"Tian Chunhua, what do you an by that?"
From afar, upon hearing Ma Juanjuan’s scolding voice, Lan Tian curved her lips into a smile. After all this ti, things here haven’t changed a bit.
"What could I possibly an? You’re so close to Nurse Zhou, just like peas in a pod, wearing the sa pair of trousers. How could you not know about her affairs, right?" Tian Xianghua, shaking her fan and laughing, asked the onlookers, "My fellow Military Wives, do you believe it?"
The Military Wives who enjoyed watching the drama unfold all shook their heads.
"Exactly, we all live in the sa building. Co on, Ma Juanjuan, spill the beans. Besides Camp Commander Mo, who else has Nurse Zhou seduced? Don’t worry, we won’t tell."
"And that close relationship you have with her, has she ever, you know..." A brazen Military Wife didn’t hold back her words; even though she didn’t finish, everyone understood her implication.
Ma Juanjuan had brought Nurse Zhou ho countless tis, who knew if behind her back, she was seducing her man? Many Military Wives in the building had seen Ma Juanjuan’s husband and Nurse Zhou hiding in dark corners, tugging and pulling at each other.
"You... you’re all talking nonsense! Xiao Hu is not that kind of person; he wouldn’t fancy such a flirtatious woman. I’ve long since stopped associating with her. I don’t know anything about her affairs."
Ma Juanjuan trembled with anger, feeling wronged and furious. Because of the incident with Zhou Yuwei, her forr Military Wife friends distanced themselves, and now they ignored her on the street.
Her arch-nesis, Tian Xianghua, often mocked her openly and covertly. Just last night, her husband had berated her over that vile Zhou Yuwei.
"Get out of my way." She pushed through the crowd and ran.
"Hey, don’t go! Which man did Nurse Zhou seduce? Who reported her?" Tian Chunhua shouted after her and, seeing she was gone, spat out, "Serves her right!"
Catching sight of Lan Tian not far away, she was taken aback. "Lan Tian? Lan Tian, you’re back."
"Sister, long ti no see!" Lan Tian greeted with a faint smile.
Upon confirming it really was Lan Tian, Tian Xianghua approached with a big grin, as if in disbelief.
"It’s been quite a while, almost a year or two, right? You left without a word, vanished without a trace. When did you get back?" Seeing Lan Tian, Tian Xianghua was genuinely happy. If it weren’t for Lan Tian’s help, her second child’s illness might have been fatal.
She had been uncertain and went to find Lan Tian at noon but couldn’t find her. After that, Lan Tian never showed up again, and Tian had held a grudge.
Worried about her second child, Tian took the military vehicle to the Military District Hospital that afternoon. The old doctor there said it was fortunate the child was treated in ti, the fever had subsided, and the phlegm in his mouth had been cleared. The child was out of danger, but had they been an hour later, it would have been too late.
The old doctor even inquired which doctor had treated the child, which prescription was used, showing great interest in discussing and researching it further. Afterwards, her husband fobbed it off.
"I just got back. What’s going on here?" Lan Tian glanced over the gathering Military Wives, seeming like sothing big had happened, only to encounter it upon her return.
Upon ntioning this, Tian Chunhua’s spirits lifted, excited as if on a sugar rush, "It’s that Nurse Zhou. You’ve just co back so you don’t know yet; she’s been reported, heh."
Her face couldn’t hide the schadenfreude.
If Tian Xianghua looked down on Ma Juanjuan, it was because Ma was always orbiting around Zhou Yuwei, like Zhou’s shadow. As for Zhou Yuwei, Tian hated her; because in the past, Zhou had shalessly tried to seduce her husband at the clinic, and even though Zhou didn’t succeed, it still upset Tian. Now seeing Zhou fall into this predicant, Tian couldn’t wait to set off firecrackers in celebration.
Lan Tian raised an eyebrow. Even the Military District Hospital knew about it, so the battalion surely couldn’t be ignorant.
"Nurse Zhou, do you rember her? She’s the one who used to cling to Camp Commander Mo." Fearing Lan Tian couldn’t recall after so long, Tian specifically pointed it out, and Lan Tian’s mouth twitched, not sure how to react to Tian Xianghua’s overwhelming excitent and coarse deanor.
"Nurse Zhou’s reputation has been ruined. She was reported for wrecking a military marriage. I don’t know which Military Wife had the guts," Tian Xianghua admired the Military Wife who made the report. Usually, in this kind of situation, most won would grudgingly swallow their pride, at most secretly sabotaging the other woman behind her back. Who would make such a public fuss?
"She left the camp with her tail between her legs and went back to the Military District Hospital. Ma Juanjuan used to be close with her, everyone was asking if she knew anything about which man Zhou Yuwei seduced and who reported her. Fortunately, Camp Commander Mo is not here, or he would have been dragged into it again." It was at this point that Tian Chunhua suddenly realized sothing was amiss. She looked around and whispered, "Back then, didn’t she chase after your Camp Commander Mo?"
Lan Tian wore an expression of innocent ignorance, "I have no idea. My Junhua says she went with a doctor from the Military District Hospital, not after my Junhua."
What a bombshell!
Tian Xianghua’s face showed astonishnt, then her eyes lit up with dazzling light. Without further ado, she pulled Lan Tian aside, ready for a detailed chat.
Unwittingly but happily duping Zhou Yuwei, Lan Tian was quite pleased.
