Chapter 19

“My grandson wasn’t feeling well today, so he didn’t come. I’ll let him come play with Junjun another day.”

The old lady said this and directly stuffed the bowl into Shen Youran’s arms.

Shen Youran’s mind quickly flashed back a memory. The previous Shen Youran would also bring Junjun to work, because besides her, no one else could help take care of the child.

This old lady was the one who had been in the canteen the longest. She was also a military wife and had a grandson who was best friends with Junjun, so she would always bring Junjun a portion of food.

Besides her, many uncles and aunts also had a good relationship with them.

It was just that these past few days, they saw that Shen Youran was in a bad mood, so they didn’t say anything.

“Zhao Di,” seeing that Shen Youran didn’t say anything, the old lady sighed, “Although we are all old people, we may not be able to understand your pain. But if you are unhappy, you should talk about it, or find a way to vent.”

“We women, we always keep things bottled up inside, and in the end, it’s our bodies that suffer.”

The old lady was a wise person. Although Lu Yifan and Shen Youran’s situation wasn’t widely known, discerning people could see something was amiss.

“Don’t worry, Auntie,” Shen Youran was afraid that the old lady would see something. After all, the original owner had always been with them. She lowered her head, “I’ve figured it out now. I won’t be stuck in a rut like before.”

“Thank you!”

Shen Youran’s change made the old lady smile, “From now on, you should bring Junjun to my house to play as soon as possible. I love that child!”

“Okay.”

In the following three days, perhaps because she had talked to the old lady and opened up, whenever Shen Youran went to work at the canteen, people would greet her, and everyone was very friendly.

When she served food, she let Junjun play with the old lady’s grandson and granddaughter.

When she finished her work and came to the back, several children were gathered around a tree watching ants.

Two or three children were huddled together, holding sticks, moving them back and forth. Junjun’s face was filled with smiles, and the children opposite him were also smiling happily.

“The little ants are moving house. We have to protect them!”

The childish voices reached Shen Youran’s ears. She couldn’t help but chuckle.

She didn’t want to disrupt this warm and peaceful moment. She watched for a long time, until the ants had successfully moved their house, and the children were jumping and hopping happily, before she spoke.

“Junjun.”

“Mom!” As soon as Shen Youran called, the little milk balls’s eyes lit up. He put down his stick and rushed towards her.

Shen Youran hugged him, “Is our Junjun very happy?”

“Yes!” Junjun’s eyes shone brightly, “These are all my friends. I’ll introduce them to Mom. This is Dingding, this is Liangliang, and that’s Dahua.”

“Wow, Junjun is amazing! You have so many friends!” Shen Youran gave him a thumbs up. Junjun’s face turned red.

After playing with the children for a while longer, Shen Youran took Junjun home.

As soon as they left, the people who worked at the canteen came out and took their own children home.

“Grandma, I think Junjun’s mom is different.”

Dingding jumped around beside the old lady, holding her hand. The old lady heard this and smiled, her wrinkles deepening, “You’re right. Before, when we played with Junjun, she would come over and take him away. She wouldn’t talk to us. Today, she even smiled at us.”

“She looks so pretty when she smiles!”

Dingding jumped and hopped, “I like Junjun’s mom like this. I want to play with Junjun again.”

“Okay, okay.”

The setting sun stretched the shadows of the old lady and the children. Shen Youran and Junjun returned home and cooked dinner in the kitchen of the space.

Five days had passed since a week ago. Two days left to find out the results.

After they finished dinner, the mother and son lay on the big bed in the space, swinging their legs, thinking about how to get revenge and get rid of Lu Yifan.

As they were thinking, the door to the room was knocked on.

“Shen Zhao Di, come out!” Lu Yifan’s voice seemed to be suppressing a hint of anger. Shen Youran’s ears were sharp. Hearing the voice, she immediately took Junjun out of the space.

She was a bit confused. What was Lu Yifan doing knocking on her door late at night?

Didn’t he want to draw a clear line with her? Now, he was knocking on her door in the middle of the night. Could it be that Zhou Xiaohui couldn’t hold back and got pregnant?

