One net catches all

  "Not killed but escaped when I accidentally"

  It is said that Guan Xiulove was so frightened that he died unexpectedly after leaving the inspection team, as if his conscience had gotten the better of him.

  "How could she be released in the middle of the night?"

  "They said that at the time, after investigation, nothing was found out and she was let go. Originally, she could have gone to the neighboring dormitory building to rest. But she didn't go herself, tried to flag down a car but failed, and fell into a ditch and died."

  They were worried about startling the snake by hitting the grass. They didn't send anyone to follow Guan Xi'ai, but now that this news has come out, it's indeed shocking.

  The faint sound of the door came over, and Manman heard it vaguely. Later, she knew what had happened to Jiang Yue and her mother this afternoon, but she still didn't expect that someone would end up dead.

  Perhaps realizing it was inappropriate to mention this now, the lord had his attendants withdraw.

  The room fell silent once again.

  Manman couldn't sleep anymore.

  "Vine?" Hearing his wife's breathing seemed a bit off, Jiang Yan reached out and touched her forehead "Fever?"

  "No," said Manman, turning over.

  She wished she could recall something crucial. But she really couldn't think of anything.

  In the dark of night, her husband's arms reached out from behind and wrapped tightly around her, warming her body. Who wouldn't be a little scared if they suddenly heard this news? On the other side, her brother's cold voice cut through the air: "If you can't remember, then just forget it. For us, we'd rather you not remember. It's not necessary for you to remember in order to resolve things."

  Whether or not it was meant to comfort her, this remark suddenly made her realize that she had been excluded from their handling of the matter.

  How could a Lu family man possibly let his own woman participate in this joke!

  "Tomorrow your husband will send you away, don't easily answer anyone's phone call again, wherever you go, do you understand?" The icy command carried a compulsory will.

  Pulled up the quilt and closed his eyes.

  It was impossible to have a good night's sleep that night.

  The transfer was scheduled for around noon, and her brother had left early. After having breakfast with her husband, he went to settle the bill and retrieve the medical records for the transfer. She stayed in Jiang's father's ward, chatting with her father-in-law.

  "Dad." Manman thought for a moment before speaking up "Did Ah Yan go to participate in the Yangtze River rescue efforts before?"

  "Yes, did you hear what Ah Yan said?" Jiang's father found it strange that she suddenly brought this up.

  "There's a scar on the back of his neck. I asked him how he got hurt, but he didn't say clearly. The principal here said that he had saved Ah Yan before. Dad, do you know what's going on?"

  Jiang's father became vigilant as soon as he heard that Dean Wang claimed to have saved his son: "Really? Was it the head of the medical team back then?"

  "Dad? Do you know who saved Ah Rong?" Although his brother said he met her at that time.

  "When Ah Yan was hit by the fallen tree trunk, he didn't even know what happened because it was a sudden attack from behind. It was the kind-hearted local villagers who sent him to the military's medical station."

  "Local people?"

  "It was said that it was sent by fellow villagers, but when I arrived there, not a single figure of a fellow villager could be seen. At that time, people rescued each other without anyone keeping track."

  It's like this in a scene where everyone is trying to save each other, who can tell what's going on.

  She may not have been able to get anything out of her father-in-law, but she hadn't expected that she and her father-in-law's conversation would be overheard by her husband who happened to arrive at the door.

  His hand stopped on the door handle and his heart thumped rapidly in his chest.

  At that time, it was a very normal thing for him to save others or be saved by others. If Jiang Yue hadn't said in front of his wife that he was the one who had saved him back then, he would have just kept this matter in his heart. It's really surprising that Jiang Yue could say such a thing in front of him. He, Jiang Yan, wasn't stupid. After being rescued at that time, he had asked around to find out who had saved him. Everyone said it was several ordinary people who discovered him and carried him over, absolutely not a soldier. Jiang Yue was already a military school student at that time, and she was the daughter of Jiang Zhonghai, so there must be someone who could recognize her, how could she pretend to be someone else?

  Later, after the victory of the disaster relief, he returned to the place where he was found and met one or two of the locals who were involved. They said it was a girl from outside the area who first discovered him, describing her as having short hair and not wearing glasses, just an ordinary-looking girl.

