Divorcing Right After Enlisting? The Army Commander Hugs Her Waist and Coaxes His Little One - Chapter 4

Tian Ruanruan actually felt that what Zhou Yinian said made a lot of sense.

“Looking at Big Brother, he seems to trust his sister-in-law quite a bit.”

“You have no idea how good Ruan Qiu is at acting. My brother is too soft-hearted. Ruanruan, we cannot be soft-hearted, right? That is an extreme lack of respect for people’s lives.” Zhou Yinian said this very generously.

Tian Ruanruan was touched for a moment.

Yinian was just too kind, always considering others, and had such a strong sense of right and wrong. He was not one to abuse his power for personal gain.

“Then I will go look for my aunt.”

Tian Ruanruan realized that her aunt was the person in charge of this training class. If she asked her to find some excuse to make Ruan Qiu fail, would that not solve the problem?

In this way, it could be considered helping Big Brother, Zhou Yishen, and preventing his reputation from being damaged.

Zhou Yinian held Tian Ruanruan’s hand, his expression tender. “Ruanruan, you are truly the best, the very best girl in the world!”

As long as she got rid of Ruan Qiu’s spot, there was no way that woman would ever step up in the world.

Ruan Qiu did not know that Zhou Yinian was sabotaging her and happily submitted her name.

The hospital was very efficient. All applicants passed the initial screening. The training would begin the next day, and whether one could be selected to stay would depend on the results after the training.

Ruan Qiu heard others discussing that there were only twenty slots for advancement, but thirty or forty people had signed up. More than half would be eliminated.

When Ruan Qiu returned, she wanted to buy something to thank Sister Lian, but discovered she had no money.

Sigh, a hero can be defeated by a single cent.

In her past life, she was not wealthy, but at least her salary was sufficient.

After coming here, she was truly so poor she could barely survive.

It looked like she would have to borrow some money from Zhou Yishen tonight.

When Ruan Qiu returned to the family quarters and reached her door, she was pulled into Sister Lian’s home. After hearing that Ruan Qiu’s registration went smoothly, Sister Lian was very happy and insisted that Ruan Qiu stay for dinner.

“I made chive-filled dumplings. Come and eat with us.”

In an era when life was not affluent, anyone who invited you to eat at their home was definitely a good person, especially when it was dumplings, a food that usually only hit the table during holidays and festivals.

Ruan Qiu was indeed hungry, and it had been a long time since she had eaten homemade dumplings.

Having eaten too much frozen food, she was craving fresh ones.

“Then I will not be polite.”

“Why be polite?”

Sister Lian brought Ruan Qiu a large plate of dumplings, enough to be a full meal for an adult man.

“If you cannot finish it, take the rest back for Xiao Zhou.”

“Ah?”

Ruan Qiu smiled. “Perhaps we should find a bowl and split them.”

“Split what? A married couple should not worry about such things. My Old Lu likes eating from the same plate as me. It tastes better.”

Ruan Qiu gave a dry smile.

Was Sister Lian teaching her the ways of a harmonious marriage?

She and Zhou Yishen were not yet on good enough terms to eat from the same plate.

“Sister-in-law, you are truly good to Zhou Yishen!”

“Hey, don’t say that. We are all military families, and helping each other is only right. That child Yishen is pitiful; his mother passed away early, and he grew up in the countryside.”

“Is he an adopted son of the Zhou family?”

“He is more like the Zhou family’s drudge. You do not know this, but when Old Lu found him, he was wearing rags and working in the fields. The Zhou family are a group of ungrateful wretches. Zhou Yishen’s father almost lost his life because of them. Look at me, I am rambling again. Xiao Qiu, how is it that I have discovered you do not know anything about Zhou Yishen?” Sister Lian looked at Ruan Qiu suspiciously.

Ruan Qiu hurriedly said, “In our rural area, girls are not allowed to ask about their future husband’s family matters.”

Sister Lian understood. In some old-fashioned rural areas, girls were not allowed to see their fiancés after getting engaged, so it was normal not to know about the husband’s family.

Ruan Qiu was full, and Sister Lian even stuffed a box of tea into her hands to take back for Zhou Yishen.

Ruan Qiu did not decline and also brought back the plate of leftover dumplings.

Feeling bored, Ruan Qiu looked for some newspapers in Zhou Yishen’s room to pass the time.

Just as she was drifting off to sleep, the door opened.

Ruan Qiu opened her eyes and saw a man with an upright posture, wearing an olive-green military uniform. He was dignified, majestic, and strikingly handsome.

“You are back?”

“Yes.”

Zhou Yishen took off his hat, hung it up, and walked to the table. He sat down and saw the plate covered by a mesh dome on the table. He lifted it.

“Dumplings?”

“Sister Lian made them and asked me to bring them to you.”

Zhou Yishen nodded. He stood up, went to the kitchen to get chopsticks, came back, sat down, picked up the plate, and began to eat in large bites.

Ruan Qiu watched the man wolf down his food and suddenly felt that although this man shared the surname Zhou, he was not very annoying.

“The marriage registration has already been submitted.”

After Zhou Yishen finished eating, he placed the plate on the table, not daring to look at Ruan Qiu.

Submitting the marriage registration meant that they had become a family, a married couple.

“Yes.”

Ruan Qiu turned to look at Zhou Yishen. Under the dim, yellowish light, his ears were turning red.

This was the first time she had seen such an innocent man.

“You are going for training tomorrow?”

“Yes, training starts tomorrow.”

Zhou Yishen still could not help but ask the question on his mind. “Are you truly trained in medicine?”

Ruan Qiu contemplated and said, “I will be honest with you. I have treated sick pigs in the countryside. Does that count?”

She was referring to Tian Ruanruan’s track record.

The book mentioned that to get closer to rural life and become a good youth of the new era, Tian Ruanruan had volunteered to go to the countryside to treat the farmers’ livestock.

“Logically speaking, it counts.”

Zhou Yishen was not rigid; he believed the structure of a human body and an animal body should be similar in terms of treatment.

Moreover, this training was only for the nursing profession; as long as one was willing to put in the effort, one could be competent.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ruan Qiu handed the tea Sister Lian had given her to Zhou Yishen.

“Sister Lian asked me to give this to you.”

After saying that, she stood up, then stopped and turned around, holding out her hand. “Zhou Yishen, lend me some money.”

Zhou Yishen put down the tea box and handed the few remaining yuan and some grain coupons from his pocket to Ruan Qiu.

“This is all that is left.”

Part of his allowance was sent back to his adoptive parents, and part was used to buy study materials; there was not much left.

Ruan Qiu counted it; it was about eight yuan and five catties of grain coupons.

“Consider it a loan, I will pay you back later.”

“No need to pay it back; we are a family from now on,” Zhou Yishen said in a low voice.

“What did you say?”

Zhou Yishen awkwardly waved his hands. “I said this sofa is a bit hard.”

Ruan Qiu looked at the sofa, which was a little over a meter long. If Zhou Yishen slept on it, he could not even stretch his legs.

It was indeed immoral to make him sleep on the sofa every day.

Without thinking, Ruan Qiu said, “If you feel sleeping on the sofa is uncomfortable, then go sleep in the bedroom.”

Zhou Yishen was inexplicably nervous. That did not seem to be what he meant.

But the marriage registration had been submitted; it would be strange not to sleep together, right?

Besides, sleeping in the same room was not the same as sleeping together.

Zhou Yishen stood up, squeezed his hands, and let out a deep breath.

Zhou Yishen, you have seen big scenes; do not be nervous. Thinking this, he strode into the bedroom.