when the two walked out, they found that they were walking on the same road, so Guan Lu asked: "Are you going to the vegetable market?"

Jiang Nian said: "Yes, I'll go to the food market to buy some meat."

Guan Lu smiled: "Let's go together."

The two people who don't talk much walked together, and the road was also quiet. When they walked outside the army, Jiang Nian saw a woman standing outside. Her temperament was very similar to Guan Lu, both of them had some bookish air, her hair was very long, tied with a white ribbon, and she was carrying an old-fashioned shoulder bag from the old times. Her soft eyebrows seemed familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

When the woman saw Jiang Nian and Guan Lu, she smiled at Guan Lu and looked away.

The two walked away, Jiang Nian asked, "Do you know

each other?" Guan Lu said, "Our parents know each other, and I have met her several times." As if she mentioned something sad, Guan Lu's face showed a sad look, she sighed softly, and suddenly turned to look at Jiang Nian: "She is the same as me, her family background is not very good."

Jiang Nian was stunned, a little surprised that Guan Lu would say this to her.

Before Jiang Nian could speak, Guan Lu said, "She is luckier than me, there are elders outside to protect her, and there is also a senior brother in the military area who protects her regardless of the risk."

The doubts lingering in Jiang Nian's heart were solved at this moment. She finally knew why Guan Lu would marry Luo Chengyi, who was married for the second time and had a daughter. Her family background was not good, and Guan Lu had never suffered hardship. Only by marrying Luo Chengyi could she avoid the suffering of being sent down to the countryside.

She didn't know if her guess was right, but she felt that it was almost certain.

Jiang Nian didn't ask much. She went to the food station with Guan Lu to buy a pound of meat and a chicken, and then went to the vegetable station to buy some vegetables before returning to the army. When they returned, the woman outside the army had disappeared.

Jiang Nian started to get busy when she got home. Lu Yu had already processed the fish, and she just had to do it.

Now that we don’t have to burn firewood, it’s convenient to cook. Halfway through the meal, the neighbors upstairs and downstairs began to clamor at the windows, trying to smell the delicious meat aroma. Everyone knows that this smell comes from Captain Lu’s house. Only when Captain Lu’s wife cooks can there be such a delicious smell.

After the last dish came out of the pot, footsteps were heard outside.

The door opened, and Lu Yu came in first, followed by Chen Yao, Yu Liang with his arm in a sling, and Jiang Zhou. Lu Yu walked into the kitchen, stood next to Jiang Nian, stretched out his hand to hold her shoulder and squeezed it lightly: "Are you tired?"

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Not tired."

It's just cooking a meal, what's so tiring about it.

"Wow, sister-in-law, the food tastes so good!"

Chen Yao's voice came from outside the kitchen. Jiang Nian smiled and said, "It's time to eat."

Lu Yu took the food out, and Chen Yao came in to help. Jiang Nian took the chopsticks and went out. She didn't see Gu Shizhou, so she asked in confusion, "Where is Political Commissar Gu?"

Lu Yu took the chopsticks from her hand and pinched her fingertips: "He went out."

Yu Liang smelled the fish and said, "Sister-in-law, this fish is really delicious."

Jiang Zhou said, "There is also chicken."

The three of them discussed the dishes and took the chopsticks handed to them by Lu Yu and started eating. Jiang Nian sat next to Lu Yu and just took a bite of the food when he heard Lu Yu say, "Professor Ling's daughter is here, Gu Shizhou went to see her."

The first thing Jiang Nian thought of was the woman he saw outside the army today.

He finally realized why he felt that her eyebrows and eyes looked familiar, and she was somewhat similar to Professor Ling.

Seeing the surprise in Jiang Nian's eyes, Lu Yu asked: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Nian whispered: "I saw her today when I went to the food station with Guan Lu. At first, I thought her features looked familiar. It turned out that she was Professor Ling's daughter."

No wonder she had a scholarly aura and knew Guan Lu's parents. Guan Lu said that their parents' backgrounds were not good. I'm afraid that Guan Lu's parents were demoted like the old professor.

Jiang Nian took a bite of the food and found that Lu Yu's eyes looked at her with a little more depth.

