Chapter 4: Becoming a Father Early

“Shen Mingzhi was embarrassed and almost instinctively wanted to protect the children beside her.

Her movement revealed the wooden tag tied with a red string around her neck, and Jiang Shaochen’s eyes deepened.

‘We haven’t decided on the names yet, we’ll talk about it after we’ve chosen them,’ Jiang Shaochen replied to the doctor.

Shen Mingzhi subconsciously glanced at Jiang Shaochen, pursed her lips, and lowered her head to coax the child in her arms.

This behavior was equivalent to tacitly acknowledging that the two were a couple.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yinyin was furious. Her eldest brother was saved by Zhang Ping, there was nothing she could do about that, but what was going on with her second brother?

Jiang Yinyin directly pulled him out of the door, and only let go of him when they were far away from the ward, staring straight at Jiang Shaochen, ‘Are you and Sister Wanyin having a conflict?’

Song Wanyin was Jiang Shaochen’s childhood sweetheart, growing up in the same compound, not only beautiful but also talented. After graduating, she joined the cultural troupe and was a well-known little oriole.

Song’s parents were also cadres in the military industrial group where Jiang Shaochen worked, which was of great help to his future.

The two families were well-matched, and the two were a couple recognized by the entire compound. Song Wanyin was also the only sister-in-law recognized by Jiang Yinyin, just waiting for a wedding to enter the door. How could Jiang Shaochen really mean to marry that widow in his words?

What about Sister Wanyin?

‘It’s normal for young couples to have some conflicts, it’ll be fine after they talk it out.’ A deep voice came from far to near, it was their father, Jiang Guofu.

Jiang Guofu originally wanted to come to the hospital with them, but there were some things to deal with in the army. As soon as the matter was dealt with, he rushed over.

In any case, Shen Mingzhi was the person entrusted by his eldest son, and he wanted to come and see her. Coincidentally, he heard Jiang Yinyin’s words.

Jiang Shaochen frowned, ‘How many times have I told you, there’s nothing between me and Wanyin, and there won’t be anything. I only treat her as a younger sister, don’t say these things again.’

But no one believed him.

Jiang Shaochen was too lazy to say anything, ‘I was working in Lishan last year. Something happened, and a female comrade saved me, I offended her.’

‘Second brother, you don’t want to say that the child in her stomach is yours, do you?’ Jiang Yinyin widened her eyes, it was unbelievable, ‘You really are! You can make up any reason to protect her!’

She knew that her second brother had stayed in Lishan for nearly three months.

Her parents urged him to go home, but he said he needed to find someone, and even mobilized their father’s connections.

At that time, she only thought that her second brother had other things to do, but she didn’t expect that it was because of this relationship!

Jiang Guofu was also stunned, and cautiously looked around.

In the eyes of outsiders, Jiang Shaochen was outstanding, but only he and his wife knew that Jiang Shaochen was poisoned during a mission once. Although it was later resolved, it left a root of illness on his body. He would ‘go crazy’ every six months, become delirious, violent, and even have a great need in that area.

The onset time was fixed. Jiang Shaochen was afraid of harming people, and also afraid of implicating his family. Every time, he would lock himself in the basement a few days in advance to get through it. Who knew that he was delayed by the last mission? He originally thought that he had passed it safely, but he didn’t expect that he had passed it like this.

Jiang Shaochen only said that he wanted to find someone at the time, and didn’t tell them the reason. Now, calculating the time, it all matched…

‘Then why didn’t you think about saying it at home just now?’ Jiang Guofu’s face became a little ugly. He originally thought he was helping others, but now he had handed a handle into someone else’s hands.

Jiang Shaochen pursed his lips and said in a low voice, ‘I don’t know what her attitude is, and rashly opening my mouth would ruin the female comrade’s reputation. She is willing to marry, then I can marry. Now that we have children, I will take responsibility, and I will bear all the consequences afterwards.’

When they first met at the Jiang family, he had already determined that it was her.

Now seeing the wooden tag, Jiang Shaochen was even more certain that she was the woman from that night.

At that time, his consciousness was hazy, he only remembered that it was raining heavily, the woman’s voice was drowned out by the rain, and the faint fragrance still lingered in his nose. Realizing that it was her first time, he used his remaining consciousness to hang the wooden tag he carried with him around her neck.

After he woke up, the woman was gone. He searched nearby for three months, but there was no trace of her.

He didn’t expect to meet in this way, he would definitely compensate her well.

Jiang Yinyin was even more devastated when she heard that it was going to be made public, ‘Second brother! This, this is just an accident! We have already been very benevolent to her. Besides, so much time has passed, how could the child in her stomach be yours?’

Her eldest brother was gone, and she only had this one second brother left. If people knew that he had a child with a comrade-in-arms’ wife, where would she put her face?

‘When she was unconscious just now, the doctor already gave the children’s blood type. They are all type B.’ Jiang Shaochen cut off Jiang Yinyin’s thoughts with one sentence, his tone was extremely firm, ‘I want to marry her.’

What else could Jiang Guofu say? He was already in the wrong, and now Shen Mingzhi came to their door, the children were born, and Jiang Shaochen was so sure that he wanted to marry Shen Mingzhi.

He knew his son too well, and he wouldn’t listen to anyone when he was stubborn. If he didn’t agree, he was afraid that something would happen.

He pondered for a moment and asked, ‘Does she know that the child is yours?’

Jiang Shaochen thought of Shen Mingzhi’s reaction when she saw him, she didn’t recognize him at all, and shook his head, ‘I don’t know, I’ll tell her later.’

Jiang Guofu was anxious, ‘Now is not the time to say these things. Zhang Ping is gone, and she gave birth to children who are not from the Zhang family, what will outsiders think of her? It doesn’t matter to you as a man, but what about her reputation as a woman? She just gave birth to a child and had a hemorrhage, and just saved her life, how can she bear such a big thing, what if she can’t think straight?’

Jiang Shaochen thought of the fat aunt’s suspicious and gossipy gaze just now.

He was a man, so of course he didn’t care about these things, but he couldn’t guarantee that Shen Mingzhi didn’t care either.

She was already physically weak, and if she heard these rumors again, what if she couldn’t bear it…

He hesitated briefly, and then said, ‘Then let’s not say it for now. But I will definitely explain this matter to her clearly later, and I will also make the child’s identity public, all the questions…’

“Alright, alright, your mother is out performing, she’ll be home tonight, wait until she gets there and you can talk about it.”

Jiang Guofu waved his hand, ‘Here is the brown sugar and biscuits I bought, soak them soft for her to eat. If you don’t know how to take care of her, let Aunt Wang from home come and watch over her.’

Jiang Guofu handed the things he bought to Jiang Shaochen, still unwilling to give up, “Can I go see the children?”

Jiang Shaochen knew what he was thinking, his eyes were deep, ‘I’ll go ask her what she thinks.'”