Chapter 87

Sun Ying and Wu Youshan were sent back after causing a scandal in Yuanshi. Sun Chao's position as director was also affected. He was called in by the factory leader for a talk. Sun Chao admitted his mistakes with a good attitude. The factory leader asked him to write a self-criticism and gave him a few words of admonition. The matter was over. Ding Hua was fired from the factory early in the morning and has been idle at home.

Director Sun has two daughters. The eldest daughter, Sun Yuan, resigned a few months ago. No one knows where she went. Before Sun Ying came home, people in the compound and the neighbors around her would not point fingers at her in front of her. Since the couple went to Yuan City to pick them up, everyone in the compound has been spitting at Sun Ying and Wu Youshan.

Everyone knows that Sun Ying had an affair with Wu Youshan before getting married. Now she has come back with the child. The Wu family has moved away and refused to live in the compound. They think it is shameful. Wu Youshan has been guarding Sun Ying and the child.

Every time someone pointed fingers at her, Ding Hua would go out and have a quarrel. Her image as a good woman was completely shattered in the quarrels. The reputation of Sun Ying and her daughter in the compound and the textile factory was completely ruined. The incident spread to the factory. Many people said that Director Sun's family had a bad style and he was not worthy of being the director. The parents were the ones who were most responsible for their daughter's shameless behavior. Director

Sun was so angry that he had no patience for his daughter, Sun Ying. He had struggled all his life and finally climbed to the position of director. He had hoped to move up again in two years, but it was all ruined by his little daughter.

Director Sun was so angry. He hated Ding Hua and her daughter as much as he liked them before.

Not only did they drive his eldest daughter away, but he was also criticized in the factory.

The Wu family came back a while ago. Wu Youshan's mother threatened to commit suicide in front of everyone in the factory, forcing Wu Youshan to go with her. She also asked Director Sun to come over and tell his daughter not to bother her son anymore. This matter was a big deal. There was blood. Wu Youshan's mother almost died. This matter was reported to the textile factory. The factory leaders saw that something was wrong and held a meeting to decide to fire Director Sun.

Wu Youshan was taken away by the Wu family, and Sun Ying and the child were left behind. Ding Hua was so angry that he cursed in the compound. Not only did the family lose their jobs, but the child also had no household registration. One more mouth but one less food, it was a problem to feed the child.

Now the Sun family had nowhere to go, and the family hid in the compound and dared not come out. The money they spent was all saved over the years, and it was a problem how to live after it was all spent.

The woman opposite him described it vividly. Jiang Nian couldn't help but sigh after listening to it. The heroine in the original book ended up like this. But Jiang Nian thought of the things in the book. In the book, Sun Ying and Wu Youshan also had something like that before the wedding. I don't know how she ended up in the book. And what about Lu Yu? What was his ending?

Jiang Nian turned his head to look at Lu Yu. The man looked at the scenery outside the window that was rapidly receding. He didn't seem to be interested in what the woman opposite him said.

As if noticing her gaze, Lu Yu turned his head and looked at Jiang Nian's fair face: "Are you hungry?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and smiled: "A little hungry."

Lu Yu and Sun Ying had no intersection in this life. He was always hers, and belonged to her alone.

Lu Yu bought some cakes and fruits, as well as biscuits and milk in the market in the afternoon. He was afraid that Jiang Nian would be hungry on the road, so he asked Jiang Nian: "Do you want biscuits or cakes?"

Jiang Nian said: "Biscuits."

The woman opposite was holding her child. Looking at the young couple, she saw the man taking care of the woman meticulously, giving her biscuits and milk, fearing that she would be thirsty or hungry on the road. He took care of her in great detail. She was immediately envious and turned to look at her man. The man met his wife's eyes and walked up to ask: "What's wrong? Do you want some water?"

The woman shook her head: "No."

Her man was not bad either. Although the conditions at home were not good, at least he had never let her suffer any grievances.

Especially when she was giving birth, he took care of her all the time and was very good to her. Thinking of this, the woman felt a lot more comfortable and started chatting with Jiang Nianxian again. Then they talked about the embroidery house. She said that there was an embroiderer in the house who was very good at embroidery. The house used to have cooperation with Hong Kong City, but after that embroiderer left, the cooperation with Hong Kong City was cut off.

The woman asked Jiang Nian if she knew the embroiderer. Jiang Nian shook her head and smiled, "No." They

chatted until very late. Jiang Nian said she was sleepy and fell asleep on the lower bunk. Lu Yu had been sitting on the lower bunk and didn't go to the upper bunk. He was afraid that Jiang Nian would fall to the ground when she was not paying attention. When the child wanted to feed, Lu Yu got up and went out. He came back to accompany Jiang Nian only after the child fell asleep.

