The mother of the era is reborn to support her cannon fodder children!

Chapter 288 "The Habit of Spoiling"

After Meng Jiusi came out, Gu Chenghuai went in and sent out a letter and an urgent email.

The correspondent couldn't help but laugh.

Noticing his expression, Gu Chenghuai raised an eyebrow. "Did I make you laugh?"

The young communications officer hurriedly shook his head, "No, no! I just feel..."

He scratched his head, chuckled, and said, "You and Dr. Meng are like family."

Gu Chenghuai, who understood the implication in his words, was speechless.

Leaving the communications room, Gu Chenghuai noticed that his fourth brother-in-law was still there, so the two walked side by side.

"Don't forget to change Zhao Zhao's dressing before she goes to sleep," Meng Jiusi reminded her. "Don't sleep too soundly, be careful not to press on Zhao Zhao's arm."

Under the moonlight, Gu Chenghuai's eyes held a subtle expression. "...I know."

Who do you look down on?
He's not a lustful monster, so why would he disregard this and that?

"Fourth Brother, take your time getting back. Zhao Zhao is waiting for me at home. I'm off now."

Leaving behind a message, Gu Chenghuai jogged away.

*
Lin Zhao was sleeping soundly, perhaps subconsciously knowing that Gu Chenghuai was there, as the sound of the door opening and closing did not wake her.

The bed swayed gently, a cool breeze wafted over, accompanied by a familiar, refreshing scent. The person on the bed unconsciously moved closer, draping their right arm over the bed, and mumbled sleepily, "Gu Chenghuai...?"

He spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice hoarse.

Gu Chenghuai's heart was gripped tightly, collapsing again and again, yet a beautiful flower bloomed in his heart.

A hand with distinct knuckles landed on Lin Zhao's back and patted it rhythmically for a while.

Once she was asleep, he stopped, pulled Lin Zhao's injured arm over, unwrapped the gauze, and changed her dressing.

The wound is healing well, but it's clear that the injury was quite serious.

"...Those who hurt you will pay the price they deserve." Gu Chenghuai's voice was cold.

In her sleep, Lin Zhao felt her arm being wrapped by a vine. She couldn't help but pull back, but the first time she couldn't budge it. She pulled again, but still couldn't budge it. Her patience ran out, and she suddenly opened her eyes.

He met a pair of gentle, tender, dark eyes.

As the saying goes, a beautiful woman looks more beautiful under the lamplight, and the same principle applies to seeing a beautiful woman under the lamplight.

The impatience on Lin Zhao's face vanished instantly.

"Why are you staring at me at night instead of sleeping? If you scare me, you'll get a beating." She pretended to be fierce, making a biting face.

Gu Chenghuai chuckled softly, his chest heaving with tension.

He held Lin Zhao's arm, which had just been bandaged, with one hand, lowered his upper body, pressed against Lin Zhao, buried his head in the crook of her neck, and breathed warm air from his nose.

Lin Zhao moved her good arm up and hugged her man's head, her voice soft and husky, "How long have I been asleep?"

"Less than an hour." Gu Chenghuai's deep voice rang in my ears, making my heart flutter.

"It wasn't long ago." Lin Zhao's fair and soft face gently brushed against his cheek, feeling a prickly sensation, and she complained, "It's a little prickly, did you not shave?"

"I shaved it off." Gu Chenghuai touched his chin. "But it's grown back."

Seeing that Lin Zhao didn't mind, he laughed happily, "I'll shave tomorrow."

"Okay, but you're not allowed to come over and kiss me." Lin Zhao laughed and casually touched his spiky hair.

"I can't not kiss her." Gu Chenghuai lowered his head to kiss his wife's face, his eyes burning with passion. "It's so sweet."

Before the last words had faded, he lay down on his side, gently pulling Lin Zhao into his arms, avoiding her injured arm.

Lin Zhao smiled, pursing her lips.

"...How long do you plan to stay?" Gu Chenghuai hugged his wife, feeling very content. The anxiety he had felt before finally subsided.

Like a weary bird returning to its nest, there is an indescribable sense of comfort and ease.

"More than a month, isn't that long?" Lin Zhao smiled, her eyes crinkling.

“It’s not long.” Gu Chenghuai hugged her tighter. “How could it be enough…”

"Alright, be content. When the conditions are right, I'll bring the children to join the army, and then we can see each other every day," Lin Zhao coaxed the man softly.

Gu Chenghuai perked up, "It's probably difficult to see you every day. Occasionally there will be training missions, and we'll have to go out to do other tasks."

However, by then, he wouldn't be going out on missions as frequently.

“It doesn’t matter. Even if you’re not by my side, I feel at ease here because I know… you’re not far from me.” Lin Zhao was genuinely proud of her husband.

Soldiers these days shed their blood to protect their country; every one of them is a towering hero. She never complained that Gu Chenghuai wasn't by her side; whenever she thought of him, she felt proud.