Is her stomach going to show soon?

So he couldn’t hold it in anymore?

A few guesses flashed through her mind, Shen Youran shook her head.

Impossible, in the book, the male and female leads got married and then got pregnant after a long time.

“Shen Zhao Di, I know you’re home, don’t pretend to be stupid inside. Open the door for me, I have something to tell you!” Lu Yifan knocked on the door again, and he knocked quite hard.

He looked like he was going to knock the door down!

Shen Youran rolled her eyes. Thankfully, she reacted quickly, otherwise, she really wouldn’t be able to adapt to the name Shen Zhao Di.

Once she divorced Lu Yifan, she would get rid of the nightmare of this name!

She had to change it!

Although she wasn’t called that, the original owner was.

Zhao Di, what’s there to recruit?

She recruited that annoying thing, Shen Tianci, it’s so annoying!

While muttering to herself, Shen Youran still opened the door. As soon as she opened it, she saw Lu Yifan’s face, it was as stinky as a rock. She couldn’t bear to look at it.

“What’s up?”

Lu Yifan saw Shen Youran come out. He originally wanted to wait for her to come out and then start scolding her, but when he saw her indifferent face, he suddenly became speechless.

How could this be?

Lu Yifan frowned. Shen Youran saw him not speaking and impatiently asked, “Do you have something to say or not?”

Hearing this question, Lu Yifan felt like he was hit hard on the head. Then he remembered what he wanted to ask.

He looked at the child in the house with a gloomy face, then walked towards the sofa, “Come out, I have something to tell you.”

Shen Youran was confused. Was this guy’s brain messed up tonight?

Although she cursed him in her heart over and over again, Shen Youran still followed him. She then saw Lu Yifan sitting on the sofa, looking at her like a criminal, “Why did you go to the army to be a female soldier?”

Shen Youran suddenly understood. She thought that she hadn’t shown up for a while, but she still harassed Zhou Xiaohui, so this scumbag came to confront her?

After all, Zhou Xiaohui wasn’t a pushover either.

So it was this.

“Is there a problem?” Shen Youran pulled a chair and sat down opposite him, “It’s not easy to find a job after leaving the compound. My physical fitness is pretty good, and I can get an allowance if I become a female soldier, why wouldn’t I do it?”

Shen Youran should have known. After all, this scumbag also had a position in the army.

Moreover, in two days, the list would be released.

It was normal for him to know.

Lu Yifan heard Shen Youran’s words and his brows furrowed tightly.

If his comrade hadn’t told him that he saw Shen Zhao Di’s name on the list of female soldiers this time, he wouldn’t have believed it.

But his comrade told him with such conviction, so he went to find the person in charge of recruiting this time to check the list. Unexpectedly, there really was Shen Youran. At first, he thought it was someone with the same name, but after looking at the information, he realized it was her.

He was furious at the time.

But everyone said that his wife was probably following in his footsteps and going to the army to be a female soldier, so that they could have something in common.

Everyone joked and envied him.

But Lu Yifan didn’t think so. His impression of Shen Youran wasn’t very good.

As soon as he saw Shen Youran’s name on the recruiting list, he thought that this woman was probably trying to retreat to advance, or maybe she wanted to go to the army to train with him, and then develop feelings over time.

Thinking about this, Lu Yifan’s brows furrowed even tighter.

He just wanted to come back and ask.

Now that he asked, Shen Youran’s reason was quite convincing, but Lu Yifan became even more certain. She must want to have more contact with him, thinking that this way, he would fall in love with her, right?

“Shen Zhao Di,” Lu Yifan said expressionlessly, his expression very unpleasant, “Can we stop causing trouble for each other? Don’t go be a female soldier, come back! Even if you join the army and spend a long time with me, I won’t fall in love with you.”

“You don’t think I’m going to be a female soldier because of you, do you? I just lost my job as a military wife after the divorce, so I need to have a backup plan.”

Shen Youran rolled her eyes, “You want to divorce me, and you want me not to be a female soldier. What kind of good job can I find after I leave the compound? Should you go and beg for a secure job for me?”