The thermos shattered instantly. All the water inside spilled onto the floor.
Commander Wei ignored the thermos and the water on the ground. "Commander Han... what did you just say? I... I didn't hear you clearly."
“I said, your mother wants my husband to be her matchmaker.”
Commander Wei's face flushed instantly. Clinging to a sliver of hope, he asked, "Does my mother want your husband to be my sister's matchmaker?"
“My wife told me that this morning, your mother brought your sister to my house. After chatting with my wife about everyday things, your mother said to her, ‘Auntie wants to be your matchmaker.’”
Commander Wei's face turned even redder. "Your wife agreed?"
"My wife has no idea how to be a matchmaker."
"Well..." Commander Wei was really embarrassed to ask, but he couldn't not ask. "Did my mother say that she wants your husband to act as a matchmaker for her with anyone?"
"No." Han Bin stood up from the sofa. "I'm going back now, you go ahead with your work."
"I'll take you there."
"No need. You should clean up the things on the ground," Han Bin said to Commander Wei. "If you don't clean them up, you'll hurt your feet."
Commander Wei understood what he meant. "Don't worry. I'll take care of it."
"Um."
As soon as Han Bin left, Regiment Commander Wei went to his deputy commander and said, "I'm going home for a bit. If anything urgent happens, come find me at my house." Then he left.
Seeing that Commander Wei's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, the deputy commander didn't dare to ask any more questions. However... when he heard Commander Wei say he was going home, the deputy commander roughly understood why Commander Wei's face was so black.
After finding out, the deputy commander went to find Commander Wei's bodyguard.
When the deputy commander arrived, the commander's bodyguard was sweeping up the broken pieces of the thermos flask on the ground with a broom and dustpan. "You broke the thermos flask, kid?"
"I didn't hit him."
"Then...it was the commander who did it?"
"Maybe."
"Maybe?" The deputy commander recalled Commander Wei's dark face: "Didn't Division Commander Han just talk to our commander?"
"Hmm. How did you know?"
"I guessed. You can pack up. I'm leaving."
"Um."
Emerging from Regiment Commander Wei's office, the deputy commander thought: "This Division Commander Han is really afraid of his wife. Before she arrived, he didn't say a word. But as soon as she arrived, he came to see their commander. Is he afraid his wife will beat him if she finds out? I heard his wife can kill a wild boar with one slap. It seems I can mess with Division Commander Han, but I absolutely cannot mess with his wife. If I mess with Division Commander Han, he might not bother with me, but if I mess with his wife…" The deputy commander thought of Regiment Commander Wei's dark face and the broken thermos on the floor.
On the other side, Commander Wei was both angry and ashamed. Near home, he ran into his wife.
Cheng Ying was startled by Commander Wei's expression: "Old Wei, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm so angry, I..." Commander Wei wanted to say: My mother actually had Commander Han's wife act as her matchmaker. But... Commander Wei couldn't bring himself to say it. "Where are my mother and my sister?"
"They're at home. What's wrong? Did they go to Commander Han's house again?"
Commander Wei took a deep breath. "It's nothing. Find them something to do, and don't let them go out this afternoon."
"ah?"
"I'm leaving. You go back and keep an eye on them." If they go around spreading rumors, he really won't have the face to stay here. On the way back, Commander Wei thought about the matter several times. Commander Wei also knew why Old Madam Wei did what she did. He also guessed who Old Madam Wei had asked Xiaoman to be her matchmaker for.
After thinking it through, Commander Wei realized that Old Lady Wei was determined to ruin him. They were the ones who wanted to steal someone else's husband, and now they wanted people to think they were the ones who had misunderstood them. Did they think she was stupid? If she were stupid, how could she have become a division commander at such a young age?
Cheng Ying: "Look...look at your mother and your sister?"
"Um."
"What happened? What's going on?"
"It's nothing. I heard that Commander Han's wife is quite formidable. I'm afraid they might provoke her and she'll smash up our house."
“Then I’ll go back and keep an eye on them. But I can’t keep an eye on them every day.”
"I know. You go back now. I'm leaving."
"All right."
After Commander Wei left, Cheng Ying hurried home.
Commander Wei had originally intended to go back and confront his mother. But… as he neared home, he suddenly thought, what good would confronting her do? He had already told them not to go to Commander Han's house anymore. And his mother had been so presumptuous. This time it was Commander Han; people knew how hard he had worked to get where he was, so they gave him face. But what about next time?
Back in his office, Commander Wei pondered how to resolve this matter completely.
That evening, Cheng Ying and Wei Yanhong had finished cooking dinner, but Commander Wei had not yet returned.
Cheng Ying would go to the door to check every now and then, but then she would stop going to check.
Around ten o'clock, Commander Wei walked in from the door looking dejected.
Hearing the noise, Cheng Ying came out of the house. "You're back?"
Commander Wei gave a weak "hmm".
Cheng Ying's heart jumped. "Old Wei, what's wrong with you?"
Commander Wei dragged his heavy steps into the house. As soon as he entered, he slumped into a chair.
Now Cheng Ying was even more panicked. "Old Wei, what's wrong with you? Tell me!"
"Sigh...sigh..." Commander Wei sighed several times in a row.
Hearing this, Old Mrs. Wei came out of the house. Seeing Commander Wei's appearance, she was startled. "Son, what happened?"
Zhang, the garrison commander, wiped his face. "The higher-ups said they're going to transfer me to the frontier."
"The frontier?!" The old lady's face changed instantly.
Cheng Ying's expression changed as well. "Why are you suddenly being transferred to the frontier?"
Commander Wei glanced at Old Madam Wei. "I don't know."
Cheng Ying remembered that Commander Wei had asked her to keep an eye on Old Madam Wei and Wei Yanhong. "Is it...is it because Mother and Yanhong keep going to Commander Han's house, so...so Commander Han is going to transfer you to Bianqiang?"
Commander Wei raised his right hand to cover his eyes. "Sigh..."
Grandma Wei: "You're not their teacher. How can he tell you what to do?"
Cheng Ying's eyes reddened with anger. "He can't control your son. But isn't there a commander above him? Surely the commander can control your son?"
Grandma Wei glared at Cheng Ying: "Son, was it really Commander Han who ordered Commander Luo to transfer you to the frontier?"
"I don't know. Maybe."
Grandma Wei turned and walked out, saying, "I'll go explain to them."
Cheng Ying: "Explain? How do you explain it?"
Grandma Wei: "I went to tell them that I had been going to their house often recently because I had taken a liking to that old man surnamed Shang."
Commander Wei jumped up from his chair. "What?"
Cheng Ying was taken aback for a moment. But... "Old Wei, that's a good idea."
"Not bad?" Commander Wei looked at Cheng Ying and said, "Do you think she's stupid? If Mother really says that, then I'll definitely go over here."
Grandma Wei: "Why...why?"
Commander Wei looked at Old Madam Wei and said, "You were so obvious about it a while ago, and now you're saying this. You... do you think Commander Han is stupid?"
Grandma Wei's eyes flickered.
Commander Wei: "Mother, you said yesterday that you would cover this up. You...you didn't already tell, did you?"
"I...then...what do we do now?"
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