Divorcing Right After Enlisting? The Army Commander Hugs Her Waist and Coaxes His Little One - Chapter 1

“Comrade, Battalion Commander Zhou has gone on a mission and will not be back for a week. However, the Political Commissar said you should settle in first. This is the key to the housing he approved for you. Please, keep it safe.”

At the entrance of the military family quarters, the guard handed a set of keys to Ruan Qiu.

Ruan Qiu looked at the keys in the guard’s hand, feeling slightly hesitant.

She had traveled a great distance to find Zhou Yishen, not because she truly wanted to be his wife, but because she intended to call off the engagement between their two families. If Zhou Yishen was easy to talk to, she would also ask him to lend her some money so she could establish a foothold in Jiangcheng.

After all, she was not the original owner of this body, but a forensic pathologist who had transmigrated from the twenty-first century.

She had read this story in her spare time.

The story was set in 1978. The original owner ran away from the countryside to force Zhou Yishen into marriage. They did not consummate the marriage for three years. Three years later, Zhou Yishen fell in love with a regiment commander’s daughter and demanded a divorce. The original owner refused, barged into the wedding ceremony with a knife, injured the bride, and severed one of Zhou Yishen’s hands. She was eventually sentenced to prison for intentional injury and died behind bars.

The character was portrayed as a vicious ex-wife, but Zhou Yishen’s own character was not much better.

If you do not like someone, you should not marry them. If you marry but refuse to consummate the relationship, that is quite dishonorable.

Ruan Qiu did not want to come here to follow the original owner’s path. However, the original owner’s parents were pressuring her so intensely that if she did not come to fulfill the engagement with Zhou Yishen, she would have to marry a widowed old man in the next village.

Having just transmigrated, Ruan Qiu had no money. The impoverished village, where every cent had to be stretched, offered no way to earn a living.

If she did not come to find Zhou Yishen, she would have to marry that old bachelor in the neighboring village.

Ruan Qiu decisively chose to join the military dependents and find Zhou Yishen.

At the very least, this allowed her to escape that small village and become a free individual.

What she never expected was that Zhou Yishen had gone on a mission and would not return for a week.

The guard enthusiastically picked up Ruan Qiu’s luggage and led the way.

Ruan Qiu felt her pockets. The train ticket had been bought by her parents, and before she left, they had only given her two yuan.

If she insisted on staying in a hostel, she would not last long.

Since Zhou Yishen was not there, she would stay in the family quarters for a few days, and once he returned, she would figure out the rest.

Ruan Qiu followed the guard all the way to the second floor.

The orderly had already opened the door. After handing the key to Ruan Qiu, he returned to his post.

Ruan Qiu surveyed the room. It was not very large. It had one bedroom, a living room, a bathroom, and a kitchen, though all the spaces were quite small.

It would barely suffice for a couple, but if they had children, it would be too cramped.

The room was cleaned well, and there was no extra furniture. A dining table and a wooden sofa were the only belongings in the living room.

It was truly simple, but also truly clean.

Fine, she would stay here for a few days while waiting for Zhou Yishen, and perhaps look for work in the vicinity in the meantime.

Jobs in Jiangcheng were hard to find, especially for an outsider like her with only a primary school education and no diploma.

Finding a satisfying job in a strange place where she knew no one was difficult.

Fortunately, Sister Lian, who lived next door, was a kind person. She mentioned that the military hospital was currently training medical staff and giving priority to military families.

Today, she was going to take Ruan Qiu along to see if she could sign up.

Ruan Qiu walked with Sister Lian toward the military hospital.

The hospital was two kilometers away from the family apartments, a quick walk.

While passing a residential area, they saw that a house had collapsed, and several men in military uniforms were rescuing the residents trapped inside.

“Xiao Qiu, take a look, is that your man, Zhou Yishen?” Sister Lian pointed to a man in a military uniform who was carrying an injured person out of the rubble and asked Ruan Qiu.

Ruan Qiu followed her finger. The man’s stride was vigorous and his movements agile. After putting down the person on his back, he immediately turned back to save others.

Ruan Qiu frowned.

To be honest, she was not the original owner. She had no way of confirming if that was Zhou Yishen based on the descriptions in the novel.

“Don’t move! Don’t move! It looks like her leg is fractured!”

A few people carried out a young girl who had been crushed. The man ordered the others to be careful.

Although Ruan Qiu was a forensic pathologist, she had extensive research on fractures because most of the victims she examined had varying degrees of bone breaks.

Ruan Qiu instinctively stepped forward and said to the group, “Don’t move her. Let me set it for her to prevent the fractured bone from shifting.”

“Who are you?” The man, covered in dirt, stared at Ruan Qiu with a stern expression and pressed for an answer.

“I have studied this,” Ruan Qiu said, looking down at the girl. She was about eight or nine, in so much pain that she was numb and lacked the strength to cry.

Without waiting for them to react, Ruan Qiu instructed the man to cooperate. “Find some cardboard and sticks, and get a towel.”

Seeing her professionalism, Zhou Yishen quickly took off his coat and handed it to her.

Ruan Qiu took it, squatted down, and while calming the child, she determined whether it was a lower leg or a thigh fracture. Once the position was confirmed, she began to set the bone with professional precision.

Zhou Yishen must have handled such situations before. He was quick to find cardboard and even untied his own shoelaces to hand to Ruan Qiu.

Ruan Qiu took the laces and performed the final fixation.

When the ambulance arrived, everyone worked together to get the injured onto the vehicle.

One person accompanied them to the hospital, while the others returned to the battalion to report.

As a battalion commander, Zhou Yishen felt he should express gratitude to the enthusiastic civilians who helped.

He scrutinized the girl in front of him. She was dressed plainly and appeared cold and indifferent, but he had not expected her to be so warm-hearted or for her techniques to be so skillful.

“Comrade, you must be a medical student, right? Your fixation technique just now was very professional.”

“You were not bad yourself. You knew exactly what I needed. It looks like you have dealt with these situations plenty of times,” Ruan Qiu praised him without hesitation.

Sister Lian finally found a chance to speak.

“Xiao Qiu, are you not Zhou Yishen’s partner? Why are you two acting so like strangers!”

Ruan Qiu looked up and examined the man before her. It was Zhou Yishen, but his professionalism and serious attitude while saving the child were different from the “scumbag” in the book who only cared about climbing the social ladder and securing his position.

Furthermore, he did not seem to recognize her. In the book, Zhou Yishen and the original owner had met before their marriage. From this, it seemed he was not the same Zhou Yishen from the novel.

If that was the case, she would be more than willing to proceed with this marriage cancellation.

Zhou Yishen was also a bit puzzled. He had received a letter from his hometown saying they had arranged a blind date, but he had not expected her to find him so quickly.

“Xiao Qiu, now that Xiao Zhou is back, let him accompany you to sign up. Sister-in-law has things to do, so I will head off first.”

After Sister Lian mentioned what they were supposed to be doing, she walked away quickly.

Suddenly having a “wife” appear, Zhou Yishen felt a bit at a loss. He could not go sign up for anything rashly; he had to go back and clear things up first.

Before he was married, Zhou Yishen lived in the military dorms. Now that the Political Commissar had kindly approved housing, he naturally had to move in.

It was just that this “wife” had arrived quite suddenly.

Ruan Qiu noticed Zhou Yishen’s hesitation. Once they entered the house, she got straight to the point: “Zhou Yishen, our marriage was arranged by our elders. If you feel it is not appropriate, I am willing to call off the engagement.”