Chapter 20

Lu Guanshan didn’t directly respond; he just smiled.

Now he truly understood what it meant to suffer from longing!

This little girl hadn’t thought about him even a little bit!

Fortunately, he had left a phone number for Yu Li’s village.

But it was inconvenient for Yu Li to answer the phone.

When he called, the person by the phone had to ride a bicycle for ten minutes to inform Yu Li. If she had time, she would come over, and they would wait until the scheduled time to answer the call.

The entire process could take over half an hour.

But Lu Guanshan was busy, and time was fragmented; he didn’t have that long to wait.

However, today he felt particularly restless, so he decided to try calling.

“Hello, this is Lu Guanshan, I’m looking for Yu Li from Team Three of Hongxing Village.”

“Oh, Yu Li? I’ll go call her, you can call back in half an hour…”

Before Lu Guanshan could reply, a young female voice on the other end of the line vaguely asked, “Who is it? Looking for Yu Li?”

“Yes, it’s a young man looking for Yu Li, he says his last name is Lu!”

It was a coincidence—Wu Tong happened to be waiting to make a call as well. She had just called Wu Guohua and found out that he was busy and couldn’t take her call.

Feeling annoyed, she overheard that Lu Guanshan was looking for Yu Li.

Her eyes twinkled, and she immediately said, “Yu Li isn’t home. I’m her cousin. How about I talk to Mr. Lu for you?”

The person at the phone station wasn’t familiar with Yu Li’s family situation, as the village was large, with several hundred people. It felt like a coincidence, so they quickly handed the phone over to Wu Tong.

Wu Tong put on a sweet voice and said, “Is this Mr. Lu? I’m Yu Li’s cousin. You’re looking for her? She’s not home right now, she went shopping in town!”

Lu Guanshan felt disappointed: “Oh, really? Then could you please tell Comrade Yu Li to call me at this time tomorrow?”

Wu Tong sneered inwardly, but kept her voice sweet: “Oh, Yu Li might not be able to, you know… she’s had some issues recently.”

Lu Guanshan immediately asked, “What issues?”

Wu Tong hesitated before saying, “Her family has been introducing her to several men, picking out the best candidates to go shopping with her. They didn’t want to say anything to you, but I’ll speak for them—they don’t think much of you. They see you as just a soldier, and they think it would be too hard for Yu Li to follow you.

But there’s one guy she’s recently been meeting who’s different. His father is the principal of the town’s primary school, and they’re quite well off. The guy comes to pick Yu Li up every day to go shopping in town. Can you compare to that?

You should really assess your own situation. Yu Li doesn’t look at you; she’s just playing with you. Stop dreaming!”

After saying that, Wu Tong quickly hung up the phone.

The person by the phone station thought her tone was a bit odd.

Wu Tong was worried about being noticed, so she quickly ran off.

After running for a bit, she felt exhilarated and couldn’t help but laugh, bending over in glee!

Hahaha, it felt like the heavens were helping her!

She had once envied and been jealous of Yu Li for being able to marry Lu Guanshan.

But now the heavens had given her the opportunity to ruin Lu Guanshan and Yu Li’s relationship!

Soldiers were known for being decisive, and they wouldn’t tolerate anyone looking down on them or playing games with them!

After hearing that, would Lu Guanshan still be interested in Yu Li?

He would surely be so angry that he wouldn’t come anymore!

Wasn’t Yu Li waiting for Lu Guanshan to marry her? Well, let her wait for nothing!

Hahaha.

Wu Tong walked home happily, suddenly a bolder idea popped into her mind.

Since Lu Guanshan and Yu Li’s marriage had fallen through, didn’t that mean she had a chance?

If she took her mother to the military base to join Wu Guohua, stayed there, and then found an opportunity to interact with Lu Guanshan, showing him some care, wouldn’t that create a chance for them?

Lu Guanshan’s conditions were genuinely good—he was handsome and had strong work abilities. If Wu Tong could marry him, she would definitely be happier than marrying any of the boyfriends she had right now!

With this thought, Wu Tong hurried home to discuss the plan with her mother.

Lu Guanshan never expected that the phone call he made with so much hope would result in this outcome.

For a moment, his face stiffened, and veins bulged on his forehead.

But after hanging up, he forced himself to calm down.

No, the days he spent interacting with Yu Li’s family didn’t suggest they were like that!

Except for Yu Li’s eldest sister-in-law, everyone else was upright and decent.

As for Yu Li…

Thinking of how she had clung to his neck, sitting in his lap with a pitiful look as he kissed her freely, Lu Guanshan couldn’t bear to think about it any longer.

Even if Yu Li didn’t want him, it was his fault—he hadn’t done well enough.

He wouldn’t blame her.

But he would never give up.

Lu Guanshan turned and walked towards the political commissar’s office with big strides. He had to make the most of his time, finish his task as quickly as possible, and then rush to hold his wife tightly in his arms!

When the political commissar heard Lu Guanshan’s request, he was stunned: “Are you crazy? Working this hard!”

Lu Guanshan stood straight: “Report! I need to hurry back and marry my wife!”

The political commissar paused, then chuckled and waved his hand: “Do whatever you want! Your marriage is also giving us a headache! It’s rare that you’re getting married, do whatever you like!”

Yu Li thought it over and decided to send a telegram to Lu Guanshan, reminding him not to be too extravagant!

It was something Chen Ailan had reminded her about.

“Little Lu is too honest. You saw how many things he brought during the engagement. He doesn’t have parents, just his grandparents. They’re old, and they probably don’t have much money. Money should be spent wisely.

You should write to him and tell him not to spend too much. A little gesture is enough. The key is to focus on the future!”

Most importantly, Yu Li was directly joining the military, so they couldn’t bring many dowry items—she couldn’t even bring a quilt. She thought that Lu Guanshan shouldn’t buy too many things.

In the end, they could have a few tables of farewell drinks at her home, and the money for that could come from her family!

Yu Li thought about the silver ring and the fifty yuan Lu Guanshan had left her and agreed.

Lu Guanshan really didn’t have a sense of spending money, so she had to remind him.

“Spend less, eat more!” Yu Li sent a six-word telegram.

Unfortunately, by the time the telegram was sent, Lu Guanshan was already fully immersed in a closed-off task, and he didn’t receive it right away.

However, Yu Li received a letter from Lu Guanshan.

She opened the letter with a nervous heart and found that it only contained a few sentences.

“Comrade Yu Li, you’ve already been engaged to someone else, which is not proper. My family does not approve, so the engagement is void.”

Wang Xinghua glanced at the letter and widened her eyes: “Little sister, is this from Captain Lu?!”

Chen Ailan immediately came over and asked, “What’s going on? What happened?”