Gu Chenghuai kissed Lin Zhao's forehead tenderly.

"Are you sleepy?"

"I'm not sleepy." Lin Zhao was quite energetic at the moment. "I want to talk to you for a while."

Gu Chenghuai was taciturn in front of his comrades, answering only when asked a question. However, he was the one who took the initiative in front of Lin Zhao.

I want to ask about everything and care about everything.

"Let's talk for a while longer, then we'll go to sleep later."

The room was lit with a dim, yellowish light that cast a soft, warm glow on people.

The couple spoke in hushed tones, taking turns saying a few words.

Hearing his wife's voice was a little hoarse, Gu Chenghuai asked, "Would you like some water?"

Lin Zhao shook her head. "No."

Drinking too much water at night and having to get up at night is very annoying.

"I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow to buy two mosquito nets. If it gets any hotter, there will be even more mosquitoes, which is really annoying."

Gu Chenghuai naturally had no objections.

"Is it hot here in the summer?" Lin Zhao asked again.

"It's quite hot, but it's much better with a fan at home," Gu Chenghuai said.

"Fan? Where is it? I can't see it."

Gu Chenghuai pointed, "Under the cabinet, it's not too hot now, and those things haven't even been opened since we bought them."

"You didn't borrow money from anyone, did you?" Lin Zhao looked up from his chest. "If you don't have enough money, just tell me, and I'll give it to you."

"That's enough, there's still some left." Gu Chenghuai eats and lives in the army base. Apart from buying things for his wife and children, he doesn't have many other expenses and is not short of money.

"You've added so much stuff to the house, and you still have some left over? You're really good at saving money!" Lin Zhao said admiringly. If it weren't for the lottery system, she wouldn't have been able to save any money.

"It wasn't all my contribution; Fourth Brother also helped!" Gu Chenghuai said frankly, not taking all the credit for himself.

"Fourth Brother? I heard from Jingmo that the hospital is very busy, isn't it?" Lin Zhao asked casually.

"He's quite busy. He has to see patients from time to time, and he also finds time to develop new drugs. He's always so busy that you can hardly see him." Gu Chenghuai thought to himself that his fourth brother-in-law was also a workaholic, and a workaholic with passion and patriotism.

No wonder the military leaders all admired him. Who wouldn't like a doctor who is selfless and wholeheartedly cares about the country and the army?

"So today...?" Lin Zhao hesitated, then stopped herself from speaking.

“Since you’re here, it wouldn’t be right for him, as your older brother, not to show up. He asked for leave in advance.” Gu Chenghuai added, afraid that his wife would overthink it, “Fourth Brother has a lot of leave. You didn’t interfere with his business, so don’t overthink it.”

Lin Zhao didn't think much of it.

She's the kind of person who tries to avoid being lazy whenever possible, but that doesn't stop her from admiring those who work diligently and constantly strive for excellence and new achievements.

"With your enthusiasm for your work, Fourth Brother will surely go far," Gu Chenghuai said confidently. "I will also go far."

"That's for sure, everyone in our family will go further and further away." As the saying goes, if the original is correct, the copy can't be wrong either.

The young couple seemed to have endless things to talk about until the lights were turned off and the room was pitch black.

Lin Zhao strained to open her eyes, but still couldn't make out Gu Chenghuai's face. "So dark."

"Lights out." Gu Chenghuai pulled the thin blanket up for her, his voice gentle and patient. "It's getting late, go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."

Lin Zhao yawned, her eyes welling up with tears, and she found a comfortable position to close them.

Gu Chenghuai was so excited about his wife and children coming last night that he didn't sleep a wink. His nerves were on edge all day, and only now did he finally feel sleepy and close his eyes to fall asleep.

……

Lu family.

Su Yuxian turned over to face Lu Yizhou and suddenly said, "Are you asleep? I can't sleep."

Lu Yizhou was deep in thought when she said that he was so startled that he almost died on the spot.

Frustrated, she turned away and said irritably, "Why are you telling me if you can't sleep? I'll try to comfort you."

What are you thinking?

Su Yuxian glared at him.

She wanted this man to coax her, but would he?
Lu Yizhou didn't treat her like a wife at all. She had to work to pay back the 300 yuan he gave to the Meng family. What a rude man.

Pretending not to notice the sarcasm in the man's words, she said, "Have you heard that Lin Zhao brought her twins with her to join the army?"

"They're here, it's none of our business. Go to sleep." Lu Yizhou said impatiently.

After they got married, Lu Yizhou always treated Su Yuxian this way, and she got used to it and didn't take it to heart at all.

She leaned her body towards Lu Yizhou, gently pressing against his back.

"Let's have a baby..."

Lu Yizhou sat up abruptly, his eyes landing precisely on Su Yuxian's face in the darkness, and he sneered, "Have a child? Is it that I don't want to?"

"I gave you a chance, but you were useless."

So many seeds, not a single one sprouted; all that effort was for nothing.

