A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Although Ren Zhen was often exasperated by her son, she still didn't want to listen to her husband badmouthing their son like that. She wanted to say a few words in his defense, but she just couldn't find the words.

Finally, he managed to say, "Just tell him to get married soon."

"Heh...what? Does getting him a wife make him smarter?" Shang Jianjun scoffed.

"How can you say that..." Ren Zhen said angrily. "He can only truly settle down after he marries a wife. Look at Cong Yue. He used to never go on blind dates, never look for a partner, and never get married. Now he has such a wonderful wife. I think he has become much more mature."

Shang Jianjun frowned: "Cong Yue's wife..."

Thinking about what that woman had done today, he sighed again: "She's a good wife, I suppose."

"It's more than just good, it's brilliant!" Ren Zhen sighed. "Look at what she said today, it was all spot on! I originally thought my son was stupid, but my daughter is clever and quick-witted, and it turns out she's stupid too. She didn't say anything about such a big thing, letting that guy surnamed Ge ruin her reputation outside..."

Ren Zhen grew angrier the more she thought about it, and felt even more grateful to Zhuang Qingxiang.

The two were still talking about this when they came out of their son's room. Ren Zhen wondered if she and Shang Jianjun had gone astray in teaching their child.

Shang Jianjun told her not to overthink it. They could put their daughter's matter aside for now and give Peng Wanzhou a chance, but their son's matter couldn't wait any longer. They needed to get him married and have children as soon as possible.

That's right, Shang Jianjun has already placed his hopes on his grandchildren.

Meanwhile, Shang Hua escorted Peng Wanzhou all the way to his dormitory.

"We've arrived," Peng Wanzhou reminded her, noticing her preoccupied expression.

Shang Hua then came to his senses and coughed lightly: "Um... Xiao Peng."

The tone of an elder speaking to a younger person made Peng Wanzhou laugh.

"Comrade Shanghua, you can call me Peng Wanzhou, or Comrade Peng Wanzhou, just call me Xiao Peng."

Shang Hua shouted that on purpose, but the other party protested, so she had no choice but to pretend it never happened.

"Alright, Comrade Peng Wanzhou, thank you for coming home with me for dinner tonight. I'm also very grateful for your help tonight." Shang Hua thanked him earnestly, the words swirling in his mind.

Wouldn't a direct refusal be too embarrassing for the other person?

She recalled how, when she heard Lu Congyue's rejection, she felt far more embarrassed than sad.

Putting herself in his shoes, she felt embarrassed to hurt Peng Wanzhou like that.

"You're welcome." Peng Wanzhou easily interrupted the awkward entanglement between the two. "I'm honored to be able to help! Besides... if it weren't for tonight, I wouldn't have known that Commander Ge was that kind of person."

He paused, then lowered his voice: "Comrade Shanghua, you're very good. All the problems are caused by Commander Ge. He even said outside that you look down on his family. You should have spoken out earlier so that everyone would know your difficulties, and then you wouldn't be..."

"Alright," Shang Hua interrupted him.

She didn't want to be pitied by the young man in front of her who was five years younger than her.

"It's all in the past, and I don't want to bring it up again. Comrade Peng Wanzhou, what I want to say is that I feel this blind date arranged by my father and mother is inappropriate. First, I am older than you. Second, you and Ge Jiangtao are in the same unit, which would be awkward. Third, I don't have any specific ideas about marriage and the future right now, so I won't take up any more of your time."

After Shang Hua finished speaking, he felt much more relaxed. He smiled at Peng Wanzhou and waved, saying, "It's getting late, so I'll be going now. Goodbye, Comrade Peng Wanzhou!"

She turned and left without any hesitation or lingering.

He hadn't walked far when he suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned around and saw Peng Wanzhou following behind him.

"you……"

"Let me see you home!" Peng Wanzhou quickly said. "It's so late, I'm worried about you, a woman, going home alone. I should at least take you home first."

"No need, it's just in the compound, there's no danger," Shang Hua politely declined.

Peng Wanzhou insisted that he must get her home safely, as it was his responsibility as a man and a soldier.

Helpless, Shang Hua could only let him walk behind her. When they were almost home, she stopped, turned around, and said, "Alright, my house is just ahead. You should go home now."

Peng Wanzhou's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something but then swallowed it back, nodding: "Alright, then I'll go back first. I... I want to..."

The rest of his words were automatically muted because Shang Hua had no patience to listen to him finish. He only heard that he was going back before turning around and leaving.

Peng Wanzhou scratched his head and had no choice but to turn back.

But he hadn't gone far when he heard a short, low shout. If he hadn't had good hearing, he probably would have thought he had misheard.

He immediately took off running towards the Shang family's house.

At this moment, Shang Hua was covered in the mouth and dragged into a dark corner.

Shang Hua was initially panicked, but calmed down after smelling the familiar scent. He let the man lead him into the shadows, then patted his hand covering his mouth, signaling that it was time to let go.

The other person clearly understood her meaning and released her grip.

"Ahua, don't shout. I just want to talk to you alone," Ge Jiangtao pleaded in a low voice.

Shang Hua's voice was icy: "There's nothing more to say between us, Ge Jiangtao. Don't come looking for me again!"

She was about to leave after she finished speaking, but Ge Jiangtao grabbed her tightly.

"Ahua, do you really believe what that woman surnamed Zhuang said? Everything she said is nonsense. We were married, we had sweet times, and I lived under the same roof as my sister-in-law. You know perfectly well that there's nothing between my sister-in-law and me, so how can you let her smear us like this? You didn't even defend me..."

Ge Jiangtao was in immense pain. "How did we get to this point? Ahua, don't you really know I've been waiting for you to turn back?"

"Ge Jiangtao, you're not waiting for me to turn back, you're waiting for me to give in."

Shang Hua exposed his lie, "You just don't believe I would really leave you!"

"How can you expect me to believe you? Haven't you always loved me? Why can't you just humble yourself for me even once?"

Shang Hua took a deep breath and suddenly felt that saying anything more to him would be a waste of breath.

She bowed her head to him, many times.

But he wanted more and more, and in the end he didn't want her to bow her head and bend her back, he wanted her to be buried in the mud.

"Forget it, there's nothing more to say. Ge Jiangtao, we're finished a long time ago!"

After Shang Hua finished speaking, she turned to leave, but Ge Jiangtao suddenly grabbed her as she turned around, then kissed her haphazardly, his hands also tearing at her clothes and pressing her against the wall.

Enraged, Shang Hua was about to retaliate when a dark figure rushed over and punched Ge Jiangtao, sending him sprawling to the side.

"Shanghua, are you alright?" Peng Wanzhou asked anxiously.

Shang Hua swallowed hard, about to say that everything was fine, when Ge Jiangtao reacted and rushed towards Peng Wanzhou.

The two tall men started fighting, each move ruthless, fueled by a hatred known only to the two of them.