The jeep bumped along the winding dirt road for a full two hours.
The car slowed down only when rows of neat red brick and gray tile houses came into view.
This is the military family compound.
In this day and age, being able to live here is a symbol of status and prestige.
The sentry at the gate saw Lei Li’s license plate and snapped to attention with a crisp military salute.
The railing was raised.
As soon as the jeep drove in, the two Steyr trucks, like giant beasts, followed closely behind, rumbling across the concrete ground of the gate.
The commotion was too great.
It’s hard not to attract attention.
It was dinnertime, and the family members in the compound were chatting in twos and threes under the locust tree, their bowls of rice in hand.
Hearing the deafening engine roar, everyone craned their necks to look in this direction.
“Wow! Who’s moving house? It’s such a big commotion!”
“Isn’t that Commander Lei’s car?”
“Commander Lei? Isn’t he that…that bachelor, the living devil? I heard he went on a blind date today, could it be that he succeeded?”
All eyes immediately focused on them.
The imposing jeep was parked in front of a row of bungalows on the west side of the compound.
The car door opened.
A long, slender leg with a long, thin tip stepped out first.
Lei Li jumped out of the car with a stern face and a menacing aura. He didn’t even glance at the passenger seat and went straight to the trunk to get his luggage.
Immediately afterwards, the passenger door opened.
A slenderHer small feet, clad in delicate sheepskin-soled high heels, cautiously peeked out.
Then came a well-tailored light purple silk dress.
Against the backdrop of a crowd dominated by gray and blue cloth shirts, Bai Luoluo’s appearance was like a white swan that had mistakenly wandered into a flock of ducks.
It was so dazzling that it was hard to open one’s eyes.
She held onto the car door, gently patting her chest. Her small face, no bigger than a palm, was filled with discomfort caused by the bumpy ride.
Her skin was so white it glowed, almost transparent in the sunset.
“Oh my god…”
A plump auntie carrying a bowl of corn porridge by the roadside almost dropped her chopsticks.
“This girl looks like a fairy from a magazine, is she Chief Lei’s new wife?”
“Isn’t this too delicate? She has to hold onto the door to get out of the car?”
“Look at what she’s wearing! It’s silk, isn’t it? How much does this outfit cost!”
The murmurs buzzed like flies.
Bai Luoluo heard it.
But she didn’t have time to pay attention.
She feels like all the bones in her body have been shaken apart.
In this damned era, road conditions are simply a disaster.
“arrive.”
A sharp, cold voice came through.
He stood a few meters away, arms crossed, a mocking look in his eyes.
“This is where you will live from now on.”
Bai Luoluo raised her head.
The first thing you see is a slightly dilapidated red brick bungalow.
The red paint on the wooden door has peeled off, revealing the gray wood underneath.
The windows were made of glass, but they were covered with a thick layer of dust, and there was even a spider web swaying in the wind.
Compared to her garden villa abroad, this place is not even as nice as a storage room.
Bai Luoluo took a deep breath.
Hold on.
For the mission, for my life.
Is this our new house?
She blinked, trying to make her tone sound less disdainful, even carrying a hint of “expectation.”
Lei Li sneered.
“What? You think it’s too shabby?”
“No…no.”
Bai Luoluo was about to insincerely praise Pu Su.
Just then, the two large trucks behind came to a stop.
The soldier in charge of the transport jumped off the vehicle and shouted, “Sir! Where are we unloading these things?”
Lei Li frowned and glanced at the mountain of goods.
“Unload them all in the yard.”
“yes!”
The soldiers moved swiftly and began unloading the cargo.
This unloading caused quite a stir, and the entire compound was in an uproar.
The first thing to be carried down was a huge cuboid wrapped in thick kraft paper.
The two soldiers were red-faced and their necks were bulging from lifting it; it was obviously incredibly heavy.
“Be careful! Put it down gently!”
When Bai Luoluo saw that it was her precious treasure, she forgot all about being a lady and hurriedly lifted her skirt and ran over to give directions.
“This is an imported latex Simmons mattress; it cannot be folded!”
“Xi…what do you mean by ‘Si’?”
The soldiers had never heard of it before; they only felt that the thing was soft and extremely heavy.
Immediately afterwards.
A set of dark green velvet European-style sofas was carried down.
The exquisitely carved armrests, the velvet surface that looks incredibly expensive.
The military wives watching gasped in shock.
“Goodness, won’t this sofa collapse if I sit on it? It’s so soft!”
“Isn’t this something only capitalists use?”
It’s not over yet.
A dressing table, a full-length mirror, and even a piano securely nailed together in a wooden crate…
Finally, when the two soldiers worked together to lift a huge, snow-white bathtub with a ceramic sheen off the truck bed.
Lei Li’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
The entire venue was deathly silent.
Then an even louder uproar erupted.
“Is that a bathtub? Why does it look like a big bowl?”