The woman opposite looked at the man who had been watching over Jiang Nian and thought that this young wife was really lucky.

Jiang Nian had another dream at night. This time, she didn't dream about her home in the New Century, but a dark night. It was dark all around. There was an earthen house right in front of her. It looked familiar. Jiang Nian recalled that it seemed to be Xu Cheng's house in their village. She didn't know whose house it was. There was a faint light in the house, and a very low sound came from the shabby windows and door cracks.

It sounded like the painful sound of struggle.

It was very small. If it wasn't for the silence around, it would not be heard at all.

And it was a little familiar, vaguely like Lu Yu's voice.

Jiang Nian was panicked and ran over quickly. As soon as she put her hand on the door, she heard a man's roar from inside. The voice was very much like Lu Yu. She trembled her fingers and pushed the door open. There was a kerosene lamp on the table. Next to the table, Lu Yu was kneeling on one knee on the ground. Every joint on his body was covered with bright red blood, especially his wrists and shoulders. The wounds were shocking. The blood soaked his military green uniform and dripped down.

The man's cold face was pale and powerful, his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, and he left a bloody handprint on the ground with one hand.

A low and painful roar overflowed from his lips, like a sharp knife piercing Jiang Nian's heart, twisting her flesh and blood, and she felt the pain along with Lu Yu.

"Lu Yu..."

Jiang Nian walked over with trembling steps. She had been with Lu Yu for two years, but had she ever seen him in such pain?

She wondered if Lu Yu had experienced such pain in the six months before the New Year. She finally walked to Lu Yu and squatted down to support him, but her hands went through his body. Jiang Nian grabbed him in panic, watching the blood flowing more and more from Lu Yu's joints, and cried out in fear: "Lu Yu... Lu Yu, Lu Yu!"

She couldn't help but cry. She knew how many times she had shouted, until she felt someone caressing her face and heard Lu Yu's deep, powerful voice in her ears, and then she slowly opened her eyes. The light in the train was dim, and Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu who was so close to her. The man's brows were slightly furrowed, and his stern face was not as pale and weak as in the dream, but lively and full of energy.

Jiang Nian blinked in a daze, raised her hand and grabbed Lu Yu's arm. The muscles under her hand felt really tense, no longer the elusive illusion in the dream. The body temperature of Lu Yu in her palm was also warm and real.

"Lu Yu——"

Jiang Nian finally came to her senses and hugged Lu Yu's neck tightly, feeling the man's trembling heartbeat. Jiang Nian couldn't help crying, and the sound of sobbing came into Lu Yu's ear. The man's body stiffened for a moment, no longer caring whether others were watching. He hugged Jiang Nian's slender waist tightly with his arms, making her stick tightly to him. When he felt the woman's trembling body, he whispered: "Did you have a nightmare?" There was a

hot breath coming from the ear. Jiang Nian sniffed and kissed Lu Yu's neck. After a greedy kiss, Lu Yu's muscles were tenser than before. He patted her back gently with his palm: "I'm here."

Jiang Nian said: "You had a nightmare."

She hugged Lu Yu tightly and kissed him on the neck. When she felt the man's warm body temperature under her lips, her frightened heart was finally relieved a little: "You haven't slept yet?"

Lu Yu said: "I'm not sleepy."

It was midnight now, and everyone in the train was asleep, but there was still someone snoring loudly.

The woman and man opposite heard Jiang Nian calling out "Lu Yu"'s name in her dream, crying heartbreakingly, as if someone had killed her man in her dream. Now the two of them were hugging each other and clinging to each other, and the woman watching couldn't help but sigh: They have such a good relationship.

Lu Yu let Jiang Nian go only after she calmed down. Looking at her red eyes, he wiped away the remaining tears from her eyes with his fingertips: "What did you dream about just now?"

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and said nothing. Instead, she lay on her side on the bed with her back against the wall. She looked at Lu Yu with wet eyelashes, then raised her hand and pointed to the place next to her: "You? Lie here, okay?"

Lu Yu paused, his dark eyes resting on the place where Jiang Nian's finger had pointed for a few seconds, then he raised his head to look at Jiang Nian's expectant eyes, his Adam's apple rolled a few times, and a voice came out of his throat: "Okay."

The bed was not big, and it was very crowded for two people to sleep on it. If they wanted to lie down, they had to lie on their side.

Lu Yu was lying outside, holding Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian listened to the powerful heartbeat in her ears and gradually forgot the fear brought by the dream. She raised her little face and kissed Lu Yu on the chin. The man lowered his head, looked into Jiang Nian's bright eyes, clasped her neck with his palm, held her in his arms, and kissed her on the lips.

