Chapter 32: Punish Me However You Want

Zhao Cheng ate while  looking at Lin Xuan.

Humph!

If it weren’t for the appearance of Captain Lin, he might have been able to chat more with Director Shen Yuchu.

Now, things are good for him. Not only does Li Chunqiu constantly hover around him, but he also has to rely on Director Shen?

He’d met Director Shen many times before, and he’d never heard that she knew their Captain Lin.

Now, suddenly, she’s his wife.

What about Li Chunqiu?

Li Chunqiu even lives in Captain Lin’s house.

Whether they’re together or not, who dares to say?

Even though Zhao Cheng had his thoughts, he didn’t dare speak them. He could only eat and grumble.

At this time, Li Chunqiu rushed over because she heard that Lin Xuan had put her daughter in confinement.

Li Chunqiu had also prepared a meal and waited at home for a long time, but Lin Xuan didn’t bring Li Yingying home.

She inquired from several people in the family quarters to the camp before finding out.

Before entering the mess hall, she quickly messed up her originally neat hair.

She pinched her arm hard, bringing a look of pain to her face.

When Li Chunqiu reached Lin Xuan, her voice was tinged with a sob. “Lin Xuan, why are you eating in the mess hall without telling me? I was waiting at home for you and Yingying.”

Here, Li Chunqiu began her “explosive performance.”

“Eh? Where’s Yingying?”

“Lin Xuan, didn’t Yingying come back with you?”

Seeing Li Chunqiu, Captain Wang suddenly felt he had no appetite.

Captain Wang put down his chopsticks, “I’m leaving, you eat slowly!”

Captain Wang left with his tray.

Zhao Cheng still had a steamed bun in his mouth. If he could still sit there and eat slowly, he’d be crazy. He’d be running thirty kilometers with a heavy load tomorrow.

He’s not stupid!

Zhao Cheng mumbled with a bun in his mouth, “Old Wang, I’m full too, wait for me.”

He ate and followed, clearly not wanting to get involved in Lin Xuan’s private matters.

Li Chunqiu saw that the two troublesome people were gone.

She sat down opposite Lin Xuan, her eyes red. She pulled out a handkerchief from her pocket and dabbed at her cheeks, feigning tears.

“Lin Xuan, I was so worried at home! Where did you go? Didn’t you pick up Yingying?”

“Lin Xuan, where’s Yingying?”

“…”

Li Chunqiu already knew her daughter was in confinement, but she pretended to be innocent, pretending she knew nothing.

It was as if Li Yingying had done something wrong, and it had nothing to do with her mother.

Li Yingying’s upbringing seemed completely unaffected by her.

In the past, as long as Lin Xuan heard Li Chunqiu crying, he would immediately comfort her.

He would also give her his allowance or his welfare coupons so she could buy Li Yingying small cakes, snacks, and candied fruits.

However, now Lin Xuan was like a wooden man. His dark brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something unbelievable.

This Lin Xuan… his expression was completely different from his usual self.

Li Chunqiu stopped wiping her face with her handkerchief. She cried out to Lin Xuan, even sniffing.

“Lin Xuan, where’s Yingying? This child has always been with me. She’s a good, well-behaved child. She’s so filial. At night, she would praise you, saying… saying that Dad Lin is good, she wants you to be her real ‘dad’.”

Li Chunqiu’s nerve was incredible.

She said this directly in the mess hall.

【Click】

One of her words irritated Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan stood up abruptly. He said to Li Chunqiu, “I’m not Li Yingying’s father. Don’t let your daughter call me dad. I don’t agree!”

His voice wasn’t particularly loud, but as a soldier, his voice was strong and resonant, loud enough for everyone in the mess hall to hear.

Li Chunqiu looked at Lin Xuan with tears in her eyes, “Lin Xuan, when Yingying called you dad, weren’t you very happy? This child has lacked fatherly love since she was young…”

Lin Xuan looked at Li Chunqiu. For some reason, he suddenly found her unreasonable.

“She lacked fatherly love since she was young, but it’s not my fault. Li Chunqiu, we’re just classmates. I just wanted to help you. Seeing you alone with your daughter, I arranged a job for you and kindergarten for your daughter.

But that doesn’t mean your daughter can use bricks to hurt my wife.”

Li Chunqiu: “…”

What… what did he say?

Did he mean he would stand up for that woman?

Li Chunqiu’s fingers, clutching the handkerchief, turned white.

Her fingertips were bloodless. It was her, it must be that woman.

That woman must have said something to Lin Xuan? That’s why Lin Xuan suddenly changed his attitude towards her?

That woman must be clinging to Lin Xuan’s stable job and good benefits.

That woman must have done everything to tie Lin Xuan to her side!

No, she absolutely couldn’t let that woman succeed!

Lin Xuan is a soldier, and he’s so young. He has a great chance to go to war and earn military merit.

This means his career prospects are excellent. Such a good opportunity, such a good man, she couldn’t let that woman get away with it!

What should she do now?

What should she do?

Right!

She couldn’t lose her composure and let that rural woman named Shen succeed.

She heard that woman only went to kindergarten and grew up in the countryside.

Lin Xuan could go three years without going home or seeing her, which proves that she’s unimportant to him.

She could do it!

In college, Lin Xuan would steal glances at her. She could definitely do it.

Stay calm!

She had to stay calm and not let Lin Xuan see that she wasn’t a gentle, kind, virtuous woman.

After a “mental battle”, Li Chunqiu managed to force a smile even uglier than crying.

“Lin Xuan, I’m sorry. I didn’t think it through. Tonight, when you go home, punish me however you want. I accept it.”

The entire mess hall was silent; you could hear a pin drop.