She was stunned for a moment and blinked: "What's wrong?"

The man smiled: "Nothing."

Jiang Nian: ...

But she always felt that Lu Yu's smile was a little unpredictable.

Yu Liang injured his right wrist and could only use chopsticks with his left hand. He couldn't pick up any food for a long time and kicked Jiang Zhou: "Feed me a piece of chicken."

Jiang Zhou: ...

He picked up Yu Liang's chopsticks with disdain and picked up a few pieces of chicken and fed him the chicken. Yu Liang nodded contentedly: "It's delicious."

Chen Yao also fed Yu Liang a few bites of meat, and Yu Liang stopped crying.

After dinner, Chen Yao and the others left. Lu Yu asked Jiang Nian to rest while he took the dishes to the kitchen to wash them. Jiang Nian was wiping the table outside. As soon as she finished sweeping the floor, Lu Yu hugged her from behind. The man's chin rested on her shoulder: "Niannian."

The deep voice was somewhat lingering and magnetic, and Jiang Nian's heart trembled.

She turned her head and looked at Lu Yu's angular profile. She had a vague intuition that Lu Yu had something to say.

The man looked into her eyes: "Professor Ling's wife died six years ago."

Jiang Nian was stunned, turned around from Lu Yu's arms, looked up at him: "How did you know?"

Lu Yu said: "Shi Zhou said."

"Oh."

Jiang Nian thought of the old professor's weathered face, and felt sorry for him. If it was six years ago, it was exactly the year when the old professor was demoted to the cowshed. Did his wife also die because of this change?

Just as she was thinking about this, Lu Yu's voice came through her: "Niannian, Professor Ling's wife is not good at cooking. Who taught you pastry skills?"

Jiang Nian: ? ? ?

It's over!

It's exposed...

Jiang Nian blinked, blinked again, and froze there for a while. He couldn't say a word for a long time.

Lu Yu stared at Jiang Nian, the smile on his lips gradually faded.

He didn't want to ask too much about Jiang Nian's secrets before, but Jiang Nian's abnormal behavior last time in his hometown and her strange behavior last night made him feel uneasy. He wanted to know what secrets Jiang Nian was hiding, and he wanted to help her so that she could stay by his side forever.

So he asked again: "Who taught you cooking?"

Jiang Nian: ...

She pursed her lips, not daring to look into Lu Yu's eyes. She wanted to say that she taught herself, but she felt that this excuse was really lame. After thinking about it, she didn't know how to respond.

Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's chin, forcing her to raise her neck high, facing his compelling gaze with nowhere to hide: "Jiang Nian, tell me."

His voice was low and deep, with temptation, wanting Jiang Nian to tell him everything.

"I--"

Jiang Nian opened her mouth, but the words were stuck in her throat and she didn't know how to say it.

She was said to be from the new century? She was said to be living in a book now, and everyone was a paper man. He was the male protagonist of the book, and Sun Ying was the female protagonist. She was said to be the real Jiang Nian who should have died from the beginning, and it was she who occupied Jiang Nian's body and survived?

She found it unbelievable, so how could she make Lu Yu believe it?

Jiang Nian pursed her lips, and finally uttered: "I am gifted and self-taught."

Lu Yu: ...

He smiled unhappily, thinking that Jiang Nian's mouth was really serious.

Jiang Nian put her hands on Lu Yu's chest and pushed him hard: "It's getting late, you should go to the group, I need to embroider."

Seeing that she was resisting and didn't want to tell the truth, Lu Yu let her go and rubbed her head: "I'll be back later."

Jiang Nian didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Lu Yu left. She went back to the house and sat on the bench, looking at the embroidery that had already taken shape in front of her, and rubbed her head irritably. These things were on the tip of her tongue, but she just didn't know how to say them.

If she said them, she was afraid that Lu Yu would think she was crazy.

Especially in this era, these things were the most taboo, and Lu Yu was a soldier with a good family background, how could he believe these?

Jiang Nian has been busy embroidering these days, and Lu Yu has not mentioned that incident again, but not talking about it does not mean that it did not happen. It is like a sharp sword between the two of them, which may fall at any time, so that Jiang Nian always feels guilty when facing Lu Yu these days and dares not look at him.