“How much water will that take! We have to fetch water from the well to drink from in our compound, and she wants to take a bath too?”
“What a tragedy, what a tragedy…”
Lei Li felt a throbbing sensation in his temples.
Throughout his many years in the military region, he has cultivated an image of hard work, simplicity, and unwavering courage.
Today, everything has been ruined by this woman!
He strode up to the bathtub, pointed at it, and asked Bai Luoluo through gritted teeth:
“What are you going to do with this thing?”
Bai Luolu blinked her big, innocent eyes and said matter-of-factly:
“Take a bath.”
“Otherwise what? To use it to raise fish?”
Lei Li laughed in anger.
He pointed to the bungalow.
“Look carefully, there is no tap water or water heater here.”
“You’re going to use this to take a bath?”
“OK.”
“Go to the well and fetch water yourself. It will take at least fifty buckets to fill this vat.”
“Also, figure out how to boil water yourself; there’s only a coal stove here.”
Bai Luoluo was stunned.
She looked at her own eyes.Her hands, which were completely free of calluses, looked again at the enormous bathtub.
Fifty buckets of water?
Is that hand still usable?
“But…but I always do this at home.”
She muttered something under her breath, her voice tinged with grievance.
“This is the military region! Not your Bai Mansion!”
Lei Li lowered his voice, his tone as stern as if he were reprimanding a new recruit.
“Bai Luoluo, I’m warning you.”
“Don’t bring your capitalist daughter’s bad habits here.”
“Nobody will indulge you here.”
After saying that, he turned around and waved to the soldiers who were still moving things.
“Alright, let her clean up the rest herself!”
The soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment. this……
So much stuff, and you expect this delicate sister-in-law to pack it all by herself?
That sofa looks heavier than my sister-in-law.
“Commander, this…”
The guard, Xiao Zhang, couldn’t stand it anymore and wanted to plead for leniency.
“What? You want to help her move?”
Lei Li shot him a sharp glare.
Xiao Zhang shrank back in fright and immediately stood at attention: “Report! I don’t want to!”
“Fall back!”
Lei Li didn’t even glance at Bai Luoluo before turning around and striding towards the other office building.
That was his usual dormitory.
Clearly, he had no intention of living in this so-called “new house”.
“Hey! Lei Li! Don’t go!”
Bai Luoluo panicked and chased after him a couple of steps in her high heels.
“How am I going to move all this stuff into the house?”
“I can’t even move that mattress!”
Lei Li didn’t turn his head, his cold voice drifting over:
“If you can’t push it, just sleep on the floor.”
“If you can’t stand the hardship, you can go back to your country now.”
His figure quickly disappeared around the corner.
Bai Luoluo was left alone, standing in the yard filled with expensive furniture, facing the mess and dozens of pairs of onlookers filled with hostility.
The autumn wind swept up the fallen leaves on the ground.
It looked particularly desolate.
Bai Luoluo bit her lower lip.
Her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
It wasn’t an act; I was genuinely wronged.
She’s never even held a water glass by herself since she was a child, so when has she ever been treated like this?
“What are you looking at! What’s so interesting!”
She turned around and shouted at the crowd.
Although she had a strong presence, her soft, sweet voice and tearful eyes made her seem rather harmless.
Instead, it resembles a little Persian cat with its fur standing on end.
A few snickers came from the crowd.
“Wow, you’ve got quite a temper.”
“Let’s go, let’s stop looking. She’s a rich heiress, we can’t possibly be her match.”
Everyone pointed and whispered among themselves as they dispersed.
But that atmosphere of rejection and disdain was like a net, tightly enveloping Bai Luoluo in its center.
The sky gradually darkened.
The aroma of food wafted through the courtyard.
Bai Luoluo’s stomach rumbled loudly, much to her dismay.
She looked at everything in the yard, then at the dark, empty bungalow.
The system’s cold, mechanical voice sounded at just the right moment:
[Ding! The host’s current situation is precarious.]
[Task Reminder: You must move into the new house tonight and prepare a resting area. Otherwise, you will be considered unable to adapt to the environment and 100 points of family luck will be deducted.]
Bai Luolu sniffed.
She held back her tears.
What’s the use of crying?
Can crying make the mattress get into the house?
Although Bai Luoluo is spoiled, she will never admit defeat!
Lei Li, you just wait!
She took off her expensive high heels and stepped barefoot onto the cold cement floor.
She rolled up the sleeves of her silk dress.
“It’s just moving, isn’t it?”
“I…I’ll fight you to the death!”
She walked up to the huge Simmons mattress, took a deep breath, and pushed it with all her might.
It remained completely still.
Push again.
It still doesn’t move.
Ten minutes later.
Bai Luoluo slumped to the ground, panting heavily. Her once-stylish hair was now a mess, and her face was smeared with ash.
The mattress had only moved less than five centimeters.
She looked at the sky in despair.
I can’t live like this anymore!