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

After leaving Weijiang Village, Lin Yinyin took a car to the town.

If they can't rent a place in Weijiang Village, the town always finds a way.

If we can rent a house in town, that would be alright, although it might be a bit troublesome for my sister to travel back and forth. Having a place to stay is the most important thing.

Lin Yinyin hurried to the town and went straight to the street office.

The older woman who greeted her didn't even look up after hearing her request, and her tone was very perfunctory.

"I can't rent a place because I don't have a room. It's against the rules."

"Auntie, I'm the younger sister of a military family member in the military compound. I'd like to rent a small two-room apartment for a short while..."

Lin Yinyin wanted to try again, but was impatiently interrupted by the older woman: "I said I don't have a house, and that means I don't have a house!"

In those days, which family didn't have many children? Most of them were sent to the countryside to work, leaving the townspeople crammed together like sardines. Where were there any spare rooms to rent to outsiders?

She paused, rolled her eyes, and said, "Besides, this is a matter for the families of military personnel. If the military doesn't care, why should we, the neighborhood committee, care?"

Lin Yinyin was so rebuked that she left the neighborhood office.

She clenched her fists angrily, refusing to believe that no one in such a big town was renting out a room.

She went to two more neighborhood offices, but the responses she received were either that she didn't have a house or that it didn't meet the regulations.

Lin Yinyin was truly frustrated. She walked aimlessly and unknowingly arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative.

As soon as Li Juan entered the supply and marketing cooperative, she spotted her at a glance.

"Oh, Lin, you've finally arrived! I've been missing you!"

"Sister Juan, I came here because I wanted to..."

Lin Yinyin had just opened her mouth when Li Juan pulled her aside and asked in a low voice, "Little sister, do you still have any meat? The holiday is coming soon, and my family wants to buy more."

"We're out of meat at home for now," Lin Yinyin shook her head.

Seeing the disappointment on Li Juan's face, he added, "But I have some other good things here, I wonder if you want them?"

"What good stuff?"

Li Juan's eyes lit up, and she quickly asked, "As long as it's delicious, it doesn't matter if the price is a little high."

Lin Yinyin's heart stirred, and she suddenly remembered the letter she had written to Wang Erhua before.

She went to the black market that day, and most of the items on the market were pastries like peach shortbread, biscuits, and mung bean cakes, but brown sugar mooncakes were rare.

If we could make some brown sugar mooncakes to sell, it might be a good opportunity to make money.

She immediately replied, "It's a mooncake, with brown sugar filling."

"Brown sugar mooncakes?" Li Juan's eyes lit up even more.

Sure! As long as it tastes good, I'll definitely want it! Not only me, but my aunt's family wants some too.

"Okay, if I have some in three days, I'll bring it to you."

Li Juan noticed Lin Yinyin's low spirits and asked, "By the way, little sister, you seemed preoccupied earlier? What's bothering you? Tell me, maybe I can help."

Lin Yinyin told the village chief of Weijiang Village about her desire to rent a room, using the same excuse she gave him: she couldn't find enough room for her sister and wanted to rent two rooms by herself.

After hearing this, Li Juan sighed.

"Sister Juan, just say what you want to say," Lin Yinyin said.

"Girl, it's not that I don't want to help your friend, it's just that I really don't have a house."

Li Juan said with a bitter face, "My family lives in a large courtyard with only five households, but there are 28 people crammed in!"

My family is relatively small; five of us live in three small rooms. My brother and sister-in-law squeeze into one room, my parents squeeze into another, and my niece and I share a tiny room—there's barely any room to move around.

"What?"

Lin Yinyin was stunned; she hadn't expected housing to be so scarce in the town.

This is even worse than the countryside!

Some families have large yards, enough to fit two people into one room.

However, Lin Yinyin was not discouraged. She believed that if she had few houses, she could always find more by spending money.

She refused to believe that ten yuan a month couldn't even rent a place!

The most important thing right now is to make money.

