Chapter 175: The Person Ma Zhen Likes

“Pfft!” The division commander, Xiao, laughed.

“Old Zhou, you’re truly a master of political and ideological work. You immediately thought of that aspect!”

“However, you’re wrong. Chen Mingchuan refused the marriage for a reason.”

The Political Political Commissar  Zhou, opened his mouth: “What reason? Seems like there’s a story here. Tell me about it!”

“Don’t let me misunderstand your beloved general, huh!”

Xiao felt he should explain clearly, after all, if this matter was spread around, it would lead to misunderstandings about Chen Mingchuan!

“Political Commissar, you don’t understand the boy’s upbringing.”

“I heard his parents were extremely partial. After he returned to them at the age of five, they never treated him well.”

“During the three years of hardship, if it weren’t for the boy’s resilience, knowing how to scavenge for food in the mountains and rivers, he would have starved to death.”

“…Therefore, he’s very resistant to this marriage.”

“But the other party insisted on marrying him, so he had to marry her!”

No wonder!

No wonder the boy hadn’t gone home to visit his family in five years!

No matter who it was, wouldn’t they be unwilling to bear such a burden?

For parents to be so partial, to use his life’s happiness to repay them, even a human wouldn’t agree!

Political Commissar Zhou sighed with deep emotion: “Thankfully, the boy is a lucky one. Even so, he still found such a good wife!”

“It truly proves the saying: ‘If you survive a great disaster, you’ll have good fortune in the future!'”

Xiao also nodded: “Yes, his wife is worthy of him. I hope they’ll be happily married in the future!”

Right!

She is worthy!

From the wild boar incident, Political Commissar Zhou felt that Li Xinyue, the family member, was very generous.

This morning’s incident further deepened his understanding of Li Xinyue.

At this moment, Political Commissar Zhou genuinely admired her: “It’s rare to find a woman with such a broad mind!”

“Today, we’ve wronged Comrade Li. We must commend her properly.”

“Old Xiao, what do you think…”

Xiao’s eyes twinkled, and he nodded with satisfaction: “Makes sense, this matter truly deserves commendation.”

“I hope all the army wives in the division will learn from her and raise the ideological awareness and quality of our A Division army wives!”

Political Commissar Zhou agreed: “Okay! I’ll arrange it!”

The two men talked as they walked back. Meanwhile, Li Xin had returned home and taken a bath.

“Mommy.”

Chen Yiheng rushed into Li Xinyue’s arms from Ma Zhen’s embrace.

Li Xinyue caught him and asked, lowering her head: “Baby, did you go play by the water?”

Chen Yiheng immediately shook his head: “No, Mommy, I didn’t go play by the water. I remember the song you taught me.”

Then, the little guy sang in a childish voice…

“By the pond, there are many dangers. Little kids must stay away from it.”

“If you slip, and fall into the water, Mommy and Daddy will never see you again.”

“There are monsters and ghosts in the river, very scary, they eat people, they appear and disappear.”

“Whether it’s winter or summer, stay away from the water, it’s safe…”

He sang in a childish voice. Ma Zhen was so surprised that her mouth dropped open…

“Goodness, where did you learn this song?”

Li Xinyue: “…”

I learned it on Douyin, but I can’t tell you that!

“I heard it from someone who was sent down to be reformed. He taught the children in the production team to sing it.”

“I feel this song is really good, so I kept it in mind and taught him to sing it.”

“Kids love to play in the water, but they don’t know how dangerous it is. I think this song can help children understand why they shouldn’t go play in the water.”

This song is great!

Ma Zhen was very excited: “I think this song should be promoted in schools, and it should become a school song!”

“Sister Xinyue, you sing it later, and I’ll write it down! Let’s organize it properly.”

Li Xinyue looked embarrassed: “I’m just copying, okay!”

But this song does have a cautionary meaning for children.

Copying it once and letting it play a huge role in this different time and space also reflects its value!

“Okay, I’ll sing and you memorize it. Now let’s cook.”

“Yes!”

Soon, a pot of braised pork with red chili peppers, gourd stir-fried with shrimp, and tomato stir-fried wild eggs were on the table.

Ma Zhen kept sighing: “Battalion Commander Chen is really so lucky!”

“Sister Xinyue, how can you be so capable?”

“You know medicine, you can drive, and you can cook. You are truly all-round!”

“Pfft”

Li Xinyue laughed: “The taste is just average, but you praised it so much that I feel like I’m the greatest chef in the world!”

Ma Zhen retorted: “I’m not flattering you, you are the greatest chef in the world!”

“I’d say the chefs in state-owned restaurants can’t compare to you!”

“Sister Xinyue, I want to learn cooking from you!”

Hearing this, Li Xinyue was surprised: This is a young lady from a wealthy family.

Although the Ma family doesn’t have the strong backing of the Xiao family, the Ma family relies on the Xiao family.

It is said that Ma Zhen’s parents both work in government departments, and her twin brothers, one is in the military and the other is in politics.

“Are you really going to learn cooking?”

“Yes, I want to learn from you!”

Ma Zhen nodded seriously.

Li Xinyue’s eyes twinkled: “Ma Zhen, do you have someone you like?”

The sudden question startled Ma Zhen, and she immediately denied: “No, no, no!”

Li Xinyue laughed: “Hahaha… You do! Woman, you can’t fool me!”

“Come clean, which man has been lucky enough to make your heart flutter!”

Lucky?

What kind of luck is that?

Ma Zhen’s face twitched: Would he feel lucky?

She has liked him for so many years, but his gaze towards her has always been like a brother looking at a sister.

“Sister Xinyue, I do like someone, but he doesn’t like me.”

What?

Li Xinyue was shocked: “Who is so stupid? Such an excellent person like you, and he doesn’t like you?”

“Wow, you are a flower of the art troupe.”

“You have the figure, the looks, and the skills, and he still doesn’t like you?”

“This person must be crazy!”

“Okay, I don’t want to know about crazy people!”

“If you don’t tell me, I won’t ask.”

“But I want to tell you, leave that crooked tree, there is a whole forest waiting for you outside!”

Ma Zhen: “…”

Crooked tree, a whole forest?

What kind of metaphors are these?

But…

“I liked him a long time ago, even though I knew he had a fiancée, I still liked him!”

“Later he got married, and I let go of that feeling.”

“Because being a destroyer is immoral.”

“But I didn’t expect him to get divorced! My dead heart came back to life!”

“That day, I told him I liked him, I wanted to marry him! But he told me he only saw me as a sister.”

Marriage, divorce, brother…

A person flashed in Li Xinyue’s mind: “Ma Zhen, do you like Xiao Nan?”

“Hmm.”

With no one to confide in, Ma Zhen felt extremely suppressed.

It was rare to find someone who shared her interests and could talk to her, even though they had only known each other for ten days, she wanted to open up her heart.

Heaven knows how painful this one-sided liking has been for her.

However, after hearing the answer, Li Xinyue fell silent…