Chapter 176: He Wants to Treat His Wife Even Better

"I don't know where your retribution is, but your retribution has arrived right now."

Si Rong handed the orange to Wu Ma, not wanting her daughter to see her fierce appearance.

She hoped that in her daughter's memory, she would always be the gentle and beautiful version of herself.

Kong Lingdong was dissatisfied with her hitting people at will, especially the woman he was holding.

He said to Jiang Cheng, who was standing to the side, "Deputy Army Commander Jiang, you just let your woman beat a pregnant woman at will? Such behavior is that of a shrew."

The next second, he was kicked by Jiang Cheng.

It almost jolted Lin Meixi, who was in his arms, onto the ground.

"You! You are truly too rude, actually hitting people for no reason!" Kong Lingdong had not expected that the quality of military officers nowadays was so poor.

Officers in the past were all very protective of the common people.

Besides, his father was once Jiang Cheng's superior; to think he would kick him just like that—did he not give his father any face at all?

"How can you call it 'for no reason'? You insulted my wife first, and then I hit you; this is called cause and effect!"

"And don't go throwing the label of 'beating a pregnant woman' on my wife's head so easily; after all, how do you know what that pregnant woman has done?"

Kong Lingdong had not expected that the usually taciturn Deputy Army Commander Jiang would be so full of sophistry now.

The onlookers suddenly had a new topic of conversation.

"This Kong Lingdong just has no sense; who in the Junshuyuan doesn't know that Deputy Army Commander Jiang dotes on his wife? He just had to go and stir up trouble! He deserved to be kicked!"

"Hey, you guys say, he's so concerned about that pregnant woman, could it be that the child in that pregnant woman's belly... hahahaha."

"That's hard to say. Do you all remember that second wife of the old Commander Kong? Someone bumped into Kong Lingdong hugging that woman in broad daylight..."

"Is someone spreading rumors? His father's second wife is so much older than him, how could it be possible..."

"That's where you don't understand. Some men just have strange tastes; they lack maternal love and like those types. Didn't that Cao thief of the past specifically like other people's wives..."

These elderly women, when gathered together, talked about topics that were both explosive and interesting.

Fang Ting didn't even want to go to work after listening.

Kong Lingdong, however, dared not listen any further and carried Lin Meixi toward the military infirmary.

His father did indeed have a second wife in the past, but later, she left.

Thinking of those discussions, Lin Meixi felt quite uncomfortable in Kong Lingdong's arms.

She couldn't help but recall the interactions she had inadvertently seen between Kong Lingdong and her mother-in-law.

Once, when they were in the kitchen, the mother-in-law went to serve dishes, and Kong Lingdong went too. She had just arrived at the Kong Family and was too embarrassed to sit there waiting to eat, so she followed, and then she saw them standing extremely close, and the mother-in-law's face seemed to have an unnatural flush.

Could it be that between them...

Lin Meixi was disgusted by her own thoughts, and her stomach pain became even more severe.

For dinner, Wang Ma personally made four-joy meatballs and some festive dishes to celebrate Li Xuan and her son being taken away by the public security officers.

"It would be best to lock that mother and son up until they die! So they don't come out and harm people again!"

Wang Ma was furious; this mother and son were simply like pests, always sticking to her mistress's side.

Fortunately, the mistress knew their true colors and laid out a plan in advance.

"What did the lawyer say?"

Si Rong also hoped for that, but according to common sense, it was unlikely.

Because of many factors, the death penalty for human traffickers is generally rare, especially in cases like this that were attempted, so they could only try their best to get them sentenced for as many years as possible.

"He said the most likely outcome is between three and ten years."

Si Rong looked at the soft, chubby faces of the two babies in the cradle, "Tell the lawyer to do his best; ten years would be best."

"When does the trial begin?"

Si Rong wanted to be there in person to see the fate of those two.

Perhaps she would even be able to see the scene of the big dog and little dog biting each other.

"Next week."

While sleeping at night, Si Rong had a nightmare.

In the dream, she hadn't laid out a plan in advance, and both Orange and Si Nian had been taken away by Shen Chi in collusion with the human traffickers.

She cried until she fainted, yet she couldn't find her children.

"Rongrong? Rongrong?"

Jiang Cheng heard the pitiful whimpering and hurriedly woke her up.

Si Rong woke up and, ignoring the sweat on her back, ran to the small bed to check on her two children.

She kissed them over and over again.

After calming down, she hugged Jiang Cheng's lean waist and poured out her nightmare to him.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here," Jiang Cheng held her tightly in his arms, "Next time you have a nightmare, just think of me, think that I am here for everything."

Si Rong felt a little comforted.

But when she lay back on the bed, she didn't have a shred of sleepiness.

She was thinking about the Future Phone.

It was because she had learned of Shen Chi's true colors as an ungrateful wretch from the phone that she had been on guard.

If she had never received such a phone call, what would she be like twenty years from now?

It was almost foreseeable that in twenty years, her parents would be elderly, and without biological children of her own, her life would certainly be very difficult.

She also didn't know when she would be able to receive a Future Phone call again.

Watching his wife staring blankly at the phone, Jiang Cheng was lost in thought.

During this period, his wife had often been like this; could it be that she was waiting for someone's call?

Thinking of the poised and graceful Rong Yuan he had once seen at the Si Family, Jiang Cheng sighed in his heart.

He needed to reflect on himself.

It was wrong to always be jealous over such meaningless things; if his wife liked Rong Yuan, then what chance would he have?

Moreover, his wife had already disregarded her own health to bear him two children, so he should treat her even better.

In this way, even if his wife really was waiting for a call from some important person, he would surely surpass that person's status in her heart bit by bit.

"Still can't sleep?" Jiang Cheng intended to serve his wife well; he had always been a man of swift and decisive action, and he had to do whatever he thought of immediately, "Then we might as well..."

The married couple had always been honest with each other.

Even at times like this, they would pour out their feelings to one another.

In short, if this sort of thing were compared to homework, they performed every instance of their homework very earnestly.

Especially Jiang Cheng, who would carefully inspect every detail before doing the homework.

He had a near-obsessive attachment to Si Rong's body.

However, because of his frequent weight-bearing training, he could do the homework for over an hour at a time.

After finishing, he would still perform a careful inspection.

And incidentally, they would exchange experiences.

"Do you feel any difference?"

Si Rong was exhausted, but she was also a good student; lying on Jiang Cheng's arm, she did not forget to mention her diligence, "I have been practicing according to that book frequently during this period."

"Wife, you've worked hard." Jiang Cheng had indeed discovered some changes and leaned into her ear to list them one by one.

What followed was a night of sound sleep.

A week passed quickly, and on this day, Si Rong left the two children at home, letting Mother Jiang look after them together with Wang Ma and Wu Ma.

She and Jiang Cheng went to the trial site for Li Xuan and her son.

Shen Yun had also come.

She was very angry when she saw Si Rong, but also very helpless, attempting to use kind words to sway her, "At the very least, we were once one family. I won't interfere with how you treat Li Xuan, but Xiao Chi is my brother's biological son. My brother treated you quite well in the past; after all, a hundred days of grace follow a single night as husband and wife. Now that he is already dead, are you truly determined to destroy the only male descendant of the Shen Family as well?"