Back To The 90s: The Resilient Daughter-In-Law-Chapter 2023 - 2041: I’ll Listen to You
"Oh oh! I’ll listen to you." Gong Liping nodded repeatedly as he took in Ji Yuanjie’s words.
"If I’m going to target anyone, it will only be those two bastards." One was Zian’s fiancé, the other her cousin. They hooked up less than three months after Zian died.
Disgusting!
Gong Liping was Shen Zian’s bodyguard. From the time he joined the recruits’ training camp, Shen Zian picked him to be her bodyguard. Back then, because Shen Zian was piloting a fighter jet on the battlefield, the bodyguard couldn’t keep up, which is how he survived.
Because of this, Gong Liping has always lived with guilt. After Shen Zian’s death, he was punished for failing to protect his superior, and he has been just a small platoon leader at the National Border Defense Office ever since.
He was the worst off among everyone. This time, to come back to pay respects to the captain, he saved up all his annual leave for a year in advance and took a train for five days and nights to get back.
Gong Liping was an honest man. After listening to Ji Yuanjie’s words, he said, "Getting married is fine too; it’s better than Xie Yibin still being seen as our captain’s fiancé, right?"
If Xie Yibin didn’t date or marry anyone, the higher-ups might take Zian’s face into account and offer him some favor. And his military rank wouldn’t remain just a major.
Bear in mind, Su Hai is five or six years younger than him, and he’s already a colonel.
Ji Yuanjie gritted his teeth; he understood, but he just couldn’t swallow his anger.
Su Hai stood inconspicuously at the back, observing the scene before him with cold eyes. His handsome face bore a mocking smile, but his deep eyes were icy cold, with profound pain gathering deep within.
No one knew that since ten years ago, his heart had only felt pleasure. No anticipation, no tension, no shyness, nor a racing heartbeat.
Su Hai slightly lowered his eyes, and when he looked up again, those beautifully shaped phoenix eyes seemed to be filled with the brilliance of spring and the vibrant summer. Deep, reserved, with a faint smile that made people feel as if all their secrets were grasped by him, leaving nowhere to hide.
And indeed, Su Hai’s methods had long been heard of over the years. Over the past decade, everyone’s prospects were good, but all were suppressed by the much younger Su Hai. A colonel at thirty-one, and the director of the political department of the Thirty-Nineth Division. Those older than him still had to address him as chief.
"Together?" Su Hai blocked Ji Yuanjie’s path.
"Huh?" Ji Yuanjie didn’t expect Su Hai to speak to him voluntarily and was stunned for a moment before responding, "Then come along!"
After all, he couldn’t deny Su Hai’s strength now.
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Shen Zian and Li Erhua, the mother and daughter, exited the train station and walked to the bus station across to catch a minibus. They were visiting relatives; the original protagonist’s third uncle, Shen Weixing, was a small deputy company commander in the Thirty-Nineth Division, the most successful person from their village.
"Let me tell you, this time we won’t leave unless Shen Weixing coughs up some money; it’s impossible otherwise. Back then, the spot for him to enlist was your father’s to give!" Li Erhua planned how to mooch off him the entire way.
"Your third uncle is so heartless. Ever since he got married, he hasn’t sent money back home. He only comes back once a year for New Year, bringing nothing but shabby gifts — what’s the point of that!"
"Mom, wasn’t it because Dad was caught stealing that’s why he wasn’t selected?"
Li Erhua slapped Shen Zian across the face, "What nonsense are you talking about? Watch your mouth! It’s clearly your third uncle who snatched your dad’s spot for joining the army. I warn you, when you meet your third aunt, don’t say such things."