"That doctor, a man or a woman?" Fearful of drawing attention to their conversation, Tian Xianghua even deliberately lowered her voice.
Lan Tian looked at her suspiciously, with a hint of confusion in her eyes, "Why do you ask?"
Tian Xianghua gave a dry laugh, simply curious about who that shaless Zhou Yuwei had hooked up with, purely for the entertainnt of it.
"It’s nothing, just asking out of curiosity. Besides, she used to be a nurse at the Military District Hospital, so it’s normal for her to know a few doctors, right?" Tian Xianghua rationalized to herself.
Lan Tian mumbled an "Oh", not thinking too much into it, tilted her head to think for a bit before saying, "I heard it’s a man."
"Young or old?" Tian Xianghua pressed on.
Lan Tian found it amusing but still played along, feigning ignorance, "I heard it’s a young doctor, quite famous over at the Military District Hospital, unmarried, very handso, also very skilled in dicine. Many nurses there like him, I’ve seen him a few tis, indeed he is quite attractive."
Tian Xianghua uttered a aningful "Oh", no wonder Zhou Yuwei’s no longer pestering Camp Commander Mo, she had found soone better.
With no marriage, there’s no wife; without a wife, there’s no need to snitch. Who could it be? Tian Xianghua still wanted to figure out who it was, to take them as role model in the future.
Patting Lan Tian’s back, she said, "Well, your Camp Commander Mo is liberated."
That look of sympathy made Lan Tian’s lips twitch, her entire being felt off—what about her deserved such pity?
With a beckoning gesture, Lan Tian called Tian Xianghua closer and mimicked her earlier actions, scanning the surroundings before whispering, "I heard that doctor has a fiancée."
Tian Xianghua suddenly realized, clapping her hands together. She was right, it must have been that doctor’s wife who snitched, except for the coward Ma Juanjuan, who could tolerate their man being coveted by another woman. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Lan Tian’s awkwardness again, cursing that Ma Juanjuan was involving Lan Tian in the mockery. However, fortunately Camp Commander Mo was a principled man, who in the unit didn’t know that Camp Commander Mo ignored Zhou Yuwei and doted on Lan Tian to no end. I heard he even does all the household chores—such a good man!
Look at Lan Tian, as beautiful as a fairy, with such a great temperant and education, it’s no wonder Camp Commander Mo treasured her. Zhou Yuwei is nothing compared to Lan Tian.
With a pearl before them, who would want a shard of pottery? They’re not out of their mind.
"Right, after Camp Commander Mo went on a mission, you haven’t returned to the base, right? Did you stop schooling and go back to your hotown?"
"I didn’t go back to my hotown; I’m still in Shanghai. The base is too far from school, inconvenient for commuting, and my family was worried about being on my own. So, we all moved to Shanghai. Now I live at ho, and it’s convenient for school."
Tian Xianghua looked at Lan Tian with an odd expression in her eyes. People really are different! You wouldn’t know until you compare, and it’s startling when you do. Look at how Lan Tian’s family cherishes her, relocating to Shanghai just for her. It’s enviable to the point of speechlessness.
You can’t compare, the more you do the more it hurts, why is there such a huge difference between daughters?
"The college entrance exams are coming up, right?" Tian Xianghua rembered that Lan Tian was due for her exams around this ti, but she couldn’t rember the exact date, looking at her with admiration—this would be a future college student!
"I’ve already taken them," Lan Tian said.
"How did it go? Any confidence?" Tian Xianghua genuinely cared for Lan Tian, as she had once saved her younger child’s life, so she asked an extra question.
"Not bad, I’ll have to wait for the results to co out to know for sure," Lan Tian replied with a smile, then turned to inquire about Tian Xianghua’s child, "Your second child is in school, right?"
"Yes, he’s quite naughty, doesn’t listen in class, loves chatting with other kids, even made another child cry last ti. The teacher has talked to several tis; I’m too embarrassed to et people. My man says it’s fine, boys should be a bit naughty, but it worries to death." While Tian Xianghua expressed her worries, her eyes betrayed her deep affection. It was clear she still loved her own child, and Lan Tian just smiled without replying.
Most of the military wives in the building had seen Lan Tian, and they nodded and greeted her when they saw her coming. Lan Tian nodded back at each one in turn. It wasn’t until they had talked for quite so ti that Tian Xianghua noticed the package in Lan Tian’s hand and realized she had dragged Lan Tian’s ti a bit too long, feeling a bit awkward.
"Are you leaving again after this return?"
"My Junhua is coming back, I ca here first to clean the house and air it out."
The fact that Mo Junhua was recuperating at the Military District Hospital was known to those who should know, but those who shouldn’t, like Tian Xianghua and other military wives, thought that Mo Junhua was fighting on the front lines.
"Right, I heard from my man that the fight in the North is over, it’s ti for them to return. It’s been several years since he left; it hasn’t been easy for you. I’ll help you clean, I’m free this afternoon anyway, it’s much faster with two people cleaning, and you could stay tonight." Tian Xianghua felt bad for delaying Lan Tian’s cleaning and wanted to help make up for it.
No need, that little space doesn’t require two people, besides, you also need to take care of the children." Just joking, with one Cleaning Technique, the house would be spotless in an instant. If Tian Xianghua were to help, God knows how long it would take and if the place would even be cleaned properly.
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