6. Abandoned Military Wife (6)

He Xuezhu had just set the food. With a lift of her eyes, she saw her husband standing in the yard, he had a slight smile on his face. Somehow, they clearly have been married for three years, but her heart was still as jittery as it was when she first got married.

While she was thinking, Lin s.h.i.+heng smiled at her: “Xuezhu, what are the dishes today?”

His voice was gentle and slightly magnetic. The chopsticks in He Xuezhu hands trembled, and her face is red with heat. She lowered her head and whispered, “There is old hen stew, stir-fried cuc.u.mber, Chinese cabbage …”[we do not translate 4 other websites besides translateindo]

For the Lins, this was already a very rich dish. Lin s.h.i.+heng sat on the stool with a smile and looked at the stewed chicken soup on the table. His voice was a little surprised: “Did Mom guess I was coming back today? This chicken soup needs a lot of time to cook.”

Speaking of this, He Xuezhu’s head dropped even lower. Remembering her husband’s strange look at her and asked her if she had taken good care of her mother every time he came back. She had a little timidity in her voice “This chicken soup … mother cooked it for me.”

As she said that, her face tenses. She was afraid that her husband thought he had not been filial to her mother-in-law. But she didn’t know how to explain it. She just stood stiffly as if waiting for a trial.

Lin s.h.i.+heng looked at He Xuezhu. He was clearly facing the person who shared a pillow with him, but her posture was stiff and her hands were twisted. It was a state of fear and self-reproach after making mistakes.

He can easily guess why she is such a reason. It’s because she has been belittled since childhood. He Xuezhu has an inferiority complex. As long as someone blames her for a mistake, she will fall into doubt, guilt, and self-blame. No matter whether the mistake is caused by her or not.

He Xuezhu is really feeling guilty and remorseful. As a daughter-in-law, she actually asked her mother-in-law to cook chicken soup for her?! Moreover, she drank chicken soup for several days. Although Li Chunhua also drank it, the nature of the ‘chicken soup specially cooked by mother-in-law’ is quite different.[please read at translateind0]

Will s.h.i.+heng misunderstand?  Will he think she bullied mom?

She wanted to explain that she had refused, but she was told by her mother to have a good drink and get well so that she could wait until s.h.i.+heng came back to prepare for pregnancy. How could she say that?!

He Xuezhu’s face flushed bright red, fingers twisted to the point of white, full of panic. Lin s.h.i.+heng suddenly reached out a hand suddenly took her hands.[if your NOT reading at Translateindo, this chapter has been copied without permission]

“Xuezhu, it seems that you are really good to mom. Otherwise, according to mom’s temperament, she wouldn’t cook stew for you to drink. Thank you for helping me take care of my mom at home for so long. Is it very hard?”

He Xuezhu listened to his gentle voice and raised her head unbelievingly. She looked at Lin s.h.i.+heng in dismay. She did not expect that s.h.i.+heng would say such a thing to her.

It took her quite a few seconds before she remembered and answered, “No, it’s not hard. I didn’t do anything …”

The handsome man in front of her looked at her with gentle eyes. He slightly lowered his head and looked at her hands, gently rubbing her calluses.[please read at translateind0]

He Xuezhu had some inferiority complex, so she shrank and retract her hands. “Don’t look, ugly …”

“Where is it ugly? In my opinion, this is proof of labor. Xuezhu, if Mom would cook chicken soup for you, you must have been very good. You don’t have to do this.”

“Come, sit down and drink some soup.”

He Xuezhu was pulled to sit down and watched Lin s.h.i.+heng serving soup for her with a smile. The joy and happiness in her heart just now turned into bitterness.

It turns out that he was kind to her because of her mother-in-law?

s.h.i.+heng has always been very filial to his mother, and she has always known that.

He is good to her now, just because he thinks her mother-in-law likes her, but actually, He Xuezhu knows perfectly well whether Li Chunhua likes her or not.[ not reading this at Translateindo? it’s been stolen]

Clearly, she should tell him. But looking at her husband so gentle and considerate; personally giving her soup, and that look in his eyes with that warm smile. How could He Xuezhu open her mouth?

Under Lin s.h.i.+heng’s coaxing, she picked up the bowl and took a sip of chicken soup. Her heart was sour and felt constricted. Obviously, she was not feeling well. She tried hard to squeeze out a smile and looked at her gentle husband in front of her as if in a dream: “It’s delicious.”

“Drink more if it tastes good. Next time we will stew chicken soup.”

Lin s.h.i.+heng said, looking up, “Why hasn’t Mom come out yet?  Didn’t she say she just forgot something?”

He Xuezhu hurriedly put down her bowl and stood up: “I’ll call Mom …”

“No, no. I’m coming.”[translateindo.C0m does not post chapters anywhere else]

Li Chunhua lifted the curtain as she said this sentence. She hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes and walked down the steps.

As soon as she got down, she saw her son looking at her with a nervous expression. Even his voice trembled: “Mom, why are your eyes red?”

He wanted to hide it, but it became even more obvious. He stood up again and asked, “Did you go to my room?”

“No, no, no!”[translateindo.C0m does not post chapters anywhere else]

Seeing her son walking towards the house as soon as she spoke nervously, Li Chunhua waved her hand and stuttered to find an excuse: “There… there was just some dust that got in my eye. I rubbed my eyes when I felt uncomfortable, and they turned red.”

