【Bad Auntie! The bad auntie Daddy married!】
Li Wanqing’s legs went weak. If Cheng Baichuan hadn’t been sitting beside her in his wheelchair and caught her, she would have fallen straight to the ground.
“Sorry to trouble you. The mountain road is a little winding. You’ll get used to it eventually.”
Li Wanqing gave him a complicated look.
She hadn’t been dizzy from the winding mountain road.
She had been stunned by the explosive news from her daughter.
There were two female soldiers. One had a friendly smile on her face, while the other looked at Li Wanqing with obvious disdain.
For a moment, Li Wanqing couldn’t tell which of them was the woman Cheng Baichuan had married in his previous life.
“Battalion Commander Cheng, congratulations on recovering and returning to the army.”
Qin Qianqian extended her hand, her beautiful eyes fixed expectantly on Cheng Baichuan, still unable to hide her admiration.
She never would have imagined that someone who had been unconscious for two years could actually wake up!
If only she hadn’t given up so quickly back then!
Cheng Baichuan looked at her blankly.
“You are?”
Qin Qianqian’s expression changed slightly, but she maintained her smile.
“You don’t remember me?”
Cheng Baichuan frowned deeply.
“It’s not that I don’t remember you. I simply don’t know you.”
“Battalion Commander, she’s Comrade Qin Qianqian from the Art Troupe,” Xiao Wu quietly reminded him.
They had run into her on his very first day back.
Wouldn’t Sister-in-law get angry later?
Cheng Baichuan thought for a moment before answering with complete seriousness.
“Still don’t know her.”
Qin Qianqian: …
“Pfft!”
Li Wanqing couldn’t help laughing.
Was this some kind of reverse version of a one-sided romance, where the man was completely oblivious while the woman was hopelessly smitten?
The way Qin Qianqian looked at him practically screamed affection, yet this man managed to say something that could make her cry in a single sentence.
Qin Qianqian turned and sized up Li Wanqing, her eyes filled with confusion and disbelief.
She had heard over the past few days that Cheng Baichuan had gotten married and even had a child.
She hadn’t believed it at first, but now that she had seen them with her own eyes, she had no choice but to accept that it was true.
But two years ago, Cheng Baichuan had rejected her, and now he’d married this dark and unattractive woman?
She was one of the leading performers in the Art Troupe. She was popular and well-liked, and countless men were desperate to date her!
Cheng Baichuan was the only one who was different.
He had never taken her seriously.
The more indifferent he was, the more she wanted to win him over.
She had even once thought that spending the rest of her life with this man wouldn’t be so bad.
But fate had other plans.
Two years ago, the man had been seriously injured and fallen into a coma.
“Battalion Commander Cheng, you’re being too much! Qianqian has waited for you for two years!”
The female soldier beside Qin Qianqian spoke indignantly on her friend’s behalf.
Cheng Baichuan frowned.
“Comrade, please watch what you’re saying. I have nothing to do with this… Comrade Qin.”
Qin Qianqian finally couldn’t hold back her embarrassment any longer. Her voice was filled with grievance and restraint.
“Cheng Baichuan! Even if you don’t like me, you shouldn’t humiliate me like this!”
Cheng Baichuan looked completely innocent.
“I didn’t humiliate you. Your friend was the one making inappropriate comments. I was merely kindly reminding her.”
“After all, I’m a married man now. If she keeps saying things like that, my wife might misunderstand.”
“And if word gets around, it wouldn’t look good either.”
Li Wanqing hugged her daughter and struggled desperately to suppress her laughter.
Could Cheng Baichuan really not see what this woman was thinking?
Cheng Baichuan helplessly glanced at his wife.
At a time like this, how could she still be in the mood to watch the drama unfold?
“Wife, we should go home.”
Li Wanqing cleared her throat before giving Qin Qianqian and the other woman a polite smile.
“Please excuse us, Comrades. My husband only woke up recently, so he can’t stay outside for too long.”
Whether Cheng Baichuan had truly married Qin Qianqian in his previous life or not, it was impossible for them to end up together in this life.
After all, Li Wanqing had taken the original owner’s place and survived.
And judging from her daughter’s inner voice, this Qin Qianqian wasn’t exactly a good person.