Knowing that there were many people on the train, Lu Yu just hugged Jiang Nian and whispered, "What nightmare did you have?"

Just now Jiang Nian cried and called his name in her sleep. This nightmare might be related to him.

Jiang Nian felt terrified whenever she thought of that dream. She hugged Lu Yu's thin waist with her slender arms and whispered, "I dreamed of you in a square room. There was blood on your joints and a pool of blood on the ground."

Lu Yu's expression paused imperceptibly. He pursed his thin lips for a few seconds, then lowered his eyes to look at Jiang Nian's fluttering eyelashes. He reached behind him and grabbed Jiang Nian's hand, holding it tightly in front of him. His voice became a little hoarse, "It was all a dream, it was fake."

Jiang Nian nodded lightly, "Yeah."

Although it was fake, Jiang Nian felt that the dream was so real, especially when she saw blood dripping from Lu Yu's body. At that moment, it seemed not to be a dream, but something that really happened.

Jiang Nian didn’t fall asleep until the second half of the night. This time, she slept more soundly

in Lu Yu’s arms than in the first half of the night. The train arrived the next morning. Jiang Nian woke up in a daze and was led off the train by Lu Yu’s hand.

Zhu Jun didn’t know what happened today. Lu Yu took Jiang Nian to the state-owned hotel for breakfast, and then went to the hospital. He wanted to ask nurse Zhang Xiao which ward he was in, but he ran into Zhu Jun with a large army green bag as soon as he arrived at the hospital gate. After not seeing him for half a year, Zhu Jun looked much more mature. Perhaps it was because he hadn’t shaved for a few days, and there was a blue stubble on his chin.

Seeing Lu Yu and Jiang Nian, Zhu Jun was stunned for a moment. He couldn’t believe that the two of them suddenly appeared in front of him. It was Lu Yu who spoke first to break the silence: "Don’t you recognize me?"

"Captain Lu, sister-in-law!"

Zhu Jun ran over happily, tears welling up in his eyes after he came to his senses. Lu Yu frowned slightly and sneered, "Why are you crying like a grown man? Hold back your tears."

Zhu Jun wiped his tears and said, "I'm just happy. We haven't seen each other for half a year."

Jiang Nian asked, "How is Zhang Xiaoyu? Did she give birth?"

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "Yes, she gave birth the day before yesterday at noon. It's a boy, weighing 15 pounds."

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Congratulations, you have a baby boy." Zhu Jun smiled and said, "I'm so happy.

I ... He smiled, then looked at the hands of Lu Yu and Jiang Nian holding together, was stunned for a moment, and didn't ask any more questions. He just said: "Captain Lu, sister-in-law, I'll take you upstairs."

Jiang Nian glanced at Zhu Jun's back, then looked up at Lu Yu. The man pinched her fingers and led her into the hospital. Zhang Xiaoyu was staying in the ward on the third floor. Jiang Nian had a very deep memory of this floor. She still remembered the horrific experience of being alone in the bathroom that night. She held Lu Yu's hand tightly, and they didn't let go until they walked to the front of the ward.

Zhu Jun pushed open the door of the ward and said to Zhang Xiaoying inside: "Guess who's here?"

There were three beds in the ward, all of which were occupied by women who had just given birth. Zhang Xiaoying was leaning against the bed next to the door of the ward. Her hair was a little messy and her face was a little pale. A newborn baby was lying against the wall. When she heard what Zhu Jun said, she paused: "Sister Chen?"

Zhu

Jun smiled and said: "No." Zhang Xiaoying said: "Sister Lu and Sister Zhai?"

Zhu Jun couldn't help laughing: "No either."

Seeing that no one in the ward was talking, Jiang Nian: ...

She poked her head in and saw Zhang Xiaoying on the bed. She smiled and said: "Why don't you guess me?"

"Sister Jiang!"

Zhang Xiaoming's eyes widened with excitement. Just as she was about to sit up, she was held down by Zhu Jun: "You just gave birth to a baby. Try to move as little as possible."

"Yes, try to move as little as possible."

Jiang Nian walked in and stood beside the bed. She saw that Zhang Xiaoming's face was a lot rounder than it was half a year ago. It was obvious that Zhu Jun took good care of her. She glanced at the child. The child was only two days old and looked very small. He was sleeping soundly at this moment. Jiang Nian didn't dare to get close to him, for fear that his heavy breathing would wake the child up.

Zhang Xiaoying held Jiang Nian's hand and said coquettishly: "Jiang Jie, I missed you so much. You are finally here. You didn't know you were away. I was lonely for more than half a year."

