One of the men clutched the back of his neck and said, "Do you know who my dad is? My dad is the chairman of the Revolutionary Committee..."
Before he could finish, Su Lang delivered another strike to him.
The man fainted again.
Su Lang looked up and explained, "I'm not with them."
Lin Zhilan said, "I know."
She pulled her clothes tighter around herself. "Commander Su, why are you here?"
Su Lang's face grew hot. "I was doing my morning exercises."
"Oh."
Lin Zhilan's indifferent response made Su Lang's heart flutter with anxiety.
"Comrade Lin, I'll dispose of them first."
"How are you going to deal with them? Send them to the police station?" Lin Zhilan frowned slightly. "Didn't you hear him say his dad is the chairman of the Revolutionary Committee?"
Right now, the Revolutionary Committee was the ultimate authority and could persecute anyone.
Su Lang said, "These people broke in... to rob you. We can't just let them go!"
"Then how will you explain why you are here?"
Morning exercises?
It was over twenty kilometers from the town to Zhoujia Village.
Only a ghost would believe that.
Ever since Chen Jin warned her last time, Lin Zhilan no longer wanted to stick her neck out recklessly, but trouble still found its way to her door.
The son of the Revolutionary Committee chairman...
Lin Zhilan realized she had run into major trouble.
"Comrade Lin," Su Lang looked at Lin Zhilan, "I will handle this. Don't worry, I absolutely won't let this implicate you."
"Commander Su, can the Revolutionary Committee influence the military district?"
"No."
"Does the military district have a hospital?"
"Yes."
"Does it have a traditional Chinese medicine department?"
"Yes."
"Does your wife have the qualifications to accompany you on the military base?"
"Yes."
"Why do you want to marry me?"
Su Lang fell silent for a moment. "I said I would take responsibility for you. Besides, I need a wife."
"..."
"..."
A gust of cold wind blew past, but Su Lang felt his entire body burning up, not understanding what she meant by asking these questions.
Lin Zhilan said, "Wait here for a moment."
"Alright."
Lin Zhilan turned around and brought out her sewing kit from the house.
In addition to taking pulses and prescribing medicine, she was also excellent at acupuncture. Even the national master physician who had taught her said she had a gift for it.
They were all scumbags anyway. Lin Zhilan didn't even bother to sterilize the needles. Right through their pants, she used the sewing needles to pierce their lower abdomens a few times.
After jabbing them one by one, Lin Zhilan stood up, threw the needles into the stove, and explained:
"I know a bit of medicine. With these few needles, they will be impotent from now on."
Su Lang's Adam's apple bobbed as he saw her look straight at him, even casting a glance at his own lower abdomen.
"Commander Su, do you still want to marry me?"
"I do!"
Su Lang looked at her quietly. The moonlight reflected on his handsome, chiseled face, casting a hazy trace of tenderness.
Hearing this resolute answer, Lin Zhilan's long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her dark, watery eyes locked steadily with the man's.
"Okay, then when should we go get our marriage certificate?"
Su Lang could hardly handle her directness, until he noticed that the tips of her ears were completely red.
A hint of a smile flashed through his eyes. "I have the marriage report on me right now. Anytime is fine."
"Mhm. Then..."
Su Lang added, "However, I only have seven days of leave left, and I need to save three days for travel time."
Lin Zhilan pursed her lips. "Then let's do it tomorrow."
She had never been in a relationship, nor was she blindly devoted to the idea of love. Her willingness to trust Su Lang mostly stemmed from his sense of duty and responsibility as portrayed in the book, as well as her faith in the military uniform that represented integrity and courage.
"Comrade Lin, I have one more thing to confess to you."
"Go ahead."
Su Lang said in a deep voice, "My eldest sister passed away, and her son is now being raised by me. Are you..."
"That's fine, no problem."
Lin Zhilan also suddenly remembered that Su Lang had a child by his side.
In the book, after Su Lang passed away, this child had originally been taken away by his father, but he ran back.
Later on, even though they didn't live together, he would still often go to the school to visit Linlin, treating her like a younger sister.
It was also him who told Linlin that once she came of age, he would take her away from Zhou Jianjun's house to live in another city.
Relying on those words, Linlin managed to survive her difficult teenage years.
If she remembered correctly, the petty thug Linlin eventually married was this child's good brother.
The book's ending only mentioned that Linlin, her husband, and her brother were running a small business, while the female lead married the commander's son.
In the 1980s and 90s, the national economy took off. Following the tide of history, Linlin and this child wouldn't necessarily have a bad life in the future.
Su Lang had saved her this time. If he really did sacrifice his life on the battlefield in a few years as the book described, she would definitely take good care of this child.
"Don't worry, I will treat him well."
Su Lang chuckled softly. His voice was very pleasant to hear, especially when he laughed, deep and gentle, carrying a sexy charm unique to a mature man.
"He's already seven years old, very smart, and quite independent..."
"Wait, he's seven. Who takes care of him when you usually go out on missions?"
Su Lang paused for a moment. "The military base has a cafeteria."
Lin Zhilan understood. When men raised children, keeping them alive was the only standard.Browse Men's Gear
"I understand. Then when can I move to the military base with you?"
Su Lang lightly kicked the person by his feet. "You can come home with me, and we'll fill out the military dependent report later."
Lin Zhilan agreed.
Su Lang tied the five men on the ground together and reminded Lin Zhilan to close the courtyard door securely.
Then he dragged them toward the deep mountains.
He was a soldier and frequently underwent weight-bearing training.
The weight of five men was nothing out of the ordinary for him.
Upon reaching the deep mountains, Su Lang tied them to the trees, binding them tightly, before heading back down the mountain.
By this time, the sky was just barely beginning to brighten.
Despite not sleeping all night, Su Lang didn't feel the slightest bit tired. He felt like he could even run a few more laps around the mountain.
He hurried down the mountain, returned to the guest house, and took a cold shower before heading toward the supply and marketing cooperative.
...
Chen Jin and Chen Dongfeng were just getting ready to leave for work when they were blocked at the door by Su Lang, who was carrying a large pile of gifts and pastries.
"Captain, Sister-in-law, I'm getting married!"
"What?"
Chen Jin and Chen Dongfeng abandoned their plans to go to work and ushered him inside to talk.
Su Lang omitted the events of that night and only mentioned that she was a girl he met while attending a comrade's wedding.
"She only relented yesterday and agreed to marry me. But I'm young and don't know the proper procedures, so I'd like to ask you, Captain, and Sister-in-law to help guide me."
Zheng Hui smiled and said, "No problem. Who else is in this girl's family? Have you met her parents?"
Su Lang replied, "Her parents have already passed away. She only has a three-year-old daughter at home."
Chen Dongfeng swallowed hard. "This girl wouldn't happen to be from Zhoujia Village, would she?"
"How did you know?" Su Lang was a bit surprised.
Zheng Hui also caught on. "Is the girl you're talking about named Zhilan?"
"Yes, Sister-in-law, you know her?"
Chen Dongfeng burst out laughing. "Brother Su, you can't call my mom Sister-in-law anymore, that messes up the generations! Zhilan is my parents' goddaughter!"
Su Lang also felt that fate was truly wonderful.
Chen Dongfeng teased him, telling him to change his tune and call them Godfather and Godmother.
Chen Jin sat on the sofa, his face dark as thunder. He glared fiercely at his son, then turned to Su Lang and said, "It's too early to change how you address us! I am asking you, last night when you left our house, you didn't go to the guest house. Where did you go?"