  This is really hard to find. The outsider is not only an outsider but also a pseudonym.

  Just because he can't be found doesn't mean he hasn't kept this lifesaver in his heart.

  As for what to do after finding it, he had already thought of everything - thank you very much.

  But what if the person who saves you is your wife?

  Suddenly a thought flashed through the dialogue inside, and the slender English eyebrows, the condensed star pupils, and the flowing dim light were an inexplicable sentiment.

  It's no longer just gratitude and appreciation, but rather... fate.

  Is she really your wife?

  If it were his own wife, would his wife's words last night mean that she had forgotten the fact that he saved her?

  Complex flavors linger in my heart.

  Anyway, the strange behavior of my wife these two days has an answer now.

  "There is someone outside the door." Jiang's father was still quite vigilant and discovered his son standing at the door.

  She walked over curiously and opened the door to see her husband standing at the entrance, looking stunned: "Why didn't you come in?"

  "I was just about to open the door." Jiang Yan, who had been wiping his hands somewhat awkwardly, looked up at the person in front of him and began to recall the shadow that existed in his heart based on the description of his fellow villager.

  Short hair?

  Not wearing glasses?

  "Really." His wife's hair had been down to her shoulders, normally tied in a neat ponytail or occasionally coiled into a bun since the first time he saw her. He really hadn't thought about what short hair would look like on her. "Have you ever cut your hair?"

  Manman helped her husband close the door and turned around to listen to her husband's sudden question, stunned: "What's wrong with my hair?"

  "It's not that I wanted to ask you if you've ever thought of cutting your hair before." Finally found an excuse.

  Manman didn't think about that when she was saving the disaster because she had cut her short hair more than once in the process of growing up: "When I was a kid, I thought it was too much trouble to have long hair. Do you think I look bad with long hair?"

  "It doesn't look good." Jiang Yan was shocked that his wife had indeed cut her short hair.

  "Do you think I should cut my hair short?" Manman touched her ponytail and said seriously to her husband, "I heard from Chunxia that pregnant women are best to cut their hair short before giving birth, otherwise it's very hard to take care of their hair during the postpartum period."

  "Really?" Jiang Yan was surprised again that his question had unexpectedly hit the mark.

  "Why are you asking me this?" The bewildered Moonlight's eyes were shrouded in a layer of enchanting, confusing mist that was utterly captivating.

  Jiang Yan knew that his wife could see things without wearing glasses, but she usually didn't want to take them off. The only times she would take off her glasses were when she was sleeping or taking a bath. Based on this reasoning, at the time of the flood, it's very likely that his wife had taken off her glasses to facilitate action and escape.

  Both conditions are met.

  Of course, these two conditions are too general and cannot define a specific target.

  However - "Vines."

  "Huh?"

  "Thank you."

  Manman was confused by her husband's sudden thanks: "Thanks for what? Are you sick?" She reached out to touch his sleeve.

  "It's normal to say thank you to my wife who takes care of me and gives me everything." I remember what my brother-in-law said last night, Jiang Yan brushed it off with one sentence, although he knew that his feelings for his wife were no longer just love, but a deeper emotion.

  The starry eyes with scorching gaze.

  Her face was burning: her husband wasn't afraid to say these things in front of his father, making her feel embarrassed as a daughter-in-law.

  Jiang's father thoughtfully considered his son's words.

  Thinking of this young daughter-in-law who had saved his life under the Tianqiao Bridge at that time was a blessing for the Jiang family.

  "Dad's car is waiting for us downstairs, let's go." Jiang Yanwang glanced at the time and picked up his luggage.

  Manman helped her father down from the bed. All the way down the stairs, they got into an ambulance. Before Manman got on the car, she subconsciously turned back to look for that cold figure.

  It's really been on my mind since then.

  After all, it's normal for her brother to miss her very much. Whether it's a cat or a dog, he misses them all. He raised the corner of his mouth and found a perfect excuse for himself.

  No matter what, her leaving is what would truly put her brother and husband at ease.

  After a day's effort, Master Gong saw his sister leave safely and then left the military base.