Zhu Jun: ...

He glanced at Zhang Xiaoying and said with a smile: "Didn't I accompany you?"

Zhang Xiaoying said: "You are different. You can't compare with Jiang Jie."

Zhu Jun: ...

Jiang Nian said with a smile: "I am here now. How do you feel now? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Zhang Xiaoying shook his head: "Nothing, nothing happened. I can eat and sleep now, just like before." After that, he saw Lu Yu coming in and shouted happily: "Captain Lu."

Lu Yu nodded and glanced at the child on the bed. He

was very small, and his little head was probably only as big as his fist.

He walked lightly and put the things at the end of the bed. Jiang Nian saw it, opened the bag, took out the child's clothes and handed them to Zhang Xiaoyi. Afraid of waking the child, he whispered: "I made two sets of clothes for the child. You can take a look at the size. If it doesn't fit, I will modify it."

The style of this clothes is not the old style now. It has a bit of the new century trend. It looks fashionable and beautiful. Zhang Xiaoyi raised it to take a look and liked it very much. The women in the two beds next to him saw it and their eyes lit up immediately. The woman in the middle bed said: "You have a very skillful hand. This dress looks really good."

Styles like this should not be bought here. Even if you go to a department store somewhere else, you may not be able to buy it.

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "Thank you."

Lu Yu and Zhu Jun were chatting about other things on the side. Jiang Nian showed Zhang Xiaowei some specialties in her bag, and finally took the cup and made a cup of maltose for Zhang Xiaowei. The hot maltose had a sweet taste, and Zhang Xiaowei held the cup and drank it.

Jiang Nian asked, "Is it just the two of you?"

Zhu Jun and Zhang Xiaoxiao were also parents for the first time, so there were definitely many things they didn't understand. If anything went wrong, they wouldn't be able to handle it. Before Zhang Xiaoxiao could figure it out, Zhu Jun reacted and said, "My mother will be here tonight, and she'll be here to take care of Xiaoxiao during her confinement."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "That's good. It's better to have an elder teach you how to take care of a child than to be in the dark all by yourself."

Zhu Jun went home to get the small mattress and some clothes that Zhang Xiaoxiao had made. Before Zhu Jun's mother came, Jiang Nian first went to Zhang Xiaoying was taken care of in the hospital. When it was almost noon, Lu Xiaojing and Zhai Peipei came over. The two of them were cooking chicken soup in the dormitory. As soon as they walked into the ward, they saw Jiang Nian sitting by the bed. Lu Xiaojing was the first to react: "Jiang Nian, when did you come?"

Jiang Nian stood up and said with a smile: "Just came this morning."

Zhai Peipei glanced at Jiang Nian and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for half a year. How come you have changed?"

Lu Xiaojing said: "Your face looks more moisturized than before."

Jiang Nian: ...

Obviously, she didn't say anything, but Jiang Nian still felt that her face was a little red.

She touched her cheek and smiled: "Is it?"

Zhang Xiaoying said: "Yes, I also felt that you were different from before when I first saw you."

Jiang Nian: ???

Zhai Peipei knew how to take care of a child. When the child started crying, she went over, picked up the child and coaxed him, then said to Zhang Xiaohong, "Feed the child some milk, the child is hungry."

Zhu Jun subconsciously said, "Do you need my help?"

Zhang Xiaohong blushed and glared at him without saying a word. Zhai Peipei couldn't help laughing and said, "No need for you, you go out and wait."

Lu Yu went out first and waited in the corridor. Upon hearing this, Zhu Jun went out to close the door of the ward and stood side by side with Lu Yu. Now there were only the two of them. Zhu Jun asked in a low voice, "Captain Lu, you and sister-in-law..." He paused, not knowing how to continue.

Lu Yu said, "We are married, and have been married for almost half a year."

Zhu Jun was stunned, and turned to look at Lu Yu, remembering the last time he and Song Bai went to Yuan City to find Captain Lu, they had dinner at the Red Star Hotel, and Captain Lu and his sister-in-law looked like a couple instead of uncle and sister-in-law.

It was estimated that the two were together at that time.

Captain Lu and his sister-in-law were not uncle and sister-in-law Qin, and no one could say anything when they were together.

Zhu Jun felt a little uncomfortable and said to Lu Yu: "Captain Lu, this is not very nice of you. You married my sister-in-law without telling me and Zhang Xiaowei. Even if Zhang Xiaowei couldn't come because she was pregnant, I could have asked her to come over for a few days."

Lu Yu patted Zhu Jun on the shoulder and said: "I'm sorry, I was just thinking about getting married first."

Zhu Jun: ...

He asked Lu Yu: "Are you going to tell Captain Tang and the others when you come back this time?"

