Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 35: She’s My Wife, I’ll Protect Her!

Install a telephone?

Lin Wan Yi paused with her chopsticks in mid-air, her eyes widening slightly in shock.

Is this man crazy?

In this era, a private telephone is a privilege only for senior officers!

For him, a regiment leader, to ask for such a thing, isn’t he just inviting trouble?

Gu Yanshen looked at her dumbfounded expression, and the pent-up anger in his heart finally eased a little.

He picked up his bowl, took the chopsticks again, and spoke in a steady voice.

"Eat."

"But..."

"No buts." Gu Yanshen interrupted her, picked up some vegetables and placed them in her bowl, "Your man isn’t so useless that he can’t even protect his own wife."

Lin Wan Yi’s heart felt as if it was gently squeezed by a warm, big hand.

She looked down at the green vegetables in her bowl and couldn’t say a word.

Early the next morning, the sun was shining brightly.

The liveliest place in the family compound was the communal water well in the center.

Those doing laundry, rinsing rice, washing vegetables gathered in groups, exchanging the latest gossip while they worked.

Lin Wan Yi carried a wooden basin and just approached the well when several unfriendly gazes shot over.

Sister in law Qian and Li were occupying the best spots, and when they saw her, Sister in law Qian immediately spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Oh, isn’t this our precious beauty, Lin? What treasures are you washing today?"

Lin Wan Yi ignored her, fetched water, and started washing the clothes she had changed out of yesterday.

At that moment, Gu Yanshen came out of the house carrying an empty bucket.

He was going to the army and would fill up the household water jar on the way.

Li’s eyes lit up, it was an opportunity!

She quickly put down the washboard, hurriedly went up to Gu Yanshen, and put on an exaggerated, concerned smile.

"Mr. Gu! You’re finally back!"

Gu Yanshen’s steps halted, and his brow furrowed imperceptibly.

Li didn’t notice and instead raised her voice,

"Leader, I’m not trying to meddle, but you should really manage your wife better!"

She pointed her chin in the direction of Lin Wan Yi in the distance.

"Look at her, dressed up every day, her lips as red as if she’d just eaten a dead child! What does this look like?"

"This is a military district compound, we are the families of revolutionary soldiers, her behavior is corrupting the ethos of our entire military district!"

As soon as the words were out, the area around the well fell silent.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Gu Yanshen’s increasingly darkening face.

The air seemed to freeze, and nobody dared to breathe heavily, all waiting to see how the "living Yama" would react.

Sister in law Qian added fuel to the fire: "Exactly! She looks so seductive, not a bit like a plain military wife!"

Gu Yanshen gripped the bucket, his knuckles standing out distinctly, veins bulging on the back of his hand.

An intimidating aura rose from him.

Just as he was about to speak.

Lin Wan Yi moved first.

She put down the clothes in her hands, slowly stood upright, wiped her hands, and gracefully approached Li.

She wasn’t angry, but instead wore a gentle smile, sweet and innocent.

"Li, your eyesight is impressive, seeing the color of my lips from so far away."

Li was taken aback and hadn’t reacted.

Lin Wan Yi touched her smooth, radiant cheek, her voice not too loud but clear to everyone in the compound.

"But I was born beautiful, can’t help it. Even if I wear nothing, my dear Mr. Gu still can’t get enough of looking."

She said this and even deliberately gave Gu Yanshen a flirtatious glance, with a tone of boasting mixed with helplessness.

"Alas, being too pretty always makes people think I’m heavily made-up, it’s truly a hassle. Sorry you had to see this."

"Pfft—"

A young military wife nearby couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing.

Those around her wanted to laugh but didn’t dare, all their shoulders shaking as if sieving chaff.

Li’s face turned as red as a pig’s liver in an instant!

An evil fire shot straight up to her head, and in disregard for appearances, she pointed at Lin Wan Yi’s nose and started cursing.

"You shameless vixen!

Before she could finish.

An icy chill capable of freezing a person into an ice sculpture suddenly enveloped the whole courtyard.

Gu Yanshen moved.

He slammed the bucket onto the ground with a loud "clunk," the sudden noise making everyone present flinch.

He said nothing, simply striding forward, like a moving iceberg, step by step, walked to Li.

He towered over her, his shadow completely swallowing Li.

Li’s ranting caught in her throat, she looked up and met his eyes.

What eyes they were!

Dark as if hiding a battlefield of blood and corpses, without a hint of warmth, only a chilling and undisguised murderous aura.

Li felt her legs go weak at once.

She wanted to retreat but found herself nailed in place, unable to move.

Around them, the military wives turned pale with fear, each wishing they could curl up and disappear, fearing the wrath of this "living Yama" might catch them too.

Gu Yanshen looked down at her, his thin lips pressed into a line.

The courtyard was dead silent, only the sound of the wind rustling the leaves remained.

Just when Li was about to faint from the intense pressure of his presence, the man finally spoke.

His voice was not loud, but it was like a heavy hammer, each word striking every heart present.

"I’ll protect my wife." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

He paused, his sharp gaze sweeping over everyone there before returning to Li’s terribly pale face.

"Anyone who dares to speak ill of her is picking a fight with me, Gu Yanshen."

As his words fell.

"Ah—!"

Li let out a short scream, her legs buckled, and with a "thud," she collapsed to the ground!

A foul odor instantly flooded the air.

She had... been scared to wet herself!

Li scrambled up from the ground, crying and cursing as she rushed back to her house, slamming the door shut.

In the courtyard, all the military wives looked at each other, their faces showing unprecedented shock and awe.

For the first time, they saw the stern and revered "living Yama" from the army publicly make such a bold statement for his wife!

This was more than just protecting, it was cherishing her as his precious!

In the silence, Lin Wan Yi walked over to Gu Yanshen, gently holding onto his firm arm.

She looked up at his still tense jawline, her voice soft and sweet, with a hint of coquettishness.

"Commander, look at you, you’ve scared everyone."

The chilling aura capable of freezing a person dissipated like a miracle the moment she spoke.

Gu Yanshen lowered his head, looking at the sweetly smiling woman in his arms, those eyes that could intimidate an entire regiment of soldiers now melting like ice, leaving only warmth and tenderness unseen by others.

In a voice only the two of them could hear, he whispered in her ear.

"I only fear, I might scare you."