Dare to shirk responsibility? This adorable little one will tear down your military district!

A thin layer of coal ash covered the stone-paved roads of the county town.

A heavy cotton curtain hung at the entrance of the state-run pharmacy next to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Lin Wanrou was carrying a basket and talking to the old pharmacist behind the counter.

Gu Changfeng went to a meeting at the county armed forces department, and she also took the opportunity to get some medicine to help Gu Changfeng, who was recovering from a serious injury, to nourish his body.

Meng Yaya sat on the high threshold of the pharmacy, holding a string of candied hawthorns she had just bought. The bright red hawthorns were coated with glistening sugar syrup, which looked very appealing.

"Click."

The little dumpling bit into the sugar shell, and the sweet and sour taste spread across her tongue. As she chewed, she idly swung her short legs, her big, dark eyes scanning the street.

Suddenly, Meng Yaya stopped chewing the hawthorn.

Two figures flashed across the dark alleyway across the street.

Meng Yaya would still recognize the man in the faded blue cotton jacket, with his hunched back and duck-like pigeon-toed gait, even if he turned to ashes.

It was Wang Guifen, the former grandmother who should have taken the train back to her hometown.

Beside Wang Guifen was a young woman.

The woman had two thick braids, wore a floral blouse, and walked with a swaying hip gait, her eyes constantly glancing around like a thief.

Meng Yaya spat the hawthorn pit from her mouth onto the ground with a "plop," and narrowed her big eyes.

That old hag, refusing to leave the county town, is she holding back something?

"Mom, I'm going to check out the comic books at that bookstall over there!" Meng Yaya shouted to Lin Wanrou in the shop.

Lin Wanrou was busy weighing medicine and, without turning her head, instructed, "Don't run too far, just play near the entrance."

"Okay!"

Meng Yaya jumped off the threshold and, using the roadside utility poles and pedestrians for cover, quietly slipped into the alley.

The tracking skills honed over ten years during the apocalypse were like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut when dealing with these two rural women who had little counter-surveillance awareness.

Deep in the alley, there was a dead corner piled with miscellaneous items. There was no one around, except for a few stray cats rummaging through the garbage for food.

Wang Guifen and the young woman were huddled together against the wall, whispering something.

Meng Yaya held her breath and tiptoed behind a pile of broken baskets.

"Chunhua, have you bought the medicine yet?" Wang Guifen's voice was very low, but her eagerness was impossible to hide.

The woman named Chunhua pulled a dirty oil paper package from her bosom, her hands trembling slightly: "I bought it, Aunt. I went to the veterinary station to buy it from an acquaintance. They said it's for breeding boars in heat, and the medicine is very potent."

Meng Yaya rolled her eyes behind the basket.

Good heavens, she gave her own son boar-grade drugs? This old hag's heart must be made of coal dust, so black and hard.

Wang Guifen snatched the oil paper package, opened it, and looked at the white powder inside. Her face crinkled into a wide smile: "Great! Great stuff! With this, even if he were made of iron, Gu Changfeng would be turned into dough!"

"Aunt, is this...is this really going to work?" Wang Chunhua was still a little scared. "What if he wakes up and gets angry? He's a regimental commander, he carries a gun!"

"What are you afraid of!" Wang Guifen spat on the ground, her eyes flashing with malice.

"If the two of you get stuck in the same bed, it's like mud falling into your crotch—even if it's not shit, it'll still look like shit!"

"Then I'll lead my men and storm in. You'll cry and say he's abusing his power and got drunk! He has to marry you whether he wants to or not, for his future and for his military uniform!"

Wang Guifen became more and more excited as she spoke, and poked Wang Chunhua's forehead with her withered, bark-like fingers:

"Tomorrow is the first day of the lunar new year, and Changfeng will be coming to the county armed forces department for a regular meeting as usual. He will definitely be staying at the county guesthouse tonight."

"Then you change into a waiter's uniform and sneak in, sprinkle this medicine into his teacup... Hehe, I don't need to teach you the rest, right?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Chunhua envisioned the glamorous life of becoming the regimental commander's wife, and her fear was instantly overshadowed by greed.

She bit her lip and nodded vigorously: "Okay! Aunt, I'll do whatever you say! I'll risk everything to become an official's wife!"

"That's right! When the time comes, we'll send that Lin Wanrou back to the countryside!"

The two whispered and discussed the specific time to take action for a while before parting ways.

Meng Yaya squatted behind the basket, watching the two figures disappear into the distance, her little hands clenched into fists at her sides.

Trying to scheme against my dad? Trying to send my mom back to the countryside?

This old hag really thinks she's too old for life. Even if the King of Hell doesn't take her, she insists on going straight to the gates of hell.

Since you're willing to resort to such underhanded tactics, don't blame me for adding some more juicy details.

Meng Yaya didn't disturb them. She waited until the two were completely out of sight before emerging from the alley. She dusted off her knees, and a cold smile, completely out of place with her delicate, pretty face, appeared on her lips.

She turned and ran back to the pharmacy.

Lin Wanrou had just paid the bill and was carrying two packets of traditional Chinese medicine wrapped in straw paper when she looked around for her child.

"Ya Ya! Where did you run off to? Didn't I tell you to wait at the door?" Lin Wanrou breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her daughter, but her tone was somewhat reproachful.

Meng Yaya rushed over and hugged Lin Wanrou's leg, tilting her head back with a tense expression on her face and serious eyes.

"Mom, don't buy the medicine. We need to go find Dad right away."

Lin Wanrou was taken aback. Looking at her daughter's serious expression, her heart skipped a beat for no reason: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Meng Yaya stood on tiptoe and tugged at Lin Wanrou's clothes, signaling her to squat down.

Then, she leaned close to Lin Wanrou's ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "I just saw my ex-grandmother. She didn't go back to her hometown; she bought Dad a packet of medicine for boars, planning to find some random woman at the guesthouse tomorrow night to sleep with him!"

The medicine packet in Lin Wanrou's hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

Her originally rosy face turned deathly pale in an instant.

"What did you say?" Lin Wanrou's voice trembled, not from fear, but from anger.

Why would they give Gu Changfeng this kind of drug? And then find a woman to ruin his reputation?

This is going to ruin Gu Changfeng to death, and completely tear apart their family that has just started to improve!

The Lin Wanrou of the past might have cried or been afraid. But after experiencing so much, especially after Gu Changfeng defended her in front of the entire group, her backbone has long since hardened.

Lin Wanrou took a deep breath, picked up the medicine bag from the ground, and her eyes instantly turned sharp.

"Let's go! Go to the armed forces department to find your dad!"

Lin Wanrou grabbed Meng Yaya's hand and, disregarding the fact that they were on a street in the county town, strode quickly, looking just like a female warrior about to blow up a bunker.