Lin s.h.i.+heng obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression was relaxed and a bit distressed. “Is it still uncomfortable now? Shall I blow it for you?”

Obviously, it can be solved without any discomfort. However, fearing that her son would not believe it, nodded quickly and said, “It’s still uncomfortable. Please help me blow it. Right eye.”

Li Chunhua stood with one eye widened and could hardly see Lin s.h.i.+heng in front of her with the other.

He is handsome and tall, just by standing there a military temperament could be seen. At the moment he had a serious expression, blowing his mother’s eye.[we do not translate 4 other websites besides translateindo]

Li Chunhua’s eyes have been br.i.m.m.i.n.g with tears.

Her son was filial and good-looking, and he didn’t let her worry much since he was a child. He rose to the top of the ranks soon after joining the army. He is now a commander.

Such a good child, how can you … have no children!

The Lin patriarch family would never give up their scheme. She didn’t care, but when she thought about her good son becoming old and ill, he wouldn’t have a younger generation to take care of him. When he dies and get buried in a grave; while families burn money for relatives in their home on the Qingming festival; her son wouldn’t even have a visitor. When she thought of this, Li Chunhua felt miserable.

(Qingming festival / Tomb Sweeping Day/ Ancestors’ Day= Chinese families would visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites, pray to their ancestors, and make ritual offerings.)

As she was suffering, she heard her son’s worried question: “Mom, why are you crying?”[please read at translateind0]

“You haven’t blown the sand out yet. Blow it out quickly.”

After Li Chunhua choked up her voice and answered, she saw that her son really began to look for the nonexistent sand and tried to swallow the remaining tears.

She can’t cry, can’t let s.h.i.+heng know she knows!

s.h.i.+heng puts importance on face. Not to mention such a thing, any man wouldn’t want to let others know he couldn’t have children. Seeing him hiding it and not let her see, he must have been afraid of making his mother sad. She can’t ruin her son’s filial piety.[ not reading this at Translateindo? it’s been stolen]

Isn’t it just a problem of conceiving?

It’s no big deal to bring a child back and raise him from an early age without telling him that he’s not his own.

Thinking until here, Li Chunhua’s nose felt sour again. Her poor s.h.i.+heng, how could he not have a child of his own flesh and blood?

“Mom, how are you now?”

“Ah, much better. All right, I will wash my face first. You should go sit and eat first.”

Li Chunhua went to the kitchen to wash her face, took a deep breath and told herself not to show it in front of her son, then opened the curtain and went out.

Just now, when Li Chunhua sat down, she found a bowl of chicken soup in front of He Xuezhu; her daughter-in-law.

Her son hasn’t even drunk some yet!

Li Chunhua looked cold and was about to get angry when a bowl of hot chicken soup was placed in front of her. She looked up and Lin s.h.i.+heng was smiling at her.

“Mom, you’re working hard. Please, have some soup.”

Uh …[if your NOT reading at Translateindo, this chapter has been copied without permission]

Her poor son, Mom doesn’t have it hard, you do.

Li Chunhua was about to drink it when suddenly her thoughts turned and she looked at the bowl of soup in front of He Xuezhu: “You also served a bowl to Xuezhu?”

“Yes, Xuezhu also worked hard. I couldn’t be at home. She takes care of you for me.”

Speaking of this, Lin s.h.i.+heng face showed some gloom.

When Li Chunhua saw her son’s affliction, she was also distressed. She was saddened. s.h.i.+heng was certainly sadder than she was. All of them were sad like this. He also personally gave Xuezhu soup because Xuezhu took care of his mother. How could this child be so filial?

Her heart felt sad, Li Chunhua also didn’t have the strength to pick on the girl. She lowers her head to drink the soup. The warmth of the soup went into her stomach, melting into tears.

My son …[translateindo.C0m does not post chapters anywhere else]

He Xuezhu was tense and was afraid of being scolded by her mother-in-law, which would let s.h.i.+heng see that her mother-in-law didn’t like her. As a result, she didn’t expect to be able to get through it. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her head to drink a mouthful of soup.

The soup barely hit her stomach, and she suddenly felt nauseated. She had no time to think. She quickly turned the other way and dry heaves.

When she finally recovered, she turned around and saw her husband and mother-in-law looking at her. Thinking she actually retched when they were eating, He Xuezhu’s pale face became even more white.

“I didn’t mean to. I have been feeling a little sick in my stomach recently. I always feel like vomiting.”

When it’s over, her mother-in-law will definitely scold her …

He Xuezhu’s heart can’t be said to be panicked at the moment, she is not afraid of a scolding. Anyway, she has been scolded from childhood to adulthood and has experience. She had just felt a little tenderness from her husband. If he found out that her mother-in-law hated her; because s.h.i.+heng is so filial, he will certainly feel the same.

Fearing and regretting, she was about to stand up and apologize. Suddenly, Li Chunhua grabbed her hand violently.

He Xuezhu almost thought she was going to hit her. Although Li Chunhua had never touched her, she was beaten when she was at her mother’s home. Her body immediately reacted and instantly tightened. She bowed her head skillfully and did not dare to look at her mother-in-law.

Li Chunhua was so excited that she didn’t notice the expression on He Xuezhu at all. Her eyes were s.h.i.+ning and her face was full of ecstasy.

Nausea and vomiting is this not pregnancy?!![we do not translate 4 other websites besides translateindo]

She calculates the date again, s.h.i.+heng came back home once three months ago!

Right!! That’s right!!