Lu Yu said: "Well, I'll ask them to come over this time. "I want to have dinner with an old friend and tell them about Jiang Nian and me."

Zhu Jun nodded: "Okay."

Zhu Jun was not surprised to see Captain Lu and his sister-in-law together. After all, there were some signs between the two before. Now Captain Lu said in person that they were married. Zhu Jun thought about the past carefully. It seemed that during the New Year period, when he went to Captain Song's house in East City, Captain Lu seemed to care more about his sister-in-law than the brother-in-law cared about his sister-in-law.

Zhu Jun felt that Captain Lu was really keeping it a secret and took so long to say it.

Lu Xiaojing and Zhai Peipei were going to Xiuzhuang in the afternoon. They stayed for a while and then left. When they walked out of the ward, they were stopped by Lu Yu. Lu Xiaojing was stunned for a moment, and Zhai Peipei also paused and said with a smile: "I heard that you have been promoted to the head of the group now?"

Lu Yu nodded with a smile on his face: "Yes."

He continued: "Jiang Nian and I are at the state-owned hotel tonight. You two can go after work. Is it convenient for you to come to the state-owned hotel? She has something to say to you two."

His tone was calm and his voice was steady and powerful. Lu Xiaojing and Zhai Peipei came back to their senses and nodded: "Okay."

Lu Yu smiled and said: "At 7 o'clock in the evening, Jiang Nian and I will wait for you."

Lu Xiaojing and Zhai Peipei walked out of the hospital. They looked at each other, and Lu Xiaojing said first: " Why do I feel that Captain Lu speaks strangely this time when he comes back? He always called Jiang Nian sister-in-law before, why did he call her by her name today?"

Zhai Peipei looked back at the hospital and vaguely guessed something in her heart: "We'll know when we go there in the evening."

Jiang Nian was accompanying Zhang Xiaoyu in the ward. After a while, Zhang Xiaoyu and Zhu Jun came in. At lunchtime, Lu Yu touched Jiang Nian's head: "What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you."

Jiang Nian said: "Anything is fine."

Lu Yu smiled and said: "Okay."

Lu Yu and Zhu Jun went out. Zhang Xiaoyu held the chicken soup brought by Zhai Peipei and Lu Xiaojing, looked up at Lu Yu's leaving figure, and finally looked at Jiang Nian again, pursed his lips, and hesitated, not knowing how to start.

The time that Captain Lu and Sister Jiang were together just now was so unusual.

How could Jiang Nian not see the hesitation and doubt on Zhang Xiao's face? She glanced at the other two people in the ward who were playing with the child, and said, "Zhang Xiao, I want to tell you something. You must promise me first not to be surprised or make a fuss."

She was afraid that Zhang Xiao would be like Lu Xiaojing, talking loudly regardless of the occasion.

Zhang Xiao might have been confused about what she was going to say before, but she almost guessed it from the intimacy of Captain Lu to Jiang Nian just now, but she still nodded, "Sister Jiang, you go ahead."

Jiang Nian pursed her lips and whispered, "I married him."

"Oh...ah???"

Even though Zhang Xiaowei was prepared, she was still shocked. She noticed that the other two people in the ward were looking at her. Zhang Xiaowei quickly lowered her voice and looked at Jiang Nian in surprise: "Jiang Jie, you mean, you and Captain Lu... are married?"

Jiang Nian nodded without hesitation.

Zhang Xiaowei was so shocked that she didn't recover. She was not as careful as Zhu Jun. She didn't notice anything before. She just thought that Jiang Nian and Captain Lu didn't get along well. She just thought that the two might be dating, but she didn't think they were already married.

She held the aluminum lunch box, but still couldn't help worrying. She looked at Jiang Nian's fair face and whispered, "Sister Jiang, will people talk about you being with Captain Lu?"

Jiang Nian said, "I don't care." She

had been prepared since the day she agreed to Lu Yu and was not afraid of anyone's pointing fingers.

Zhang Xiaoyan didn't say anything else, but stretched out one hand to hold Jiang Nian's hand, and smiled at her: "Jiang Jie, you and Captain Lu are getting married. Zhu Jun and I didn't go. When I'm out of confinement, you must invite Zhu Jun and me to the wedding."

Jiang Nian smiled and said, "No problem."

Lu Yu bought chicken noodles and asked the chef to add more noodle soup. Jiang Nian stayed with Zhang Xiaoyan for a while after dinner. It was not until after 6 o'clock in the evening that Zhu Jun's mother came. Jiang Nian left. Before leaving, Lu Yu told Zhu Jun to come to the state-owned hotel for dinner at 7 o'clock tonight. Lu Yu

and Jiang Nian lived in the guesthouse, which was on the same street as the state-owned hotel.