Her sister filed for divorce, and the process would take a month. She refused to believe that Lin Yinyin wouldn't have a place to stay.

At noon, Lin Yinyin went to a state-run restaurant and ate dumplings to console herself.

After the meal, she went to the post office and sent a letter to Wang Erhua's family, asking Wang Erhua to find Master Fu as soon as possible and order another two hundred brown sugar mooncakes.

After that, they strolled around the town.

I wandered from one end of town to the other, thoroughly exploring the streets, shops, and residential areas, and memorizing them all.

As the sun began to set, Lin Yinyin munched on a meat bun and walked toward the military compound.

It was time for her to get off work; she needed to go home to be with her sister.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the Li family compound, they saw Zhou Haiming carrying a cloth bag and walking out.

Her makeup was smudged, her eyes were red, and she looked disheveled with a hint of resentment.

Lin Yinyin's eyes lit up. She swallowed the bun in her mouth in a few bites and quickly stepped forward to stop her: "Comrade Zhou, wait a moment!"

Zhou Haimei frowned and paused in her steps.

She had intended to force Lin Huizhi to withdraw voluntarily today, but she didn't expect this outcome.

One hour ago.

After picking up Grandma Li from her home, Zhou Haimei pretended to be tired and wanted to rest. She went straight into Lin Huizhi's room, and deliberately unbuttoned her collar and leaned against the bed, pretending to be asleep.

She and her brother had already discussed it, reminding Li Jianjun to go back and see Grandma Li as soon as possible, while urging Lin Huizhi to come home.

Everything was perfectly planned. When Li Jianjun returned home, he pushed open the door and saw Zhou Haiming lying on the bed.

Her neckline was wide open, revealing most of her ample chest, and her long hair was scattered on the pillow. She was rubbing her eyes and looking at him sleepily.

"Jianjun..."

Zhou Haiming spoke softly as she slowly stood up, feigning weakness and falling onto Li Jianjun.

"If you want to go on a date, please find somewhere else. This is my room."

Zhou Haimei and Li Jianjun turned around at the same time and saw Lin Huizhi standing at the door.

There was no excitement or even surprise on her face; she was as calm as if she were watching a play that had nothing to do with her.

Lin Huizhi had long seen through Old Madam Li's intentions. She disliked that Old Madam Li couldn't have children and had been trying to find someone "capable of bearing children" for Li Jianjun. Zhou Haimei was rich and had been frequently showing her favor, so this drama was bound to happen sooner or later.

She might have cried and made a fuss before, but after yesterday, she has figured it all out.

Lin Huizhi placed the food on the table, turned to look at Li Jianjun, and said in a calm but clear tone, "Li Jianjun, let's get a divorce."

"Huizhi! Let me explain! It's not what you think!"

Li Jianjun panicked. No matter how much his sister-in-law made a fuss, he never considered divorce.

He quickly pushed away Zhou Haimei, who was leaning closer, saying, "She tripped by accident; she didn't do anything when she came in!"

"Jianjun..."

Zhou Haimei tugged at her clothes, looking as if she was about to cry.

"Jianjun, I'm sorry, it was my fault that you misunderstood!"

Comrade Lin, please don't blame Jianjun. I was so tired when I went to pick up Aunt Li from the hospital today that I just wanted to rest in your room for a little while.

When Jianjun came in, I was terrified, so I got even more agitated and started tearing the clothes wider.

Jianjun didn't even run into me, really! You can't be unreasonable!

Lin Huizhi: "......" This is really getting out of hand. Why don't you just bring it up already!

She suddenly understands her sister now.

She also wanted to slap him across the face.

Lin Huizhi ignored Zhou Haimei, "Li Jianjun, I'm not getting a divorce because of her."

"These past few years, your mother has tormented me, and you've never protected me; when I've been wronged, you just tell me to endure it. I'm tired, I don't want to endure it anymore."

"I won't get a divorce!" Li Jianjun roared.

If he gets divorced, he'll definitely be laughed at in the military, and promotion will be out of the question.