Su Yuxian's face turned pale and then red, like a palette of colors. She said in a muffled voice, "The last time I went back to the brigade, my mother took me to see a doctor. That person said there was nothing wrong with my body, that I could have children, as many as I wanted."

Lu Yizhou rolled his eyes and raised his voice two decibels, "You can give birth, so why can't I? If I had a problem, where would Baozhen have come from?"

He felt that Su Yuxian was mediocre at housework and had a lot of fuss. Marrying such a wife was truly the worst luck imaginable.

Thinking of his arch-rival's happy family and successful career, he was so jealous his eyes turned red.

It's a pity that Baozhen inexplicably lost her good fortune, otherwise...

Su Yuxian was speechless, so angry she was practically fuming, but she didn't know how to refute him.

He turned away in anger and punched the bed twice.

"Get out if you're not going to sleep," Lu Yizhou snapped at him rudely.

Before Su Yuxian could retort, he added, "If you break the bed, you'll have to earn money to fix it!"

Su Yuxian: “…”

dog man!
How could she have chosen such a stingy jerk?!

Life is not going well at all.

Lin Zhao has come to the military region. Sooner or later, the people in the family compound will find out. They come from the same place, so... it's easy to imagine that when those family members mention her, they will mention Lin Zhao, and when they mention Lin Zhao, they will mention her.

Lin Zhao has given birth to four children for Gu Chenghuai. She has been married into the Lu family for almost two years, but she hasn't been able to produce a single child!

Su Yuxian could imagine what those people would say about her.

The more I thought about it, the less I could sleep. I tossed and turned, but there was no sign of sleepiness in my eyes.

She couldn't help but resent Lin Zhao. What was she doing coming to the military region? She was deliberately making things difficult for her, putting her ahead of everyone else in the Harvest Brigade, and now she wanted to rule the entire military region. How annoying! So annoying!!

It can be said that Su Yuxian fell asleep that night with deep hatred for Lin Zhao. What made her happy was that she was on top of Lin Zhao in her sleep.

……

Sister Xia endured 36 hours of excruciating pain she never wanted to recall, experiencing moments of near-death before finally pulling through.

Less than three days later, the woman who had been pampered by selling her children to become plump and healthy lost three or four pounds.

The cunning and shrewd Sister Xia finally realized that the reason she was suffering so much was because of Lin Zhao.

On the train, she was forced to swallow something.

Since then, this disease has developed that even the hospital's advanced machines cannot detect.

Moreover, she discovered something strange: whenever she started thinking about how to make Lin Zhao suffer and make her life miserable, her body's organs would start to ache.

It hurts, but it's not fatal.

She will suffer a lot, but her health will be fine; in fact, she will be in good health.

Finally, after yet another ordeal, Sister Xia approached a prison guard and negotiated: "I can confess, but I want to see the person who arrested me!"

The correctional officer glanced at her and said, "Wait, I'll report it."

He left with those words, turned and went to his supervisor to report the situation.

After several days of investigation, the police discovered that Sister Xia was a key figure in the criminal organization. She had many subordinates and had handled many children over the years. Getting her to talk was crucial.

They tried coercion and bribery... they used every means they could think of, but this person was stubborn and wouldn't say a word.

Are you finally willing to speak up now?
The head of the People's Protection Group finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Children from poor families are abducted, and even children from high-ranking families are not immune. Upon learning of the arrest of a high-ranking human trafficker, the team leader received several pressuring phone calls, putting him under immense pressure.

If he can't get it done, then he should move to another seat.

"Give her what she wants!" the head of the People's Protection Group said decisively. "Find a way to contact the female comrade on the train."

There was no other way but to desperately try anything, hoping that the heroine could get the prisoner to talk.

"Director, that comrade looks like a military spouse..." the clerk who came to deliver the message reminded him.

"I know, let's contact the person first. We shouldn't give up as long as there's even a sliver of hope," the team leader said in a deep voice.

It's not that I didn't know it was a bit much, but... when I thought about all the children waiting to be rescued, I couldn't care about anything else!

"Yes!"

The clerk sent an urgent telegram in the name of the unit to the military region where the heroine had gone, with earnest words.

The next day.

Gu Chenghuai woke up on time, gently removed Lin Zhao's arm from his waist and abdomen, checked her arm, and seeing no bleeding, his brows relaxed.

He carefully changed his wife's dressing and left the room.

Having completed his training as usual, he was about to go to the Ning family to pick up his son when he learned that he had received a telegram.

He went to the communications room to retrieve a telegram. Just as he was about to leave, he remembered that he hadn't yet told his hometown that Zhaozhao and the two babies had arrived safely. So he turned back and sent a telegram home.

Gu Chenghuai read the telegram on the way, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

...He only opened his mouth after seeing his wife?
With a slight squeeze of his long, strong fingers, he crumpled the telegram into a ball.

The smile in the man's eyes vanished, and his voice turned icy cold. "Spoiling habit."