Jiang Mengning couldn’t just sit still—she followed them outside. In the courtyard, Xiao Niannian was squatting on the ground, being tugged at by Qin Sufang. The little girl resisted, but Qin Sufang still tried to forcefully pick her up.
Next to Qin Sufang stood her daughter, Niu Lili. Sharp-eyed, Lili noticed Huo Jinyan and Jiang Mengning stepping outside. She bit her lip, crouched, and snatched Niannian into her arms.
“Niannian, you’ve gotten so skinny! It really pains me to see this. Auntie has a piece of candy, especially bought for you. I’ll peel it for you to eat.”
She pulled out a piece of sorghum soft candy from her pocket, unwrapped it, and shoved it toward Niannian’s mouth.
Qin Sufang looked on, satisfied.
This was exactly how her daughter should behave—so that Huo Jinyan would see how good her daughter was.
Then, once the commander divorced, he would naturally marry her daughter.
“Waaah, no, no! I don’t want it!” Niannian protested vigorously. Though she liked candy, she refused to eat anything given by others. She waved her little hands and slapped the candy from Lili’s hand. It fell to the ground, coated in a layer of dust.
Lili frowned slightly, thinking, This brat really won’t obey. She refuses candy, yet she’ll eat anything her stepmother gives her—she deserves the punishment.
“Oh my, this candy is precious! My daughter saved and scrimped to buy it. Niannian, how can you treat my daughter’s kindness so poorly?” Qin Sufang fanned the flames from the side. She wanted Huo Jinyan to see how much her daughter had sacrificed for his child. This candy was not given lightly.
Huo Jinyan walked over and picked Niannian up.
“What’s going on?” His tone was cold as he looked at the two women.
Qin Sufang tugged at Lili’s arm. Lili immediately looked at Huo Jinyan shyly.
“Brother Huo, I came today not for anything else, just to get an explanation for my mom.” She glanced timidly at Jiang Mengning, her expression instantly turning aggrieved.
“Just now, my mom kindly came to see if Niannian had eaten lunch. Seeing that she was still cooking at such a young age, she just spoke a few words out of concern. As a result, Jiang Mengning poured a mixture of feces and urine all over her! My mom still smells it on herself. She’s never been treated this way before, and at her age, to be humiliated like that—it made her cry at home for a long time.”
“Brother Huo, we’re not trying to make things difficult for you. We just want an explanation. Why did Jiang Mengning do this? How could she humiliate someone like that?”
“I think she’s just exploiting your status to run rampant in the compound. She’s trying to ruin your reputation.”
“Someone as good as Brother Huo deserves someone better.” Qin Sufang silently gave herself a thumbs-up. Well done! So understanding, surely she can snatch a remarried man! Jiang Mengning, that little fox spirit, would sooner or later be thrown out of the compound.
Jiang Mengning crossed her arms, standing next to Huo Jinyan, rolling her eyes. White lotus much? So fake and disgusting. The performance is so overdone—it’s clumsy, really. Even I could play this role better without effort.
Huo Jinyan frowned, looking at Jiang Mengning.
“You poured feces and urine on her?” His tone was calm, unsurprised. He knew her nature—always spoiled and domineering.
Jiang Mengning looked innocent. “No! I only poured urine, no feces.”
Huo Jinyan: “……”
He truly couldn’t deal with her. His face darkened. “Apologize.”
They were all from the same compound, and conflicts between military wives looked terrible.
“Apologize? Are you kidding me? That old woman doesn’t deserve an apology from me.” She never felt guilty about her actions because, in her eyes, she was never wrong.
Lili sneered in her mind. Go on, Jiang Mengning! Keep acting arrogantly and recklessly. The more you do this, the more Brother Huo will dislike you. I’ll make sure you lose him. Only I deserve him.
“Dreaming, how can you do this? You clearly did something wrong. All we want is a simple apology. Why humiliate us again and again? Waaaah… Brother Huo, we really didn’t mean to make things hard for her. We just want an explanation!”
More fake tears.
All to tug at Huo Jinyan’s heartstrings. For a man, really?
Jiang Mengning picked her ear. “Shut up. Crying and whining is disgusting.”
“Hey! You really need discipline!” Qin Sufang could no longer stand it, defending her daughter.
“Whether I need discipline is none of your business. But you? You really need to be dealt with. Tell me, what were you doing here earlier? You called me a fox spirit, trying to make me divorce Huo Jinyan!”
Qin Sufang was dumbstruck, finally speaking. “I was just joking! Don’t make such a big deal!”
“Well, I poured on you just for fun, and you come demanding an explanation? Seriously, so petty.”
“You… how can it be the same!” Seeing her mom being wronged, Lili quickly said, “Brother Huo, my mom isn’t educated, she speaks bluntly, but she isn’t malicious. We even wanted to apologize to Dreaming, but we didn’t expect this attitude from her. She shouldn’t have poured urine on us! She’s just bullying honest people to vent.”
Jiang Mengning laughed silently. People like this in real life were actually amusing—at least, not boring. They wanted to watch her get embarrassed or abandoned by a man, but none of them could control her. Acting? I’m the best at acting.
She turned and wrapped her arms around Huo Jinyan’s neck, pressing her body close. Her chest and waist curves pressed against him irresistibly.
Huo Jinyan stiffened. Looking at her face so close, smelling her faint fragrance, his face flushed red.
“What… what are you doing?”
Jiang Mengning, satisfied with his reaction, tapped his finger on his nose.
“Jinyan, look at them! Both of them bullying me. That old lady insulted me first, even urged divorce. I poured on her, and that’s justified! And with us being this lovey-dovey, how can we even think of divorce?”
“These people are not kind-hearted,” she added, standing on tiptoe to plant a kiss on his lips. Her smile was radiant. “Hubby, don’t you think so?”
After teasing him, she shot Lili a provocative glance, then strutted into the house, humming an unknown tune, clearly in a very good mood.