  In the small courtyard where Lao Lu lives

  Lu Lao Tou found a chess friend and killed him in one go. His youngest son Lu He Dong was caught by him as soon as he came over.

  "Lu Jun, you've arrived." Seeing his nephew arrive was equivalent to saving himself, so Lu Hedong hastily called out to the newly arrived Jun.

  Playing chess with the old man is really painful because there has never been a possibility of winning. The old man's chess playing is called scientific and meticulous research, always rigorous and never letting up.

  "Little uncle." Lu He-dong called out, taking a large cup of boiling water from the soldier on duty to quench his thirst. The weather was hot and he had been running around in Beijing for two days, where the wind and sand were strong.

  "Hard work, Lu Jun." Seeing his nephew's tired face, Lu Hedong, who doted on his nephew, personally went to move a chair for him.

  Lü Lǎotóu watched from the side as the uncle and nephew yielded to each other over a chair.

  Each of them returned to their own place.

  "Grandfather." Lu Jun said respectfully.

  "How's the general situation?" The old man asked, rubbing two chess pieces in his hand and staring at the chessboard without blinking.

  "Gu Xiuai's death is somewhat suspicious, but I think they wouldn't go so far as to take action. After all, it's easy to spark a fire at this time. However, her death is indeed a breakthrough point. From her relationship with Wang Yuanzhang, we can infer that she was involved in the plot from the beginning.

  Seeing that the other two were listening intently, Jun Ye dismissed everyone around him because what he was about to say concerned his sister. Lowering his voice even further, "I think Nang Nang might have overheard some clues when they were discussing it. But Nang Nang isn't a military person and might not understand. Plus, she might have fallen down at the time and forgotten all about it, so they didn't take direct action against her."

  "What are you talking about?" Lu Hedong heard it somewhat vaguely.

  It was Lao Lu, who was playing chess, humming a low and deep sound.

  "Now that I think back, at that time when I was working in that place, there was indeed a period when we received an unusually large number of wounded. However, my assistant didn't pay attention to the statistics at the time, and now I've asked someone to help me look up the injury reports from various departments during that period, and it's possible that the data is different from what I saw."

  Lu He-dong finally caught wind of something: someone had made a mistake and let their underlings alter the relevant data to deceive their superiors. And this was done seamlessly, incredibly no one had discovered it for so many years.

  "It's not necessary for him to take matters into his own hands, but since he has the opportunity to use someone else's hands, the other party will be very happy. So, he uses Yang Jia Yang Le'er's unrelenting hatred towards Nang Nang. This person must know Yang Le'er." Lao Lao Tou is most concerned about his own granddaughter, even though he still pretends to be angry with her on the surface.

  "I guess." Lu Hedong's mind was to understand that Zuo Zuo joined in to supplement "This person must have seen the jade pendant that Nuan Nuan dropped and also participated in Nuan Nuan's disappearance, so they could lock their target on our Lu family's lost daughter."

  "Let's catch these people and interrogate them clearly, then we'll naturally know who is lying." Lao Lu launched a big attack on the opponent's door.

  Lu He Dong's face fell as he shouted: "Dad, can't you show some mercy?"

  "Spare your feelings? I was just about to educate a few of you." A stern glance swept over two sons and grandsons.

  "Grandpa has been to the Yang's house." Lu Hedong hurriedly whispered to his nephew on the side.

  The gentleman listened and became somewhat anxious, sitting up straight.

  "Yang's old lady won't die, this matter is definitely not over yet. To make this old woman die, you have to let her family members turn against her. Look at what you've done, making her the object of sympathy in Yang's house, and letting her take advantage of Yang Le'er's affair to stir up trouble. The Yang family must be treated separately from these people." Lao Lu pointed out.

  "Dad, why the different treatment? Aren't they all in the same group?"

  "It's impossible to be in cahoots with them. The Yang family is, in short, our arch-nemesis, a bunch of ruthless and crazy people who can do anything to our family's little girl. And they still have political brains."

  Listening to Grandfather's words is just like thinking for oneself. The young master replied with a serious face: "Yes, Grandfather."