This was the second time that Jiang Nian and Lu Yu stayed in the same room. It was still the same guesthouse as two years ago, but they changed rooms. There was a bed and a table in the room, with two thermoses on the table. Lu Yu went to the water room to get some hot water first. Jiang Nian sat on the bed and took out a thin sheet from her bag and spread it on the bed.

Lu Yu came in from outside and saw Jiang Nian standing by the bed spreading the sheets. This time she came out wearing a small lotus pink shirt with a waistline. When she bent down, her waist looked even slimmer. He locked the door and put the thermos on the table. Jiang Nian heard footsteps on her body and thought of what Lu Yu had just said to Zhu Jun in the hospital about going to the state-owned hotel at 7 o'clock. He asked, "Are we going to the state-owned hotel at 7 o'clock?"

"Yeah."

The man's deep voice sounded behind her. Jiang Nian just stood up and fell into the steaming arms behind her. Lu Yu hugged Jiang Nian's waist from behind, bit her earlobe, and said in a hoarse voice: "Niannian."

Jiang Nian's heartbeat suddenly quickened. She was lying on the bed held by Lu Yu, looking at the ceiling. Suddenly she remembered what happened when she first lived in the guesthouse with Lu Yu. She didn't sleep well. When she rolled over in the middle of the night, her legs fell on the edge of the bed and accidentally touched Lu Yu...

Thinking of the pain of her ankle being pinched, Jiang Nian couldn't help but kick Lu Yu. The man pinched her ankle again and laughed: "Do you want to kick me again?"

His voice was magnetic and very pleasant to hear.

Jiang Nian's ears were itchy, and she felt the heat near her ears. She turned her head slightly to avoid it. Lu Yu's hand passed through Jiang Nian's waist, starting from the buttons at the waist, unbuttoning them one by one, and finally bit her breast.

Jiang Nian snorted and pushed Lu Yu's shoulder, but it didn't move.

The man's breath became rough and wild, rubbing against her neck, and said in a hoarse voice: "I have told Lu Xiaojing and Sister Zhai that we will go to the state-owned hotel for dinner at 7 o'clock tonight and tell them about our marriage."

Jiang Nian glanced at her watch, it was already half past six.

She pushed Lu Yu, her voice soft and a little pitiful, making people want to bully her: "There is still half an hour, let's go first."

Lu Yu untied the black leather belt around his waist and kissed Jiang Nian on the lips: "Wait a minute."

Jiang Nian: ...

It was almost dark that day, and Jiang Nian felt a little weak. Lu Yu kissed the corners of her red and wet eyes: "I'll pour you some hot water to wash."

After Jiang Nian and Lu Yu finished packing, they went to the state-owned hotel. It was almost after seven o'clock when they got there.

They arrived right after Sister Zhai and Lu Xiaojing. Zhu Jun was very punctual and sat in the state-owned hotel at seven o'clock. When he saw Lu Yu and Jiang Nian, he smiled and said, "You two are finally here."

Lu Yu looked at the time and it was ten minutes past the time.

Jiang Nian: ...

She squeezed Lu Yu's hand hard, then quickly let go of it. When Zhai Peipei and Lu Xiaojing came in, they just saw the two people's loose hands. Zhai Peipei guessed it at noon, so she was not surprised at this time. Lu Xiaojing was surprised. She sat on the stool and stared at Jiang Nian, then glanced at Lu Yu, and then looked at Jiang Nian, which made Jiang Nian's eyelids jump.

Lu Xiaojing never speaks before she thinks, and doesn't care about the occasion.

She immediately opens her mouth: "Jiang Nian, what's going on between you and Captain Lu? Aren't you two... um" Zhai Peipei immediately covers Lu Xiaojing's mouth. Lu Xiaojing frowns: "Sister Zhai, what are you doing?"

Her mouth is covered, and she can't speak clearly.

Zhai Peipei said: "If you don't talk, no one will think you're dumb. Also, speak softly and be discreet. Don't say anything."

Lu Xiaojing: ...

After Zhai Peipei let her go, Lu Xiaojing subconsciously looked around. It was dinner time and there were several tables of people sitting in the state-owned hotel. She realized her recklessness belatedly and breathed a sigh of relief. Then she looked at Jiang Nian and whispered: "What's going on between you and Captain Lu? Tell the truth."

Then she added: "Didn't you say that you only regard Captain Lu as your brother-in-law? How are the two of them? Are you still leaving?"

Jiang Nian: ...

