newbobooks Chapter 215 Knowing Chen Hongling's True Identity
Chapter 215 Knowing Chen Hongling's True Identity
Lu Jinglan is going to visit the Chen family to discuss the marriage, and He Wenbin has to train today.
Shen Ye Ning took half a day off to accompany her.
"Aunt Chen, why do you look familiar to me? Have we met somewhere before?"
Mother Chen's face looked unnatural, as if she had done something wrong. "...No, I haven't seen you before. Yesterday was the first time I saw you."
"Oh, I misremembered it."
Shen Ye Ning felt that she felt guilty in front of herself. Wasn't it just the one thing she overheard that spread the news of her infertility?
The Chen family hopes that the wedding will be held as soon as possible, preferably before the New Year.
Shen Ye Ning said, "Isn't it too rushed before the New Year?"
Mother Chen, "Not at all rushed. We don't have so many wedding rules here. I still have three sons who haven't married yet. Let's get our daughter married first, and then we'll get our son married. We've already calculated a date, and December 20th is a good day for marriage."
After getting along with the Chen family, Lu Jinglan felt that there was something strange about them. It seemed that they were particularly concerned about her daughter, but at the same time, they deliberately acted as if they didn't care.
After talking for a long time and not staying for dinner, the two prepared to leave.
Passing by a door, someone walked out and saw Shen Ye Ning and called out, "Boss Shen, why are you in our village? Come into my house and sit for a while."
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Lu Jinglan returned to the family compound and asked her son when she saw him coming back, "Abin, are you sure Hongling came to you for help because she said her family treated her badly? She wanted to sell her to her three brothers in exchange for a dowry?"
He Wenbin nodded.
Why is it different from what the matchmaker and other people in the village said?
"Well, I only met her once at that time and I wasn't familiar with her. If I hadn't felt so sorry for her, I wouldn't have taken such a big risk and let her pretend to be my fiancée and live in the family compound."
Fortunately, Shen Ye Ning did not insist on marrying him and agreed to cancel the engagement. If the matter got out of hand, the army would definitely punish him, and it would not be a joke.
Later, as they got along, he felt pity and sympathy for her and developed a fondness for her. They were recognized as a couple in the eyes of outsiders, and it was natural for them to get together after they got drunk that time.
"How could Hongling do this? Son, you were deceived into marriage."
"Mom, what is marriage fraud?"
Lu Jinglan told He Wenbin what she had learned in Chenjia Village.
He Wenbin recalled the abnormal behavior of Chen Hongling and the Chen family. Could it be that he was really deceived? ?
"I'll go find her and ask her clearly."
She held her son back and said, "Don't go. You've already had sex. If you don't marry her, what else can you do? The Chen family came to the army to make trouble. Do you still want your uniform?"
She told her son that she wanted him to see the other side of Chen Hongling, not that she wanted them to break off the engagement.
He Wenbin: "The whole family teamed up to defraud our family. I couldn't stand it. If I don't want to be a soldier, then I don't want to be a soldier. I never wanted to be a soldier in the first place."
Lu Jinglan, "Don't say such angry words."
"Mom, this is not an angry remark, this is what I really think. My former classmates joined the army after the college entrance examination, and most of them retired and started business, and they are doing pretty well now. Life is long, and there are many roads leading to Rome, not just one way."
When Lu Jinglan heard that her son was leaving the army, she became anxious and her lips trembled slightly. She seemed to want to say something, but was speechless for a moment.
"You, what did you say? You really don't want to be a soldier? You joined the army at the age of nineteen, and you went to the battlefield at the age of twenty-one. You were still so young, and I was worried and terrified. I couldn't sleep day and night, and I prayed to God and Buddha, praying that Buddha would bless you with safety.
You worked hard and became a company commander on your own. Do you know how proud your father and I are of you? Although Hongling did something wrong, she likes you, and you like her too. Just pretend you don't know. Can't you just marry her?"
"Mom, I don't like Hong Ling..."
"Then who do you like?"
He Wenbin's eyes dodged, "...No, I don't have anyone I like."
Can't say it.
Lu Jinglan advised her son to calm down, "Even if you want to retire, you can't retire in that way. Your grandparents and uncle won't allow it."
There is a big difference between being discharged from the army and voluntarily discharging.