  "This group of people either exposed the truth or found someone to report it, in short, since we know about this matter, we can't pretend not to. As for Yang's family being handed over to the law, they got off too easily." Old Master Lu gave clear instructions on the next step to his grandson.

  You seem to have taken a tranquilizer: the old man is indeed astute and can see everything clearly without needing to take action.

  Lu He-dong listened and felt that something was amiss: "Dad, who exactly is the mastermind behind this?"

  The direction of severe punishment is towards Yang's family, could it be said that Yang's family is the mastermind?

  "Nonsense! From start to finish, it's been that ruthless and crazy person who wanted to harm your niece!"

  Lu He Dong felt that the old man's scolding was: The old man really liked this granddaughter, otherwise he wouldn't have shown such urgency. So while being scolded, he was actually happy.

  So, to put it simply, the troop thing was Wang's group of people's business. From start to finish, Yang's family was the mastermind. It's not surprising that there were people in Wang's faction who had helped Yang's old man at the beginning and were forced to participate in the plan for Nangnang's disappearance back then. And it's also not surprising that they later used this to blackmail Yang's family.

  The prescription is easy to open for Lao Lu, an old general who has experienced many storms, as long as the thread of things is clear and the reason is known.

  "Those high-ranking officials above only turn a blind eye as long as it's not too big of a deal. Those who want to bring me down won't be foolish enough to protect those few who have made mistakes. Just go to your grandfathers' place in my name, make some arrangements, and quietly take care of the main culprits in the troops. The Yang family has already withdrawn from the army, so just cut off their wings and eliminate any ideas they may have."

  In the end, Lao Lu couldn't help but vent his resentment towards Yang's old lady: "This old woman, when I was in prison and asked for their family's help, she persuaded her husband to do nothing, and with a mind to frame me, all her intentions were directed at my granddaughter."

  "Dad, this old woman is..." Lu Hedong was surprised to hear his father mention these unknown past events for the first time.

  "She said she married in after the original wife died, but who knows how the original wife died? I couldn't bear to listen to her chatter anymore. Just a simple sentence to gloss over the troubles caused by my youthful arrogance back then. Old Master Lu continued with a serious tone, 'But don't underestimate this old woman. Her methods of harming people are top-notch and her ambition is huge, always wanting to restore the Yang family to its former glory. It's just that she's old now and her brain isn't working well, so now is the perfect opportunity to get rid of her.'"

  The other two nodded.

  The master has received an order and must go immediately to attend to it.

  Lü Lao Tou suddenly said behind him: "The day before yesterday I met Wen Shi Xuan."

  "Grandfather?" He stopped in his tracks and turned around, with a profound depth in his eyes that seemed bottomless.

  "Don't misunderstand, I didn't say a word to him. I just took a glance at the man from afar." Old Master Lu closed his eyes, and it seemed as if he could still see the man standing under the sunlight, wearing slippers and looking simple yet evoking a hint of tenderness in people's hearts. "If we catch these people, perhaps we can find out whether he was lying about Nang Nang's matter."

  "But -" Lu Hedong hastily added a sentence, but was afraid that they would come up with the idea of throwing Wen Shixuan into prison.

  The old man looked up at his grandson and asked, "Do you think he's pitiful?"

  Refers to Wen Shixuan.

  "Don't pity me."

  Without hesitation.

  In Sunzi's eyes, looking for even a little heart trace. Lao Lu lowered his head: "Alright. I and your dad promised you that this matter is up to you to decide."

  "Thank you, Grandpa." He accepted the old man's nod without hesitation.

  The lord turned around and walked away with a steady and wide stride, without any hesitation.

  "Dad." Lu Hedong saw his back and wanted to say something.

  Old Lu waved his hand and pointed to the chessboard: "You're almost losing."

  Lu He-dong let out a miserable cry.

  ……

  The storms and hardships within the troops are unknown to outsiders.

  Until Jiang Zhonghai arrived at the hospital and met with her husband after picking up his wife's body and visiting their daughter in prison.

  "There have been big personnel changes in our unit these past few days. Luckily, you're no longer in this unit." Jiang Zhonghai patted Yizi's arm and said succinctly, "Even Commander Zeng was summoned for questioning. Right now, the Military Commission is discussing whether to promote someone or bring in a new leader from elsewhere. Maybe after a while, I'll be transferred into the military department."

