A stunning beauty arrived on the island; she invented everything from childcare to babysitting.

After seeing off Deputy Chief of Staff Wu in a friendly manner, Li Bowen started smoking with a worried expression.

What kind of nonsense is this!

His wife's niece was so well-behaved when she first came, how come she's become like this now?

The problem is that this isn't their biological daughter; there's always a barrier between them, so it's difficult for them to say anything they want to say.

He smoked cigarette after cigarette, and soon the pack was empty, but Li Bowen still couldn't think of a good solution.

He's fine as a soldier, but as for handling this kind of thing, he's like someone who's only half-knowledgeable.

If he speaks too harshly, it will affect the relationship between his wife and his sister-in-law; if he speaks too lightly, his niece might cause some trouble, and he will be the one cleaning up the mess.

When Lu Yan returned home, as soon as she opened the door, a large plume of smoke billowed out, and she almost thought she had entered a fairyland.

But she quickly smelled the stench of smoke, frowned, strode into the house, snatched the cigarette from Li Bowen's mouth and stubbed it out, then threw the cigarette pack on the table into the trash can.

"I've only been out for a short while and you've already smoked a whole pack of cigarettes. How about you smoke yourself to death?"

"Hey, honey, I was just thinking about something."

When Li Bowen's cigarettes were taken away, he was initially curious to see who dared to do such a thing, but it turned out to be his wife, the "tiger mom," which immediately put him to rest. He reluctantly retrieved the cigarette pack with a few cigarettes left from the trash can and carefully stuffed it into his pocket.

There are still several left, we can't waste them!

"Do you need to smoke so much to think? It makes the house smell smoky and stinks! Go open the windows and let the smell dissipate."

"Hey!"

Li Bowen sighed, obediently went to open the window, and after organizing his thoughts, he told his wife what had just happened.

"Deputy Chief of Staff Wu just came to our house to wish us a Happy New Year."

“Deputy Chief of Staff Wu?” Lu Yanhui wasn’t familiar with this person, but she quickly thought of someone with the same surname, “The one who went down a couple of years ago…”

"Yes, that's his son, he was just promoted to deputy chief of staff not long ago."

"You've always avoided getting involved in those factional things in the military, haven't you? Why is he coming to us? Does he want your help?"

"No, on the contrary, he did us a great favor." Li Bowen began to lay the groundwork.

He really wasn't good at handling this, so he simply handed it over to his wife. After all, she was from her own family, and it was better for her to handle it than for him to do it himself.

"He actually helped us a lot?" Lu Yan looked at him suspiciously. "Did you make a mistake?"

But she quickly dismissed that possibility, continuing her analysis: "That doesn't make sense either. Even if you made a mistake, it wouldn't warrant coming to us on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Besides, he helped us a lot, shouldn't you be happy? Why do you look so gloomy? Has he found something on you?"

"Oh dear! What are you thinking? I wasn't the one who made the mistake!"

"Someone actually made a mistake? Who?"

"Shanshan."

"Who?" Lu Yanhui raised his voice.

"Your niece, Shanshan!"

"What are you talking about? Isn't she your niece too?" Lu Yanhui retorted habitually, but still asked, "What happened to her?"

"It's all because of that incident!"

"You mean those two military wives..."

"It wasn't them."

"Did that Comrade Shen complain to Deputy Chief of Staff Wu?"

"No, don't make wild guesses. It's our dear niece who's sowing discord, trying to sow discord between the wife of the Deputy Chief of Staff. The Deputy Chief of Staff said he came here on orders from his father, to handle this matter properly!"

Li Bowen didn't dare tell his wife that the reason Grandpa Wu came to the army before the New Year was actually for this matter.

Tell me the specifics.

Li Bowen sighed again: "Well... that's the situation. This whole thing has dragged even Old Master Wu, who's been retired for so long, into it. If she hadn't done it intentionally, it would be easier to explain, but the problem is that someone had already reported her before. How am I supposed to explain this to them? That the previous reports were baseless, but this time? Are I just going to present them with the evidence? Why doesn't she ever learn her lesson!"

After hearing the whole story, Lu Yan's face turned red and then white, and it was hard to tell what she was thinking.

After a long while, she seemed to deflate completely and said softly, "It seems that Shanshan is not suitable to stay here. Let's hurry up and transfer her away."

"If you transfer her away, how will you explain it to your sister?"

I'll write to her in a little while.

"What about Shanshan? That girl is strong-willed. If she finds out her secret has been exposed, who knows what she'll do!"

"Just say her parents miss her and want to transfer her back. I remember there's an independent division near our hometown. Can you get her back there?"

"It should be possible, I'll ask someone."

"Don't use 'it's okay' or 'it's okay.' If you can do it, you can do it; if you can't, you can't. Give me a straight answer so I can talk to people."

"Then it should be fine!" Li Bowen said with a bitter face. "I've lived most of my life and I've never asked anyone for help. It's such a small matter. I'll ask my old comrades-in-arms. There shouldn't be any problem."

"Okay, you said it yourself."

"What about the time before my sister-in-law replied? What if she had another suicidal idea..."

"Forget it, let's not write a letter. Let's just call! Call my brother-in-law and ask him to have my sister call me back."

"I think it's fine, we don't need to save that little bit of money."

"It just so happens that Shanshan hasn't been home for two years. I'll have my sister tell her to take a vacation and go back. In the meantime, you should hurry up and get her job transfer sorted out."

"You're still the most reliable wife."

Li Bowen gave his wife a thumbs-up in a flattering manner.

Lu Yan rolled her eyes and went upstairs to make a phone call.

An Ning was unaware of Li Bowen's situation, or rather, she had long since forgotten about Qiao Shanshan.

She is a military wife, and Qiao Shanshan is a soldier. One is outside the barracks and the other is inside. Even if the other is a civilian, it is unlikely that they will have any interaction like Wang Xiuying and Tang Qiuqiao did before. Even if she wanted to cause trouble for the other, she could not do anything and could only remain unchanged.

However, she overheard the entire lawsuit between Aunt Wu and her child from her home. She really didn't expect that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Aunt Wu would be so unrestrained!

No wonder Battalion Commander Zhao couldn't help but argue with his mother!

But even if they start arguing, it won't do any good. As long as Battalion Commander Zhao doesn't make up his mind to send his mother back, there will be many more days of arguing in the future!

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, even a piece of candy is worth arguing with the children. Aunt Wu is also a sexist, and her newborn daughter, who is less than a month old, is likely to be mistreated.

Anning didn't have time to think much. The children soon arrived at her house. To save face for the children, she simply poured the candy into a winnowing basket and let them grab it themselves.

These children were quite sensible. Although Anning let them pick the stones themselves, most of them only picked two or three before stopping, except for a few.

Even the greedy kids, with their small hands, can only grab five at most, not many more.

Aunt Wu saw this scene, glared at An Ning fiercely, and went back into the house.