These days, Deputy Commander Kuang has come back after handling the affairs of Mrs. Wu, and Kuang Xiu's condition has also improved a lot. Tian Mai brought Kuang Xiu and Kuang Qian to find Jiang Nian after breakfast early in the morning, and also brought two kilograms of brown sugar to thank her for helping to take care of the affairs of Political Commissar Gu and Battalion Commander Yu.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Even if Tian's wife didn't tell me, I would have gone to see the political commissar. You can keep the brown sugar for the two children to drink with water."

Seeing Jiang Nian's insistence, Tian Mai felt a little embarrassed: "Jiang Nian, I really have to thank you this time."

After saying that, he touched Kuang Xiu's head and said, "She is now cute and can draw, and she can even talk to us."

Jiang Nian sat opposite Kuang Xiu, watching her lower her head, her hands clasped together, nervous and at a loss. She vaguely saw the shadow of the original owner Jiang Nian in her. Thinking of Lu Yu's temptations in the past few days, Jiang Nian felt a little guilty and flustered.

She knew that Lu Yu was suspicious, but she really didn't know how to say it.

"Auntie Jiang, this is what my sister drew these days. She wants you to see it."

Kuang Qian handed the notebook to Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian glanced at Kuang Xiu, whose ears were slightly red, and smiled, "Okay, let me see it."

She opened the notebook and was surprised when she opened the first page.

Kuang Xiu drew it with a pencil, similar to a sketch. The first page showed a group of rabbits grazing in the grass. The rabbits' eyes and the grass blown by the wind were vividly displayed. She turned to the second page and saw Fang Xia and Fang Guo holding hands and carrying their schoolbags out of the classroom door. They both had smiles on their faces, and their facial features were vividly drawn.

Jiang Nian looked up at Kuang Xiu and suddenly met Kuang Xiu's eyes. Kuang Xiu was also stunned for a moment, then embarrassedly lowered her head and said nothing.

Jiang Nian didn't say anything, but lowered her head and continued to read.

The third page was about her and Lu Yu. Lu Yu took her on a bicycle, and she sat in the back seat, hugging Lu Yu's waist. She even drew her hair blowing in the wind. The surrounding scenery was drawn with pencil, including the corners and windows of the family building.

She remembered this place when Lu Yu took her to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things on the second day after their marriage.

To say that when Jiang Nian saw Kuang Xiu drawing her image that day, she was only shocked for a moment, but now the surprise was greater than the shock. She found that although Kuang Xiu was timid, inferior, and even a little autistic, she had a strong observation ability and could observe the subtle expressions of everyone and the subtle changes of the surrounding scenery when the wind blew.

This child is not simple.

If it weren't for Mrs. Wu, Kuang Xiu might be better now.

Jiang Nian turned the page again, and there were two more paintings at the back, which were of Kuang Qian and Tian Mai. In Kuang Xiu's eyes, these were all she could see and imagine. When she had more experience in the future and went to the vast world outside, she would only develop better.

"Jiang Nian, how is Xiu'er's painting?"

Tian Mai couldn't help asking.

She couldn't see anything, but she felt that the people drawn by Xiu'er looked very similar to them.

Jiang Nian closed the notebook and glanced at Tian Mai: "The drawing is very good." Then he looked at Kuang Xiu and said softly: "Xiu'er, can you give this notebook to Aunt Jiang? Aunt Jiang should give it to a teacher who can appreciate these paintings. When you grow up a little bit, we can continue to develop in this industry, okay?"

Kuang Xiu didn't understand what Jiang Nian meant, but knew that she liked these paintings, so she nodded gently.

Tian Mai was also confused: "Who did you say you were going to give it to?"

Jiang Nian said: "I will go to the city in a few days and take this notebook to the director of the embroidery house. She has a wide network of contacts and knows a lot about drawing. Maybe she can help Xiuer find a good teacher."

Seeing Kuang Xiu raised her head to look at her, Jiang Nian curved her eyebrows and smiled gently: "Auntie Jiang promised you that she would find a teacher for you, and she will definitely do it."