Chen Ji looked at her calmly, his voice gentle and deep: "Wife, you may not want to say that I'm not forcing you, but you don't need to be afraid. I know you won't do anything to harm the country or the people."
Chen Ji paused for a moment, his eyes firm and affectionate: "In this world, you are my favorite, and I will always stay true to myself."
He wanted to show her his determination to stay, but he didn't want her to feel pressured.
Chen Ji was always afraid that she would leave.
Xu Ruantang knew what Chen Ji was talking about. They had talked about many things since they got together, from everyday family matters to philosophy of life, and even astronomy and geography.
But she never openly stated that she wasn't from this world.
Xu Ruantang didn't want to talk about it, nor did she know how to.
Chen Ji was an atheist, and at that time, verifying his inner thoughts step by step was already his limit.
How cruel it would be to tell him that his world is actually a book.
Xu Ruantang raised her hand and touched Chen Ji's angular face. "Chen Ji, there's something I've always wanted to tell you."
"Okay, go ahead."
"Are you secretly using some kind of perfume, or does someone in your unit use it?"
Chen Ji frowned. "No."
The military doesn't allow the use of random, unusable items.
Especially the soldiers, they would be scolded for using anything other than soap or toilet water.
"Oh, but you always smell so good, and this scent is only on you, how strange."
It has a sweet and refreshing aroma, and a cool and pleasant taste.
Xu Ruantang was lost in thought when she was lightly flicked on the forehead.
Although Chen Ji thought her explanation was far-fetched, he still answered seriously: "It's probably because I just took a shower and it smells like soap."
Xiao Bao is a little pig. The two talked for a long time, and she slept soundly next to them without being woken up at all.
Xu Ruantang told Chen Ji about Hao Jianjun and Zhang Li's incident that day, and then sighed, "If I were pregnant and spent the whole morning making dumplings, and all I came out of was a pile of empty plates, I would smash your head with those plates until you had a head full of steamed buns."
Chen Ji chuckled.
Xu Ruantang continued, "Sometimes I don't quite understand why there are so many families like Zhang Li's and Deputy Regiment Commander Hao's; it's even a common phenomenon."
The man felt that he had his mother on his left and his wife on his right. He was exhausted from working hard every day and was caught in a dilemma at home.
The woman felt that after marrying into another family, she had to bear children, serve her in-laws, and then argue with them every day, being called an unreasonable shrew by her husband. She was filled with bitterness and resentment.
"The result is that neither of them is happy." Xu Ruantang pursed her lips. "Why do so many people still rush into the cage of marriage? There's no stopping them."
There was something she didn't dare say, for fear of angering Chen Ji.
That is, she would never be like Zhang Li, who would rather be divorced and single for life than compromise.
After all, it's others who benefit, and it's her who suffers.
She appears carefree on the surface, but is actually a complete pessimist.
Even now, I don't think she and Chen Ji will definitely be able to spend their whole lives together.
If love is gone and respect is gone, then let's part ways.
Chen Ji tidied the stray hairs by her ear, "I don't understand either, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten married at twenty-eight."
Xu Ruantang couldn't help but laugh; what he said made perfect sense.
Have you ever thought about getting married?
Chen Ji shook his head. "No."
Even when he was forced to marry Xu Ruantang, all he could think about was getting a divorce as soon as possible.
Xu Ruantang is now filled with regret and really wants to know who Chen Jihou married in the original book.
She even suspected that the original book might be a male-oriented novel, or even one without a romantic pairing.
These are just her guesses. There is another way to verify them, and that is "Wang Xiuxiu".
If she were also a transmigrator from a book, she might know what would happen next.
But I can't ask now.
Xu Ruantang's hands were restless as she traced Chen Ji's eyebrows and eyes again and again, until he raised his hand, pulled her down, and kissed her.
“I used to wonder what the meaning of life is.” Xu Ruantang smiled, but a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes. “I was only a teenager then. My parents weren’t around. I ate, slept, and went to school alone all day. I felt like I was living like a walking corpse.”
She was thrown into a boarding school in the first year of junior high school. The money given to her each month was not enough for food, and if she bought some school supplies, she would go hungry.
That's not all; the girl she lives with is a high-level green tea b*tch.
Little did Xu Ruantang know that while the girl was smiling at her, she was secretly crying to the girls she was close to, saying that Xu Ruantang stole her things, that Xu Ruantang often bullied her, scolded her, and even hit her.
Everyone was young and naive, and they thought it was too much for Xu Ruantang to be such a person!
Gradually, the girls all distanced themselves from Xu Ruantang, and she didn't even know why.
She faces disdain from others wherever she goes, and her parents never stand up for her. She has to process all her negative emotions on her own.
She didn't even dare mention these things to her parents, because they would say, "Focus more on your studies, get along well with your classmates, and stop thinking about those messy things all day. Look at other girls..."
The topic always eventually veers away from her, and no one cares how much she suffered.
During that period, after school, she would sit alone on the horizontal bar in the playground, watching the sunset on an empty stomach.
Thinking of her deceased grandfather, she silently shed tears.
They might even wonder why people should live if life is so painful, and what the meaning of life is.
She didn't understand it until she graduated from junior high school. Later, she devoted herself to painting and her studies, and met good classmates and friends. Gradually, she buried the past in her heart.
And that high-class green tea later exposed herself.
She originally lived with Xu Ruantang, but she cried and complained that Xu Ruantang bullied her. The girls who listened to her complaints felt sorry for her, so they let the "high-class green tea" (a derogatory term for a manipulative woman) live with them.
Before the semester was even over, the "high-class green tea" girl started complaining to new people, saying that the girls she lived with were bullying her.
Russian nesting dolls are like manipulating people's hearts.
Unlike Xu Ruantang, who had no one to back her up, those girls told their parents directly. The "high-class green tea" was attacked by the group, and her reputation was completely ruined.
The girls later went to Xu Ruantang and apologized to her, feeling guilty for misunderstanding her before.
He tightened his arms around her, and the man, who had previously exuded a cold and aloof aura, now had tenderness in his eyes. "Wife, life is inherently ephemeral. If you insist on searching for the meaning of life..."
Chen Ji gazed at her, his long, slender fingers resting on her cheek, his voice magnetic and clear, with a lingering tone: "It's probably every delicious meal you've eaten, every sunset you've seen, and every bit of love you've felt."
As he spoke, he raised his chin, gesturing for Xu Ruantang to look behind him.
Xu Ruantang turned her head and saw that Xiao Bao had already sat up at some point.
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