"Ah...she...she’s at ho taking care of the child, taking care of the child," Ye Weijun didn’t dare to say that Qiu Hualan had run away. If he went back ho and the villagers knew he had beaten his wife away again outside, the gossip would surely pile up. He was very annoyed.
"Xiao Wan, could the Aunt Qiu you ntioned be the woman in our community who stays at ho with a child? Recently, everyone in our community has been saying how pitiful she is. No one knows where the man, claiming to be her husband, ca from. He started beating her as soon as he arrived, leaving no good spot on her body. So this man is the Uncle Ye you ntioned. Why would you greet soone like him? Not satisfied enough with last year’s stint at the detention center? Planning to hit your wife a few more tis to get back there this year? No wonder his wife moved out."
"She moved out? Oh, I just saw Aunt Qiu at a house in the western suburbs yesterday."
"You’re talking about that area around the West Third Ring? It’s pretty remote. Whatever, let’s go, stay away from him," Su Ling’s disgust was genuine. She was annoyed just seeing Ye Weijun.
She made a gesture to pull Lin Wan forward.
Ye Weijun, hearing Qiu Hualan’s address, was montarily stunned, morized it secretly, and was about to step forward to ask, when he saw a man following them. Ye Weijun imdiately stopped his steps, not daring to follow.
After the woman ntioned he had been to the detention center, the old n playing chess next to him began pointing at him, and he couldn’t stay there with any dignity.
He returned ho, frustrated, and with a grim face.
Lin Wan and Su Ling, seeing Ye Weijun walk far away, covered their mouths and laughed, "Maybe he’ll go over soon."
"We’ve said enough; the rest is up to him. Let’s go, I’ll see you to the door."
"Don’t deal with people like him alone, okay?" Liu Wei warned them out of concern.
"Got it."
After dropping Liu Wei and his wife ho, Han Yi drove straight back.
On the way, Lin Wan asked, "Ai Yi, I heard from Su Ling today that when you run errands for , is Li Liang always following you? Is that true?"
Han Yi turned his head and glanced at her, "Yeah, he’s been following."
Lin Wan frowned slightly, "What on earth is Li Liang up to, even following you?"
She thought Li Liang’s target was her, so she was a bit puzzled.
But Han Yi just smiled, "Lately, when I go out, I wear your clothes. He wears a helt every day, staying so far away, naturally can’t see clearly."
Lin Wan was surprised, covering her mouth in disbelief, "Honey, you...you disguised as ?"
Responded by Han Yi, Lin Wan examined him incredulously, finding it hard to imagine this tough guy dressed as a woman.
Seeing Lin Wan’s expression, Han Yi knew what she was thinking, smiling as he raised a hand to stroke her hair, "Except for not having long hair and not as good a figure, the rest is okay."
Lin Wan looked at him with amusent, "You! Why didn’t you tell ? I could have at least helped you dress up."
Han Yi slanted her a glance, "We studied a lot about disguises at school. Gotta learn won’s movents too."
"Ah, now they teach this?!" Lin Wan was genuinely surprised, not expecting such lessons in this era, thinking they were for spies, but she didn’t ask more. Instead, worried, she said, "He’s followed you for so long, hasn’t he made a move?"
"Not every day, he has classes too. Occasionally follows for an afternoon, mostly afternoons and nights. He’s noticed my routine. Morning over, then afternoon to the military district. I guess, he’ll make a move on the road to the military district. It’s remote there, but I haven’t given him a chance these days."
"Why?" With Han Yi’s skills, catching Li Liang would be easy.
Han Yi simply smiled, "I’m waiting for i Langchi..."
...
Ye Weijun overheard vaguely, hearing it was around the West Third Ring. Not sure of the exact location. But having a direction, it was easier to find.
The next morning, Ye Weijun took a bus to the West Third Ring, wandering the whole day but still didn’t see Qiu Hualan.
Frustrated, he went ho to drink with Du Guangjun.
Du Guangjun had been avoiding him for days, to the extent of staying at his daughter’s house for a few days, just waiting for Ye Weijun to run out of money and hurry back ho.
...
According to their child’s "due date," i Langchi also took a few days off from the unit—not really leave, just happened that the army dispatched him to S City military district for a handover. He could stay for half a month.
