Chapter 37: A Surprise from Space

Ruan Jiaojiao sat on the back of the bicycle, initially lightly holding Zhang Lun’s waist. She tightened her grip, startled: “This, this, isn’t this not right?”

Being embraced by his heart’s goddess, Zhang Lun was somewhat overwhelmed.

His grip on the handlebars tightened.

Of course, he didn’t dare to do it.

But he dared to encourage Ruan Jiaojiao.

This was also his chance to show himself.

He had to make the goddess think he was useful.

“There’s nothing wrong with it. In this deep mountain and old forest, someone dying is quite normal,” Zhang Lun’s voice dropped lower. “I asked around; people go missing on this mountain frequently, and their bodies are never found. There must be some wild beasts.”

In Northeast China, wolves and wild boars are common.

Ruan Jiaojiao’s palms were sweating, nervously clutching Zhang Lun’s clothes.

She also thought this plan was feasible.

She couldn’t ruin a military marriage; she couldn’t bear the consequences.

Lu Jingchen couldn’t initiate the divorce either.

Su Anan had to be the one to bring it up, but Su Anan, a nobody who climbed up to Lu Jingchen, how could she willingly let go?

This simply wouldn’t work.

Therefore, Ruan Jiaojiao also thought Zhang Lun’s method was workable.

She clenched her fists.

It took them fifty minutes to reach the county town; it was completely dark.

The state-run restaurant was already closed.

Zhang Lun, exhausted and worn out, was in a terrible state, and Ruan Jiaojiao was even more famished, her face full of despair.

“Are we going to starve all night?” Ruan Jiaojiao gritted her teeth. “It’s all thanks to that bitch Su Anan! If it weren’t for her, Brother Jingchen would definitely have the cooking team prepare a special meal for me.”

Zhang Lun hesitated for a moment.

In his opinion, even without Su Anan, Lu Jingchen probably wouldn’t have paid her any attention.

Lu Jingchen really showed no mercy to Ruan Jiaojiao.

“Let’s buy some food to go back. We can leave the military camp tonight, but we have to be up for morning exercises,” Zhang Lun said softly, not daring to act recklessly.

If he got punished, his father would beat him to death.

Their family was no match for the Lu and Ruan families; if anything happened, they couldn’t handle it.

Ruan Jiaojiao was truly aggrieved: “Su Anan must die!”

As long as Su Anan didn’t die, she couldn’t marry Lu Jingchen.

All this current grievance was because of Su Anan.

The supply and marketing cooperative was already closed, and they didn’t buy anything.

The two left hungry and returned to the war zone hungry.

By then, the canteen was already cleaned up and empty.

Zhang Lun could only use his money and tickets to exchange some food with his comrades.

That day was the darkest day of Ruan Jiaojiao’s life.

Of course, from the moment she entered Su Anan’s bedroom with improper intentions, her life had gone downhill.

In the family courtyard, Su Anan took a shower, changed into pajamas, and slept soundly in Lu Jingchen’s arms.

Lu Jingchen was considering whether to accept a new mission.

He had just been promoted to regiment commander, the youngest in the entire war zone, which had already caused envy.

Many people were gossiping behind his back.

They said he had a strong background and connections…

This time, the higher-ups didn’t want him to go on a mission.

He had achieved merit every time, and his promotion was already exceptional. Further promotions would easily cause resentment.

But Lu Jingchen looked at his wife in his arms, soft and tender, gentle and weak.

He didn’t want her to suffer.

Especially since she was carrying his child.

He had to let their mother and child live a comfortable life.

However, this mission was extremely dangerous.

He needed merit, prize money, and promotion.

The prerequisite was to stay alive, so he could be with Su Anan.

Therefore, he was conflicted.

“What’s wrong?” Su Anan asked.

She was half-asleep, but she could sense that Lu Jingchen had something on his mind.

Lu Jingchen, sleepless, quickly composed himself, wrapped his arms tightly around Su Anan’s waist, and whispered in her ear: “Nothing, I’m just very happy today.”

And he was indeed happy.

Su Anan turned over, her back against Lu Jingchen’s chest, and continued to sleep.

The conflicted Lu Jingchen gently stroked Su Anan’s long hair.

They had morning exercises, so he could only put his worries aside and sleep.

But after closing his eyes, he felt a trance and entered the space again.

It was the same mountain, the sunlight was gentle.

The somewhat drowsy Lu Jingchen lay down and fell asleep.

His biological clock was very accurate.

He woke up to find himself in this strange place. In a hurry, his emotions fluctuated, and he returned to the kang bed.

He saw Su Anan sleeping soundly, hugging her blanket.

She didn’t know he had gone to a strange place in the middle of the night.

He also wanted to figure out what was going on with this occasionally appearing strange place.

But he had nowhere to look for answers.

He tucked Su Anan in before quietly getting off the kang. Luckily, the kang in Northeast China was sturdy; no matter how he moved, it wouldn’t disturb Su Anan.

While changing clothes, he discovered his watch was missing.

He searched everywhere.

There was no sign of the watch. He thought of that strange place.

Before going to bed yesterday, he checked the time and put his watch beside him.

But the appearance of that place had no pattern.

He rubbed his forehead anxiously, with only one thought: to go back to that place and retrieve his watch.

The next second, he was standing at the foot of the mountain.

Where he had been sleeping, his watch was indeed there.

At that moment, he belatedly realized that he could enter and exit this place at will.

And he could bring things from the outside in.

Nothing would be lost, and nothing would be affected.

At this moment, he wanted to share this secret with Su Anan.

But seeing his wife sleeping so soundly, he couldn’t bear to disturb her.

He could do it at noon.

Su Anan woke up naturally, ate the breakfast Lu Jingchen had kept warm in the pot, and entered the space.

She had worked hard all afternoon yesterday, and today she had to see the results.

As soon as she entered, she saw that all the vegetables had matured.

String beans, persimmons, green peppers, eggplant, Chinese cabbage, radishes, carrots…

Mrs. Xin had given her all the seeds she had at home.

She didn’t know the time then, so she kept planting and planting, planting all the seeds.

They matured so quickly.

For a moment, Su Anan was troubled again.

How long would it take to pick them all?

After picking them, what excuse would she use?

Mainly, there were too many.

In this era, vegetables couldn’t be sold; it would be considered speculation.

Without vegetables, Su Anan worried; now that there were too many vegetables, she also worried.

However, she didn’t have much time to worry, so she quickly rolled up her sleeves and got to work.

Picking vegetables was also a skill. When picking persimmons, Su Anan got leaves all over her. When picking string beans, she had to pull several times before she could pull them off. When picking eggplants, she pricked her slender fingers…

It was really difficult.

By the time she had picked all the vegetables, she was exhausted.

When she went to the pool to wash her hands, she fell directly into it.

Fortunately, she could swim.

Otherwise, she would have drowned in her own space.

Perhaps this kind of death would make other transmigrators laugh to death.