Sensing the gaze from above, Jiang Nian's scalp tightened, and she looked up to meet Lu Yu's lowered gaze. She smiled, then looked at Lu Xiaojing again. Just as she was about to speak, Lu Yu took the lead, held her hand, raised it and placed it on the table, and said to Lu Xiaojing and Zhai Peipei: "We are married."

He added: "I proposed marriage to her, and I was the first to fall in love with her."

Zhu Jun was the first to support, clapping his hands and said: "Captain Lu is a man!"

Lu Yu: ...

He glanced at Zhu Jun, and Zhu Jun smiled embarrassedly.

Zhai Peipei pursed her lips and looked at Lu Xiaojing. After a while, Zhai Peipei said, "This is a good thing, a good thing. When did you two get married? Why didn't you tell us?"

Lu Xiaojing frowned, not knowing what to say. She was also happy that Jiang Nian got married, but the person she married was Captain Lu, her brother-in-law. How would they go back to their hometown in the future? How would they meet other people?

She was also worried that Jiang Nian would be criticized and gossiped about.

Why wouldn't Zhai Peipei be worried? But the two were already married, and they loved each other.

Lu Yu said, "We got married more than three months ago."

Jiang Nian saw the worry on Zhai Peipei and Lu Xiaojing's faces and knew what they were worried about. She held Lu Yu's hand tightly and said, "Lu Yu and I are not uncle and sister-in-law."

Zhai Peipei and Lu Xiaojing were stunned.

Jiang Nian continued, "My late husband's last name was Xu, and Lu Yu was just fostered in the Xu family. He was not a biological brother to my late husband."

Zhu Jun said, "Yes, although Captain Xu and Commander Lu are not biological brothers, they are better than brothers."

Zhai Peipei was stunned, and she and Lu Xiaojing looked at each other. It was not until the food was served that they came to their senses and smiled. Zhai Peipei said, "Marriage is a good thing. Don't make it so dull. By the way, Commander Lu, can you drink? Let's have a drink to celebrate your marriage to Jiang Nian."

Lu Yu nodded, "I can drink."

Zhu Jun asked the waiter They ordered a bottle of baijiu, and Jiang Nian drank it in one gulp. The four of them drank the whole bottle of baijiu. Lu Xiaojing couldn't drink much either, and she almost got drunk after one glass. Then she slammed the table and said to Jiang Nian, "You're so unkind. You didn't tell us about such a big thing, and you came back to tell us after you got married. Don't you consider us your friends? Jiang Nian, I tell you, I, Lu Xiaojing, am angry. Unless you introduce me to someone, I will never forgive you."

Then she added, "That Deputy Captain Song is not bad."

After saying that, she burped.

Jiang Nian: ...

Lu Yu: ...

Zhu Jun: ...

Lu Xiaojing was finally carried back to the dormitory by Zhu Jun. He ran back to the hospital from the dormitory in Xiuzhuang to take care of Zhang Xiaojing. At this time, his mother made hot porridge for Zhang Xiaojing, and Zhu Jun packed meat dumplings for the two of them from the state-owned hotel.

Zhang Xiaowei asked, "What did Captain Lu ask you to do?"

Zhu Jun told him what happened in the state-owned hotel tonight. Zhang Xiaowei said, "I think it's a good idea for Sister Jiang and Captain Lu to get married. The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, and they are a good match."

After saying that, he smiled and said, "Besides, it was Sister Jiang who brought us together."

Zhu Jun chuckled and said, "Yeah, I really have to thank Sister-in-law and Captain Lu."

If it weren't for the two of them acting as a matchmaker, he wouldn't be able to marry such a good wife like Zhang Xiaowei, nor would he have this big fat son.

Zhu Jun spent the night on a chair in the corridor. The next morning, he bought breakfast for Zhang Xiao and his mother, and then went to find Captain Lu and his sister-in-law. They also got up early. He just walked to the door of the guesthouse and ran into the two of them.

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "Captain Lu, I will go back with you today."

Lu Yu said, "Yes."

Jiang Nian was actually a little nervous. Lu Yu pinched her fingers and comforted her, "It's okay, I'm here."

They hadn't eaten breakfast yet. Zhu Jun only bought breakfast for Zhang Xiao and her family, and forgot to eat it himself. So he went to the state-owned hotel with Lu Yu. Lu Yu ordered steamed buns, fried dough sticks and milk. Seeing that Jiang Nian was full, he ate the rest. After eating, the three of them went to the station to take the return bus.

When they were halfway there, a woman was walking towards them. She was wearing a thin summer scarf on her head. She looked back every few steps, as if she was afraid that someone was following her. Zhu Jun saw that something was wrong, so he immediately stepped forward to block the person's way and said with concern, "Comrade, are you in any trouble?" The woman was startled

when she heard Zhu Jun's voice, and turned around and said, "Someone is chasing me from behind, can you help me block him?"

