If she listened to everything, then... wouldn't she be suspected of breaking up someone else's marriage?
Thinking of this, Wan Xiuju couldn't sit still any longer. She stood up, chuckling, and prepared to leave.
"Ma'am, please wait a moment."
Huo Cheng called out to Wan Xiuju.
Wan Xiuju stopped, turned to look at Huo Cheng, and smiled awkwardly but politely. "Um, comrade, did you call me for something?"
When the time came, Wan Xiuju decided to play dumb.
Unless Huo Cheng asks her directly, she'll pretend she didn't say anything.
Yes, that's the decision.
Wan Xiuju happily made her decision.
Huo Cheng smiled faintly, yet with a hint of detachment. "Is your aunt a relative of Battalion Commander Xu Hongjun?"
Wan Xiuju was taken aback. "How do you know my son's name?"
She looked at Huo Cheng with wariness in her eyes.
Wan Xiuju possessed the vigilance expected of a military family member.
Huo Cheng remained calm and answered softly, "I am Huo Cheng, the commander of his independent regiment."
In other words, Xu Hongjun was his subordinate.
Wan Xiuju was completely dumbfounded.
"What?"
"You...you are...the...regimental commander of my Red Army?"
She had planned everything, but she never expected to meet her son's boss here!
Also, what did she just do?
She actually wanted to introduce her son's boss's girlfriend to her son?
Thinking about everything she had just done, Wan Xiuju now truly wished that the ground would crack open so she could crawl into it.
It would be best to bury her again.
Wan Xiuju looked utterly dejected, but Huo Cheng ignored her and talked to her about Xu Hongjun's time in the army.
His tone was as casual as a leader comforting a subordinate's family.
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