A lonely, unlucky military officer with a stubborn fate insisted on marrying me.

Lin Yinyin: "..." Damn it! Does Li Jinye have some serious illness?

She knows she's using the toilet!

"Pfft!" Gao Ming spat out all the tea he had just drunk.

Then came his long-suppressed, hearty laughter: "Hahahaha!"

I can't hold back anymore! Hahahaha!

He was already tall and strong, and his laughter was loud and boisterous, echoing throughout the entire Li family courtyard, and even reaching the neighbors on the left and right.

"Hahahahahahahahaha!"

Li Jinye frowned, his icy gaze sweeping over them: "Is it funny?"

"No, haha...it's genuinely hilarious, Commander Li!"

Gao Ming laughed so hard he couldn't stand up straight, tears streaming down his face. When he caught a glimpse of Li Jinye's increasingly dark face, Lin Yinyin's flushed cheeks, and the bewildered crowd, he kindly offered an explanation.

"Li Tuan and I were just passing by when we smelled the food and came in, but then we suddenly remembered that there's still a loophole in the exercise plan we were discussing! This is urgent, we need to go back and finalize it right away!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Li Jinye's arm and pulled him outside.

Li Jinye looked up at Lin Yinyin, who was glaring at him, and the little fox bristled!

He eventually followed Gao Ming's lead and walked out.

Even after they had walked quite a distance, Gao Ming's lingering laughter could still be faintly heard from the Li family's courtyard: "Hahaha...hahaha!"

After Gao Ming left, Jiang Feng, the lame comrade, also hurriedly took his leave.

The other three soldiers couldn't sit still any longer and made excuses to leave.

The courtyard fell silent instantly.

Li Jianjun, Old Lady Li, and Li Jianying looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Why did the commanders suddenly come and then leave so quickly?" Li Jianjun asked, looking bewildered.

Old Mrs. Li frowned and muttered, "Why are the leaders the strangest when they're higher up?"

Li Jianying pouted, looking very unhappy. The perfect blind date had been ruined, and she hadn't even said a word to them.

Lin Yinyin was still angry after finishing her meal. While vigorously wiping the dishes, she cursed Li Jinye eight hundred times in her mind, and also cursed herself twice for being so afraid of him!

"Hey! What are you daydreaming about?" Lin Huizhi raised her hand and waved it in front of her eyes.

"Come back to reality! You almost broke the bowl!"

"sister!"

Lin Yinyin snapped out of her daze, put the bowl she was holding on the stove, and said, "Do you think Li Jinye is crazy?!"

"That depends on whether you caused the illness!"

"sister!"

"I'm not blind, what's going on with that Commander Li?"

Don't tell me you two aren't close; he deliberately added extra meat to your food to annoy you!

Lin Yinyin was furious when she heard this! Li Jinye actually sent people to watch her, and even watched her go to the toilet!

Meeting her sister's scrutinizing gaze, Lin Yinyin could only say, "Sis, it's nothing, I just happened to run into her twice before."

So she glossed over her experience with Li Jinye by saying it happened "twice by chance." But she did recount what happened at Commander Zheng's house at noon that day.

Lin Huizhi listened thoughtfully.

"Yinyin, let me tell you the truth, that Commander Li probably has his eye on you."

"Sister! Don't think nonsense!" Lin Yinyin quickly retorted.

"I'm not just imagining things!"

Although I had never met Commander Li in person before, who in the compound hadn't heard of his reputation?

He's a cold-faced devil, indifferent to everyone, always handling business strictly by the book. Why would he show any "special attention" to a young girl he's just met?

At noon at the tour leader's house, he publicly criticized your math skills; even if we were just passing by in the evening, he still publicly criticized you for using the toilet. If he didn't have some ulterior motives, would he really bother with a young girl like you like that?

"That's because he's so talkative!" Lin Yinyin retorted stubbornly.

"He just doesn't like me and is deliberately picking a fight!"

Lin Yinyin didn't say "deliberate revenge." Not wanting her sister to misunderstand, she continued to explain, "Sister, he's the regimental commander, young and promising."

"And me? I'm just a country girl from the countryside, with no background, no education, nothing to my name. There's no way he'd be interested in me."

"Why are you so self-deprecating, child?" Lin Huizhi poked her forehead.

"Our Yinyin is beautiful, smart, and capable—much better than those pampered girls!"

"Yes, I'm fine, I'm very good, I'm the best in my sister's heart."

"Yes! That's true!"

"Hahaha~" The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, their hearts filled with warmth.

After Lin Huizhi fell asleep late at night, Lin Yinyin entered the space.

Upon entering, the first thing I did was check my watch. Four hours had passed, and the candle was still burning. The cabbage, which had previously wilted, had its leaves unfurled, indicating that the air was circulating and there was no longer a time limit as before.

This is fantastic!

Her dream of owning a whole mountain can be realized sooner than expected!

She was very happy.

But at the same time, Chi Peng couldn't be happy.

He had just stepped into the office of the regiment when he was choked by the smoke filling the room and started coughing.

"Why are you smoking cured meat here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

Chi Peng walked over irritably and cracked the window open.

"Jiang Feng, that cripple, cried for ages, and I'm here to appease you, you raging lion."

"Tell me, what are you thinking?"

Li Jinye didn't say anything, but simply stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray.

Chi Peng thought Li Jinye was doomed!

He fell for that woman!

That Comrade Lin is really bold!

At noon, one against three, a regimental-level cadre!

One against four at night, officers of company rank!

How afraid she is of never getting married!

And then there's this taciturn guy in front of me!

I've never seen his mouth as just for show before!

He didn't mince words and went straight to the point: "Do you have a grudge against words?"

"Is all you do besides being sarcastic and saying hurtful things?"

"Boss, I'm not trying to criticize you, but if you've taken a liking to someone, you should talk to them properly!"

You need to be more thoughtful; just putting on a grumpy face won't do.

Look at what you've been doing all day!

Why would you publicly announce someone's toilet habits?

Do you want to embarrass her?

And at noon at the brigade leader's house, you confronted her about how she accurately located you. What were you thinking?

Is the goal to get her to admit at the dinner table that she forced herself on you?

My boss, my commander! Can't you think outside the box?!

As he spoke, he pulled up a chair and sat down opposite her. "Women, you know, they all fall for flattery."

If you really like someone, you should be open and honest about it!

Take her to a department store; get her a ticket to see a movie at the military auditorium; if all else fails, scrape together some foreign exchange drafts—aren't any of those better than you setting up an air-conditioned room?

Silence fell in the office again, and Li Jinye admitted that he hadn't really thought that much about it.

Seeing Lin Yinyin sitting at the matchmaking table during the day made me feel like I had a ball of fire burning inside me.

And then there was that night, how desperate was she to get married? She found four more men in no time!

He kissed her just this afternoon!

And they have already...

Li Jinye felt a pang of sadness in his heart! So he took out another cigarette!

Seeing his gloomy appearance, Chi Peng knew that saying anything more would be superfluous, so he turned and walked out of the office.

But less than two seconds later, the door was opened a crack, and Chi Peng poked his head in.

"Boss, I just wanted to ask. You said you watched someone go to the toilet for an hour..."

Do you have any particular hobbies or interests?

Li Jinye: "......." His cold gaze fixed on him. "Get lost!"

Chi Peng knew when to quit while he was ahead, and he closed the shop and ran away in one fell swoop.

Li Jinye took a deep breath and lit another cigarette.

He was just a little worried that she was sick, so he observed her from the shadows for a while longer...