After that, she ran forward with her head down, not paying attention to the road ahead, and bumped into Jiang Nian. When the woman spoke, Jiang Nian recognized it as Sun Ying's voice. Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's waist and moved her to the side to avoid being hit by Sun Ying.

"Comrade, tell me if you have any difficulties. We'll go to the Public Security Bureau. You don't have to be afraid."

Zhu Jun wanted to hold Sun Ying, but Jiang Nian saw Sun Chao and several unfamiliar people running towards them not far away, and then he realized that the person chasing Sun Ying was her father.

Jiang Nian said, "Zhu Jun, no need to ask."

Zhu Jun paused, and Lu Yu also said, "Let's go."

Sun Ying, who was walking a few steps away, heard the voice and paused, then turned around to look at Lu Yu and Jiang Nian. They were a few meters apart. The other party was dressed appropriately. Lu Yu hugged Jiang Nian's waist, and his whole body was full of protective desire for Jiang Nian. The man's eyebrows were cold, and his sharp eyes just swept over her lightly, as if he was looking at a piece of garbage thrown casually on the roadside.

She didn't expect to meet Lu Yu here.

Or in such an embarrassing and embarrassing way.

She looked at Jiang Nian with hatred, and Jiang Nian was also looking at Sun Ying. After not seeing her for a few months, Sun Ying seemed to have become a different person. Even when she was wearing a loose shirt, one could see her thin body and sunken cheeks, which made her eyes look bigger and dull. The red mole under the right eye also became dim.

To be honest, if it weren't for the red mole under the right eye of Sun Ying, Jiang Nian almost didn't recognize her.

Zhu Jun was stunned for a moment before recognizing Sun Ying. He opened his mouth, but was unable to speak.

The people in the distance were getting closer and closer. Sun Ying grabbed a thin scarf to cover her face and ran forward. She ran very fast, fearing that she would be caught up by the people behind.

Lu Yu held Jiang Nian's hand and walked forward. When Sun Chao and a few older men ran past them, Jiang Nian heard Sun Chao say, "If she runs away, I'll catch her and break her legs!"

Jiang Nian looked back and saw that Sun Ying had already run to the corner.

She guessed that Sun Ying wanted to abandon the child and run away, but was discovered by Sun Chao. Sun Chao's position as director was dismissed, and the family lost its source of income. Sun Ying was the culprit of all this. Sun Chao must have hated this daughter.

They went to the station and got on the bus. Jiang Nian leaned against the window and felt sleepy as soon as she got on the bus. She leaned on Lu Yu's arm and fell asleep. She woke up slowly when they were almost at the destination. She looked at the scenery outside the window that was quickly receding, closed her eyes, and rested for a while. When the bus stopped, Lu Yu led her down.

Lu Yu was holding a big bag in his hand, which contained some things for Xu Yan and Liu Jianye and Liu Jianwu. After not seeing each other for half a year, Jiang Nian missed Xu Yan very much. She didn't know how she was doing in the past six months.

The three of them got off the car and walked back from the county town. When they were almost at the army, they met Xu Yan and Captain Lu's mother who were coming from the supply and marketing cooperative, followed by Liu Jianwu. Liu Jianwu saw Jiang Nian first, and pulled Xu Yan who was talking to the old lady, and jumped up happily: "Mom, it's Aunt Jiang, Aunt Jiang is back."

Xu Yan was stunned, and looked in the direction Liu Jianwu pointed. Three people were walking not far away. Jiang Nian was running in the front, followed by Captain Lu and Zhu Jun. After not seeing Jiang Nian for half a year, he was different from before. In short, he looked better and better.

Xu Yan shouted happily: "Jiang Nian!"

After saying that, she also ran over. Liu Jianwu chased after her: "Aunt Jiang, I missed you!"

The old lady also laughed and said, "Run slower, don't fall."

"Aunt Jiang misses you too."

Jiang Nian rubbed Liu Jianwu's head and said with a smile: "Jianwu, you've grown taller."

Liu Jianwu said: "My mother also said that I've grown taller."

Seeing the old lady coming over, Jiang Nian called out: "Aunt, did you go to the supply and marketing cooperative?"

The old lady said: "I bought some salt." She saw Lu Yu and Zhu Jun coming over, greeted them, and then asked: "Why are you back?"

Xu Yan also said: "Yes, I thought I wouldn't see you for a year."

Jiang Nian pursed his lips. For a moment, he didn't know what to say to the question raised by the old lady, so he turned to look at Lu Yu.