Married to the army by mistake, abstinent boss becomes addicted to pampering his wife

Chapter 375 Extra Chapter 36: The Object
After a good ice skating session and sharing her feelings, Lu Tingting felt much better.

After leaving the ice rink, she treated Zhou Nian as a friend: "I live in the military compound. You can come to me if you need anything in the future."

Zhou Nian smiled and nodded, "I live in the Public Security Compound, Room 301, Building 1."

Lu Tingting looked him up and down, incredulous: "You're not a police officer, are you?"

"No, it's my dad. He's a retired police officer. As for my workplace, I'll tell you next time we meet."

Lu Tingting scoffed, "Tell me if you want, I'm not that interested in knowing anyway."

Zhou smiled but remained silent.

Across the street, Fan Wenfang, who was out running errands, was reminded by a colleague: "Wenfang, isn't that your Tingting? The guy with her looks pretty good. Could he be Tingting's boyfriend?"

Watching her daughter chatting and laughing on their anniversary, Fann Wong felt uncertain, but quickly denied it aloud:

"No, that's not true. We're just ordinary friends."

She had just taken her daughter on a blind date that morning. If word got out that her daughter already had a boyfriend, the matchmaker and the man's family would probably think highly of them.

After the anniversary celebration had gone some distance, Fann Wong quickly stepped forward and stopped Lu Tingting.

Who was that young man just now?

"You don't know me even if you tell me."

Lu Tingting was still resistant to Fan Wenfang's suggestion to go on a blind date, and her tone was not very good.

Fann Wong didn't care about her attitude at the moment, "Have you been secretly dating someone behind my back?"

"Who's dating? Does that mean you can't be friends with someone of the opposite sex if you're dating them?"

Realizing she wasn't lying, Fann Wong breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she was concerned about her daughter's marriage, she didn't want her daughter to just find someone of unknown origin.

While asking about the anniversary, he asked, "How old is he?"

"do not know."

"Is he in school or working?"

"do not know."

"Where does he live? What do his parents do?"

"do not know!"

Lu Tingting knew nothing when asked, and Fan Wenfang's anger, which had just subsided, flared up again.

"Are you stupid? You don't even know what kind of friends you have, or their backgrounds. You'll get sold out one day and then help the seller count the money!"

"Didn't you give birth to this idiot? I also want to know, why didn't you give me a smart brain when you gave birth to me?"

Fann Wong: "..."

Her quick wit and sharp tongue are making her look more and more like her third brother's wife.

……

The next morning, Fan Wenfang ran into her direct supervisor, Sun Lan, who was also on her way to work, at the entrance of her workplace.

The other person struck up a conversation with her enthusiastically: "Wenfang, you've done a great job keeping this a secret."

"Sister Sun, what's wrong?"

Sun Lan, with a meaningful look that seemed to say, "You still want to hide it from me?", lowered her voice and asked, "Is your eldest son dating Secretary Zhou's grandson?"

Fann Wong was completely confused: "Secretary Zhou? Which Secretary Zhou?"

“Zhou Jingde, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.”

Fann Wong quickly said, "No, Sister Sun, you must be mistaken."

Sun Lan gave a forced smile: "Yesterday afternoon, someone saw your eldest son playing at the ice rink with Secretary Zhou's grandson. They were holding hands and looking very close."

Fann Wong immediately thought of the anniversary.

But she wasn't sure if Sun Lan was referring to this young man.

Her daughter wouldn't tell her anything; she didn't even know the young man's last name.

……

Jiang Moli mentioned wanting to eat peaches, so Lu Dezhao specially went to Longquan Mountain to pick two large baskets of juicy peaches.

It's hot, and the peaches won't keep well.

An Hui left half a basket for Jiang Moli to eat, and called her grandchildren to come and take the rest home.

Lu Tingting was the first to arrive.

Both baskets of peaches were carefully selected; each one was round and plump, pinkish-red, and exuded an enticing sweet peach aroma.

Lu Tingting picked a soft, ripe one, tore off the skin, and took a bite.

