After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 208, Episode 0216: What was his first reaction?

On the table was a bowl of mushroom and egg drop soup, a plate of minced meat and cabbage, and a bowl of hand-pulled noodles with soybean paste for each person.

What should have been a sumptuous dinner turned into a nightmare because of someone's vicious eating habits, causing everyone else to overlook the delicious food and feel like they were being tortured.

Even Liu Huai, who is usually carefree, found it hard to eat and eventually had no choice but to take his bowl and run to the yard to eat.

When Leng Xingran returned, this was the scene she saw.

However, he didn't notice anything amiss at first. Seeing Liu Huai sitting on the recliner in the corridor, where Lin Yuexi used to like to sit, eating, he looked at the sky curiously and asked, "Uncle Liu, why are you eating outside? It's not hot today."

Liu Huai glanced at him indifferently, ignoring his question, "You're back. Didn't cause any trouble, did you?"

Leng Xingran: "...Why would you think that?"

Liu Huai paused for a moment, then thought, "Wow, why is his first reaction that he'll cause trouble?"

But it's hard not to think that way, isn't it?

Since he came to this village, a total of four people have gotten married. Apart from the two who were taken away by an oxcart with almost no fanfare, the other two who held wedding banquets always caused some trouble.

Leng Xingran had only asked casually and didn't pay any attention to the question. She strolled over and squatted down next to him, replying, "There was no commotion. On the contrary, today went very smoothly. Li Yuanxiang is a soldier, and soldiers here are respected and cared for. Even the clueless old lady Hua behaved herself today."

This is a characteristic of the Red Star Brigade: anyone with a soldier in their family will receive respect and care. This is something ingrained in them. No matter how unruly they are normally, they will put away their unruly nature when facing soldiers or their families.

Besides, Li Yuanxiang married the village secretary's daughter. Although Chen Yuanyu had a bad reputation for a while, it has been cleared up. After all, she was someone the villagers had watched grow up since she was a child, and the majority of them still had a good impression of her and hoped that she would live a good life.

Suddenly, Zhang Ze's voice rang out beside them: "I heard that Li Yuanxiang rushed back to get married after hearing the news, right?"

The two looked to the side and saw that, at some point, the three people in the main room were also squatting at the door with bowls in their hands, their three pairs of eyes staring at them expectantly.

Especially Ren Yan, who showed no signs of anger and whose eyes were now only sparkling with a desire to gossip.

Liu Huai: "..."

Leng Xingran, unaware of what had happened before, replied without much thought, "Someone couldn't stand to see them doing well. They did send an anonymous letter to Li Yuanxiang, making up nonsense about Chen Yuanyu's problematic conduct."

"Li Yuanxiang's return this time is not for him to get married, but because his letter was seen by the higher-ups. The organization wants him to come back to verify the authenticity of the letter's contents. If it is true, he should break off the engagement immediately; if it is false, this matter will be dealt with seriously."

Everyone nodded in agreement; it was understandable.

Li Yuanxiang is serving in the army on a southern island. It's not easy for him to come back. He hasn't been home to visit his family for almost five years, and he can only maintain his relationship with his partner through letters.

It's not easy for soldiers stationed on islands to find wives, and the commanders don't want to add another bachelor to the ranks of the island's bachelors. Moreover, Chen Yuanyu often writes letters and sends things to Li Yuanxiang, and the commanders all see this and feel that Chen Yuanyu is not the kind of person described in that letter.

However, the letter had a very bad influence. All letters entering and leaving the troops had to be inspected, and quite a few people knew the contents of the letter. If it was not investigated and spread, it would not only be detrimental to Li Yuanxiang, but would also greatly damage the image of the entire island troops.

Secretary Chen, being an experienced and shrewd man, had already figured everything out before Li Yuanxiang even returned. So, as soon as Li Yuanxiang came back, Secretary Chen immediately presented him with the evidence and told him about how his mother had driven Chen Yuanyu to the point of hanging herself. "Li Yuanxiang really liked Chen Yuanyu. They were childhood sweethearts. Their families had verbally arranged their marriage when they were very young. Chen Yuanxiang remembered Chen Yuanyu as his future wife from a very young age, and you could say he protected her as she grew up."

The two grew up together since childhood, and there was no unexpected relationship between them, so their bond is naturally strong.

But now he has his beloved on one side and his mother who raised him with great difficulty on the other.

Fortunately, Secretary Chen was only testing Chen Yuanxiang because he was uneasy about Chen Yuanyu's near-death experience. After Chen Yuanxiang promised that he would take Chen Yuanyu to join the army after the marriage and that he would not blindly side with his mother when there were disagreements between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, he stopped making things difficult for him.

It wasn't because Secretary Chen was easily fooled and won over by a few promises. Although a soldier's promises are generally considered credible, the main reason Secretary Chen backed down was because Yang Chunhua had already gone to the Chen family to apologize.

Neither family is the type to hold a grudge, the two children have a good relationship, and neither set of parents wants to be the one to break them up and cause their children pain.

Both sides have their own needs: one side's child lives far away on the island for many years, and they feel more at ease having someone to take care of them; the other side's child has gone through those things before, and it's not good for them to stay at home. It's better for them to go to the island with the military and leave their hometown first. Over time, people will naturally stop talking about those things.

So they hit it off immediately and decided that they would get married sooner or later.

Yang Chunhua was very grateful to Lin Yuexi, not only because she paved a way out for her youngest son, but also because her words dispelled the fog that had been hanging over her heart for decades.

She didn't know that Lin Yuexi wouldn't be back for a while, and only thought that Lin Yuexi had gone to the city as usual and would be back soon. So she sent an invitation to Leng Xingran, which was also the only invitation she received.

When they held their banquet, everyone came to help and eat as soon as they were invited. There was no need for the usual formalities of sending invitations in the city. Yang Chunhua, out of gratitude, went to great lengths to get an invitation from somewhere.

The young couple were not familiar with the educated youth, so they did not invite any of them to the banquet, including Leng Xingran.

However, because of that respectful invitation, Leng Xingran had no choice but to attend in place of her sister.

He felt a little embarrassed, but it was also quite fun. It's really different when soldiers get married. The lively atmosphere was filled with a sense of righteousness. A group of soldiers were doing push-ups in a row, which made him feel excited.

Ren Yan's eyes lit up when she heard this, but the light quickly faded as she turned and glared at Xu Zhichuan as if she remembered something.

Xu Zhichuan, who was listening with great interest: "..."

She stiffly turned her neck and asked weakly, "What's wrong? Did I roll the dough too hard today?"

Leng Xingran: "???"

Looking at Zhang Ze, who was watching with amusement, with a puzzled expression, she asked: What's going on here?
Zhang Ze received the signal and winked at him: I'll tell you later, watch the show first.

Okay, let's watch the show first.

Leng Xingran tucked her hands into her pockets and even adjusted her posture to find an excellent viewing angle.

"Is this a problem with the noodles? How can you be so naive? I want to tear those guys apart now, but I have no reason to."

Xu Zhichuan immediately understood, shoved the bowl in his hand to Zhang Ze next to him, and held Ren Yan's chubby little hands carefully in his own, "Why do you need to tear this apart? If you have to do this kind of thing, then I'm really a jerk."