Chapter 195: He and Si Rong Have a Long Future Ahead

Shen Lan himself did not expect that he had actually experienced a Rebirth.

He was reborn into the body of a forty-five-year-old widower who shared his name and surname.

The widower had three sons; once he figured out the current situation and properly settled the original body's mother, he made a trip to Huaiyang.

Only then did he learn that his son, Shen Chi, had gone to prison for human trafficking.

His wife, Li Xuan, had already remarried twice while taking their daughter with her!

That woman who was available to every man!

The one thing Shen Lan regretted most was his poor judgment of character when he was young, having liked a disgusting woman like Li Xuan.

He should have spent a wonderful life hand in hand with Si Rong.

After his Rebirth, he thought about many, many things; Si Rong had suddenly changed during the period when he was promoted.

She discovered his affair with Li Xuan, divorced him heartlessly, and severed ties with their two children.

Therefore, Shen Lan guessed that Si Rong had very likely also experienced a Rebirth.

Then they were indeed a match made in heaven; now that he had also been reborn, this kind of fate was something a mediocre person like Jiang Cheng could not compete with.

After his Rebirth, those past events would return to the dust, and he would use a brand-new identity to make Si Rong fall in love with him.

The current Shen Lan firmly believed that he was the protagonist of this world.

Therefore, upon learning that Si Rong was coming to join the military, he took the initiative to request to come to Wushan Island and found someone to secure the house next to Jiang Cheng's family.

It would be easier to get what one wants when one is close to the water.

He never expected that a Company Commander Fang, who popped out of nowhere, would swap his house.

However, it was only a few extra steps of distance, which meant nothing to him.

Because Shen Lan felt that he had grasped a huge handle on Si Rong.

That was the Rebirth.

To outsiders, they were both monsters.

After the name Shen Lan was spoken by this stranger, Si Rong was dazed for a moment.

Could there be such a coincidence in the world?

Although the facial features were different, the name and the look in his eyes were exactly like the dead Shen Lan standing right in front of her.

Because she was too surprised, the sunflower seeds in Si Rong's hand scattered all over the ground.

Just as Shen Lan was about to squat down to help her pick them up, she saw a broom sweep toward him, "Go, go, go! Hurry up and move your things; look at how uncomfortable those boys of yours look standing there!"

This man gave her a bad feeling; his appearance carried a hint of viciousness.

Shen Lan's pant legs were instantly covered in dust, but he just smiled indifferently and led his three children into his new home.

No rush; he and Si Rong had a long future ahead.

Soon, the neighboring households all knew that a Chief of Staff named Shen Lan had moved in.

This name was never mentioned in the Jiang Family; if Si Rong didn't bring it up, no one else would.

After all, no one could imagine that such a coincidence could exist in the world.

On an island thousands of miles away from home, one would run into a man with the same name and surname as an ex-husband.

Only Fang Ting was quick-spoken, "What good thing could someone named Shen Lan be? Didn't that ex-husband of yours die a miserable death?"

Si Rong felt it was strange; Shen Lan had indeed died, and his gaunt appearance during the time before he died was not fake.

But why did this man named Shen Lan give her such a strange feeling?

Clearly, it was their first meeting, yet any man with a sense of propriety would not casually strike up a conversation with another military spouse.

Unable to figure it out, Si Rong had to comfort herself with Fang Ting's words; perhaps that man was just like Shen Lan, a person of poor character.

"Thank you both for helping me watch Yueyue these past two days; now that the negligent teacher has been dismissed, I can feel more at ease sending Yueyue there."

Speaking of the teacher, Si Rong's heart stirred, "Isn't the school on our island almost finished being built? I wonder if they will be looking for teachers then."

Although she loathed Li Xuan to the extreme, she had to admit that one thing Li Xuan said was correct: a woman should still have her own career.

She wondered how Li Xuan's pyramid scheme business was doing.

She also wanted to have her own career; she didn't want everyone to call her Mrs. Jiang, and she didn't want her children to think when they grew up that she only knew how to stay at home and couldn't do anything.

"They definitely will; the leaders attach great importance to the education of military dependents' children, and it's different now than it was before; they require children to develop morally, intellectually, physically, socially, and aesthetically."

Fang Ting looked at Si Rong and recalled her graceful dance moves, "You could go be a Dance Teacher."

This sentence touched Si Rong's heart; she loved to dance, and after giving birth, besides doing her own pelvic floor recovery exercises, she insisted on practicing basic skills, so her figure was only three pounds heavier than before she gave birth.

If she could be a Dance Teacher, then she would have to lose weight and keep her weight under one hundred pounds.

A woman shouldn't be too thin after middle age, otherwise, she would appear a bit too withered.

Si Rong thought about asking Jiang Cheng about her work after he got off work.

As soon as Jiang Cheng got off work, he saw his wife holding Si Nian waiting for him in the courtyard.

Her apricot eyes were slightly curved, as if seeing him was a very happy thing.

It reminded Jiang Cheng of when they were in Huaiyang, when his wife would wait for him to come home like this every day.

Jiang Cheng's gaze softened; he took his son from his wife's arms and pointed to the center of the courtyard, "When I have time, I'll build a flower trellis for you here!"

His woman should be enjoying life leisurely amidst clusters of flowers.

"Okay."

Si Rong liked sitting under the flower trellis and liked Jiang Cheng putting effort into things for her.

She told Jiang Cheng about her desire to be a Dance Teacher at the school.

"The school has just been built, but there aren't too many military dependents right now, and there are mostly boys in the school, and the teaching conditions aren't good either."

It wasn't like in Huaiyang, where there was a clean dance studio covered with soft carpets.

"I'm willing."

Si Rong knew that the only job she was qualified for on the island was teaching; otherwise, she would have no choice but to be a housewife.

She was already forty years old this year.

If she became a housewife, she would be a housewife for the rest of her life.

"I'll talk to the school about it later."

Jiang Cheng said this, and Si Rong understood that she just had to wait.

Hu Qian also supported her going to work; although she was not good at housework, her thinking was still very progressive.

A woman still needs to have her own career; when she herself was young, she also worked in a factory, and after retirement, she had a stable pension deposited into her account every month, which was her sense of security regardless of the amount.

"Go to work without worry! Mom will take good care of the children!"

"Thank you, Mom!" Si Rong affectionately hugged Hu Qian's arm, speaking sweet words as if her mouth had been smeared with honey, "I am truly lucky to have such a good mother-in-law."

"Mom is lucky too; you and Yanyan are both good."

It takes two good people to make a good relationship; otherwise, if only one side is giving, it certainly won't end well.

In contrast to the deep affection between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law here, Shen Qingyu next door really could not stand her mother-in-law.

She asked her to fry some Xiao Huang, but they were fried until they were limp and soggy.

"Is this edible? You tell me yourself, the bones aren't even fried until crispy; if I ate this and a bone got stuck in my throat, could you take responsibility for it?" Shen Qingyu could not stand her mother-in-law no matter how she looked at her; she truly had a bitter life to have ended up with such a mother-in-law.

Was she doing this on purpose to make things difficult for her?