  "Uncle-in-law——" As for Jiang Zhonghai's unexpected promotion, Jiang Yan didn't know whether he should offer congratulations after all, the family had just held a funeral.

  Meng Meng thought: Zeng Junlang?

  The man with a mole in his eyebrow kept glancing at her.

  Of course, if she knew that this man was the guard who stood at her door and was ordered to leave by Yang Le'er, which allowed Yang Le'er's plan to succeed in finding the missing officer for the Lu family. Later, he changed his name and surname through the Yang family and re-entered the army, mixing until today's military commander, turning around to coerce the Yang family.

  These vines won't know because as long as it's unnecessary, Lu's family won't let this girl know too much about officialdom.

  "My wife's death was indeed an accident after a thorough investigation." Jiang Zhonghai must have heard from someone above that if his wife hadn't died accidentally, she would have been implicated in another case. His wife's death was truly a result of her own doing, leaving him speechless.

  "Father's Day is sad." Jiang Yan could only comfort him like this. The most innocent person in this matter was Jiang Zhonghai.

  "Is this Manman?" Jiang Zhonghai turned his head and looked at Yizi's wife.

  The man standing in front of her was Jiang Yue's father. However, Manman didn't find anything detestable about this man. At a glance, his eyes were clear and bright.

  The eyes are the windows of the soul.

  Jiang Zhonghai said, "I also want to thank you. My daughter has learned a lesson. I wanted to teach her a lesson before, but her mother always stopped me. Now she's finally learned a lesson while it's not too late."

  It's rare to see a father as open-minded as Jiang Zhonghai, and for a moment, he couldn't find the words to say.

  She saw Jiang Zhonghai chuckle and wink at her: "You may not know that it was I who had someone smooth out your marriage application report when you and your husband got married. I'm like a matchmaker for you two."

  The blinking eyes of Mengmeng finally understood why her husband trusted this man so much.

  However, when his daughter went to prison, Jiang Zhonghai's heart ached as a father. He clearly knew where the problem with his daughter lay and shook his head in sigh: "A debt of emotions from past lives."

  Chiang Yan remained solemn: "I hope she can live a good life after coming out."

  "Hmm, I think she can understand now, but unfortunately, Dawei is probably not waiting for her anymore." Jiang Zhonghai's current biggest headache is actually his son-in-law.

  The son-in-law who used to mind his own business has now made up his mind to divorce.

  "This kind of thing, I'm afraid I won't be able to help with." Jiang Yan cleverly seized the opportunity to speak first and clear his name in front of his wife.

  Jiang Zhonghai's bright eyes smiled: Adopted son is liked by him for this point. Bright people don't say secret codes.

  After Jiang Zhonghai left, Manman's little paws grasped her husband: "You can't even make it clear."

  "What am I hiding from you, dear wife?" Jiang Yun asked innocently, dodging his wife's small paws.

  "You said he helped us with our wedding, why didn't you tell me?" One thing led to another and Yan thought that if she had known someone had helped her and her husband so much, she should have gone to thank him in person.

  Jiang Yan occasionally felt that his wife was quite petty and said, "Mang Mang is my godfather, he mentioned this to you just jokingly." After finishing speaking, seeing his wife not making a sound and lowering her head, he whispered in her ear, "Are you angry?"

  These days, I don't know why, but every time I get intimate with my husband, my ears turn red.

  Smiling and rubbing his wife's hair, knowing that his wife was not angry, they went together to see Jiang Fu.

  After Jiang's father was transferred to the hospital, the doctor said that he needed to prepare for surgery. Jiang's father is still hesitant in his heart about whether or not to have this operation. Jiang Yan has to consider whether or not to tell other family members about this matter. The operation carries risks and if something unexpected happens during the operation without the knowledge of the family members, he will be held accountable.

  "If interventional therapy is successful, no thoracic surgery is needed."

  While the doctor in charge was discussing the patient's surgical risks with her husband, Mengmeng sat outside and noticed a lecture notice posted on the whiteboard in the office.

