If she hadn’t caused such a scene the moment she arrived on the island, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.
“Alright, you can all go now.”
The brigade commander waved his hand, dismissing them.
As soon as they stepped out of the office, Liu Qingyue noticed Liu Wanwan glaring at her—her eyes full of anger.
“If you keep staring at me like that, I might just gouge your eyes out,” Liu Qingyue said coldly, rolling her eyes.
“You did something disgraceful yourself, and now you’re blaming me for speaking up?”
Liu Wanwan finally snapped.
She stepped forward, her expression vicious.
“This is all your fault! If you hadn’t made such a big deal out of it, Heshan wouldn’t have been suspended!”
“You kept saying you loved him—but look at what you’ve done. I think your so-called ‘love’ was fake all along!”
“Liu Qingyue, you—”
Before she could finish—
Slap!
Liu Qingyue hit her again without hesitation.
Zhou Heshan immediately stepped forward, about to intervene—
but Lu Fengting moved in front of Liu Qingyue, blocking him.
Looking straight at Zhou Heshan, he said calmly:
“You two are the ones who wronged her first.”
“So her giving her sister a slap isn’t exactly unreasonable, is it?”
He rolled up his sleeves slightly and added:
“If you think that’s unfair… we can settle this like men.”
“Let’s have a fight. I’ll defend my woman.”
His tone was calm—but firm.
Hearing this, Liu Qingyue couldn’t help but think:
This man is seriously impressive.
He respects women, protects her, and has never even been in a relationship before…
He’s genuinely a good man.
Zhou Heshan had no intention of fighting him.
Lu Fengting was his superior—and one of the strongest in the unit.
Every competition on the island, he always came out on top.
Fighting him would be pointless.
“Looks like you’re not willing to protect your own woman,” Lu Fengting said with a faint smile.
“Then don’t blame me.”
He turned to Liu Qingyue.
“Let’s go.”
“Okay.”
The two of them left together.
Liu Wanwan turned to Zhou Heshan, tears streaming down her face.
“Heshan… how can he be so unreasonable?”
“We didn’t even do anything wrong—we just fell in love!”
Zhou Heshan felt irritated, but still sighed.
“What’s done is done. There’s no point talking about it anymore.”
“Come back with me. I’ll submit the marriage application later.”
The two of them left as well.
After they parted ways, Lu Fengting asked Liu Qingyue for her personal details.
“I’ll go submit the marriage application and request housing,” he said.
“You can walk around the island for now. There should be available housing—it’ll be assigned soon.”
With that, he prepared the documents and left.
Liu Qingyue wandered around the island and soon ran into the military wives who had spoken up for her earlier.
“How did it go? Is everything settled?”
They gathered around her warmly.
“The commander gave you a fair outcome, right? Did that deputy battalion commander get punished?”
“We never imagined he’d do something so shameless!”
“And your sister too!”
They chatted all at once, full of concern.
Feeling their kindness, Liu Qingyue smiled.
“It’s all been resolved.”
“He’s been ordered to write a self-reflection and suspended for one month.”
The women nodded in satisfaction.
“Good. He deserves that.”
“Honestly, being stationed on this island is already tough, so a one-month suspension is considered light punishment.”
“If this happened in another unit, he might’ve been demoted already.”
One of them then asked:
“So what about you?”
“You’re not going back home, are you?”
“If she doesn’t go back, what else can she do? If I had a fiancé like that, I would’ve beaten him up first!” one of the military wives said.
While the others were talking, another woman noticed that Liu Qingyue actually seemed calm—and even in a good mood—so she waited patiently for her to speak.
“Thank you, sisters, for caring about me,” Liu Qingyue said with a smile.
“I’ve decided to stay here.”
“I met the deputy regiment commander because he saved me… and he said he’s willing to take responsibility.”
“I think staying here as a military spouse isn’t a bad option.”
“We’re planning to get married.”
As soon as she said that, the women’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Wait—you’re really getting together with the deputy regiment commander?!”
“He’s a good man. So young and already at that rank—people say he completed several impressive missions.”
“And ever since we came to the island, we’ve never heard of him having a girlfriend.”
“If he saved you and is willing to take responsibility, then this is actually a great match!”
“You two really suit each other—it must be fate!”
The women were genuinely surprised by how things turned out—but they honestly felt the two of them were a perfect match.
They excitedly started telling Liu Qingyue more about Lu Fengting.
After chatting for a while, Liu Qingyue learned that the three women had been living on the island for years and were very familiar with everything there.
“We really like your personality,” one of them said.
“What your sister did? She deserved that slap!”
“Since you’ll be staying here, we’ll see each other often. If you ever need anything, just come to us—we’ll help however we can.”
“Honestly, every time I travel to the island, I get seasick for days, so I rarely go back home!”
They chatted warmly and quickly became friendly.
Not long after, Lu Fengting walked over from a distance—holding a key.
“I’ve already spoken to my superiors,” he said.
“They approved housing for me, so I’ll take you there first.”
“You can stay there for now. Once our marriage application is approved, we’ll register officially.”
He spoke directly and efficiently.
Liu Qingyue looked up at his sun-tanned face, and her heart suddenly started racing.
In my past life, I married this man too…
So how did I never notice how handsome he was?
I must’ve been blind back then…
And that ‘blindness’ had a name—Zhou Heshan.
“Okay,” she replied softly.
Having lived a second life, Liu Qingyue finally felt her heart start to open toward him.
The women waved goodbye as Liu Qingyue left with Lu Fengting.
They walked toward the assigned house.
The living conditions on the island weren’t great.
As soon as they opened the door, a damp, musty smell hit them.
“I’ll clean it up first,” Lu Fengting said.
“Let’s leave the door open to air it out. The island’s humidity causes this.”
He quickly got to work.
After a few hours, they had the place mostly sorted out.
Watching him busy himself around the house, Liu Qingyue felt a quiet sense of happiness.
Meanwhile… things weren’t so peaceful elsewhere.
Zhou Heshan took Liu Wanwan back to his home.
His mother worked as the head nurse at the military hospital on the island.
Before they even arrived, the entire situation had already spread across the island.
His mother had heard everything.
At the hospital, people were already looking at her strangely.
“Yang Su, how could your son do something like that?” a few nurses whispered while chatting.
“I thought he went back home to visit his grandparents—how did he end up getting involved with another girl?”
Hearing this, Yang Su became furious.
In her mind, her son had done nothing wrong.
It must be that other girl…
She must have seduced him.