Chapter 57 Liu Lihua and Captain Zheng

“How’s your appetite lately?” Shen Zhiyu thought Fu Chunmei was concerned about her, so she answered truthfully, “My appetite is alright, I just crave heavy flavors one moment and then light flavors the next.” “Ah.” Fu Chunmei was confused. She then asked Shen Zhiyu about her mother and mother-in-law’s first pregnancies, whether they had boys or girls.

Shen Zhiyu understood what she was asking, paused for a moment, and said, “My mother had boys for her first two children, but I was her second daughter.”

 “Then you’re most likely having a boy this time!” Fu Chunmei said this with a hint of pride, winking at Shen Zhiyu. Shen Zhiyu: “…….It doesn’t matter if it’s a boy or a girl, it’s my child, what’s the difference.” Fu Chunmei smiled. Women are like that, they want face, and they are afraid that their first child won’t be a boy, so they tell everyone that boys and girls are the same. Wait until they give birth to a daughter, let’s see if she still says that.

 Fu Chunmei didn’t have any other problems besides always thinking that city people looked down on them and favored sons over daughters. She was also quite nice to Shen Zhiyu, so Shen Zhiyu pretended not to notice what she meant and just smiled without saying anything.

 Seeing her reaction, Fu Chunmei knew that Shen Zhiyu didn’t want to talk about this topic anymore, so she changed the subject. She lowered her voice mysteriously and said, “I heard you’re pretty close to Liu Lihua, last time she was the one who took you to the hospital, do you know what’s going on between her and her husband?” Liu Lihua? Shen Zhiyu knew Liu Lihua’s husband.

His name was Zheng, he was a battalion commander, about the same age as Gu Ye, but she heard Gu Ye say that he was also very capable. However, there were only a few regimental and deputy regimental positions in an army. There were many talented people, and to get promoted, it wasn’t just about being talented and hardworking. Sometimes luck was also important.

 Fu Chunmei shook her head when she heard Shen Zhiyu’s words. “What? Her husband was supposed to get promoted, you don’t know this, Liu Lihua’s family background is a bit problematic, her parents are still missing.” “She almost got into trouble too, it was her husband who went to get her and married her, that’s how she escaped trouble, but because of this, her husband’s original promotion was put on hold.” Shen Zhiyu didn’t know about this. But she could vaguely sense that there was something strange between Liu Lihua and her husband.

 Especially recently……. She had seen Liu Lihua looking down several times. But she and Liu Lihua were just ordinary colleagues. She didn’t like to pry into other people’s privacy. Liu Lihua didn’t say anything, so she didn’t ask. “I heard that Zheng Battalion Commander’s mother came, and she brought a cousin from the countryside or some relative.” Liu Lihua hadn’t had children for so many years. Now her mother-in-law brought a young woman over, what did she mean? It was obvious to anyone. Although Shen Zhiyu herself liked children very much. But she was disgusted by Liu Lihua’s mother-in-law’s behavior of bringing a young woman from home when her daughter-in-law wasn’t even pregnant. The next day, Gu Ye sent Shen Zhiyu to the school gate.

Before leaving, he reminded her to eat her egg, Shen Zhiyu agreed, and carrying her bag, she walked into the office and found Liu Lihua already there. The woman looked completely exhausted, her eyes were red. Seeing her come in, she quickly wiped her eyes, “Teacher Shen, you’re here, I didn’t sleep well last night, I just took a nap in the office.”

 As she finished speaking, Shen Zhiyu heard her stomach rumble. Liu Lihua’s face flushed. “I just brought an egg, I don’t like boiled eggs, you eat it.” Meeting Shen Zhiyu’s slightly worried eyes, Liu Lihua couldn’t hold back anymore, she choked back a sob, nodded, and took the egg, “I’ll return it to you tomorrow, thank you, Teacher Shen.” “It’s okay, eat it, I’m going out to get some hot water.” She didn’t like having unfamiliar people around when she cried, putting herself in her shoes, she chose to let Liu Lihua be alone for a while. “Teacher Shen.” Liu Lihua smiled, “It’s okay, I’m really fine, you don’t have to go out.” She didn’t want to tell anyone about those things.

These days, it wasn’t like no one asked her, but the more people asked, the less she wanted to talk about it. Now Shen Zhiyu respected her so much, she felt the urge to confide in her for the first time. There were only the two of them in the office. She pulled Shen Zhiyu and told her everything that had happened at home recently. It was pretty much the same as what Fu Chunmei said. The only difference was that in Fu Chunmei’s version, Liu Lihua was clinging to Zheng Battalion Commander like a lifeline, she didn’t want to divorce even though she couldn’t have children. But from what Liu Lihua said. Liu Lihua was the one who wanted to divorce! But Zheng Battalion Commander kept saying that he promised her parents that he would take care of her, and he would never divorce. But Shen Zhiyu felt something was off, “You don’t like Zheng Battalion Commander?

” Liu Lihua subconsciously wanted to refute, but when the words reached her lips, they turned into, “What if I do, I can’t hold him back.” “But you’re already married, Zheng Battalion Commander insists on not divorcing you, he must have feelings for you too, now it’s already like this, what’s the point of holding back, what if you divorce him, he can just go all the way up and become a leader?” Liu Lihua choked, “It’s not like that.” “Then how is it?” Shen Zhiyu was straightforward, she hated people who were evasive. Liu Lihua was too evasive, but she was also a good person, Shen Zhiyu saw her eyes turn red again, she frowned, “Zheng Battalion Commander must like you, you’re insisting on divorcing him, isn’t that a double blow to him?

” “He can’t keep his promise to your parents, and he can’t keep the person he likes either, if I were Zheng Battalion Commander, I’d be sick to my stomach.” Shen Zhiyu kept saying likes, making Liu Lihua’s ears turn red. “Teacher Shen, how can you……. He couldn’t possibly like me.”

She dragged him down so badly, his mother kept saying to her that if it wasn’t for her, her son wouldn’t be like this now. How could Zheng Battalion Commander possibly like her. Several times when it rained, Zheng Battalion Commander came to send her an umbrella. When he knew that Shen Zhiyu was coming to be a teacher, he specially told Gu Ye to take care of Liu Lihua. Is this what it looks like when you don’t like someone? But thinking about it carefully, they were really different from her and Gu Ye, they were like ordinary couples. There was an indescribable awkwardness in their words.

Shen Zhiyu suddenly had an incredible thought, she lowered her voice and asked, “You two wouldn’t have…….that, right?

” Liu Lihua: “…….Yeah.”