Lin Banxia gave Gu Shiqing a warning look, baring her teeth like a wild cat and said, "Gu Shiqing, I bit too softly last night, didn't I?"
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. You still have to receive the award later." Gu Shiqing said quickly.
"You also know that you will be going on stage to receive the award later? If you provoke me again, be careful or I will bite you on the face and make you very embarrassed." Lin Banxia curled her lips and warned Gu Shiqing.
Gu Shiqing quickly raised his hands and begged for mercy: "Wife, please forgive me. I won't dare to do it again. I promise to be gentle next time."
Lin Banxia: “…”
After the couple had breakfast, they went out together and headed towards the auditorium.
As soon as he walked out of the door, Gu Shiqing seemed like a different person. He looked steady and calm, not at all like the person who was joking with Lin Banxia at home just a second ago.
The early morning sun shone on the red flag in the military auditorium, and Gu Shiqing stood backstage.
Lin Banxia was wearing a formal gown and standing next to Gu Shiqing, her fingers unconsciously adjusting her cuffs.
"Nervous?" Gu Shiqing noticed his wife's little movements and asked with a smile.
To be honest, Lin Banxia didn't know whether she was nervous or not.
Before she entered the book world, she had won many awards and had spoken in front of many people, but this was the first time she spoke in front of so many soldiers and military leaders.
She pursed her lips and said, "It's okay. I'm not nervous with you here."
Gu Shiqing grabbed her wrist and gently rubbed her pulse with his thumb: "Yes, my wife is so powerful, why should you be nervous?"
There was applause in the auditorium, and a loud voice came through the crack in the door: "Now, please invite the head of the Third Regiment, Comrade Gu Shiqing, and his family member, Comrade Lin Banxia, to the stage!"
Lin Banxia and Gu Shiqing were already waiting backstage. Upon hearing this, they slowly walked out.
She saw the audience was filled with neat military green squares, with the front row filled with military wives holding their children. Gangdan and a few other children were holding small red paper flags and waving them at her excitedly.
Qiao Jiawei was sitting in the audience with an extremely ugly expression on her face.
On the rostrum, the military chief personally pinned big red flowers on them.
The old leader patted Gu Shiqing on the shoulder and turned to Lin Banxia: "Comrade Lin, this time it's thanks to you for finding the clues to the theft of the prescription in time."
"Comrades!" The leader suddenly raised his voice, "This action not only protects the country's important medical heritage, but also smashes the enemy's conspiracy to steal our traditional medicine!"
He held up the two men's award certificates and said, "I hope all officers and soldiers will learn from Comrade Gu Shiqing, and I hope all military wives will learn from Comrade Lin Banxia!"
Qiao Jiawei clenched her fingers tightly into her palms as she looked at the perfect couple standing side by side on the stage.
Lin Banxia was wearing an ordinary coat, but he looked so extraordinary and dazzling; while Gu Shiqing's military uniform was as straight as a knife, and the muscular lines of his arms as he protected his wife were clearly visible.
"Salute!" With the command, all the soldiers stood up in unison.
Qiao Jiawei's gaze fell on several officers in the front row. They were looking up at Lin Banxia with admiration in their eyes.
Among them was an officer that Feng Guilan had a crush on.
Feng Guilan always remembered what Qiao Jiawei said before she came to the army, that she wanted to find an officer to marry in the army, so she paid special attention to this matter.
"Bitch!" she cursed in her heart, her face twisted with anger.
Tang Wanhua, who was sitting next to her, suddenly turned to look at her. Qiao Jiawei hurriedly adjusted her expression, blinked her eyes and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
Tang Wanhua looked at the radiant Lin Banxia on the stage, and then looked at Qiao Jiawei beside her.
Just now, Qiao Jiawei looked at Lin Banxia with a strange and hostile look. But as far as she knew, Qiao Jiawei and Lin Banxia should not know each other. At most, Qiao Jiawei saw Lin Banxia in the newspaper.
Why did Qiao Jiawei look at Lin Banxia like that?
Or did she see it wrong?
"No, I just feel that Dr. Lin is really excellent. Right, Jiawei?" Tang Wanhua said with a smile, her eyes fixed on Qiao Jiawei.
Qiao Jiawei laughed awkwardly and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, she is really excellent."
Although she was praising Lin Banxia, her eyes didn't lie. Tang Wanhua could tell that Qiao Jiawei was not being sincere.
Suddenly, an idea popped into her mind.
Could the person who reported Lin Banxia be Qiao Jiawei?
Thinking of this, Tang Wanhua took the initiative to say, "By the way, Jiawei, didn't you tell your brother a few days ago that you wanted to join the art troupe? It just so happens that I know someone in the art troupe. When you come, please fill out a registration form and I will send it to the art troupe tomorrow."
"Really?" When Qiao Jiawei heard that she could join the art troupe, her eyes revealed real joy, which was completely different from the false sincerity when she praised Lin Banxia just now.
As long as she joins the art troupe, all the plots will be on track.
In the original novel, her wonderful life began only after she joined the art troupe.
She became a mainstay in the art troupe. When the city film studio came to the army art troupe to select actresses, she was chosen at once. In the end, she starred in a movie and became an instant hit.
Thinking that she was about to become a popular female star, Tang Wanhua smiled particularly brightly.
…
When they got home, Tang Wanhua gave Qiao Jiawei a form.
As Qiao Jiawei eagerly took the form, her fingertips trembled slightly with excitement.
She leaned over the coffee table, her pen making rapid rustling sounds on the paper.
After quickly filling it out, Qiao Jiawei excitedly handed the form to Tang Wanhua.
When Tang Wanhua saw the handwriting on it, her face immediately darkened, because the handwriting was exactly the same as the handwriting on the letter of complaint that reported Lin Banxia!
"What's wrong, sister-in-law?" Qiao Jiawei saw Tang Wanhua staring at the registration form with her brows furrowed, and couldn't help asking, "Did you fill in something wrong?"
"The form is not filled out incorrectly, it's you who are wrong!" Tang Wanhua slammed the form shut with such force that the enamel pot on the coffee table shook.
"Sister-in-law, what do you mean?" Qiao Jiawei looked up, met Tang Wanhua's eyes, and asked angrily.
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