  A simple notice of a lecture by an outside expert invited to the hospital was mainly because the lecturer's name was too familiar - Colonel Yao Ziyi.

  The whole place is filled with your name, how can I see it everywhere?

  You can even hear some female students who are studying in the hospital chattering away:

  "I heard he's a handsome guy."

  "How did you know he's a handsome guy?"

  "It's said that he taught a lesson at Kyoritsu last time. On that day, more than half of the men and women who attended the class were captivated."

  "Are both men and women killed? Then I must go listen."

  "Do you think you can just go and listen whenever you want? The seats are limited. Professors, attending physicians, residents, fellows, and only then us interns."

  Suddenly, Manman really wanted to go in and listen to what Mr. Yao was teaching. It wasn't because Mr. Yao was charming, but because the content of the notice that Mr. Yao would be teaching had been discussed by others:

  "Whether he is handsome or not is unclear, but the professor wants to go and at least the professors in our department have signed up to listen. The content of his lectures has been published abroad."

  "What did you say?"

  "I think any woman who wants to get pregnant would want to listen. It's about the changes in various heart function indicators of pregnant women and fetuses during the perinatal period. You all know that if a fetus dies, the indicator is fetal heart rate. Especially in late pregnancy, the possibility of miscarriage is smaller, but the possibility of stillbirth is actually greater."

  Manman thought: If she couldn't listen, could she get Yao Zibao, who had been getting along well with her recently, to steal the lecture outline from Old Man Yao for her to take a look?

  Anyway, it's just about the course content, nothing confidential.

  The abacus was tapped a few times, and it was settled for the sake of her children's future happiness. Absorbing knowledge from multiple aspects is also what a mother should do.

  Her husband came out of the doctor's office and she hurried up to ask: "How is it?"

  "The date has been set. My dad signed the surgical consent form himself, and they'll try not to perform open-chest surgery." Jiang rubbed his temples in a headache "We have to go home today, I'll call my sister first and let her tell mom about this."

  After being away from home for many days, this young couple can finally return to their own little nest.

  Of course, if they knew that the Chiang family had already fallen out with each other over Jiang Mei's divorce from Cheng Si Quan during these few days when they were avoiding them.

  "Second sister." After returning home and taking a bath, Jiang Yun originally wanted to calmly discuss their father's illness with his sister.

  The phone on the second sister's side was noisy. Jiang Mei had to turn on her mobile phone and move to the balcony to talk to him: "Mom came to my house again tonight and lost her temper. She said that you and Dad don't know what happened, and your phones are all turned off. If you don't show up, I'm afraid she'll go to the army to find you."

  "What about you and your sister's husband getting divorced?"

  "It was originally a good thing that I kept hidden, but somehow it got out and even my sister's husband knew about it. We went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce, but somehow someone must have told mom. Yesterday, my brother and his family all found out. My brother and mom came over last night and made a scene. Today, mom has been cooped up here complaining all day." Jiang Mei said, rubbing her temples in frustration.

  "What did Mom and Big Brother say?" Jiang Yan asked.

  Then Manman saw her husband holding the microphone with a look of preparing for a big fight, ready to take justice into his own hands.

  "My brother said something outrageous, I think it's 80% likely that my sister-in-law taught him to say that I must raise my son myself and not rely on other family members for help. And he also said that people in their thirties are having a hard time finding a partner, let alone someone like me who has a child and is even less likely to remarry. I scolded him on the spot - do I need men like you to support me?" Jiang Mei's words and actions were also straightforward, as long as they touched her bottom line.

  "Second sister, I remember you always earned more than your husband." Jiang Yan wiped his nose and stood up straight, just like his sister who was a department head.

  Jiang Mei raised an eyebrow: "That's more than your elder brother earns, how dare you say that to me?"

  "Where's mom?"

  "Mom's worries are relatively normal, mainly because she's afraid that Dongzi doesn't have a dad." Jiang Mei sighed, her voice slowly coming through the line.

  "What does Dongzi think himself?"

  "Dongzi said it didn't matter. He said he hadn't had a father for many years."

  Cheng Si Quan rarely goes home, in Dong Zi's heart, this father has become a person in his dreams.

