Su Wanqing suddenly stepped forward half a step and grabbed his sleeve.
Lu Yan’s body stiffened slightly, as if he hadn’t expected her to act this way. He turned to look at her, a trace of confusion appearing in his dark eyes.
“Husband,” Su Wanqing looked up, her clear eyes misted with tears, “are you going to divorce me?”
“Why?”
In Lu Yan’s gradually widening pupils,
Su Wanqing choked out, accusingly: “You go out early and come back late every day, barely showing up, and now you even bring up divorce…”
As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Lu Yan.
Seeing his expression falter slightly, she quickly wiped her eyes—forcing out crocodile tears.
“I get it. You’re disgusted that I’m just a wild girl from a fishing village, tired of me, so you want a divorce…”
Lu Yan lowered his gaze, his eyes settling on her.
She didn’t have the pale complexion common among daughters from big households; her skin was sun-kissed from the sea breeze, her face small enough to fit in a palm, features delicate.
At this moment, her eyes were red from crying, glistening like a small peach, radiating an indescribable, lively beauty.
His Adam’s apple moved almost imperceptibly, and the calm in his eyes gradually gave way to a complex emotion.
Lu Yan paused for a moment and wrote on his notebook: That is not my intention.
Su Wanqing’s eyes lit up.
He reacted—there was still room to salvage their relationship.
She immediately pressed her advantage, looking up at him with a hint of grievance and insistence: “Then you have to prove it to me—”
“From now on, tell me before you go on a mission, and let me know when you return.”
“Will that be inconvenient for you?”
Su Wanqing’s face showed distress: “Otherwise, I always feel like you still want a divorce.”
Lu Yan’s hand holding the pen paused, and he looked down at the hand still clutching his sleeve.
The fingers were slender, the knuckles slightly curled from nervousness.
Just like her eyes, suddenly red from crying earlier.
Carrying a sudden, unreasonable stubbornness.
After a few seconds of silence, he nodded.
Agreed.
Su Wanqing’s eyes instantly brightened.
The corners of her mouth couldn’t help but curl upward: “Then it’s settled.”
From afar came Zhao Lei’s shout: “Old Lu! Time to return to duty!”
Lu Yan lifted his head at the sound. Just as he was about to turn, he paused.
He quickly wrote mission on his notebook and handed it to Su Wanqing.
After confirming she had seen it clearly, he took back the notebook and turned toward Zhao Lei.
Su Wanqing covered her flushed face, her heart racing.
Just agreed, and he’s already reporting his schedule.
So straightforward, so real…
The sea breeze carried a salty scent, brushing against Su Wanqing’s smiling lips.
She walked back to the family quarters lightly, only to be blocked at the door by a tall figure.
“Smack!”
The man was furious. “Su Wanqing! You bullied your sister again. Weiwei is working with you in the cafeteria. Not only did you refuse to help, now you slander her!”
“Apologize to her immediately!”
It was the original owner’s biased second brother, Su Hua.
Behind him, Su Weiwei followed slowly, her eyes red, her voice soft enough to squeeze water out: “Second brother, don’t scold Wanqing, it’s my fault, I misunderstood her…”
Su Wanqing covered her red, swollen face, watching this familiar scene, and a wave of unfamiliar yet familiar grievance surged within her.
It was residue from the original owner’s emotions.
“You’re wrong, so why should I apologize?”
She lifted her lips and slapped Su Hua hard across the face.
“What are you going crazy for?”
In his shocked and angry gaze, Su Wanqing slapped Su Weiwei down as well.
“Look carefully—that’s what bullying looks like!”
“Having taken the blame, I have to make it stick, right?”
Su Hua grew angrier, lifting his delicate sister behind him, pointing at Su Wanqing’s nose: “Since you were recognized back into the Su family, you’ve never treated Weiwei well. Coming to the island hasn’t changed this bad habit!”
“Married, it’s even worse. You dare lay hands on family members!”
Once again, no matter who was right or wrong, if Su Weiwei suffered, the Su family was certain it was the original owner’s fault.
Su Wanqing’s heart filled with a cold chill.
Su Hua kept Su Weiwei behind him: “Do you know that today, the pufferfish you prepared in the cafeteria was poisonous, and many comrades had to go to the clinic!”
“Even if you dislike Weiwei, you cannot joke with people’s lives! And then you walked away, leaving the mess for Weiwei!”
“Weiwei has already apologized for you, but this is a criminal offense!”
Su Wanqing was stunned.
After following Lu Yan to the island military, the Lu family treated her well.
Knowing she grew up in a fishing village and could cook seafood, they wrote a recommendation letter to help her get a safe, easy job in the cafeteria.
But within three days of her starting, Su Weiwei was transferred from the art troupe to the kitchen.
As for the poisoning…
She turned to look at Su Weiwei.
“Second brother, do you have proof that I poisoned the seafood? We work in the cafeteria together—why not suspect her?”
“Proof?” Su Hua suddenly grabbed her wrist, his knuckles nearly crushing her bones, his tone icy with certainty.
“You mixed unprocessed pufferfish innards into the seafood—that’s ironclad evidence! Some have already found it in the leftovers, and it’s still at the clinic waiting for testing!”
“Let’s go! To the Military Affairs Office!”
Su Hua dragged her forward with such force that she staggered several steps.
From behind came Su Weiwei’s worried voice: “Second brother, don’t be too impulsive. Wanqing might have just been careless. With the Su family’s influence, we can still get her cleared…”
Only now did Su Wanqing understand Su Weiwei’s intention.
It was to stir trouble, failing to get her divorced from Lu Yan, then use military rules to punish her, imprison her, and make space!
She stopped, forcefully broke free from Su Hua’s grip: “Pufferfish? I didn’t touch it. The cafeteria has purchase records—just check who brought the pufferfish into the kitchen.”
This made Su Weiwei’s face pale.
Su Wanqing actually mentioned checking the records?
In the previous life, why did she always yield, silently taking losses?
Could she also be reborn?
No, impossible!
Su Weiwei quietly steadied herself.
She had already planned everything. Even if the records left traces, it wouldn’t implicate her.
As long as they insisted the pufferfish came from Su Wanqing’s dish, they could punish her easily.
She spoke softly: “Sister, don’t be stubborn. As long as you admit your mistake, the Su family can clear your name and protect you from suffering.”
“Is that so?” Su Wanqing glared coldly at her.
“Fine, then let’s go to the Military Affairs Office! But I’m saying this upfront: if it’s proven unrelated to me, you and Su Weiwei must apologize to me in front of the entire military district!”
Su Weiwei smiled.
She was waiting for Su Wanqing to be proven guilty and regretfully beg for mercy.