This afternoon, he went to see his son as soon as he arrived, and by the way, take Ye Qing to live at the unit. Arrangents were made for temporary housing as he ca to handle affairs in S City.
In the S City military district, Ye Qing had already taken out everything stuffed in her belly. No one knew about his wife’s giving birth, no need to care anymore.
i Langchi and Ye Qing spent a day with their son at Qiu Hualan’s place. So much ti had passed, their son was very unfamiliar with them.
Sowhat shy, making i Langchi feel a bit uncomfortable. Both husband and wife felt the sa, but there was nothing they could do; for over a year, they hadn’t co back to see the child.
But they had agreed, from now on, whenever they had a holiday, they’d co back to see the child.
Leaving a hundred yuan with Qiu Hualan, the couple went to the unit.
Coincidentally, the place arranged by the leaders was the exact house of their family and Wang Guihua’s family.
Two couples eting and not speaking to each other, clearly with faces of enemies.
Though for Han Yi, this was a good thing.
Ye Qing saw Lin Wan the first day and noticed she lived in a small courtyard next door. Originally thought Lin Wan would stay in the building behind, but she lived in a simple row house. Isn’t Han Yi very capable? Seeing where they lived, it’s not that great. Her disdain was evident on her face, showing it boldly in front of Lin Wan.
Since when had the resentnt between them beco so overt?
Ye Qing was rely wasting expressions, as Lin Wan simply ignored her. Closing her own door, she could climb the wall to see outside, but Ye Qing couldn’t see inside. The advantage was still hers.
Knowing they lived next door, Ye Qing got an idea. In the evening, after i Langchi returned, she continuously seduced him. The two tumbled on the bed, making particularly loud noises.
She did it on purpose, purposely letting Han Yi hear her "voice." She felt as if Han Yi was right next to her, the one on her wasn’t i Langchi but Han Yi. This made Ye Qing very satisfied.
But she didn’t know, at that ti, Han Yi hadn’t returned yet. Lin Wan intended to sleep with the child but was displeased, hearing the noise next door.
"Mom, there’s an aunt shouting next door...is she sick?" With such "tragic" cries, Little Star thought she was sick.
Because when going to the hospital for vaccinations, the little children cried out, and Little Star thought they were sick.
"Yes, the aunt is sick...how about we go outside and find Daddy?"
Lin Wan didn’t know how to explain this matter to her daughter, vaguely responding, helplessly taking the child outside for a stroll.
Just as she got to the courtyard, Han Yi ca across. "Why not go ho? There’s no one much around the courtyard."
"It’s too noisy next door, I’m afraid it will affect the child."
"Auntie cried, she had an injection," Little Star feared Daddy didn’t understand, as soon as Lin Wan’s words fell, she stuck a small hand into her small arm, gesturing to Han Yi.
Han Yi instantly understood, smiling as he took the child from Lin Wan. "Daddy will take Little Star for an airplane ride, alright?"
"Yes, yes, I want to go high."
Han Yi put Little Star on his shoulders, "flying" around the courtyard with the daughter for a while.
Ye Qing’s voice was so loud, not just Wang Guihua, even the family next to Wang Guihua heard it clearly, and even the family in the row in front, right next to Ye Qing, heard it clearly. Imagine how loud the sound was.
The family in the row in front, where Saozi lived, also had kids. Hearing such a noise and wanting to curse a few words to remind them, she just happened to run into Lin Wan and them.
Only then did she realize that they were also out to seek peace and quiet.
The Saozi initially thought it was Han Yi’s house or Wang Guihua’s house because in Shilan’s house only Ning Jiang was ho, his wife wasn’t there. Even if he heard, he wouldn’t co out.
Only her house and the house next door, both heard it, but the neighbor kept quiet. They didn’t have kids, but she did. The child just asked her what was happening. Unable to answer, she resorted to "violence," slapping her son and sending him to bed.
Feeling uneasy, she ca out to remind, only to find out she had wrongly accused them. Only rembering today that a military wife moved in next to Captain Han’s house,
Saozi figured it was that house, possibly not knowing about the thin walls and thus didn’t shout. Frustratedly, she went back inside.
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