  "My brother-in-law is no good." Jiang Yan's sleeves fluttered as he spoke loudly, "Tell Dongzi that if he doesn't have a father, his uncle will be his father."

  Xiao Dongzi must have overheard from the side, immediately snatched his mother's mobile phone and said: "Uncle, forget it. You will have your own baby soon. When you can take care of your own child, I'll consider whether or not to let you be my dad."

  Jiang Yan's teeth itched: Not enough prestige yet? First defeated by his young nephew.

  "Is it Ah Yan? Where did he and Manman run to? The Lu family's people have all returned, where are the two of them going to play?"

  Jiang Yan didn't want to say a word to his mother and said to Jiang Mei, "Second sister, tomorrow you find a place for us to meet outside."

  Hearing his brother had some major news, Jiang Mei cautiously replied on her phone and headed back to deal with Mother Jiang.

  The next day, I took advantage of going to the vegetable market with my brother-in-law who was accompanying his wife to buy vegetables and had a conversation with him.

  "Where's Xiao Dongzi?" Both his younger brother and sister-in-law asked the child first.

  Jiang Mei thought to herself: "I sent him off to school before I came over. But why didn't you, Ah Yan, go back to school?"

  "Second sister." I knew it was a bit difficult to say "Dad has been admitted to Fuxing Hospital and is scheduled for surgery next Monday."

  Jiang Mei's head buzzed and her limbs went numb.

  Don't say that Jiang's father is ill, but Jiang's father has always been the backbone of the Jiang family. Jiang Mei dared to divorce and dare to do so in this matter, both at home and outside, why was it not because there was a reasonable and open-minded old father behind the scenes silently supporting all her decisions.

  "Fu Wai?" Jiang Mei finally found her voice, though it was hoarse and she wasn't sure what she was saying. "Fu Wai, I've heard it's a good hospital."

  "Yes." Jiang Yan's hand rested on Er Jie's shoulder, trying to give her some support.

  "Second sister." After thinking for a while, Manman spoke up "I want to cook some soup for my father-in-law. You're familiar with this market, can you take me there to buy some ingredients?"

  Jiang Mei immediately lifted her head upon hearing this, and a radiant glow appeared in her previously disheartened eyes. She readily agreed: "Alright, I'll take you there! What is it that you want?"

  Watching his wife holding hands with her sister walking ahead, Jiang Yan couldn't help but smile: His wife was indeed clever.

  When she saw that she could be of use to her ailing old father, Jiang Mei naturally didn't feel so disheartened.

  The two sisters-in-law strolled through the vegetable market for the first time, buying vegetables together. Jiang Yan also followed his wife to buy vegetables for the first time.

  Man Man knew that now her father-in-law, before the operation, could neither have a big supplement nor clear fire. What to do is to make up for it with some warm and nourishing food, such as stewed old duck with huai shan.

  Jiang Mei watched as Manman picked out dishes and thought back to the plan Manman had mentioned: "You said we were going to open a restaurant."

  "Yeah, I asked Chunxia's mom to help us find a place to open a shop last night." Manman admitted. For her, not having any income in her hands for a day was very uncomfortable. Now she first asked Tanmu to prepare the preliminary work and after giving birth to the child, she can start working.

  "Will you ask the nanny to take care of the child at that time?" Jiang Mei asked matter-of-factly.

  "I won't bring it myself." Manman also naturally thought that her own child should be brought by herself.

  "Are you okay?" Jiang Mei asked in a surprised and questioning tone.

  "Second sister, didn't you bring Dongzi yourself at first?" asked Manman with a questioning tone.

  "Of course it wasn't me, my mother-in-law helped take care of him for a while after I gave birth, then my own mom came to help until he could go to kindergarten."

  Manman really didn't expect that in her imagination Jiang Mei was a strong woman who took care of everything herself and was her role model.

  "It's not as easy to take care of a child as you think." Jiang Mei saw her expression and knew that she didn't know anything, so she smiled and said "You should think about it first. After the child is born, who will help you take care of them? If your mom can come and help, how old do you plan to have her take care of the child until? You need to plan this out yourself. After all, your brother is getting married and your sister-in-law will probably be having kids in a few years too."

