Chapter 147: Give It a Chance

Li Xinyue wasn’t a wooden doll.

She knew very well that Chen Mingchuan’s kindness wasn’t superficial.

His care, consideration, and attentiveness towards her weren’t out of guilt, but from his heart.

He took meticulous care of her during her illness.

He couldn’t tolerate the Chen family harming her in the slightest.

He was genuinely distressed when he learned about her low blood sugar, his face looking like it had been stung by a swarm of bees.

His quick thinking when they encountered a wild boar on the mountain was entirely instinctual.

Everything pointed to the fact that he truly cared for her.

Whether or not there was love, she couldn’t tell, but at least he considered her family.

Actually, love wasn’t that important!

In her previous life, she thought she had found true love, and she loved him passionately, but what was the end result?

Wasn’t marriage just about sharing life together?

Wasn’t life just about the mundane necessities of daily life?

Asking for too much often led to imperfection.

Taking a deep breath, Li Xinyue stated her proposition: “Chen Mingchuan, let’s make a pact.”

“If one day, we find someone we truly want to spend our lives with, then we’ll part ways gracefully!”

Someone to spend a lifetime with?

Chen Mingchuan wanted to say: I’ve already found her, it’s you, Li Xinyue.

However, he understood what she meant.

“Okay!”

“If… I’m saying if…”

“You truly find someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, and that person is worthy of your trust, I’ll let you go!”

But at this moment, Chen Mingchuan didn’t know that he wouldn’t let go at all.

Back home, they bathed their son first, then went to take showers separately.

Li Xinyue rinsed herself with some hot water. She showered every day, so she wasn’t very dirty.

When she came out, Chen Mingchuan, shirtless and wearing a pair of army green shorts, walked in soaking wet.

This wasn’t the first time Li Xinyue had seen Chen Mingchuan shirtless, but it was the first time she felt so flustered.

His muscular, lean physique, his eight-pack abs, his long, strong legs…

This body, it was incredible!

This man, she wouldn’t be losing out by spending her life with him?

Anyway, she wasn’t going to pursue love or get married again.

Wouldn’t it be easier to raise a child together than alone?

Maybe they could just continue like this?

Her mind made up, Li Xinyue decided to make a suggestion.

“Chen Mingchuan, stop showing off, okay?”

“Just because you have a good body, you keep flaunting it. Don’t you find it awkward?”

Awkward?

Chen Mingchuan didn’t find anything awkward about it. They were husband and wife!

Could he possibly wear long sleeves and long pants in this heat all the time, especially at home?

Besides, Chen Mingchuan was doing it on purpose. He was very confident in his physique!

He didn’t believe that with his excellence, Li Xinyue would look at another man or spend her life with someone else!

“We soldiers all shower like this.”

“We’re at home, not outside. Besides, you can’t shower without taking your clothes off, are you going to shower in long sleeves and long pants?”

“You’ll have to get used to it!”

Get used to it…

Hearing these words, Li Xinyue’s face twitched: What did he mean by “we soldiers” all do this?

This was clearly blatant seduction!

Li Xinyue didn’t speak, but she gave him a disdainful sneer and went straight into the room.

Chen Mingchuan pursed his lips: Was the woman embarrassed?

Alright, he’d change in the living room then.

The Chen family’s living room had curtains and a new white sheet.

In the barracks, whether it was soldiers or officers, whether it was a large dormitory or an officer’s personal room, curtains were not allowed.

Only the family members of cadres would hang up a bed sheet.

Military personnel didn’t have fabric coupons and couldn’t buy cloth, so they had to make do with what they had.

Chen Mingchuan was currently living in the family quarters, and he had taken a few bed sheets to hang as curtains.

Chen Mingchuan entered the room. The hanging curtains were too stuffy, so he lit a mosquito coil on the floor, and the old fan made a creaking sound.

The mosquito coil was homemade by Li Xinyue. Although it was rough, it was non-toxic and had a faint scent of mugwort.

Chen Mingchuan liked this scent very much. He lay down and fell asleep within five minutes, his breathing becoming audible.

Li Xinyue hadn’t fallen asleep; she had just closed her eyes.

Hearing Chen Mingchuan’s breathing, she opened her eyes and stared silently at the ceiling, thinking about the past…

She went to bed a little late, and woke up a bit late the next morning.

“Awake? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?”

It was already eight o’clock. If Li Xinyue’s temperature hadn’t been normal, he would have almost taken her to the hospital!

She couldn’t be woken up, which was a bit scary.

Opening her eyes, she saw Chen Mingchuan’s worried face.

Looking at the clock, Li Xinyue was startled: she had slept for almost ten hours?

“…”

She could really sleep!

Seeing Chen Mingchuan’s worried face, she immediately sat up and explained: “I’m not feeling unwell anywhere. I just had a dream all night.”

As long as she wasn’t feeling unwell, that was good.

Chen Mingchuan felt a little relieved: “Then get up. I made you noodles. Just have a bowl of soup.”

“Okay.”

Chen Mingchuan went into the kitchen, and Li Xinyue got out of bed.

Meanwhile, Ma Suying, who had gone to work, became the object of praise among the military wives…

“Sister-in-law, how come your hair suddenly turned black?”

The well-educated wives of the commanders all worked in the city. Those who worked at the military service center were generally from rural areas.

The person who spoke was Fu Li, the wife of the deputy division commander.

Ma Suying smiled meaningfully: “Last night I learned how to do magic. How about it? Is my magic okay?”

Fu Li laughed: “Sister-in-law, you’re just teasing me!”

“You’ve met a master!”

Ma Suying chuckled: “Yes, Xiao Li is truly a master! The wife of Battalion Commander Chen studied medicine since she was a child. This is the hair dye she made for me.”

Ah?

Fu Li was stunned: “Sister-in-law, isn’t Battalion Commander Chen’s wife from the countryside?”

Ma Suying rolled her eyes: “What? People from the countryside can’t study medicine? Aren’t we all from the countryside?”

“No, no, no, that’s not what I meant!”

Fu Li quickly explained.

Ma Suying chuckled: “I know you didn’t mean it that way. I was just joking with you.”

“Battalion Commander Chen’s wife’s grandfather was a palace physician who had studied abroad. I heard he was very good at medicine.”

“He combined Chinese and Western medicine and was a famous physician in the late Qing dynasty.”

“Later, he retired from the palace and devoted himself to cultivating talents for the country. The children he taught all had exceptional medical skills!”

So that’s how it was!

No wonder Battalion Commander Chen married her.

Ma Suying was the oldest among the military wives. She was only two years younger than Commander Xiao.

And the wives of the division commanders like Political Commissar Zhou, some were several years younger than their husbands, and some were remarried.

Soon, Li Xinyue became famous among the wives of the commanders, but she didn’t know this. At this moment, she had just finished washing up and came out.

Today, she was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt with blue flowers and black trousers, and her hair was tied up in a bun.

She was about 1.62 meters tall, and her clothes and trousers were products of this era, in one word: big!

But a beauty is a beauty, she looked good in anything.

Especially with her hair tied up, she seemed even taller…