Wow, Sister Xu, your ears are red!
"Nonsense, I'm just tired from walking."
"Your ears are red! What's there to be shy about? You're husband and wife, it's not like you haven't seen this before!"
"You should get married soon. You're such a chatterbox, you're perfect for marriage."
Xu Ruantang and Li Shuhe chatted back and forth. They were the same age and actually had a lot in common.
The more they talked, the more Li Shuhe liked her; she could take a joke and catch her jokes.
Xu Ruantang tried her best to control herself in front of Li Shuhe, speaking as little as possible. Besides, Cheng Dan was also there, which made her feel uncomfortable.
Cheng Dan stood silently to the side, not saying a word. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak; she stayed to discourage Xu Ruantang.
Her original plan was for her and Cheng Dan to walk arm in arm in front, whispering intimately, while Xu Ruantang carried the boxes alone and followed behind.
Walking from the regimental headquarters' family compound to the Li family's home, passing through most of the military region, was enough for many people to see Xu Ruantang's disheveled appearance.
When the time comes, it will be clear at a glance who the real master of the compound is and who is more out of place.
But now, they're joking around with each other, and she can't get a word in edgewise.
Xu Ruantang carried such heavy boxes without even breaking a sweat; she really is born to be a workaholic.
They were even talking about Chen Ji being naked. They were shameless, uneducated women from the countryside, with no sense of shame at all!
Cheng Dan forced down her displeasure, forced a smile, and quickly walked to Li Shuhe's side. "Shuhe, we're still outside. If Chen Ji knew you were talking about him like that, he would be unhappy."
Turning to Xu Ruantang with a smile, he said, "You don't understand Chen Ji. He's a very reserved person and doesn't like people gossiping about him. Once, someone privately talked about the scar on his hand and said bad things about Sister Tang Wan. Chen Ji found that person that very day and got into a fight with them."
Li Shuhe replied carelessly, "I know about this! Later, Chen Ji was punished by Uncle Chen and was locked up at home for three days!"
Xu Ruantang seemed to have heard some huge gossip, her eyes sparkling with excitement, "Really? What happened to the scar on his hand?"
Is it related to his sister-in-law?
Is this for his older brother? Chen Ji is quite good to his older brother! It seems the brothers have a good relationship.
Cheng Dan thought that if she said that, Xu Ruantang would get angry and throw a tantrum in front of Li Shuhe.
Unexpectedly, Xu Ruantang was so cunning, so she could only play along, pretending to be in a difficult position, and hesitated to speak: "This... I'd better not say it, you'll be unhappy if I do. Besides, if Chen Ji finds out, he'll blame you too."
Xu Ruantang pursed her lips. Gossipers aren't punished, but she, who listens to gossip, gets implicated.
What did she do wrong? She just loves to gossip.
I can't stand this kind of hesitant behavior.
Xu Ruantang immediately shook her head, "Really? Fine then, stop talking, I won't listen."
She didn't believe that Cheng Dan could keep quiet.
Sure enough, upon hearing her say that, Cheng Dan looked constipated, her face turning purple from holding it in.
Li Shuhe was growing increasingly disliked Cheng Dan's behavior. In just one afternoon, she suddenly realized that the seemingly gentle and harmless Cheng Dan was not quite like that at all.
Why does she speak with such veiled barbs? If she doesn't want to talk, she should just stay silent, even though she was the one who brought it up first.
"Oh, that's no secret, I'll tell you!" Li Shuhe's mouth chattered incredibly fast: "Back then, Sister Tang Wan and Brother Chen Zheng weren't married yet. The elders of the Tang and Chen families were on good terms, and Sister Tang Wan, Brother Chen Zheng, and Chen Ji practically grew up together..."
Xu Ruantang was speechless.
He thought to himself: Girl, why don't you start from the creation myth of Pangu? At this rate, when will we ever hear how the scars came about?
However, as they walked along and listened to Li Shuhe's explanation, Xu Ruantang finally learned the full details of the story.
To sum it up in her words, the three of them grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Both of the Chen brothers liked Tang Wan, but Chen Zheng and Tang Wan were mutually in love, while Chen Ji was the only one who was in love.
The scar was left when Chen Ji was thirteen years old, when he rescued Tang Wan, who was being harassed by older thugs after school.
In short, it's a classic tale of a hero saving a damsel in distress, only to find that the damsel falls for his brother.
Xu Ruantang listened with amusement.
It turns out that Chen Ji wasn't solid ice, but rather he hadn't met the person who could melt him.
Thinking about it that way, he's quite pitiful.
"Sister Xu, what are you laughing about? Aren't you angry?"
Li Shuhe really didn't understand her current state and thought she had been provoked into a daze. She immediately regretted talking too much again.
"Wait a minute," Xu Ruantang corrected, "I haven't turned twenty yet. You're older than me, so don't call me 'sister'!"
The original owner and she shared the exact same birthday, the fifteenth day of the ninth lunar month.
It's only halfway through May.
Li Shuhe: "Okay, then I'll call you Tangtang?"
Xu Ruantang shook her head, "Just call me Ruan Ruan."
The biggest difference between her and the original owner is that her nickname is Ruan Ruan, while the original owner's family calls her Tang Tang.
"Ruan Ruan, you still haven't told me what you were laughing about?! You really don't mind Chen Ji's situation?"
Li Shuhe was somewhat surprised and tried to control her mouth, but she couldn't.
Cheng Dan said it on purpose; what woman wouldn't mind!
She used to be so jealous of Tang Wan that she was almost going crazy. Knowing that Chen Ji liked that kind of person, she had been deliberately trying to learn from her, wanting to become that kind of person herself.
Chen Ji was her obsession; she loved Chen Ji and dreamed of having him.
"Huh? Of course... I mind!" Xu Ruantang said insincerely, "Forget it, Sister Tang Wan is married now, and Chen Ji is married too, why bring up the past?"
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