"Pah, there's a bug!" Compared to Lu Tingting's pale face, An Hui handed over a fruit knife as if it were nothing out of the ordinary. "Just dig out the part with the bug."

Lu Tingting threw the peach on the coffee table in disgust. "It's disgusting, I'm not eating it!"

Jiang Moli pointed to the worm wriggling inside the peach flesh, "It was born to only eat fruit, and its stomach is cleaner than yours."

"Then why aren't you eating?"

"Just pretend I didn't say that."

Lu Tingting rolled her eyes. "Tch, all you do is brag."

“If you won’t eat them, I will. Peaches with worms are the sweetest. Worms and birds won’t eat peaches that aren’t sweet.”

Ma Hongmei took the peaches that the two had rejected, cut off the worm-infested parts, and ate them with a smile.

Lu Tingting picked out a large peach and was about to eat it when Fan Wenfang entered the room, covered in sweat.

She went home first, and only came back after learning that Lu Tingting was here.

"Why are you in such a hurry to eat peaches? You're even skipping work?" An Hui teased.

Ignoring An Hui's question, Fan Wenfang went straight to the point and asked Lu Tingting about the anniversary, "Was that young man yesterday surnamed Zhou? How did you meet him? What is your relationship?"

She came back on leave.

She couldn't concentrate on her work until she found out the details of the anniversary.

Lu Tingting couldn't comprehend the turmoil in Fan Wenfang's heart; she only felt a deep impatience at being controlled.

"I've already said we're just ordinary friends, can you please leave my business alone? Aren't you annoying?"

"If I don't care about you, who will? You're young now, so if you don't hurry up and find a good partner, you'll regret it when you're an old maid and have no one to choose from!"

"If I really become an old maid, I'll just find someone to marry and won't stay at home and get in your way."

Jiang Moli chimed in, "Ha, you're dreaming. You think someone will just marry you so easily?"

Lu Tingting was almost furious.

Seeing her daughter completely under Jiang Moli's thumb, Fann Wong felt much better.

“I’ve asked around, and this young man seems pretty good. If you’re going to date him, treat him well and don’t throw tantrums and argue with him all the time.”

"I already said no..."

Just as Lu Tingting was about to deny it, Jiang Moli shut her up with a piece of peach.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'll try to persuade her."

With that, Jiang Moli pulled Lu Tingting into her room.

Seeing that Jiang Moli was willing to persuade her daughter on her behalf, Fan Wenfang felt quite relieved.

Although Jiang Moli is unreliable, she is still reliable when it comes to getting things done.

Inside the room, Lu Tingting snapped at Jiang Moli, "Are you crazy? Zhou Nian and I have nothing going on. Now that you've messed things up, I'll never be able to explain myself!"

Jiang Moli, munching on a peach, said calmly, "What's the rush? I didn't ask you to actually date him. With him as a shield, your mom won't be setting you up on blind dates for at least three to five months."

Lu Tingting thought about it and it seemed to make sense.

"What happens next?"

"We'll talk about the future later. Maybe you two will actually start talking about it then."

"impossible!"

Seeing her resolute expression, Jiang Moli couldn't help but ask curiously, "How does she look this year?"

"It's alright, it looks pretty good."

"What about height?"

"1.8 meters? A little shorter than Uncle San."

"What's your personality like?"

"He's quite good; he's steady and talkative."

How is your family?

"His father is a police officer, and he himself graduated from the Capital University."

Jiang Moli was not surprised; anyone who could gain Fan Wenfang's approval must have excellent qualities in all aspects.

She tapped Lu Tingting's forehead: "A handsome, kind, well-connected, and highly educated man is right in front of you, and you don't even want to date him? What are you thinking?"

Lu Tingting dodged away irritably: "I like Shen Yanzhi, but if I turn around and date other men, wouldn't I become a fickle and heartless woman?"

Jiang Moli swallowed the peach and said earnestly, "You should think of it this way: you just have the world in your heart and want to give every boy a home. What's wrong with that?"

Lu Tingting: “…”