He Wenbin was young and energetic, so how could he tolerate being deceived and remain silent like a bastard?
The next day I ran to find Chen Hongling and overheard the conversation between the three of them.
In the lounge of the art troupe, it is now lunch time and everyone else has gone to the cafeteria to eat.
Huang Cuihua brought food for the two of them, and only Chen Hongling, Lin Shu and Huang Cuihua were in the room.
Chen Hongling said with sarcasm, "Sister Lin Shu, I was right, wasn't I? Sister Cuihua said in front of her that she couldn't have children, and she didn't refute it. She definitely can't have children."
Lin Shu asked unconfidently, "Do you really think there's still hope for Xiao and I to be together?"
Chen Hongling, "Of course there is hope. My future mother-in-law is Captain Lu's sister. She has been very worried recently, probably because of Shen Ye Ning's inability to have children. As long as I often mention this matter in front of her, she will feel uncomfortable. If the elders in the family know about it, they will force them to divorce."
Huang Cuihua also fanned the flames, "There is hope. If you like it, you should fight for it. Our family compound has been messed up by those two bitches. Only you, the daughter of the division commander, can deal with them."
He Wenbin stood there with the door open, his handsome face as tense as a bowstring about to break, his fists clenched, the muscles on his arms bulging, and every inch of his skin revealed repression and toughness.
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After the art troupe finished its training, Chen Hongling ran to the staff quarters to find Lu Jinglan, who was peeling an apple, and she held her arm affectionately.
"Aunt, you visited me yesterday, but I was busy with the art troupe and couldn't take leave. I'm sorry I couldn't entertain you properly!"
Lu Jinglan pulled her arm away awkwardly, appearing to be worried that the knife in her hand would hit her.
"Be careful with the knife. You just started working and you need to work harder. Auntie understands."
"Well, thank you, aunt. When I came up just now, I saw Sister Chunmei. She had difficulty walking and needed someone to help her walk. It's too painful for her to be pregnant at her age. It's scary to see. I think after my work in the art troupe is stable in a year or so, I will give you a big fat grandson. I don't know if you like a grandson or a granddaughter."
"I like them all. There is no prejudice against boys over girls in our family." Lu Jinglan cut half of the apple and gave it to her.
Chen Hongling took a bite and continued, "We don't have any..."
"Nothing?" Lu Jinglan asked, hoping that she would confess on her own initiative.
"No, nothing. What I meant is that there is a prejudice in my family that favors boys over girls, so I have had a hard life since I was young. It's great that my daughter doesn't have to suffer what I did back then." As she spoke, Chen Hongling's eyes turned red and she sniffed, as if that was really the case.
Lu Jinglan, "Our country has advocated gender equality for decades. How can we still have such backward ideas that favor boys over girls?"
"There's a female comrade in our art troupe who got married last month and got pregnant this month. She started taking maternity leave and stopped training. How come my aunt-in-law hasn't gotten pregnant yet? It's really strange."
"Didn't they say they didn't want it for the time being? What's so strange about that?"
"But I heard rumors in the compound that my aunt-in-law can't have children. Is this true?"
"If you're not feeling well, just take some medicine and you'll be fine."
Chen Hongling, "Is that so? What if the medicine doesn't work?"
Lu Jinglan, "Hongling, what do you want to say?"
"I'm just curious if you and your grandparents will ask my uncle to divorce her if my aunt can't give birth to a child."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you. The doctor said that I can still have a baby if I take good care of myself." Suddenly, a clear voice sounded at the door of the guest room.
Chen Hongling looked in the direction of the voice and her expression changed slightly, "You, why are you here?"
Shen Ye Ning leaned against the door, her arms folded across her chest, her posture lazy, "I'm bored, so I came to watch your performance."
Suddenly there was a noise at the door. It was He Wenbin who came back.
A hint of guilt flashed across Chen Hongling's eyes, but it was quickly suppressed. She didn't say anything she shouldn't have said.
She walked back and took the man's arm, smiling charmingly, gently and considerately, "Brother Bin, you're back? I just got here too, are you hungry? How about I make a meal for you and auntie?"
He Wenbin pulled his arm away indifferently, "No need."
"Chen Hongling, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You say one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, and you've kept me in the dark the whole time. You act really well. It would be a waste of your talent if you weren't an actor."