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"Brother-in-law," Jiang Bei greeted Lu Yanxun.

Compared to the enthusiasm when calling someone "sister," the words "brother-in-law" sounded slightly awkward.

The boy's eyes shone brightly, and Lu Yanxun ultimately did not let that light fall to the ground.

"Hmm." Lu Yanxun nodded to him. "How old are you?"

"Fifteen." Jiang Bei smiled, all the awkwardness in his voice disappearing completely.

Lu Yanxun looked Jiang Bei up and down and asked, "Have you ever thought about joining the army?"

Jiang Bei was taken aback, then his eyes lit up even more.

He snapped out of his daze and quickly replied, "I've thought about it, I've thought about it for a long time."

Lu Yanxun nodded: "Yes, if you want to, then eat well."

"Dinner's ready." Seeing that the children hadn't moved for a while, Zhou Meixia called out again.

"Let's eat first," Jiang Zao said.

She didn't want to be carried around in her own home, so she suggested, "How about you put me down and let me walk?"

She's just pregnant, not disabled.

My body is a bit heavier, but I can still walk.

To everyone's surprise, Lu Yanxun picked her up and carried her into the main room without saying a word.

“I said put me down,” Jiang Zao repeated.

Lu Yanxun remained unresponsive.

Jiang Zao punched him in the chest in frustration, "How could you be like this!"

Lu Yanxun still ignored him.

Watching the two leave, Jiang Bei sighed, "My sister-in-law is so kind."

Jiang Guo wanted to retort.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he shut his mouth.

She put her hand in her pocket and secretly touched the huge sum of one dollar inside.

Jiang Guo resented Lu Yanxun for taking her sister away, preventing her from sleeping with her sister.

But she didn't forget where she got that dollar.

For the sake of that one dollar, she stopped speaking ill of her brother-in-law in front of her brother.

Jiang Zao first met her beloved father at the Jiang family's dinner table.

Just like her reaction when she met Zhou Meixia, Jiang Zao was stunned.

Jiang Zao's face resembles her mother's, but when she saw Jiang Laiwang's features, she realized who she resembled in the parts that didn't look like Zhou Meixia's.

“Dad,” Jiang Zao called out.

She tried her best to calm herself down, but she still couldn't help but choke up.

Hearing Jiang Zao's voice, Jiang Laiwang assumed that she had been wronged by Lu Yanxun.

He glanced at Lu Yanxun, then at Jiang Zao: "Come back if you want. Our family isn't rich, but Dad can support you and the three of you."

No sooner had Jiang Laiwang finished speaking than Zhou Meixia pretended to slap his arm.

"What are you saying! Can't the Lu family afford to support them, mother and three? Mind your own business!"

Zhou Meixia rolled her eyes at Jiang Laiwang, "The young couple has a great relationship, so stop talking nonsense!"

She smiled at Lu Yanxun and said, "Her father is getting senile and talking nonsense. Son-in-law, please don't mind him. Come, sit down, I'll serve you some rice."

Jiang Bei volunteered, "Mom, I'll serve it. You all sit down."

Zhou Meixia gave the sensible Jiang Bei an approving look, and then said:

“My son Xiaobei has loved helping me and his dad with chores since he was little. In our family, boys usually do things like washing dishes and carrying water. If he gets married in the future, he will have to continue doing these chores. My daughter-in-law is a treasure, and I can’t bear to let her do chores.”

Jiang Zao immediately understood what Zhou Meixia was implying.

Isn't this just a subtle hint to Lu Yanxun not to make her do any work?

Zhou Meixia's protection touched and pleased Jiang Zao, but at the same time, she couldn't help but sigh from an outsider's perspective that Lu Yanxun was indeed quite unlucky to have Jiang Zao as his partner.

I was deceived, coerced, and threatened.

Lu Yanxun had already reluctantly accepted everything, and for the sake of the child, he had to bite the bullet and go to his father-in-law's house for dinner, only to be scolded by his mother-in-law at the dinner table.

Tsk tsk, poor Lu Yanxun.

Jiang Zao secretly glanced at Lu Yanxun.

Looking at his noble and aloof profile, one can imagine the helplessness and resentment he feels at this moment.

Why is she starting to feel sorry for him?

“Mom and Dad, please stop talking. My in-laws treat me very well.” Jiang Zao couldn’t help but speak up for Lu Yanxun. “He’s also very good to me.”

Jiang Guo asked in confusion, "Didn't my sister say last time she came back that her husband hadn't even written you a letter since he left so long ago?"

When her sister came back last time, the two sisters whispered to each other until midnight.

She also remembered that her sister couldn't sleep at night and complained to her about her brother-in-law not writing to her.

Jiang Zao also remembered this incident.

In her memory, the original owner seemed to have told these things to her family, but she only confided in Jiang Guo.

I never expected this little girl to be so protective of her sister, saying it out loud at the dinner table.

Seeing how much her younger sister cared for her, Jiang Zao, the current older sister, felt a little pleased.

Unfortunately, her joy didn't last long before she realized that everyone except Lu Yanxun was looking at her.

Lu Yanxun didn't even write letters to Jiang Zao, a fact that Zhou Meixia and Jiang Laiwang were unaware of.

But the moment they learned of this, they wondered why Lu Yanxun hadn't written a letter to Jiang Zao.

The elderly couple looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

They both fell silent.

Jiang Laiwang's main feeling wasn't that he didn't know what to say, but rather that he felt embarrassed.

Without making a sound, he picked up the wine bottle from the table and put it on the ground.

It seems that we can't drink this wine today.

The atmosphere at the scene became eerily silent because of Jiang Guo's words.

Jiang Guo was still unaware of what she had said wrong, her bright black eyes scanning back and forth across the adults' faces.

Strange, why is no one talking?

Was it something she said that was unpleasant to hear?

Thirteen-year-old Jiang Guo naturally didn't know the complicated thoughts in the adults' minds, but she vaguely realized that it seemed to be her fault.

Realizing she might have caused trouble, Jiang Guo moved her stool closer to Jiang Zao.

If her mother hits her, her sister will protect her.

"He never wrote me a letter," Jiang Zao readily admitted.

She spoke casually without any complaint: "He was on a mission, and the missions were all confidential. He couldn't communicate with anyone outside. I understand his work, but I still felt sad, so I couldn't help but complain to Guozi a bit. Actually, it was all just my overthinking."

“Now that he’s back, everything is alright.” To prove her words were true, Jiang Zao took Lu Yanxun’s arm.

She even leaned her head on Lu Yanxun's shoulder in front of her parents, siblings, and other relatives.

Jiang Bei interjected, "I know, I've heard of those secret missions where you can't contact your family and have to write your will. It's tough, dangerous, and noble. It must be similar to my brother-in-law's situation, right?"

“Yes, that’s right.” Jiang Zao nodded repeatedly. “It should be about the same.”

Jiang Bei looked at Lu Yanxun with admiration: "Wow, brother-in-law, you're amazing!"

Lu Yanxun gave a slight twitch of his lips, but said nothing.

This is not the case.

The mission he was carrying out was not a classified mission, and he was not prohibited from contacting his family.

During the months he was away, he exchanged many letters with his family.

But none of the letters were for Jiang Zao.

Despite his younger sister Lu Yanting's repeated complaints about Jiang Zao in her letters, asking him to think of a solution, he never responded.

During this time, Jiang Zao wrote him many letters, but he never even opened the envelopes before throwing them directly into the campfire to burn.