So Li Wanqing felt absolutely no guilt about taking this man away from her.
Qin Qianqian was furious enough to curse, but for the sake of maintaining her image, she had no choice but to swallow her anger and persuade her equally furious companion to leave.
The other side had already made it clear that they weren’t welcome.
If they stayed any longer, the only people who would end up embarrassed were themselves.
“Let’s go.”
Li Wanqing glanced lightly at Cheng Baichuan before carrying her daughter into the courtyard.
Cheng Baichuan rubbed his nose.
“Is she angry?”
Xiao Wu nodded solemnly.
“She just got cornered by a love rival the moment she came back. Of course she’s angry!”
“I wasn’t asking you! Shut up!”
Cheng Baichuan glared at him.
Why was he blurting out such embarrassing truths?
When had that Qin Qianqian person suddenly become his wife’s love rival?
The family housing compound of the Southwest Military Region had been built along the mountains, with small individual courtyards scattered throughout.
There was also a group of family apartment buildings being constructed behind the housing area, but judging by the progress, they probably wouldn’t be ready for occupancy until the end of next year.
Compared with apartment buildings, these simple single-story houses with courtyards were rather basic.
But Li Wanqing liked them.
Especially the large courtyard in front.
It looked to be around seventy or eighty square meters, more than enough for her plans to grow flowers and plants and put up a grapevine trellis.
She could even clear out a small patch of land and grow some vegetables. With that, they could practically become self-sufficient.
The house had three main rooms, as well as a side room that served as the kitchen.
The courtyard had running water, making washing and bathing much more convenient.
The only thing Li Wanqing wasn’t happy about was the lack of a toilet.
There were public toilets and a bathhouse in the family housing compound, but they were quite a distance away.
Having to hold everything in and run several minutes just to use the toilet…
No matter how she thought about it, it was inconvenient.
The courtyard and rooms had already been cleaned, and there was some basic furniture inside.
As for household necessities…
They were missing practically everything.
“Take a look and see what we’re missing. Later, Xiao Wu can take you to the military district service station to buy everything,” Cheng Baichuan reminded her as he entered the house.
“Okay!”
Li Wanqing didn’t refuse.
There was simply too much to buy. There was no way she could carry everything back by herself.
The most urgent thing was to buy two more quilts!
Temperatures in the mountains were generally lower. The daytime was fairly cool, but at night they would definitely need blankets.
There was only one quilt, and it was the single-person quilt from Cheng Baichuan’s dormitory.
There was no way one quilt would be enough for three people!
Xiao Wu and the other two soldiers were preparing to leave after delivering them to the house.
Since there was practically nothing in the house yet, Li Wanqing didn’t try to make them stay. She simply grabbed some candy and stuffed it into their hands.
“You’ve worked hard today. Once we’re settled in, I’ll invite you all over for a meal.”
The three of them initially refused, but Cheng Baichuan spoke up as well, so they happily accepted the candy.
Xiao Wu gently pinched Nono’s little nose.
“Nono, Uncle has to go now, okay?”
Nono dodged him slightly, then grinned.
“Ah-ah!”
Xiao Wu patted her head before looking at Li Wanqing.
“Sister-in-law, we’ll be going now.”
“I’ll bring lunch over from the cafeteria later. This afternoon, I’ll take you to the military-civilian service station to buy everything you need.”
After they left, Li Wanqing put her daughter on the bed to play and turned around to start organizing their things.
She needed to sort everything out and make a list so she could buy whatever was missing later.
Cheng Baichuan sat alone in his wheelchair, completely ignored.
…
“Um… I really don’t know those two Comrades we just met.”
Cheng Baichuan offered a stiff explanation.
Li Wanqing merely responded with a flat,
“Oh.”
As if she’d believe that!
Maybe he genuinely hadn’t remembered Qin Qianqian at first.
But there was no way he still hadn’t remembered her afterward.
After all, Qin Qianqian was hardly the kind of person who could go unnoticed.
Cheng Baichuan frowned slightly.
His wife really was angry.
Should he coax her?
But how?
“Daddy~ Daddy~”
Cheng Baichuan turned his head.
He saw his daughter pulling out a small metal box.
…
He seemed to have thought of a way.