Chapter 43: You’re Not Allowed To Go Anywhere Without My Permission.

Chu Zhiqing, full of curiosity, asked, “What kind of quirk?”

Chen Mo glanced at the doorway before continuing, “I don’t know if Fu Chen damaged his brain yesterday, but if I hadn’t stopped him just now, he would have gone into the women’s restroom.”

“But,” he continued, “his thinking is clear, and his reactions are quick, so I suspect he might have a severe case of effeminacy, including his sexual orientation…”

Chen Mo suddenly realized he had said too much to Chu Zhiqing, and the topic was too sensitive.

“Uh… forget I said anything. Pretend you never heard it.”

If word got out that Fu Chen had sexual orientation issues, Fu Yuzhou would be the first to kill him.

Chu Zhiqing was a little confused but nodded instinctively. “Please rest assured, Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, I will absolutely not tell anyone.”

She liked Fu Yuzhou and naturally loved those close to him. Even if Fu Chen had unusual quirks, she would keep it secret from outsiders.

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In the corridor, filled with the smell of disinfectant, Fu Yuzhou carried Chu Ning’s IV drip as they came out of the restroom. He looked at her sideways.

“Do you feel any other discomfort after waking up?”

Fu Yuzhou’s indifferent voice revealed no emotion.

“No.”

Only then did Chu Ning belatedly remember that she had dislocated her ankle yesterday. It seemed Fu Yuzhou had reset it and carried her back, but she remembered nothing.

She had woken up with no memory of her ankle injury.

“Do you realize your mistake now? Will you still run around in the fields catching rabbits?”

Fu Yuzhou asked again.

Chu Ning turned to look at Fu Yuzhou, meeting his deep gaze. “Do you think I was intentionally catching rabbits in the fields?”

“Wasn’t it?”

“Definitely not. I’m not that childish.”

Then, Chu Ning recounted everything that happened in the fields yesterday.

After listening, Fu Yuzhou was both amused and exasperated by Chu Ning’s self-importance.

After a few seconds, he said, “From now on, you will stay by my side, and you are not allowed to go anywhere without my permission.”

Chu Ning asked Fu Yuzhou, “What if I want to go home?”

“That’s your own business.”

Fu Yuzhou didn’t want to hear Chu Ning talk about going home. The thought always made him think of Chu Ning’s fiancé.

Fu Yuzhou quickened his pace, and Chu Ning followed closely, feeling that the faster she walked, the faster he walked.

“Fu Yuzhou, you’re doing this on purpose. You know my ankle was injured last night, yet you’re walking so fast.”

Chu Ning complained, catching up and reaching for Fu Yuzhou’s uniform. However, Fu Yuzhou leaned forward, skillfully dodging her hand.

Chu Ning caught up and hugged him from behind. “If I can’t grab you, I’ll hug you. See where you run now, Fu Yuzhou?”

Chu Ning didn’t consider her IV drip. As she hugged Fu Yuzhou’s waist, the needle came loose.

Bright red blood flowed instantly from her arm.

“You crazy woman! You know you’re on an IV drip, yet you’re so reckless?”

Fu Yuzhou nervously grabbed Chu Ning’s hand. Chu Ning belatedly felt the pain in her arm.

“Ouch.”

She gasped.

Seeing Fu Yuzhou’s worried face, she complained, “Who told you to bully me just now?”

“You… come with me to the ward.”

Fu Yuzhou wanted to scold Chu Ning, but seeing the blood on her arm, he suppressed his anger.

He pulled Chu Ning into the ward, found some cotton balls on the bedside table, and quickly pressed them against the bleeding needle hole before noticing Chen Mo and Chu Zhiqing watching them.

Realizing something, Fu Yuzhou let go of Chu Ning. “Stay in the ward. I’ll go get a nurse to put in a new IV.”

Then, Fu Yuzhou left.

Chu Ning, standing there, saw Chen Mo and Chu Zhiqing. She felt that Fu Yuzhou’s concern and his actions to stop the bleeding were a bit too ambiguous.

Knowing that Chu Zhiqing and Fu Yuzhou liked each other, she quickly explained to Chu Zhiqing, “Chu Zhiqing, don’t think too much. When my cousin is home, he always gets nervous whenever I’m injured.”

Before Chu Zhiqing could speak, Chen Mo asked, “The battalion commander often tells us that you’re very naughty at home, and he always spanks you. Every time you cause trouble, he beats you black and blue. Would he be nervous if you were injured?”

Beating Fu Chen up and then being nervous about him seemed contradictory.

Chu Ning broke out in a cold sweat. She didn’t know how Fu Yuzhou usually talked about Fu Chen to Chen Mo and his soldiers.

Nor did she know how naughty Fu Chen was.

She knew her words were full of loopholes. To avoid Chen Mo’s suspicion, she quickly said, “My cousin is unpredictable. Who knows what got into him just now?”

Chu Zhiqing smiled faintly. “Fu Chen, you don’t need to be so nervous. The battalion commander genuinely cares about you.”

“No, he wouldn’t care about me. It was just an accident.”

“How is that possible?”

Chu Zhiqing said softly, “Everyone in the entire brigade knows that the battalion commander, to take your punishment, turned over the two acres of wasteland in the east of the city.”

Chen Mo couldn’t help but add, “Yes, Fu Chen, you can’t be ungrateful. The battalion commander helped you turn over two acres of wasteland yesterday, and his shoulder muscles were already injured during training. He did it even with an injury, which shows how much he dotes on you. Therefore, you absolutely cannot doubt his sincerity.”

Chu Ning always thought that the punishment for her was carrying five kilograms for twenty laps. Hearing Chu Zhiqing and Chen Mo’s words, she was stunned.

She asked Chen Mo uncertainly, “The punishment for damaging public property wasn’t carrying five kilograms for twenty laps?”

“Yes, the punishment for damaging public property varies. The punishment for trampling on the seedlings is turning over the land.”

Buzz.

Chu Ning’s mind went blank.

So turning over the land was her punishment, but she didn’t know.

She had even argued with Fu Yuzhou yesterday.

She even competed with Fu Yuzhou during the laps, thinking that he was hiding somewhere laughing at her when she couldn’t see him.

Little did she know that Fu Yuzhou was taking her punishment for her.

Thinking back, Chu Ning felt that her attitude towards Fu Yuzhou yesterday was completely unreasonable.