"Wife, where to next?"
Xu Ruantang muttered defiantly, "I have no ties to begin with, so it doesn't matter where I go."
Chen Ji's eyes instantly turned cold, "No ties whatsoever?"
He sighed heavily. "It seems I've spoiled you too much."
Xu Ruantang instantly felt that Chen Ji's age had suddenly increased!
I wanted to argue with him a bit more, but my stomach started growling uncontrollably.
Xu Ruantang: "......"
Chen Ji spent the last three days with Xu Ruantang in Shenzhen, carefully trying to fit the persona Xu Ruantang had given him—clingy.
He would sit beside her during class, never leaving her side.
His classmates and teachers would often glance at him; the man was so handsome that it was hard for anyone to ignore him.
Chen Ji even pretended to be generous and invited the teacher to dinner. As a result, the teacher got so drunk that he passed out.
In the end, he was the one who took them home.
Aside from attending classes, the two strolled hand in hand through the streets and alleys of Shenzhen.
Xu Ruantang was as incompetent as ever, complaining of being tired after only a few steps. She even blamed Chen Ji, saying that he had bullied her too much at night, otherwise she wouldn't be so weak.
Chen Ji carried her the entire way without complaint, and she felt no burden at all, content to be like an octopus.
Once you let go of a knot in your heart, you'll feel completely relaxed.
The two returned to Beijing by train. Xu Ruantang continued her usual routine of eating and sleeping, but this time she did so out of a sense of peace.
With Chen Ji by her side, she can be herself and feels very safe.
Sometimes she would secretly think that it would be good to find someone older, because they would be very caring.
On second thought, I realized that it probably had nothing to do with age, because he was a very good person.
Upon exiting the train station, the two immediately spotted Xu Hanli, his white skin gleaming, standing beside the jeep.
While most people get tanned in the summer, Xu Hanli is strange; he actually gets even whiter.
He was also dressed in a military uniform, standing there conspicuously, which attracted a lot of attention.
"Chen Ji, sister-in-law, over here!"
Xu Hanli saw them too, called out, waved and walked over to take the luggage from Chen Ji's hands.
The jeep door opened, and a girl jumped out.
She darted over to Xu Ruantang in a few strides and gave her a big bear hug. "Ruantang, you're finally back! I've missed you so much!"
Li Shuhe was still as loud and boisterous as ever.
Xu Ruantang patted her on the back, "I was gone for half a month."
The group quickly got into the car. Li Shuhe insisted on pulling Xu Ruantang to sit in the back seat, while Chen Ji was squeezed into the passenger seat.
She chattered on and on, repeating everything that no one had said in the past few days.
The other three people in the car listened silently.
She started by talking about Cheng Dan being transferred to the Beicheng Military Region Hospital, including the latest gossip in the compound, and then gradually turned to Shen Qingwen's family.
“Sigh!” Li Shuhe leaned on Xu Ruantang’s shoulder. “I originally wanted to renovate Shen Qingwen’s apartment, but now his whole family has moved in, leaving only one room for us.”
Her tone carried a hint of distress.
Before Xu Ruantang could speak, Xu Hanli, who was driving, laughed, "There are already commercial housing units in Beijing now. I think you should just be a sucker and beg your dad to buy you one."
Li Shuhe sat up abruptly, craning her neck to look forward. "Who are you calling a sucker? Qingwen and I can afford it ourselves, without my parents' help!"
Xu Ruantang didn't quite understand. "Didn't I remember Shen Qingwen saying that his parents and younger brother would go back to their hometown?"
Why did they stay behind after they were already engaged?
"It's just that the weather is too hot, and it's inconvenient for the elderly to go back. Besides, his younger brother's wife is about to give birth, and the medical conditions in their hometown are not good. Qingwen and I are just trying to help as much as we can."
Xu Ruantang: "......"
Xu Hanli chuckled again.
His voice contained a lot of information, and Li Shuhe wasn't stupid; of course she understood it.
She patted the driver's seat. "I know you think I'm stupid, but we're already engaged. If I force Qingwen, he'll be caught in the middle. How painful will that be for him!"
“A real man will handle the problem himself and won’t tell you how uncomfortable he is caught in the middle.”
Xu Hanli spoke in a nonchalant tone.
Li Shuhe retorted, "You talk a good game, but when your parents disagree with you and Shen Youyou, I'd like to see if you can still be so easygoing!"
The two were bickering, and Xu Ruantang hadn't taken it seriously until she heard the name and paused for a moment.
She turned to look at Li Shuhe, "Who did you just say?"
Li Shuhe leaned back in her seat. "Chen Youyou, the new girl in the cultural troupe."
As she spoke, she chuckled and teased, "Our Instructor Xu's legs went weak when he saw Comrade Shen Youyou. His eyes were glued to her, and he wished he could be on that girl's body."
"I never thought our Instructor Xu would have this day. You two are truly brothers. Even a thousand-year-old iron tree blooms late enough, but once it blooms, there's no stopping it!"
Now it was Xu Hanli's turn to blush and become incoherent.
"Don't talk nonsense. There's nothing between Comrade Shen and me. You're ruining the girl's reputation."
Xu Hanli was so pale that his face was very red, making him look like he was about to burn.
Chen Youyou?
Has the main character from Wang Xiuxiu's book appeared?
What about Sister Xiuxiu?
I didn't expect that even though the trajectory has changed, the characters from the original book will still appear. Does that mean that everything will still develop as it is in the book?
Xu Ruantang was eager to find Wang Xiuxiu and check their progress with her.
She used to see fictional characters in books, but now she was seeing real, flesh-and-blood people. She considered Wang Xiuxiu a friend and would always stand by her side, no matter what.
Strangely, how did Shen Youyou end up being associated with Xu Hanli?
"Shuhe, have you seen Sister Xiuxiu recently?" Xu Ruantang asked Li Shuhe.
Li Shuhe's smile faded, and her tone became somewhat heavy, "I haven't seen him much, but I've heard of him."
Li Shuhe recounted everything that had happened during her absence.
Wang Xiuxiu's reputation in the compound began to change after she woke up.
Her relationship with Lu Xiaozhao was also gradually improving.
Who knew that rumors would suddenly spread in the compound that Wang Xiuxiu was having an affair.
She described it in great detail, saying that she got into a strange man's car and the two of them were even pulling and tugging at each other.
She also said that Lu Xiaozhao was so young, yet she sent her to daycare because she thought Lu Xiaozhao was in the way.
Once, a newcomer named Shen Youyou witnessed Wang Xiuxiu failing to keep a close eye on Lu Xiaozhao, causing the child to fall down the steps and get a large bump on her forehead.
It was only because Shen Youyou disregarded her own safety and became the child's shield that the child was not seriously injured.
Although Lu Shishen didn't say anything at the time, it's rumored that the two had a big fight at home that night.
Company Commander Lu slammed the door and left, and has been staying at the military base ever since.
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