Su Manman realized her hands and feet were bound, and she was sitting on a stool.
Across from her were Wu Rongguang and his men.
She glared sharply at Gu Tianye.
She hadn’t forgotten—it was this man who had knocked her unconscious.
Just because he was good-looking didn’t mean she’d let it go.
“What are you doing?”
“Before accusing me of lying, shouldn’t you ask Gu Tianye himself?”
“You were so eager to grab me… what, could it be that Gu Tianye has another family out there?”
“To cover for him, you wanted to silence me?”
Although she didn’t know who the male lead might be emotionally involved with at the moment, as the male lead, he surely wasn’t short of admirers.
Hearing Su Manman speak, Wu Rongguang reflexively glanced at Gu Tianye sitting on the stool.
Gu Tianye pulled out a travel permit.
“Your hometown is Gujia Village in Liemian Town, Changzhou?”
Su Manman scoffed, a mocking look on her face. “Didn’t you just see it? Why ask?”
Gu Tianye’s brow furrowed.
He had checked the permit—it was genuine. So Su Manman’s claim about her husband being Gu Tianye was true.
“The permit says you’re going to Daan Township in Luzhou to stay with relatives. Whom exactly?”
“To my husband, of course,” Su Manman replied.
Gu Tianye asked, “Since the Annan Army is involved, you’d normally need an official approval letter. Why isn’t there one?”
Su Manman thought, Really, what are they pretending?
The man had amnesia—how could he have issued her any military approval?
Besides, when he had sent a death notice to his family, other people didn’t know, but Wu Rongguang surely did.
Moreover, after Gu Tianye was confirmed safe, he never sent anyone to inform his family.
It was because he had been deceived by a commanding officer’s daughter, who made him believe his family situation was bad. His mother was deceased, and his stepmother was in charge.
When the files were burned during the retreat, details about his home vanished.
So no one truly knew where his family was.
Although the explanation was shaky, it was true that he hadn’t contacted his family for years.
..
Su Manman recounted her story passionately:
“Four years ago, I received a death notice for my husband. At that time, I had just given birth and hadn’t left the hospital. My mother-in-law—my husband’s stepmother—kicked the three of us out.”
“Fortunately, my family took me and the children in, allowing us to survive.”
“I had already prepared myself—my husband was a hero who died for the country. I had to raise his children, to continue his legacy.”
Her words were grand and righteous, making Gu Tianye twitch at the corner of his mouth.
“But fate is cruel. Two years ago, my father passed away.”
“With no one to protect us, a woman alone raising a young brother and two children had an even harder life.”
“We had no house, and eventually had to move to a thatched hut provided by the village committee.”
“Even then, my stepmother wouldn’t let us be. She even tried to sell my twins.”
“I could die, but the children were my husband’s only bloodline left in this world. How could I let them be sold?”
“Out of desperation, I fought with my stepmother.”
“Originally, she wanted me to compensate her, crying and wailing. Fortunately, the village chief intervened, stopped her, and warned her not to sell the children.”
“My children are orphans of a martyr. If anything happened, the whole village would be affected. The chief’s words were stern, but my stepmother is greedy—she would do anything for money.”
“Once she decided to sell the children, she wouldn’t give up. Only the thief and the day before don’t match. I could no longer stay in Gujia Village; I had to escape for my children.”
“At that moment, a merchant returning from Daan County mentioned he saw my husband still serving in the army.”
“I thought, if he’s alive, I must take the children to see him, so he can meet his own children.”
“So the village chief issued a travel permit for Luzhou.”
Su Manman spoke until her mouth was dry, almost moved by her own story.
Indeed, except for the unsmiling man in the middle, everyone else looked sympathetic.
Wu Rongguang almost looked like he would cry.
“Boss…” Wu Rongguang glanced at Gu Tianye. He began to believe Su Manman might be telling the truth.
The boss had amnesia four years ago; his squad was nearly annihilated on a mission. He was rescued, badly injured, and lay in bed for three months before physically recovering.
He remembered his military life but had lost all memory of his family.
And his records were destroyed in a fire at the military archives.
No one knew the exact situation of his home, only that he had stepfamily and younger siblings.
Gu Tianye, upon hearing that only his stepmother remained, and being busy with military affairs, had little desire to return home.
Now, suddenly, a woman claiming to be his wife appeared—and there were children.
Where had the mistake occurred? Could the investigation have been wrong, even though it had been ordered by the commanding officer?
Wu Rongguang felt his head about to explode. Could it be that Su Manman really was his boss’s wife?
She was pale, thin, and had a sharp look in her eyes—certainly not someone who would quietly stay out of trouble.
If she really was his wife… wasn’t that too unfair?
At that moment, Gu Tianye’s voice rang out:
“Since you say I’m your husband, then tell me… what do I look like?”