Chapter 14: I Believe in Your Abilities!

After bathing the two children, it was already late.

Lu Jiayan was a reserved boy, keeping things to himself and not easily speaking up, just like his father.

As for Lu Jianing, she was a mute and couldn’t speak. No one had taught her sign language. The original owner had taught her to read, but it was sporadic, so Lu Jianing didn’t know many characters.

The little girl was sensitive. After everything that happened today, she seemed to sense that her beloved mother was going to abandon them.

So, before going to sleep, Lu Jianing refused to let go of Lin Yangyang’s hand, afraid that she would leave while she was asleep.

Lin Yangyang sat between the two children, lovingly stroking their little heads. Relying on her memory, she told them two bedtime stories. Before the second story was finished, they were already asleep.

Just as Lin Yangyang was about to get up and leave, Lu Jianing slightly opened her small eyes and looked at her sleepily.

Although she couldn’t speak, her small eyes were truly beautiful.

“Ningning, be good, go to sleep. Mommy will tell you stories when you wake up.”

Lin Yangyang leaned close to Lu Jianing’s ear and whispered.

Lu Jianing nodded sleepily and finally let go of her skirt, closing her eyes to continue sleeping.

She understood. Lu Jianing lacked a sense of security.

When she was in the orphanage, she had a little friend who was deaf and mute. She always treated the caretaker as her own mother. Every night when she went to sleep, she would cry. Everyone said that she lacked a sense of security and was afraid of being alone.

Although Lu Shiyuan loved Ningning dearly, there was always a difference between men and women. For example, Lu Shiyuan couldn’t bathe her, couldn’t sleep with her, and didn’t know how to talk to her about her feelings.

For someone as straightforward as Lu Shiyuan, he couldn’t even understand a woman’s mind, so how could he understand the mind of a five-year-old girl?

Lin Yangyang had a long way to go. Ningning was a very lovely child. She would definitely make her precious daughter better and better. She would never let them, brother and sister, turn dark, as in the original book’s ending.

Seeing Ningning fall asleep again, Lin Yangyang gently kissed her little face.

As soon as she left the room, she saw Lu Shiyuan standing outside the door, which startled her.

“What are you doing standing here?”

She was already in the room. Could it be that he was afraid she would break through the wall and escape?

“I already brought the hot water to the bathroom.”

After saying that, Lu Shiyuan turned and went back to the living room, sitting in front of the TV and watching.

This TV was also something the original owner had insisted on buying not long after they got married. She had said that everyone had a TV, so they had to have one too.

However, there were actually very few families that had TVs. In the military compound, there were less than ten households with TVs.

Lu Shiyuan had suffered a lot to get this TV back then.

Lin Yangyang didn’t think much about it and walked into the bathroom.

As soon as she took off her outer clothes, a memory surfaced in her mind.

Two months ago, the original owner had insisted on getting a color TV, just to make Lu Shiyuan feel inferior.

Color TVs weren’t even common back then. Very few families had them.

The reason why the original owner had made things so difficult for Lu Shiyuan was simply to humiliate him.

At the time, the original owner had said that the He family had a color TV, that He Chonghan graduated from a prestigious university, was handsome, came from a wealthy family, and had a head start in life…

She didn’t know how ugly Lu Shiyuan’s face had been at that time.

Lin Yangyang only knew that the original owner was truly deserving of death!

Ever since He Chonghan appeared, the original owner’s eyes had only been for He Chonghan. She completely ignored her husband.

With a preoccupied mind, Lin Yangyang finished her bath. With wet hair, she sat beside Lu Shiyuan and watched the black and white TV in front of them.

It was truly an antique. She had only seen this kind of TV on television.

Seeing that she was so quickly captivated by the TV program, Lu Shiyuan frowned slightly and turned to look at her delicate profile, devoid of makeup.

“I’ll find a way to get a color TV.”

His tone was still not good, but he was still thinking about her.

Coming back to her senses, Lin Yangyang widened her eyes slightly and turned to meet his gaze.

After a moment, she pursed her lips and said, “A color TV, it’s not that easy to get, right?”

Lu Shiyuan didn’t know what she was thinking. He thought she was trying to mock him again.

His tone became even more unpleasant. “In the entire army, only the commander and the commander-in-chief have color TVs.”

“…” She had asked a stupid question. In this era, a color TV was such a rare thing.

“Then, how can you find a way to get a color TV?”

Lu Shiyuan became even angrier. He clenched his fist, clearly suppressing his anger.

“I’ll find a way!”

Although it was almost impossible to find a color TV, he was willing to go through fire and water for Lin Yangyang.

This rough man was truly determined. He had decided she was his wife, and he would spoil her rotten no matter what she did.

“Since only the commander and the commander-in-chief have color TVs, forget it.”

Lu Shiyuan froze in place, thinking he had misheard. “What did you say? Forget it?”

“Yeah. Could it be that you want to stir up trouble in the army and make people think you want to compete with the commander and the commander-in-chief?”

This made Lu Shiyuan even more stunned.

He had already thought about this problem. The division commander and the corps commander didn’t even have color TVs. Why should he be able to find one?

But it was she who had insisted on getting a color TV, and now it was also she who easily said to forget it.

“What kind of trick are you playing?”

Lin Yangyang rolled her eyes helplessly. “I’m not playing any tricks.”

Taking a deep breath, she looked at him with a look of grievance.

“I just think people should be down-to-earth and be content. We already have a TV at home. Why should I get a color TV? We should be more practical and not engage in unnecessary comparisons.”

Lu Shiyuan couldn’t help but widen his eyes after hearing this.

This woman, Lin Yangyang, was actually saying this?

He thought she would only be unreasonable and demanding.

“Are you telling the truth? Will you change your mind later?”

Lin Yangyang smiled and said, “It’s not too late to get me one after you become a commander or a commander-in-chief.”

“…Didn’t you say that with my qualifications, I’ll never be promoted again?”

Lin Yangyang paused and cleared her throat. Only the brainless original owner would say such a stupid thing.

“Of course, you can be promoted! I believe in your abilities! And, let’s forget about everything that happened before, okay?”