  Suddenly, his head swelled up like a gourd.

  "My husband chimed in from behind: 'It's okay. At most she'll be a full-time housewife and I'll support her.'"

  "What nonsense are you talking about!" Manman glared at her husband.

  Jiang Mei also disagreed and said to her brother: "How many years do you want her to be away from society? You're not helping her, you're harming her."

  Jiang Yan was spat at by two women and looked disconsolate: "How did I harm her?"

  "Don't you know that many women suffer from pre- and postpartum depression? It's because they've lost touch with society, lost confidence, and are under too much pressure." said Jiang Mei.

  "What's going to happen?" Jiang Yan asked, hearing that the situation was so serious.

  "Find someone to help her take care of the kid."

  "We'll hire an ayi then."

  "No need." Manman said, actually she had thought about it for a while "I don't feel at ease hiring an ayi."

  The other two looked at her and didn't know what she was getting at with her questioning.

  "I'll get my dad to come and help me take care of it. That way, all the problems will be solved."

  The father in Mengmeng's mouth is not Lu Shiling who is busy with work, but Wen Shi Xuan who works part-time at home.

  Jiang Mei didn't say a word and first asked her brother: Do you think the Lu family will agree?

  Jiang Yan thought: If the daughter-in-law says this, then even if Master has his own children, he will still let his mother come over to take care of the daughter-in-law's child.

  There must be some quarrels between several families.

  Headache! Jiang Yan patted his forehead with his hand: Perhaps in the end he had to go home and be a stay-at-home dad?

  "Let's not talk about who will take care of the child for now." Jiang Mei sympathized with her brother, who was stuck between several families, and reminded the young couple, "Mei, have you thought about who will take care of you before giving birth?"

  "This——" Manman raised a big question mark "Who needs to take care of me?"

  She knew that her daughter-in-law's idea was to cut the umbilical cord herself in an emergency, but she didn't have any problem with that since she had been putting professional books by her bedside every day. Jiang Yan hastily replied, "Her mother will take care of her."

  "Her mother is fine, but I'm referring to the backup person. You have to think about what if her mother accidentally catches a cold? If she has a cold, she can't be near pregnant women." Jiang Mei said seriously to them.

  Man Man and Jiang Yan looked at Jiang Mei as if they were looking at an alien or a master, thinking that she could think of such questions only made them admire her even more.

  "What's wrong?" Jiang Mei touched her own face and didn't think there was anything strange about these questions.

  "I know how Er Jie became a strong woman." Man Man sighed.

  Jiang Yan nodded: "I'll discuss this issue with her mother again."

  "You're thinking of more than just these things, you need to prepare everything well before I come to your house, or else I'll think your home is too weird. Once others know there's a baby on the way, they all start planning for a crib and whatnot, but it seems like you two haven't planned anything at all?" Jiang Mei had opened her mouth and took the opportunity to educate them, speaking in a stream of words.

  Man Man and her husband bowed their heads in obedience.

  They really didn't think about these things after giving birth, thinking they were quite distant. Moreover, the baby supplies at home don't need them to think, several uncles and aunts have already rushed to stuff their home.

  "Shouldn't you go learn how to change diapers for your kid first?" Jiang Yan was made to sweat profusely by his second sister's words and deeply felt that being a father might be a bit too laid-back, so he reflected on it.

  Manmanhan: She didn't even think of this as a mother, but her husband brought it up first. Isn't she even more irresponsible as a mother?

  Digression

  I would like to take this opportunity to mourn a young life. I think many relatives must have heard about the two-month-old baby who was stolen along with the car these past two days. When I wrote about Aunt Wen, some relatives may not have understood why I had to write it that way. In fact, I was just restoring a true story. Humans are actually more cruel than animals.

  (*^__^*) Thank you to all the relatives for their support and company along the way. After the auxiliary line ends, everything will be about children's affairs from now on. I know that some relatives who sent diamonds and flowers are probably aware that Fei Ma needs encouragement (*^__^*). As for monthly tickets, Fei Ma doesn't dare to ask for them. Without monthly tickets, Fei Ma will still work hard to write every day, so please rest assured about this.